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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
Amber and Its Uses.

The value of amber, familiarized as the
substance is in "smokers' requisites" IS
far greater than the majority imagine.
Small pieces of Indifferent quality suffice
for the mouthpieces of pipes and for iso-
lated ornaments, and though the prices
charged for even such specimens as these
are far above their actual worth, they are
comparatively cheap. In necklaces, how
ever, where every bead has exactly to
match its fellow, or in the larger articles,
requiring to be cut from single piece of
considerable size, the cost and real worth
of the fossil gum rises so rapidly that in
certain cases it deserves, If the money
charged for it be any criterion, to rank
with the ''precious" minerals, and many
pieces of amber in the rough state are
worth more than their bulk in
gold. Yet even this does not ap-
proach by long way the esteem in
which antiquity held electron; for not
only was amber the oldest of gems, and
therefore, in a measure, magnitied by
traditional reputation, but it was sup
posed to possess amazing occult proper
! ties. 1t was worn all over Northern Italy
as preventive of goitre, just as it iswo
to-day by the people Of Arabia as tails
man against the evil eye. More power
full than sorcery and witchcraft, it was
an amulet that made poisons harmless !;
ground up with honey and oil OF roses,
it was a specific for deafness, and with
Attic honey, for dimness of sight. Nor
is the claim of medicinal virtue alto
gether without foundation, in fact, for
''its efficacy as defence Of the throat
against chills"-owing probably to
''the extreme warmth when in con-
tact with the skin and the circle
of electricity so maintained"-has
been tested and substantiated. The
ancients, however, were not content with
mystic curative powers in the solid sub
stance, for they ascribed valuable prop
critics to it in combustion, admiring the
perfume that resulted not only for its re-
sinous fragrance, but for its healthful-
ness thereby innocently detecting in the
fossil pine gum the same virtues that
modern physic attributes to the living
pines. In many parts of the East, es-
pecially in China where prodlglouS
quantities of Prussian amber are con
sumed, this substance is preferred to all
others for insense; and thus the Buddhist
shrines in the palaces of Pellin and the
holy palaces of Mohammcdan Mecct
alike owe the fragrance of pious fume
/ to. the same strange, beautiful source
: the dead fir forests of prehistoric Eu
r rope. Nevertheless the chief charm
both for the past and present, lies in tn
1ositive beartV of a mineral
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
A Curious Epitaph.

The following is transcription, YER
batim ct literatim ct punctatim, OF an
epitaph inscribed upon mural tablet in
st. Johns church, Georgetown, D. G.,
written in memory of Rev. John S. Sayrs,
first rector of the church, by Francis S.
Key, author OF "The Star Spangled
Banner"
"Joh: j. Sayrs, hu; eel; Rector
Primus, Hic, Quo, Christi servus, Eide
liter ministravit,) Sep; fac: (O. Oh: q
Jan: A: d: MDCCCIX, at: XXXV.
Here once stood forth Man, who from the
world
Though bright its aspects to his youthful eye
Turnd with affection ardent to his God,
And lived and died an humble minister
OF his benignant purposes TO man.
"Here lies he now-yet grieve thou not fol
him,
READER he trusted in that love whert
none
Have ever vainly trlsted-Rather let
His marble speak to thee, and shoulds't thol
feel
The rising of a new & solemn thought
! Wak'd by this sacred place q sad memorial
/ o listen to it's impulse It's divine
And it shall guide [theel TO life of joy,
A death of hope q endless bliss hereafter"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Mr.. Alan Cole, an expert IN lace MAX
ing, has been travelling through Ireland,
under the auspices OF the South Kens-
ington authorities, lecturing on Irish lace
and giving instructions in the method of
imparting artistic design to this beauti-
full fabric.
The Astronomer Royal of ireland, Pro-
SCISSOR Ball. after reviewing all the differ
ent methods of calculating the distance
between the earth and the sun, says the
most probable distance seems to be 92,-
100000 miles, with a probable error OF
800, 900 miles.
Borings for salt in Northern Germany
have revealed the existence of immense
deposits of the mineral in some of the
most neglected and forlorn localities.
One of these drills sreached salt at depth
of about 1, 100 feet from the surface, and
at /, 500 feet it had not yet penetrated
the deposit, giving it the immense thick
ness of more than 400 feet.
A preparation of artificial cork is pat
ented in Germany, by Grunzwaig and
Hartman, of Ludwigshaften-o on.the.
Rhine, ana IS made ny ilIs--r ---l;-., 8
sixty-threo parts Of ground or powdered
cork chips with 180 parts of boiling
starch paste The result is a plastic
mass, which is pressed into forms, and
after being removed dried by means of
heat.
Some English scientists have been try
ing to explain why it is that Persons who
become lost in fog, or who are for any
reason, unable to see their way, usually
walk in a circle instead of following a
straight line. Mr.. w. Larden thinks that
the cause may be found in the strength
of the legs, the stronger of the two out
walking the other when not controlled
by the will. In confirmation of this
view, Mr.. G. II. Darwin recounts some
experiments in which several school boys
were blind-folded and told to walk
straight ahead, when the "right-legged'
ones circled to the left, and the cleft
legged" ones to the right, exactly as they
should do if the theory is correct while
one boy who seemed to be neither right
legged nor left-legged but to use the
two limbs with about equal facility
walked irregularly, but deviated mucl
less from straight course than any o.
the others. Another writer, Mr.. Thomas
Hawksley, supposes that few person
have both legs of equal length, in whicl
case the longer limb must have ten
dency to outstrip the other in walking.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
JUDGE NOT.

