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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

The loss Of the masticatiug teeth be.
fore the thirtieth year means shorten
ing of the life of the individual OF from
two to FIVE years. To know the extent
to which mauy OF these teeth are lost,
even before the fifteenth year, one has
only to turn to the recently published
reports Of the examination OF the teeth
of children in the schools and orphan
homes Of London aud elsewhere. II
some effective measures are not adopted
for combating the ravages of dental de-
cay it looks very much as though aa-
other half century would find the poorer
classes of English people practically
edentulous before the twentieth year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

"The truth of history" gets another
blow between the eyes, exclaiIns the
New Yerk Tribune. This time it is tho
esteemed busy bee who is involved. John
Burroughs reports that the bee does no:
gather honey all the day from every
opening flower, the fact being that he
does not gather honey during any por-
ton of the day, nor from any flower.
What he gathers is merely sweet water.
"Honey," Mr.. Burroughs explains, "is
the sweet water plus the individuality Of
the bee." Thus does the practical OBJ
server who cannot tell lie play the mis-
chief with the wisdom of the ages.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
Trades That Effect the Teeth.

Quicksilver miners follow the most
unhealthy trade 10 the world. The fumes
of the mercury produce constant saliva
ton and the system becomes permeated
with the metal, the teeth OF the uufortu-
nate men drop out, they lose their appe-
tite, become emacated, and. as a rule,
seldom live longer than two years.
Chloride of lime, employed by bleachers,
frequently destroys ithe enamel and den.
tine of the teeth. But phosp phorus, used
so largely in the manufacture Of lucifer
matches, Affects very large number OF
persons, women, girls and children
greatly preponderatiug. People who
work in soda factories are affected by
the teeth becoming soft aud translucent;
they break off close to the gums. Doctor
Hesse, of Leipsic, states that bakers are
likely to suffer frcm carious teeth on ac-
count of the flour entering the mouth
during work, collecting on and around
the teeth, where it decomposes and gen.
crates an acid destructive to the dentine.
Yankee Blade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
NOTABLE DEATHS.

A cable despatch from London announces
the death of Sir Walter Charles James, Baron
NOrthbodrne He was born June 3, 1916,
succeeded his grandfather as second baronet
In lS29, and WAS raised TO the peersge in
1884 From 1887 to lSIT he represented
Hull In Parliament. He married Sarah Car
Oline, youngest daughter OF tuthbcrt Eli
son, ESD, OF Hepburn Hall. Durham, on
April Il, lS4l.
Justice Edward W. Scullcr Of the New
Jersey Supreme Court died sud lenly OF apo
pleXy in Trenton recently. He was born at
Scuddor's FAILS. Mercer COUNTY. Aug. ~,
1872. After being graduated from Princeton
he was admitted To the bar in 1874. He
was in the State Senate from 1858 TO 1865.
and was president Of that body in the latter
year. In 1869 he was appointed to the bench
of the Supreme Court by Gov. Ranlolph.
He was rcappOntel in 1876 BY Gov. Bedle
and again in 1881 by Gov. Ludlow and again
in 1890 by GOV. Abbott. His term would
have expired in 1897,
The Rev. Daniel Butler. for almost half q
century connected with the Massachusetts,
Bible Society, died few days ago, aged
eighty-four years. He was born in Hartford,
Conn, on June %, ls0s, entered Yale Col
lege in 1881, graduating with honors. He
was graduated from the Theological Semin-
AIRY at Andover aud joined the Congrega-
tlonal Church In Westfeld In 1880.
Edwin +. Brooks, prominent in business
circles in New Haven, Conn, died of heart
failure afler short illness. Mr.. Brooks was
born in 1874. went through the civil war as
q member Of the Terth Connecticut VOlun-
teers, received a severe wound during his
last years service and after his return TO his
native city built upa large business. lie was
well known thrOught the States as Mason.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
Had q Long Beard and Hated Doctors.

