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l,ASIc BALL.

The only safe, reliable ssd on time route
o New Orleans ~ the Central and Star *
JPeecant routa
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Quakcrs Invading Texas

Quakcrs INVADING lsAtss
Brics. makers are HEREBY warned shat tue
Improved Quaker Brick Machine which
grinds the clay, moulds sno loads on TO the
trucks, as good squsre brick. and last as
any other machine. has come 20 s'ste OF
perfect,oa CT work that ohsll-ngfs com petit
ton. 1 bring them 10 Marshall by the car
load, thus cbeapening freight, aud tne,r
price Is one. third less than any other oil
iiks capacity. Send for descriptive circu..
lar, and note what Texas brick-mskere and
others say Of them.
GEo RGE w. REYNOLDS,
D.strihut M Aver I, Aaishsli, Texas.
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To New Orleans Mardi Grss without
change. by the Houston Central and star
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CITY COURT.

The onlv sais, r,lis 10 and on time route
b New Orleans IL the Central and Slar 4
crescent route.
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Ia making mention Of the new hank TO
= known % the Am ricsn kationei penks
g name ii Captain w. White, Of tho hfn
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DAT CROP INJURED.

The only safe, reliable aud on time route
10 New o leaps 10 the Centred and Star g
npaancni rnuto
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Every smoker shoo dsrv "L'tsls Joker
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rNDIcATIoxs-Posr MIDNIGHT.

West Gulf s;ases-Fair weather. souiherly
winds; failing baronster.
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LEGAL, HOLIDAY.

DAf;LAs TO NEW ORLEANS sfaRDI
80 GRAS
Via fha Il. Il z. without change.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
Gveat Advertisers,

The London Pail Null Gazette has an
article devoted to the great advertisers
of the world, and ranks as No. 1 the
proprietors of well-known soap. This
article is most extensively advertised in
Great Britain, but not to a like extent
in the United States, and probably the
proprietors of that renowned article
would not rank as high in point of
liberality in advertising as some famous
American houses. The firm claims to
expend from $780, 900 to $500, 900 u
year in advertisements. Speaking of the
returns from this immense outlay tho
proprietors of the soap say;
"The first time a purchaser invests a
shilling or a half-crown in piece of
our soap he is loss to us. We have
spent more in trying to get him to
come to us than the actual profit on
that particular transaction brings to our
Golfers. But-when he comes he stops /;
at least that is our experience, and
that is the secret of our success. Once
let us catch our man, and the great
battle is over. lie takes his soap home.
He says, perhaps, well, have bought
piece of this much advertised article.
| wonder whether it is as good as they
say it is. One morning the idea sud
denly fixes itself in his mind that it has
all these good qualities, and he never
gives the matter another thought" "
1t will be found that similar expe-
rience has attended all great adverts-
ers whose articles have merit. When a
customer is once obtained they hold
him continuously
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
Uncle -Esek's Wisdom

There is no rule for beauty this ell.
ables every man to have a little better
looking wife than any of his neighbors
l don't expect to please everybody. |
don't know as l would if could, for |
don't think anybody but fool could
do it.
The last thing man doubts is his
judgment, when it ought to be the first
thing he is suspicious Of.
When the devil turns moralist look
out for breakers; no one can tell where
he is going to hit next; he can't even
tell himself
The word is all agog just now; every
body wants to talk, and nobody wants
to listen-the fool-kiler will be around
soon, and put stop to these things.
believe in moral suasion-as a collat-
eral.
Ignorance is the principal ingredient
in bigotry-obstinacy and a general Gus
sedness complete the job.
1t amt so much the Ignorance of man
kind that makes them ridiculous, as the
knowing so much that amt so.
Jokes weren't made to cast before
swine, any more than pearls were; and
the man who can make them shouldn' t
throw them around too loose.
The man who can, in few words, tell
all he knows, on any subject, at a min
ute's notice, is a hard one to tangle.
1t is the brains of the devil that make
him terrible; a fool-dcyil is the lowest
order of cranks. - Century.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
A Present for the President.

