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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
Restoring the Apparently Drowned.

DIR. Howard, New York physician,
during recent visit to London, gave
an exhibition, at the invitation of the
Royal Humane Society, and in their
receiving house in Hyde Park, of his
method of restoring to animation persons
who are apparently dead from drowning.
DIR. Howard illustrated his system by
placing man representing a person
apparently drowned in two positions.
The object of the first position was to
pump and drain fluids from the lungs
and stomach. This is done by placing
the patient face downward over a hard
roll of clothing, SO that the pit of the
stomach is the highest point, while the
mouth is the lowest. The operator sup
plements the pressure of his hands upon
the back of the patient above the roll,
if necessary, with all the weight and
force at his command.
The second position is for promoting
artificial breathing. The patient, whose
clothing is ripped open from the waist,
is laid upon his back, and the pit of the
stomach is made the highest point by q
hard roll of clothing beneath the back,
while the head is the lowest part. The
wrists are crossed behind the head; these
are held down to the ground by Sec
ond person with one hand, while with
the other the tongue is held forward by
piece of dry rag.
The greatest possible expansion of
the chest is thus obtained. The opera
tor, kneeling astride the patient, grasps
the most compressible part of the chest,
on each side of the pit of the stomach,
and, using his knees as a pivot, throws
forward, slowly and steadily, his whole
weight until his mouth nearly touches
the face of the patient. Then, by q
final push, he throws himself back to
his first erect kneeling posture. BY the
sudden removal of the compressing
force the elastic ribs spring back to their
original position, and by this bellows
action the air rushes into and is forced
out of the chest alternately, as in natural
breathing. Success may attend this
process in few minutes, but hopes of
favorable result ought not to be given
up under an hour.
A great advantage of this method is
its unequaled simplicity. One of the
most notable facts connected with cases
of accidental suffocation and drowning
is the usual absence of medical aid at
the critical moment. The method, how
ever, is one that can easily be under.
stood 10y any one, ana may be carried
into execution anywhere, with or with.
out doctor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
"NOt Mt HOme,0 -

A sign on a house on Croghan street,
Detroit, informs the public that wash
ing is done there, and it was quite nat
ural that a mechanic working nearby
should take a bundle under his arm
and call there, and ask of the boy on
the step:
Club, is the washwoman In ?"
"No, sirl" was the prompt reply
"there's no washwoman here at all -
"But that sign says washing done
here" remarked the man.
"Spose it does?" remarked the boy
in higher key" "spose it does? A
lady may become the victim of unfor-
tunate circumstances to such an extent
that she is willing to wash and iron
shirts and sheets, but that doesn't make
q washwoman of her, does it ?"
"I thought it did p said the man.
Hnmph ! If you draw buggy down
to the shop to be repaired, does that
make horse of youP"
The man was silently turning away
when the boy added:
Ii you want to find the lady of un-
fortunate circumstances, go round to the
side door, but the washwoman isn't at
home p'--Efee Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
About Dogs.

Few persons are aware of the value,
variety and weight of dogs, varying as
they do from 180 pounds to less than
one pound, and valued at from $500 to
less than nothing. A description of
different kinds of dog nay be interest
ing. sHl
The Siberian. bloodhound weighs
about 160 pounds, measures forty
inches in girt, and is worth nearly $500.
The st. Bernard dog, which is buff
or light lead color, is very large and
valuable.
The Newfoundland dog, when pure,
is entirely black, and its pups are worth
from $40 to 800.
The shepherd dog, or Scotch cody,
is wonderful for its patience, fidelity
and bravery. 1t is worth from $50 to
$100.
The English mastiff, good watch
dog, is worth from $15 to $25.
Of terriers, the black -and-tan is most
admired. 1t varies in weight from one
pound to twenty five pounds, and in
creases in value as it decreases in weight,
Terriers are often crossed with the Ital-
ian greyhound, producing very delicate
but extremely useless dog. The Scotch
terrier is the hardest of dogs, is very
courageous, and is worth from $40 to
$50.
Scotch deer-hounds are the rarest and
most valuable of hunting dogs. They
are owned principally by the nobility of
England, and are worth $100 each.
The beagle is the smallest of the
hound kind, has superior scent aud en-
durance, and, in short, is the best sort
of rabbit hunter.
English greyhounds, the feetest of
dogs, are worth from 1926 to $1OO each.
The italian greyhound is merely a
parlor dog. The pure breed.is rare and
valuable, fine one being worth $3.50.
There is a great variety of pointers,
settlers and spaniels. The Prince.
Charles variety is the most valua-
BILE of spaniels. He is supposed
to have originated in Japan, where
similar breed exists. He has
large, full eye, black -and-tan color, and
never weighs over ten pounds. They
have been sold at auction in England at
$4,000 each.
The coach dog is from Denmark, and
is not of much value.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
A Polish Robinson CrusOe,

