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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
Victims OF Morphine.

Winding up sketch of New York
opium "ioints," Blakely Hall says: The.
morphine habit is said to be. growing
even more rapidly than the opium habit.
l travelled from New York to Pittsburg
once with a man-met him casually in
the sleeper-who took morphine syr-
inge out of his pocket, jammed it into
his leg, through his trousers, and treated
himself to a hyperdermic injection of
morphine two or three times day. He
said he was troubled with rheumatism,
and he thought that was the easiest way
to stop it. He was solemn sort of a
wreck, and it was impossible to get him
to believe that his condition was not due
to rheumatism, and not morphine. The
druggists who are responsible for so
many good and bad things have lately
taken to selling what are called "silver"
pills in New York, which are very pecu-
liar with victims of the morphine habit
The pills are very small and are com
pounded of morphine and quinine. They
are much better than cocktails or opium
for bracing up more or less weakened
system, and they are particularly popu-
lar with women, who take them slyly
and secretly. About the latest thing of
all, however, is the abuse of that admi'
rable slayer of pain, cocaine. 1t is now
discovered, am told by physicians, that
cocaine may be taken instead of liquor,
and that it has the effect of curing all
desire for alcohol. This would be q
good thing if it were not universally con-
ceded that the cocaine habit is even
worse than the time honored plan oi
patronizing the bar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
Rrignnds Annihilated.

The Kaokas publishes the following
account of the destruction of band of
brigands on the Persian frontieE: During
he night of August 13 band of brig
lnds committed several acts of pillage
the district of Djebrail near. the bor-
iers of Persia, The celebrated brigand
thief Taugri Verdy Allah Kuli 0giy was
1t their head. They attempted to gain,
place of shelter on Persian territory,
out the frontier guards pursued them so
,losely that they were compelled to flee
for safety to the desert encampment of
Abdurrahman Bekly. The timely ar
rival of Cossack reinforcement enabled
the authorities to surround this position,
when it was attacked AMI carried by as
sault. The chiet was killed, with many
of his followers, in the melee and the
survivors were captured. Thus it may
be accurately said that the formidable
band of Taugri Nerdy Allah Kuli 0gly
has been anuihilated. London Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
IN THE FTRELIGHT

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stiffness everywhere;
Like troubled spirits, here and there
The freight shadows fluttering go.
And as the shadows round me creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from further room
Comes: "Now lay me me down to sleep =
And, somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
My thoughts go back TO distant years =
And fingers with dear one there;
And as hear the child's amen,
My mothers faith comes back to to me:
Crouched at her side seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh, for an hour in that dear place
Oh, for the peace of that dear time,
Oh, for that childish trust sublime,
Oh, for glimpse of mothers facel
Yet, as the shadows round me creep,
/ do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
And "Now lay me down to sleep"
Eugene Field
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
In a Grizzly's Jaws.

Advices from British Columbia state
that short time since, while two tele-
graph repairers were carrying on their
work in the Selkirk mountains one of
them was attacked by grizzly bear,
who caught MIN by the calf of the leg as
he was drinking from a stream. The
bear endeavored to carry him into the
cave, but ne placed his arm around tree
and beloved for his companion, who
came close to the bear and emptied
seven Winchester balls into him Seeing
the seven balls did not make him relin'
quish his hold, he caught the ferocious
animal by the ears and tried to haul him
off. This caused the animal to move a
little, thus enabling the friend to pull
his companions rifle from under the
bear. He then commenced pouring his
friend s seven bullets into the bears head,
and had fred the last shot when tho
bear rolled over. The trouble then was
to get the jaws open to release his ho!d.
This was done by inserting the barrel of
one of the rifles and prying it open. The
man will lose his limb. = Winnipeg Mani
,0bG) Sun. Il.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23

