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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

When Beauty Speaks.
When deferentiai heads are bowed
In haiiering attention
And eagerly listening crowd
Is gasping in suspension,
Be sure the oracle is not
Far famed for wisdom pross,
But utiers any idle thought
With lips soft sweet and rosy.
lnaniiies become profound
When by a dzncing dimple
They're punciuated, and they sound
So grand. instead Of simple,
Accompanied BY radiant glance
From lustrous orhs that shghten
The duIlest thought III Il entrance
And. like jewel, brighten,
All woman. don't lay down The law
Nor beg for your ambition
II with glib tongue but lantern Jaw
You plead for recognition;
But to advance the thing you seek,
Convert a maid heguiliae
And in its cause let beauty speak
And win the boon By smiling.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
lJapan Bound to Have Her Way.

Japan and China are having serious
disagreement. Japan wants to make the
Mukden railroad standard gauge, to
which China objects. Negotiations are
in progress, but China will probably
yield.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

The postofice registry system is not
self-supporting at q fee o. eight cents,
ana the fee may shortly be advanced to
ten cents.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
connectIcut's "sIue Laws" Go.

Connecticut has repealed her "blue
iaWs'' relating to Sunday observance, and
sunday baseball viii follow, probably.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
Sunday School cenventlon.

The annual convention of the West
Orange County Sunday School association
will be held in East Braintree Friday and
Saturday, Aug. 13- and u, with the fol
lowing program:-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

EhlDA 4. r. NJ
Prayer and Praise service and the Open
ing of the Word, Rev. Fred A. Wells,
Randolph Center.
Convention Courtesies, the welcome
and the response, by the pastor OF the
church. Rev. c. N. Krook, and the
president OF the association, Ernest
g. Ham, Randolph.
Sermon Of the convention, Rev. George
o. Howe, Randolph.
Solo, Miss NJ. Blanche Sparhawk, Ran
dolph.
Announcement of committees, etc.
Prayer and adjournment.
FRIDAY, ,7P. NJ.
Song and prayer service, Rev. D. H.
Strong, Williamstown.
Reports OF the officers for the past year.
Report Of the committee on nominations.
Address, "The Bible School and the
Winning OF the World y Rev. H. A.
Durfee, general secretary of the Yer
mont State Sunday School associa-
tion.
Prayer and benediction.
SATURDAY, A. NJ.
"Sine unto the Lord, . praise service, led
BY Rev. George r. Lake, Chelsea.
Home department conference, conducted
by Miss Nellie H. Nutting, Randolph
Center. county superintendent Home
department.
Annual report OF the West Orange Coun-
ty Home department, Miss Nutting.
The story Of our Sunshine band, told by
one Of the band, Miss Gertrude Hail.
Brookfield.
The Home Department Visitors Oppor-
tunity and Privilege, Miss NJ. c.
Amesbury, Randolph Center.
Report OF the East BrookHeld Sunshine
band, Miss Bessie Wheatley, East
BrooGfieId.
New Vision, as seen by our field secre-
tary, Miss Edith NJ. Balch, Burling-
ton, Home department field secretary
Vermont State Sunday School sssoei-
alton.
Solo, Miss NJ. Blanche sparhawk, Ran
dolph.
Round Table, topic to be announced.
Prayer and benediction.
SATURDAY, P. NJ.
"Praise ye the Lord" song service, led
by Ernest G. Ham, Randolph.
"The Teacher Training Glass, its Organ
ization and its Work." address by
Miss Ellen Hyde Wagner, teacher
training superintendent Vermont
State Sunday School association.
Round Table conference 'on Teacher
training.
General discussion OF plans Tor the fu-
ture, with suggestions, etc.
Closing prayer and benediction by the
pastor Of the church, Rev. c. n.
Krook
Delegates are to be entertained over
MIG ht and served with dinner and supper.
their comfort and pleasure being in the
care of the following committees
Entertainment, Mrs. r. Norman, Mrs.
Mary Farnsworth. Mrs. Mary Hutchin-
son, Mrs. Euma French; food, Mrs. Ada
Blanchard, Mrs. Byron Wakefield, Mrs.
S. Williams, Mrs. Win Fletcher; decora-
tion, Mrs. W. w. Scribner, Miss Lila
Chadwick, Miss Lena Norman, Miss
Blanche Butterheld, Mrs. C. n. Krook /;
reception, Mrs. Wallace Peavey. Mrs. E.
H. Chadwick, Mrs. ID. l. Fisher, Mrs. R..
@. Mann; teams, H. ]. Farnsworth, Luz
cius Butterheld, Guy A. Clough, w. L.
Peavey.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

Deans Rheumatic Pills for Rheumatism. and
Neuralgia Entirely vegetable. Safe.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
At Chandler Music Han.

