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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
New Use fox Ear Muffs.
From the New York Sun.

II sold a man a pair of ear muffs the
other day." said a furnishing goods sales
man to a customer who was asking him
some questions about the business 1--WE
sell more less goods out of season the
year round to people who are going to
strange places, but that was the first pair
OF ear muffs ever sold in summer and
asked this gentleman, incidentally, if he
was going to Greenland, and he said no, he
was going to pad EN- and wear 'em at
home when the children were playing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
Success.
From the New York Sun,

From the New York Sun,
I'VE are apt many Of us, to think" said
Mr.. Gratebar, that we could do better II
we had better chance or could get start
ed In some new field, but the fact is that
the man who is likely to succeed at all is
pretty sure to succeed wherever he may be-
Success is a crop that depends for its re-
than upon the manner of cultivation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
A Measuring Party.
From the New York PostA

From the New York FostH
A May day measuring party is new en-
terprise planned by q mission band to Sc
cure the meanss.to carry on its work. A
room is made as pretty as possible by
means of hangings, lights. flowers and
plants which should all be in one color.
A, either red or pink lights up better than
most other colors, one of these may be
chosen and the color used for lamp shades
and all the little silk bags which are sent
out with the invitations If red is chosen,
the invitations are printed in red ink and
the bags made of red silk; Each guest IS
Ave cents for every foot of his height and
one cent for every additional inch. If any
one chooses, he may place a much higher
value on his feet and inches. The bazaar
part of the affair consists Of booths for
the sale Of measures Of all kinds. Tape
measures, yard sticks, clocks, thermome-
tiers, cyclometers, baron ters and quart,
pint and gill measuring cooking cups,
household scales etc. Such party has no
logical relation to May that know of, but
can as suitably be given In any other
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
Spread of the Idea.

Illinois was the first to take up the
idea, after New York, and from a gather
ing of 4 few thousand in 1891, the 14th of
June is now state holiday. and in every
city in the state the schools have their
patriotic exercises. In Chicago the parks
last year were inadequate to bold the
vast crowds that swarmed there, the man.
red, white and blue being marked for ieers
and uncomplimentary comment The reports
that we're sent in to the national commit
tee on patriotic teaching, which Is a com
that at the very least calculation a million
and half Of school children Throughout
the whole United States, to say nothing
Of the adults engaged, observed Flag
monies.
The Balch salute Is not the only one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

Then the managers try to work upon
each other, and the principals deal with
the managers, and in the end few men
only have to come to an agreement to set
tie the whole thing. Meanwhile the bands
play on and the din is kept up. While A.
and B. nre each trying to convince the
other in private" conference that the
thing is settled and the other had better
get on to the band wagon, a throng Of
AS men will be shouting near by to i'm
press E., and a procession CT BIS men will
be marching around the corridors with din
of music and shouts intended to impress
A. Both A. and B. understand each other
and are not impressed. So the game goes
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
SalutIng the Flag.

Secretary of War Lamont has made
no more popular innovation during
his incumbency of the war portfolio
than his new regulation concerning
the lowering of the National colors on
military posts at sunset. The flag Is
no longer unceremoniously pulled
down Immediately after the firing OF
the sunset gun, but its descent Is
marked with dignity and decorum be-
coming the country's ensign.
Under the new rules the usual re-
treat call is sounded, after which the
gun is fired. Then the band plays the
'Star.Spangled Banner" The flag is
lowered slowly and must not touch the
ground until the last chord of the Ma
tional anthem has been sounded. To
make the scene more impressive every
one within hearing distance stands
while the band is playing and the men
dof' their caps.
at is a most impressive sight, said
Congressman George b. Mcclellan,
who was a member of the Board of
Visitors to West Point, "to witness
the lowering of the flag under Secre-
tary Lannon'S order. 1t is not only
impressive, but it teaches every one
to have proper respect for the Ma
tional colors Men, women and chill
dren seem to draw inspiration FROM
the scene.
"While at West Point saw crowds
OF young fellows from the city, gay,
thoughtless fellows, lift their hats,
stand in reverential attitude until the
colors fell. 1t was because they saw
what respect the military had for the
flag. 1t is too bad we cannot have
such scene enacted nightly on every
street in all our large cities. New
York Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Albany's Mayor Named for Govern
or by Large Majority.