The state department at Washington
has received advices from our minister
at the court of Siam that very hand
some present for President Arthur has
been received at the legation in Bangkok,
consisting of a Malay kriss of the finest
temper, with solid gold hit, and en-
cased in gold altoyed scabbard, and
two spears of quaint Malay fashion, with
gold sheaths for the beautifully polished
blades. They are reported to be of great
beauty, and are very valuable. They
were sent to the President under singu-
lar and interesting circumstances. Many
Americans, particularly if either owners
or underwriters will remember that in
1881 the bark Coringa, of Boston, while
on voyage from Siam to Java, went
ashore, during a heavy gale, at a
point on the peninsula of Maacca,
called Tuluban, and went to pieces
almost Immediately. The crew
and officers reached the shore safely, and
were received by the chief at that point
most Hospitality. He took the captain,
his wife and child into his own house,
and provided for the others in the vii
lage. He kept them for nearly month,
and treated them with the utmost kind
ness and courtesy. When the news
reached Bangkok, our minister at that
port took the necessary steps for sending
relief, and they were all brought up to
that port and shipped via Singapore to
the United States. Our minister, Gen.
Halderman, in his recommendation to
the government on the matter, recon-
mended that this hospitality shown to
distressed Americans should not go un-
rewarded, and on this recommendation
the government caused valuable gold
medal to be struck and sent out, together
with a Winchester express rifle mounted
most elaborately, and gilt and nickeled
profusely. These were sent to Gen. Hal
derman, and by him presented in person
to the chief, at his own village in Tulu-
ban. The poor rajah was quite overcome
by the great honor done him, for, as he
thought, triAing act of kindness, and,
in return for the attention shown him,
had these superb presents prepared fol
transmission to his brother chief of the
American confederation. Tuluban is @
Malay and Mahomedan state, though 6
dependency of Siam and attached to the
province of Patani
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24

much the same way save that the stifIen,
ing is omitted and the brim is danged
over an iron block.
To make the six stovcpipe hats
large square of muslin is dipped in shell,
lac, wrung out and then stretched over
wooden frame to dry. After drying it
is cut up into sizes and shapes suitable
for the various parts of the hat. Some
pieces are cut on the bias for the CROWN
of hats, others are stilfened particularly
for the brims, while the muslin for III?
central cylinders, which are to be the
sides, is cut ont in oblong squares. The
material for a dozen of'these hats is thsu
given to workman, who draws the
frame of the hat together around block
and fastens it by means of hot iron.
The she'll of the hat, as it is called, is
then vanished and dried, making it stiff
and then the silk plush is put on, man
ironing it to 4he shcl &C covered shell and
sponging it with water Mt every STROKE Of
the iron. Gisls sew in the crown and
the brim after the sides Of the she,t have
been fastened, and then the seams are
gone over with hot iron, which con.
then curled as in the case of the felt ar.
tic,e, and the hat then goes away to the
luering machine, where the polish brushes,
revolving rapidly, give it a high polish.
From the luering machine it goes to the
hands of a girl who trims it and puts in
the lining.
Opera hats are made of steel springs
imported from France and covered here
with either mcrino or black satin
Brooklyn Eagle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
A Farmers Private Railroad Station

"We made a singular discovery the
other day. remarked an official of
road running into Chicago About
three miles beyond a certain station on
our line there is q farm house by the
side of the track. Just beyond the
farm house is little creek, over which
there is a small bridge, About fouI
years ago some repairs were made to that
little bridge, and, of course, the bridge
gang had put up a signboard Run
Slow on either side during the day or SO
the bridge was weakened. When they
had finished their work, they went of
and forgot the signs. The fact is, the
boards had disappeared, and they didn't
take the trouble to hunt them up.
"Some weeks afterward, no one knows
just when, those signs reappeared in theiI
former places. Nobody knew who put
them there or what for Nobody cared.
If the section men noticed them at all
they thought the bridge men had done it.
1t was nom of the engineers business
why they were there-it was their duty
to observe regulations, which required
them to slow down at all such sigus
Observe regulations they did. For about
four years not train had passed over
that little bridge without slowing al
most to standstill The culvert, for
that's all it is, has been as safe as any
part Of the roadbed, and yet stopping
and starting trains there has cost this com
pany thousands of dollars. You know,
it costs money to stop and start trains.
"You are wondering how it all comes
about, of course. Well, that farmer
stole those boards and put them up
again at his leisure. For four years he
has been going into the town or coming
from ton our trains, getting on or off right
at his own door. 1t was a slick scheme,
and how he must have laughed at us and
enjoyed it all the while. But his game
is up now, and the engineers are having
their revenge by keeping up an internal
screeching of their whistles at all hours
of the day or night whenever they pass
that farm house. r. Chicaq0 Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
Buttered Flower,

