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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
A Woman's Holiday Shopping

duties should not cause her to overlook
the Importance of ordering James F. Oys-
sers delicious Elgin creamery butter for
her table. Headquarters. 9th and Pa. ave
-Alyt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

Fer Rent-Ofhce Rooms 4O3-4-5 in
The Evening Star building. also rooms
400 and All. They are all most desira bfe
o. ,es! Apply at once at The Star ONCE
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Save Elk Grove butter coupons-Advt

$I.25 to Baltimore and Return.
Saturdays and Sundays, via Pennsylvania
railroad. Tickets good returning until
Sunday night. All regular trains except
the congressional Limited. "-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Elegant Furniture at Auction.

Manufacturers new sample productions,
including one-picce Wilton rugs in room
sizes Sale Saturday morning. COM
mencing 1880 Seats provided. Wilson
& Mayors 12a1 and 1229 G. st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Baltimore and Return. $1.25.
Baltimore

Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains
both ways, both days, except Royal Limit
ed. City offices, 1417 G st. and 619 Penna.
aye.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

While running after his dog III front of
his home. 1902 I'd street southeast. yeSter-
day Joseph Burkhardt, forty years OF
age. fell and sustained fracture of his
right leg. He was given surgical treat
nent al the Casualty Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

The Great Bear Is an Ideal Table
water. Office 70 18th NV. Phone $40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
G. A. Muddiman & Co.

Artistic Electric and Gas Drop Lights.
Natl. Inverted Lights. Art Domes.
1904 G St GIG 18th st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

Advertisers with no telephone living
near 18th and III streets northeast can
leave want ads for The Star at Moora-
dams drug store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

Christian Handlers Two Cocktails.
Prepared OF the finest ingredients. Excel
si others. 900 9Th St. phone NJ PA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

Don't Be Persuaded Into Paving
81 for Coal. Bay white oak egg at S.
White Oak Coal Co. 2uS-U3 Colorado bldg
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

Order Reisinger's Ice Cream,
s1m gal: SOC /. gal Serial No. 1867.
Charlotte Russo, soc per dozen.
ID c. st. NV. Phone NJ. 2761.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Heurich's Beers Owe Their Health

value and righteousness not alone to fine
materials. but to careful brewing. proper
aging and hygienic bottling. doZ. Maer-
zen or Senate. S1.75: - doz. Lager. $1,o;
bottle rebate soc Phone w. 1890 for case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27

Do You Happen to Need Boards
for fencing. shelving. etc? Wide stock at
low figure Eisinger Bros. 21o9 7th H. W
nor ID, eSu-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Our Mauro Bituminous Coal Will

solve your smoke trouble. We earnestly
solicit your early trial OF same. j. Maury
Dove Company.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Growth of Harden Camp.

Lucile-beautiful Elk Grove art subject.
-Advt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
SUBSTITUTE FOR BANKS.
Chicago Business Men May Establish
acredit Clearing House.

A plan for a commercial clearing
house. an institution through which
business houses could settle their debts
and collect their bills among them
selves without recourse to the banks.
was launched the other night at the
meeting OF the Chicago Credit Mems
association, says Chicago dispatch
to the Kansas City Star.
The proposal was well received by
representatives OF $50 large business
houses. A resolution was passed to
appoint special committee TO make an
investigation with a view 10 devising
ways and means TO put the plan into
operation
The plan is simply the adaptation OF
the bankers clearing house system 10
the needs OF mercantile affairs. Large
mercantile houses would proceed at
once TO effect debtor and creditor set
Elements among themselves by the ex-
change Of Cancelled checks In a manner
similar TO the settlements made by
banks without the necessity for the ex-
change OF real money. These mercan.
tile settlements would be made on the
basis OF the values OF sound mercantile
accounts
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
METHODS OF CANNlBAlS.
Missionary Tells How Old Persons
Were Seftened For the Feasts.