BUFFALO, \. Y, Sept. % On the first
and only ballot taken in convention John
Boyd Thatcher received 1888 votes. Sulzrr 90
and Porter 20. This illustrates the harmony
Of the democratic state convention. 1t was
an enthusiastic convention. and the pupu-
laritv Of Bryan and Sewall and the Chicago
platform was unquestioned.
The significant features Of proceedings
are
First The complete defeat Of William
Sulzer. and the anti-Hil delegates.
Second The public demonstration made
by county clerk Henry ID. Parruy against
the domination of the old leaders of the
state organization.
For governor-John b. Thatcher Of Al
bany.
For ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS F. POr-
ter, of Watertown.
For associate justice of the court Of APP
peals Robert c. Titus, of Buffalo.
Platform Unqualified Endorsement OF
Bryan and Sewal and the Chicago plat
form; denunciation OF the Raines law: ar
raignment Of governor Morton admiuistra-
legislatures; denuncialiou ufsupcrintendeut
Of public works Aldrdge for his
extravaganza; demand for home
rule for municipalities; protest
against the violations 10y repub-
publican officials Of the law which guaran-
tees preference in the public service of hon
oraby discharged soldiers a recommended
ton for the building and maintenance OF
good roads throughout the state a recon-
mendation for the modification and revision
OF the employers liability and aut-ron-
spiracy laws as will secure Justice to en-.
ployes and employers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
South Afrlca'S Butter.

The butter used in South Africa
mostly comes from Australia, and the
expense of refrigerating it during
long voyage has made its cost to the
consumer fancy price.
The dairymen of the United States
have never attempted to enter the
South African field, on account of the
distance and the cost Of keeping the
product in condition. There is no
reason, in view of recent successful
methods of packing without ice, why
Dom Paul, Cecil Rhodes or the King
of Matabeleland should not have their
pure Orange County creamery butter.
The plan is to pack the butter in
boxes made of six sheets OF ordinary
glass, the edge being covered with
gummed paper. The glass box is en-
veloped in layer OF plaster of paris,
one-fourth OF an inch thick.
The plaster is a bad conductor of
heat, and the temperature of the her.
medically sealed contents of the box
remains consistent, being unaffected
by extreme changes of temperature.
The cost of packing is about two
cents per pound. The cases are made
large enough to carry 200 pounds, but
forty pound cases are the most in use.
Butter packed in this way has been
carried from Melbourne acr oss the
sea to South Africa, and when opened
at Kimberley, 700 miles from Cape
Town, was found to be as sound as
when it left the factory weeks before.
New York Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
Facts About Human Lille,

There are 1864 languages in the
world, and its inhabitants profess
more than 1000 religions. The mum.
Der of men is about equal to the num-
Der of women. The average of life is
about thirty.three years. To 1000
persons only one reaches 100 years of
life; to every 100 six reach the age of
sixty-fve, and not more than one in
600 lives to eighty years There are
on the earth 1000, 600, 900 inhabitants.
OF these 33,O33, O33 die every year,
1884 every day, $3.50 every hour,
sixty every minute or one every sec.
ond. The married are longer lived
than the single, and above all those
who observe sober and industrious
conduct. Tall men live longer than
short ones. Women have more chances
of life in their favor previous to fifty
years of age than men have, but fewer
afterward. The number of marriages
is in the proportion of seventy-tive to
1000 individuals. Those born in the
spring are generally of more robust
constitution than others. Births are
more frequent by night than by day !;
also deaths. The number of men cap
able of bearing arms is calculated at
one-fourth Of the population.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25