great as it is If people only kept their
ewes open and did not get Hurried
at the approach of a storm. For
example, suppose you saw a tor
nado cloud coming toward you, would
you attempt to cross its pathl l think
not. Yet more than one person has been
killed 10 this way. Yet there is one
golden rule which everyone should re-
member. 1t is this-never move to the
southeast, nor northeast or east, and al
ways make tracks before the tornado
cloud is close on your heels. If you
happen to be in house and can't get
out of it in time, go down to your cellar
and place yourself against the west wall.
Whatever you do, don't choose a north
easterly position. The tornado moves in
that direction, and you can easily imag-
inc how unpleasant it would be for you
to be directly in it's path.
'In regard to buildings, do not see
how they can be protected against such
storms. Make them as solid and as firm
as you please, still lusty tornado will
scatter them like chaff. Lieutenant
Finley's advice in this respect is, Don't
spend much money on buildings and
don't fail to insure them.
'tOne word more. There is no reason
why every family in district exposed
to tornadoes should not have subter-
ranean chamber to which it could retreat
in time of danger. A 'dugout, as it is
called, can be constructed with little
trouble, and may be the means of saving
many lives. Being completely under
ground it can defy the power of the tor
nado. 1t is, moreover, in many re-
spects preferable to cellar, as the lat
ter is liable to be filed with the debris
of the falling house. ."-NeW York Her.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
LOSS.

LONO.
A sudden frost! we hear the gardener say,
As tenderly he bears the vine away
That yesterday was all the gardens pride;
And other flowers that bloomed the vine bA
side
Stand in their glowing beauty all unharmcd
As if the lusty life they bore were charmed.
We echo, with regret for treasures lost,
"a sudden frostl"
In life's fair gardens there are treasured
vines
Upon whose tendrils delicate there shines
The light of Gods dear presence day by day,
Until we come, with hearts assured to say,
These are the darlings whom we fondly cher
ish
There can no harm come nigh, they cannot
perish;
When presently there falls some vine acrost
Deaths sudden frost.
-Abbie +. Judd, IN the Current.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A coat of paint has no buttons on it.
Carl PretzeL.
The man who said he was out on
lark was really out on wallow.-S1m.
A telephone Office should be located
in "holler" square. Boston Bulletin.
The cup that doesn't cheer or inebri-
ate, but sometimes rouses sus pician-the
hic-cup.
Subterranean Planters designate Gre
nation as burning shame. Merchant
1FGgeler.
Some people are willing to be good if
they are we'll paid for it. Others are
good for nothing. San Francisco Er-
Rmjaer.
a petrifed mule has been found in
Penns ylvania. This surprises us. We
had no idea mule could keep its hoofs
still long enough for that Graphic.
The Concord MonjtOr has an article on
"The Pear Blight" The c. NJ, is be-
hind time. The pair blight dates back
to the fall of man.-Bjst0n Transcript.
The king of the Sandwich islands is
said to be inordinately fond of mince
pies. What can you expect of man
whose ancestors were brought up on mis-
sionary ! 1Faoelers' Guide.
A swarm of bees invaded Maryland
church on a recent sunday, and the pas
tor had to admit, with tears in his eyes,
no congregation was ever so moved by
his very best sermon. Boston Transcript.
When woman goes horseback riding
she wears silk plug hat. She does that
so the horse will believe she's man aud
i won't become frightened at her. She
couldn't fool Kentucky mule that way.
-Kentucky State Journal.
"Why is an apple pie" said Fogg,
eyeing the remarkably flat specimen be-
fore him, 'like springl" Nobody VEN
tured an answer, and Fogg was forced
to break the painful silence by explain
ing that it could not rise above its sauce.
Boston Transcript.
81 was never exactly buried alive,
said an old clerk, recounting his expert
ence, "but | once worked week in a
store that did not advertise. When l
came out my head was almost as white
as you now see it. Solitary confinement
did t."-BOStOn Beacon.
A CHURCH BELLE
She wears a sweet smile
AS she glides up the aisle
With the grace of rythmical sonnet:
And oh! she looks cute
In her nobby new suit
And that dear little duck of a bonnet.
-NeW York Journal.
A writer in the Scientific american
says cyclone can be diverted from its
course by exploding keg of gunpowder
under it. This solves the problem neatly.
Of course when man is blown into
pieces by powder explosion ne has
nothing to fear from a cyclone.-NeD
York Graphic. ' ''-
THE DIsCoNsoLATE MERCHANT.
A merchant alone in desolate store
Sang "'Willow, tit-willow, tit-willow!"
said to him, "Why are you pacing the
l. floor,
Singing Willow, tit,willow, titwillow'"
"Alasr' he replied as he smothered his cries,
81 thought it was nonsense to advertise,
And now I've no custom at all but the flies.
Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-willowm
-Ne,0 York World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23
OF. Kill ISLAND POND VERMONT OCTOBER 1885, .

