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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
Babies in the Audience.

/ point with pride to my record of
seven or eight years on the rostrum.
have seen and heard, in my audience,
legions of babies. All good babies, be-
cause all babies are good, Some are i'm
measurably better than others, but there
are no bad babies. Mere and merely
varying degrees of goodness. Some of
the babies, the happy ones, cooed and
laughed through the lecture. Some of
them, the precious ones talked aloud.
Some of them, the sensible ones, slept
through every word of it. And some,
the unhappy ones, who bore upon their
infant minds burdens of care and woe,
fretted and cried and shrieked and hol-
Tered. They have screamed until my
feeble voice was inaudible to myself.
And appeal to any man or woman to
say if everI lost my temper, if ever
frowned, if ever l stopped talking be-
cause the baby screamed. If any man
says | ever betrayed one sign of lima
ture or distraction, the same is thief
and liar, and '.dassent take it up.n
The babies in the audience never bother
me.
have seen them drive an audience to
madness, however
But then the audience isn't paid for
listening to the baby, and am. Atleast,
comprehcnsively, | am paid for every
thing that goes on during my hour and
half.--R j. Baraette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
The Oldest Reigning Dynasty.

Mutsuhito l., one hundred and twenty
third emperor of Japan, is now thirty
three years old, having reigned since the
death of his father, which took place in
1867. He was born at Kioto on the 22d
day of the ninth month of year Kayei,
and was the second son of the late EN-
peror Komei, and the Empress Fujiwara
Asako. When about nine years old he
was nominated prince imperial and heir ap-
parent and succeeded to the throne on the
18th of February, 1867, being crowned al
his birthplace on the 18th of October in the
succeeding year. A few days afterward the
new emperor chose the formula ''Meiji, " to
designate his reign, and married early the
next year, the accomplished daughter of a
noble of the first rank. There is no
other monarch in the world who can
boast so unbroken a descent from so
ancient stock as the mikado. The
Chinese, it is true, claim that their his
tory commences some thee thousand
years before the birth of Christ-for it
is unnecessary to treat grayely such
records as profess to deal with the fabu
lous dynasties of heaven, earth and man.
Against the five thousand years or so
to which Chinese historians lay claim as
the period during which monarchs have
ruled this land, the japanese place only
two thousand five hundred and forty
four. They date their calendar from the
ascension of Jimmu Tenno, which, accord
ing to the best authorities, took place on
the 7th of April, $50 B. c. Even
this modest claim has been disputed,
certain rationalizing spirits of modern
times maintaining that Jimmu is a
myth. But this skepticism wants
more to support it than the mere
antiquity assigned to him. There is
nothing unlikely in the fact that per-
son said to have reigned in Japan while
Tuilus Hostilius was reigning in Rome
was at least as real as his confrere of the
West. But whatever may be the truth,
be Jimmu myth or a reality, the fact
remains that while China has had two
and-twenty dynasties Japan has had but
one. In China the throne has frequently
been seized by parvenus. Savage chiefs
from Manchuria and Turkestan, slaves
raised to the doubtful honor of court
favorites-even servants in Buddhist
monastery-have in many instances ousted
the reigning sovereign and assumed the
imperial yellow. But in Japan there has
been one long, unbroken line of mon
archs, the longest, oldest dynasty in the
world, in comparison with which the
Guelphs and Hapsburgs are nouveaux
riches and the Romanoffs of yesterday
North China Herald
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
Life in POmpeii.