"Well, - said the keeper of the in
telligence office, there You are again,
Miss-Nl,s----
Miss Tecumseh. "
Thanks, awfullv. l thought l
found a place all right for you at a
summer resort?"
Yes, you did-in a horn. Sent
me up to retreat where there wasn't
a girl or young man in sight. How
did YOU expect was to make any tips?"
Explain.
"Why, | cant live by wages alone
hone of MS girls can. We get tips
from the young men to tell the girls
how nice lhey are, and we have TO tell
as many as "a dozen different girls that
one certain Young nun is in love with
one particular girl-that's the one
that's listening to us right then, and
guess it's wearing to have all that re-
sponsibility.
"And the girls what do they tip
You for?"
"lo tell what sweet tempers they
have, and how easy to please, and a lot
more tatiy."
well, Miss Tecumseh, III put You
on my diplomatic corps, There's a
place waiting for you up the river
just opened, fourteen girls and one
young man. lou can go on the next
train.
Fourteen girls said Miss Tecum-
sch, rs she hustled for the train.
"Nhew The air is full OF tips. -
Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
The First Nel0cipcdP

Certainly no one in our present
year of grace sees anything wonderful.
says the Paris Herald. in self-propul-
sion on two wheels with both feet of
the ground; yet when the matter Is
considered attentively it forces the
admission that the man who first con-
ceived and carried into practice SO
bold an action must have been both a
wonderful and daring man.
Long speculation ms to the identity
OF this individual has resulted in the
discovery that he was Il Scotch black
smith named Mcmillan, who, in 1910,
appeared before the nstonished ewes
of Glasgow on "velocipede, formed
on two wheels in line, two pedals and
two handles, having ridden the seven.
ty miles from keir, Dumfriesshire. As
IN the case of many another innovator.
the authorities treated Mcmillan as
dangerous lunatic. He was locked M
III jail and released only on the prom
lse that che would not do SO any
more"
The Mcmillan of today seeking 10
move with both feet off the ground is
the flying machine man. Fifty years
may do for him what they have done
IN the case of the cycle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
GONE MANY DAYS.
Il. ID. Blackwell of Montpelier, VT,
Was Last Seen in Boston.


MONTPELIER, Vt. Sept. Montpelier
has been profoundly stirred by the knowl-
edge which was made public that i. D..
Blackwell, secretary and treasurer of the
Consolidated lighting company; is missing.
Mr.. Blackwell went to Boston Tuesday,
Sept. s, expecting to return the following
Saturday. He registered at the Adams
house, and Wednesday evening he attended
the theatre with L. r. Houghton, his nephew.
During Wednesday afternoon Mr. Black
well purchased some goods which he sent
by express to his wife, and also some
small articles for members Of his family,
which We're found in his vaise.
Mr., Houghton left Mr.. Blackwell late
Wednesday evening near the Adams house
entrance, and since that time the most per-
sistent search has failed to produce any
trace of him. His grip was left in one room
at the Adams house, and no one around that
hotel recalls seeing him later than Wednes-
DAY afternoon, Sept $.
Mr.. Blackwell has large business interests
here and has been i'll of late, because Of
overwork. He has for some time been under
treatment, and when he left here he was
feeling better than he had for many months.
The search for Mr.. Blackwell is still be-
ing vigorously continued by his relatives,
ana cablegrams have been sent to ports
where outgoing steamers from Boston near
the day he disappeared will touch the first
OF TINS week. The fact of his disappear
ance has been kept secret here for 10 days.
Mr.. Blackwell Is Il vestryman OF Christ
Episcopal church and member of Mt. Zion
commandery, Knights Templars. His wife
and aged mother are nearly distracted with
anxiety and grief
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
WISE WORDS.

That man is dying whose life is not
greater TODAY than 1t was yesterday.
No man can be a leader who has not
the courage 20 sometimes stand alone.
Doing gool will be found more
profitable in the end than digging
gold.
No matter what kind Of house
truth lives in, II is always bnilt on the
rock.
A stingy man can get religion, but
he can't grow in grace and stay that
way.
The man who has never been
ashamed Of himself, is still a stranger
TO himself.
No man can tell what man will do
in horse trade by the noise be makes
in church.
II putting on plug hat could add
a cubit to the stature, the world would
De full Of giants.
When father gives his son
good advice, he is sometimes more his
friend than when he gives him money.
Whoever tells usof our danger IS our
friend, no matter whether We believe
what he says or not.-Ram's Horn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25

