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The National tribune., 1885-07-30
ECZEMA!

For the benefit Of suffering humanity, deem II only
my duty TO give this unsolicited testimony in favor Of
Swifts Specific. Ny wife has been afflicted with Eczema
from infancy. We tried every known remedy but to no
avail. She was also afflicted with periodical
headache, sometimes followed by intermittent fever,
SO that her life became burden to her Finally deter
mined to try Swifts Specific. She commenced seven
weeks After taking the first large bottle the disease
seemed TO increase the burning itching and inamma-
ton became unbearable. She however persevered In
the of the medicine After taking the second bottle
the Inflammation began to subsde After the third bottle
the inflammation disappeared and spots dried up
and turned white and scaly and finally she brushed them
of in an mpapabe white powder resembling pure salt
She is now taking the sixth bottle appearance Of
the disease is gone and her flesh is soft and white as
chid Her headaches have disappeared and she enjoys
the only good health she has known in 20 years. No
wonder she deems bottle of g. s. Is worth thou
sand times its weight in gold.
Any further Information concerning her will be
cheerully given by herself at her residence s5 Mules
Street, or by me.
JOHN F. BRADLEY. "A Griswola 81. =
Detroit, Mich, May Is, 1885.
For sale by all druggists z
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., OF
N. Y, 157 W. ed st. Drawer g. Atlanta Ga.
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w to sell Hon. s. s. COX'S great book, THREE De-
cADEs OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION" illustrated with Steel
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day. Write to the Publishers for terms j. s. R. A.
REID, Providence, r. l.
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the market Write to j. A. r. A. REID, Providence,
R. l., Publishers of PICTU RESCUE WASHINGTON"
Only frst-class book the subject ever published
Price $50, s., $3.50, to so.
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w the United States TO sell FOXS PATENT RE-
YERSIBLE SAD IRON, which combines two Sad Irons.
POlisher, Fluter, &C. iron doing the work Of an
entire set of ordinary irons Is selheatng by gas
alcohol lamp. DOES AWAY WITH HOT
KITCHENS. Price moderate. A large and lasting
income insured to good canvassers Address. for cir
culars &C., FOX SAD IRON CO., IS Reade St, y. Y
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

meal, or the milk will be thin and tho
butter of poor quality. We have found
that feeding potatoes in winter makes
the churning long and laborious.
In fact. it sometimes had to be given up
as a bad job. But corn meal fed to
cows is a great help in making their
cream easily churned into butter even in
winter.
Poultry breeders should keep their
stock supplied with fresh water, that is,
warm in winter aud cool in summer.
The poultry fancier, when he leaves
home for business, ought to feel secure,
especially in cold weather, that he has
not left his fowls in peril of thirst, and
this security he can obtain by using a
we'll made drop faucet. For the cold
weather it is a good plan to put the
water in the reservoir (anY tub, old keg,
or firkin will answer for this every morn
ing hot, and keep old carpets or cloths
wrapped about the cask.
Moss is one of the best materials il
which to pack garden vegetables for
winter, being easy to handle and remove,
and preserving the moisture and fresh
ness of the roots, and preventing willing.
There are many places where it may be
easily procured from damp woods, from
rotting logs or the roots of trees, and in
other places from swamps. If in large
flakes, these are to be torn to pieces, so
as to make fine packing. Placed in al.
ternate layers with such roots as beets,
parsnips, turnips or carrots, it preserves
their freshness, and it may be used TO,
packing cabbage heads or celery.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
Origin of the Poll Tax.

