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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
The Torpedo Warfare.

The United States ordnance bureau,
in its report for the year, speaks as fol-
lows of torpedoes, which it is supposed
will create such a revolution in warfare
This branch of the ordnance service is
in very efficient state, and beg leave
to recommend liberal appropriations for
its support. The torpedo is in it's ma
trre defensive rather than an offensive
weapon, and is an adjunct to, but can
never supply the place of, efficiently
armed vessels even for defense. All au-
thorities agree in the opinion that tor
pedoes alone cannot protect themselves
or close important harbors, but should
be commanded by artillery fire, and be
supported by monitors, rams and mov-
able torpedoes. The defense may be
considered then on good basis if the
monitors are armed as above estimated
for. Our efforts are now principally de-
voted to developing the offensive use
of torpedoes by specially constructed
vessels, such as the Alarm and Intrepid,
by fast steam launches, and by the mov-
able torpedoes of Lay and Ericsson.
Each of these has achieved q consider
able success, but all are deficient in
speed. The movable torpedoes of Lay
and Ericsson can be submerged and di-
rected from the shore, OF monitor, with
great accuracy, and the former for con-
siderable distance, further indeed than
is, in my opinion, requisite or useful.
Further experiment will without doubt
develop an increased speed and value
recommend an appropriation for the
purchase of the "best movable torpe-
do, to be determined after competi-
tive trial, as I am of the opinion that in
vention in this direction is not exhaust
ed. All cruising ships are fitted with
the spar and towing torpedoes, and
many officers are well instructed in their
use. Since torpedoes are to play an i'm
portant part in maritime warfare, I rec
omend that all officers of and below the
rank OF captain shall be required to at
tend the course of instruction, as O
knowledge of the preparation and use
OF torpedoes is now as necessary as OF
the great gun drill.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11

that sounded from far away out OF the
past, or only the strong odor, that roused
the poor soul from that long, heavy
sleep of exhaustion that had so nearly
been the sleep of death2 1 do not
know, but 1 know the eyes did open, and
beheld the tender face bending above
them. And then, like little child, the
children heard their mother cry
"Oh, Susie, Susie, haveI been dream
ing all this time2"
And then there were explanations,
and the story of the long years since
Susie Bryant and Ethel Carlisle were
girls together was told. But the best OF
it all, the children thought, was when
the lady from 'over the way took them
home with her and told them the boy
and girl there should be their brother
and sister, and they should live there
henceforth for she, wl.o, had found
again her best friend, would
never more let her struggle with want
alone.
And SO the children had gifts and din
ner, and merry, merry Christmas il
the bright, warm, crimsom-hung room
which had BEEN to them such para
disc of delights when they looked dow
into it from their fourth story window
through the falling shadowsof Christina
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
Diphtheria.

Diphtheria was almost an unknown
disease twenty years ago. To-day it has
nearly assumed the proportion of an cpl
demic in many localities. 1t attacks
adults as well as children, but its raw
ages are chiefly among the young and
feeble. The dread which parents for
merly felt of scarlet fever has given
place to the dread of diphtheria, and
the rapid and fatal character of the dis
ease makes it more formidable than any
other of the diseases to which children
are peculiarly liable.
1t is sufficiently well established that
diphtheria originates, at least in very
many instances, from defective drainage
and sewer gas. The poisoned air and
polluted water, which are the conceded
causes of typhoid fever, are equally fatal
in developing diphtheria.
Diphtheria is not difficult disease to
combat when it is treated in time. The
distinctive feature of it is the formation
of false membrane in the throat. This
makes its appearance in nearly all cases
in the shape of grayish brown patches
and it is hence of the utmostimportance
to watch closely the throats of children
who are apparently ill with cold ant
sore throat. Usually there is fever ant
prostration in the early stages of thu
disease; though in rare instances thu
false membrane is formed suddenly ant
almost without warning. If the throat
of ailing children are frequently exam
ined, there will be little danger tina
parents will mistake incipient diphtherii
for an ordinary cold. Scores of children
have died of diphtheria who would un
doubtedly be now alive had the grayisl
brown patches in the throat been dis
covered at their first appearance, and
competent physician been prompt,
summoned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
The United States Army.

