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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

''You may think" continued the re-
duced weight, ''that 1478 net, or say 100
with ones clothes on is not too much
flesh for man five feet eight and a
quarter inches tall That is true-if the
fat were evenly distributed over ones
body. But when it was concentrated in
my waist and my cheeks it was very dis
agreeable. In fact before 1 began this
system of diet l could not stoop COM
fortably to button my shoes; as l could
not keep valet that was a nuisance. BY
October II, 1884, when as you see | had
brought myself down twelve and half
pounds. | was entirely comfortable.
Neither my cheeks nor my stomach were
pulled out l reduced my waistband two
inches.
During this time I did not change my
manner of life. did not take much ex-
ercise anyway, neither do l take cold
baths-both of which things are good to
reduce flesh, l am told. | don't suppose
walked over three-quarters of mile a
day and my daily bath is of moderate
temperature. 1t was all in the quality of
the food | ate.n
"What did you eat, anyways"
''For breakfast, as l say, l compro-
missed on the coffee, and took dry toast,
beefsteak, eggs in any shape, and fruit
according to my taste. For luncheon it
was generally cold roast beef, dry toast,
and lettuce salad with French dressing
For dinner any kind of soup, fish, under
done beef or mutton, with all vegetables
except potatoes and parsnips; salad
with any kind of game; then fruit and a
cup of black coffee, with just bit of
sugar in it.
"When l had come down to 1876
pounds net weight was satisfied and |
have kept myself there ever since Ex-
perimenting with different kinds of for
hidden things convinces me that milk
and sugar, bread and potatoes breed
corpulence. Fat meat or butter, in my
case, makes no difference; or, at least no
great difference. And there are reasons
for not following the regimen of Banting
too closely. When had brought myself
down twelve and a half pounds in six
weeks from September 5 to October II,
began to have neuralgia in my head.
had taken no cold and had not been wor-
ried. 1t occurred to me that it might be
the change of diet. So l began to eat
butter and fat meat in moderation. The
neuralgia left me. Several times since
have tried strict adherence to the sys-
TEN, and the neuralgia has always re-
turned. So now eat butter and fat as ]
please. also eat ice cream, or some
other sweet thing, for dessert twice q
week. But I weigh myself Often and
when tip the scales at 1864 net dror
the desserts entirely till | am back at 135
pounds"
IA woman should always 'bant' under
physicians care, and man should LET
up on the severity of his self-denial as
soon as he feels bad. Here, by the way,
is Banting's table of what men should
weigh when they are neither too fat MOI
too lean:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
Reform in Shoes.

eve find" said fashionable shoe
maker to a Philadelphia Press reporter,
as he twisted a porpoise-leather shoe
string around his forefinger, "that women
have virtually discarded fashion in shoes
and l believe it is chiefly due to the
newspapers. You remember four or
five years ago, when high heeled shoes,
were the thing? Well, everybody wore
them, even the old women. | knew one
little lady over eighty years old who
wore high-heele6b shoes and slippers I'M
til she died. In order to make woman's
foot look small the high heel was set for
ward until it was under the ball of the
foot. There is no doubt that such shoes
are very injurious, and that more than
one woman has ruined her feet by wear
ing them. The newspapers made an
cutlery against the fashion and the people
came to their senses"
'Do not Philadelphia women wear
stylish shoes3"
Eyes, and they wear very expensive
ones, too. But everything is changed
now There is really no set fashion in
shoes. Women here are very sensible
about their feet. AS rule they have
small feet, and can afford to look to COM
fort combined with style. We rarely put
a high French heel on shoe now, except
in the case of some one very short who is
anxious to look tall 1t is more the
proper thing here than anywhere know
to wear low, broad heels, set in the
proper place on the shoe, and | don't
know of any street in any city where you
see more stylish girls, feet and all, than
you On on Chestnut street. But low
heels are not all the improvements.
Everybody must wear square-toed shoes
now; in fact, the most fashionable thing
to do is to wear the most thoroughly com
Portable shoe. Men are coming around
to the same idea. Not even the dude
thinks of cramping his feet now. They
have come to the conclusion that women
like men best who look as they had
something to stand on"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
How She Became an Heiress.

