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VOL. XXVU.
ISLAND POND, VTM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1899.
NO. 25.
ex District l'rulate Court.
S-i-n ol aaid Court will be held
Rrigtitoa the cennd Tuemlay ol Octoltrr ami
April. Canaan the iwnd Tacriay of No-
tciulmtno Mat. nt oncord thcoecond !
Tut.dnj of IVeerobe-and June. l.uiienburS
the ccoml Tnexiar " January antl July.
tipet-ial waiont will r held at Buy place in .
KOHEKT CHASB. tudse.
W. H. BISHOP,
Notary Public with Seal
Herald OfT.cr. Island Pond Vt
BATES, MAY & SIMONDS,
Attorneys at Law
St Johnburjr. Vt.
JERRY DICKERM AN BATES
Attorney
Island rond, Vt
A. ELIE,
Physician and Surgeon
V. Street. It an rond. Vt
H. E. SARGENT
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Vullee, L:iM As Hotison's ator
lUitid Pond, VI
E. N. TRENHOLWE, D. D Sj
Dentist.
fticf, Eiifillton Store Co. Island 1'ord. Vt
L. W. STEVENS.
Deputy Sheriff
'1:? .it Store, Knst Charleston, Vt
A. H, WILKIE,
Tonsorial Artist
Post nftiee Block,
Island Fond. Vt
G. E. CLARKE,
I ndertaker Funeral Supplies j
Office over Post Office Island I'owl. Vt I
J, S. SWEENEY.
Licensed Auctioneer
Island 1'oirl. Vt.
J. F. LADD
JOBBING TOAMSTER
Island rond. Vt.
SHOE MAKER.
T make a specialty of
Repairs in Leather and Rubber
Satisfaction j;iarantccil.
Kl. Davis Derby St. ls'a'ul I'"1
Orders left with S. J. Muromy will re
oeive pr.,mj.t e.ttciucm. TICK MS CASH.
F. A. ELiKINS,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Cross Street, ISI.ANTi roNI. VT
(fevu- All kitid of repairing done "iJ
! in a neat and duratdi -style
L. T. WILLIAMS,
LAND : SURVEYOR,
and Timber Land Explorer.
Twenty-live year experience in N'cw r.rim
wick, Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont
Can uive accurate estimates liy method no!
Vnown to others. ComKiss surreys a sic
ciuhv. I'ost office Coos X It
S. P. MAXIM & S0N4
MAM FACTCRUKS AM) HF.M.KKS IN
Doors, Windows, Blinds,
Mouldings, Stair Kail, llahisters. Newels
Ash ami Pine Sheathing. Window and Door
frames, brackets. Pickets, lite. outside
Windows made to order. Regular sizes in
Mock. All goods at Portland wholesale prices.
snrrir rAitrs. mmxk.
0. H. HENDERSON.
TICKET AGENT
Boston and Maine Railway,
ST. JOHNSBURY. VT.
Tickets via the fust rlns-t routes to point'
west and south and via transatlantic lines
to and from litiropcun points, ftagenue
rhecked through- Sleeping ear accommoda
tions secured in advance.
HASKELL & JONES,
Fashionable Tailors,
ASP
Importers of Fine Woolens.
470 CONGRESS STREET.
i fir posit K ri'rni.B nocsr.i
PORTLAND - MAINE.
V, e keep roiihim: 1ml "''
FINEST GOODS,
- hieh arc -nade up hv practical and c.M'Cli-
'iced -,v -,ric".tti, and trimmed in the most
..pprovrd stj'It orders Horn a distance
,'"-.r-;ptly airen leci to.
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r.m, "i- ' II I :it . our cut t'. r and
.or --.via.' wi'l' viisil Island Pond at lit
l i -..!i -n:i with th atc-i -amples and
l.-.Oiior-. .'ten':1 it re'iiiested win" lour or
mo- -1' -ur -'i;1- I'mc notice ol each isil
,.. -ivr,, j'l t'.,r ;.-,r.! .v.t;imn ol this paper.
II In ii ill I'lii llnml rail mill see us.
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HASKELL & JONES.
SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS
m tf II, i ...
J Oq" ImOna S VieWS Oil
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tOe 1 fanSVaal Question,
KRUGER'8 LOST OPPOBTUKITT.
