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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-01-04
COIofed Maps Of each State and Territory in the United States
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The letter press gives the square miles of State time of
settlement population chief cities average temperatures salary
OF officials and the principal posmaser in the number of
farms with their productions and the value thereof different
manufactures and number of employees Also the area
of each Foreign Country form of governments population prin
cpa products and their money value of trade religion
size of miles of railroad teegraph number of horses
cattle sheep and vast amount of information valuable
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-01-04

If afflicted with sore eyes use DrIsaac Thomp.
sons Eye-Wnter Druggists sell at Csc bottle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-01-04
To-Nle "a Ia Tn-mnrro,v Nirht.

woman is the most perfect when woman.
ly," says Gladstone.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-03-23

TIT DWANTED, s25 a week and expenses
II I'll paid. steady work New Goods
Samples free. ]. +. HILL l. Co.,
.agus.a. Mai ,e. ~
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
The HOLY of Holes.

know of no more urgent social need than
this-that women, recognizing their moro
than equal and coordinate position in the
social world, should exercise their powers by
lifting up the standard of relations between
men and women, not by drawing the lines of
prudery closer, but by intoxicating and OK
hibiting IL purity of thought and action
which shall make freedom less dangerous. l
believe that to be the first step towards wo-
mans true emancipation. 10 set women
free of the world in u state of the untaught
innocence leads to but ono end, and that was
forcsladowcd i'll Eden. To make her worldly
wise and then set her FREQ leads to the most
shameless phases of social life which AVE
ever characterized human history. Eut
knowledge combined with purity forms u
heavenly wisdom which makes Il woman
safe against any and all wiles of the evil one.
Well said the wise man: 1.-The heart Cf her
husband doth safely trust in her,"
And this purity of soul can only be at
tanned by n deep sense of the vital Importance
and heavenly origin of the love principle i'll
maliklnd. Il true and reverent living day Us
day for its sacred ends and purposes: a COM
prehension of the ideal home, and u noble re.
spect and affection for it as the scene Of the
grandest human activities. the holy of holies
in the 'emple of human life, where the She.
kinah of the divine love ever burns, and the
miracle of the divine presence and power is
never intcrmitted. When such principles
arc instillcd into the hearts and minds of
children from their birth. when they are
trained to purity as to honor and upright
ness, or with half the zeal to which now III
many homes they are trained to unholy am
bition and love of filthy lucrc, the worlds
r%eformatory work will ave been begun at
the right end, and the dawn of the millcn-
mum will be visible over the eastern noun
tam tops.-Caroline +. Corbin in Chicago
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26

Young women who aspire to Il pleasant,
responsible, congenial position in some con-
Portable business office, where their services
rs stenographers and tvpcwriters shall bring
quid pro quo in mcrited cash, must cultivate
other things besides proficiency in shorthand
hieroglyphics and the key board of the ty O.
writer. The other day the fair applicant for
an excellent position in this city was put
through n preliminary test. Her fingers were
skilled and her appearance and manner were
all that could bc desired. But her BRAIN and
tongue were not up to the requirements, and
her speech lacked the subtle something which
her position called for. She sand "ulcNpe-
rienced," and she wrote "woulu have"
would Of" That settled the ambitious
damscl, in so far US that office was coll
ccrned.
In these days nicetics Of speech must. i'll
writing. be embodied even in business let
tiers, and the girl that can speak and write
the English language rs 1T Is spoken ana
written among people of refinement will bo
tho girl to sit at the merchants or l%nanuiact-
urcr's elbow and transfer his speech into
written expressions. The II seem and ~
have saw and " ldone' girl, though She may
be able to take down 100 words in q minute
in short hand, or write $50 words Il minute
with the clicking keys. will about as readily
get n permanent position in the office OF u
leading business man as II Bactr!an camel
will pass through tho eye of Il cambria
needle. Good grammar and correct speech
daily enter more into the every day life of
business, and the girl that combines these
with u quick brain aud manual deXterity
will have the choice of positions of trust and
cmolumcnt in the cozy, we'll appointed bust
ness Office. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26

