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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
Ross composed himself and told bis

Ross composed himself and told his
story briefly. Pm at Kettle Ranch
pustoffice. Now listen. The limit Of
the cattleman's ferocity has been
reached. As rode down here TO get
Into communication with doctor for
a sick herder | came upon tue scene
Of another murder and burning. The
fire is still smoldering. At least two
bodies are In the embers."
At last. bit by bit. from hurried
speech. the supervisor derived the
fact, the location. the hour. and di-
reeted the herder to ride back and
guard the remains till the sheriff ar.
lived
Keep II all quiet" warned Ross.
'and get the sheriff and doctor to
come up here as quick as you can.
What Is this country coming to-" he
cried In despair "Will this deed go
unpunished like the rest q
Redfeld's voice had lost it's optimis.
tic ring. 81 don't know; | am stun.
ned by 1t all. Don't do anything rash.
Ross. Wait till | come. Perhaps this
IS the turning point out here I'll be
up at the earliest moment"
The imbittered and disheartened
ranger then called up Lee Virginia.
and the sound of her sweet voice turn
ed his thoughts to other and in Il
sense more important matters. for
when she heard his name she cried
out with such eager longing and ap-
peal that his heart leaped "Oh. wish
you were here! Mother has been worse
today. She is asking for you. Can't
you come down and see us? She wants
TO tell you something"
81 can't-I can'tr' he stammered 81
lin long way off, and | have
important work to do. Tell her | will
come tomorrow. Dear girl. there is
sick man far up on the mountain
side with no one to care for him but a
poor old herder who is in danger Of
falling sick himself | must go back
to them; but, believe me, will come
just as soon as my duties will let me
You understand me, don't you?"
Her voice was fainter as she said.
"Yes, but lit seems hard TO wait"
81 know. Your voice has helped me-
/ was In black mood when came
here. I'm going back now to do my
work. and then | will come to you
Goodby."
Strangely beautiful and very subtle
was the vibrant stir of that wire as 1t
conveyed back to his ear the little sigh
with which she made answer to his
plea. He took his way upward in a
mood which was meditative, but no
longer bitter.
TO BE CONTINUED
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

contested spot. and yet 1t had to be
done; so. fastening his tent securely
behind a clump OF jumpers, Cavanagh
mounted bis horse and rode away
across the boundary of the forest into
Deer Greek basin. which had been the
bone of much contention for nearly
four years. Ii had once been part of
the forest. but under pressure the pres
ident had permitted it to be restored TO
the public lands open for entry. II
was not agricultural grounds" as
certain ranchers claimed, but it was
excellent summer pasture, and the
sheepmen and cattlemen had leaped
at once into warfare TO possess 1t.
Sheep were beaten TO death with clubs
by hundreds. herders We're hustled out
of the park with ropes about their
necks and their -odtf.st. troyad, and
all this within few miles of the for
est boundary, where one small sentinel
kept effective watch and ward.
Cavanagh had never been over this
trail but once, and he was trying to
locate the cliff from which a flock of
sheep had been hurled by cattemen
some years before when he perceived
thin column of smoke rising from a
rocky hillside With habitua watch
fulness as to fire, he raised his glass
to his eyes and studied the spot 1t
was evidently a campfire and smolder-
ing dangerously, and, turning his
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
MOURNING CUSTOMS.
They Are Very Ancient. and Experts
Differ as to Their Origin.