According to the report of Gen. Sher-
man, the aggregate strength of the line
of the United States army is 1,540 Off
GERS and 24,031 enlisted men, made up
as follows: Five regiments of artillery,
270 officers, 1854 men; ten regiments of
cavalry, 400 officers, 1905 men; twenty
five regiments of infantry, 84S officers,
II, 900 men; available recruits, hospital
stewards, ordnance sergeants, etc, 8, 321.
During the past winter, the troops in
the departments of the Missouri and
Texas were employed in an arduous aud
severe winter campaign against the
Kiowas, Cheyenne and Comanche In
dians on the borders of the Staked
plains, that have for years been engaged
in depredations on the Texas and Kan
sas frontiers, resulting in their disarma
ment and subsection to authority. If
the military commanders can have con-
troll over the supplies needed by these
Indians, as they now have over their
persons, am convinced, by recent
visit, that q condition of peace can be
maintained.
The Sioux Indians have recently made
incursions into northern Nebraska,
mostly to steal cattle and horses from
the farms along the line of the Pacific
railroad and north of it. Gen. Crook is Of
the opinion that the whole army, acting
defensively, cannot prevent these incur
sions, and suggests that troops be sta
toned in the midst of the Indians so as
to watch and prevent them from leaving
on pretense of hunting. This is i'm
practicable, unless the army can have
the supervision of the necessary sup
plies of these tribes within the reserva
ton, which is not now the case. The
reports of the several commissions which
have, under military escort, recently
been engaged in exploring the country
and in negotiating with these Indians
will throw much light on this subject
Generally speaking, the damage to life
and property by Indians is believed tt
be less during the past year than in any
former year, and the prospect is that, a.
the country settles up, it will be less ant
less each year until all the Indians are
established on small reservations; bu
until they acquire habits of industry il
farming or in stock raising, they vii
need food from the general govern
ment, because the game on which the!
have hitherto subsisted has diminished
very rapidly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
A Strange Career.

A London correspondent writes A
strange career came to termination
few days since in an upper room at
Gray's inn. A gentleman, who had been
rescued by an old Rugby schoolfellow
from the cab stand and had been taken
by him to an attic in Gray's inn, died
there. He was the son of a wealthy
manufacturer of Manchester, school
boy at Rugby, and graduate of Oxford
University. Supported by Golden, he
became Member of Parliament for a
northern constituency. On the death Of
his father he became possessed of great
wealth. Coming to London he read for
the bar, but was never "called," and
then plunged into all the excesses of
profigate life. He got into the divorce
court, lost his friends, and changed his
name. Then he iran amuck" among
the turtles, and, being cheated himself,
in the attempt to retaliate by cheating
others he was obliged to fly to Califor-
MIA, where he was as reckless as he had
been in England. After several years he
changed his name again and returned to
his country, where, failing to obtain
other employment, he had to resort to
the poor gentleman's refuge, the occu'
patton of cab driving, and finally ended
his days as previously mentioned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
An Important Case.

A case of interest to life insurance
companies and policy holders is on trial
in Detroit, Mich. In 1871 man named
Wolff shot himself, leaving an insurance
of $4,000 in the Connecticut Mutual
Life. The policy contained q clause
making it null and void if at any time
the insured should become addicted to
the use of intoxicating liquors to such an
extent as to induce delirium tremens.
The physicians affidavit, contained in
the proof of death, showed that in 1869
he had treated Wolff for that disease.
The company refused to pay. Mrs.
Wolff sued, and the court held that the
plaintiff was bound by her own showing
in the proof of death. The plaintiff dis
continued the case, and has begun
another suit, alleging that she will prove
that Wolff was never treated for delirium
tremens, and never had the disease.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
The Lighthouse Board.

The report of the United States light
house board shows that the board has
made an extensive and careful series of
experiments with regard to the merits of
the mineral oils of this country for the
purpose of lighthouse illumination, and
an elaborate and extensive series of ex-
periments with regard to sound as
applied to signals for warming the mari
ner of his approach to danger in thick
or foggy weather, when all other guides
become of little use. Even at this stage
of the experiments success has been
most gratifying, and by pursuing these
inquiries the board hopes to arrive at
results not only valuable to science, but
of practical Importance in enabling it
better to contend with one of the worst
elements of danger which the mariner
has to meet on our extended and dan
gerous coast. Congress heretofore ap-
propriated 100000 for lightship for
general service, and lightship for the
winter quarter shoal, coast of Virginia.
Both the vessels are nearly completed,
and each has first class steam fog sig
nal on board.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
The Havana Lottery.

