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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-05
MARCH p. 1855.

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change.
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tersburg railroad depot. 100. Man stree. .
Richmond and Allegheny rt .lnHi l'I.I
aud 1903 Main street. a. l'tt
General Passenger aui Ticket Atrr'.
JOSEPH "a. SAND
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Woman as a Fruit-Grower.

A young lady brought up on farm,
though receiving between the ages of
fifteen and twenty the benefit of first
class education in distant city, was sud-
denly bereft of both father and mother.
After the settlement of the estate she
found herself possessed of farm of
thirty acres, team of horses and the i'm
plements of farm work, together with the
sum of $3.50 in cash, with which to be-
gin her fight in the world. After due
deliberation she decided to retain the
small farm and work it. 1t so happened
that about two acres had been set to
strawberries some time before, which
would bear its first main crop the SUNNI n
following her removal to the small farm.
She Immediately had this bed cultivated
and manured doing all but the heavy
work with her own hands. The crop
melted her about $40. The next step
was to increase the plantation, adding
raspberries, blackberries, ETC., until now,
to make long story short, less than six
years from the time the work was COM
menced the original farm of ninety acres
has been purchased and paid for in cash
too, and is being rapidly laid out in Or
chards; a poultry-yard of no mean di-
mansions adds vastly to the income, and
snug bank account is ready for rainy
day. More than all, she has developed
from a dependent girl into strong,
healthy, self-reliant business women; and
the secret of her success is good sense, a
lack of that bane to American girls, false
pride, and an indomitable will and q
determination to succeed.-Fumsr and
household.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Qaeer Way of Training Horses.

Necessity is the mother of invention on
the turf as elsewhere, and has forced
Captain J. s. Shaw, of st. Charles county,
Missouri, to the adoption of most novel
as well as economical system of training
race horses. The captain has been una
bic to obtain any riding boys, and as u
substitute has started stock in trade con-
sisting of himself, heavy weight colored
man, a dog, bell, stick and lane
The colored man leads them as far as he
thinks fit strips them, turns them loose,
'shoos' them eff, and rings the bell
luriously behind them. The fleet horses
gallop from tie bell up the lane for dear
life until they meet Captain Shaw and
the dog, when the animals stop and snort
bit. While they are thus wasting time
in consideration the Captain takes the
stick and scrapes it. up and down the
fence posts until the horses are scared
iEto starting back at a gallop for the bell.
Captain Shaw says that the varieties of
r2ise extracts evey bit of the pace the
al. .!alS are cap8Ole of-so thoroughly in
The case Cf Margot, two-year-od FLY,
that she looked no bigger than a dog
VIXEN gtting away from the hell. When
all Of the horses have worked sufficiently
they ae gathered clothed, taken to the
stable, given an apple each, cooled off.
and groomed as if they had been galloped
in the old fashioned way. The Captain
says they are shaping up nicely under
his process, but he is on the look
out for boys to PIT the final polish OF
them. Int OcedH.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

cause Of the native prejudice agains.
woman, Chinese historians have endeav
ored to blacken her character and under
value her services. Bat later scholars
now see that she was a powerful and sue.
cessful queen, who did great good TO hen
native land and stroye TO n>lintain its
power and glory.
She never forgot her good friends and
protectors, the HISTORIAN priests. During
her long reign of almost fifty years,
Christianity strengthened in the king
dom and obtained a footing that only the
great Mahometan conquests of five cen
turtles later entirely destroyed; and the
Empress Woo, so the chronicles declare,
herself ''offered sacrifices to the great
God of ALL" When, hundreds of years
after, the Jesuit missionaries penetrated
into this most exclusive Of all the nations
of the earth, they found near the palace
at Chang-an the ruins of the HISTORIAN
mission church with the cross still stand
ing, and, preserved through all the
changes of dyrasties, an abstract in Syr.ac
characters of the Christian law, and with
it the names of seventy-two attendant
priests who had served the church estab-
lished by 0lo-pun.-St. Nicholas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Perf.Imed Pockets.

