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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Iife-Saying station.

After more than live years of nE ta-
tion on the part of the citizens and,
particularly the yachtmen of South
Boston and Dorrhester, h..".t"s
life-saving station has been estab Ished
in Dorchester bay in the nope OF de-
creasing the number of lives lost by
drowning in that harbor, as there
have been more than 80 since 1890
The floating hfe-saying station arrived
off City Point few days ago and
is now at the former shipvard of Har-
risoE, LOrlng n Sons, and there will
be fitted ont 10y the government with
boats, launches, stoves, bedding, fur
nture, chains, anchors aud the like.
Several weeks ago bids were called for
I the building OF the station, aud the
contract WAS finally awarded to firm
in Noank, Conn, and the finishing
touches were put on last week. 1t
was then towed to this city.
The station was built under specifi
cations furnished by superintendent
Kimball OF the L. S. 5. life saving
service, and the boat is now in charge
of lieutenant +. II. Newcomb, inspec-
/ tor of lfesaving stations for Maine,
/ New Hampshire aud Massachusetts,,
and under his direction tue captain of
the station will be appointed. The
! choice of a captain will be similar to
that always followed for life-saving
stations. The yachtsmen and others
/ of the territory where the station Is
to be located can pick out a man or
men as candidates for the position,
and after a thorough examination of
the several applicants Il choice will be
made by the board.
! The fortunate man then will have
the appointing of his crew of eight.
This seems TO be the proper way OF
choosing the crew. The government
feels that as the captain of the station
will be responsible for everything that
takes place he should have something
to say as to the appointment of his
crew. The life-saving station Is quite
a novelty in the lifesaving service,
for there is only one other structure
| ike III III use ANY "HCioj "ho 'h"' 40 %
the Missouri river. 1t is a boat ZOE
feet long, 33 feet broad and about II
feet from the upper deck to the keel,
but has no propelling power and will
be simply anchored at the most adj
vantageous point. There is an open
ing about 10 feet in width, extending
about third the length of the hull
and through the center from the stern,
and from this opening the llte-boats
will be launched when required.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
MARVEL OF ENGINEERING.
New Bridge over the East River,
New York, To BE a Colossus.


NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE new bridge,
| probably, will cost a triie less for actual
construction and "a will be shown. immense
/ ly less for operation hereafter than the old
! Brooklyn yet it will be five times as power
! ful. The towers will bee from 70 to y feet
| higher than those Of the old bridge. This
additional height allows the cables to take
more decided curve in their huge
loop across the river and thus sub
jects them to a strain, which. relatively
to the weight imposed, j. considerably less
than in the old structure. Yet. tall a. they
are, the towers Of the new bridge will be
very much lighter than those of its prede-
cessor. because. instead of being constructed
of solid masonry. they will he built up of
lattice work Of steel upon masonry foun-
aaton
The towers alone Of the old bridge weigh
Ten tunes as nurh a. the entire steel super
STRUCTURE. IN th' new span the weight OF
the towers ana NHlrTslfu'ture VIII be al-
ProNluiately ia" SANE. Improvements upon
tle present DflVSr nave hteh hampefea
lmmeh-Gl! bS thr Iart that It's approaches
ar all punt oi SOLID masonry deiylng
| chauRe. alteration ana improvement
as etiertveIy as they defy the
gnaWinS tooth OF time. In the new
ali Inc approaches as well as the
susp' MED structure Itself Will be OF steel,
ana suiheirht iand VIII be reserved on both
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
HE IS READY T0 GO.
Secretary Hoke Smith Tenders
His Resignation.
Letter in Presidents Hands at Gray
Gables.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug, 11-President
Cleveland now has in his possession the
resignation Of secretary Hoke Smith as a
member of the cabinet. At least that is the
statement made by close and intimate
friend Of secretary Smith today.
According to this friend, who is gentle
man Of character and tfustworthtness, the
resignation was forwarded to Gray Gables
on the same day that the Atlanta Journal,
secretary Smiths Newspaper, ANNOUNCED in
an editorial that it proposed to support the
Bryan and Sewall ticket, although 1t did not
like the platform adopted at Chicago. Sec
tary Smith told the president, so it is said,
that he had given Il pledge during the cam
paiGR IN Georgia that he would abide by the
action Of the Chicago convention. and that
he appreciated that the redemption Of that
pledge might be a source of embarrassment
to the president, and therefore he felt that
he could not do otherwise than to place his
portfolio at the disposition Of the president.
Secretary Smith is not i'll the city to confirm
or deny this story, but it is believed here to
be thoroughly correct. The question now
remains, what will the president do about it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