The origin of going into mourning
was discussed recently by body of
anthrOpOlogists. Some students hold
that the wearing of black was org.
inully a disguise assumed as protec-
tion from the dead persons spirit
The idea was that the deceased was
naturally disgusted To lind himself
dead and that ne wreaked his resent
mcnt upon his relations Therefore
the relations thought that TO alter
their appearance would be Il means of
escape, and all over the world wells
were used To hide the faces of mourn
els-a practice still surviving Ia the
tmpenetrable veil of the widow
The disguises mourners used-such
as the veil. the turning of the clothes
inside out and the shaving of the head.
as practiced by the Ainos--were SIM
pie enough, but supernatural beings
were always. II appeared. easy to
trick.
Another theory of mourning was
that it was put on to warn people that
its wearers had been contaminated by
death. There was an idea of pollution
attached TO the great mystery. All
early people shared the horror of death
and the fear of the return of the spir-
its. Thus in the Sudan widows sprin-
kle their food with ashes to prevent
their husbands ghosts from eating it.
Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

Parson Saunders was a little per-
turbed one Sunday morning over some
worldly matter and made a mistake
in the reading Of the Scriptural les
sons. He read the second lesson
where he should have read the first.
As he neared the end Of his reading
the parson saw that he was in error.
he saw that his congregation knew
he was in error. How, then, to con-
clude? To conclude in the orthodox
way-"here endeth the second lesson
would hardly do, as it was not the sec
ond lesson. but the first. Nor. could
it, on the other hand. be called the
first lesson since properly it was the
second? Parson Saunders. after a mo-
ment's thought, wisely and frankly
concluded:
Here endeth the wrong lesson.
New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
For Peace Only.

1t is well known that the Friends
have always been devoted to the prin-
ciples Of peace. AS they had con-
trolling influence in the public affairs
Of Nantucket, there was no military
organization on that island for several
generations. How the matter was
managed is told by the author Of
September Days on Nantucket"
Whenever military companies came
to the island for holiday young wo-
men thronged the windows and waved
handkerchiefs, but there was no rise
of military ambition in the town.
Once coterie Of young men formed a
training company and sent to Boston
for equipments, but their elders COM
PEELED them to make the first article Of
their constitution read, This company
shall he disbanded Immediately in case
Of war"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
GIANT TREES OF JAMAICA.
They Shed Masses of Beautiful Silk
Cotton Every Year.


Cotton Every Year.
The silk cotton trees of Jamaica are
one of the most striking natural fea-
lures of this beautiful island, and Wis.
itors express much curiosity concern
ing them. The fiber of the cotton is
too short for textile uses. but its quail
ity is delicate and fine.
The trees are most interesting in
structure. They reach a height of 200
or 800 feet 1t is the largest tree on
hang more than an acre of ground.
Some Of them are centuries old, dat
ing back to the landing of the Span
iards. They have withstood the trop-
ical winds Of the region through the
adaptation Of their structure. The
leaves are very few, and there are
heavy masses of roots.
This giant tree flowers once year
1t bears number of pods much the
size and shape Of cucumber. These
pods dry and burst, and out floats the
beautiful cream colored silk cotton.
covering the ground and sailing in the
air for some distance. The seeds, of
course, are borne on the silky fila.
ments. This cotton is used at present
only for pillows. Its use us guncotton
has been spoken of.
The trees are often felled by the ma
tive Jamaicans and hewn into canoes,
which last for generations Christian
Science Monitor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
They Extend East and West For More
Than a Thousand Miles.

Than a Thousand Miles.
Few persons are aware that the
shortest route from San Francisco to
Japan Is by way Of Alaska. Nearly
thousand miles are saved to vessels
trading with the orient by coasting
along the Aleutian islands rather than
following the Hawaiian route.
The Aleutian islands, which extend
in a chain east and west for more
than a thousand miles, are inhabited
by the remnant of the Aleuts. Their
war of the revolution closed just as
the American Revolutionary war be-
gan. So patriotic were the Aleuts, so
brave In their struggle for independ-
ence, that they succumbed to the Rus
SLAMS only after a conflict Of nearly
fifty years, and then simply because
the race was almost exterminated In
the struggle.
While the Aleutian islands must
eventually form an important link In
the commerce between the United
States and the orient, other islands
link our country with the vast empire
to the north. In the narrow Bering
strait lie two little Islands, one occu.
pied by Russia, the other by the Unit
ed States. so that citizens Of the two
great nations live on respective islands
within a few miles of each other
New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