At Chandler Music Hall.
The Pauline Hammond company will
open three days engagement at Chand-
Ter Music hall, commencing Thursday,
Aug. IL. 1t can be truthfully said that
this is one of the best companies on the
road today playing repertoire.
Miss Hammond has picked for her
company a line OF first-class plays and
people. On the opening night ttonight) }
will be produced the greatest of all rural
dramas, ssThe Great Poison Mystery
Friday night, "Camille;" Saturday
night. "Ten Nights in q Barroom;" Sat
urday matinee, "An Indians Revenge.
This company has plenty of good spe-
cialties between the acts.
At the request Of the local manage
ment, the prices have been reduced from
their regular schedule to the popular
prices of the Bennett-Moulton company.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
D. Fay whiteomb Drowned.

David Fay whitcomb, pupil OF the
Randolph high school when his parents
lived in Stockbridge, was drowned at S
o'clock Sunday afternoon while swim
ming in Brookside pond, Great Barring
ton, Mass.
In the company of FIVE other young
men, be had started, at the suggestion OF
one Of the party, to swim from the gate
house to the opposite shore when, about
in the middle OF the pond, be was seized
by q cranp. He called for assistance and
Harry Burckhardt went out to him imme-
diateIy; but when he reached him, Mr..
Whitcomb threw both arms around his
neck and the two of them sank three
times. Though he worked hard, Mr..
Burckhardt found it impossible to save
his companion, whoss body seemed to be
rigid, and one or two Of the other men
had great difficulty in reaching the shore.
The water was probably 25 feet deep
where the drowning occurred, and the
pond had to be drawn of before the body
could be recovered.
Mr.. Whitcomb, who was 80 years OF
age, was born in Vermont, the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. F. J. Whitcomb, with whom be
removed from Stockbridge to Great Bar
rington Is years ago. He had been a
clerk in the city postoffice for the last
eight years and, besides his parents, left q
wife and two children, who were in An
cram, n Y, at the time of his death.
He is also survived by two brothers and
two sisters. An older brother was
drowned in the Housatonic river at Great
Darlington about 10 years ago.
The deceased belonged to the Metbo-
dist church and was a member of the
Grange, in which he held the Office of
secretary.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

Band Concert.
The Green Mountain band will give a
concert in Depot square Friday evening
with this program:
Line Up, march, J. c. Heed
Something Doing, medley overture,
F. Boyer
The PrOspector, march, q. e. Holmes
Andante and waltz, Myrtley. Paul Laurent
Selection, Friendship, Mackie Boyer
The Sumner, march, F. H. Losey
Sweet Liberty, intermezzo, ". e. Miller
The Promoter, march, g. e. Holmes
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

children drove from Woodsville, N. H.,
to Brookfeld and then to Randolph,
here Mrs. Sargent and the children are
to stay q month with her mother. Mrs.
r. B. Mcintyre. Mr.. Sargent went back
to Woodsville the 5th.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
Plans for Denver BuiIdino.

Washington.-The following archi-
tects have been instructed by the sec
retary OF the treasury to submit plans
in competition for the Denver public
building:
Biscoe & Homitt, E. P. Varian, Fal-
lis, Stein & Willison, Cove & Walsh,
Denver; McLaren & Thomas, Colo.
rado Springs; A. F. Rosenheim, Los
Angeles; Bliss & Faville, Howard &
Galloway. San Francisco; Whidden G.
Lewis. Portland; Thomas Kimball,
Omaha; Eames & Young. st. Louis;
Abraham Garfield. Cleveland Tracy,
Swartout & Litchfield, A. w. Bruner.
Warner & Weltmore, H. McGonigle,
Trowbridge & Livingston, New York.
The judges appointed to award the
competition are E. B. Green, Buffalo;
c Fl. Walker, Boston; Irving X.
Pond, Chicago; E. w. Conn, Washing
ton; ]. X. Taylor, supervising archi
tect, treasury department. Plans are
to be submitted on or before April 1st
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
GENERAL NEWS.