chester, and fred with my left hand,
Just as his fourth shot Knocked off my
hat. He would have killed me if he had
been less drunk, for he was the best shot
ever saw, aud not forty feet away. My
bullet struck him here" He threw back
his splendid head, and touched one fin.
ger to his own white throat. owe
buried him there, under the mesquites.
l am glad to ease your mind.-T. III.
adds, IN the Arg0nRut
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23

A creditor in Mexico can have debt
or arrested on the day the debt falls
due. The prisoner is chained to post
five days, guarded by an officer. AT the
end of the time, if the money is not
forthcoming, the mans labor is sold to
tho government at forty cents day for
as many days as will be necessary to dis
charge the obligation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-23

The modern beverage in cheap taverns
in Normandy is cider that tastes like
vinegar and water, and it is sold at two
cents quart,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
An Atwood Theory.

The Atwood theory of DR.. Jaeger
has been somewhat discussed of late.
He proposes to substitute wool for
every article of clothing that he consid-
ers it necessary for men, women and
children to wear. All the bedclothing
and the bedding must be also of wool
or animal fibre, in contradistinction to
vegetable. Even lacing strings, collars,
handkerchiefs and laces are to be of
wool. The pocket handkerchiefs, he
says, may be ornamental if made of fine
white or colored cashmere. If of dark
red, they are very helpful, he tells us,
in the colds and catarrhs caused by
bad weather. The hat or bonnet must
be of felt Or wool and must not even
have cotton or leather lining. There
is something more reasonable in this
suggestion than in some of the others,
as leather lining in hats heat the head
and cause headaches and badness;
the texture being so dense as not to
allow the free circulation of air. But
like so many theorists DIR. Jaeger goes
so far that mis- views are likely to be
ridiculed and rejected. And yet they
are not without merit. 1t would be a
mercy if every child were from its ear
Hest days accustomed to wear wooden
underclothing. Many persons find free
dom from attacks of rheumatism by
wearing medicated red flannel immedi-
ately next their person. In summer or
winter nothing equals flannel for such
a purpose.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08


Mr.. ]. NJ. Hill, the theatrical mana
ger of Miss Margaret Mather, the lady
who has given new and beautiful in
depreciation to the play; Romeo and
juliet. is expanding $4,000 in having
the place mounted, employing an acre
of canvasfor the scenery. It is said
Miss Mather, who, has not as yet up.
peared in, New York in this play,
though she has visited nearly every
other. city Of the country, will remain
there during the whole Of the present
theatrical season, Mr.. Frederick
Paulding has been selected as a proper
Romeo for this bright, particular star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
There Shall n. M A,,.

When Napoleon talked of invading
Italy one of his officers said: but,
sire, remember the Alps To an
ordinary man these would have seemed
simply insurmountable, but Napoleon
responded eagerly: There shall be no
Alps. So the famous Simplon pass
was made. Disease, like mountain,
stands in the way of fame, fortune and
honor to many who by DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery might be
healed and so the mountain would dis
appear. 1t is specific for all blood.
chronic lung and liver diseases, such a.
consumption (Which is scrofula Of the
lungs), pimples, blotches, eruptions.
tumors. swellings, fever-sores and
kindred complaints.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08


Goldsmith MAID, Just dead at the
age Of % years, has left record that
IL hardly paralelled. Her racing ca
reer'began in 1867, at the age of ten
years, when she made 2:24a, and ended
In 1877, the time Of her last three heats
being 2:2s1, 2:2ll, 2:22. In 1876, she
made 2:l43, and never lowered that
figure. At the ago Of eight years she
was sold for $3.50, and. again for $3.50
In,1s66 Allen Goldsmith bought the
Maid for $500, and sold her in 1855 Tor
10000. In 1871. when she made s.
III she was sold to her last owner io,r
$4,000. The famous mare trotted 81
1Sa races and won o. Of them. Her
earnings amounted to the sum Of $40.
900. Since her retirement she pave
birth 70 three colts, two Of which ars
living. e
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Feline Reasoning.