Fifty years ago a schooner, out on q
fishing expedition, and driven from her
course by an adverse gale, made for st.
Paul's, an island in the South Indian
Ocean. The captain, Frenchman, from
Bourbon, effected landing, and was
surprised to find there Pole, brother
of the illustrious Kosciusko, in quiet
possession of the island, which he had
occupied since the year 1919. How he
came there, whether placed in exile,
forced or voluntary, is unknown. The
trenchman, busy, energetic man of
the world, turned his discovery to some
account, and seeing the capabilities of
the island, he made for Port Louis,
Mauritius, freighted his schooner with
tools, seeds, stores and poultry, and re-
turned to ST. Paul's, determined to es-
tablish there permanent fishing
station. He found the Pole still the sole
occupier of the island. Setting vigor-
ously to work with two colored and
a white man, whom he had brought with
him, they commenced the process of
civilization by digging up the ground
and sowing their seeds. They built also
two small wooden houses and shed for
their stores, constructed landing place,
and made every preparation within their
power, for establishing quiet, snug
fishing harbor. Seeing things thus in
progress the Frenchman, loading his
craft with fish, returned to Port Louis
to sell his cargo. In 1880 the Pole left
the island, on receiving from the French
man 80, 900 by way OF compensation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
Emily Geiger.

At the time General Green retreated
before Lord Rawdon from Ninety-Six,
when he had passed Broad river, he was
very desirous to send an order to Gen
eral Sumter, who was on the Wateree,
to join him, that they might attack
Rawdon, who had divided his force.
But the general could find no man in
that part of the State who was bold
enough to undertake so dangerous a
mission.
At length Emily Geiger presented
herself to General Green, and proposed
to act as his messenger, and the general,
both surprised and delighted, closed
with her proposal. He accordingly
wrote letter and delivered it, and at
the same time communicated the con-
tents of it verbally, to be told to Sumter
in case of accidents. Emily was young,
but as to her person or adventures on
the way, we have no further informa-
ton, except that she was mounted on
horseback, upon a side.saddle, and on
the second day of her journey she was
intercepted by Lord Rawdon's scouts.
Coming from the direction of Green's
"AlJ, anu Aop OclHB dUlo W boll Ill un-
truth without blushing, Emily was sus-
pected, and confined to a room; and as
the officer in command had the modesty
not to search her at the time, he sent for
an old matron as more fitting for that
purpose. Emily was not wanting in ex-
pedient, and as soon as the door was
closed and the hustle little subsidized
she ate up the letter piece by piece.
After while the matron arrived, and
upon searching carefully nothing was to
be found of suspicious nature about
the prisoner, and she would disclose
nothing. Suspicion being thus allayed,
the officer commanding the scouts suf-
fered Emily to depart for where she was
bound; but she took circuitous route
to avoid further detention, and soon af-
ter struck in the road to Sumter's camp,
where she arrived in safety. Emily told
her adventure, and delivered Green's
verbal message to Sumter. who, in con.
sequence, soon after joined the main
army at Orangeburgn. Emily Geiger
afterwards married Mr.. Therwitz, rich
planter on the Congaree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
The TWO-Headed Eagle.