The Rev. Father f. y. Lichtenber
ger, for eight years missionary
among the savages of Nigeria. centra
Africa, and who has been visiting
friends in 81. Louis. relates stories Of
cannibalism so grewsome that they
would be almost unbelievable bat roi
Photographic evidence, says ST. Lou.
is special dispatch to the New Y0rs
World. He says that four members Of
the party that accompanied him from
Paris were victims of cannibalism.
Father Lichtenberger says he Wit
nesSed these human feasts. Men AM
women We're fatienei before being
killed and eaten Husky women cap
tured from other tribes were marched
from hut 10 hut, and various portion,
of their bodies were marked OF with
colored clay. the choice bits TO bs
sent To the purchasers after the victim
had been slaughtered.
Old men and women are softened fol
the feast just ss we might bleach Gel
cry. When the supply Of girls runs
out, they take the Old men and place
them In water up to their necks and
keep them there for two or three days
all the time feeding them literally sc
as to at once fatten and soften them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
MUSICAL BURGLAR ALARM.
Providers Who Open Brooklyn Mans
Door Get Melodieus Greeting.

All sorts of devices have been rugged
up by ingeniou. persons fearful Of bur-
glars, but one OF the queerest ideas Is
that put into use 10y a Brooklyn man,
{. t. Lerch. says the Philadelphia
Press.
Mr. Lerch has attached a harp 10 his
front door. When the door Is opened
the Instrument Is set TO playing auto
matically The sounds OF the strings
are very distinct for fully ninety sec
onds.
II can easily he seen that the appa-
ratus can be useful both for the recep-
ton OF friend and foe When ones
invited visitors enter the door. there
can be no more pleasant welcome than
that OF music, while. on the contrary.
10 the thief who comes prowllng
around at midnight there ran he moth
ing more upsetting than burst OF mu-
sic from an unknown source.
Mr.. Lerch's harp is strung with man
dolin or piano strings. To the cross
bar at the top Of the instrument are
attached siken strings of different
lengths. Each OF these is weighted
with a metal ball little larger than
marble. The slightest movement OF
the door sets these little balls vlbrat-
ing against the strings and produces
the musical notes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
New Drink In GEORGIA.

The first of the prohibition drinks
made its debut In Atlanta the other
morning, and IL is understood that
several others are to follow. says the
Atlanta Journal. The new drink. which
looks like lager beer. smells like ii and
foams like IL. IS called Jack Frost"
Soda fOunts which had Jack Frost
on draft the day II made its debut
soon sold out their supplies. for there
We're many who were curious 10 sam
Pile legal beer The drink is non.
alcoholic. according TO its manufac-
turers. and is made. like other soda
fountain beverages. from the sirup,
with carbonated water added. Even
the old red nosed topers who found
their fayorite haunts closed New
Years morning were casting about for
q substitute for the amber fluid with
which they were wont TO regale them
selves, and they eagerly sampled the
new prohibition drink.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07

How to beat an undertaken: Cough
and Coughing end in Coffin. Cure the
Cough, stop the Coughing, aud let the
undertaken keep his Coffin. Rvdale's
Cough Elixir is the best and surest way
of accomplishing this result. Best, be
cause it contains the best remedies
known to aid nature to cure a cough.
Surest because it positively does not
contain opiates or harmful drugs of any
kind. Guaranteed under the Pure Food
and Drug Law. J. W. Thurston, Agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
"H0mESPUn BRIGADE"
Enough consressmsn Now Clad Iik,
une'. Joe to Start One.

Une'. Joe to Start One
they are going 10 form the home
spun hrigaie" In the house of repre
sentatives and go back TO first prin.
cipies. says a Washington correspond
ent TO the New York Sun Representa-
tive Wyatt Aiken OF South Carolina
Is the organizer Of the brigade. In the
fifty-ninth congress Mr.. Aiken came
W from his home IN Abbeyille with
his rotund figure clad in an old fash
Toned homespun suit one day he was
passing through the speakers lobby
and encountered Speak ker Cannon.
Aiken" said the speaker. where
the - did YOU get them jeans? DO
you know | haven't seen any OF that
cloth since was a boy in North Caro-
lima
Mr.. Aiken explained that an old wo-
man In the district had made it. and
on his next visit 10 South Carolina he
got bolt OF the cloth and presented
1t to the speaker. Mr.. Cannon had it
made into IA suit, which was the envy
OF every man in the house. Since that
time Mr.. Aiken has been able to get
recognition and pOstofiices whenever
he wanted them. but he has been he
sieged by score of members for
cloth enough TO make suit like Tn
Gle Joe's."
Last spring when he went home be
engaged the old lady TO make all the
homespun she could during the sum
mer. The result was three sultings.
These Mr.. Aiken brought up TO Wash
ington few days ago and presented
To Representative Ryan of New York,
Representative Lee of Georgia and
Representative Griggs of Georgia.
These three with the speaker and
Mr. Aiken, will form the charter men,
bership Of the "homespun brigade"
Other applicants will be admitted
when the old lady turns out some
more jeans. 1t is costing Mr. Aiken q
lot for uniforms, but he doesn't mind
that. for he gets everything else lie
wants
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Brides Wrap Of Bronze.