A writer in the New Orleans Picay,tae
says have observed in the columns
of the Picay,t'le an advertisement of the
Havana lottery, holding out for the in
ducement of ticket buyers an attractive
list of prizes, to be drawn on the twenty
third of December, amounting ostensi-
bly, in all to 81, 100000, the capital prize
being $500,000. When, however, a prize
has been drawn, the winner will find that
he is to be paid not in gold, but in the
deprecated currency of the country,
which is worth, as 1 have said, only
eighteen cents on the dollar. You will
then perceive that the whole Havana
lottery scheme is contrivance to con-
vert the comparatively worthless shin
plasters of the Spanish bank into the
really valuable currency of the United
| States
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
Lawsuit About a Title.

Many years ago the land on which
the present town of Williamstown, Pa,
now stands was considered of but little
value, and the entire tract was sold to a
man named Wagner for 5000. Subse-
quently coal was found in the neighbor-
hood, the tract was cut up into town
lots, and has been built upon. 1t now
turns out that the title was in the wife
of the man who sold to Wagner, where
as only the husband signed the deed.
The consequence is that an action of
eiectment has been brought to oust all
who hold under titles derived from
Wagner, and the litigation has naturally
created q great stir in the neighbor-
hood.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
THE LAZY FROM OVER THE WAY.
a CHRISTMAS STORY.

1t was the twilight of Christmas eve
that twilight which always seemed 80
early, since nobody is ever quite ready
for it. The pale gray of the winters
sky was scarcely flushed by the low
lying sunset clouds, though sometimes
you could catch a CLEAN of their scant
brightness as you turned westward.
The streets of New York were crowd
ed, as usual, but everybody seemed even
more than usually in hurry. The air
was intensely cold, Ind nipped the noses
of those who were late with their Christ
mas shopping but, in spite of it, men
and women still jostled each other upon
the sidewalk, or stopped to look at the
tempting displays of holiday goods in
the shops. Everybody, it seemed, had
some small person at home who must be
made happy tomorrow. 81.
From the window of large but rusty
looking house on one of the avenues,
two children looked down at the throng
below, as they had been looking all day.
They were in the fourth story of the
house, and they could not see into the
street very far distant, but still the
movement and the hustle interested
them, and, their mother was thankful
that they had it to watch.
She herself was sewing, catching the
last CLINT of the sunset light for her
work, as she had the first ray of the
dawning. She had been a beautiful,
high-bred woman indeed, she was SO
still, though there was no one to note
the unconscious elegance of her gestures
or the graceful lines of her curving
figure and bent head. She was very
thin now and very poorly clad, but
q stranger would have felt that she was
lady, and wondered how she came in
the fourth story of this house, great
house, which had been handsome, too,
in its day, but which was now let out tc
innumerable dodgers, mostly of the de-
cent sort of honest, Woodworking, half
starved poor people. Not with such
neighbors had Mrs. Vanderheyden's lot
been formerly cast, nor for such uses as
this had the old house itself been de
signed. 1t had been stately mansion
in its time, belonging to the estate of {
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
Mental Education Not Sufficient.

In the old Jail at Hampstead Plains,
Long Island, says the New York Ledger,
there is at present confined man named
Delaney, under sentence of death for
murder in the first degree, and soon to
be hanged. He killed the captain of a
vessel on which he was employed as
cook, for the purpose of robbery. After
the conviction of Delaney, the district
attorney who had prosecuted him hu-
namely sent word to the prisoner that if
he wanted any letters written he would
send one OF his clerks to write them for
him. Delaney replied that, strange as
it might seem, he could write much
better letter himself than would be sup
posed, and that he had passed three
years of his life at college
This is another and a striking illustra-
tion of the insufficiency of mere mental
education. The heart must be educated
as well as the head. This man had an
education far above the average, yet fol
a few dollars he could coolly kill his EN-.
ployer, an unoffending man who had
never done him an injury. And how was
this? Not because his head was not suf
ficiently enlightened, but because his
| heart was bad.
Of course the natural inclination;
have a good deal to do with the charac
ter of every man. At the same time the
heart may be trained and enlarged by
education as well as the mind, and nc
system of education is complete which
does not comprise both the head and th'
heart.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
VOL. III.
The Night Before Christmas.

