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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18
S.riliaR Poverty.

visited the vineyards NJ Bruate, N
Sicily, which are 800 acres in extent, and
where sona oae hundrrc and ten men,
under . surveyor, were trenching the
ground in one long hue- They were .
Poor-looking Lot, but appeared 10 use
their implements, which arr more Ike
axes than spades, to good purpose When
they do not, AZ such times as English
eyes are not upon them, the surveyors
stick or whip pays pretty freely about
their backs, believe, and without vigil
arce they viii not worx IL all Thsy
cuue from their villages on Monday
morning and return on Saturday night.
They are lodged, receive three Ecals. and
abouE sixteen cents day The hrst TWO
meals 1re given in the vineyard, each
nan having sardIne, n bunch OF excel
lent bread and pull at the vine bar-
rel. The third meal, before dismissal In
the yard at night, consists Of porridge,
served in trough. frum which they
scoop it oct with heir fingers, having
discarded the spoons originally provided
them--EnqlLsS LHnatrataI EsguzIas-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18
Chemically Made Diamonds.

Itna fact that diamonds are Eo~
manufactured by 4 chennicsi process that
Is 30 skillfullF brought about rs to de
ecjvc good diamond iudges-uhen the
diamonds are on people who are sup
posed to possess genuine stones Aniline
Is one Of the ingredients Of manufacture
A short time AFRO a wsii saowu New
York society woman entered Broadway
ieveIry house and asked to return some
Of the diamonds cut OF a necklace that
had been bozst. tier. Eve ysrs before
In pl1ce Of those removed she bad pastes
inserted, and now wears the necklace Of
half diamouds, ksIl Pas1as, and no one
suspects the difference. jewelers. tell
strange tales Of customers vno come with
sapphirss asl have imitatioG stoues
placed in their xttingz, and cneralds
chat are less vaEuahle thsn their settings
are worn by HEnherie@ women who are
Ahle to buy grnuine stones.-Sas Tara
Press
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Reports Of suffering and starvation
come to the Chicago Nzrs from several
dshin4 colonies on the Newfoundland
coast Natives have IN some instances
been found subsisting on decayed seals.
There has been a large emigration from
Newfoundland to the Canadian North
west. The troubles of the inhabitants Of
the island seem to be augmented by 4
conaict over French fishing rights be-
tween the coIouy and England, their
mother country. The Premier os New
foun,iland Is quoted in recent speech
rs sdvucaring open wsr with England os
else annexation to the United States. As
NewfoundIandIs war resources are too
insignificant for serioGs consideration, the
solution offered BY annsxatiDu would
probably be approved if submitted to q
vote Of the Deoole-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Putting the population OF New YorS
CITY this wear lt 1873, 900 the SEA cal
culates that there ARE more people in
New York than in any 0le Of the fol
lowing States Alabama. Arkansas. Cal
irornia, ColorLio, Connecticut Delaware,
Florida (uore than the toeaI population
Of the last four combined, Kentucky.
Kansas, Louisiana Maine, Maryland
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ne
vadA, New Hampshire. New Jersey. Or
,gou, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Vermont. West Virginia, or in the toul
new States Of North and South Dakota,
Washington and Montana
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

In the mAaufacture Of paper this coun-
nv mas been making tremendous strides
turing the tlss few wears. The ministry
ha< been hcough: to such 4 higa scarc Of
Development, AMI the production re
dured 80 much in cost BY improved na
chiaery and the successful use OF wood
pulp under special process, that large
export trade has beeu established. par.
tIcularly with England. 4 market hls
also been found in Australia and else-
where.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Which Is the best toEu to live in -
Wis the subject of one Of the voting
cpnY etittons To which the New York
Ha~lI has Of Ike been devosing cuusid
cribIc space We are not aware
whether the village Of Dayton, Maine.
received any votes, observes Krasey',
Hsshjg. but from paragraph in an
5ther contemporary we Judge that it
ought to have been At or very near the
head 9t the poll. I, : claimed for the
village named that it Is ogs Of debt. has
$1,000 IN its treasury and not a doc
,cC nor Lwyer Azon- ~ fortunate cit
ixeus
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