A Connecticut company, says the
Hartford Times, makes flour already for
baking biscuit or strawberry shOrtcake;
it only requires to be mixed with milk
or cold water, and the batter is ready for
the oven. The process OF its manufac
ture is interesting. A quantity of wheat
flour is sifted and dumped into large
tub. Butter cut into large cubes is
added to the flour. Then the white
coated operator weighs out certain mys.
terious quantities OF baking soda and
fine table salt, which go to swell the
contents of the tub. Then the mixture
is placed in a large polished cask which
revolves slowly in one direction, while a
sort of dasher inside moves in the OPP
posite direction The cask reyolves
about thirty minutes, at the end of
which time it is opened. 1t is found
that the ingredients have been thorough
ly mixed every particle of moisture con
tanned in the butter has been evaporated,
and that the mixture is as fragrant as
new mown hay 1t is then placed in
bags and boxed for shipment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
Curious Land Sinks.

Those curious depressions of the soil
known as sinks, Florida letter says,
have attracted the attention of scientific
men and form one of the features of
the country to visitors Timid people
are afraid of them, but | do not sec any
difference between them and the natural
depressions one meets with in all wooded
counties. Sometimes an acre will com
mence to sink toward the center and
year after year the depth increases until
it reaches its lowest point and stands
still. Some of these places are wonder
fully beautiful, being covered with a
luxuriant undergrowth of bush yegeta-
tion, shaded by immense trees
garlanded with grapcvines and
jasmine, and charm'ngly draped
with the beautiful moss of this coun
try, with perhaps at the base pool of
clear water. These bosky shades are
much freQuented by cattle and they en-
hauce by the attractions life and motion
picture that any artist might be proud
to add to his collection. Sometimes the
central part really does fall out of sight,
leaving a hole whose depth may bc i'm
agined but out of such assures | have
seen oak trees growing of large girth,
proving that they do not really go
through to China.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
VALLEY AND PEAK.

The Valley said to the Peak,
Oh, Peak, fain would arise
And be great like you; would seek
Your remote and sacred skies.
Although l lie so low
At your feet, aspire to share
The mysteries that you know
In your cloud-roofed house Of air."
The Peak TO the Valley said,
ooh, Valley, be content,
Since for you my veins have bled,
And for you my breath is spent.
Alone, for your sake, live
In the cold and cloudy blue,
Great only by what give
Out OF unreached heavens to you.r
Lucy LdrcOm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
VOL. XII.
BELLS o. THE CHIT.

BELLS o. THE n CHIT
The grass is wet with dew,
And the stars are faint and few
In the sky;
The firefiies soar alo't,
And the cricllets chant a soft
Lullby.
Then, floating on the night,
Comes a melody so Slight.
1t would seem
Less thing to name or own
Than an echo overblown
From dream.
The heavy odors sweep
From the tropic coast Of sleep
Far away
And the music, vague and low,
Seems to languish, seems to blow
Zen as they.
How it saddeEs How it cheers!
How it lulls the drowsy ears
With its spellsl
Oh, the midnight music sweet
That thy airy towers repeat,
Distant bells!
~ A. Lindsey, in Boston Tansc rip
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24
A Boy Who is Unable to Persplre.

