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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31
A Card.


We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
10 refund the money on 50-cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup OF Tar II it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
c. f. Black, South Royalton.
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walbridge & Heath, Sharon.
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Edward Miller, East Barnard.
NJ. J. Sargent & Son, South Royalton.
w. NJ. Adams, North Pomfret.
A. L. Morse 3 Co., West Hartford.
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L. L. Udall & Son, STAFFORD.
Frank Durkee, Pittsheld.
2. w. Brigham & Son, Pittsheld.
Fred Morrill,, Pittsfield.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31
sTocKRRIpGE

@. B. Fish was in Rutland Saturday.
Mr.. Henry was in stowe several days
last week.
Mrs. Abbie carrick OF Rutland was in
town last week.
Mrs. Charles Grafton is working at
Claude Chhifea's.
Mr.. burke of Stowe was at Claude
Chaffee's last Saturday.
Mrs. Alice Smith from Maine is visit
ing her father, Joel Blackmer.
Mr.. Chaiiee Of Stove has come to spend
some time with his son, Claude Chafiee.
James A. Cannon Of Rochester called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ne1 . day last
week.
Mrs. John Durkee was In Mendon last
week Wednesday TO attend the funeral Of
Reuben Ranger, her uncle.
Mr.. Muzzey, who recently purchased
an interest in Henry Bakers creamery,
has bought the Harriet Bird place. Mr..
Muzzey has gone to Boston to move his
family here this week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31
Il You Would Cure That Back,

You need pleasant herb remedy called Mother
Gray's AUSTRALIAN-LEAF for all Kidney, Blad-
der and Urinary trouble. As regulator i has no
equal, cures headaches, nervousness, dizziness
and loss OF sleep At ali Druggists or by mall
SOC GAMBLE FREE. Address The Mother Gray
90 Tprnv
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31

Robert Smith is at home with his par
ents to spend Easter vacation.
Mrs. E. B. Sanborn has moved onto the
farm recently purchased by her.
Archie George moves into the parson-
age and is intending to work on the road
this season.
Rev. Mr.. Phillips spoke in the Baptist
church last Sunday afternoon to a good
attendance, seemingly to the satisfaction
Of all present.
Harry Aldrich OF South Royslton has
rented the old blacksmith shop Of Mrs.
Grant and taken rooms at o. F. slack's so
we now shall have another blacksmith
here.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31

Constipation and indigestion means,
use the American Liver Tablets. At all
Druggists. l0c. and 26c.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31
NORTH TuN5RIpcE

Gentlemen, call and see our work shoe
for 1925. It's hummer. Our full line
OF shoes are better than ever this season.
f.. II. Totman.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31
NEWS IN TOWNS ABOUT


Just opened mp a new line OF white
waists. muslin and knit underwear. Cor
sst covers, skirts, night robes, etc. new
lie. aud collars; fine line of gents dress
sbirts. Soc and 81 new shoes and hosiery
special 10 saturday-1s lbs. sugar, 81 Z;
oak Leaf soap, 25c. lbs. seeded
rsisins. 25c.; 3 cans corn, 25c. SHADES,
l0c. salad Dir, ssing, &c.
q, 3. HodRkins.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-31

Wanted Hogs, fat calves, bob calves
and live poultry. Will pay highest price.
j. J. Sargent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
NEW SCOTLAND YARD.
London's Detective Headquar-
ters in Fact and Fiction.
Writers Of Romance Have Attributed
Wonderful Feats TO Marvellous
Sleuths-Like an American
City Hall.