The oayK mines Of Oberstein. Ger
many, which have hitherto supplied all
the American demand. have become e1
hausted, and the ouly known oayx feds
left are located in the State Of Pynbl1
between the City ot Mexico and Vers
Cruz. There are scveraI Of them there,
and for 4 long time they have bee1
worked IN a crude way by the natives.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

J. ". Powers, the cotton king Of
Webster County, Ga, proposes to grind
up 200 bushels of peas, the balln e OF a
great crop fed to his stock, aad Use the
material A. fertilizer for his cotton
crop. The peas are worth eighty i've
cents to 81 per brshel, bq: be expects to
geta better return frpn them u the
manner inGlcated
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Superstition viii rot let the King OF
bahousy enter his old capital after
defeat observes the New York sas, 50
his practice Is after taxing walIoping
to pick out weak tribe and pass the
walloPIug on. 1t woQli seem nearly IL
cheap TO spare A couple Of days and
build ! new capital
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Have yoG 4 farily1" asked West.
sVn Judge OF man who was making
hnAl proof IN n United States land
otEce.
Yes, siE- replied the man
-Of what does iE CONSIST -
~ IN said the man, eyEisnEly con-
fused, and looking mp toward the cell
ing. rs If TO refresh his memory, If
consists OF my wife. ten children. two
hired men, q gang plow, q seedsr. Q
Bain wagon and 4 span Of mules. bs-
Eevs that's all"
That IL enough, replied the Judge.
With q smile, and tke settler got his
papers without further questioning
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

The DTueTs' I1Erail announces that
several large cotton mills ARE 10 be es-
sabIished IN the States west Of the Mis-
iissippi River, in order to capture some
If the trade which IS now possessed By
he uiIls of the Calf States.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

The principal change recommended
for naval cadets is the reduction of the
course At the Annapolis Academy from
SIX years 20 four The New York Com
ras--ifl Ga-st.e thinks that this will pIt
them oa more even footing with West
Point Gradntes
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Garibaldi's re mains are likely 20 be
transferred 10 Rome, from their island
rave At CAprera, as the Italian Govern
nent want to fortify Caprera, 10 con-
piete the chain of defence in the district
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18
ISLAND POND. VERMONT. JULY IS.

Failures are quite frequent, averayIns
shout 10, OOo per year, ard this, coz
temporary believes, seems 10 De Al in
svitable outcome Of the interminabIe Con
petition of iis- times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Royalty does rot seem in soue cases
n least, to be tied down BY nltioaal pref
udlees- The Dcvager EnPress of ChinA
has Al American physician 90 her staff
And Queen Victoria employs 4 Noham-
metian cook
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

The Hou. Proctor Knott, Of Keutucky,
las found substitute for Prohibition.
He says: Women in the olden DAYS
were not allowed to drink wine, and to
prove that they had no: been drinking it
they kissed everybody they met. This
would be better than Prohibition.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Wonderful Development Is going on
"a the coal fields Of Narvhni and West
virginia; tunnels are TO be built to "a
:iitate shipment OF coal, AMI ls4 miles
1t new railroad are nov being coa-
structed throughout the richest portions
7f the fields.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

1t s A fact that within a few years
there has been very noticeable increase
IN the number aad varie;ies Of soug birds
n View Jersey, which IS ascribed to a
strict enforcement Of the game svs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-18

Il has been said Of the South. that if
Cotton Is King, the Cow Pea IS Queen.
What the one takes o1t Of the sol by its
profitable, but e1hAusting growth, the
1ther can supply when applied As fer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
VALUE, OF ENSlLAGE.
How 1t Compares with Cooked Food
Cattle Prefer the Former.