Judge not; how much Of wrong is done,
How mcny hearts wi h sorrow wrung
Purer, perhaps, than thine;
Because suspicion, like blight, r
Has changed their hope to gloom Of night
Though brightly hope did sliae
Judge not; now many a soul has been
Driven by scorn TO deeds Of sin,
Which had been pure without.
Believe not all reports as true,
But give to them what is their due,
An ever-honest doubt.
Judge not; what right have we to say
"Our brother meaneth harm Away"
But let us rather give
That Christian grace of charity,
Which we would We're given, if we
Under reproaci should live.
Our judgmcn1, what hasty thinGl
And OH how deadly is its sting!
The one it strikes must bear
Perhaps for years the wound it gives;
And still the scar the wound outlives.
Oh, let us then beware!
TIE Guide
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
Franklin and Adams as Room.M

Here is a funny old story which has
never seen print, and it is true, having
come down among the traditions of the
old families of Massachusetts, says a
Boston lady: Some time during the revo-
lutionary period, or little after, John
Adams and Benjamin Franklin were dis
patched from Philadelphia, I believe, to
this State, on a public errand, Adams
had mortal antipathy, shared by him
along with the majority of mankind at
that day, against the night air. He be-
lieved that if he kept his bedroom win
dow open even a crack at night he would
surely die. Franklin, on the other hand,
was disbeliever in the theory of danger
in the night air, and he had many argu-
ments with Adams thereon. Crcum-
stances and the crowded condition of
many of the taverns they stopped at on
their journey eastward compelled them
frequently to occupy the same room
and often the same bed Adams
always opposed raising the window,
and poor Ben nearly suffocated and re-
viled Adams on waking for his wretched
theory of the deadly effects of natures
universal medium of breath. One night
Ben slyly raised window in their com
mon chamber, but Adams, on the alert
for his friends little games, insisted that
it should be closed at once. Said crafty
Ben "Now, Mr.. Adams, we'll go to bed
with the window up, and | will show
YOU why it will not be harmful to us tC
permit it to stay open. If | cannot con
vince you of the reasonableness of my
theory, I will myself get up and close
the window" Adams weakly consented
and Ben began to reason with him
Finally poor Adams was talked to sleep
and Ben TRANQUILITY resigned himself t.
slumber. Next morning great wa
Adams horror az finding the window up
but not having died during the night
and feeling no ill effects from havin!
breathed the night air, he became con
vert to sly Benjamln's night-air theory
, The author of history of America dur
, ing the colonial epoch told me this anec
dote as something amusing, which ha
hitherto escaped type.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
VOL. XII.
THE COMING OF THE DAISIES.

There's no life without its winter,
There's no year without its sleet,
For the picture must be shaded
'Tis the bitter makes the sweet.
And even in stern December,
Trustful hearts can hear this strain
AT the coming of the daisies,
We shall all be glad again.
Unto the happiest being
The sad touch of grief will come,
And Nature must have her season
When the woods and streams are dumb,
But hearts were not made for sorrow,
The meads will their green regain,
And the coming of the daisies
Shall make us all glad again
Oh! despairing hearts that murmur
Hope has happy dreams for you:
Darkness cannot rest foreve
3 In the bosoms of the true.
Hear this whisper, in the breezes.--
In the beat of the warm rain
At the coming of the daisies
We shall all be glad again.
Have faith when life is sorrowful
With memories Of the dead;
Remember there is a summer
Where the leaves are never sned
With face to that better country,
Find hope in my songs refrain
At the coming of the daisies
( The earth shall be new again.
William Lyle, in Rochester democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02
How to Preserve the Voice.