render her self supporting, when restored
health gives back strength to the weakened
body, she may yet live and enjoy life, and
even forget that there was u time when her
soul was full of bitterness at the sound of Il
blithe laugh or the sight of Gods bright sun
shiilc.
And here are others to whom experience
has brought not only sorrow, but that deeper,
darker, drcarcr passion of the human soul,
remorse. And these dazcd and stricken Great
urcs were once innocent infants, and looked
up with questioning eyes into the fond faces
of mothers whose hearts g!owcd with love for
their baby girls, just as yours does, my dear
reader, when you look into your little daush-
ter's future and dream of her, all OH Il high,
pure plane, above possible temptation, and
far removed from the shadow of disgrace. 1t
is no time to question how downfall became
possible. Perhaps because cruel death took
away maternal care, of the villain mp
preached in the guisc of an angel, and the
poor little clod of clay was no match for
even countcrfcitcd celestial Establishments.
Never mind that now. She is waiting at the
door of the Woman's refuge, a bliGhtcd
being, an example that should stand Il life
time warning to tho young and thouShtleSs
girl who hears her history. But the refuge
gives even this poor, misguided soul hope of
future peace, if not of happiness. There is
here promise of n new life. What Il holy
mission i'll this, and how tho work appeals TO
tho heart of woman, who recognizes the bond
of sisterhood when the unvoiccd misery of
the human heart is brought before her.
Kansas CITY journal.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
Russian Railway Traffic.

The railways i'll Russia have participated in
the general improvement in the trade of that
country. According to n report from the
British embassy in st. Petersburg, which has
just been issued by the foreign Office, a great
increase has taken place during the first half
of the present year, both in the number. of
passengers and the amount of goods carried
the increase in the former leing nearly
100000 and in the latter f43, 900, 600 pools
over the figures for the corresponding period
of last year. The net receipts were on the
avera- g $500 per verst in lSSS, against e470
in 1857. As might be expected. the purely
st%rategical lines pay the worst. Mr.. Dering,
the author of the report, gives tables con-
tanning the figures of all the railways of
Russia, relating to length, total traffic,
traffic per ve-st, and comparison with 1887.
There are three of these tables. the first con-
tanning the statistics of the twenty-five lines
in which the receipts per verst are above the
average, the second those of the nineteen
lines in which the receipts are below the
average. but above the half of it, and the
third those of the twenty lines in which the
receipts are below half the average.-London
Times.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26

Children take to water us naturally as do
ducks, and as repair II waste are, with
them, very rapid, frequent bathing is admis.
bile.
For the first few days the new born infant
is usually sponSed off without removing all
his clothing. For this purpose II worn nap.
kin is used, wrinsins it out of tcpid water
INT lubbing the surface gently. Dry with Il
soft towel and follow with HAND friction. AS
soon, however, as the band can be removed,
it will be found easy TO pat the baby into Il
bath tub, For this purpose Use an ordinary
foot bath, or IL tub made on purpose for Il
cll id. Place ii OIL Il chair OF low table. Be
sure to have everything in readiness before
beginning. The clothing should be we'll aired
and placed within reach, the toilet articles
conveniently near.
Pace Your left liand under the arms of the
enid and Your ri lit one around the hips, and
put HIM into the water. support him with
the left hand and battle him with the other,
using II soft sponge or linen cloth.
In from three to five minute he is taken
out and laid upon the lap, which has been pro-
tcctcd by a linen cloth or soft bath towel.
Dry him gently with this, and rub him all
over with The hand. Soaps and nursery
powders are UNNATURAL, and not essential to
cleanliness and comfort; yet they may not
usually he considercd INJURIOUS Tho Kinder
rartcu.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
Ancient Roman Plank Roads.

Tho Prussian minister of education, Won
Gossler, having learned that Professor r.
knoke had lately found traces of old Roman
plank roads on tho moor between Mehrholz
and Bragel, not far from Diepholz, in lower
Hanover, invited that gentleman to fully in
vestigate the matter. He has just completed
the task. He was able to trace tho lines of
two parallel plank roads right across the
moor, presenting all those distinctive feat
urcs which arc found in Roman works of
this kind. One of them shows evident signs
of having been demolished by force, the
boards, which were originally fastened with
pegs to tho bearers, having been violently
torn away and buried in the bog to the right
and left Of the track.
Tho other road seems to have fallen into
decay, but there are signs OF repairs executed
even during the Roman period; for in places
boards have been found fastened over the
original planks, the fashion OF both being the
salpe. Those repairs seem to have been car
ried out hastily, for in mi place n mallet,
employed probably to drive home the pegs,
was found OH the track, forgotten, no doubt,
by tho workmen. The local archnologists
feel assured that they have hero the ponies
longi which wero used A. d. Is by the Roman
commander A. Cecina in his retreat from
Germany to tho Ems.-ScientiGc American.
A little girl was sitting on the floor, when
the sun shone i'll her face.
"Go way! go 'way.' she cried, striking out
at it.
you move, dear, and it won't trouble
you" said her mamma
II SAINT. | dot here first" said the littll
| one.-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
Marrying Titles.