Long after meetings of protest were
permissible to women in England and
America, they were looked upon as
shocking and utterly forbidden in
Germany. Now we see over 1900 per-
sons, mostly women, gathered in Ber-
lin from among the most reputable
families, offering speeches and resolu-
tions in behalf of their economic in
dependence, demanding property
rights for women in their own names,
repudiating, root and branch, the bar
barrie old Roman code as no longer be-
longing to modern conditions, and de-
manding new womanhood generally.
The old school of conservatism still
smiles contemptuously at these dem
onstrations of women, but the names
of burgomasters, countesses, baron
esses and duchesses already appear on
the petitions, and by-and-by it will be
no laughable matter. Men slip the
fetters of civilizations of 1000 years
MOO. but leave women bound by them.
This will not be tolerated much long
or, however, even in conservative Ger
many.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Antiyivisection Society.

The New England AutiylyI,ection
society u Boston is very devoted To
its chosen field OF reform. There is
no lack Of defniteness or yigoriu their
doings. 1t declares that enormous
numbers OF animals, thousands every
day, are subjected to tortures riya,iug
those OF the iuqulsition; that not only
rabbits and gulne~ uige are used, but
CiUgs uuu nOrscs; that Ruespurttvs ntr
almost never used; and that valuable
discoveries are not made or sought.
Science wishes to see every portion
of the body in life, wishes to dis
cover how long the vital func-
tions can be continued under
the most abnormal conditions,
aud the like. Those defending viyi-
section are charged with suppress.ng
the facts, and individual cases are pre-
sented with an awkward amount of
evidence. 1t is alleged that the same
spirit OF reckless experiment is pcue-
tratiug our hospitals, and that the de.
sire for living men to operate upon is
a natural and inevitable result of the
principles of viviaection. The one
remedy is publicity. The best hos
pitfalls conduct no operations in secret.
Let the light be turned on everywhere;
let the facts be known, and all the
facts. Such horrors as are described
in certain publications would quickly
be made impossible by an aroused pub
lie sentiment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
ISLAND POND. VI, FRIDAY. AUGUST II. 1896.
West Indian Servants.

Every steamship ftom the West
Indies brings to Boston group of
negroes who have left the islands to
seek service here. The colony Of
West India negroes in this city now
numbers not far from 10, 600, and the
extent of the emigration is beginning
to be felt by the white residents of
the West Indies, who fear that "help"
will soon be getting scarce. House
hold servants in the West Indies are
Individually cheap, but it takes a
large staff OF servants to keep up an
establishment there. Wages is small
but the work appOriiOned among many
is light The tales Of to them fabu-
lous wages, and OF the delights of the
great city, sent to the West Indian
negroes by their friends in Boston are
the talk OF the aouse servants OF every
plantation, and unrest and the desire
to share the good fortunes of their
friends follow.
The West Indian emigrants find lit
tie difficulty in getting good places
here. Every West India negro, man
or woman, can cook" any one who
has lived in or visited the islands will
declare, and, as a rule, they make
more desirable servants than the aver
age of colored household helpers.
Those who are here are always ready
to help a new arrival to a place, and
their mistresses are usually able to
boast to other women of their help.
Household service on the islands,
where the family gets good deal
more of waiting upon than in "the
States" makes the West Indian who
is engaged as waitress and cup
stairs girl" revelation to Boston
family, and, as for the cooks, how
they can cook The cooks hand is
likely to be "a little too heavy" with
the pepper box, but the Ameri-
can palate soon takes kindly to the
highly seasoned dishes that she sends
to the table. Their soups and made
dishes" of meats and their ways OF
cooking rice and other vegetables are
worthy of imitation. One Of the
soups, in which pigeon peas, West
Indian variety, are used, is black and
unappetlZlng in appearance, but trial
of II explains why it holds high
place OF honor on the islands. The
West Indian cook is, moreover, eco
uOmical
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
BOSTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. I
Railroad Postomces.