Matthew Robinson Lord Rokeby), a
prominent but eccentric Englishman of
the last century, became famous for his
long beard and his pronounced hatred of
medical practitioners. In regard to the
former it is said that upon one occasion
when going to an election he stopped at
an inn where the country people, who had
assembled from miles around, took him
for Turk, and through this mistaken
idea almost worried sine Lord" to death.
His dislike for physicians was carried
to such an extreme that he left codicl
to his will which was to the effect that
a favorite nephew was to be disinherited
should he (the nephew in the last illness
of the lord let his sympathies cause him
to send for doctor. This having been
made known to the nephew when his
uncle, the lord, was in good health, it is
needless to add he allowed that persons
spirit to take its flight without calling in
any of the surgical fraternity.-St. Louis
Republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

Philadelphia maintains her reputation
of being the city of homes, observes thu
New York World. During the five
years ending December 81, 1891, there
were erected there 2l,17 more new
buildings than in New YORK, and 5l62
more than in New York, Boston and
Baltimore combined. This great lead
was due in large part to the custom IN
Philadelphia of building small houses
for one family rather than huge struc-
lures OF "hat" tenements. When we
observe the cost Of new buildings the
story is different one. The average
cost of those erected last year in PhlIa-
delphia was ssaSS.ss, in Boston &c.
b4S.67, and in New York Sl7, ,oos.So.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

In order to induce farmers to immi-
CRATE into Western Australia the Gov.
ernment Of the colony has formulated
what the American Agriculturist deems
tempting scheme. The idea is to give
every applicant block of 160 acres of
land, the only payment required being a
fee of S5 to lend him $3.50 towards
putting up $500 house, and, after he
has spent $3.50, or more, in cultivation
or improvements, to lend him sum
equivalent to what he has spent up to
$500.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

An analysis Of Bradstreet's report for
the past year shows that there was a de-
crease of seventeen per cent. IN tho
number Of failures and a decrease OF
forty-four per cent. In the liabilities
The New Orleans Picayune figures 1t
ou. that the South's proportion OF the
liabilities represents twcnty-three per
cent. of the whole, or SlS, ooo,ooo
against s35, 100000 in 1891. "lt ap-
pears from this showing" comments the
Atlanta Constitution, "that the South
led the other sections in business re-
cuperation and prosperity. Economy
hard work and more intelligent sys'
tenn Of farming are the main causes Oh
this gratifying change, and II we SUCK
to these conditions we may confidently
expect still brighter results"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

adoption OF the fashion would not only be
the height OF fOollshnrss, but would
only serve to make the women
more determined than ever. II the
hoop skirt must come, NOR
sensible alternative would he the passage Of
law granting males the right of way In all
places, and making II a msdemeanor for
more than four females in crinoline TO tray
erse the streets abreast. l remember when
hoop skirts were first introduced In this
the difficulties experienced by the followers
OF the fashion. The more modern skirt, with
Its steel bands covered with textile fabric
was not known, but old hogshead hoops
wooden ones, OF c0urse-were utilized to ex-
pand the skirt, and later came strips OF rat
tan for this use, followed in a few years by
the steel skirt Only single hoop adorned
the female form at first aud 1t was not an
unusual sight To SET tnese wooden monstrosi-
ties of Dame Fashion rrotrudIng through
the dress or so broken and misshapen as to
present most inartistic If not a positively
slouchy appearance. But II was the fash
ion, and female then, as now, might rs
well be dead as to be out OF il.
Railroad Matters.
There have been so many rumors of inn
pOrtant railroad deals here Of late and so
many denials quickly following them, that
1t Is difficult TO get at the true state of affairs
That there is something going on between
the n. Y. & y. T.. and the Old Colony roads
is quite certain but Just what the nature Of
that something i 1t would be hard to tell.
, Some aver thai these two systems will ulti-
mately consolidate, but this is not altogether
certain, il at all probable. The Boston &
Maine Is gradually absorbing the smal er
railroads along its systcm, and the presence
! here OF President Mcleod and his recent ap-
! pointment OF an Ithaca coal dealer to a high
| position and salary makes the common horde
suspic Gus that the day OF great monopoiies
| here in New England is butt just beginning TO
dawn. One thing Is morally certain, and
that is, these great syndicates are only
hastening the day when government control
| OF railroads will become pubic necessity,
and already the stat" Of New York mas a bill
before its legislature looking to the regula.
ton Of the price Of coal within the limits of
the state as well as the charges for transpo7-
tation therein. The significance of the
Populist vote in the late national campaign
seems to be lost sight OF by the promoters Of
these great combines, but it is ominous
nevertheless, and | predict a triumphant as
sertion Of the principles OF that party in
1896 if the two great parties do not bestir
themselves and adopt measures to protect
people against the avarice OF monopolies.
OZSoIA.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
The Peculiar Death Of a Workman.