In these deserted streets, life suddenly
stopped 1900 years ago. 1t is truth that
the destruction was not instantaneous,
and great number of inhabitants saved
their lives and even took away good
deal of their treasure. But enough was
left to show us every detail of Roman
life. The old world is set before us, with
all its good and its evil, its glory and
shame. We know what manner of men
and women they must have been, and
what their daily lives were like, almost
as well as if we had actually dwelt among
them.
The old Pompeiians were very modern.
There is nothing new under the sun.
They had folding doors and hot water
urns; they put gratings to their windows,
and made rockeries in their gardens; their
steel yards are exactly like those your
cheese monger uses to weigh his Ched-
dars and Glo'sters. Their children had
toys like ours-bears, lions, pigs, cats,
dogs-made of clay, and sometimes serv-
ing as jugs also. Poor children poor
mothers How did they fare in those
three days of darkness and dismay9 Peo-
pie wrote on walls, and cut their names
on seats, just as VIC. do now. They kept
birds in cages.
In Naples to-day, as you walk along
the Chiaja, you may find yourself in the
midst of herd of goats, with bells
around their necks, exactly like those in
the museum. They gave tokens at the
door of their entertainments-th people
in the gallery had pigeons made of sort
of terra Gotta. They put lamps inside
the hollow eyes of the masks that
adorned their fountains. They even
made grottoes of shells, Vulgarity itself
is ancient. They ate sausages and hung
up strings of onions. They had stands
for public vehicles. and the school-master
used birch on the ounces. They put
stepping stones across the roads, that
the dainty young patrician gentlemen,
and the pursy old senator's might not
soil their gilded sandals.
1t was never cold enough for their
pipes to burst, but they turned their water
on and off with taps; and their cook
shops had marble counters. They clapped
their offenders into the stocks. Two
gladiators were kept there fifteen hun
dred years. When their crockery broke
they riveted it. At Herculaneum there
is huge wine jar buried in the earth. 1t
had been badly broken, but it is neatly
riveted-with many rivets-and it no
doubt held the wine as well as ever
Those rivets have lasted 1900 years! 1t
is a strange thing to think about. What
would the housewife have said if some
one had told her that her cracked pot
would outlast the Roman empire2
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

1t has been thought that the freezing
of the sap causes trees to expand in cold
weather. Professor Thomas Meehan
finds, however, that such is not the case,
as the trees contract to a considerable ex-
tent.
Granulated milk, according to the
Medical Record, is made by subjecting
milk to heat Of 1SO degrees until the
watery part has been evaporated. Then
it is granulated, and sugar is added,
when it looks like corn meal. 1t is less
solid than condensed milk, and with
water closely resembles natural milk.
Professor ]. Koinig proposes to purify
town sewage and the waste waters of
slaughter houses, dye. works, breweries,
etc., by allowing them to trickle over
network of wire, thus exposing large
surface to the oxidizing action of the
atmosphere. He recommends that the
coarser impurities should first be removed
by means of settling-tanks.
Some of the conclusions of science
would indeed be appalling but for their
practical harmlessness. Thus, geologists
of the ocean were graded dawn to uni
form level, the whole world would be
covered with water mile deep, so much
greater is the depression of the ocean bed
than the elevation of the existing land.
The wheels of railway and other cars
are now made of leather in France by a
process of NJ. de la Roche. Untanned
buffalo skins are cut into strips, and
these are built into solid discs and
strongly compressed by hydraulic presses,
then buund with two iron rings. A
wheel of this kind is noiseless, resists
shocks, and is not liable to fracture on a
journey.
On the state railways in Sweden, says
the Engineering, there is generally doc
tor for every thirty-two miles of line,
and in this way forty four doctors are
employed by the government. The pri-
vate railways have a similar system. The
medical men examine all applicants for
employment and reject those physically
disqualified, especially by defects of sight
or hearing. They also give their SER
vices to and attend to all injured by ac-
cidents on the line, to regular employees
and their families in sickness, to occa-
sional employees while engaged in service,
and to laborers in the shops who have
paid the same contributions as those en-
gagged in working the line. No exception
is made in the case of those who suffer
from injury or disease caused by their
own fault.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
A Wonderful Swim.

Captain Haultain, thirty two years old,
weighing 1876 pounds, was washed over
board at night in terrific gale off the
coast of New Zealand. He had on at
the time heavy overcoat, high sea-
boots, two pairs of trousers and four
shirts. Encountered as he was, he swan
for half an hour in the darkess in the
wake of his ship. No boat was put out
for him. He swan out of his overcoat
and dived out of his boots. In waves
thirty feet high he swan ashore, dis
tance of three miles His vessel had
also been beached, and some of his crew
found him clinging to the sand with the
surf breaking over him. He had been
three hours in the water. His swim
is considered the most wonderful on
record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
A Delicacy Heretofore Despised.

For many years the star fish has been
the great and growing enemy of the oys-
ter. The damage done by star fish in the
oyster plantation of Long Island sound
alone is estimated at hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars Many thousands of dol
lars have been annually expended in
dredging for these marauders and dump
ing them on the beach to die. After so
much labor has been thereby in measure
wasted, it has been discovered that the
star fish is itself great luxury, and most
delicious soup is made of it. They are
also fried and served up and garnished
with parsley, and the grisly shells are
being polished and used as ornamental
dishes for serving meats and fish. If the
taste for star fish becomes general the
oysterman will rather cultivate his ac-
quaintance, and welcome him into the
oyster beds as benefactor.-Saoannah
Neaos.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
Getting Even.