Among the necessary adjuncts of the
modern gown, sTys a New York CORE
spondent, is the pvr.um'd pocket, which
is sold, made up ready for use, by shop
keepers along with the other Findings, "
for which trifes modistes tack on to their
little bills such astounding sums. These
dainty pockets are among the newest
accessories of the already costly costume
of the day. For some time perfumes
went "out" and were considered de-
cidedly vulgar, but they are Sin" again
with vengeance, and the faint scent of
the many sachet powders that greets
ones olfactory organs in crowded places
is quite overpowering, at times nauseat-
ing. Heliotrope to the right of you,
violet to the left of you, white rose in
front of you, and jessamine behind you
in the warm, close atmosphere of a
church or theatre make you sigh for
fresh fields and pastures new, and wish
devoutly the edict against scents had not
been removed. Women have perfume
sewed into the Innings of their dresses,
in their pockets in their corsets and in
their bustles, and the effect of all this is
the reverse of pleasing very often. Fash
ion never stops half way at anything,
and the only comfort is that it changes
in the twinkling of an eye. This rage
for perfume has not come to stay, prob
ably.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
The Biggest Steel Rail Mill.

Describing big rail factory near Chi.
cago, the HeraH of that city says: This,
Americas greatest steel rail mill, occu-
pies 100 acres of ground. There are iif.
teen buildings, with nearly eight acres
under roof. One hundred electric lights
illuminate the grounds and buildings at
night. Every year $50 steamers discharge
their cargoes of ore at the dock, 300, 900
tons in all. Every year 90, 900 cars Of
coke, making, with their engines, tho
equivalent of solid train 100 miles long,
are brought from Connellsville aud
emptied into the stock house Every
year II, 600 cars of coal, equal, with their
locomotives to train seventy-fve miles
long, come from Ohio, Indiana and Hi
nois, are pushed into the yards and there
emptied. Every year 8, 600 cars of lime
stone are received from Cicero, and every
year eight vessel loads of spiegeleisen
are imported from England. Every year
$50, 900 tons of steel rails, or enough to
lay complete railway track from Chi
cago to Utah, are shipped in 1900 cars,
equal to solid train of more than fifty
milet long Fourteen locomotives are
owned by the company, and constantly
employed in and about the works. The
cost of this plant was SO, 900, 600, and
the annual output, at pre- sent prices, at
nearly $4,000, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

ture o. the order. Membership is not
compulsory. By the payment of $1.25
any one between the ages of eighteen and
fifty may secure to his heirs $500 on his
death. The insurance payments are made
by assessment upon the members when
ever death occurs. The local assemblies
may order strikes without permission
from the executive committee, but unless
they are authorized no assistance can be
commanded from other assemblies or the
higher bodies. Only when the resources
of the district have been exhausted by a
strike is the financial aid of the whole
body called upon.
In some of the small towns and villages
cooperative stores have been established
and maintained. A great deal of secrecy
is still kept around the order, but it is
far less mysterious than when it was
started Then even the name of the or
ganizatiOn was suppressed and members
were forbidden to acknowledge their
membership. To-day they are not per-
mitted to say who is a member, though
they may acknowledge Their own connec-
ton with the order. -Aeio York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

At the age of fourteen, the strong
willCd Princess Woo btv.ame one of the
wives or the great Empercf Tai. AND
she PROVED so gracious and acceptable
a stepmother to young Prince Kaou, that,
as the record tells us, he grew very fond
Of the girl queen and, within year from
'he death of his great father, when he
himself had succeeded to the Yellow
Throne, as Emperor Supreme, he recalled
the Queen Woo from her retirement in
the HISTORIAN mission house at Tung
chow and made her one of his royal
wives. And when in the year 683, Kaou-
Usung died, she boldly assumed the di-
rection of the government, and, ascend
ing the throne, declared herself Woo
How Tsih- tien-Woo, the Empress SUI
preme and Sovereign Divine!
History records that this Zenobia of
China proved equal to the great task.
She governed the empire with discre-
sion" extended its borders, and was &c.
knowledged as Empress from the shores
of the Pacific to the borders of Persia,
of India, and of the Caspian Sea.
Her reign was one of the longesS and
most successful in that period known IN
history as the Gal5se=- g0 Of China. Be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Fashion Notes.