A German diplomatist of the last
century has recorded curious observa-
ton respecting favorite female cat,
and advances it as proof of consecu-
tive and conclusive reasoning on the
part of the animal. II noticed,'. said
Baron Won Gleichen, "that she was con-
stantly looking at herself in the glass,
retreating from her own image and
running back to it again, and espe-
cially scratching at the frames, for all
my glasses were inserted in panels.
This suggested to me the idea of plac-
ing toilet mirror in the middle of the
room, so that my cat might have the
pleasure OF examining it all round.
She began by making sure (by ap-
preaching and withdrawing as usuaD
that she was dealing with a glass like
the others. She passed behind it sew
eral times, more quickly each time;
but, seeing she could not get at this
cat, which was always too quick for
her, she placed herself at the edge of
the mirror, and, looking alternately at
one side and the other, she made quite
sure that the cat which she had just
seen neither was nor had been behind
the mirror. Then she arrived at the
conclusion that the cat was inside it.
But how did she proceed to test this
conclusion, the last that remained to
her? Keeping her place at the edge of
the mirror, she rose on her hind feet
and stretched out her fore paws to feel
the thickness of the glass; then aware
that it did not afford sufficient space to
contain cat, she withdrew dejectedly,
being convinced that the matter in
question was phenomenon impossi-
BILE for her to discover, because it was
outside the circle of her ideas, she new
er again looked in any glass, but at
once renowned an object which had
vainlY excited her curiosity"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Tho war on tho Insect p..t..

A Brooklyn lady writes: ''The only
remedy against reaches is q vigorous
warfare until exterminated by traps
and boiling water. The traps should
be deep basins, say wash-basins, with
spoonful of molasses and water, with
sticks for ladders around it. and set at
night. The reaches cannot get out of
the basin by reason of it's smoothness
with their sticky legs. In the morn
ing pour boiling water on them. The
basins must be daily cleaned and the
ladders occasionally renewed or they
will not visit them, for they are dainty
Notwithstanding their strong odor.
Now and then vary the bait by morsel
OF bread or cake. Boiling water to be
literally used about their hiding places
even il you set the kitchen ahoat. Do
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
A Gong in q Queer Place.

An eminent clergyman, travelling at
the East, wrote home letter in which
he quoted the passage of Scripture
about 1.-The sound of going in the
tops of the mulberry-trees." The
type-setter, not very familiar with the
Bible. mistook the "going" for the
word "gong." We could scarcely
believe our eyes when We read about
the sound of a gong in the top of the
mulberry-trees. We did not believe
that it could have been possible that
a man had climbed up into such
place with that familiar hotel in
strument of music. If he had reached
that elevated point with a gong, he
would not have been able to poise HIM
self we'll enough to strike it to any
advantage. We felt disposed to
pronounce the whole thing to be
libel, until we thought that it must
have been typographical error.
But what writer or speaker has not
suffered from similar mistakes? Hon.
Daniel S. Dickinson told us that he
thought the type-setter had shortened
his life by ten years. After what
man did really say has gone through
three or four different hands the
speaker would not recognize his own
deliverance. We recently read in
Boston paper two columns of sermon
which once or twice reminded us of
something that we ourselves had said,
when on finishing we looked up to the
heading, and to our surprise found it
our own. The process through which
the sermon had gone had changed its
entire texture. But faults are often
charged on reporters and printers
which belong really to the speaker
or writer. If people realized how
many inarticulate utterances come
from pulpit, platform and forum, the
reporter would be excused for OCCASION
al mistakes. II people knew how
mnch infamous chirography comes to
a newspaper office there would be
more leniency for the printer who puts
the gong in the top of the mulberry
trees.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
The Road to Success.