On the 18th inst. English newspa-
pers devoted much space to apprecia-
tions Of Abraham Lincoln.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
were warmly welcomed on their ar
rival at Berlin on the 10th inst.
Daniel Willard has been elected pres
ident of the Colorado Midland Rail-
road Company to succeed Frank Trum-
bull
At Manila on the 14th inst, Father
Carroll. formerly of Philadelphia, was
consecrated bishop Of Vigan with i'm
pressive ceremonies. Papal Delegate
Agius officiated.
The Flores theatre in Mexico City
was burned on the night of the 14th
inst, while a play was in progress. and
over $50 people were burned to death
A shipment of 5000 cats has been
made from Chicago to Japan for the
purpose of fighting the plague by the
destruction of rats. Other similar
shipments will follow.
John Mitchell. secretary OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation, was slightly
injured in a trolley car collision at
Spring Valley, Ill. He continued his
journey to New York after his wounds
were dressed
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20

given me, and am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. W. S. FORD.
1888 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. It has
stood the test Of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing-down feeling. flatulency.
indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for 1t. She has guided
thousands to health, free Of
charge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
TIE
Exceptional
Eq1lip,ne,1f

Of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of Senna, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles Of plants known to act most
beneficially and combining them most
'killfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
If, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
SURE THAT PENNSYLVANIA SEM
AToR is ELIGIBLE FOR SEC.
RETARY OF STATE,
NO LEGAL QUESTION
PRESIDENT ELECT CoNFER 8
WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
ON CANAL MATTERS,

Washington.-In the opinion of
FresldentElect Taft, Philander C.
Knox is now legally eligible to re-
ceive the appointment of secretary of
state
That he will be the premier in the
Iaft Cabinet was again positively
stated by Mr.. Taft Tuesday night at
the White House. the statement being
made after two conferences between
the President-elect and Mr. Knox.
Mr., Taft declared no court could en-
tertaln any action based on the con-
stitutionality OF Mr. Knoxs coming
appointment, for the reason that the
first question that would arise in such
q proceeding would be whether Mr..
Knox was "de facto" official of the
government.
ms question, he maintained, would
nave to be answered in the affirma.
tive and there the proceeding would
end
With this question settled, with the
unanimous report of the board of en-.
gineers indorsing the present pro
cedure in constructing the Panama
canal in the hands of President Roose-
welt to be transmitted to Congress
Wednesday with message of indorse-
ment by him. and with a demonstra-
tive scene of cordiality toward him
self by President Roosevelt, Mr.. Taft
concluded busy day.
1t was Z O'Clock at night when Mr..
Taft emerged from the Presidents Of
flce, having had a two-hours' confer
ehce with Mr.. Roosevelt, participated
in by the board of engineers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The bill granting statehood to Ari
zona and New Mexico passed the
House February 18th by unanimous
vote
The Senate adopted the conference
report on the Mondell-Smoot bill per.
mitting the entry of 320-acre home
steadS
The President sent a message OF
congratulation to Governor Gillett OF
California on the defeat Of the Japan
ese school segregation bill.
The house has passed the Mondell
bill granting the Montana, Wyoming
& Southern railway right of way
across the Fort keogh military reser-
walton.
The Senate passed the bill which
previously had passed the House ex-
tending the provisions of the Carey
desert land law to Arizona and New
Mexico.
The following rural routes have
been ordered established in Colorado:
Arriba, Lincoln county, route 2, serv-
ing ia families; Genoa, Lincoln coun-
ty. route /, serving 112 families.
Senator Guggenheim offered an
amendment to the naval appropriation
bill providing $4,000 to build road
from Las Animas. Colo. to the United
States naval hospital near that place.
Forester Pinchot will make visit to
Denver some time during March to
personally hear complaints which Col
orado citizens may wish to make con-
cerning the administration of the for
est service.
The Senate passed the bill previous
ly passed in the House extending the
time for final entry of mineral claims
within the Shoshone Indian reserva-
ton, Wyoming, from three to five
years.
In the little white stone Grace Re-
formed church which he has attended
ever since he has been in Washington.
President Roosevelt Monday night
was given a farewell reception by the
members of the congregation.
The members Of Congress who died
during the first session of the present
Congress were eulogized in a special
session of the House of Representatives
Sunday. They were Senator William
Pinkney Whyte of Maryland, who died
March 17tn, and Representative VIII
liam, H. Parker of South Dakota. who
died on April 7th last.
Senator Guggenheim offered amend
ments to the sundry civil and agricul-
tural appropriation bills, appropriating
-
for experiments in forestry at the Col
orado State Agricultural College.
An appropriation OF $12,0o0.009 Is
proposed for the construction OF auN-
iliary ships. such as transports, dis-
patch boats, cruisers and scouts tina.
may be necessary in. time Of war, in An
amendment to the naval bill offered
by Senator Newlands. The amend
ment also provides that in time Of
peace the vessels shall be leased for
commercial Use.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
German Jack the Ripper"