London.-Scotland Yard. the most
famous detective center in the world.
owes it's fame 10 fiction. Plots far
more involved than the mysterious
Doctor Crippen case have been worked
out and the solutions credited 10 this
institution by a host of story writer's
led by Charles Dickens. Writers OF
romance. good and bad. have had a
hand in creating impressions OF secret
passages. elaborate DISCUSSES and SUI
perhuman powers OF deduction.
Stealthy sleuths glide forth into the
highways and byways to neck
laces of incredible value, TO find abb
Quoted maidens and solve the dark
and bloody puzzles Of impossible muir
der mysteries.
This is the Scotland Yard OF fiction.
The Scotland Yard of fact is a hand
some red brick building. deliberately
trimmed. and very much like an Amer
lean city hall in appearance. Nowhere
within its door is there a hint Of SEN
s%ationalism. The building was de-
signed TO afford a headquarters for
the vast police business Of London,
and it is business. from its founda-
tion stones TO its weather vanes.
Technically. the present Scotland
Yard Of present police I ie is new
Scotland Yard. Old Scotland Yard
opens of Whitehall. midway between
the present police headquarters and
Trafalgar square. In long bygone days
the detectives had three little rooms
in the old yard. Uttered beyond belief
with papers-dirty and unbusiness
like.
It was these three rooms that Dick
ems knew. Detectives and police were
under separate administrations then.
AMI il was only when the police made
a failure Of "a case hat the detectives
were called. Anyone who was willing
20 pay the cost anywhere in the
United Kingdom had a right 70 call a
detective from Scotland Yard. AZ
present. a Scotland Yard detective is
not allowed TO leave London except on
rare occasions.
II was from the old force that Dick
ems drew material for the detective
sketches that all Dickens readers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
pivinina Rod goo Years Old.

Winslow W Field OF Medford.
Mass. owns a metallic divining rod
brought from England more than two
hundred years ago by one of his an
cestors. The rod. says Mr. Fiheld. has
been used successfully all over New
England and In the western mining
districts. II is attached to whalebone
handles 70 inches long and weighs two
ounces. The handles have inscriptions
on them which are almost obliterated
by age.
The person who brought the rod to
America was Isaac Greenleaf. who set
tied in Massachusetts,. The rod became
famous as a finder Of water. After
marking the place OF many springs the
rod was used in California. Colorado
and North Carolina for locating by men
in quest Of gold mines and other met
ais. One person who used IL with par
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
rhe New Scotland Yard in London.

The New Scotland Yard in London.
know. Inspector Weld. "a man OF
portly presence. with a large, moist,
knowing eye. a husky voice and a
habit OF emphasizing his conversation
by the aid Of a corpulent forefinger.
which was in constant juXtaposition
with his eyes and nose was. In reali-
~, Inspector Field. whose memory
still Is green. Field also was the orig
inal of Inspector Bucket in Bleak
House Inspector Stalker. n OF
Dickens characters. was Inspector
Walker in real life. A few years ago
there were many men on the force
who remembered Thornton, the man
whom Dickens changed to D%ornton.
the sergeant. famous for pursuing the
inductive process. and. from small be-
ginnings. working from clue to clue
until he bags his man
However. the Scotland Yard Is said
10 be overwhelmed as the hub OF de-
tective skill. II would not be fair for
an American correspondent TO inti-
mate that the constables I'm London
are up TO the American standard OF
efficiency and intelligence in police
duty. Much less is expected OF them.
as a rule. and they have a much less
troublesome class Of people with
which TO deal. The London public,
even in the worst quarters OF the city.
has a greater fear OF the police than
has the New York or Chicago public.
From the constables are recruited the
men who compose the a%ristocracy OF
the detective force. These are the
men who eventually handle the big
cases"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
Wasted Sarcasm.

The Philadelphia milk dealers who
recently raised the price OF their
product TO nine cents a quart and then
lowered II again to eight appear 10
have been the subjects of a great deal
OF unjust censure. They announced
at the time OF the raise that milk
could not be sold at eight cents with
out loss. Finding that the consumers
would not pay the new price. however.
they are continuing to sell at the old.
thereby qualifying as genuine philan.
thropists. Every purchaser OF milk
at eight cents a quart will doubtless
hereafter feel that he is an object Of
charity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
Tn. countert,l, southerner.