How 1t Compares with Cooked Food
Cattle Prefer the Former.
The quantity of feed is the first ad-
vantage. One of the grandest sights
in the world, not excepting Niagara or
the ocean, is large field of ensilage
corn, milll-ripe, drilled and standing in
solid acres, fourteen or fifteen feet
high! No such quantity of nutriment
can be obtained in any other way or by
any other plant or product. Corn is
queen, and the greatest natural gift of
America to the world.
But" says the doctor, "why not dry
all this corn and steam it?" Because
you can't, and because drying would
take away half of its value. Corn in
milk, before its kernels are glazed and
hard, will not dry; it will be overtaken
by rains and mildew and be lost. If you
do not believe it, begin with COM
paratively small lot of fodder corn and
see where you will come out. To talk
of drying solid acres of milk corn is
absurd, to say nothing of the labor and
expense of housing so vast quantity,
and cutting it up and steaming it in the
feed trough" or anywhere else. But
were it possible to dry this corn, or if
you were to leave it to ripen in the
field, which, being Giant Southern corn,
81 won't do at the North, you would
thereby lose half of it's value.
The natural food of all cattle is green
heritage, and they have hard time to
get through our winters on dry fodder.
They have no stomachs fit for it, even
when steamed. Therefore, to give them
their own fresh food in winter, in
warm inclosure, is to make it summer
for them all the year. The result is
that they are bright, sleek and healthy,
and give "June milk and butter in
February" But if the corn could be
ripened and so dried no amount of
steam could make it green, milky herb
age again. Steam can not resurrect the
dead. When the cellulose, albumen,
protoplasm, starch, gums, sugars, ETC.,
have turned to wood fiber or dry skins
or hard granules, half of their value is
gone and can never be restored. Let
the cattle have the choice, and they will
settle the question in favor of the en-
silage every time.-Country Gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

ALI wool undergarments are best for
all classes of persons in our changeable
climate, but are especially needful for
young children and aged people.
Nut Pudding: One cupful of sugar,
one-half of q cupful of butter, two cup
fuls of -four, one-half cupful of cold
water, three eggs, ono and one-half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, one-half a
cupful of whole walnut meats added the
last thing. Bake and eat with sauce.
Heartburn may be relieved almost
instantly if half teaspoonful of table
salt be dissolved in wineglass of cold
water and then drank. When the eyes
are tired and weak, If they are bathod
in slightly saline water they will soon
become soothed.
Fresh air, sunlight, good and suffi-
cient food, pure water, outdoor exercise,
temperance in all things, and cheerful
disposition, are the chief remedies in
natures pharmacopmia, and are worth
moro than all the drugs and medicines
of the shops.-Popular Science News.
Corn Meal Drop Cakes: Two cups of
corn meal moistened with scalding
water and quickly cooled below scalding
point, one cup of flour, two teaspoonsful
of baking powder, two eggs, one-half
cup of milk, one teaspoon of salt. Drop
into hot lard and fry delicate brown
New England Farmer.
Batter Bread: Two eggs, the whites
beaten separately; small cup of flour,
the same of milk; mix yelks, flour and
milk into a smooth batter; stir in a tea
spoonful of butter, melted. and little
salt and the whites of the eggs beaten
till they stand high, and a teaspoonful
of baking powder: mix gently after the
whites are in; bake we'll in buttered
pan in very hot oven.-christian In
ion.
Lemon Honey: Beat the yellls of
Six eggs until light, add gradually. beat
ing all the while, one pound of powdered
sugar Beat q quarter of pound of
butter to cream, add it to the yelks
and sugar, beat well, and then stir in
carefully the well-beaten whites of four
eggs. Pour this into a double boiler
and stir continually over the fire until
the mixture is about the consistency of
very thick cream; take from the fire and
add the grated rind of one and the juice
of two lemons, mix and turn into a
srcneware or china bowl to cool.--Yan-
kee Elade.
An exchange gives the following
useful hints: "If the chimney catches
fire run to the salt-box, and empty it
out upon the fames they will be re-
duced as if by magic, and further steps
can be taken to subdue the outbreak. If
SCOT falls upon the carpet or rug, do not
attempt to sweep until it has been cov
cred thickly with dry salt; it can then
be swept up properly and not a stain or
smear will be left. If any thing hap
pens to catch fire, either whilst cooking
or otherwise, throw salt upon it at once
to prevent any disagreeable smell"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
some women's Occupations.