The origin of the device of the eagle
on national and royal banners may be
traced to very early times. 1t was the
ensign of the ancient kings of Persia
and Babylon. The Romans adopted
many other figures on their camp
standards but Marius, B. G. 102,
made the eagle alone the ensign of the
legions, and confined the other figures
to the cohorts. From the Romans the
French under the empire adopted the
eagle. The emperors OF the Western
Roman empire used black eagle, those
of the East a golden one. The sign of
the golden eagle, met with in taverns,
is in allusion to the emperors of the
East. Since the time of the Romans
almost every State that has assumed
the designation Of an empire, has taken
the eagle for it's ensign-Austria, Prus-
sia, Russia, Poland, and France, oil
took the eagle. The two-headed eagle
signifies double empire. The emper-
ors of Austria, who claim to be consider
ed the successors of the Caesars of
Rome, use the double hea led eagle,
which is the eagle of the Eastern
emperors with that of the Western,
typifying the "Holy Roman empire"
of which the emperors of Germany (now
merged in the house of Austria) consid-
cred themselves as the representatives.
Charlemagne was the first to use it, for
when ne became master of the whole of
the German Empire, he added the
second head to the eagle, A. ID. 8O2, to
denote that the empires of Rome and
Germany were united in him. As it is
among birds the king, and being the
emblem of q noble nature from its
strength of wing and eye, and courage,
and also of conscious strength and in
nate power, the eagle has been univer-
sally preferred as the continental en-
blem of sovereignty. Of the different
eagles of heraldry the black eagle is
considered the most noble, especially
when blazoned on golden shield.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14

France is situated in the vicinity of
Lyons. The quantity sent out yearly
from this point varies from 1000 to
100000 of plants. Nearly all the
roses are budded on roots of wild brier
(seedlings) with perhaps 20, 900 on their
own roots and an equal number on
standards. Some idea of the extent of
the rose culture in France may be OBJ
tained from the fact that in the thirteen
communes which surround Brie- Comic
Robert more than 100000 roses are
annually cultivated, the number of
growers being about hundred. The
number of varieties grown is stated from
700 to 800, although 1t is only limited
number of the most robust, and the
greatest favorites which are most exten-
sively cultivated.
Garibaldi, the italian patriot, was
educated a mariner On being exiled,
in 1884, he went to Marseilles, where he
made voyages to various ports, eventual
ly reaching Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In
IS48, he returned to Italy and was ban
ished from Sardinia in 1850. He arrived
in New York that summer, and earned
living by making candles in q manufac-
tory on Staten Island, till an opportun-
ity occurred of resuming the occupation
of mariner. He made some voyages
in the Pacific, and in about three years
returned to New York in command of a
Peruvian bark. Having lost his mother,
to whom he had confided the care of his
three children, he accepted an invitation
to return to Nice, where he lived in re-
tirement and formed corps for the
sandman government, called the "The
Hunters of the Alps"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
Sulphur.

Sulphur is one of the most widely dis
tributed of the non-metallic elements.
1t is found uncombined in many volcan-
ic districts, but by far the greater part
now used is obtained from Sicily where
the deposits are very extensive. In the
form of a sulphide it is found in combi-
nation with iron, copper, zinc, lead, and
other metals. Sulphates, or compounds
of sulphuric acid, are even more widely
diffused in nature. 1t is present in the
vegetable and animal kingdoms, al
though in very much smaller quantities
than those elements on which organic
compounds are based. 1t is found in
various combinations in the waters of
hot springs.
Sulphur has been known from a very
remote antiquity and indeed it must
have been one Of the first elementary
substances discovered, as it is SO widely
distributed in the native state, and its
peculiar color and other properties still
more remarkable could not fail to at
tract attention to it.
Sulphur is readily freed from most
impurities by fusion and distillation,
but it usually contains selenium and
arsenic, the latter in the form of a sui
phide. By the addition of diluted
hydrochloric acid to some metallic sui
phides, it may be precipitated as a
nearly white powder.
Sulphur is represented in chemical
reactions by the symbol S., and its
atomic weight is 80, exactly twice
that of oxygen. At ordinary temper
atures it is brittle, tasteless and in
odorous solid, insoluble in water, and of
a yellow color which is very character
istic of it. The specific gravity of
native sulphur is 2. OF, and that of cry
stalls formed artifcially only 1893. The
effects of heat on this element are ex-
tremely interesting and have not as yet
been satisfactorily explained by theory.
At 1899 F. it fuses into a yellow
liquid and can be run into molds, but at
above 290o it commences to resoldify,
the color becomes darker and at
temperature of 800 is so dark brown as
to be nearly black. Al that ,tempera-
ture the sulphur has SO hftte hu city
that a vessel containing it,een he 1apsgt
ed without it's running out All ~ Alaher
temperature it reliquef5s lgad II poured
in this condition into wasef }se0fies
plastic and tenacious, btit fSEv ~ y Y.
hours it looses these propeatiee baecEhe
brittle and is convertedg giaso eEnnnier2
sulphur. At824o F. it boils sBd iArna
a dense yellow vapor 81 thH1Fzepif
gravity 6,617. When heatQd in the Al
sulphur takes fire and burns ~ y blu
fame, the product formed b6ifg 6ii
phurous acid. ag 81 I'm
With the single excepti4nDof oxyegr
sulphur has the most powfkful &fIinitI
for other radicals of all known elemeRts
and with some of them it can be paa
to combine in several nfopQf5j 5jpne
With oxygen it forms no lesss than sever
compounds, all of them acid oAH Of
these, sulphuric acid (theiiuIJll<t ia Is
known as coil of vitrioE ~ afEthe
highest value in the indnetzis 1as
we'll as in the laboratory aa 4 il na,6 be
manufactured very cheaplY a1 j,aa very
powerful acid properties pal]fpus
acid with one third less wv 8as thar
sulphuric acid, is also very important
compound.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
EdisOniana.