Miss Elsie, eldest daughter OF Gen.
eral William 2. Palmer. founder OF
Colorado Springs, was married ut :
O'Clock the other evening to Leopold
Hamilton Myers of Cambridge, Eng.
land, says Colorado Springs special
dispatch to the New York Times. The
wedding took place at Glen Lyric. the
suburban home OF the Pamers. in the
presence of guests from New York and
London. The bride wore neither veil
nor jewels, but her trousseau includes
long brown wrap with huge bronze
buckles looped round with cords sup
porting 1000 tiny bronze animals of all
descriptions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07

tain II II had any value. The child
FASTENED 10 the banking house. and
when the man Of mOaey saw the COln
he asked where II came from. d,.nHf.
ing Of the yoUngster 10 tell hi.a n
there were any Others Ike Il where
this one was found. The 10y Gid no,
know. The banker then took him int
his automobile aud they whiTled away
TO where the wood pie lay.
Sure enough. there Il all was Intact
az, locusJs aud chips and when III,
banker made several more whacEs Int
the old wood the result disclosed uine
more big yellow spheres exactly Ike
the one which had been brought L.
him for examination. They proved T.
be ten dfty-dollar gold pieces Of the
mintage OF 1912 and were as fresh ami
clean US when they came from fhe
mlnts. The bank Immediately paid the
poor widow 5000 for the coins. their
rarity making them thus valuable. Mr.
Brown has a letter from his CLEVELAND
agent verifying the preceding
The two locust posts were cut on the
Pohl farm. one and one-half miles
from Ripley. For many years II has
been neighborhood talk that there was
much treasure secreted 0n that place
The theory IL that during the war OF
1872 some Of the frightened ancestor,
hid away this 500 In goblin hole IN
limb OF locust tree, that il was
grown over in course Of years and i'm
bedded and that the original owne!
was unable or forgot to recover Ii. Al
any rate. the ten massive gold piece.
have securely rested there for nearly
q canfnrY
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
How Savings Banks Compute
Interest.

Most Vermont Savings Banks place
deposits on interest the first of the month
if made before the 9TH. II made after
the 9Th, they draw from the first of the
following month.
The Hyde Park Savings Bank has al
ways paid interest from the beginning
OF the quarter on deposits made before
the middle of the quarter, thus giving
and taking exactly alike.
nn deposits made now or at any time
before February 10th they compute in
terest from January lst. Those made
between February 18th to May 18th
draw interest from April lst.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
GOLD IN LOCUST POSTS.
Poor Lads Lucky Find Through m
Act of Kindness.

ACT OF NihchesS.
Samuel y. Brown, contractor OF
HiIlsboro, o.. just after Christmas pur-
chased from Ripley (O.) firm of lum.
Der dealers a large lot OF locust posts
which had been cut within a short dis.
tance of Ripley for shipment north.
The first carload of these posts went
recently to Cleveland, o.. and in load.
ing II there were two rather rough
looking timbers passed into the car,
says Il Ripley correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. The consignment
reached Cleveland promptly and was
unloaded in the yards in the Lake City.
Mr. Browns inspector was there to re-
ceiye them aud promptly cast aside the
two timbers as rejected leaving them
lying apart.
A little fourteen -year-oid boy was in
the yard with hand cart gathering
chips and kindling refuse TO take 10
the home OF his widowed mother near
by. The bustling chap was asked by
the kind hearted Inspector IL he wotIld
like to take the two posts home with
him. The lad was only too glad TO ac-
cept the offer The boy on reaching
his squalid back yard quarters borrow
ed an ak and proceeded to split the
gnarled pieces Of locust. In the first
piece chopped into he found big
piece OF yellow metal, larger than a sill
yer dollar.
Much astonished, he took the yellow
piece TO his mother. asking what 1t
might be. and she, although Of the
opinion that il was money, directed
him to take the piece TO certain
Cleveland banker she knew aud ascer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Aerial Mail.