The two virtues that help us along
most in life are trust and courage.
Apart from the tragedies invited by
sin and violence and self indulgence.
a large part of our trouble comes from
anxiety, distrust, apprehension. 1t was
not all frivolity that dictated the an.
swer of a young girl who, being urged
to prepare herself for profession or
a definite work. responded: I'm not
going to look ahead and worry. I can
do lot of useful things. can mend,
and make salad. and amuse children,
and be patient and economical, and
help people to enjoy themselves, and
don't believe nice girls starve." Cour-
age and faith are always assets. Even
If life goes back upon them and fails
to come up to expectations the prac-
tice of these virtues is just that much
to the good, and we have at least not
lived in the evil moment until it ar.
rived.-Harper's Bazaar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
Gems Tn Verse
A SIMPLE PROGRAM.
OTHIN' to do but listen,

\ 7 OTHIN to do but listen,
nj Nothin' to do but wait
VI And patiently hear with attentive
4 ear
What the statesmen have to
state.
Nothin' to do but watch em
AS they gather in strength once more
To lead the way and to have their say,
AS they've done SO oft before.
Nothin' to do but cheer 'em,
Nothin' to do but smile,
AS they set the sail to each passin' gale
And steer the ship in style.
Nothin' to do but shake em
When fortune is not so fair,
For gratitude never was the mood
OF republics anywhere.
Washington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
Has Millions of Friends,

How would you like to number your
friends by millions as Bucklen's Arnica
Salve does? It's astounding cures in
the past forty years made them. It's the
best Salve in the world for sores, ulcers,
eczema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts, corns,
sore eyes, sprains, swellings, bruises,
cold sores. Has no equal tor piles. 25c
at j. w. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
GUARDING THE KING.
Old English Methods Wher the Mon.
arch Was Taken Sick.


The law raises peculiar safeguards
round the person of the English SOY
ereign in case of sickness. They are
mere survivals in the present settled
order Of government, but at one time
the opportunity which the kings in
capacity afforded aspirants to the
throne or treason makers to shorten
his days at minimum of risk of de
lection made the precautions reason.
able
IF the king be taken sick" says
Coke In his Institutes" there ought
to be warrant issue from the privy
council, addressed to certain phySi-
clans and surgeons, authorizing them
tones, syrupos, laxitavas. medicinaS,
etc. Still, none of these should be Civ.
en- except by consent and advice of
the council, and they ought to set
down in writing everything done and
administered. and they should com
pound all drugs themselves and not in
trust their preparation to any apothe-
cary"
Coke wrote thus of precedent in the
year 1910, and today the law is practi,
cally as he found 1t, although at the
present time in practice the privy coun.
ell simply hears reports Of the progress
of the kings malady and leaves actual
treatment entirely to the physicians in
direct charge of the case.-Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
Vary Considerate.

II suppose. Jennie, you wouldn't
want to 60 to the concert Wednesday
in your old hat?"
"You dear thing! l couldn't posi-
bly, think of showing myself in it."
"That's what thought, so r.
"Whatp'
Bought only one ticket to the con-
rt."-Meggendorfer Blatter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
A Special Medicine for Kidney
Aim ents,

Many elderly people have found in
Foley's Kidney Remedy a quick relief
and permanent benefit from kidney and
bladder ailments and from annoying
urinary irregularities due to advancing
years. Isaac N. Regan, Farmer, Mo,
says: "Foley's Kidney Remedy effected
a complete cure in my case and | want
others to know of it'.-John W. Thurs
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
WOODEN SHOES.

A 8 passed through fair Lorraine
"A With my wooden shoes
Three knights met me on the plain,
With my wooden shoes.
They looked on me with disdain,
With my wooden shoes.
pUT to see me one was fain,
- With my wooden shoes,
For the young Prince of Lorraine,
With my wooden shoes,
Threw me spray of vervain,
With my wooden shoes.
HE looked once and looked again,
- With my wooden shoes.
If he weds me l shall reign,
With my wooden shoes,
AS the queen of fair Lorraine,
With my wooden shoes.
r.. L. G. in London Nation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
Probate Court Sessions.