Mow II r Coald Hare Reeoaelle4 All
romMlrtlma; Pslltlral laflaeacea aad
Streaatbeaed the Boer Repabllr.
Well kaowi EacliterThliVi Ei(.
laad II aa Ample Jaatlflrattoa For
Her Attltade.
Every one Interested In the Trans
vaal question knows the part played
by Mr. John Mays Hammond In the
Jameson raid of 1SDG. Mr. Hammond
was arrested with other members of
the Johannesburg reform committee.
He whs one of four sentenced to death
by the Boer tribunal. Mr. Hammond,
who Is now In Paris at the Hotel Kltz.
said to n correspondent of the New
York Herald the other day:
"I am thoroughly convinced there
can be no political stability or perma
nency In South Africa without equality
of civil rights throughout that country.
England accords these rights In Cape
Colony, Natal and Rhodesia, the Dutch
having exactly the same political
status ns the Eugllsh. At the same
time I do not fancy the franchise will
be the panacea that some optimists ex
pect it to be.
"The trouble between England and
the Transvaal is not so much due to
the question of the five or seven years'
residence necessary to acquire the
franchise In the latter country as bona
fides In carryiug out whatever reforms
may be promised by the Beers.
"1 am not considering the merits of
the case, but I can say this that !H)
per cent of the Americans occupying
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND.
positions of any importance In the
Transvaal side with the British on trie
broad ground of the justice of the lat
ter insisting upon political equality.
"After the defeat of the British at
Majuba the British troops were assem
bled In such force as to h ave no doubt
about the result of further lighting,
but tireat Britain, through Gladstone,
staid her hand on certain conditions.
Among (he most prominent of these
was one that British subjects should
receive the same treatment as the
citizens of the Transvaal. At that
time, I believe, rive years' residence
was necessary to acquire the franchise,
but gradually the requirements
changed, and as the matter stands to
day it Is practically Impossible tor an
Englishman to obtain the franchise.
"So much stress is laid on the fran
chise, in onler to protect the Knglish
and other foreign capital invested In
the country. Today the foreigners con
tribute iM per cent of the taxation, yet
have absolutely nothing to say about
the expenditure of" a penny. As the
situation now stands it is in the power
of the Boer government to expel any
resident in the Transvaal and send
him across the border without any
trial, confiscating bis goods at the same
time.
"As to the uitlanders' commercial
grievances, It is a fact that the report
of the Boer government on the matter
was in favor of the uitlanders and
strongly recommended redress; but. In
spite of this report, nothing was done
to carry out the reforms or other recom
mendations. There lire many other grounds of
conflict between Eugland and the Boer
government, but I think England lias
taken up the position that when once
the British residents have secured
equal political rights they will in time
be able to redress these grievances
themselves. The settlement of this
question on proper lines will, I think,
result In giving a great stimulus In the
development of South Africa gener
ally. "It Is a distinct error to suppose
that only (jrcat Britain is financially
Interested in South Africa. There is
a largo percentage of the stockholders
of the great mining companies in
I'm nee, Germany and on the continent
generally. This whole question Is by
no means a purely English quest ion
in its politico-economic aspect. A great
many companies are entirely controlled
by French or Gorman capital.
"American capital is not very greatly
invested, but the most important min
ing engineers throughout South Africa
are Americans. Almost all the impor
tant technical work is done by Ameri
cans. Also a great amount of Ameri
can machinery and supplies go to
South Africa.
"Kruger bad an opportunity that
comes to very few statesmen viz,
th;ii. of reconciling all the opposing
and conflicting political Influences In
South Africa and strengthening his
republic so that no aggression on the
part of Great Britain or other coun
tries would have been possible. Kru
ger could have accomplished a I! this
lv wis?-
If Ue bad couceded the franchise a ud
Introduced various reforms thoroughly
and efficiently at any time during the
last fctx or fire years.
"Tli feeling among a great uiauj
of the younger Boers, as also among
the more ignorant of the older Boers.
Is oue of confidence In their military
prowess. They really believe they cau
whip Great Britain la a coo tl let, but
1 do not thiuk the Boer leaders have
any such Idea. Ortaiuly men like
General Joubert know that such a view
would be preposterous.