Edison is one of those men who have
no right to be modest. Boston Globe.
Edison has invented but never mind;
this is getting monotonous. - Boston
Transcript
propose directly to make figs from
thistles. You hear mep-Mr. Edison.
-BufaLo Express.
The phonograph has been nicknamed
"The Deacon" because it can snore so
naturally. Cincinnati Breakfast Ia
bic.
At q party given recently by Presi-
dent MacMabon's daughter, phono-
graph was the chief attraction. Boston
Globe.
While Mr.. Edison is in the inventing
mood, why doesn't he invent carpet
that will "get up and dust2"-Courier-
Journal.
1t seems little singular that an anti
profanity, telescopic, self-adjusting
stove pipe was invented within three
weeks after Edison filled the caveat for
his picking machine. e.-BreakfaSt
Table.
Edison is said to be inventing ma
chine to save time in eating, something
OF this kind seeming to be in great de-
maud among Americans. - Chicago
Journal.
Somebody has written to Edison ask
ing him to get up an honest gas meter,
but he refuses point blank to hazard his
reputation. He says the line must be
drawn somewhere. &C Cincinnati Satetr-
day Night.
A facsimile of letter written by
Thomas A. Edison is given in the
Graphic, and it shows that with all his
genius, Mr.. Edison accomplishes better
handwriting than any other man in the
country. .-Bu6aJo Express.
If Edison wants to strike a respon-
sive chord in the public heart, he should
invent bushel peach basket that will
hold four pecks, and quart straw berry
box that will not swindle the purchaser
out Of half pint. ->Norristesc1' Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14

Captain Boyton's swim a few weeks
ago across the Straits of Gibraltar was
very perilous. A great shark swan
around him and grew more and more
aggressive until it was frightened away
by the explosion of dynamite cartridge.
Night came on and with it high wind
and waves, during which the captain
was lost sight of several times by the
boats crew who accompanied him, and
who were so frightened that they insist
ed that he should give up the voyage
and get into the boat. At last the cap
tain made land and frightened terribly
a party of Moors, who ran away as fast
as they could, thinking that some dread
full sea monster had landed on their
shores.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
Items Of Interest.
A man of parts-The hair-dresser.

A man of parts-The hair-dresser.
Some Western papers have establish
ed II grasshopper department.
There are over 800 religious charita
BILE societies and twenty-seven HOSPITALS
in New York city.
A seven-footer in Kentucky says il
he were given the choice of means of
death he would die by inches.
To the American boy there is an aw-
full, majestic difference in weight be-
tween the butt-end of fishing pole and
a hoe handle. -
One-half of the bees in San Monica, Ca :
were lost last year, says an exchange
Hope it was the tail half, remarks the
Chicago Times.
A young lady was undecided whether
to accept the addresses of James or John.
James gave her sealskin sacque, and
she Immediately gave the sack to John.
A German writer says young girl is
a fishing-rod The eyes are the hook,
the smile the bait, the lover the gud-
geon, and marriage the butter in which
he is fried.
A Burlington man has invented an
improvement on Edison's phonograph.
The machine is so natural that during
spring weather it talks through it's nose
and cadt say eb dor ed. .-Ha,0keye.
Mr.. Sawyer, of Starks, Me-, has
set of coat buttons which he has worn
upon all of his coats for about fifty
years. They are large white pearl, are
valued at S. each, and were brought
from Italy upon an old surtout many
years ago.
The effect of eating the poisonous fly
mushroom is that everything seems i'm
mensely large. A straw lying on the
road, for instance, becomes so formida-
BILE an obstruction that person under
the influence of this mushroom would
take running jump in order to clear it.
A Baltimore man has discovered a
way to cheaper property. He crawls
through the skylight in his night-shirt,
and dances over the roofs in the light of
the moon. The terrified tenants of the
adjoining premises think it is spirit,
and hunt up less ghostly quarters. The
n:ght-shirt man invests in the property,
tho OhOct 1isannparS ato
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
Under the ViOlets.