OF course. there are many counter
feits, A most amusing imitation Is
one that often passes for the typical
southerner In New York. This satchel-
mouthed braggart infests the cafes
and demands attention by his abusing
the waiter for offending his delicate
sense OF honor. Il hate a Niger. sub.
he loudly proclaims, which is a senti-
ment that one never hears from those
70 the manner born. lie haunts the
theaters and parades the streets. since
II Is poor fun TO practise his gentility
In private.
lie wears a wide black hat. mounts
the table and yells whenever the band
plays a southern melody. Such a pre-
tentious caricature would be harmless
enough. but for the ridicule he brings
upon the south. Unfortunately, popu-
lar authors seem to accept him at face
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration TO health a so much
TO me that for the sake Of other suffer
ing women ] am willing 10 make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter. "-MRs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID ,Graniteville, Vt
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know OF has su-a q record
Of cures Of female lis as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years il has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation. liberation. local weak
nesses, fbroid tumOrs, irregularities.
periodic pains, backache. indigestion
and nervous prostraton. and II is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change Of life.
1t costs but little TO try Lydia E.
Pnkham's Vegetable Compound. and,
as Mrs srclaysay il is worth mou
fGins of gold TO suffering women.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

way down 20 the waist line. AZ a gala
performan ce In Paris given by the
Metropolitan opera company OF New
York-the most successful perform
ance Parts ever saw. and n whereat
$4,000 was gained for the Pluyiose
victims-many Of the beautiful Ameri-
cans in the $40 orchestra seats wore
these daring gowns. and now AT New
port they are often to be seen.
Mrs. Oelrichs stared at one with as
founded eyes at a dinner. and ner
neighbor said.
Isn't that new gown OF Mrs. Blanks
a dream2 Old Mr.. Blank Is so de
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
a Strong Preacher.

The ministers eight-year-old daugh'
ter was returning with her parents
from church. where the district super
intendent had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
"Oh. father" asked the little girl.
her face alive with enthusiasm. don't
you think Brother C.. is a very strong
preacher do"
Gratihed by this evidence OF un-
usual Intelligence on the part Of his
offspring. the minister eagerly in.
quired into her reasons for her state
ment.
oh" replied the little miss. artless-
ly. didn't you see how the dust rose
when he stamped his feet?"-Judge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
How LIGHTNING Splits Trees.

Lightning makes trees explode. IKE
overcharged boilers. The flame OF the
lightning toes not burn them up. nor
does the electric fash split them like
an AK. THE bolt flows through into all
the damp interstices OF the trunk and
into the hollows under It's bark. All
the moisture al once is turned into
steam. which by its immediate explo-
sion rips open the tree. For centuries
this simple theory puzzled scientists.
but they have got 1t right at last.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
HIGH HEELS NEARLY KILL
Woman Falls Down Steps and Onto a
Broken Tumbler. Which Severed
an Artery.

Richmond. Va-One OF Dame Fash
ions fancies. an unusually high-heeled
slipper. came near causing the death
of Mrs. John Devine. wife OF a promi-
nent merchant, and herself well
known I'm society circles. when they
caused her TO fall down the front steps
OF her home while carrying a glass Of
water.
The glass smashed on the stones
under her right arm. cutting a deep
cash and severing an artery. The
blood flowed from the cut for over
two hours. and physicians had much
diff Guilty IN stopping Il
Added 10 her weak condition from
loss OF blood. a fractured wrist was
sustained. She will recover
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
deep as that. ard 40 on.

deep as that. and 80 on.
The mission was looking homeless.
when suddenly she darted from The
shop and seized a passing gentleman
by the hand.
win you please come into this shop
with me?' she asked %innocently.
Certainly. my chickabiddy." he "a
piled, III can be OF any use. What
is it?"
The little girl replied not. but led
the wondering stranger to the counter
There. miss" she said. triumphant.
ly. Mother wants some ribbon The
color OF this gentleman's nose"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
AS IT APPEARED TO HER
Mrs. Oelriehs Evidently Didn't Think
Much Of MIR. Blanks Earning
Capacity.