Emma Abbott, the singer, says:
"There is only one way to preserve the
voice that know of and that is SO sim
pie that it should not be forgotten. The
secret is, don't force it, Don't force it
at any time, but especially do not force
it into practice. know it used to be
the custom to teach singer to below
everything, but to below is not to sing,
and | am not an artist because rush
at everything with all the wind of a
blacksmith's forge. l used to imagine
that it was necessary to howl in order to
show that | could sing, but | know bet
ter now. And who have taught me so,
you would ask2 My answer is only three
other women, but those three are Jennie
Lind, Alboni and Adelina Patti"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02

France of all European countries has
the largest percentage of electors to the
population, 26.Sj to every 100 inhabi-
tants; Switzerland with 22.55, stands
second; Germany third, with zoos, Den.
mark fourth, with 1915; England fifth,
with s. 83.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02

Georgia now has law requiring hotels
that do not use real butter to display
sign conspicuously; "This house US,
oleomargarine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-02

A 'frontier settlement" is frequently
made with q shotgun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

The following bit OF advice Is we'll
worth needing by our young girls and
boys: There is nothing like a strong
pair OF lungs, with every muscle in
its right place, and training to promote
health of both body and MIND. More
over, an erect carriage will produce an
elegant and refined appearance.
The whole secret OF standing and
walking erect, consists In keeping the
chin well away from the breast. This
throws the head upward and back
ward, and the shoulders will naturally
settle backward in their position.
Those who stoop in walking, generally
look downward. The proper way is
to look straight ahead, upon the same
level with your eye, or, if you are
inclined TO stoop, until the tendency,
Is overcome look rather above than
below the level. Mountainers are
said to be as ''straight as an arrow"
and the reason is because they have
10 look upward so much. 1t is simply
impossible to stoop in walking, II you
will heed and practice this rule. You
will notice that all round -shouldered
persons carry the chin near the brea st
and pointed downward.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

The Redding Democrat gives list
Of 100 heads of families who have
lately settled in Shasta, through the
immigration Society.
A jury in the District Court at Vir-
ginia City, awarded Pete Dunno $500
damages against Constable Ballard,
for false arrest in the County Treasury
robbery matter.
Estimating Congress to be in session
200 days year, the salaries OF Sena-
tors and Representatives amount to
about Sl0,000 day.
Two women were married to each
other in Virginia recently. Itmay be
all right for the present, but after
while--think of 1.-THE children will
each have two mothers and no father.
Three children OF j. s. Jones, of
Prescott, Arizona, were poisoned by
condensed milk. One child OF six
months died, and the other two are
not expected 10 live.
Miss Calvert, aged IL years, while
washing window at her fathers, near
Carson, made mis-step on the chair
upon which she was standing, driving
ber arm through one of the lights,
cutting the tendons and maIn artery
at the wrist. An improvised tourni-
quet saved her from bleeding to death
until surgeon arrived and dressed
the wound.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19
Leap Year in Spain.

A traveller says: | noticed that a
Spanish girl OF my acquaintance held
her fan open. asked the philosophy
the thing.
"Why, you wouldn't have me hold
it any other way, would you?' she
said with mild surprise.
"What difference does IL make?'
0All tho difference. II | keep 1t
closed it means | hate you.'
"Heaven forbid -
..And If | open 1t wide its means I
love you"
As she began to open ii fled.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19
A Taxna Cattle Queen.

fGalveston Letter to Chicago Inter-0cean.l
There is q genuine cattle queen In
the person of Mrs. Rogers, who lives
between the King ranch and Corpus
Christi, about Is miles from the latter
place. Her first husband was cow
man named Rabb. Right here l
should explain that decided dis
tinction and difference exists between
a "cowboy" and .'cowman." The
former is hired man who rides after
the herd; the latter is his employer
who owns the cattle. Well, after Rabb
from q small beginning and by good
management aud thrift had accumu-
lated u herd Of 10000 cattle he died
and left all to his better half, who had
been q helpmate in every sense of the
word, and not only understood the
cattle business but had managed il
successfully during her husbands
long Illness. Widow Rabb was not
only thrifty, but she was pious and
belonged to the Methodist persuasion.
A young preacher by the name OF
Rogers came along, under whose
ministration she grew in grace and
the result was a matrimonial one,
although the odds in age were in
favor OF the parson by something like
% years. She had no children and
he nad seven, but she took the mother
less children under her wings and the
alliance has turned out IN every way
successfully. Rogers had not long
been married To the widow and her
cattle when he acquired bad case OF
bronchitis aud was compelled to give
up preaching. Such cases are fle-
quent. But the widow gave him
notice that she was competent to run
the ranch and has kept the cattle Ia
her own name, Rogers knowing no
more about them than any OF the
nsighbors. lie took to politics when
he found his services were not needed
at the ranch, and in now tho Demo-
cratic member OF the Legislature from
Nueces county.
Mrs. Rogers, although worth a
round million, lives in quite an hum
bile home and appears 20 have no
ambition further than 10 carry on the
business her husband left her and
accumulate money and cattle. She
gees to Corpus Christi every week or
so to sell stock or purchase supplies,
but has no taste for dress or society.
She Is 90 years old but rides a horse
like cowboy, and does not even own
a carriage. She never entertains any
one except the few people who visit
her place on business, and lives in the
plainest possible manner.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19
DECORATION DAY.
A Circular from Department Head
quarters.


