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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
Fiji and the Pijians.

Landing, we have our first view of the
Fijians. They are fine body of men,
medium in height, broad-chested, and
with an erect carriage. The face is some
times daubed with black, and set-off to
his blackness the nose is made brilliant
by choice application of red ocher.
For variety's sake the face is at other
times painted blue, and the nose black.
Tattooing is sometimes to be seen, bat
this is not nearly so much indulged il as
by the Maories of New Zealand. The
arm is not unfrequently adorned with
circular ornament, cut from one of the
numerous sea shells which can be gath
cred from the reef, cowries being mostly
used. The only garment worn is the
sulu, bright-colored girdie, sometimes
of calico, tappa orreed, as fancy prompts.
The color of the body is light chocolate,
and it is kept smooth and glossy by fire.
quent application of cocoanut oil. The
hair stands out some four'or five inches
from the scalp; it is close and of a dark
brown color near the base, but of q light
semi golden hue at the extremities. This
is owing to the hair being, for sanitary
reasons, treated with an occasional po-
matum of lime. Natives may not un-
frequently be seen with hair quite white
during the two or three days that this
Slime wash" is being applied.
The wealth of foliage and flowers on
the island is entraucing. The natives,
not unnaturally, love their flowers, and
deck their bodies with wreaths of them
or effectively place a single bloom among
their hair. LizarIs abound in thousands
and may be seen darting in and out
among stones, trees and wood. Butter
flies of bright hue and large size fit
about among the innumerable and varied
creepers and ferns. saw large one
with dark purplish wings and two spots
of royal blue on the lower wings chas-
ing bird smaller than itself up and
down for at least three minutes, when the
little fellow made for the shelter of q
neigh boring shrub.
On the shore there are legions of her.
nit crabs, and in the sand immense
numbers of crab with one small claw
and the other of quite disproportionate
size. The big claw is of purest orange,
and in places near Suva the shore may be
seen perfectly nge-colored from the
number of claws thrust out of the holes
in which these animals live Make a
movement, and not vestige of color is
visible; remain motionless for while,
and gradually a dull, dark sand is
changed and mass of orange color ap-
pears. Among the reefs may be seen, on
looking into the crystal depths of the sea
fishes of blue, green, red, orange or
sparkling like diamonds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
PrOmDtness.

Half the value of anything to be done
consists in doing it promptly. And yet
large class of persons are almost always
more or less unpunctual and ate. Their
work is always in advance of them, and
so it is in their engagements. They are
late in rising in the morning, and in
going to bed at night; late at their
meals; late at their counting house or
office: late at church; late at their ap-
pointments with others. Their letters
are sent to the postoffice just as the mail
is closed. They arrive at the wharf Just
as the steamboat is leaving. They come
into the.station just as the train is going
out.
They do not entirely forget or omit
the engagement or the duty, but they
are always behind the time, and so are
in haste, or rather in hurry, as if they
had been born little too late, and for
ever were trying to catch up with the
lost time. They waste time for them
selves, and waste it for others, and fail
of the comfort and influence and success
which they might have found in syste-
matte and habitual punctuality.
A good old lady, who was asked why
she was so early in her seat in church, is
said to have replied that it was part of
her religion not to disturb the religion
of others. And if it were with all a
part both of courtesy and duty, not to
say of religion, never to be unpunctual,
they would save time for, as well as
annoyance to. others, and aid themselves
to success and influence in thousand
ways,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
VOL. XII.
SUMMER CHANGES.