Mrs. Herman Oelrichs. the best
dressed oma in Newport. criticized
very p%ertinently. at a recent dinner.
the new dinner gowns OF PaquIn and
Cabot.
These clineing and hlmy gowns are
chiefly remarkable for the N-shaped
back hat they possess. The VT is
incredible. but II Is true-opens all the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
Practical Matching.

What the little girl with the rs cents
IN pennies wanted was some red rib
bon Of a particular shade for her moth
err. She knew the shade, but she
couldn't explain It and all she could
say was. II wasn't that. no, nor that:
u was deeper than that. and not so
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

o nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
LydiaE. tfnkham's
Vegetabl BILE Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold 70 me, as it
restored my health
and strength. l
forget 70 tell
my friends what
IydiaE pinkham's
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

voted. They say that everything he
makes goes on his wife's back"
Mrs. Oelrchs. her eye fixed on the
gowr's terrible v. said with "A smile:
well. he mus be making very lit
tie. then"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

value and exploit him In novels or
plays where a '%southerner" Is a nee
essary part OF the stage machinery
Everybody's Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

ticular su ccess was "A blind man. in
whose hands the rod is said TO have
done marVels.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

Rest men are nodded out OF faults.
Shakespeare,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

Forget all the evil people OF history.
and remember the good ones who
have made the world better.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09
WORTH
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
SAYS Mrs. ChaS. Barclay

GraniteviIle, vt -"I was passing
through the Change of Life andsuffered
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

Constipation oarecs ami seriously argravs'-s
many diseases. n Is Thoroughly cunrl ~ Dr.
plenes Pelcs. Tiny sugarcuated granuies-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-09

It's always a case OF the survival OF
the httest. Are you Il?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-15
SALOONS CLOSED TO
SALVATION LASS|ES
MAYOR OF SEATTLE WILL
PROHIBIT THEIR ENTRANCE
Newsboys Also Come Under Ban
Says II Is Disgusting Sight 10 See
Girls IN SalOon-Declares Boys
Must BE Kept Out.

Seattle, Aug. 15.-Mayor H. c. Gill
issued an order to Chief of Police
Wappenstein today ordering him to
arrest every Salvation Army lass and
newsboy found in saloons. The may
OF believes 1t worse for boys to be in
saloon than army lasses, but both
will be barred.
"A public saloon is no place for
women" said Mayor Gill today. "The
Salvation Army does a great deal of
good, but II they want to get money
from barroom loungers then let their
uniformed men go after it. The sight
or women in saloons is disgusting to
me and I believe it is to 80 out OF 100
men. and so long as am mayor. wo-
men must drop out. and this means
women of every walk of life. So long
as had made up my mind about wo-
men, l thought I might as well go one
step further and bar newsboys. I
have good many friends among the
newsies and will do anything / can
Tor them, but the saloon is no place
for small boys. Little fellows who
are compelled to knock about the
streets selling papers for a living have
enough temptation and so long as I
am mayor they must be kept out of
barrooms."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-15
Regulars and Insurgents are
Fighting to Finish in South
'ern Campaign.
RECORD VOTE AT POLLS
is EXPECTED TOMORROW
Estimate 100000 Voters VIII CASA
Their Bailots-Principal Contest e
Over GubernatOriaI Nonnnatbsn-
Hot Contests in Each Congressional
District With Three Exceptiop%
First State Wide Primaries in Stase.

san Francisco, Aug. 15.-State lead
ers OF the democratic and republican
parties expect a record vote tomoy.
row in the first state wide primarv
IN the history of California. 1t Is nre-
cicted the vote will total nearly 400.
OVo. The principal contest is over the.
nomination for governor or Alden
Anderson, regular, Charles F. Curry
regular. Phillip Stanton who made
his campaign slogan The man whom
Roosevelt praised" and Nathaniel m
lery, regular, are candidates besides
Hiram w. Johnson, the Lincoln
Roosevelt candidate, and Theodore
Bell, the only democratic candidate.
In the congressional districts the
fights have been close with the ea-
ception of in the third, fourth and
sixth districts. where the republican
incumbents are unopposed. In the
second district where William Kent.
an insurgent. is making a race against
Duncan McKinlay, the incumbent,
who is standpatter, the contest liz
hot. Kent is supported by Clifford
Plnchot, who made a weeks tour Of
the district. Three candidates are In
the field for nomination for United
States senator. They are O. A. Mes
erve, regular, G. Spalding and
John d. Works.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-15
FORMER DISTRICT
ATTORNEY ON STAND
TELLS COMMITTEE OF
QUASHING OF INDICTMENTS
W. b. Johnson. Who Was Dismissed
From Office and Reinstated i'm is
Minutes, Tells How Indictments