1t will not always do to play practical
jokes upon 'the old man," for he may
turn the tables upon you. This is what
Cleveland widower did to his daugh-
ter. She was at school in New York, and
had written home to her father that she
had married and was willing to be for
given The father forgave and welcomed
home his children. By and bye it came
out that the daughter had been a party
to practical joke at her fathers expense,
her husband being a schoolmate of her
own sex. The father, having started in
the forgiving business, did not turn back
ward, but married the husband him
self, and suggests that in giving his
daughter mother-in-law he has "got
even. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
ONLY GOING TO THE GATE

Like bell Of blossoms ringing,
Clear and childish, shriIl and sweet,
Floating to the porchs shadow,
With the fainter fall of feet,
Comes the answer softly backward,
Bidding tender watcher wait
While the baby-queen outruns her,
'Only going to the gaze"
Through the moonlight, warm and scented
Love to beauty breathes sigh,
Always to depart reluctant,
Loath to speak the words goodbye
Then the same low echo answers
Waiting love of older date
And the maiden whispers softly,
"Only going to the gate"
Oh, these gates along our pathway,
What they bar outside and in
With the vague outlook beyond thean,
Over waves we have not been.
How they stand before, behind usl
Toll-gates some, with price to pay;
Spring some, that shut f3leYer,
Cloud-gates some, that melt away.
So we pass them going upward
On our journey one by one,
To the distant shining wicket
Where each traveller goes alone
Where the friends who journey with us
Strangely falter, stop and wait;
Father, mother, child or lover;
"Only going to the gate"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18
He Knew Whereof he Spoke.

"What is a complimentary votep'
asked Gilhooly of Gus De Smith.
Gus, who had several times ex-
perienced the JOY of receiving such tes-
timonial of the esteem in which he is
held by his fellow-c -cisizens, cleared his
throat, and replied:
"a complimentary vote is like kissing
girl through a telephone; it is the
shadow without the.substance. ."-SVtings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18

Perfecting Tn EN- selves for the summer
Campaign Row They Train their
Horses for the SaVydust Ring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-18

sensitive nature, or those weak in body
or mind, are not easily affected. Gin. !
einnati Enquirer.
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
pupevsOll's npltEton Reviewed.

The Rev. W. j. Gill, pastor of West
minister church, Bal ~imore, preached
S nday evening ON " Ingersoll's Re
|igion of the World, or the Religion Of
the Bihle-Whlch ?" He said : In
his lecture last Monday evening, Robert
&. Ingersol declared his immense
pleasure that the orthodox religion was
diving out. We answer that it has 80
missionary organizations, 1000 mis-
siouaries in the field, l,5O0 stations in
the heather world, $40, 600 are col
lected annually to sustain these mis-
sjons, 6S7, 900 converts are enrolled in
Africa, 5000 in Asia, and with these,
combined with the fruits Of Catholic
missions, we shall number Christians
by the millions in the heather world.
1--WE would wish to know what skepti-
cism has done for man where are its
bibles, churches, missionaries and con-
verts? 1t cannot sustain the one infidel
hall in Boston. The works Of it's mod
erp APOSTLE, Theodore Parker, have
never passed beyond the first edition.
Mr.. Gill proceeded to discuss the ma
,erialist's view Of mans origin and ma
ture. Darwinism." he said, "is fun
damentally opposed not only to true
science, but to Scripture. 1t denies
mans original righteousness, denies in
consequence, his fall, ,and, therefore, his
redemption by the Son of God. ldenti-
fed with the monkey, man Is shorn
alike of his immortality and accounta-
bility. The view is as degrading as IT
is repulsive for if man is brute by
nature, then he is on the direct road
of becoming a brute character
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
Cost Of Show Animals.