Circular No. 5, issued from head
quarters Department of California
G. A. r., announces as follows:
The Department Commander would
now direct the attention of every post
and every comrade thereof to the near
approach of the day which belongs to
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
upon which it becomes our solemn
duty to pay tribute to our dead.
IL is eminently fitting that upon
this day we take retrospective view
OF the events that led to the formation
OF that Union army we so closely re-
present, and its glorious career; that
we bear in mind the horrors of that
war which darkened the land In sor-
row, and turn our grateful hearts to
Him who shortened its duration, and
gave peace TO a reunited country.
That we call TO memory the thousands
OF our comrades in arms who fell
upon the field of battle, died of
wounds and disease, or have fallen by
the wayside since the close of the war.
Nor must we in oar thoughts forget
those who, by the fortunes of war
were doomed to till unknown graves.
To US, who have witnessed the chaos
OF the battlefield, no more pathetic
inscription could appear to our hearts
than the sad word unknown"
II therefore remains for us who still
survive to hold the virtues of our dead
comrades in sweet remem brance, and
reyerently place upon each silent
mound and resting place the floral
testimonial so emblematical of patri-
otic love. And as the beautiful fiow-
ers are produced for our delight, from
year TO year and from age to age, so
the love OF country shall be perpetn-
ally renewed and kept alive over the
the graves OF those who responded to
the call to arms in the dark and
stormy days of the rebellion.
Where two or more posts are loca
ted, 1t is urged that they unite in the
celebration of this day with fervor.
The time will COM. when. oar mem.
bers growing constantly less. the diff
ferent posts Of our order will be
drawn closer and closer together in
fraternal ties. II IN exceedingly be-
htlng, therefore, that upon this day,
without regard to distinctive branches.
we unite in making the eermon es SOL
emn and impressive.
1t il also suggested that there he no
departure from the customary usage
of asking resident elergyInen to
deliver appropriate diseourses upon
The Sunday preceding or following
Memorial Day. Where practicable,
the members of the Grand Army OF
tn, Republic should attend such
services in body.
All ex- Union soldiers, not members
of our order, are hereby cordially
invited to join in the ceremonies of
the day and Post Commanders are
requested To assign them positions in
the line.
When applications for membership
are being held for consideration, Post
Commanders are urged to complete
them before Memorial Day, in order
that the applicant may be mustered
in and participate in the exercises
pertaining to the occasion.
Post commanders are therefore re-
quested to appoint appropriate and
responsible committees Immediately
to take the necessary measures of
carrying out the desire of the Depart
ment Commander To make the observ-
auce OF the day the most nota BILE IN
= L. = . H.. .,-ts
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

The Educational bill passed the
Senate Monday-yeas, 33; nays, IL.
1t appropriates $1,000, 900, TO be dis
tributed among the States on the basis
of illileracy as returned by the census
of 1880. The payment Of the money
is to extend over series of eight
years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19
MRS. RARRISON'S
LAUNDRY AND BATH-HOUSE.
AT the Warm Springs. one mile west
of Cherry Creek.

WORK DONE IN THE BEST STYLE.
w Washing called for and delivered
weekly in town and at the mines.
RS- Connected with the Laundry
Is a spacious Bathing-room, fur
nlshed with water from the Hot
Springs. Baths, 90 cents.
A share of the public patronage respect
fully solicited.
jams II MRS. HARRISON
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

The many friends OF ex-State
Senator VIM. Gibson, who is now
living in San Francisco, will be sorry
to hear that his eyeslght is falling fast,
and fears are entertained that he will
become totally blind.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19
WHITE PINE NEWS
Published every Saturday morning by
W. 1. DAVIS.
Terms OF subscription:
JOB PRINTIN G.

THE NEWS Office Is supplied with every
facility for executing all kinds OF JOB
Printing in a neat manner and at living
rates. Any Job from lady's visiting
card TO full-sheet poster turned at short
notice. 0ders Solicited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

1t Is said that over Is 900 acres OF
the upper and middle division OF
Roberts Island, below Sacramento,
Is Inundated, leaving about 5000
acres uncovered by water.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

There are 4l9 type-setters, besides
apprentices, in the Government print
ing offices.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-04-19

Col. Baker Post No. 3, c. A. q.
DEGULAR MEETINGS. LAST SATUR-
II day evening in each month, at 3 O'Clock
at Grand Army Hall, in Cherry Creek
Sojourning Comrades ar cordially invited
to attend.
I.C. MOON. Commander.
A. 7. STEARSs. Adj jutant.