Notes weighted with lead are dropped
from the French war balloon to the
friends OF the balloonists below.l
When Betty stepped into her aeropiane
lightly
She looked IN my eyes as bade her
good night,
And as abe departed she called to me
brightly,
II may stay . week, but don't worry:
I'll write"
SO, cheerei by the hope for an early
epistie,
turned through the misty and gather
ing gioam,
And, piping low ana relodiOus whistle,
thought OF my love as ssuntersd to-
ward home.
She dropped me line the next evening at
twilight,
A note full OF tender affection, and that
Came into my bedroom. along with the
skyllsht.
And shockingly dented my second best
cat.
Ny cook the next morning stepped out OF
the basemeu,
On hearing the milkrnan already astir.
message that Betty had aimed at my
easement
Came out Of the heavens. and-well. it
got her
The butcher. the baker. the coal man and
grocer
Now leave my supplies In the next street
but two.
They swear IL they dare to approach any
closer
They know they'll be shot by some fond
billet doux.
Last night as she sailed my dear Betty
indited
A fifteen page letter TO give me proof
OF how she sdores me, and when that one
lighted
1t took OF chimney and stove in the
roof.
Although TO loves bondage still am sub
missIye,
1t irks one 20 know that his house Is
jail,
The which ne can't leave lest some eight
cen pound snissive
By chance is among his aerial mail.
I'd hate to have Betty distrust me or
doubt me.
Id hate TO De harsh 10 the girl adore,
But still it her notes keep descending
about ne
III answer some day with krag forty
four
james ]. Montague in New York Amer
ican.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Triumph of mothers in-law.

Mother-in-iaw completely crushed
son-in-law in litigation ia the courts
at Chicago the other day Judge Car.
penter refused to Issue aD injunction
asked for by Carl Emil Christensen to
restrain his mother-in-lsw. Bertha Lar
son, from visiting his home. says a
Chicago dispatch. How can ! do lt?'
said the court TO Attorney \. X. Fian-
ninghsm, who appeared for the con-
plaiusRt. .If I issued such au order,
all moiher-in-la~ Jokes would cease to
exist. and the people would be de-
priyed Of the comic supplement"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
PHONES TO PROTECT CROPS.
California Fruit Growers to Be Warned
Of Sudden Temperature Changes.

The United States weather bureau
recently put into operation plan by
which 1t is thought fruit growers
throughout the orange belt of San Ber-
nardino. Riverside and Los Angeles
counties will be given ample protec-
ton from damage to crops by frost,
says Los Angeles dispatch.
In this district sudden changes in
temperature are not unusual during
winter months, and it has been found
that the printed charts issued by the
weather bureau do not Insure suttt-
cient protection. especially in the re-
mote portions of the great orange belt.
Arrangements have been completed by
which 1t is possible to send warnings
by telephone at any hour OF the day or
night Substaions have been estab-
lished, TO which warnings will be sent,
and from these substations the warn
ings will be sent to growers, nearly all
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
HUGE HYDROGEN PLANT.
Government Establishment to Furnish
Gas For Aerial Machines.

In line with the recently adopted
policy of the United States govern
ment TO take the lead among the ma
tions Of the world in developing bal
looms and aerial machines the govern
ment has arranged for the erection OF
q huge hydrogen plant to create gas
for balloons and aerial craft. says
Washington special dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer.
This plant will be located in Fort
Myer and will be the headquarters of
the balloon feet. Apart from its equip
ment will he big reservoir with sew
eral feed lines. and while in operation
the balloons will merely have to sail
up, pick up feed line and replenish
their supply of hydrogen.
Major Russell and Captain Chandler,
who will have charge of the construc-
ton Of the plant. recently returned
from Mount Weather. where they eX
amined gas generating plant Install
ed by the weather bureau. Major Rus
sell said the inspection committee was
ordered TO ascertain If the weather
bureau plant was suitable for adoption
by the signal corps.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
ElliOtt's
EmuISified Oil Liniment

is not prescription of a specialist but
an emulsion of Kerosene oil, spirits tur-
pentInc, origanun, ether and ammonia.
BY machinery process the oil globules
are broken up into minute particles and
rendered very penetrating, being quickly
absorbed. 1t is as fine formula for
man or beast as medicine can produce
livery bottle sold on guarantee. 1t is
put up in hali-pint bottles (yellow
PACKAGE, 25c.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Rydale's
Cough Elixir