There is a boy IN Putnam county, a
son of Jefferson Lee, ten years Of age,
who, owing to the peculiar nature of his
skin, has never been known to sweat
drop of perspiration in his life. An
other phenomenal feature connected
with the boy is that he has only four
teeth, and he had these when born hay-
ing neither cut nor shed any since h
birth He is very much affected by the
seasons. In the summer he gets eX-
ceodingly warm and is compe led, in
order to live at all, to keep his head
and body wet with cold water, and falls
off to almost skeleton, but when win
ter GENES aud cold weather sets in he is
enabled to dispense with his bath and
grows fat He is said to be sprightly
boy, with plenty Of sense. -NShot5ie
World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24

It is said that the Germans are to the
Americans in Chicago us three TO two
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24

The professor of anatomy at the Edin.
burgh university j. 0"'l $1,000 a year.
The heads of the departments of Latin
and mathematics receive 81, 500 each.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-24

at the elder Hague, the elder Hague said
something in low tone to his SON, then
the latter asked abruptly:
How is your father, Miss Chapmanf
1t sounded so strange to be called Miss
Chapman that she was flurried, but she
managed TO say; "The doctor thinks
he may Gee again"
"H'ml h'mm said the elder in q Pc
culiar manner. every odd-unaccount-
able"
Not at ALL" said the son. 81 have
heard of cases almost similar.n
"H'm2 rare-rare, l should say" He
wheeled around to Nell suddenly. then,
MY child-this, scarcely know what
to say of it. Best put it in Boone's hands
and let him decide"
"Now that is precisely what do not
propose to do" said Hague, jr. cit
won't be fair. Boone must not know
where we obtained the lesign. l sug-
gest l be permitted. >asIel, to order
him to supply any details that may oc-
cur to him in preparing the design for
the frame. "
"You are right--quite right. And you
Miss-this is the most extraordinary case
that ever came under my notice call on
us-say in a week."
"Make it Saturday, if you wish, " in
terposed Hague, Jr,, kindly, as he looked
into the wistful eyes that seemed to
search his very soul in their anxiety.
II will be back Saturday." Nell said,
simply, as she skipped out. She thought
she would have tainted if she had re-
mained a moment longer her joy was 50
great,
X. x
The present owner of Hague's factory,
the foremost in the land, point to an ele-
giant residence on the summit overlook
ing the town, where the hobby horses of
the grandchildreua and children of Hague,
senior and junior shine under the trees.
The Hagues amassed competency and
retired from active pursuits. The great
est stroke of business the firm of Hague
& Son ever did was when they put their
famous ''Bar of Gold" pattern on the
market The series of patterns follow
ing yielded them larger profits in two
years, than all the profits of the two
years put together. There is a story cur
rent in the trade that the profits of the
original 'Bar of Gold" pattern amounted
to upward of twohundred thousand dol
lars. Incidentally | may mention that
the succeeding profitable patterns were de-
signed by the same hand-the hand that
was appropriated by Hague, Jr., before
the firm retired from active business.
Needless to add that Nell's brothers
and father shared her good fortune, OF
that her father thinks to this day that
there never was pattern as handsome as
1.-THE Bar of Gold"
, 1884-12-12

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE fol-
lowing is the message sent by the Prcsi-
dent to the Senate with the Spanish
treaty
To the Senate OF the United States
/ transmit herewith for consideration
by the Senate with a view to advising and
conserving to its ratification, the conven-
ton for commercial reciprocity between
the United States and Spain providing for
intimate and favored exchange of pro-
ducts with the Islands of Cuba and Porto
Rico, which convention was signed at
Madrid, on the 10th ultimo. The nego-
~tiations for the convention have been in
progress since April last, in pursuance of
an understanding reached by the two gov
ernments January ., 1884, for the i'm
provement of the commercial relations be-
tween the United States of America and
the said Provinces, Cuba and Porto Rico.
Although this clause was by common con-
sent omitted from the substitutionary
agreement of February Is, 1884, (now in
force until replaced by this convention,
being in effect an obligation to enter
upon such negotiations) it was deemed
to continue with the desire
manifest on both sides to reach a common
accord. The negotiation has been neces-
sarily ~protracted owing to the completely
Of details to be incorporated, in order that
the convention might respond to the ma
tional policy of intercourse with neighbor-
ing countries of the American system,
which is outlined in my late annual mes
sage to Congress in the following words;
THE conditions Of these treaties should
be a free admission of such merchandise
as this country does not produce in return
for admission free, or under a favored
scheme of duties, of our own products.
The benefits of such exchange to apply to
goods carried under the flag of the parties
to the contract; the removal ON both
sides, from vessels so privileged, all ton
mage dues and national imposts. so that
, 1884-12-12