A lady came once in despair to one of
the patrons of the Woman's Exchange
in Western city. Her eyes were
very seriously affected. and allowed
her to do nothing in the way of paint
ing and fancy work, in which she
excelled. She was poor, and in per
feet despair as to how she should exc
out her poor little income. "Well,''
said the representative of the exchange,
what can you do? For what have
you been most highly commended in
your whole life?''
'Ireally believe for nv chicken
pies,' responded the poor lady
laughing at the poverty of her &C.
comPlishments now that her eyes were
useless.
THAT is the very thing for you to
do. then," said her friend; and she did
it well. Buying some little dishes, just
large enough to contain enough pie
for one person, she at once began sup
plying the Woman's Exchange. She
found it far more profitable than her
needle-work and painting had been, as
her chicken pies were 50 remarkably
A~AS~ oAAssO VAACy SOOu OCCA11lc GUc 16SQlO0.
Another lady who lives in the country
makes 800 each spring by simply
picking the beautiful marguerites which
grow wild in such profusion, making
them into artistic little bouquets, and
sending them to the Woman's
Exchange. There, with their innocent,
lovely faces, SO suggestive of green
grass. babbling brooks, and waving
trees, they cheer the hearts of the much
to-be-pitied city folk. The daisies are
specially good for this purpose, as the
season is long and the flowers not easily
injured by transportation.
Don't then, follow the beaten raths.
but open bread-and-milk dairy. where
both articles shall be so good that no
body can possibly want anything else
for lunch, or ''go West,' young
woman, as we'll as your brother, and
squat on what may DO made into .
good farm. Dare to be little original
in your ideas, and summon sufficient
courage to carry them out. Think
over what you can do the best, prepare
yourself thoroughly, and 60 to work to
find success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Washing without Rubbing.


A lady in New Jersey writes: "Your
column devoted to The Household has
interested me greatly and enclose to
you directions for washing, which save
all rubbing. These directions were
originally sent me from Germany, and
have proven a boon to rich and poor
alike, wherever recommended. Into a
a large boiler full of boiling water
shave pound and one-half of good
brown soap or its equivalent of soft
soap will do, and pour half a tea cup of
kerosene oil. Soak the clothes over
night, next morning put them into
the boiler and boil exactly twenty
minutes, stirring frequently. Take
out. drop into tub of clean, hot water
and wiring into second tub, and again
into third. Starch and blue. If soda
or any washing fluid is added, the
whole process will prove unsuccessful.
l hope that many will try this simple
plan of washing. Those who do will
find Monday Invested of its horrors as
washing-day. The clothes must be
wrung through the three clean waters,
and the directions closely followed to
insure perfect success
There are several kinds of wash
boilers sold that are made upon this
principle. The boiling taxes the place
of rubbing. But it will be hard to con-
vince housekeepers that rubbing can
be omitted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

IT is rather uncomfortable sometimes
to be IN ofiice-holder. Admiral Joub-
ert thinks the Treasury department is
rather small in refusing to pay @40o for
lite banquet he gave few friends
who visited him on shipboard, which
seems he had charged up to the govern
ment. Gen. Geo. c. Lorning is good
deal disturbed because Comptroller.
Durham, who wont pay the gay Admi-
rails dinner bill, has instituted a suit
against, him for e20. 700 70 recover
funds hs is charged with having ille-
gally expended as Commissioner ofeAgs
riculture. If these things 60 on the
oficc-holders won't have any good
times atall.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Aclover Leaf Table.

Accompanyinga sketch in the Au-
gust number Of the American Agricul-
turist are these instructions for making
. clover-leaf table. The top is to be
sawed out Of inch board in the shape
of clover leaf. 1t will be best to
cut the pattern out of paper for the
carpenter, as he may not otherwise
shape it satisfactorily. Three broom
handles will answer for the legs. They
should be covered with plush or vel
vet; cut the material to cover them an
inch wider than the circumference of
the leg; draw straight line on the
stick. and tack one edge of the plush to
it with very small tacks; turn the other
edge in, and sew on with invisible
stitches; nail the legs together, glue
small bits of plush over the nail heads
to conceal them. Embroider the
leaves and blossom on the material to
be used to cover the top, as if care
lessly. Draw it smoothly over the
board, and tack it around the edge.
Finish it Oh the edge with fringe to
match the top.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

So FAR in 1885 there have been a
thousand more copyrights allowed than
last year. The librarian of congress
states that this increase arises from the
recent custom of securing copyrights
for newspaper as well as magazine
articles. Engraviugs and photographs
are more voluminously copyrighted
than ever before.