James Bordley, of Chester, lost his
life in strange manner at the Wellman
Iron and Steel Works. The company
has an appliance Tor loading coal into
cars through chutes. Borlley was on
top of a 40O.ton pile Of coal, and when
the chute was opened ne was sucked into
the chute and seventy tons Of coal COW
cred him over. Twenty men worked for
All hour to move the coal pile, but when
Bordley's body was recovered lite was
extinct Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
The Are OF Turtles.

The age of turtles, like the age OF
some excellent women, will never be
known. In many parts of the country
boys cut their initials on the shell of the
tortoise, with the date, and then watch
for them in later years. At Hstboro, in
Pennsy vania, one was found with l..
w., 1888, cut on the shell. Mr.. Lew
Walton, who cut the lettering, Is still
living, but the slow going turtle will
probably outdo him in the race Of life.
-Meehans's Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
A Rate War Threatened.

A passenger rate war among the Trans.
Missouri lines is regarded as almost newt
able unless something is speedily done to i'm
prove the situation in that territory. Al.
ready Colorado rates are badly demoralized.
One road is accused of selling tickets
from Pueblo to Chicago at s25, although the
tariff rate Is $1,000. and the charge Is made
that some Of the lines are paying as high as
st2 commissions on east-bound business to
Chicago Competitors OF the Union Pacific
accuse that road of cutting rates about fifty
per cent, and the Denver and Rio Grande
threatens to take radical action unless i'm.
mediate steps ore taken to check the de.
moralization.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

II you are at all timid in turning
into your berth in the sleeper, remember
that the confident statistician assures YOU
that the chances OF your being killed
is but one in 1898, 153. That deduc.
ton from the law of probability, to.
gether with little habtude aud some
fatigue, will send you to sleep.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

NEW YORK dealers recently bough ght
more than 2,OOO barrels Of KENTUCKY
whisky. Lest there be some mis-
understanding as to the use wnich
New York proposes to make OF TINS
Iiouor, the Press states that 1t IS in'
tended for medicinal purposes only
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

Japan has now a school system similar
to our own. Controlled by local au.
thorities are more than $4,000 schools,
of which $4,000 are elementary. Tho
teachers number nearly 1900 aud the
scholars 3,41O,OOO, or nearly half the
total population of school age. The to.
tai annual expenses of the system is
about 81, 7,OOo,0 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
PLEURO- PNEUMONIA IN CANADA.
Cattle from the Dominion TO be Held
in Quarantine Ninety DAYS,

1t having been officially declared by the
authorities OF Great Britain that cattle i'm
ported into England from the Dominion of
Canada have been affected with contagious
pleuro-pneumona and have communicated
the same TO British cattle. and that said dis
ease exists In the Dominion of Canada.
Secretary Rusk has issued an order that all
cattle to be imported from the Dominion Of
Canada into the United States must be held
In quarantine for period Of ninety days,
and must be entered at the port of Buffalo,
which Is designated as = quarantine station
SO much of the regulations OF the department
Of agriculture OF Oct. 10. 1890, as names
other ports Of entry along the Canadian bor-
der as quarantine stations for cattle, Is sus-
pended.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
BOSTON LETTER.
Subjects of Importance Under
Agitation at the Hub.

west End and the Common How
Some ''Bargain Sales" Conducted
A slippery Time-SeriOus and Fatal
Accidents Result-TheatTicalA Attrac-
uons-A Colored Orator for Boston
University - The CrinoIine Scare
Railroad Mnffars
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

California, so long noted among hunts.
men for its prodigious game, now has
very little left in that line for the gun.
pers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

Chicago IS Dragging about her mar.
riage record for the past year, which
reached the big figure of 1900 we'd
dings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
Essex County Herald.