The Night Before Christmas.
Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house
Not creature Uas stirring, not even mouse !;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with
care,
In hopes that st. Nicholas soon would be there
The children were nestled all snug in their
beds, .I- .......
While visions Of sugar plums danced through
their heads,
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and in my cap,
Had just settled ourselves for long winters
nap
When out on the lawn there arose such clat-
ter, . u..Is#r
sprang from my bed to see what was the
matter
Awayto the window few like q FASH
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen
snow,
Gave the luster of midday to objects below
When, what to my wondering eyes should ap-
pear
But miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer,
With little old driver 30 lively and quick,
knew in moment it must be st. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them
by name
"N Now, Dasher now Dancer now, Prancer
... now, Vixen
On, Comet ! on, Cupid ! on, Donder and Bit
zen
To the top of the porch to the top of the wall
Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all ~
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to
the sky
So up to the housetop the coursers they few,
With the sleigh full of toys, and st. Nicholas,
too; ..ra ....-
And then in a twinkling heard on the roof
The pranoing and paving Of each little hoof
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with 8
bound
His was dressed all in furs from his head tc
his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes
and SCOT
A bunlle OF toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like peddler just opening his
pack. 3 a..
His eyes, how they twinkled his dimples how
merry
His cheeks we're like roses his uoee like 1
cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like bow
And the beard on his chin was as white as tn,
srow; '..
The stumpof pipe he held tight in his teeth
And the smoke it encircled his head like
wreath.
He had broad face and little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like bowl full
of jelly.
He was chubby and plum, right jolly old elf
And laughed when saw him. in spite OF my,
self
wink of bis eye and twist Of his head
Soon gave m9 to know had nothing to dread
He spoke not word but went straight to hi
work,
And filed all the stockings, then turned will
jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving nod, up the chimney he rose
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave
whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of
thistle
But heard him excaim, ere he drove out O
sight
Merry Christmas to all, and to all good
night i
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11

FoReIvINe. The Vicksburg Herald
says: We have long since forgiven the
North for licking us, but the North has
never forgiven us for being so internally
hard to lick.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-12-29

autoridad cuando fu6 gobierno. V ere,
que ell primer dia de progreso en- est,
pals sera aquel en- que haya un vigo
roso que practique principles no meno
vlgorosos. Lamenta ell que no s,
romplera con ell socialismO antes de Il
revolucion, Y ell que despues Sc acepta
ran ciertas coaliciones, con los carlis
tas pOr ejemp:o Y otros partidos. Dol
puro peslmismo. va hemos dicho que
ia pOr SECURE que SUI sola intransigen.
cla de por vida sera contra los fedora.
les intransigentes, q quienes echa en-
rostro sus des6rdenes, sus motines '
todos los actos que desacreditaron '
desacreditaran q su partido.
Ell Sc ha recibido en- Madrid ell
siguiente telegrama:
| Paris, 29.-El Sr. Fernando Les
seps ha publicado una circular acerca
de la compra por Tnglaterra de las
lN.OOO acciOnes del Canal de Suez.
Dice que esa compra obligara In
glaterra a renunciar q SUI actitud hos
! til a los intereses de los accionistas Y
fundadores de la empresa del canal.
COnsldera venturOsO este hecho fun
dandose en- la solidaridad poderosa
que va a existir entire los caDitales
tranceses y los ingleses para la explo-
taclon puramente industrial Y necesa.
riamente pacffica del canal.n
I'll ejercitO de Catalina, que Sc
llamara de Navarro Y sera mandado
en- Jete pOr ell general Martinez Cam
pos, Sc cOmpondra de cinco divisiones.
Estan designadOs para mandarlas los
generates ChacOn, Calleja, Prender.
gast, y Negron. La otra division
suelta no Sc sabe aun quien la man
dara.
-PersOnas lmportantes decian que
es extrano que en- varios peri6dicos Y
en- algunos circulOs Sc venga diciendO
hace algunos dias que Sc ha aplazado
ell viaje dc s. M. al Norte, siendo asi
que hasta ahora ell monarca no ha fla
do la fecha en- que ha de verifcarse.
-Segun las PrOUinciGs de Valen
cia, Ell toda la de Castellon es general
ell deseO de la abolicion de los fueros,
Y hasta en- la diputacion provincial Sc
abriga ell prop6sito, por algunos de sus
miembros, de representa- al gobierno
en- aquel sentidO.
-Leemos en- un peri6dico minis
terial:
"El principe de Gales, presunto
heredero del trono de Inglaterra, ha
escrito a s. M. ell Rey ID. Alfonso una
carta muy afectuosa prometi6ndOle
que q SUI regreso del viaje q la India le
hara una vista en- ell Palacio de
Oriente.
Otro de los hijos de la reina Vitoria
ha pedidO authorization al Gobierno es-
panol para formar parte del cuartel
real en- las operaciones del Norte."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-12-29
V A r I E D A D E S .
EEL PADRE JACINTo-
INTERLAKEN, **+
Conclusion }