Bracelets are much worn.
Tucks are revived for esses.
Bordered stuffs are worn again.
Queen chains continue in style.
Brooches increase in popularity.
French cashmeres are much worn.
New hats and bonnets are high as ever.
Beads are to continue in favor this
season. &
Striped cheviets sme in new shades
and colors.
Silk braids with feather effects are new
trimmings -
Rourette ginghams are shown With
new wash goods.
There is greater variety of color than
for many seasons.
Blue striped seersuckers have made
their appearance.
Yelling and etamine are used in com.
bination for dresses.
Raspberry and moss green are favor
ito Partisan combination.
Colored cloth jackets have plush re-
vers corresponding in color.
Half-long sleeves are slashed or are
trimmed with strips of passementerie.
Jerseys have the edges scalloped or
pointed, and are trimmed with broad
braid.
Straw is a favored material for the
spring and summer season and endless is
the variety.
Plush jackets have no trimming save
the large ornamental buttons used for
fastening them.
Half-mourning hose of black and
white lengthwise stripes are very stylish
with black satin slippers.
Walking dresses are somewhat longrt
than formerly, Just clearing the ground.
The skirts of house dresses will touch
the floor
Trains are combined with side draper.
les, leaving the front and sides, usualls
different from the rest of the dress, un,
covered.
For children's hats is new fancy
trimming made of six rows of ribbon 6
fourth of an inch wide joined at inter
walls by woven cross band?
Buttons are now "works of art" 1t is
difficult to know IN what category to
place them, as wood-carver and gold
smith unite in their manufacture.
A row of stiffly-tied yellow watered
ribbon bows across a plastron of crinkled
yellow japanese Grape has a pretty effec'
on a black silk or velvet corsage
Gloves for evening wear are longer thar
ever. They reach almost to the shoulder
Economical persons may lengthen those
that reach only to the elbow with lace.
Many Of the new figured materials are
to be used for the whole dress, while
some of the "box robes' show the com
bination of plain with the figured goods
Brussels net in pink, blue, green
black and yellow has zigzags of silver OF
gold tinsel. The effect when made up
is like CLEANS of light in the cloudlii:e
fabric.
One of the handsomest trimmings fol-
wool dresses is wide, wool, cord-HiC
GALLON or gimp ornamented with small
barrel-shaped pendants that look very
like silk, they are so smoothly woven.
Metal clasps are in variety of rich de
signs. Some are models of the smith.
art, others are rocco in their combina.
tons of imitation gems, and sill other,
show excellent canoes set in oxydizeC
wrought silver, like those of fifty year;
ago.
Old fashions are in vogue now, and al.
though the old materials are revived, the
ugly patterns are left out. The ''de
LANES" of to-day are as dainty in thei,
graceful patterns and exquisite shades as
you please
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
A Woman in the Army.

There is a remarkable case before the
House committee on military affairs at
Wash ngton. 1t is bill to remove the
charges of desertion from the record of
Franklin Thompson, alias Mrs. Sarah E.
i. Seelye. A woman named Sarah E.
Edmonds, prompted solely by patriotism,
served for two years as a soldier in the
Federal army. At the outbreak of the
war she was living at Flint, Mich. She
assumed male attire, became private in
Company F of the Second Michigan In
fantry, went to the front, was at the bat
tie of Bull Run, served all through the
Peninsular campaign, then under General
Pope, then with Burnside at Fredericks-
burg, and went West with the regiment
to Kentucky. There the young soldier
was prostlated with the chills and fever
contracted on the Peninsula, leave of
absence was refused, and, fearful that
her sex would be discovered, she left the
army, and, returning to Oberlin, o., re-
sumed her woman's garb. Though par
ticipating in over forty battles large and
small, she never was wounded. Oppo-
site the name she bore the word "desert-
err had been written on the army
records. This she seeks to have removed.
She was married in 1867. She is fully
identified by members of her own com
plny and regiment. She is now living
at Fort Scott, Kansas. and the bill pro-
poses to give her clean record with
back pay and bounty. 1t is asserted that
Mrs. Seeyle is an invalid as the result of
her exposures and hardships in the army.
The committee favors Mrs. S2eyle's
, bill because lit cannot be objected to on
the ground that it is likely to set a
dangerous precedent" This sage remark
has more spicy flavor than anything else
in the document. - Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
BoiIs and Pinples