The prescription for Rydale's Cough
Elixir was secured in western North
Carolina near Asheville, where so many
persons with lung trouble go, 1t will
not and can not cure consumption, but
for coughs, colds and bronchial troubles
it never fails to benefit or cure. If it
does not you get your money back.
Two sizes, 25c and soc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Rydale's
TON &c

is the acme of perfection in medicine as
a nerve and blood tonic. In combina-
ton withsother very valuable medicinal
agents it contains iron, quinine and
and nothing has ever been
yet that would tone and build
I'D a rundown system quicker or better
than this combination of remedies. For
old people and weak, puny children or
anyone with a rundown system ii is far
superior to all other tonics. Guaranteed
to cure malaria.
Two sizes, SOC and $Ioo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07

frwhch theya
Barney's
COMPOUND

is another preparation for stomach
troubles. 1t is impossible for one remedy
to cure all forms OF dyspepsia, for the
reason that some people have too much
acid in their stomachs, while others do
not have enough. II is physical i'm
possibility for the same remedy 10 re-
lieve both of those conditions.
Barney's Compound is especially rec
commended where there is an excess of
acid, and where catarrhal conditions
exist. For that soreness OF the stomach,
it never fails to relieve.
Two sizes, SOC and $780,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07

OF whom have Telephones aud eau he
reached quickly. Whenever = sudden
drop in temperature l. expected il Will
be known at Los Angeles In ample
time FOR the growers 10 protect their
crops by sinudging or In other ways.
\ clerk will he on duty at the Los
Angeles office of the weather bureau At
all hours TO send ont such warnings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Ryda!e's
Stomach Tablets

for indigestion and dyspepsia, are com
pounded from the prescription Of man
who has made lifelong study OF the
digestive organs. They are not a purely
artificial digestant that relieves only
temporarily, but are a combination OF
the best drugs known for their tonic
effect upon the stomach and digestive
organs. They stimulate the stomach to
do its own work.
Two sizes, 25c and soc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
RydaIe's
Liver Tablets

are made from the prescription OF d
professor in an Ohio medical college
and are especially recommended where
there is a catarrhal condition of the
stomach, bile, ducts or bowels They are
the plcasantest liver medicine on eartlLto
be as effective and powerful as they are
For biliousness and torpid liver they are
without an equal so chocolate coated
tablets in a metal box, 25c
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
Little dabs of Powder
Little dauhs of Paint

Little dahs OF Powder
Little dauhs of Paint
OF course will make a pale face
Look as if it amt"
But little Rydale's Tonic
Taken thrice day,
Makes the pale cheeks rosy
In wise old Natures way.
1t heats the artificial
Applied both thick and thin,
And cant be rubbed off with a rag
For it's underneath the skin.
So throw away your paint box Lass,
The painless pink looks best,
And Rydale's tonic never fails
Whene'er given test.
j. w. Thurston, Agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07

Quantity and Quality rarely ever go
together. Here's the exception. Elliott's
EmuIsified Oil Iinimeut contains half
pint of All emulsion of Spirits Turpen-
tine, Origannm, Kerosene Oil, Ether.
and Ammonia, and sells for only 2jc. a
bottle. Guaranteed or money back. j.
w. Thurston, Druggist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
The Necessary.

John Bull is looking over his .Iapa
nese assets, and he finds them disap.
pointing. says the St Louis Post Dis
patch. Thera will be no yellow perl
until there is a yellow treasury.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07

~~pemM Sa~a a syas
nnybm dh yG
@tnmuhAA Aw~pt~dn nyr are hh specific guarantee
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-07
p.,sste Court Sessions.

-..-... THE PRoBATE COURT FOR
..- OF EsSEN will be held a.
.nl year iyon.
5r the i0ftnuon OF the second
..ry and the first Mondays Of
.u1 ulCctlbrr.
~ a.trruoSu Of each of the
-- first Mondays Of April and
, the nrst saturday Of each
a.- will be held At any place in
..... ..... .rreiuent.
O.. 7, addressed TO 4. W. wyman,
..llhall. will receive prompt at
.-KBI.RT W. BLAKE, JUpGE.