Pero ell cielo oy6 mis- votos, ell P.
Jacinto no cOrrespOndi6 a mis- espe-
ranzas. Comenzo por asistir q las Sc
stones de la sOciedad de paz perpetual,
v cOncluy6 por entrar EN- plena tor
menta politica. Mas va que habia
entrado en- la polftica, deseaba yo yer
al sacerdote cat6lico defendiendo la
hbertad sin separarse, 81 era possible,
del dogma. Los que en- ell combate
entire la razon y la fe hemos optadO pOr
la razon, verdaderamente no tenemos
derecho q dcscorazOnar q cuantos in-
tenten con desinteres complete, rea-
nudar la rota ammonia. POr 10 mismo
que 10 hemos intentado Y no 10 hemos
conseguido, yendose unos con la f6,
y6ndo nOsotrOs con la razon, debemos
atribuir Ia desgracia mas que q 10 i'm
possible de la empresa en- 81, 10 escaso
de nuestros m6ritos, y & 10 d6bil de
nuestras fuerzas. Pero bien pronto ell
P. Jacinto Sc sali6 oasi por complete
de la ortOdoxia cat0lica.
Aun tenfa 20 esperanzas de que
volviera sObre sus pasOS Y desandu-
viera ell caminO andadO,- saliendO de
las Was pollticas para entrar en- las
puras Was religiosas, Y desde elias,
sin mas pensamientO que Ell quito a la
verdad, sin mas inter6s que la practica
del bien, mostrara q unos ell espfritu
social Y disciplinario, 4 otros ell espi-
ritu demOcraticO Y republicanO del
EvangeliO, q tOdOs La necesidad de
elevarlo nuevamente 4 ideal de esta
vida para combatir Y contrastar ell
egoismO de este siglo.
Lei una carta suya que profunda-
mente me conmovi6 de nuevo, me
rccOrd6 ell fraile humildisimo de la
iglesia de Paris. Era tierna dedicato-
ria a uno de sus companeros de San
SulpiciO, muertO en- el ministerio del
Episcopado. Sobre todo, cuando ha-
blaba del sacrifcio de los goces purf-
simos de la familia, para adoptar la
inmensa familia de los desgraciados,
su elocuencia arrancaba & los mas EN-.
pedernidos lagrimas de dolor Y de
ternura. Decid en- buen hora cuanto
querais s0bre ell deber sacerdotal, go.
bre sus pfivaciones Y sobre los peli
gros de estas privaciones tiene> gran
deza moral, grandeza real, aquel hom.
bre que en- la primavera de La idea, en-
ell hervor de La sangre, renuncia q to.
do 10 que mas habla q un tempo al
espfritu Y al sentido, para consagrarse
q La fundaciOn de las ajenas familias
con el mismo inter6s que 81 f1erar
propias, para luchar con ell NAL, para
persuadir q los descreidos, para ende-
REAR los descarriados, para sostenel
q los enfermos, para consolar & 10.
morlbundos, para recogery guardian er
sus altares Las cenizas de los muertol
cuaado sod0s los ahaadouan, J parl