The troubles which followed in Eng
and after the death of the Black Prince
caused speedy mode of raising rev.
.nue to be desired, and the poll tax of
l377-''a tax hitherto unheard of"-was
agreed to. This first poll tax was levied
md paid apparently without murmuring.
Perhaps the pressing danger of invasion
threatened by the French rendered the
people more plia5le. But as troubles
continued, another tax of the same de-
Icription was agreed to-equally a poll
Eax--but graduated so as to be less open
to objection on the ground of inequality.
Rank was the basis taken. The two
dukes of Lancaster and Bretagne were
charged each 10 marks, or G6 13s. 4d.
I Earls and countesses, being widows, 6
marks, or ga barons and bannerets,
marks; knights bachelors and substan-
tial esquires, II Marks esquires of less
estate and substantial merchants, half
mark. The knights hospitallers were
charged separately. The chief prior,
the same as baron. Every commander
Of the order, the same as knight bache-
| Ior Every other brother, being knight
of the order, 13s. 4d. The judges and
| the chief baron of the eXche luer were
charged e5. sergeants and grand ZAP
prentices of the law" So; every other
apprentice to the profession of the
law," G1 all other apprentices and at
torneys, IS. Sd. The mayor of London
was charged on the footing of an earl;
the aldermen of London aud the mayors
of the great town on the scale of barons;
franklins, farmers and cattle dealers,
half mark or quarter of a mark. For
the clergy special scale was fixed.
The archbishop of Canterbury, 81 13s.
ld. bishops, mitred abbots, and other
spiritual persons, being peers, ga. other
benefited clergy from g3 down to 5s.,
according to the value of their office I;
monks and nuns, according to the value
of the house to which they belonged,
from 3s. 4d down to 4d This last was
also the charge on the poorest class
which paid the tax at all. London
| O1l1rteTLU Rsgislp
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

Inc ladies' OF Japan snow not less
readiness to adopt Western ideas and
usages than the Japanese of the other
sex. The bellies Of Yeddo order dresses
from Paris; and the progress of imita-
ton has gone so far as to make knowl.
edge of the fashionable dances of Eu.
rope an indispensable feature in the ed.
ucation Of every Japanese lady who
respects herself. A riding school is
about to be opened in Yokohama ex-
clusively for the use of native ladies, and
1t promises to be largely patronized.
The Japanese government is about to
take a step which will have the effect Of
bringing the more solid branches Of
Western education within reach Of this
female subjects of the mkado. A mum.
Der of young women are about to be
sent to Europe to receive thorough
training in the essential branches of fe-
male education as it is understood there,
with view to their subsequent employ,
ment as teachers in their own country
when qualified.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
Household Hints and Recipes

Ceilings that have been smoked by a
kerosene lamp should be washed off With
soda water.
Copperas mixed with the whitewash
put upon the cellar walls will keep
vermin away.
To wash doubtful calicoes, put tea
spoonful of sugar of lead into a pailful
of water and soak fifteen minutes before
washing.
According to Professor P Wagner,
steamed potatoes are far more nutritive
than boiled ones. With the latter, not
only is more water taken up, but also
nutritious salts are extracted by the sur
rounding water. The author publishes
analyses in support of his opinion.
To repair broken articles in plaster,
good cement may be prepared as 70 lows
dissolve small pieces of celluloid in
ether Decant the liquid after short
while. The pasty residue is a cement
that will dry rapidly, and not dissolve
in water if the articles should be exposed
to it.
To make raisin and spice cookies, take
two cups Of sugar, one cup OF butter,
two beaten eggs, four tablespoonful
of sour milk. two cups of chopped
raisins, one teaspoonful each of ground
cloves and cinnamon, one of nutmeg and
one of soda, dissolved and beaten in the
sour milk. Flour to roll out same as
other cookies.
RECIPE FOR SrEwED CARROTS: Boil
the carrots until they are quite tender
and boil five small onions in q separate
vessel. Cut the carrots IN any desired
shape, and mince the onions fine with a
sprig of parsley. Have pint of milk
at boiling point, and stir in tablespoon.
full of flour that has been mixed with
teaspoonful of butter; put in the
carrots, onions and parsley, and simmer
for ten minutes. Serve hot.
"Now, isn't it strange, says a writer
| in the Household, "that 80 many people
do not know how to cook corn9 They
cook it too long. 1t should be placed in
pot of boiling water-not salt, and
left there for ten minu.es-be sure the
water is in great rage-then take out
and wrap in large napkin until you
are ready to eat it. Boiled longer than
ten minutes, the milk hardens in the
kernel, aud it is not tenth part as
palatable and it's much less digestible
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
A "nInhmnn,.r Inr q.