There are two blind men from Cook
County in the Illinois Legislature.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

corporal Tanner saws that reducing
pension agents fees from $40 to So has
ruined the business.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

, 9is Hote! Is pleasantly located In one OF
ne most houflshing villages In Northern
w Hampshire, am brvirg been thor.
SGuEhly yeiurnished and reftted, offors great
i,11ducemera to Summer TouristA Tbs
nonse Ia fitted Throughout With sessu hsaA
VA all modarn ann valltsn~s@
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10
Essex County Herald.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-10

Just to what extent the fair sex expect to
spread themselves seems TO be a matter Of
dee concern to the lords of creation, and to
Judge by the great kick being made against
the innovation of the hoop skirt, one might
infer that the annexation Of Hawaii and
Canada would be an imperative necessity to
accommodate the additional circumference
It will demand. Even legislators have been
called upon to forbid its introduction, but
think the enactment Of a law prohibiting the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
HARRIS0N'S RETAINER.
II Is Reported That the Ex-president Has
Been offered \ Large Fee to Defend
the indianapolis Bank Cases.

lNDIANAPoLts. IND. Dee 2S-A re-
port comes from inside circles that a
heavy retainer has been offered to
ex-President Harrison to appear for
the defense in the trials 0f the wreck
ers of the Indianapolis National
Bank, which promises to be a canse
celebre to the financial world. The
The eX-Presideat was for years on
particulars close andintimate terms
with President Haughey and his
family, as woll as with Director L.
L. Pierce. who is amongst those in
dicted. but it il regarded as doubtful
whether the eN-President will accent
Il retainer in the case His practice
runs more to civil than to criminal
law business, but besides this the
strict ideas which he is known to en-
terrain regarding the standing. obi
cations and prerogatiyes OF an ex-
President may initiate against his
taking part even in behalf OF old
friends in what is literally govern
ment prosecution, and the result of
which may establish precedents for
future comptrolIers OF the currency.
and consequently by indireetion for
Il future President.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
WORK OF A BI RGLAR.
Birdie Peoples, coiored Individual. Rob.
bed ot Bed Clothing aud Wear
ing Apparel.

Last night after finishing her days
work Birdie Peoples, a negro woman.
went TO her home Just on this side OF
the lake on Pine street and found all
OF her bed clothing and wearing APP
parel gone. She had been robbed.
AS soon as she could reach the officers
she reported the robbery Inyesti=
cations We're made Immediately and
all OF the stolen articles were found
in the alley way in the rear OF Mr..
John Gillespie's residence, No ar
rests were made, Evidently the
party who did the work got scared
and left the goods as mentioned to
evade arrest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
MURDERED
eFuD TERMINATES IN BLOODY
MURDER.
.saheus Killed wallis stout Near
.ornersyille, Lincoln Coanty.

tinlars were received here to-
l. tbe first time OF homicide
stted last Thursday at Corners
lincoln county. when VIII
Ems killed Willis Stout.
blood has been brewing for
pr OF months and threats OF
had been made. When the
barties. both white men. met
Thursday i'll Gofnersville. they
led the quarrel and as a re-
stout knocked Stephens down
seYerely bruised him. When
Ems arose the third time he
/ Stout in the head with a
knife. which penetrated the
land from the effects OF the
h. Stout died almost in
Il The fight occurred at night
9TH men were duly sober. Ste
made bond. Attorney d. H.
on, Of this city. has been en-
to represent the defendant.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
Nioi,p.
G.R. BREcKINsiDG

The society event OF the season will
be the appearance Of the greatest OF
all successes, s.Niobe, ON Tuesday.
January >, at the opera house
Niobe is now III its fourth season in
this country and is under the same
management tMessrs. Abbott & Til
lotson) which gave Niobe life four
years ago. No play either ON the
farce or legitimate order has ever
made the success that Niobe has It
has been produced in all the leading
cities and last season was taken to
Portland. Oregon, San Francisco and
all the Western cities In each place
the verdict was the same Crowded
h )us al q the best OF satisfaction
Ni0be has proven Il mOney-maker
from it's first production, and with
the expense of the good actors and
actresses employed in its production
one can easily see that the receipts
must be large in order to meet the
great expense attached to it. Messrs
Abbott 4 Tillotson have always had
the best people in the profession aad
this season theeompany is by far the
best Niobe has ever had. Niobe will
return to New Ycrl in May, whef4,
Il long run has already been arranged
in one OF the leading theatres. Those
who have never seen Niobe should
not fail to attend the performance i'll
this city. as no double this will be
Niobe's last tour out OF the larger
cities
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
PARTICULARLY MORAL.
The Number OF the Christmas Arrests In
Industrial Centers UsasuaIly Small