"As to the Boer forces. I thiuk the
published figures of 15,000 somewhat
conservative. Probably Sfi.OOO Is near
er the mark. They are excellent shots,
bt.t by no means as expert as they
were 15 or 20 years ago, when they
were great wild game hunters. Now
the wild game Is pretty well exter
minated. In olden days tbe Boers lived
by the chase. They became splendid
Judges of distance. This quality of
judging distance Is not so Important as
formerly, siuce the new rifles in the
English army, the Loe-Metfords, ooio
with this very successfully because of
their flat trajectory, whicji makes
polut blank shooting possible at long
range.
"The capture of Pretoria by the Brit
ish would break the backbone of the
war. The general nature of the country
would favor modern military tactics.
After the British have once crossed the
Transvaal border they would got into
fairly open country, favoring cavalry
and the transport of artillery, as the
veldt country is one of natural roads.
"If the English are ultimately vic
torious, there will be n very acute racial
feeling for a time, but this would grad
ually disappear. The Transvuul Boers
are so few that 1 do not think they
would offer any effective opposition to
the development of the country. I be
lieve also, myself, that a majority of
the Boers will become reconciled to
British rule under nltered conditions,
lieeause they will tind, eliminating the
question of sentiment, that such an at
titude would be more to their advan
tage and commercial interests."
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CARS TO OBERAMMERGAU.
Trollejra Will Ran to the Scene of (
th? "PaHRlon I'lar." i
Already there are numerous indica- I
tions that the Influx of visitors to t iher
ammergau for next year's I'assion play !
will far surpass all previous pilgrim-
ages, says the Ixmdoii Chronicle. 1'roiu I
all parts of I",uroe and America, and '
especially from France, uumerous let- i
tors have reached the priest and village I
authorities, asking for information. !
It Is now definitely settled that the
first representation will be on May I'O
and that the last will be at the end of i
September. There will be -8 perform-1
ances in all. Next month the roles will
be allotted and the rehearsals will be ,
started Immediately afterward. It Is
certain that Herr .losef Meyer will not
take the part of Christ. Ills ndvnnc- I
lug age and increasing Inllnultles are i
the cause of this. At uext year's per
formances an attempt will be made to j
add dignity to the musical portion of
the representation. The choruses hith- j
erto have been very weak. There will ;
now lie .f.i choristers.
The large new iron theater, which
will be entirely covered in and lighted
by long, narrow windows, is being
rapidly proceeded with. The stage will
be In the open air. The auditorium
will be lt; feet long and will accommo
date -1 .0i xi spectators. Two further Im
provements are also announced. There
will be an oltice established for the
purpose of assigning visitors suitable
lodgings, and the tedious two hours'
drive to the village from the railway
will be abolished, as well equipped
electric motor cars will take visitors
from Oberau in half an hour. Needless
to say, the villagers do not like these
departures. They say It will detract
from the devotional attitude which all
visitors to the "I'asslonssplel" are sup
posed to assume.
MISSOURI HEN FRUIT.
I.nree Shipment That Have Bern
Muile of F.KKa nnd Poultry.
The St. I.ouis Giobe-Iiemocrat says:
"Twenty carloads of Missouri eggs
have been sold to go to Cuba and are
now in cold storage awaiting shipment.
A company which shipped last year
24 carloads of chickens in one lot from
Missouri and Illinois to Manchester,
England, is now tilling an order for 40
carloads to be sent in one shipment to
tbe same destination this fall. Tbe 40
cars will be tilled with what are known
In the rapidly developing Industry as
'broilers' and 'roasters.'
"While these sample export orders
nre being tilled Missouri eggs by the
ton are being frozen to furnish the
Klondike with delicacies. Twice In
six years the pioneers in the poultry
nnd egg buying and shipping business
have seen it double In Missouri. To
day that industry stands upon a basis
and Is conducted with an elaboration
of methods which the world at large
little appreciates."
l ull of Color.
An American girl gels all of Kosa
Bonlieur's wealth, says the Boston
Globe. This is n more than senti
mental triumph, as it means millions.
The ilnh Una Spoken.
In ordering automobiles for city uses
Boston leads (he country, as she does
In most other things.-Boston Globe.
The tirent Incht Ilnee.
Oil t lie spinnakers nre up.