Sang the lily, and sang the rose,
Out of the heart of my garden close,
"Oh, joy Oh, joy of the summer tide!n
Sang the wind, as it moved above them,
"Roses were sent for the sun to love them,
Dear little buds in the leaves that hiden
Sang the trees, as they rustled together,
"Oh, the joy of the summer weather
Roses and lilies, how do you fareY'
Sang the red rose, and sang the white:
"Glad we are of the suns large light,
And the songs of birds that dart through
the air.
Lily and rose, and tall green trees,
Swaying boughs where the bright birds nestle,
Thrilled by music and thrilled by wings
How glad they were on that summer day!
Little they thought of cold skies and gray,
And the dreary dirge that a storm-wind
sings.
Golden butterflies gleam in the sun,
Laugh at the flowers, and kiss each one,
And great bees come with their sleepy
tune,
TO sip the honey and circle round,
And the flowers are lulled by that drowsy
sound,
And fall asleep in the heart of the noon.
A small white cloud in a sky of blue,
Roses and lilies, what will they do?
For wind springs up and sings in the
trees!
II
Down comes the rain--the gardens awake,
Roses and lilies begin to quake,
That were rocked to sleep by the gentle
breeze.
All, roses and lilies! each delicate petal
The wind and the rain with fear unsettle;
This way and that way the tall trees
sway
But the wind goes by, and the rain stops soon,
And smiles again the face of the noon,
And the flowers are glad in the suns
warm ray
Sing, my lilies and sing, my roses,
With never a dream that the summer closes:
But the trees are old, and 1 fancy they
tell,
Each unto each, how the summer flies;
They remember the last years wintry skies,
But that summer returns the trees
know we'll
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
Curiosities About the Thumb.

We are tod that Sin the remotest
days of antiquity" among Goths, Ibe-
rians and Moors, the licking of the
thumb was regarded as a solemn
pledge or promise. Another custom
of even greater grace and elegance was
common in Scotland, where among the
lower classes bargains were concluded
by clicking and joining of thumbs
But the same ceremony was not always
and everywhere a sign of agreement or
a form of business; licking or biting
the thumb was often challenge, as in
''Romeo and Juliet, or as in Decker's
''Dead Term, an act to "beget quar-
rels." Sir Walter Scott also alludes to
it in this sense, and many stories are
told where the biting of the thumb or
even of the glove, caused death and de-
struction. kissing the thumb was re-
garded as q sign of servility, the cere-
mony being performed at interviews of
tradesmen with superior customers.
The important part which the emperor's
thumbs played in the days of gladiators
is well known; not so, perhaps, the
Chinese custom, which still prevails, to
preserve an impression of the thumbs of
criminals, by which, as the thumb is said
never to change in its formation and
other characteristics, malefactors are
identified on future committal. Anti.
QaarY
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Steel tubes are found to retain twice as
much magnetism as steel rods, and are
therefore better for permanent magnets.
A pearl, weighing nearly 200 grains,
has lately been found on the line of the
Panama canal. 1t will be called the
Lesseps.
1t is held that some of the rays of
electric light are hurtful to vegetation,
but these may be held back by trans
parent glass.
1t is stated that NJ Lauth, of the
Sevres porcelain mandatory, has dis
covered method of imparting to new
cups, saucers and vases, the depth and
richness of color characteristic of the
best old chinaware.
A tomato canner says the cause of pois-
oning from eating canned tomatoes is
this: When the can is opened and only
a portion Of the contents removed, the
air acts upon the tin and develops the
poison. The can should be emptied all
at once, and the unused portion put in
an earthen vessel.
Signor Savastano considers the views
VI mulleF, LuDDOCK, anu OrduJ Alien on
the adaptation of flowers to inse 3ts as
considerably exaggerated. He has fire.
quently noticed bees visiting numbers of
flowers and extracting their honey with
out touching the stigmas or pistils, and
he has also known them to discard flow
ers which were rich in honey for others
having comparatively scant supply.
But such opinions, while they may serve
to modify, do not seriously undermine
the broad conclusion 50 generally main
tanned, after close and protracted obser-
vation, of the adaptation of plants to in
sects.
The very remarkable climatic eccen-
tricities, if so they may be termed, that
have latterly attracted attention the
world over, are typically exemplifed in
the last winter season about Stavangov,
Norway, where in latitude fifty eight de-
grees, or only one degree south of the
extremity Of Greenland, the thermometer
but once during the month of January
fell to the freezing point. The grass
plots of the various gardens are described
as having Deen practically as green as in
summer. "Daisies, snow drops, pansies,
violets and primroses had their blossoms
well set; peonies had appeared above
the ground, and many roses had thrown
out vigorous shoots"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
Private Vengeance.