Animals are dearer now than they
were some years ago, but you can get
any animal you want by paying for IT..
All you need do Is to 90 to Reiche
Brothers, New York, Cross, Of Liver.
pool, or Hardenburgh, Of London, and
they will procure you any animal In
the world, from ring.tailed monkey
to white elephant. They have agents
in every country, and all that need
stand between you aud your desire is
paying their price. The Rsiche Broth.
ers got our big elephant Sampson for
MS at q cost OF $40 900. They imported
the hippopOtamus we have; when 1t
came to this country eight years ago 1t
was shipped from the Nile to New York
In q tiny wicker bssket--it was baby
and cost its original purchaser $2O,-
900. These animals are very dear on
account Of the uncertainty Of keeping
them alive. Few live In this climate.
The first hippopotamus ever brought to
this country cost S25, 900, and was ex-
hibited in 1862 by Fox and Bailey. 1t
was grown animal. Our elephant
that plays the organ-the clown ele-
phant-reached New York in Its baby.
hood In q wicker crate-the original
package eight or nine years ago, and
cost 81, 900. Elephants range from $s,-
600 " $2O, 900 each; leopards, $500 to
81, 900 lions, $500 to $3.50 tigers
about the same giraffes from $1,000 to
5000 ; camels 81 900 to $2,0 600 and the
other animals In proportion. 1t ought
to cost at least $500 900 to stock a mena-
gerie of any Pretentions at all, aud the
origina! cost ia nothing compared with
the expense Of maintaining and run.
ming il,
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
The FIaneN,

A fire at Gainesville, Florida, On Sat-
urday morning, destroyed the Barnum
houpe, the Arlington hotel and fifteen
stores, causing a loss estimated at about
$500 900.
The steamer B. s. Ford was burned
81 her wharf at Charlestown, Maryland,
at O'Clock Sunday morning. She
was built seven years ago at a cost OF
S75. 900. Her crew was sleeping on
hoard of her at the time, and narrowly
escaped with their lives.
A fire at Newburg, New York, Sun
day morning, damaged two stores
and photograph gallery, causing a
loss of $4,000. ,
The Selden house, postotfice, seVera
i" building blocks" and a number Of
York, were burned on Sunday. Loss
$50 900 IncendiarisIn is suspected, land
a result of recent prosecutions OF the
hotel keeper for violation of the excise
law,
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
THE NEW BOARD.
ORGANIZATION MONDAY EVEN.
ING-TWO OF THE MEMBERs
THROWN OUT.

The newly elected Beard Of Education met
on Monday evening for organization. All the
holding-Over members, with the exceptlQn .!
Messrs. wiley and Grier, who were absent
from the city, being present. Mr.. Belts was
elected temporary Chairman, and henry D.
Morrow, Seer tary
Upon Totion the cha ir appo' nted the Io'io"-
Ing committee on credentials
Messr 5. ROdmOn9 Smith, Beaton Smitn
and l.. W. Palmer. The Board then TOOK
recess and the Committee reti' ed. Ihey re-
the names Of those who were duly elected on
Saturday last, and recon- mendtd that they oe
duly qualified upon showing the proper prop
A short discussion then arose as to the man
ner and VINO should be the judge of the quail
fcatio $.
). X. Smith thought that If the candidates
presented bon. -tae deed that it WI. sufii-
ciebt. The matter was finally re-cOInRitted 70
the committee, they TO examine each member
elected. The committee again retired ana
after an absence of half an hour returned ana
reported that the following named gentlemen
were qualified to be 'eated:
s cond ward, Colonel b. X. heisler i0r Two
yeas, William stlIe,, ,or one year n.r dniraI
o. Moore for one year; Fourth. T. Eiw9Sd
lanes a. IL HHtieccksr Jr, Esq.,; Elshin, dr.
Eleventh. Michael Dunn.
The committee also reported that they had
found the credentials Of Nessrs. kyne and
Alien uDSatl' factory. =.
The new members with the exception or
Messrs. Kyne and Allen were then duly quail
fed,
On motion Of Mr.. IIeisler the Board went
into nominate and election for officers In
few well chosen ,rds he nominated Charles
Baird, President of the former Board, who
WAS unanimously elected. Upon taxi! & the
chair Mr.. Baird thanked the membt RS for the
honor conferred upon him. Dr. ktaNles
nominated Henry Is. Morrow for Secretary.
who also received II ba lots. Mr.. Nor row was
also eec'cd Treasurer by the same vote;
James +. Daley wa rejected balm.
molten WAS then made to adjourn, nut was
withdrawn in "rder to permit Mr.. kyne to|
make An explanation. He said that he dif not
suppose that the committee were going t0
make the port that it did. He had told them
that he had no deed with him, hut was will
Ing to aualiiy that he owned property since
1877.
$. X. Smith in reply stated that objections
had been made to Mr.. yne, and he rot hav-
ing deed with him, The committee report
Otherwise than II had done.
Mr.. He sion moved that Mr.. Kyne he quail
fed, but the motion was lost by the following
vote
Yeas, Messrs. Fuckel, Moore, Ilessi"n,
Dunn, Hanson and sin lev-6 me nays
were Messrs. Palmer, htill"y, West p. II.
Smith. BeatOn Smith, keubles ShSrtlldge,
HOifecker, Puscy, BFtts-l0.
The Board ths n adjo rned, and repaired 10
Weaver's Ice cream saloon upon the invita-
tion Of President Baird.
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
Anu Eleph ant" all the same.