In a short time each OF Boston'-
four big railway stations will have a
little pCstOffice in it. This arrange.
ment will be the first fruits of the
recent order Of the postutlice depart
ment forbiddIug employees from carry
ing letters or packages TINT properly
should be transported by mail. Super
intendent Ryan OF the Boston division
OF the railway mail service has Just
returned from Washington. where he
has been in consultation with second
assistant postmaster general Nelson,
and as result Mr.. Ryan will lose no
time in putting the plan into execu-
tion in Boston.
At each OF the Boston terminals the
railway mail service has tranfer
clerk, who, under the new arrange.
ment, will be authorized to receive
letters and news packages in pouch
made up along the line aud to dis
tribute them Il, the station to those
who may call for them within reus-
enable time. The letters may be adj
dressed simply, Scare Transfer Clerk"
with the name OF the station. On
trains that do not carry postal car
as the Bar Harbor express for instance,
messenger will be put, who will be
authorized to make up the mail of
this kind received along the line, and
cancel the stamps This new move
will therefore call for the employment
of a number of extra men in the New
England railway mail service.
News packages containing manu-
script for publication, without any
notes to the editor or other personal
communications enclosed, are expected
not to be included as liable to postage
under the new ruling, and railway
men can propablv continue to carry
them AS before. 1t is expected, how
ever, that as soon as the new service
gets into working shape the newspa-
pors and news associations will be so
well served that there will be no time
saved by having news packages car
ried by porters or others and delivered
by them. 1t will he necessary to
simply have a boy at the station, aud
when the through trains come in he
can get all the packages sent from the
various stations along the line in a
bunch. This will effect great saw
ing us it has been the custom to pay
% cents TO 81 cents for the trauspOr-
tation OF single news letter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
NEW PARTY FORMED
Sound Money Democrats Call a
National Convention.
Name of the Organization TO BE the
National Democratic Party.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug. 1.-THE pro-
yisiOnal national committee Of the sound
money democrats met here and issued a call
for national convention. 10 be held in this
city Sept. 2. 10 nominate candidates for pres
ideut aud yice-pre-idrnt Thirty-fOur states
We're represented Ia the conference. The
sentiment for "a third ticket was practically
unanimous.
II the earnestness Of the sound-muney
democrats throughout the country was
fairly expressed by the men who assem- bled
here today as the representatives Of that
sentiment, the movement Is destined
10 be important. General James
0. BrOadhead, Of Missouri. was invited
10 preside and the representatives
Of the different states We're asked to
express themselves. Colonel Crawford. Of
Texas, for whose particular benefit the meet
ing was called, failed TO appear. He mad
gone out on a trolley car to take a breath oi
country air and could not be found.
The Georgia representative agreed with
the sentiment Of the others and proclaimed
that 40. 900 votes would be cast in his state
for a -ound-muuey ticket General Tracey,
of Albany, the New York representative. and
g. ]. Peabody. his associate. did not speak.
General Tracey said he believed that many
thousand democrats i'm New York state
would support the s0uni-money ticket
rather than vote for Mckinley. Hecxpressed
much Interest in the gcure he received
after his arrival that the silver rraze is pass
ing over In the central West. II expected
it, he said, but fancird thas the mani
fcStaionS would become apparent later in
the campaign.
Thomas A.Wilsuu. the representative from
Michigan, mad" a speech. ia which he said
that the third ticket was a necessity in his
state and that large number vt democrats
would support 1t. Every repr sentative who
spoke expressed the belief that the third
ticket was nerr,s sity and that the influence
vt ibt- movement tu maintain the financial
standard would grow aS the campaign ad-
Ettu..l
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Goodness Accounted For.