The various forms of private vengeance
which have become common in this coun-
try, are in many respects allied to the
Italian vendetta as it existed and may to
some extent still exist in Corsica and
Calabria, and with notifications in
Naples, where, as has been said, ''it is
reduced to rule and recognized by public
opinion" 1t originated in Italy, no
doubt, from feeling of the inadequacy
of legal tribunals to avenge personal
wrongs, and from the fact that such
wrongs were of an artificial character,
and not to be righted by any possible
Judicial proceedings. This matter of
personal honor is a curious one, and
might repay discussion if there were op-
portunity for it here. 1t is complicated
in Italy by feeling of family honor, and
feuds thus become hereditary; while if
woman be wronged, the duty of re-
venging the wrong falls upon the nearest
male relative. Though the violence of
the Italian vendetta has been considerably
reduced, it is said that in Naples several
persons are found daily stabbed in the
streets. Not one of them perhaps has
been robbed; the killing has been purely
matter of personal vengeance. The
assassin, too, is protected by popular
sentiment which would make it infamous
for any person to give evidence against
him. Even when victim has been
wounded and recovers, though he knows
very we'll who was his assailant, he
never denounces him. His lips are sealed
by an unwritten code. In many cases
fair warning is given the offender. The
whole bloody irregularity is most regu-
larly conducted, and the very beggars
who assassinate do so with a chivalry
which contrasts strangely with their
barbarism. This, then, is comparatively
an elevated form of assassination. 1t is
resorted to only after fair warning, that
the offending party may not be taken
unawares. The vendetta in this coun-
try, not only upon the frontier, but in
civilized towns and cities, has some Of
the cunning treachery of the aboriginal
tribes. Its victims are shot down sud-
denly in the street. in their own homes,
in the corridors of hotels, in the car
riages of railways, on the exchanges, or
while they are travelling alone upon the
highway. He who knows that he has,
by any violation of an ext a-judicial
code, made himself amenable to this
method of revenge, may we'll walk in
fear and trembling. Often it happens
that men must live in kind of mutual
fear. When Fisk was shot in New
York it was by one who thought that
Fisk intended to shoot him. The loose
ness, the uncertainty, the recklessness,
the possible misapprehension of this
form of vengeance, apart from higher
considerations, is its condemnation.
North american ReoieO.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
Treatment Of Dog. Bites.

Mr.. T. NJ Dolan, the author of stand
dard work on hydrophobla, has drawn up
the following simple remedies for the i'm
mediate treatment of dog-bites: "The
bite of healthy dog cannot cause hydro
phobia. This is well-established fact.
AS it is difficult to determine the state of
health of dog at the time he bites, the
wound should be treated as if the dog
were rabid. Dog bites should be treated
at once by the person bitten or by a by.
stander, by sucking the wound if posi-
BILE; enlarging the wound with penknife
to encourage bleeding; by hot water TO-
mentation; by free washing with cold
water; by ligature, piece of string tied
between wound and heart. After bleed
ing has been encouraged and the wound
has been well washed apply hot iron-as
heated penknife, small key, etc.-caus-
tics, pure nitric, sulphuric orhydrochloric
acid, nitrate of silver, acetic acid, carbolic
acid, ammonia, salt, or piece of hot Gin
der. If near chemists the person bit
ten should run there, keeping his mouth
applied to the wound, if possible, and
splitting out the blood extracted. If neal
medical mans house, run there at once.
If in part where the person bitten can
not apply his mouth some bystander
should suck the wound-no harm can fol-
low from thus lending assistance. The
dog inficting the bite should be kept un-
der observation for at least fourteen days
1t will soon be seen whether it is healthy
or not. If healthy, there is no fear of fu-
ture development of hydrophobia. If
the person bitten experiences shooting
pain up the arms or other parts of the
body, three or four Turkish baths should
be taken. If the person bitten is nervous,
he should place himself under the care of
his medical attendant. have treated
some hundreds of cases of dog bites from
all parts of the country and am glad to
say that those bitten have not experienced
any after symptoms. n-L0pdoa Era.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
Aa Early LTnehing Party.