The State Sentinel thus speaks OF the
Hotel Richardson, which has again
changed hands and is now in possession
of its original owners /:
Hotel Richardson, after short own
ership by John Cochran, of Chester, was
again purchased by A. b. and II. A..
Richardson, on Thursday, for 5000
Mr. Cochran had made arrangements
to close the house on May lst, and
when the Richardson's became pos.
sessed of it all the guests were out Of
the house with the exception OF the
Court and few other transient guests.
Mr.. A. Is. Richardson will sail on the
l4,h inst. for a three months trip IN
Europe, and the house will remaii
closed until he re urns, when 1t vii
be given a thorough overhau'ing anC
be re-opened to the pnblic. This prop
rrty is the cheapest hotel property ir
town, when the value of the furniture
is considered-SlO, 600. The public al
we'll AZ the citizens of the town will bt
lad to learn that the house Is In thu
hand of its present owners. Mr.. Rich
ardson has done more for the town O
Dover than any twelve men in it, anC
is constantly doing what he thinks II
for the interest OF the town ant
commuuity, and his enterprises have
always been for the advancement O
the town and county.
These persons and papers that hav'
been 80 anxious to publish "bitusr,
notices of the death and burial OF Hote
II chardson, had better wait shor
while before they begin to screw OF
the lid of the coffin.
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
Lodge Installations.

The officers of the Grand Lodge l. O..
o. f., of Delaware, visited Washington
Lodge. No 5, of New Castle, last even
ing, and were highly gratitied with the
reception they received as we'll as
with the evidences of prosperity evin-
ced by the brethren of the Order in that
city. The officers were duly installed
and the Grand Officers properly enter
tanned. This evening they will visit
Eagle Lodge, No. So, Squirrel Run,
Christ iana Hundred on Wednesday
evening Patrick Henry Lodge, No. 49,,
Delaware City; Thursday, Oriental
Lodge, No. u, Newark Tuesday the
18th inst, National Lodge, No 80, St.
Georges. The deputation of Grand
Officers wi proceed by the tug Taurus,
leaving French street wharf at 800 p.
m, to St. Georges where the install
lation will be pubic.
Daily Republican., 1884-05-06
Tho Miss Ing steam er.

LONDON, May At is no longer
doubted that the ship which signalled
the City of Rome saved some, If not
all, of those on board of the State OF
Florida. 1t is calculated that the dis
aster occurred on the 18th ult., at which
period the wind was blowing from the
East. The boats would drift until
rescued, and must have hecn launched,
because they were so fixed that they
would not otherwise have tloated. The
fact that the boats were without gear or
oars is regarded unfavOrably, as indi-
eating that the rescuing ship secured
the oars and gear and allowed the boats
to drift away. One of the boats is life
boat No. /, and the other is small row.
boat, and is not numbered.
The owners are of the opinion that
the State of Florida struck an iceberg,
as the captain of the State of Pennsyl-
vania reports ice in the region n which
the Florida is supposed to have been at
the time of the disaster. Thedynamite
theory is not received with any favor
whatever
The inventory shows that the cargo
was shipped by two well-known firms,
and all the small packages on board
had been accounted for. Thedetectives
who have been reported as awaiting
the arrival of the State of Florida ware
seeking to arrest an EN- heZzler who was
supposed to be on the vessel.
The next news concerning the fate of
the missing vessel is awaited from
America, where it is supposed those
who were rescued will be landed. The
captain of the City of Rome explains
that when the skip displayed signals
there was little or no wind, and the
flags showed badly and were difficult
to read. The City of h ,me passed the
ship rapidly without replying to the
[Sipnals.