"Sireln exclaimed a man il tie honely
garb of a mechanic to Richelieu. the prime
minister Of Franco, as he was entering his
palace; "Sire, / have made discovery which
''shall make rich and great the nation which
shall develop it. SIRE, will you give me an
"audiencep
Richelieu, constantly importuned, finally
ordered the "madman" imprisoned. Even in
Jail he did not desist from declaring his ''de-
lusion,n which one day attracted the atten-
ton of a British nobleman, who heard De
Causes story, and developed his discovery Of
yteam powerl
All great discoveries are at first derided.
Seven years ago a man yet under middle
age, enriched by business which covered
the continent, found himself suddenly stricl1-
On down. When hisphysicians said recovery
was impossible, he used new discovery,
which, like all advances in science, had been
opposed bitterly by the schoolmen. Never
theless, it cured him, and out of gratitude
therefor he concentrated part of his wealth
to the spreading Of its merits before the
world. Such In brief is the history of War
ner's safe cure, which was won, according
to the testimony of eminent persons, the most
deserved reputation ever accorded to any
known compound, and which is finally win
ming on its merits alone the approval Of the
most conservative practitioners. Its fame
cow belts the globe.-1he ATGld
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

The cave out of which General Israel
Putnam dragged the wof is seldom
visited, because it is in a stony, noun
famous forest in a remote corner of Con-
necticut. A picnic party this summer
made the tedious trip, which involved
several miles of rough walking. There
are pictures in primers of Putnam enter
ing the cave erect, with blazing torch
held above his head. The hole is really
so small that it can only be explored on
hands and knees, and an adult cannot
turn round in 1T. The length is 900
feet, and tradition says that he followed
the beast to the farther end, shot him
between the eyes by their own glow,
and was drawn out with him by means
of rope.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
Little Jake.

That was what he was ALWAYS called,
for, although he was the elevator boy
in big drygoods establishment he was
80 small that ladies would look in and
inquire:
"Where's the man that runs the ele-
vatorW
Then Little Jake would pipe up from
his corner, "Here be-"
l do not know anything to compare
him to, but ray of sunshine lighting up
dark place. He was of such lowly
stature that when he was in his corner
there seemed to be nobody there But
gradually the small, earnest, cheerful
face grew visible, and as you looked it
frightened into such happy smile that
the little man seemed to fill the Whole
elevator with sunlight.
wonder if the ladies who used to
give him a nod or word as they went
up and down absorbed in their purchases
will miss him now and speculate as to
what has become of the quaint little
fellow who was ever smiling, helping,
always doing his duty bravely9
lie went home sick one night and said
"Good night" bravely, swallowed a
lump in his throat and ran off. The day
after his father came in.
HE was peter, mooch PETER" his
father said.
Then his mother came; they wanted
the place kept for the boy.
ooh, so sick. He is too much sick
here" the mother said, laying her hand
on her breast
Tell him to get we'll and he shall have
his place" said his employer. "To
morrow we shall come and see him."
But on the morrow the father came
into the store and his eyes were red anc
swollen.
'Wine leetle jake" he began, and
then broke down and said no moro.
1t went the rounds of the store like
wildfre the news that little Jake was
dead, and you would have thought Al
least that he had been the proprietor.
And he was, in his small way, pro
prietor of the hearts of the people HI
served; of their esteem, their good will
"a dividend that will serve him bet
ter than money in the land where he il
to-day.
They sent, every one Of them, beauti
full flowers to Little Jake's funerals h,
was covered with the last offerings o
goodwill from those he served.
eve wish we had known that he wa
soill. We might have ministcred to hi
wants or perhaps saved him." his EN-
ployers said, with sad regrets.
But there is nothing to regret. cit
we'll with the child" And it is no longe
"Guten nacht" with thee, but "Gutel
morgen," Little Jake Quad, in IRE
| Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
A Big BUniOn,