Berlin.-Seven women stabbed on
the streets of the capital of the Ger
man Empire is Mondays record of the
mysterious ripper" who is causing a
reign of terror and who is apparently
as safe from arrest now as when his
mysterious assaults began a few days
ago. Twenty women have been
stabbed since his appearance. One
woman was seriously injured Monday
afternoon but the injuries of the 9th.
ers were slight.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20

There are four advantages in tax
ng Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies.
First. they are positively harmless.
Second, they are pleasant to take.
Third, they relieve quickly. Fourth.
hey cost nothing unless they give sat-
isfaction.
Prof. Munyon has Just issued a Mag
azine-Almanac, which will be sent free
20 any person who addresses
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
Spotted Fever Germ Found.

Hamilton, Mont.-That he has dis.
covered the germ which causes
'snotted fever" is the latest bulletin
from the camp of DR.. Ricketts, of the
University of Chicago. who has been
for some time working in the region
of the Bitter Root valley, where the
fever is most common. DR.. Ricketts,
has been devoting his entire time to
a search for the germ which causes
the disease. He hopes soon to perfect
an anti-toxin for the fever microbe
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
Earthquake in Turkey,

Constantinople. - A number OF
houses and government buildings at
Sivas, the capital of vilayet of the
same name in Asiatic Turkey, col
lapsed Tuesday as the result of an
earthquake. The loss of life has not
been ascertained, but reports say that
thirty persons have been killed and
others injured. Many of the inhabi-
tants are without shelter. Sivas has
about 5000 families.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
WOULD KEEP THE DANGEROUS
PLACES CLEAR BY USE
OF BOMBS.
PLAN OF oURAY MINERS
CHAIN OF BOMBS TO BE FIRED By
ELECTRICITY AFTER HEAVY
SNOWFALLS.

Ouray, Colo.-The recent run of the
famous Waterhole snowslide, when
four men were killed; the memory Of
former disastrous slides in this dis
trict when numerous lives were lost
and great property damage done, and
the inconvenience to the mining indus
try here during the present winter on
account of the heavy snow. has set
mining men to thinking and plan has
been devised whereby it is thought
that serious danger from snowslides
in this district in years to come will
be eliminated. II the plan is success
fully worked out here, it will probably
be extended to Silverton, Telluride and
other camps where serious loss is
caused by slides nearly every winter
and spring.
1t is proposed to use a chain of
bombs connected by wires SO that they
cen be, fired by electricity following
each heavy snowfall. thus making the
slides run with frequency, but with
less volume. Another plan considered
feasible in running the slides is the
use Of cannon to throw shells into the
courses of slides and start them.
The plans are being widely dis
cussed here and prominent mining
men say they will probably be tried
next fall and believe they will be sue
cessful. The SHOWS this winter have
been heavier than Tor years and slides
are more threatening and frequent
than for a number OF years, but each
year they must be contended with and
each winter mine operators are trou-
bled with men leaving the work for
fear of their lives.
For the last week the Camp Bird
mine has been closed, laying off about
200 men, because of fear of slides and
it only resumed work this morning.
Other mine workings are closed for
the same reason and the expense
gued, would more than pay the cost OF
employing the contemplated methods
of averting the danger.
The danger from slides usually fol
lows a heavy fall of snow and they are
started by the least little thing. AT
present the wires of the Telluride
Power Company form network over
most of the hills. and the plan .is, be-
fore snow comes next fall, for men led
by a competent engineer to go into
the hills and plant several bombs at
the sites of slides. all of which are
well known by mining. men. Then
when a heavy snow falls and slide
is imminent the bombs will be dis
charged by electricity at these slides,
which will doubtless run, but their
volume will be so small that with pro
per precautions neither property nor
life will be destroyed.
There will be little danger then OF
further slides until the next heavy fall
of snow, when the same method cav
be repeated.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20