Previous to his departure for his pres
ent home in Kentucky, Captain Nicholas
Frech favored the PoSt-Jou1RdL office
with friendly visit. He was a citizen
Of Memphis @e.ore, probably, any other
German now living here, set foot on
these bluffs, and he enterta.ns some very
interesting "reminiscences of tho - days
when the southern boundaries of tie city
were at Poplar street and the county site
at Raleigh. One incident especially de-
serves TO b. recalled on account of ith in
herent humor-a lynching-in which
some of our most respected Germans, now
gray headed men, took a prominent part.
At that time-about forty years ago.
Memphis did not enjoy great reputa-
tion for peace and quietness. Murders
were frequent; punishments few and far
between; in one word, the situation was
such as to hold out every inducement to
Judge Lynch.
One day another most brutal murder
occurred A Main street merchant was
shot and killed in front of his own
door, where he was quietly sitting be-
side his wife, The murderer had been
caught and lodged in the county jail at
Raleigh. The bloody deed caused uni
versal indignation, especially among the
Germans OF that day, who soon reached
the conclusion to take the law in their
own hands. Accordingly they met, pro-
cured a rope, and boldly marched to Ra-
leigh, where nobody had an inkling of
their coming. They completely sur
prised the jailer and could have forced
him to surrender the keys, peaceful
Germans as they were-they first tried
persuasion, following the line of argu-
ment that resistance would be useless.
This argument seemed to have the de-
sired effect, for though reluctantly, the
jailer threw open the doors, saying
"Well, boys, il you must have i'm, go
in and get i'm"
They poured in; but no sooner mad the
last one crossed the threshold than the
heavy iron door swung back, and dis
playing a sarcastic smile, the jaiIor
turned and drew the key. At the same
time the ourt-hOuse bell sounded the
alarm. The brave avengers were trapped
and Immediately had more important
business on hand than lynching their fell
low prisoner, namely, to beg off. In
this emergency they sent for Captain
Frech, who fastened to the relief of his
countrymen. He did not think it pru-
dent to give bonds for all of them, but
he succeeded in having them tried on the
spot. They were convicted and fined one
cent each and cost, which the captain
paid for all of them. This was the first
and last German lynching in Memphis. -
Memphis Post t-J0u1ndJ.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
Bismarck's Children.

The prince has three children-a
daughter, the Countess Mary, who was
born in 1S4S, and married about four
years ago 10 Count Rantzau, and two
sons, Counts Herbert and William, both
of whom are younger than their sister,
and unmarried The former is in the
diplomatic service, and has in his official
capacity been attached to several embas-
sizes, and recently to that in London. The
latter, who bears strong personal re-
semblance to his father, has devoted him
self to the legal profession, and has been
member Of the German parliament.
Both served at first as privates in the
Dragoon Guards, in the last war, during
which the Prince evinced much anxiety
on their behalf, riding out after them as
often as circumstances permitted. Both
of them work from time to time in the
immediate neighborhood of the prince,
in whose bureau his son-in.law has also
found employment may mention,
too, that the prince is the happy possessor
of grandchildren, fine, sturdy little fell
lows, the eldest of whom occasionally
pays a visit at his grandiather's palace
with the cap of the Yellow Cuirassiers on
his fair young head. -Norjts Busch, IN
Harper's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04

his body, thou emblem of purity; may
his spirit be purified on entering a new
state of existence.
Oh, Airl while the breath of life con-
tinued our brother respired by thee; his
last breath is now departed; to thee we
yield him.
Oh, Waterl thou didst contribute to
the life of our brother; thou vert one of
his sustaining elements; his remains are
now dispersed; receive thy share of him
who has now taken an everlasting fight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04
The New Pension Office.

The government is erecting on Judici-
ary Square, in Washington, large struc-
ture for the exclusive use of the pension
office, for which Congress has already
appropriated $40, 900. 1t is four hun
dred feet long and two hundred feet
wide, the height being three stories, with
a vast central sky-light rising full story
above the roof of the third story and
lighting the court. The roof of the in
closed court is supported by two rows of
enormous columns. This court, with its
triple colonnade on all sides, promises
to be the best architectural feature of
the editice. which from the exterior sug-
gests temporary exhibition building,
by the cheapness of its material and dec
orations. The entire structure is brick,
and the cornices and frieze are of terra
Gotta. Between the first and second
stories yellow band, or frieze, three
feet in height, is carried entirely round
the building, and on this are represented
scenes from military and naval life-in-
fantry, artillery and cavalry on the march,
wounded men. sailors in boats, etc. This
much at least can be said in praise of the
figures, that they are not the stereotyped
soldiers and sailors of the picture books,
but seem to have been designed by some
one who has seen actual warfare. They
are too small, however, to be effective.
The building is not yet far advanced,
but one or two things are clear; it will
have the beauty of usefulness, which is
lacking in so many of our public struc-
lures, and it will be a wide departure
from the classical ideas that long dom
mated our government architects. For
the purpose of providing a large number
of well-lighted and well-ventiated Office
rooms the plan seems an excellent one.
The architect is General Meigs, formerly
quartermaster- general of the army
GeptnJU
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she was able to walk, and made formal
statement to this effect
ARREST me, if you please" said she.
But Miss Madison could only pity her
CHASTITY pallor and skeleton frame.
''No'' she said. ''You have already
suffered more than can inhict upon you
by any legal justice"
And little Rachel married the ship
carpenter, and was happy And among
her wedding gifts was pretty set of
parlor furniture from Miss Madison.
'As token of respect and esteem"
said the heiress. Helen Forrest Graue8
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04