A most remarkable case of good for
tune has come to light by which SER
want girl at one of the hotels in Toledo,
Ohio, becomes heiress to one of the
largest estates in England. Nearly
twenty years ago the only daughter of
General Rutledge Greg, of the British
army, eloped from her home in Sunder-
land, England, with Charles O'Conner,
one of her fathers hostlers. He was a
handsome young fellow, and Annie Greg
had as pretty face as could be found in
all England. Furious at his daughters
disgrace the old general disinherited her,
and until few months ago would have
no communication with her, the letters
which she wrote home year or two after
her marriage being all returned unopened.
Young O'Conner and his bride settled in
the county Sligo, Ireland, where he led a
precarious existence. Six children were
born to them, one of whom, Annie
OConner, now eighteen years old, came
TO this country about year ago. Her
only relative here was paternal uncle.
She got work as chambermaid at the
New York House, one of the cheap
hotels here. Last summer General Greg's
wife was taken ill and besought her hus-
band to send for their daughter He
finally relented and wrote for her to come
home and to bring her husband and
children with her. They sailed on a
Glasgow steamer last September, but the
boat was overtaken by terrible storm
and foundered, many on board being lost,
among the number the entire O'Connor
family. The old general subsequently
learned the address of the grandchild
who had come to Toledo, and he wrote
to her to come to him at once. The let
ter received recently at Toledo gives the
above particulars and was the first init
nation Miss O'Connor had of her parents
fate and of her own good fortune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
utilizing the Poppy.

The chief roadmaster of the French
government railways says the best plant
yet discovered for consolidating, by the
interlacing of its roots, the loose soil of a
newly made embankment is the double
poppy. 1t is more efficient for this pur-
pose than any other of the grasses and
clover usually employed. While these
will require several months for the de-
velopment of their comparatively feeble
roots, the double poppy terminates in a
few days, and in two weeks grows enough
to give some protection to the slope,
while at the end of three or four months
the roots, which are ten or twelve inches
long, are found to have interlaced so as
to retain the earth quite firmly. Although
the plant is an annual, it sows itself after
the first year, and with little care the
bank is always in good condition. In
France the double poppy is perfectly
hardy, and can be sown at any time from
March to November. Boston Budget.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
WeightPounds.
1T seems to me that this is altogether

TT seems to me that this is altogether
too liberal an allowance of flesh, espe-
cially when it is not distributed evenly
over the body but is concentrated near
the waist. A short frame is not intended
for heavy weights. Judging from my
own case ought to be heavier than am.
For man five feet nine inches tall Bant-
ing would allow 1862 pounds. If l
weighed 1862 net I should be miserably
uncomfortable. But Banting himself was
so stout when he began to practice his
system on himself that anything like
these figures seemed to him actually
sylph-like. Why, the poor mans stom-
ach was so big that he had to go down
stairs backward lest he should tip for
ward if he walked down in the usual
way, and he had to bandage his knees to
keep them from giving way under him.
! 1t took him a year to reduce his flesh
forty-six pounds and his girth twelve and
balf inches. Then he was so happy that
he wrote a pamphlet for the benefit of
mankind. He did great thing for us
fiat folks And if he, with his five feet
five inches Of stature and his 202 pounds
in weight, would not look ridiculous sit
ting upon . pedestal, l should propose a
statue for this foe to fat"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
Mr.. Henry Harries, at the recent meet

Mr.. Henry Harries, at the recent meet
ing of the Royal Meteorological society,
read paper in which he proved from
official data that the Manila typhoon of
September %, 1882, after crossing the
Pacific, traversed America and the At
lantic ocean, finally arriving in the Baltic
on November 1. This is the most re-
markable tracing from day to day of a
storm centre of which we have any rec
ord, the distance covered by the typhoon
exceeding fourteen thousand geographic
cal miles in the space of thirty-siX days
The early meteorologists of this century,
some of whom doubted whether cyclone
could live long enough to make the tran
sit of the narrow North Atlantic, would
be quite surprised at the result of Mr..
Harries' interesting researches.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