Some people are surprised, and some patri-
officially indignant, at tho havoc made maong
our marriageablc American women by for
cigncrs with titles. Not only our young girls,
just budding into society, but our bouncing,
mature widows arc being carried over the
ocean by the score, and the homes of our
Fifth avenoodles begin to feel in the shade if
they cannot announce an expected visit from
our daughter, the Marchioncss of Dryrot,"
or ''our dear Countess Carbunclc."
Henry Laboucherc has explained the desire
of tho foreign nobility to seek American
wives. Girls in England are awkward, rcd
clbowcd, large footed, badly dressed, hoyden-
ish misses, with giggling propensities and no
conversational powers. American girls arc
handsome, natural, always at case, a little
'chccky," well dressed, good conversation
al!sts and free from tho smell of bread and
butter. He declares that England will con
tinue to DO ovcrcrowded with old maids until
English girls realize these facts and become
Amcricanized.
Tho principal attraction of American
women, however, is the fact that they have
money and can do with it generally what
they please. The worst use they can put it
to is to bestow it OH n bcggarly foreigner be-
cause lie happens to possess Il title. They
would do better to spend it Oh honc manu-
factures.-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
Woman in the Saddle.

Did You ever observe IL woman just before
She is lifted into u saddle, and il few moments
after the horse has struck n cantcra She be-
comes IL changed being. Tho roses spring to
her cheeks, tho light see rs to leap from l!cr
eyes, her form is the Inspiration of graceful
action, and she becomes Il bcautcous picture
of moving health. And this, after all, is tho
best view To take of horseback riding. Aside
from its charm, its dash, its buoyancy of mo
ton, its special or general beauty, it is tho
most heai,hlul exercise within the province of
woman. 1t is better than dancing, lawn ten
his, croquc., OWING archery There are
many reasons why it is Letter. and one of tho
strongest seems To lie that it brings continu-
Gus changes of scene, which tend to rest tho
body as well as the mind. The faScinatin.
effects which it has Oh the fair rider culno5
he estimated, provided she has a we'll trained
horse and INDUCES in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26

An essential inequality of the sexes is based
OF the tendency to lcns,hen g%irlhood and
shorten hoyhool. The boy is pressed for.
ward into business five years earlier than he
used to he fifty years ago, while the girl of
20 does not know us Ellich Of housekeeping as
the gal of ID Of as long ago. mother words,
girls are pcttcd aud bal'ich, while boys are
set to work. The effect is not at all favorable
to the desirable end Of producing happy
homes. There is Il good deal involved iii the
equalization of The SEXES that is not taken
into account III e o.ltollcal discussions of
the question:. 1t Is argued by F,,hc that Il
heightened infancy Is TIE l,asis of finer CHAR
acter and home Instincts. However, even
infancy may he overdonr, as precoclousness
certainly ,lay he. Herald of Health.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
Washing rlannels and Prints.