And the jils ,rp nil i:i plure,
ili-y iiri- s:iiltn for tt-e cup.
And tlnTy':! money on the raif !
Now they hem nr.! now they ta k. r
Now they're rei-fi il nnd m-w :iwb!i!
Ke kIh-'b .pillinu' wind, .'U:nk!
Now she's In tiding sails, li'jfosh!
Ilend In wind, abaft the lee.
lli,le h:hI lull! Ainl-hnnrou!
It's all wow limn IJieek to me.
A.. I'll lie' it id to you
'!.ii i;i Tim's Hi raid
Berlin Dry
Headquarters for Fine Furs,
Jackets, Capes, Collarettes and Scarfs,
m -J j t
lOMIM- la
We make a specialty in Children's Garments,
Ladies Jackets, Coif Capes, Separate Skirts
and Waists.
Xo trouble to show goods. Please cull ami examine our immense stock.
Agents for BUTTEEICK PATTEENS.
Clement Block,
WEALTH AT CAPE NOME.
Count G. Des Garets Returns
From Alaskan Goldfields.
TELLS ABOUT THE MININ0 THERE.
Haa Many Claim nnd Sa That the
Cupe Keplon In Kleh M lth Orr !!
Itelntes MH.rvel4iin Int-lilenta of for
tunei Made In the .eiv Ulatrlet.
Count (J. Pes Garets of l'arls regis
tered at the Auditorium Annex the oth
er day from Cape Nome. Alaska, where
he has acquired extensive gold mining
properties, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. lie is of one of the oldest and
noblest families of France. After
spending some time in the Klondike
in the vicinity of lavson City, Count
lies Garets visited Cape Nome early
til the slimmer. From it population of
100 at that time the place has Increas
ed to a population of .".uoo. with pros
pects of even greater pros)r-'i'ity.
"When 1 appeared off Cape Nome
early In .lime," said he, "it seemed
to me" a picture of desohetioii. The
beach was swept by terrllie storms,
and 1 bad to wait for days before land
ing. Then 1 tried to reach the beach
In a small boat, but the boa t was over
turned on the shore, and billows rolled
over It and me. That was i iy first ex
perience at Cape Nome. V here is no
harbor at Cape Nome, anil no wharfs
or piers are possible. All 1 relght will
have to be landed for all ti n? to come
upon the beach. Ships min t He in the
olllug until the weather is culm enough
to land freight and passengers In small
boats. i
"Cape Nome was a teijrible place
when I lirst landed. Tin- food was
nauseating, the cold was horrible and
the rudest iiocommoilatl's only ex-
istetl. nut then the gol i ivas every-
! u'here.
It was mixed w ;' the sands
ods
bu
Berlin Dry
of the seashore for at least HO miles
along the beach, and for that 30 miles
the tide ebbs and tiows over the rich
est gold placers In the world.
"For four miles from the shore in the
suil and gravel which the tundras cov
ers the gold Is universally distributed.
Nome river Is right near the cape, and
Ave miles farther north Is Snake river.
All the creeks of the Nome and the
Snake are rich In gold. Anvil creek is
on the left bank of Snake river, and at
Its junction Anvil City Is flourishing.
In three months 4.1'ou people congre
gated there, and In another year It will
be tbe biggest city in Alaska. Nome is
the most wonderful gold region the
world ever saw. A boy or girl cau go
down to tlie beach when the tide ebbs
and pan out from $10 to $'.'0 from the
sands of the sea shore before the tide
flows again. Every man working along
the seashore with a "rocker" made
from $15 to SloO a day all last summer,
uud all along the shore for :t0 miles any
man who knows how to use a rocker
cau do the same. 1 bought a pump and
set four or live men to work washing
tiie sands with the water they pumped
from the ocean. These four men have
been cleaning up from $400 to $ti00 a
day ever since 1 put them to work.
There are o00 rockers washing gold
along the beach this summer. There
will be 5.000 next summer.