"Tor several years had plmples breaking out on
h.. ace AMI neck. l was induced to take Hoods
Sarsapara, and my skin is now clearer and am
feeling better than for some timer. D. MOCK
ABEE g. Bond ST., Cleveland, o.
'Pimples were breaking out all over my face,
caused by smoking cigarettes. l was advised by my
druggist TO try Hoods Sar,apara and did So and
all traces Of the pimples have disappeared."J. C.
DANIELS 90 Union ST., Norwich, CT.
81 suffered with boils five years. Hoods sarsapa.
lila cured me. "-R. NJ LANE, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
A Snake and Bird Fight in Mid.Air.

A Urge hawk flew up the other day in
the vicinity OF MERGED, Cal and it was
seen that it had snake in its claws
Presently a skirmi'h took place in the
upper air, and the hawk futtered and
acted strangely. 1t finally came to the
round with thud, resounding some
distance. On approaching and exanlin-
ug the cause, the snake was found coiled
around the b 'dy of the bird tight enough
to shat its wind off AS neither of the
combatants were desirable citizens, they
were left to fight it out, and the snake
won
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Dyspepsia.

GENTS:-I feel it my duty to say
respecting Burdock Blood Bitters that
it is the best medicine ever took |
suffered two or three years from stom-
ach troubles and dyspepsia as well as
from liver and kidney complaint. was
not able to attend to my business.
My wife was afflicted in much the same
way, We read Of your Bitters in the
papers and made up our minds that
we would try them. The result is my
wife and began to improve at once
and | am now able to do more hard
work than before in ten years. It re-
Iieved my kidney troubles as WE'LL We
bothwshyouthe makers oft, Godspeed.
JOSEPH LANDON, Chelsea, Vt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
The Drummer.

Behold the drummerl
There he stands,
His eyes DER reaching
Many lands;
He goes, he comes,
And business huns
The drummer with the active hands.
Behold the drummer,
AS he flies
And takes the people
By surprised
To-Day, he's on,
tomorrow gone
The man from whom the merchant buya
BEHOLD the drummer
AS he n,
With eager air
And su'iling phiz!
Although he's blue,
Ana orders few,
TAo drummer always wants what's his
Merchant Traveller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT READING FOR FEM
NINE READERS.
The Maiden's suitors.

The Maiden's SuitoPS.
sUIToR NO. l.
Sweet maiden with the face so fair.
And eyes that like the diamonds shine
Bright maiden with the queenly air,
Once more | ask, wilt thou be minel
Oh, give con sent and be my wife,
Some pity kindly show to me;
! love thee better than my life,
And cheerfully would die for thee.
THE MAIDEN.
Oh, do not tease me now, pray;
Talk love TO me some other day.
sUIToR NO. .
The reason why I've called to-day
Is this-er-well, upon my life,
| scar Nely know just what to say
AnC-er-well will you be my wife?
You'll never know life's cares or ills,
In silIIs and jewels you shall shine,
I'll foot your millinery bills,
And-well, in brief, will you be mine!
THE MAIDEN.
This is so sudden! Butch, la!
think you'd better speak to pa.
Boston Courier.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