1t is estimated that more than l.
100000 people participated in the cole
oration of Lincoln's birthday in New
York city. More than 100000 children
attended exercises in the SCI public
schools
The Indiana Senate. by a vote Of
twenty-five to eighteen, adopted the
majority report recommending the
passage of the Brolley bill permitting
Sunday baseball The bill had already
passed the House.
The Hotel Clarendon at Sea Breeze
one OF the largest resort hotels on the
east coast of Florida, together with ten
cottages adjoining the house, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 14th inst. The
215 guests who were asleep at the time
escaped without injury.
The published rumor of the destruc-
ton Of Port Limon, Costa Rica, by q
tidal wave, had origin in interruption
In the telegraph service caused by
landslides following exceedingly heavy
rains. The landslides greatly damaged
fort Limon, which is a town of 5000
lnnaoltants and there was loss Of life
AT Pau. France. on the 18th inst,
Wilbur Wright had his sister as
passenger in his aeroplane. 1t was
her first flight and they remained in
the air for eight minutes. Prior to
this Mr.. Wright had made a five-min-
ute flight with Countess Lambert as a
passenger and gave a twenty-minute
lesson to Count Lambert.
In New York city the official cele-
bration Of Lincoln's birthday was held
in Cooper Union in the hall in which
Lincoln made his first public address
in the East. Mayor George B. McClel-
Ian presided, and addresses Of appreci-
alton and tribute to Lincoln were de-
livered by Joseph H. Choate and Rev.
DR.. Lyman Abbott
Jack" Binns, the wireless telegraph
operator who was on the steamer Re-
public at the time Of her collision last
month with the steamer Florida, was
given rousing reception In Peterbor-
ough. England. his native town, when
he arrived from London. procession
of carriages escorted him to the guild
hall, where the mayor presented him
with an address of welcome.
The longest journey ever made by
a balloon from a New England point
was completed on the night Of the 18th
inst, when the big pommern OF St.
Louis International race fame, carrying
six passengers, came to earth in the
town of Standish close to Lake Sebego,
Maine, about 7:30 O'Clock, after a
flight Of approximately IT'S miles In
an air line from North Adams, Mass.
In a speech at New York Booker
Washington said that the condition of
Liberia. with it's 10000 civilized ne
groes and about million and a half
uncivilized people in the Hinterland, Is
serious. He hopes that Congress will
carry out the recommendation made
by former Secretary Root and by Pres
ident Roosevelt in the direction of
lending practical assistance through
the sending of three commissioners to
Liberia as early as possible.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
Northwestern Reaching Out.

Denver-The Republican Monday
morning says: Yesterdays dispatches
confirming the sale of the Penn-Wy-
oming Mining Company's properties.
including the Ferris -Haggerty mine
and 1,000-ton smelter at Grand En-
campment, Wyo., and the Saratoga &
Encampment railroad, connecting with
the Union Pacific at Saratoga. Wyo,
to coterie of Chicago capitalists. is
an indication that the first step has
been taken in the project by which the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad will
reach the bituminous and anthracite
coal fields Of Colorado first announced
in The Republican one month ago.
That the Northwestern is behind the
deal is not doubted by Routt county
people now in Denver, nor by F. o.
Willmarth of Casper. who is now stop
ping at the Albany hotel. The build
ing of one more short link, some forty
miles in length. will place the North
western. which is Vanderbilt system,
and one of the largest railroad corpo.
rations in the United States, at the
door of the mammoth Routt county
fields of both bituminous and anthra-
cite. The Northwestern now has to
haul its coal from the Illinois fields.
1000 miles up grade. whereas coal of
much superior quality can be made
available at y comparatively small ex-
pense. The news that Northwestern
surveyors have been making exhaust
i've exaiainations of the route to be
traversed by the short remaining link
" q c hrouuht fo Denyar hv ROi,ft coin.
ty people a month ago.