John Albert Browns corn has been
the subject of official report to the war
department at Washington, and of seri.
GUS narrative to the American Medical
society of New York. Brown is pri-
vate soldier in the United States army,
and he is stationed at Fort Elliott,
Texas. The account of his corn, as
made to the Washington authorities,
said that it disabled him from active
duty, and recommended gravely enough
that he be excused from such duties as
bore too heavily on his bad foot. The
report to the scientific association is by
Fort Elliott. The dimensions of the corn
are ated by him as phenomenal. 1t is
declared to be an inch in superficial
diameter, and of a depth that required
the scalpel and caustics to wonderful
extent for its removal. But it was per-
Sistent. DR.. Newton relates that it
grew again and again after repeated
operations, and thai it successfully de-
fed lunar caustic, sallicylic acid, entire
excision, collodium, scraping, cannabis
indica and poultices. Within a few
weeks after each removal it was there in
place again, as big and malignant as
ever. Then constitutional treatment by
medicine was tried but the corn seemed
to be like any other corn-a local affair,
not affecting or affected by the general
system of Brown. These facts have
been on record for months. But lately
came the news that Browns corn is cured.
His name was at once removed from the
roll of incurable marchers, and the
medical men were informed that appli.
cations of liquor potasse twice daily TO,
four months did it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
What's u "LOrl!"

Colonel Jack W, of the Confed-
Facy, relates the New Orleans Republican,
tells good story of a sergeant in his
,wn regiment. the ---th Texas Cavalry,
which occurred during the late war.
Sergeant Wiley was lank, gawky, but
mpulsive son of the Lone Star State;
worthless as a soldier, and still worse as
non -commissioned officer, he neverths-
less was enabled TO maintain his grade,
owing to peculiar tact which he pos
'essed of procuring forage when all
others would fail. One wet morning ha
appeared with a long face before his
;olonePs tent and grumbled something
against the sergeant-major of his regi-
ment, which the colonel finally under.
stood to be u complaint that Wiley had
been put on picket duty out of his turn.
The story seemed 80 plausible when it
was clearly placed before the colonel
that the sergeant-major was summoned
to the tent, and in a few minutes It was
agreed that an unintentional injustice
lad been done to Wiley, and the party
separated.
.''Never mind, Wiley" said the SER
yeant-major, as they walked off to-
gether, ''when your turn comes
lgain you shall be excused from
duty"
That's well enough" grumbled
Wiley, ''but it mayn't be a wet
sight.
T'That does not matter, Wiley" again
said the sergeant-major "When the war
s over this little trial will lie counted
mother laurel for you"
Wiley left his superior, muttering
something unintelligible, and made
straight for the colonel's tent, where,
Without preliminary, he apostrophized
aim in twangy voice:
"Kernel," he said, whats lorl9"
"a what2" asked Colonel w.
ga lorl9" again asked Wiley In o
louder tone,
"a what2"
"What's lorl1" this time fairly shrieked
Wiley.
Colonel w. was now nearly out of
patience, being rs little informed as be.
lore on the lori subject.
"Willey," said the colonel, eff you
will only tell me who uttered that word
n your presence, and under what cir
;umstances it was uttered-if you tell me
something that occurred, l may be able
% enlighten YOU"
Wiley then explained how it was that
The sergeant-major had spoken of the
aurels
ooh, " said Colonel W., 81 understand
we'll, you see, Wiley, when the ancient
Romans returned triumphant from the
vars, their brows were crowned with
caves of laurels, which are synonyms OF
glory"
Wiley slowly crept away, apparently
understanding the situation less than
aver. In due course of time, one dark,
;old, rainy night, while Wiley was
lnoring vigorously, he was awakened
rom his sleep and ordered to go on
picket duty with squad of men. In a
ew minutes he had hitched up mis-
clothes, and rushing out of his tent,
relied out frantically to his men:
"Come on, we are going after some Of
he blame lorls !"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