At Marthas Vineyard dumb woman
owns and manages schooner and earns
a living as a fisherman. Between times
she peddles threads and buttons along
the coast At Cincinnati there is also a
boat woman who earns her living on the
water. In Maine many women are far
mers, working from 300 to 800 acres and,
of course, finding time to read cur
rent literature. At Louisville Mrs.
Shelby is sexton of st. Johns cemetery.
At Gardiner, Me-, Mrs. Preble is mar
BILE and granite cutter, employing ten or
twelve men. In New York City Mrs.
Gill is a shoemaker. The best of her
work is cobbling. Also In New York
Mrs, Emma Yewdell gets along fairly
well keeping livery stable. San Fran
cisco and Brooklyn have each woman
blacksmith. Mrs Lena Seigfried, of
New Orleans, is bird hunter, living on
her fathers schooner, and able to kill,
clean and prepare more birds to tho
hour than any male hunter along the
coast. In New Orleans, more than in
any other city, we have women engaged
In occupations unusual TO the sex. Hero
are to be found women editors, merchants,
florists, dairy farmers and manufacturers
in great numbers, all earning good sums
Of money.-N. o. Picayune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
SOCIALISM IN GERMANY.
In Spite of all Restrictive Legislation 1t
Grows in Numerical Strength.


Despite all oppressive and reprcssive
and conciliatory legislation of the Ger
man imperial parliament, the social
democ-atic party in Germany continues
to gain ground. In the recent Saxon
elections they polled twice as many
votes as they polled six years ago and
won two new representatives in the
provincial parliament They now
have seven men in the Saxon Land
tag, among whom are such extremists
as Bebel and Liebnecht. This fact is all
the more significant because in SaXony
tho majority of the working-men, who
are generally supposed to build the rank
and file of the social democracy. are eX-
cluded from voting 6y property quail
ification. Nor is n Saxon citizen eligible
to a seat in the Landtag unless he pays
state taxes of at least thirty marks an
nually. The proof furnished by the
Saxon elections that Prince Bismarck's
severe repressive measures have
entirely failed to crush the socialistic
malcontents, and that his concilia-
tory measures, like the working-men's
insurance scheme, have in no way APP
peaScu tncm. mas caused Ine uefnan
dailies to plunge again into the peren-
nial discussion of the causes of social
discomfort in Germany. The Vossiche
Ieitung a representative daily of lib
eral tendencies, says: Government
and parties alike should find in this
movement of voters reason for thought
full introspection. Our previous policy,
far from winning over the worlling-men,
pushes them more and more into the
social democratic camp, despite all
social political laws. Should the present
law against socialists be continued, and
the present tariff policy be retained, the
social democracy would eventually as
sumo proportions which would enable it
to drive the wedge of destruction into
all the old parties. IN. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
VARIETY IN NEEDLES.
Something About Those Used by Mechanics
of Every Description.


A needle is little thing, hardly
worth mentioning, in fact, but the daily
consumption of them in the United
States is 100000, About one-sixth of
these are made in Brooklyn, but the
greater part of the needles we use come
from Redditch, England.
There are needles which all wig
makers use. They are as delicate as a
hair and shaped like fish-hook. There
is u tambour needle and the needle for
shirring machines; the great sail needle,
which has to be pushed with steel
| palm the knitting machine needle with
its little latchet; the arasene and crewel
needle, and the long instrument which
the milliners use.
Then there is the surgeons cruel
outfit, the probing needle, made for
hunting after bullets or internal sores;
the post-mortem needles, of various
curves and sizes; the hair-lip needle;
the long accupressure pins, for pinning
gaping wounds in place; all the needles
for eye, head and body, long, short,
curved once, twice or three times. Then
the veterinary surgeon has his case of
man. He has needles on half curve and
on the quarter curve round points
and sword points, long eyes, round eyes,
egg eyes and counter-sunk eyes. Tho
cook is not left out of this trade, but has
a curious trusting needle, made for car
rying melted butter or savory sauce
right into the very heart of fowl or
roast, being hollow and large at the end
where the butter is poured in. There is
also the larding needle, which sews
large pieces of meat together or fastens
bit of fat deep in a lean piece of meat.
One of these was invented by French
chef. The other was made to meet the
demands of butchers who cook large
quantities of meat for the free-lunch
restaurants, and who wish to sew their
meat into good shape, so that it will cut
well. The collar-maker's needle is not
unlike the upholsterer's The netting
needle has a little branch at each end,
and with it goes broad 'mesh" of ivory
or polished wood. The knife-point hem
needle, with it's broad blade, was in
vented to suit the men at the Chicago
Stock Yards. The broom-makers' needle,
like the sailors, has TO be pushed with
steel palm. That which the millers
use has a spring eye which the heavy
thread enters when the side of the eye
is pressed.
A novice could never guess how to use
the needle made for sewing soles on
shoes. The glove needles are marvel
ously fine affairs, though even the daint'
lest of them have three-cornered points.
The knitting or astrachan needle wants
no mention.-American Artisan.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
IDEAS OF ARABlANS.
What the Sons of the Desert Think
Caucasian Travellers.