"Trust men and they will trust you, 4"
said Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Trust
men and they will burst you," says an
ordinary everyday business man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
Ke1nnhia L.6ner


This time twenty years ago and for some
time before and after the army of the Ten
nessee, commanded by Gen. joseph John
ston, was in midwinter quarters at Dali
ton, Ga. The men made themselves as
comfortable as possible in tents and log
huts. A few, and only few, had small
stoves, generally rickety affairs picked up
in the neighbOrh0od. The men or mess
who had anything of a good nature was
an object of mingled envy and admiration.
The others built rude chimneys to their
tents and little cabins. just such weather
as this prevailed there in December and
January.
A very small ration was issued, barely
enough for two light meals a day. Some
of the messes would hold it all for dinner
latein the afternoon and have a grand
feast; that Is, just enough for a hearty
meal. The country around had been for
aged, cleaned down to the starvation
point. and the short, hard army ration
was about all that was to be had. Now
and then an enterprising mess would send
out a detail that would steal a poor hog or
an ancient rooster. Then there was a
feast and a sound of revelry by night sure
enough. Some of the old boys about town
remember yet of taking Gen. Bates cow
one night. There was flavor of fresh
beef next morning in the camp of the 10Th
and 37th Tennessee Regiments, but no.
body could tell exactly where it came
frOm-not that the boys loved their Gene
raj less, but that they loved his COW more.
After that there was no more milk in the
coffee at headquarters. Under such cheer
less circumstances it seems incredible to
any one but an old soldier that men could
be cheerful, full of fun, healthy and tole-
rably comfortable. Yet such was the case,
and when the snow melted and the ground
thawed, the army was in splendid cOndi-
ton. And when Gen. Johnston doubled
the ratiOns and added to it occasionally
jigger of what, by courtesy, was called
whisky, the men entered upon the famous
Georgia campaign with an unbounded en-
fire, for over seventy out of seventy-five
days, and until their beloved commander
was removed in front of Atlanta.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
0tcshtnp.
Looking for Our Advertisement.

LAST WEEK WE CHANGED THE STYLE
OF OUR ADVERTISEMENT, AND THIS
WEEK We HAVE HAD THE QUESTION PUT
TO Us HAVE YOU STOPPED ADYER-
TISINGg' NO, WE HAVE NOT STOPPED AID
VERTLSING, AND DON'T EXPECT TO DO
so. WE REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
PRINTERS INK. THE SEASON IS NOW
HERE WHEN WE MUST THINK OF MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SPRING TRADE,
ANDSO FIND WE HAVE MORE FALL GOODS
LEFT THAN WE WANT. AND, CONSE-
QUENFLY, READER, WE AIR WILLING To
MAKE IT AN OBJECT FOR YOU TO BUY
Now. II WILL PAY YOU To BUY FROM
Us NOW. AND. If NOT WANTED FOR I'M
MEDIATE USE, TO KEEP THEM UNTIL.
NEXT FALL AND WINTER, AS WE ARE OF
FERING THE BALANCE OF OUR STOCK AT
SUCH LOW PRICES. WE HAVE OVER
COATS FOR MEN, YOUTHS, AND A FEW FOR
BOYS LEFT. SUITS ARD CASHMERE PANTS
FOR ALL. WE HAVE A GOOD LINE OF
NECKWEAR, UNDERWEAR AND FURNISH.
ING GOODS. WE ALWAYS KEEP on HANp..
FULL LINE OF TaE king OF SHIRTS"
THE BEST SHIRT N THE CITY. HATS IN.
VARIETY.