LoNnoN. Dec. 23.-The records OF
the police courts of this and other
commercial and Industrial centers
show that the number OF arrests
during the Christmas holidays were
less in the aggregate than in any
similar period for twenty years.
This showing IS regarded as remark
able in view OF the fact that in times
OF depression the working classes as
an almost inYariable rule seek relief
from the cares of the present and
also seek hope for the future i'll the
flowing bowl.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
The Congressional Inspection of Lake
Michigan and the Mississippi Canal
Decidedly Uncertain.

emcAeo. Dec 2S-The Congress
sional inspection OF the Lake Mich
igan and Mississippi Canal. which is
to furnish ain outlet Tor the sewage
OF Chicago. which was to have taken
place today. has been indefinitely
postponed. The channel is now m4-
der construction between Toilet and
this city, total OF nearly forty
miles. and the estimated cost when
completed is in the neighbothood of
$50, 0O0, 900. One-seventh OF this sum
has already been expended.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28

brought to "a Confession,

For some time Mr.. Will Toney has
been missing sacks about his stables
on Pine street and Fourth avenue,
and on Yesterday he caught the
rogue i'll the act OF making way
With a number OF the sacks. The
negro confessed the theft but prom
ised Mr. Tony ii he would say moth
ing about ii he would replace all he
had stolen and never do the like
like again. Mr. Toney accepted the
proposition and VIII keep his eye on
the party hereafter
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-28
QUAINT AND FANTASTIC
Were the Costumes Worn at the san Last
Night.-A Social Event.

Last night the historic dead walked
and ate and danced Those famous
in song and story talked with each
other in a most weird and uncanny
fashion. 1t was a queer sight and
occurred at the hospitable home OF
Mr. and Mrs Murtaugh, on Sixth
avenue.
\ masked ball is above all things
delightful The feeling OF mystery
which peryades the scene. the mute
figures and the quaint costumes all
have a tendency toward making one
feel a sort OF awe mingled with
genuine fun. Tue host and hostess
understood the art OF entertaining
thoroughly. An evening with them
means an all round good time
The guests began to arrive about
8 o'clock and the strange things to
be seen would fill volumes. Well
known characters We're to be seen
hobnobbing with those whose stories
are yet to be told Peep-boo was
there and Pitt Sing and Yum Yum,
who. by the way, didn't seem the
least bit disconnected because Nanki
Poo WAS missing. And then there
was Little Lord Fauntleroy as large
as life telling his tale OF woe 10 one OF
those Little Girls in Blue In II far
corner was Maid Marian talking
nonehalantly to a brakeman. Robin
Hood evidently WASH in it with the
railroad man.
About 1870 supper was served.
Those before who had imagined that
the quaint figures were beings
ethereal Immediately realized that
they We're beings material. and it
took no Ouija board to settle that
fact either. At one end OF the table
Tombstone ate as il Audrey never
carried apples in her poke At the
other 0nd sat fine lady and her
nurse. The baby having discarded
its bottle was being fed on the more
substantial things by the charming
Annabel, who apparently gave no
thought to poor Alan Il Dale
After supper. the German was led
by the sweetest OF all babies. Gypsy
girls and the princesscs OF night and
creatures from every cline Joined in
the dance. At last to the unwilling.
ears of those present. came the plain
tive sound of Romeo's voice as he
said: Nights candles are burned
out and ieeund day stands tiptoe on
the misty mountain top Home,
Sweet Home was danced and it was
over. All went away feeling how
impossible it is to express the thanks
due Mr.. and Mrs. Murtaugh and
Miss Murtaugh for such Il delightful
evening.