The habit of administering quinine in power
full doses, as an antidote to malarial malades,
was once dangerously common. Happily this
practice has undergone a wide reform. Not
only the public, hut professional men have
adopted, not wholly. OF course, but largely
HCstetters Stomach Bitters as a safe botanic
substitute for the pernic.ous alkalOid The con-
sequences Of this change are most important
Now fever and ague sufferers are cure form
erly their complaints were only for the time
relieved, or half cuTej-the remedy eventually
failing 10 produce any appreciable effect, eN-
cept the doses were increased. A course Of the
Btters, persistently followed. breaks up the
worst attacks and prevents their return. The
evidence in favor OF this sterling specific and
household medicine is of no ambiguous char
acter, but positive and satisfactory, and the
sources whence il proceeds are very numerous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
Fashion Notes.

Bird jewelry is popular.
Welcome the low, broad shoe heel.
Fleece-lined merino hose insure warm
feet.
England is the home of plush. France
uses fur.
Pink and flesh tints in evening gloves
are in again.
Exquisitely painted gauze fans are
charming, but useless.
Yellow plush is trimmed with either
white fox or dark brown fur.
A Russian novelty is sheepskin with
the fleece left on, for millinery.
Madeira hand embroidery is durable
and appropriate for undergarments.
Copper and red gold galloons are used
for trimming plush and silk dresses.
Many of the japanese jackets are beau
tifully embroidered with Oriental figures.
Braiding in cane pattern laid over
colors is used to trim costumes of serge.
Velvet costumes are plainly m:.S$s
and are edged with rosary, jet or lead
beads.
Small ruffles of lace or velvet are
secured beneath Il tiny knot of real
flowers
Double muffs-that is, one for each
hand-are concealed in the ends of
mantles.
Fur capes no longer have ultra high
shoulders, and they reach little below
the waist.
Necklaces and colarettes are again
worn with low dresses, but they must fit
tight and close round the throat.
Metal repousse and tilagree buttons
and engraved pearl buttons have cloak
clasps and dress buckles to match.
Shoulder capes have monks hood
lined, not very appropriately, with
striped satin of two shades.
Collars of velvet or satin are en-
broidered with glass beads of all colors,
metal beads, and also wooden beads of
all sizes.
Satin shoes are made low in the instep
and trimmed with fiat bows, or they are
prettily embroidered without further
decoration.
Soft materials in cream color, with
corselet, sash, and shoulder knots of
rich toned velvet, are favorites with
young girls.
A charming combination is myrtle
green satin, sea-green satin and myrtle
green brocaded velvet in a lace-work
pattern over sea-green.
Tea gowns are most exquisite, and so
popular is plush as the principal feature
that it must be used as trimming, if the
whole garment, indeed, is not made of it.
Every fabric worn by their elders may
be worn by children, but new goods of
French manufacture are being received;
they are in woods and have small figures
of pretty design.
A charming. little evening wrap of
sapphire blue velvet shows great pink
roses stamped upon the surface and fin
ished by a deep fringe of blue chenille,
tipped with smooth-pointed pendants.
Violet and light blue, plum color and
yellow, green and pink, and purple and
red are combinations dear to the eye of
the average Partisan, but they sound fear
fully. In the practised hand of the ar
fist the effect is fine.
Tailor-made costumes, that is, those
made by the tailors who make a speciality
of such, and not the dressmakers, who
embelish the dress so that one is justi-
fed in saying their speciality is bill of
items, continue in the severely plain
style in which they We're first made, and
are boon to many ladies whose patience
is completely exhausted in trying to
keep pace with fashions frivolities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

The Canadian winter sport of tobog-
gaming has taken root in New Jersey, a
toboggan slide having been built by a
ncwly-formed club at Orange. The to-
boggans, or slcds, freighted with fair
women and brave men," go whizzing
down the long and icy slide with light
ninglike rapidity, and the sport is so ex-
hilarating that it promises to extend to
many other Northern localities in time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
One WOman's Success.