SESSIONS OF InE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE DISTRICT or ESSEX will he held as
follows during the year 1910:
At LunenbuTg m the forenoon of the first
Mondays OF February, June, september and
December.
At Concord in the afternoon of each Of the
same days.
October.
At Guildhall on the first Saturday OF each
month.
Special sessions will be held at any place in
the District by agreement.
Address communications to Guildhall office,
to +. W. Wynan Register; to Island Pond
office, to HERBERT W. BLAKE, JUDGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

Bloodine Cough Checker will quickly
allay that hacking irritation accompany.
ing severe cough or cold. The safest
and surest remedy for children. Keep
bottle constantly on hand. John W.
TEurston, Special Agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
TO BE CONTINUED

For sore throat there is positively no
remedy that will relieve so quickly and
cure permanently the most aggravated
case, as BIoodine Rheumatic Linineut.
John w. Thurston, Special Agent,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

The law Of the harvest Is to reap
more than you SOW. Sow an act and
you reap habit: SOW habit and you
reap a character; SOW character and
you reap a destiny.-George d. Board
man.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
Close Relations.

"You advise that mans constituents
to stand by him?'
yep" replied Farmer Corntossel.
81 advise 'em to stand by close enough
to watch everything he does."-Wash.
ington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

The quickest aud most effective remedy
for Ioosening the phlegm, relieving
irritation and curing any cough or cold
is Boodine Cough Checker. John w.
Thurston, Special Agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03
The Aspect,

'The school board. the police board
and the Jail board are all In the lime
light at once for trouble"
Eyes, it certainly does seem as If our
city public affairs were going by the
board."-New York Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

For that awful cough take Bloodine
Cough Checker. A 50 cent bottle will
last longer than most any cough. John
w. Thurston, Special Agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

Does he inherit his fathers geniusT
mo; only his fathers eccentricities
of genius. That is why we are giving
benefit for him."-Chicago Record
Herald
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

What happy world this would be
If every man spoke as well of his live
neighbors as he does of his dead ones!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-03

True friends have no solitary Joy or
sorrow.-Channing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-16
PERSONALS.

James Nelson is visiting relatives
at Pontoosuc.
Marimus Larson left Friday evening
for a visit in Denver, Colo.
Mr.. Floyd Getty Of Pennsylvania
is the guest of his uncle j. A. Roberts
of this city.
Misses Anna and Edna Dose arrived
home Friday from weeks visit at
Summitville, Iowa
Mrs. Frank Vollers and daughter,
Miss Madeline, left last night for Kan
sas City. Mo-, for visit.
Miss Edna Glynn of Kansas City,
Mo-, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Francis
Ganley, 429 South Ninth street.
Mrs. Augusta Anderson left Satur-
day for Ottumwa where she will visit
with the family of Mrs C. T. Morris.
Mrs. Charles Johnston returned
home Saturday after three weeks
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowe.
Canton Press: Mrs. 7. o. Cox, who
has been in the Keokuk Hospital sew
eral weeks, is home again and much
improved in heath.
FIT. Madison Democrat: Misses Vir-
GINA Sanderson and Margaret Dono
hue of Keokuk spent Thursday with
Miss Rena Troja and other acquaint.
ances here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Geiger, Jr
have returned to their home in Lin.
coin, Ne5., after a four weeks visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Geiger. Sr. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Geiger and son, Morrill,, who
will visit for some time at Lincoln.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-16
HAVE NO USE
FOR THE JAPS
Pacific Coast People Are In Favor Of
Peace Treaty But Down
on the Japs.