II was an old oriental doctrine that women
have no souls. More enlightened philosophy
comedies that they have purer, fner,
more exalted souls than men. But they are
too often contained in feeble. suffering bodies,
which hamper and retard their full develop
ment. For all those painful ailments incident
TO he sex, DIR. pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
Is The best specific in the world, and IS sold un-
der positive guarantee that il will do all that
is claimed for it, Price reduced to one dollar.
BY druggists
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Humors i'm the Blood

often manifest themselves in the spring months.
Eruptions such as hives pimples and boils, salt
rheum. scrofula, other affections caused by i'm
purity low state of the blood are cured by Hoods
Sarsaparia. 1t purlles, vitallzes and enrches the
blood, creates an appetite, rouses the liver and
gives renewed strength to the whole lody.
Try this excellent spring medicine and blood
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

NIensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only
preparation OF beef conta ming its entire nlnri-
lions properties. II contains blOOd-making
force generating and life sustaining properties;
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
also in ali tnfecbled conditions. whether the
result OF exhaustion, nervous prOstratiOn, over
work or acute disease, particularly II resulting
from pulmonary complaint. CaSwell, Hazard n
Co. ProprietOrs. New York. Sold by druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

at the raising of blood from the lungs II Is one
Of the very earliest symptoms OF consumption,
and only shows the healthy efforts of the sys-
tenn TO throw of the scrofulOus impurities of
the blood which have resulted in liberation of
the lungs. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery" is positive remedy for consumption
at this stage. Ii taken faithfully, IL will
cleanse the blood, heal the ulcers in the lungs
and build up and renOvate the whole system.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

James Beecher, NJ. d., OF Sigourney, Iowa,
says: For several years have been using a
Cough Balsam, called DIR. WIN. HALLS BAL
SAN FOR THE Lungs, and in almost every case
throughout my practice | have had entire
success. / have used and prescribed hundreds
OF bottles since the days Of my army practice
1883 when was Surgeon of Hospital No. Z,
Louisville Ky,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

DIR. :. A. Fisk calls attention 10 the IA I that
consumption causes nearsy as many deaths IN
the United States, every year, rs tie cholera
In Spain did last year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16

blackwith Buckingham's Dye for theWhiskers.
II the liver is dis0rdered, the whole system
suffers. Ayers Pills correct this trouble.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
Sick Headache.

GENTS:-I have been subject to
Sick Headache ryears, andhave tried.
in vain, many advertised remedies and
several physicians, but all to no purpose.
At last tried your B. B. Bitters-with-
out much faith, admit-but to-day
can truly say, that after taking the third
bottle have not suffered from it.
recommend it TO all my friends; several
have been cured by it. My little grand
son was permanently cured OF Bilious
ness and Sick Headache, which was
so severe as to cause commissions. They
have all ceased since he commenced
the use Of B. B. B.
Mrs. B. c. BODLE,
Orange, Luzerne TO-, Pa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-16
,+Be sure to get RADWAY,s.

WRITE us, and ,ciH SEND YOU conrinc-
w ing teSti monioLs, that CdpHdris has cured the
Ioliowtng diseases q 70 80 Years Sandag 9,ers
there Is in this country failed. A SOC. Jar, or
the testim Onials, will convince eyou.,
Dandrufi, Falling of the Hair and all Scalp Dis
eases, PnpleS Bidckhedds, Euptions on the Fdce,dnd
ouHching Diseases Ieauing the skin clear, smooth,
soft and beautiful; Salt RheuH Psoriasis Siosis Her
pes letter Acme, Ecsed, in fact all Skin Diseases and
all the SHphitdtc Cutaneolts ErupttonS, Btoodshot
Eyes, Poisonous Stings and Bites, Verpn Cuts, Burns,
Bruises, Chdppcd Hands, Pains in Side, Breast or
Back drdping out oil Inflammation, Poisonous I'M
pnrties Of the Blood and Soreness quicker than any
Imminent, Sdlue, Ointment or compound Of any ma
ture. r. HILL MANSFIELD PrOpr.. Portland,
Matne. Sold bU al druggists. SOC q Jar.