Clever housckeepcrs, accustomed to wash
ing, often speak strongly i'll favor of flannels
and prints being washed at the commence
ment OF the washing days proceedings; and
they find tho plan convenient, because they
say that colored things can be washed i'll tho
same water as %flannelS. and the water used
for rinsing %lannels will serve for "firsting"
tho best whites. All this is true, and yet
When we como to practice we find it is best
to let the state of the weather determine for
us when tlanIels are to be washed. We have
to remember that though linen and calico
may lie for n while after being washed with
out injury, yet lame and colored goods
must be quickly dried or they will spoil. 10
dry 1lannels slowly causes them to shrink; to
dry colorcd prints, c%hintzes, etc, slowly
is apt to make the colors run. Flannels
and colorcd things, therefore, should
not be touched until there is n prospect
that they can he dried off and be done
with, and this is why we should consider the
weather in deciding when they shall be
washed. Flannels should be put into q good,
warm Iather-that is, into soapy water. only
u little warm, but on no account into cold
water. As much as possible, rubbing should
be avoided with them, because to rub flannel
makes it thick. Wringing also is harmful to
them, and it is better to squeeze and press
the water out of them than to wiring them.
Soda also should never be used for t%iannels,
and if they are to be kept in good condition
they should not DO ironed. Colored goods,
too. should not be put into very hot water,
and soda should be dreaded for them. They
should neither be starched with hot starch
nor ironed with a hot iron. After washing
they should he rinsed i'll cold water, i'll which
a little alum has been dissolved. They should
not be dried in the sun. Neither tlanncls nol
colorcd goods must be boiled. Many laun
dresses put several hnndfuls of common sal
into the water in which colored things ar,
r!nscd. This helps to make them look clca,
and bright, but it also tends to make then
turn limp speedily.-New Orleans Picayune
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
American Love for Lords.

AS long rs Americans have a national
characteristic left from the wrack of Anglo
mania, they will love q lord, even as Tom
did. The visiting lord will always be their
golden calf-sometimes not wen golden.
American girls will marry him, and, of
course if he is a nice, jolly, laxative fellow,
as he generally is, every one will be pleased.
But it doesn't always stop there-American
girls will still marry him if hei a common
%rutfian, as much of an outlaw in his own
country as though he had forged n check or
robbed a church. There's the trouble; we
exercise no discrimination. For example,
there was Sir Richard Sutton and the Dukes
of Marlborough and Sutherland. Sir Rich
ard was a gentleman in the fullest sense of
the word, and by his stately bonhomie and
gracious courtesy amply atoned for Mr..
Ashbury's u~npleasantness over the Cambria
and Livonia races years ago. And yet Sir
Richard WIS not as much sought after, was
not as highly honored by fetc and festival,
as either of the dukes. Surely some one
should discriminate between such men.
The creed of society in these matters is
very simple; the higher the title the better
the man-thats all.-New York Cor. Times
namocrot
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
Intcmpcrancc Rarely Hereditary.

IL Is to he remarked in the matter of intern.
perancc, us in all other evils which have been
only cmpirically treated, that many notions
have passed current rs truth which onlv
need Il scientific investigation to be proved
fallncious. Perhaps the one most frequently
held, and most injurious in its effect, is that
of the hereditary nature of tho drink habit.
AN Inherited taste for liquor is the most fire.
quent and most successful of all pleas for n
conformation of the offense of inebrietv. This
result of a well known law seems, indeed, en-
tirely to be expected, even though its force
rs an excuse should be denied. But there
nre some facts which seem to prove that he
reaity has very little to do with intempe-
rance. Mr.. Charles Loring Brace, whose ac-
quaintance with the vicious and depraved
classes of New York city is perhaps as extern
sive. and covers as long a term of years as
that OF any one living, recently made n very
remarkable statement in this connection.
Among the 100000 girls who have como un-
der his charge within thlrty-three years, so
per cent. no says, were tho children of
drGnknrds, and yet "the number of drunk
ards among them is almost nothing" "This,"
no well adds, ais n most extraordinary re-
suit"
From such n result, so well attestcd and
gathered from so busy and so extensive an
experience, it may be concluded that there
is nothing in heredity which cannot be sue
c~essfuily met, so far as the tendency to i'll
temperance is concerned. Mr.. Brace attri-
butes the astonishing fact above quoted to
what he calls ''minl cure" "Thesc little
vagabonds, these children of outcasts and
drunkardS, put ont INTO new circumstances
feel a moral shock of a pleasant kind. They
think. talk and feel differently, and are
struck by new experiences of religion and
Observation-Disclosures. New food, new surround
ings, influence them, and the children come
out of their old habits, so that they some.
times turn out better than the boys and girls
of the locality" In other words, new infu.
ences, new interests, what DR.. Bushnell has
called 'thc expulsivo powcr' of a new affcc
ton, are moro potent than heredity, strong
as we know that law to be.-Frank Lcslie's.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
The Christmas Tree.