Caucasian Travellers.
Their general opinion of an English
Traveller is, that he is either lunatic or
magician; lunatic, if, on closely
watching his movements, they discover
he pays little attention to things around
him; confirmed lunatic, if he goes out
sketching, and spends his time in spoil
ing good paper with scratches and
hieroglyphics; and magician, when in
quisitive about ruins, and given to pick
ing up stones and shells, gathering
sticks and leaves of brushes, or buying
up old bits of copper, iron and silver.
In these cases, he is supposed, by aid of
his magical powers, to convert stones
and shells into diamonds of immense
price; and the leaves and sticks are
charms, by looking at which he can be-
stow comforts upon his friends, and
snakes and pestilence upon his luckless
enemies. If traveller pick up a stone
and examine itcarefully, he will be sure
to have at his tail host of malapert
little boys deriding him, though keep
ing at very respectable distance, in
Difference to his magical powers. Should
he indeed turn round suddenly and pur-
sue them few steps, they fly in an
agony of fear, the very veins in their
naked little legs almost bursting, and
they never stop to look back till they
have got well amongst the crowd again,
where, painting for breath, they recount
to their auditors the dreadful looks that
devil of Frank gave them, making fire
come out of his eyes and adders out of
his mouth. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-04
HE WON HIS BET.
A Sharper Who Could Put water Into a
Eilled Hottie.

FILLED Bottle.
Sauntering up to the counter at one OF
| the booths at the recent State Fair, a
MISUNDERSTANDING stranger began
toying with n common black bottle.
"You wouldn't believe could put more
water in this bottle than any other man
on the grounds, would you?" he asked
carelessly,
A handful of rustics gathered in front
Of the place gazed at the stranger incred-
ulously. ~ wouldn't that's a fact, y
one of them remarked knowingly.
And yet" resumed the stranger, 81
am ready to bet twenty dollars that
can do it."
Upon hearing this statement your
uncle edged cautiously away, while the
knowing fellow stepped briskly to the
front "You say you'll bet twenty dol
lars on it, he remarked, in q voice
trembling with excitement.
"Thats what | said"
LET me see that BOTTLE" demanded
she seeker after knowledge.
The bottle was passed among the
crowd, and, after due examination, was
pronounced worthy of confidence. After
Soiht ulSbuSSlVll VI way anu lhtdllSs
terested parties formed syndicate with
a capital of five dollars which sum was
instantly covered by the stranger. An
individual, presumably disinterested,
was chosen to hold tho stakes, and the
knowing chap was appointed to fill the
bottle. Having turned in water till the
vessel was running over, he remarked
with grin:
"There, | guess she's about as full as
she can hold. If you can crowd any
more water into her, mister, go ahead. 81
Without saying word, the business
like stranger proceeded to cork the bot
tie tightly; then he turned it upside
down, and in the large hollow which is
found at the bottom of most bottles he
poured two or three gills of water. "I'll
trouble you to hand over that money"
he said to the stakeholder when he had
done the trick.
Then arose chorus of complaints.
"Twasn't fairl'' The water amt in
the bottlen' THE hull thing is swim
dle" vociferatcd the duped rustics.
Meanwhile, the stranger coolly pocket
ed the stakes, bade the dissatisfied
yokels good day." and in another mo-
ment was "far from the madding
crowd. ''-Lewiston (AIe.) Journal.