Her hands are cold; her face is white;
No more her pulses come and go
Her eyes are shut to life and light
Fold the white vestures, snoN on snow,
And lay her where the violets blow.
But not beneath craven stone,
To plead for tears with alien eyes;
slender cross Of wood alone
Shall say that here a maiden lies
In peace beneath the peaceful skies.
And gray old trees Of hugest limb
Shall wheel their circling shadows round,
To make the scorching sunlight dim,
That drinks the greenness from the ground,
And drop their dead leaves on her mound,
When DER their boughs the squirrels run,
And through their leaves the robins call,
And, ripening in the autumn sun,
The acorns and the chestnuts fall,
Doubt not that she will heed them all.
To her the morning choir shall sing
Its mathis from the branches high,
And every minstrel-voice of spring
That trils beneath the April sky
Shall greet her with its earliest cry.
When, turning round their dial-track,
Eastward the lengthening shadows pass,
Her little mourners, clad in black,
The crickets sliding through the grass
Shall pipe for her an evening mass
At last the rootiets Of the trees
Shall find the prison where she lies.
And bear the buried dust'they seize
In leaves and blossoms to the skies,
SO may the soul that warmed it rise
II any, born Of kindlier blood,
Should ask, What maiden lies below?
Say only this A tender bud,
That tried to blossom in the snow
Lies withered where the violets blow
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JUNE IA, 1878.

ately taking chair. I" always was an
appendage of Jenuy's, you know, and
shall be for the rest Of my natural life,
I'm afraid"
"Just so |" screamed the parrot, one
bright sunny morning, as 1 stepped
down stairs in floating bridal veil, and
with my mothers watch in my girdle,
Aunt Margery's wedding gift. Dick
was waiting for me below, with beaming
face and arms outstretched.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14
TIMELY TOPICS.

A verdict of $3.50 damages has been
given in favor of lady, who was wrong
fully accused of taking a purse from
New York store, and was forcibly de-
tanned and searched in consequence of
that accusation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14

Letters received from General Beale,
formerly United States Minister to Aus
tria, written from Paris, announces his
safe arrival there and give the informa-
tion that his married daughter and her
husband a Russian of rank, connected
with the Legation in Paris, have fully
recovered from the bites of a favorite
dog. Both the lady and gentleman were
bitten some time ago, the former in the
face and the latter in the arm, by
what was thought to be rapid dog.
The dog died of what the physicians
called rabies, and the two victims, whose
wounds were scared with hot irons, have
recovered, except slight soreness from
the cauterization.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14

One of the Paris journals relates a
pretty episode which took place on the
day of the Inauguration of the exhibi-
tion. A member of the italian Commits
sion. short while before the arrival of
the Marshal's guests, perceived that the
flag floating on the facade of his section
carried no Grape in mourning remem.
brance of King Victor Emmanuel.
There was little time left to repair the
neglect, and the Commissioner dreaded
the censure of the Duke of Aosta. SO,
without a moments hesitation, he ad-
dressed lady wearing long black vail,
explained the situation, and begged her
to relieve him from his anxiety. The
lady Immediately handed him her vail,
and when few moments later the cor
tege passed by, the tri-color flag of Italy
was draped with the sombre sign of ma
tional bereavement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-14

The ages of the reigning sovereigns of
Europe are as follows: The Emperor
of Germany, 81 years; the King of Hol-
land, 60 years; the Emperor of Russia,
SO years; Victoria, So years; Victor
Emmanuel died comparatively young at
81 years and 9 months. The youngest
sovereigns are the Emperor of Austria,
At years; King Humbert of Italy, 81
years: the Sultan, 33 years; the King of
Greece, 80 years, and the King of Spain,
20 years.