No home, especially where there are chill
dren, is complete during the holidays with
out a Christmas tree. The latter are grand,
elaborate and costly i'll the families of the
rich; but even householders of circumscribed
means can put up trees that will sparkle and
please, for a very triling outlay Of money.
Tinsel is cheap, but it glitters. and children
rarely stop to estimate values.
A pleasant effect is produced by brushing
the prickly foliage of tho tree here and there
with mucilage and then sprinkling common
salt upon it. Among the cheap, home made
ornaments to hang upon the tree may he
enumerated: Empty egg shells adorned with
d~ecalcomania pictures, walnuts wrapped in
tin foil or gold paper: pine cones vanished,
then bronzed or sprinkled with salt; cram
berries or pop corn strung III Irvine; gold
paper chains, made by FASTING one tiny ring
within the other; colored tissue paper, etc.
The tissue paper is cut into long strips about
four inches wide, ard closely cut across, but
not entirely across. 1t is then Slightly damp
ened and held over a hot stove, when it curls
up and looks well when thrown here and
there across the tree.
1t does not require much skill to fashion
balloons, gondolas, bird cages, coaches, etc,
out of stiff paper, and after covering it with
gilt or silver paper. Figures cut from advcr-
Using chromos or colored fashion plates can
be fastened TO the balloons, gondolas, etc.,
and really look very pretty. The same skill
can adorn tho base of the tree in landscape
style, with tiny picket fences, rustic bridges,
and old mill, etc., using moss for meadow,
red sand for roadway, white or silver sand
for paths, twigs of cedar for trees, u piece of
looking glass fringed with moss for a lakelet,
etc. Bunches of ivy berries for the tree can
be variously colored by first dipping them
into q hot but weak solution of starch, and
then into blue, red OF yellow powder, or into
powdered bronze.
Notices for the tree or around it can lt
made of white cotton WOOL. The letters art
cut out of card paper, to which the wool is
glued. When dry, pull the wool, so as to
give it a puffy or snowy appearance. Trim
the letters carefully afterward and fasten
them on q dark background. Letters deco
rated with rice have the effect of carved
ivory. Cut out the letters on cartridge paper,
cover them with a thick coating of paste or
glue, and while yet warm drop the grains OF
rice into it. The rice grains can also be made
to resemble coral by dipping them into red
sealing wax dissolved in alcohol. Letters
covered with crumpled tinfoil have a good
effect and resemble frosted silver, or they car
be made of holly, and have a rich, cord like
appearance. The leaves are strung with
needle upon Irvine Of the proper length, pass
ing the needle through the center of eacl
leaf.-Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
The I:r;de Forgot.

A good story is gradually leaking out in
Bath society circles at the expense of IL we'll
known Faith lady, who was recently married.
The ceremony occurred i'll IL cilurcn. and the
bride, that She might not soil her slippers
nor catch cod, '.lew Oh Il PAIR of her fathers
white hose before leaving the house. Ar
irving at the church, i'll the excitement pccu.
liar to noviccs OH such occasions, the bride
forgot about the socks in which her feet and
slippers were incascd, and walked to the
front of the church entirely Obvious of licr
forgetfulucs,. However, all went we'll until
tho pair klrit q: tlie %ctla.lrel, Here 1t vas
that the keen eyes OF tt!c audience .,ot i'll
their worli.-Lewiston (,le.l Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-26
CHANGE.
b first we narted

Mt's HIS We parted,
The barren fields lay bare beneath the sun,
And crimson leaves dropped downward ono
by one.
The heart of nature blcd, that now was done
Her labor sweet.
Her pulses beat
Slowly as tear drops fall from aged eyes,
For all the poor dead blossoms at her feet
No more would rise:
Yet gray clouds held for us 4 rosy dye:
Love smiled through pain on love In that
sood-by
When next we met,
The summer fields were green with hopes
warm ti,tS.
The waves were shining with ''ic golden dints
That .;:::ara!is make. VIII, on foam crests
each glints
In showered gold:
And wide nnrollcd
The carpet. flower deckcd, by nature spread,
And silver arrows held with azure thread
Glanced DER the sea:
But nil was gray and cold, fair love was dead,
And spring n frozen waste to you and me.
Ruth Rau.ay in New Orleans Times Democrat.