Professor Edward 5. Morse, in an
interesting lecture upon ancient gla-
ciers, at birmingham, told his per-
spring hearers that once upon time
on that very spot, and all over New
England as far south as cape Cod,
there rested sheet of Ice 5000 to
1900 feet thick. The information
was received with delight, for it ma
terialIy cooled the heated air for the
moment, and enabled the audience to
enjoy the remainder of the discourse
without gasping for breath, 1t has
been suspected that Boston in former
times must have cut a good deal OF
ice, but to know there was 1000 feet
of it, accounts for many salient char
acteristics OF its present inhabitants.
People cannot get over such things
too easily.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

The 4OOth anniversary of the dis.
covery of the mainland of America by
John Cabot is TO be celebrated at Hall
fax, Nova Scotia, on the oath of June,
1897. The movement is under the
auspices of the Royal Society Of Can
ada, and has the active support of Mr.
Clements Markham, President of the
British Royal Geographical Society ;
Mr.. Justin Winsor, Librarian Of Har-
ward University, and other distin-
guished Americans.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Beacon Hill and Boston's Rights.

1t is good news that Boston is to
gain an additional representative to
the Legislature, as result Of her
growth as shown by the recent state
census. In recent years too many re-
publican legislators from the country
towns have come to Beacon Hill pos
sessed by one fixed idea. That
idea has been that they are the
predestined and foreordained rulers
of the chief city of the common
wealth, whose people ought by no
manuer Of means to be entrusted with
the privilege OF governing themselves.
One may well hope this tendency tow
ard rural domination over Boston is
on the wane. Nevertheless, every
accession to the ranks of Boston legis-
latore 10 to he rei~ieea e~~s. Our
citys rights cannot possibly have too
many defenders at the state house
next winter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Much Good should Result.

The formal organization OF the ad-
yisory board on public institutions,
and the appointment by mayor Quincy
of the various subcommittee out OF
the boards work, mean only one
thing-added efficiency in manage
ment all along the line. 1t is con-
ceded on all hands that mayor
Ouincy's idea of enlisting the support
Of Influential and practical organiza'
tions in the important cause of caring
for the citys wards is thoroughly ex-
cellent.
It means the adoption and carrying
opt of a business like as we'll as thor
oughly humane policy. 1t is a fur
:ther evidence of the mayors purpose
to bring the people of Boston-phil-
anthropists as we'll as merchants and
business men-in touch with the ad-
ministratiou of the city's affairs. There
is excellent reason to believe that the
'new regime in the management OF
,ur public institutions will bring
.bout excellent results alike for econ
,my and good.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Irish Land Bill Saved

LONDON England, Aug. 1.-THE Irish
sland bill is now safe, it is believed in we'll
Informed quarters, and the Irish landlords
opposition to mas thraot eeeh h,& broken i Ihis
bury privately conveyed that if the govern
ment should be defeated again on an i'm
portant point it would be necessary for him
to seriously consider his position.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Banknote Circulation.

WASHINGTON,D ID. Aug. 11--The past week
has shown an increase of about IL 600, 900 in
the outstanding banknOte circulation. The
issues of the week were 81, SAT ,230, while the
notes redeemed and destroyed were 1858.
los. This is contrary to the course of events
during June and July, and is probably due
to the demand for currency TO move the
crops. The total banknote circulation now
stands at 1926, ,S44 SIT, as against a circula-
tion of 1925, ,942, ,455 on July 81
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

MANCHESTER, n. H., Aug. Thames
earns Of Lawrence, mason, who has been
employed on the new bridge in this city, was
drowned this afternoon while attempting tc
swim across the Merrimac river Cairns
had been drinking and an attempt was made
by his companions to prevent him from try
ing to swim across. but to no avail. When
about midway across he went down, rose
once and sank to his death.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
SUNS AWFUL WORK.
Scores of Persons Stricken Down
By the Heat.
New York Leads in List of Fatalities
With 23 Deaths.

NEW YORK, August 9 - The deadly
lauces Of the sun laid low a multitude in
this city and around New York today 1t
was the fourth day of the very hot spell,
which may not leave US for day or so.
There We're % deaths in this city and So
prostrations. In Brooklyn II were killed
and q prostrated. In Jersey City and other
places just across the North river one died
aud nine were knocked out. a total Of So
prostrations for the metropolitan district.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Old silver Mine Re.opened.