Bare earth is much preferable to
planks, bricks or stones for henhouse
9oor.
Sugar is strongly recommended as an
article of diet for cattle. They are said
to fatten quickly upon it, and it i'm
proves the flavor of the flesh.
An Ohio farmer has a cornfeld of
twelve acres, upon which the stalks are
said to average twelve feet in height,
and will yield not less than twenty five
ons of ensilage per acre.
Red top grass is regarded as very
good grass for pasture and of some value
for hay, if cut early, although the yield
is not as large as of some other equally
good or better grasses.
A new and easy method of bleaching
celery, where grown ON level surface,
is to enclose it by four inch drain tile
slipped over the plant when foot high.
The leaves grow over the top, affording
sufficient shade and the confined stalks
whiten perfectly.
When pigs are allowed to sleep in
damp places the result will often be
stiffness Of the joints, rheumatism and
diseases Of the spine Que to taking cold.
Dryness and warmth are essential to the
thrift of young pigs especially on the
approach of cold weather.
Professor Brown, of the Ontario Elk
pertinent farm, finds, after nine years
experimentation, that bullock gained
on permanent pasture 200 pounds per
day, at a cost of two cents per pound,
and that this was the cheapest of the
twenty ways of feeding tried.
A barn sheet is an inexpensive but
very useful article that should be found
on every farm. When loading such
grain as buckwheat or oats, that is
liable 10 shell out, by spreading the barn
sheet over the wagon bottom enough
grain may be saved for ne t season 3
seed.
To insure safe wintering of bees, cut
two holes through six of the centrebrood
combs, near the centre or about one.
third CT the way from the top of the
combs, so the bees can pass and
repass and thus reach their food. The
hoes should be about an inch in
diameter.
Ropy milk is ascribed to several causes,
but bad food, which disturbs the cows
health, is the most frequent cause. The
trouble, however produced, may gener.
ally be remedied by dose of sixteen
ounces of epson salts and a daily
dose of hypophosphate of soda for q
week.
There is probably no root more poorly
adapted to making good milk or butter
than potatoes. They should be fed onl,
sparingly andwith good ration OF corn
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18
Canning Fruits.

When M. Pasteur advanced his theory
that all fermentation was caused by Or
ganism, so minute that they foated
about in the air, he very soon announced
that, according to his experiments, these
small bodies would not pass through
cotton. Now, if they cannot go
through cotton, and if they are the
cause of fermentation, cotton will pre-
vent the canned fruit from spelling.
Many people have experimental with it
and find it success. The cotton is
simply tied over the boiled fruit while
it is still hot, serving to keep the germs
out just as sufficiently as the rubber ring
or any amount of wax.
In the college kitchen laboratory ex.
perimcnts we're tried with five kinds OF
fruit, including tomatoes, and the re
suits were perfectly salts actory in every
case, not even a particle of mold form.
ing in the can. In most cases the cot
ton was simply tied over the canful OF
hot fruit; in some cases there was a piece
of white paper put on first to prevent the
cotton from dropping down and becom-
ing juice soaked. This seemed to be the
preferable way. The cotton is taker
just as it comes off the roll, the thick.
ness being about as it unwnds, and it is
tied down with strong Irvine.
If this should be as successful with
all fruit Gamers as here, there is nc
longer need for patent fruit cans; for
any bottle with wide neck suitable ia
receive the fruit, or any ja~ " tn glazing
which is perfect, to allow TO entrance
of air through its walls, will be all suific
lent for keeping the fruit for winter use.
IatlustrjqLjst.
A cornstalk twenty five feet long was
recently exhibited in Lafayette. Ind.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

Could scarcely devise tortures more excruci-
ating than those to which the victim of rheu-
matism, in the infiammatory stage, is sub
jected. 1t is also dangerous on account Of its
tendency toward the heart and stomach.
Among the benign qualities of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, is that of expelling from the
circulation those acrid impurities to which
that, in cases of rheumatism, the kidneys fail
to eliminate these impurities from the blood.
The Bitters, by stimulating these organs to
activity, enables them to perform this all
disease, or remedies it at the outset The
functions of digestion, and secretion of bile by
the liver, are also BEAUTIFULLY stimulated by
the Bitters which conquers dyspepsia and
liver complaint, and remedies fever and ague,
bilious remittent, and other ailments of ma
larial birth. 1t is also the leading tonic OF
the age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

The supreme court of Indiana has just
decided that a man whose mill was fired
by the negligence of railroad company
may recover full damages therefor from
the company, although be may have been
paid for his loss by an insurance com.
pany. The court held that a contrary
decision would give the wrongdoer the
benefit of an insurance on which Others
had paid the premiums,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-18

Dumb-bells and horizontal bars, Indian clubs
and the trapese are valuable under certain con-
ditions but they are detrimental rather than
beneficial if the blood is poor and thin and pois-
oned with bile. Use of the muscles necessitates
waste as well as induces growth. If the blood
does not carry sufficient nutrtive material to
repair the waste, loss Of strength necessarily
Purify and enrich your blood with DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and then exercise
will develop and not consume your physique.