"A million in bench gold will be se
cured this seasou; next summer that
beach will yield $5,000,000. Mou't talk
to me of the Transvaal or of the Klon
dike, or of Beudigo or Alder gulch. The
world has never seen anything like
Nome. Follow the receding tide to its
lowest ebb and wash the pan of sand
und gravel that you secure there and
you will procure enough gold to buy a
dinner at the best hotel In l'aris. And
the creeks and beach lands are all mar
velously rich. There Is Mr. Hawley,
who is taking out $30,000 a nionth,
working 1'2 men ou Anvil creek. I
bought No. r, above, on Glacier creek,
for $15,000 in .lime. I was offered ?200,"
IhjO for that claim in August, and I
Co
Eespectfully
Goods Co.,
would not sell it lor si.ow.oGO.
"Look at these specimens." and the
count opened a leather pouch ami took
out several chunks of yellow metal.
"Tliis is the purest gold 1 have ever
seen. These I licked up myself ou
my own claims, ami 1 am going to
mine myself all the gold that thee
claims contain. When I came to Amer
ica I did not know anything about
either business or gold mining, but I
learned both r.t Nome. 1 bought a
cargo of lumber at Seattle when the
Nome boom started for .S-'O.iioo. My
agent up there sold it for $1-.",000, ami
1 was told that was business.
"Nome is the best poor mar's camp
the world ever saw. Wlteu a man is
hungry or thirsty at Nome and has no
money, he has but to get a pan, and iu
i.u hour lie can wash out gold enough
on the beach to pay $- for a meal aud
50 cents for a drink. There is gold
for everybody, and the tidal beach
is free to all, for no mining locations
can be made thereon. I have had some
remarkable adventures up there. I
had to 'rough It." as you Americans
say, but It is good to look back when
the hardships and dangers are passed.
Alaska Is a wondrous land and will in
time furnish more gold than any region
of tlie world. Good food Is rare, and
bad food is very dear. I paid $10 at
Nome for one bottle of Mumm. 1
should not like my friends in France
to know that 1 paid 00 francs for a
buttle of wine, but then $40 in Nome
is nothing. Any man can make that
out of the sauds of the seashore in a
little while, nnd then up there it was
good to taste once more the wine of
France. That at Nome was cheap at
1.000 francs.
"Am I going to Alaska again' I am
going to l'arls for the winter, and I
will leave for the Land of the Midnight
Suu about May next year. 1 am going
to explore Alaska still further, and 1
may chance to tlud another Nome. Be
lieve me, there are many Klondikes in
Alaska, only it is hard to tlud them."
Berlin, N. H.
I.tm Kaint Bcfurara.
Begging was a capital offeute In
England in the days of Henry Mil,
when the laws were very setve
against begy::!-'.'. and, under a statute
passed in that reign, any one oaiigt.t
begging for tbe first time, being nei
ther aged nor infirm, was whipped :.t
the cart's tail. If caught a seccu.'l
time, bis ear was slit or bored tbroui'ii
with a hot iron. If caught a thiui
time, he suffered death us a felon.
less some honest person having HO '.a
goods or 4o ;b;il:ligs in land or sc:.ie
householder approved by the justices
would take the offender Into his sc. v
Ice for two years, entering into a bin.l
of 10. So the law of England remain
ed for Co years. First enacted by licii
ry VIII. it continued unrepealed
through tin- reigns of Edward and
Mary. Reconsidered under Elizabeth,
the same law was again formally pass
ed, tlie two legislative ileuses thereby
expressing their conviction that it wan
belter for a man not to live at all th::.i
to live the life of a l(?gar.
Where the I em tins dime From.
Tlie earliest references to the use of
the mariner's compute are to be found
In Chinese history, from which we
learn lio-v iu the sixty-fourth year of
the reign of Moauji-ti (2'.:'.4 B. C.i tbe
emperor attacked Tdii-yeon on tin
plains of Tchou-lou and. finding bis
army embarrassed by a thick fog:
raised by the enemy, constructed an
Instrument for indicating the south, so
as to distinguish the four cardinal
poiuts. and was thus i cabled to pursue
his adversary :tnd capti.ie lorn.
The power cf the IcMh-fviie to com
municate polarity to iio'.i Is said to In
fer the lirst time explicitly mentioned
iu a Chinese dictionary, finished iu A.
11. 1U1. vheretho loadstone is defined
as "a stone vith which ;;u attraction
can be given to tlie needle."
The Chinese appear to have once
navigated as far as India by tlie aid of
the enmpass. Kansas City Times.
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