TGate City Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July ID
That the reaching of an arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Japan similar to the amended treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain would make no difference in
the attitude of the Pacific coast to-
ward the Japanese was the state.
ment here tonight of Secretary A. E.
Yoell. secretary of the Asiatic Exclus.
ion league.
at is very interesting to know that
such a treaty between the United
States and Japan has become a pos
sibility." said Yoell, "but neither that
nor any other treaty between the two
countries would in any way alter the
position taken by this organization.
"Californians and people of the Pa
cific coast generally have only the
kjndliest feeling for the Japanese gov
eminent and for the Japanese IL
Iapan. But we do now and always
shall strongly protest against any in
fux Of Asiatic laborers into the unit
ed States, no matter what the rela
tions between their governments ant
ours may be-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-16
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-16
NJ J. Kirkpatrick Jailed at Request
OF Burlington Police, Had Local
Friends Who Tried to
Get Him Out.
10 WARRANT HERE
Alleged Land oefrauder Cannot be
Turned Over to Burlington
Until Monday
Hearing.

An attempt on the part of Keokuk
friends to dislodge a Burlington fue,.
i've from justice, from the CITY iail
was frustrated Saturday night when
writ of habeas corpus issued by
Judge Henry Bank at the instigation
OF Jerry Harrington through services
OF Attorney D. F. Miller, was met with
an information filed against M. T,
kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick was arrest.
ed during the afternoon by Officer VIII.
son, after Chief of Police Hiltz of Bur.
lington had phoned to Chief schevers
saying that Kirkpatrick was wanted
there for obtaining money under
false prtenses.
1t is stated by the police
a nest of four or FIVE of the
kirkpatrick calibre and type have
been hanging about the city for sew
eral days, working land scheme. In
vestigations it is stated, will reveal
perhaps criminal operations to obtain
money falsely from patrons of the
land dealing company, whose offices
are in Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-16
Secretary OF the Treasury Macveagh
was mentioned todox,

secretary OF the Treasury Macveagh
was mentioned today.
In August, 1909, three months after
the election of Lorimer," said Deneen,
1 was asked to meet Secretary Mac
Veagh at the federal building in Chi
cago. He wanted to know for the in
formation of the president the part l
mad played in Lorimers election.
Il told him to tell the president
that he president Taft was the one
who had elected Lorimer, that he was
the one who was under suspicion and
that he had sent telegram favoring
Lorimer. told him that Mr.. Hines
mad telephoned to me that President
Taft had sent that word to me through
Senator Aldrich.'
-Four witnesses were summoned for
Monday-Herman H. Hettler, William
Burgess. James Kelley and Henry
furnish. Hettler will be asked regard.
ing an alleged statement made to him
by Edward Hines, that he (Hines)
elected Lorimer.' Burgess will be
asked relative to an alleged converse
ton he had in March, 1911, on a train
in Minneapolis with C. F. Wiehe
secretary of the Hines Lumber com
pany in which Wiehe is alleged tc
have remarked that he contributed
$4,000 to the Lorimer slush fund.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-16
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Diploma Grande cigar
Electric fiat iron for these warm
days-King Plumbing Co.
I'm arranging for your vacation do
not forget the annual Niagara Falls
excursion over the Wabash on August
18th. Through sleepers from Keokuk.
Special prices on wash goods, all
this week, at Central Store.
Chandeliers, both electric and
combination. King Plumbing Co.
in arranging for your vacation do
not forget the annual Niagara Falls
excursion over the Wabash on August
18th. Through sleepers from Keokuk.
William Philip. the well known
Montrose citizen, has purchased an
automobile, the machine being taken
to that place Saturday afternoon by
Ed. s. Lotion, Jr., of the Dodge gar
age in this city. Young Mr.. Lotion
will remain several days at Montrose
acquainting Nv. Philip. the purchaser,
with the new acquisition.
in arranging for your vacation dc
not forget the annual Niagara Falls
excursion over the Wabash on Augu
18th. Through sleepers from Keokuk