A lady of Spartanburg, s. c., has the
most tlattering report to make of her at
tempt at cotton culture on small piece
of ground, and raising tuberose bulbs.
She had 80, 900 tuberose sets under cult
walton, which occupy only one-fourth of
an acre of ground. She has them all
engaged to a Northern florist at SIS per
1000, which is small price. She has
only the cost of fertilizer and miniature
bulbs to be deducted from the nice sum
of 500; this would be SO, 100 per acre
results that would crafty any one. From
two acres of ground she raised two bales
of cotton of 400 pounds each for the first
year, and was tempted to try six acres
the next season; the yield was equally
satisfactory This shows what can be
done by energy, independence and com
mon sense-the latter always requisite to
the attainment of state of independence.
1t shows also the good sense of working
small farms and giving them thorough
culture. Let this woman's success en-
courage others in this field of labor
Industrial South.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

When a mans notes are readily en-
dorsed, his credit is good. When public
men endorse Red Star Cough Cure as
being safe, sure and free from posons,
you may be certainit is a great discovery.
Price 25 cents,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
What's the Use of Fretting?
Away with melancholy;

Away with melancholy;
1t is folly, let's be jolly.
MAN nHver is but always to he blest," blest,
best
: There's wisdom in forgetting,
Then what's the use of frettinga
In future let us try to do our best, best, best
Kind Providence is DER us,
And chances lie before us,
Our errors and omissions to repair, pair,
"a pair;
For while the lamp is burning
There's time still for returning.
Then he1cefortll to be Daniels let us dare
dare, dare
&C. Boston Courier
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

Tue purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver OH
IN the world, manufactured from fresh healthy
livers, upon the seashore. j Is absolutely pure
and sweet Patients who have once taken il
prefer lit all others. Physicians have decided
Il superior To any OF the other oils in market
Made BY Caswcl, Hazard & Co., New York.
Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin
cured by using Tar soap, made by Caswell,
Hazard Co., New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

Mr.. J, D. L. Harvey, proprietor of the
Palace Market, Chicago, writes that he
spent $4,000 in trying to cure his wife of
rheumatism, and that st. Jacobs Oil &C
complished what all else failed to bring
about. He says it is greater discovery
than electricity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
How 90 Shnrien.Lire.

The receipt is simple. You have only TO take
violent cold, and neglect It. Abernethy, the great
English surgeon, asked lady who told him she only
had cough: what would you have-the ulapue7'
Beware Of "only coughs" The worst cases can
however be cured by DIR. WIN HALLS BAISAM
for the LUNGS. In Whoopmg Cough and Croup IL
Immediately alays irritation, and is TO prevent
0 fatal termination Of the disease. Sold by drug
gsts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

was not more fearful than are the marks of
skin diseases, and yet DR.. Perce's Golden
Medical Discovery" Is a certain cure for all of
them. Botches, pimples, er1ptions, pustules,
scaly incrustations, Jumps, infiamed patches,
salt-rheum, letter, boils carbuncles ulcers, old
sores, are by its use healed quickly and per-
mauently,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
The Professor

or an Academy in Vermont was cured Of catarrh by
Hoods Sarsaparlll0 and writes the following inter
esting statement:
81 cheerfully give my experience in the use
Hoods Sarsaparlla Ihad been troubled with catarrh
to some extent for a long time aud had used various
medicines with good results, when l was
so affected that speech somewhat difficult,
and my voice was entirely unnatural then began
touse Hoods Sarsaparilla as remedy and with such
good effect that in n fow weeks speech easy the
voice natural, and my general health much I'M.
proved Sometimes return OF the disease is induced
by taking cold when resort at once to the use OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which keep by me constantly,
and always find relief. Ircgard Hoods Sarsaparila
an Invaluable remedy for catarrh, and judging
by Its effects upon myself cannot say too much in
its praise."--J. S CHLEY, Jericho, Vt.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists 81; six for S. Prepared only
by c. l. HOOD s. CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

ir yo1 need a perfect tonic or a blood purl-
her, take Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic. Il
speedily cures all troubles of the stomach, kid
icate. Price 80 cents
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