Sulphur, Okla, Aug. 15.-Former
District Attorney w. B. Johnson, who
entered a protest when the indict-
ments against Mansfield, McMurray,
and Cornish were quashed. and who
was dismissed from office for this ac.
ton, and reinstated Is minutes later
was called before the investigating
committee today. He SO: During
the eight years 1 was United States
district attorney 5000 indictments
were returned in my court, and only
one investigated. That one was
against MoMurray, Mansfield and
Cornish. I was called to Washing
ton in August, 1905, and Assistant
Attorney General Russell was kept
busy writing for nine days for Nc
Murray to appear. There were three
hearings. Cecil Lyon of Texas. was
present at all of them.'' johnson
stated after he had protested and re-
turned home. he received a telegram
dismissing him and fifteen minutes
later came another telegram rein
stating him. but his successor had
had time to dismiss the indictments.
c. D, Dedbetter, an attorney. show
ed check for ten thousand dollars
signed by McMurray, Johnson testi-
fled. He said he remarked to Led |
better that ten thousand was a nice
fee. THAT isn't all: I have some
good contracts" Ledbetter replied ac-
cording to Johnson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-15
Great Buildings Of Information
al Exposition in 9eIgium
are Burned.
PRICELESS ART TREASURES
PERISH IN THE FLAMES
Greatest Losses of Age-Twenty-
One Pavilions Claimed by Flames
Works of Famous Artists and Sci
entists Consumed With Building
Many Injured But No One Killed
Thieves Get Rich Loot.

Brussels, Aug. 15.-The great
buildings of the Universal Interna-
tional exposition in Belgium are to-
day smoking ruins and twenty mil
lion dollars worth of priceless art
treasures are destroyed. Twenty-one
pavilions and thousands of the fruits
OF artists and scientists, precious can
vases and fabrics were consumed. No
lives were lost, but 40 persons were
injured, as the buildings were crowd
ed with Sunday throngs. The fire
originated through crossed electric
wires in the telegraph building The
exposition was practically destroyed
and many pavilions on the outside of
the exposition were burned Many
valuable articles were stolen by loot.
ers.
The French and English buildings
were first destroyed. Police reserves
and then troops were hurried to the
scene TO herd the panic stricken peo-
pie to safety. Most of the accidents
occurred in the first rush for the
exits. Frantic men trampled wo-
men and children in their effort to
escape. The flames reached the
Kirmesse before all of the crowd had
left the enclosure, After destroying
the French and English buildings, the
flames leaped the avenue Des Nations
licking up the fragile buildings.
Hardly had the fire died down be-
fore looters were at work and dia-
mond collections worth three hun
dred thousand dollars are said to-
have been stolen. Officials are con-
ferring today as to the advisability
of colsing the fair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-15
BALL|E..- AIRS HIS
VIEWS IN KLAMATH

klamath Falls, Ore, Aug. 15.-"We
have got to be frugal and economi-
cal and we have got to use. sense in
handling the resources we have.
That's all there is to conservation" {"
said Secretary Ballinger today. Il
believe it would be safe to say that
there is only a small portion of the
western people who are public land
criminals and disposed to take ad-
vantage of the federal government.
Where ever they are, believe in rig
i'd enforcement of the law, and the
prosecution of grabbers, and 1 be-
lieve also the protection of the law
should be given the honest man, who
IS seeking hs rights under the law"