RICHMOND, Ky, Aug. 11-What is be-
leved to be the celebrated Swift silver mine
has been discovered on Roundstone Greek,
miles south of here, in Rock
Castle County. The ore is combined with
lead and smelt at 500 ton. Down several
feet below the top ledge were found crucibles
and other implements. which leads to the
belief that the mine has been worked in past
s,,e----r oII .v7rIents say the IucattUn tafIi0s
with the description left in Swift's chart.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
IS Deaths at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Nd, Aug. 9-Today was
really the worst Of the heated term. There
were Is deaths from the heat reported at ten
o clock tonight and a large number of pros
trations. Had it not been a day Of rest the
mortality would have been terrible AT eight
o'clock this morning the mercury passed the
50 mark. at nine it had reached 81, at noon
~. ar one 80, at Ave o'clock 80. at eight
O'Clock 81. The humidity ranged between
- and g
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

General Miles, having recently
made an exhaustive inspection of the
posts of the New England states and
New York, has written letter to the
war department urging that quarters
be built at n number of points for the
accommodation of batteries of artil-'
lerv. General Miles tells me
that he expects a number of guns
to be mounted on this coast by
December. and for their care and
preservation men should be stationed
nearby,
BEN MARCATo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
VERMONT CONVENTION
Will he Held at Bellows Falls Aug
ust 1s, and Bynum is Expected.
RRATTg4t R lgt nABS II The hf gGG 82}e&28 8e&8

BRATTaEF96BB90 a III nABs 81 The gpfd 82}g&2S 8g&S
Gratis of Vermont was issued here.
The sound money democrats of Vermont,
who adhere to the historic principles of the
party eXemplifled by Jefferson, jackson,
Tilden and Cleveland, rather than
the populistic, socialistic combination
exemplitied by the Chicago plat
form and its reputation Of demo-
cratic administration, are invited to meet in
mass convention at the Opera hall, Bellows
Falls, Aug. IS, at 1880 a. M, for the pur-
pose of electing eight delegates to represent
the state at the national democratic cOnyen-
tion, to be held at indianapolis, Sept. 2, and
also to nominate four presidential electors in
support of the ticket nominated there.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
phtIndeInhin's Mortality.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. with each
DAYS continuance of the terrible heat
the mortality has increased until -
deaths were reported by the police. The
mercury reached a maximum Of 96.2 percent
the highest point touched this summer Be
sides the deaths there We're half hundred
heat cases taken to the hospitals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Hottest Yet in Waterbury, ct,

WATERBURY. Ct, Aug 9-This was the
hottest day Of the season. The thermometer
registered l0l in the shade at three o'clock.
At p. m. the mercury stood at 81. Infant
mortality has been very great.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

A community in which the working
people are in the majority seldom
selects workingman to fill a political
position, says the Cincinnati CONNER.
ciaI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Great Falls Mfg Co. shuts Dow,

DOVER, N. H., Aug. IL Agent Plummer
of Great Falls manufacturing company to-
day stated that mill / would shut down at
once and mills and next Saturday for an
indefinite period. The reason given for the
shutdown is the overcrowded condition of
the cloth market, The corporation employs
1,500 hands.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Engiishmen Buy Mexican Mines.

HERMOSILLO, Mex, Aug. 1.-THE Anna
rails and Grand Central mines. two of the
largest of the NIinas Prietas company, have
been sold to an English syndicate for 81 ,O00,
600 in gold. Negotiations are also pending
for the sale of the still larger Creston and
La Colorado mines of the same group.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14
Railroad Property Sold For Taxes.

EDGARTOWN, Mass, Aug ia portion
of the Marthas Vineyard railroad company's
property lying in the town of Edgartown
was bid in by that town at tax collectors
sale for 1924. Trains will run upon the
Marthas Vineyard railroad as usual under
the new management.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

A large section of railroad track and
fow cars of the Northern Pacific
railroad disappeared in lake in Min
nasota through the opportune assist
ance of heavy storm, This method
Of watering the stock can hardly be
considered profitable. ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-14

Whether any particular day shall
bring to you more of happiness or suf'
fering is largely beyond your power 70
Determine. Whether each day OF your
life shall give happiness or suffering
rests with yOuEsalt WIZ