DIES MONIES, December 1l.-Corres-
pondence from all over the State shows a
great feeling of discomfort among the peo-
pie of Iowa, particularly among the far
mers and business men, because of the
high rates being charged by the railroads.
Despite very low prices for grain and the
great depression in business the rates are
kept up as high as during good prices for
grain last year, while practically all spec
il rates for manufacturers and whole
salers have been withdrawn from the
State. 1t is stated that the question OF
an extra session of the legislature to deal
with the transportation question is being
discussed in several localities. 1t is pro
posed to circulate petitions asking the
Governor to convene the assembly in Jan
uary.
, 1884-12-12
ailded Grains of Steel.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-THE
Mint reports two attempts made lately to
palm off spurious bullion. An analysis
revealed an ingenious device for deception
by parties dealing in gold bullion. The
grains were found to be nothing more nor
less than steel filings and to give them the
appearance of grains of the precious metal
they were covered with fine gold which
was made to adhere by the use of a COM
position of turpentine. 1t was ascertained
the gold on the bogus grains amounted in
value to about one dollar on each ounce.
1t is believed that some one or more per-
sons are engaged in the manufacture of
bogus gold and are disposing of it to gold
dealers in the Southwestern part Of the
counfrv
, 1884-12-12

CHICAGO, December l1.-At a meeting
of Socialists last night a speaker named
Griffin declared hat the workingmen
must be melted to absolute resistance,
and that oil ~monopolies were enemies to
the country and ought to be hung; that
criminal laws were unnecessary, and peace
and order could be better sustained il
they were abolished. Famine was a re-
suit of over-production, and not of pooI
crops. The %onlyway to stop it was to pay
nothing and receive pay for nothing.
Take everything, and without price
Other speakers followed in the same strain.
, 1884-12-12
The Spain Treaty and Pension
Matters Before Congress.
President Arthur to Start the
New Orleans Machinery.
A Batch of Indian Agents and
Live Stock Matters.
Congressiona
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December ll,-Wilsor
introduced in the Senate to-day, a bill t
pay $40 bounty to each man below the
rank of a commissioned officer, who en-
tered in the United States military ser
vice prior to July 90, 1861, and who was
afterward mustered into the 4th Iowa
Infantry.
Sherman introduced a Senate bill iden-
teal with that introduced in the House
last Monday by Morrison. 1t provides
for the transportation by express of i'm
ported merchandise and passengers and
baggage under regulations to be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Tho following nominations were re-
ported: Thomas A. Cummings, of Mon
tana, Collector of Customs for the district
Of Montana and Idaho; John NJ. Martin,
of California, Surveyor of Customs at
San Francisco.
A resolution was adopted by the House
Committee on pensions, bounty and back
pay to call upon the Secretary Of the In
terror to report to the House the number
Of contracts providing for the payment of
a $25 fee in pension cases to claim agents
under the act of July 4, 1884, that had
been filed in the pension Office, and
whether any such contracts cover claims
on file prior to the passage of the act.
After routine business Mr.. Van Wyck
offered the following
WHEREAS, A commercial treaty of
great importance has been negotiated be-
tween the United States and Spain. which
was made public by the King of Spain to
such an extent that it was cabled from
Madrid to the Tines of New York and
given to the American people by that
journal before the same was presented
with becoming solemnity and secrecy to
the Senate, and
Whereas, The provisions Of said treaty
materially affecting the subject o frevenues
and taxation and involving no serious
questions Of diplomacy and State secrets
the discussion thereof should be in open
session so that the people may be fully ap
prised of the reasone why said treaty
should be ratified or rejected, therefore:
ResolUed, That the committee on rules
be directed to report the amendment or
additional rule requiring treaties which
concern matters of revenue DO considered
in the open session. On objection Of Mr..
Wilson, the matter went over one day.