Young and middle-agcd men, suffering from
nervous debility aud kindred affections, as loss
of memory and hypochondria, should enclose
10 cents in stamps for large Illustrated treatise
Suggesting sure means of cure. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, But"
falo n, V
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

A natural color, that dehes detection, II pro
Iuced by Buckingham Dye for the Whistler.
Leading physicians testify 10 the value Of
Ayers Cherry PectOral, as a specific for colds
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

HusbaadrV " Coumbns, Mas Writes Feb. Is
1882: Your great remedy, Aliens Lung Bal
SAM have used in my family for fifteen years
for coughs and colds, and know it to be the best"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

The longest pole knocks the persimmons,
and BigelOw's Positive Cure knocks all coughs,
colds, Group, hoarseness, bronchitis. asthma,
influenza and consumption, Pleasant foI chill.
dren. safe and speedy. ~ cents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

The late King of Spain is said to have
been heavily insured in United States
offices, presumably at extra heavy pre-
n1iI,me
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

Stanley, the explorer, declares that a
railway past the rapids Of the Congo is
absolutely necessary in order to develop
the tributary country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

"Your Hop Plasteis relieved me of Rackache
when could not turn in bed, after using sew.
eral other kinds of pasters and liniments,"
says MIR. Spencer Larkin Of Earmingdale BE
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
A Terrible MISTAKE.

Las year Cincinnati produced $6 900, coo
worth 0fboots and shoes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

II you are bilious, take DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets" the original Little
Liver Pills" OF all druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
Thn Brand Oh Cnin

The German government has ordered d
new census of tramps.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

A tame cougar followed like dog at
the heels of wild cowboy in the streets
Of Portland, Oregon, the other day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

1t is estimated that Dr. Murray's great
dictionary of the English language will
contain $40, 900 words.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
sc 7OFULA,

Whether transmitted from parents or acquired, 10
within the curative range of the Sarsaparilan Re
solvent.
Cures have been made where persons have been
afflicted with Scrofula from their youth up to 90 30
and 40 years Of ag', by DIR. RAILWAYS SARSAPA.
RILLIAN RESOLNENT a remedy composed of in
rodents of extra ordinary ideal properties essen
tia TO purify heal repair and nvigorate the broken
down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, safe and
permanent i'll its treatment and cure.
Sold by all druggists, One dollar a bottle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

A great mistake is made by any person who
expects to get cured of the Asthma by smok-
ing any kind of herbs. The only known cure
for the Asthma is DR.. Taft's ASTHMALINE.
Trial bottles sent free. See advertisement
nevt week.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

From Castleton, Vt, there are shipped every
month IS 900, 900 slate pencils.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
DYS PEP SAL

DR.. Railways Pills are a cure for this com.
plant They restore strength to the stomach and
enable it to perform its functions The symptoms
of Dyspepsia disappearaud with theIa the liability of
the system to contract diseases Take the medicine
according to directions, and observe what we say in
False and True" respecting diet.
tB-S Send letter stamp to DIR. RAILWAY IL
90, No. 81 Warren street, New York, for
*4*Be sure 10 get RADWAY,H.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05
DR.. RAILWAYS PILL:

iHo uicdt LVeI all olUIhdsH ncineuJ
For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach Liver
Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss
Of Appetite, Headache, Ojstiyeness Indigestion,
Bilfousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels,
Piles, and all daran smeutS OF the internal yiscera
Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals
OF deleterious drugs,
Price, rs cents pei box. Sold by all druggislA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

3 months treatment for soc. Pisos Remedy
for Catarrh Sold by druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-05

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