b given us. We shall b invited a 81 IN
the palace % the King. and AZ the table; AMI
while the Lord ~ heaven l. arpnFtinning
from His own table a. the other tables H.
VIII not forget US aud thea aud there u will
b. found that our B-niamln's mess L. larger
than all the Others. Tor 90 i ought O. be.
worthy = the Lamb that was slain. 20 ~
eelFe blessing ani riches and honor ans
glory and power"
I want 10 make three noints Fva-r frank
and common sense man will acknowledge
himself 10 be a sinner. What are Won going
10 do with vOur sins2 Have them parl0nei.
YOU saw. How Through the mercy % Col.
What do Won mean by the mercy OF G1i2
Is II the letting down % bar for the al.
mission OF all. without respeer 10 charact.rY
Be not deceivel2 l sea a soul coming no 10
the gate o: mercy and knocking at the corn
crib Of heavenly supply; AMI a voice from
within saws: care you alone?" The sinner
replies, Gan alone" The voice from
ing face unless YOUR divine Brother. the
Lord Jesus. be with YOU" Oh, that 4 the
point at which So many ara discounted.
There is no mercy from Goa except through
Jesus Christ. Coming with Him. we are ac-
eepted. Coming without Him. wa ara re-
iecled. Peter put Il right in his great ser.
mon before tue high priests, when he thun-
dered forth Neither is there salvation in
any other. There Is no other name given
under heaven among men whereby we NAV
be saved" Oh, anxious sinner Oh, dyiny
sinner! oh, lost sinner! all YOU have got To
do is to have this divine Benjamin along
with you. Side by side. coming to the gaze,
all the store-houses OF heaven will swing
open before your anxious soul.
Am l right in calling Jesus Benjamin? o,
yes. Rachel lived only long enough 10 give
a name to that child, and with dying kiss
she called him Benoni. AiterwRrd Jacob
changed his nam :. and he called him Ben
iamin. The meaning OF the name she gave
was, "Son OF my Pain" The meaning OF
the name the father gave was. "SOn of my
Right Hand" AMI was not Christ the Son
of pain2 All the sorrows Of Rachel in that
hour when she gave her child over into the
hands Of strangers, was as nothing compared
His only Son. And was not Christ appro-
priately called "Son Of the Right Handy
Did not Stephen look into heaven and see
Hin standing at the right hand Of God2 And
does not Paul speak OF Him as standing Mt
the right hand OF God making intercesslOn
for us2 o. Benjamin-Jesus, Son Of pangl
Son Of Victory! The deepest emotions OF our
souls ought to be stirred ut the sound OF that
nomenclature, In your prayers plead His
tears, His sutferings. His sorrows, and His
death. II you refuse TO do It, all the corn
cribs and the palaces of heaven will he
bolted and barred against your soul. aud
voice from the throne shall stun you with the
announcement, "You shall not sea Ny face
except your brother be with you"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
story of a Ballet.

\ story OF how forgotten shot came
back to "a hunter was related recently
by one sportsman to another on train
bound uorthward To the Adirondack
mountains. Four years ago a New
Yorker took down his small-caliber
rifle from the rack on which it bad
hung ever since the previous fall,
cleaned il aud next day took it on
deer hunt TO the Moose river regions
of the Adirondacks. He got to camp,
and the next day took his stand at the
natural dam runway. A deer came IN,
small buck, and two shots were fired
at 1t, one of which drew little blood.
The trail was lost, and the deer for
gotten in the success that attended
the next days hunt.
Last spring the sportsman was talk
ing with woodsmau about hunting
experiences, and the woodsman showed
him a bullet battered by the force of
its impact. In the head of the bullet
was the mark of a knife blade. In
spite of its battered condition, the
New Yorker identified il as the one he
had fired at the small buck four years
before, for he had cut crease into
the bullets fiat point to make it
spread we'll should it hit a deer.
The woodsman told how he found
the bullet two years ago in the spring.
1t was lying on a fiat rock a mile from
the natural dam, as if some one had
laid it there. 1t was evident that the
wounded deer had fed and died back
in the woods. Its carcass had been
torn by wood creatures, its bones
grawed by mice, and the bullet had
fallen on the rock, borne there by
some fox, perhaps, since it was a good
table. The New Yorker bought the
bullet for 81, and it now hangs on the
rifle that fired it. New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
Fresh Water Eels in salt Water

Up to recently the general opinion
OF naturalists was that even fresh
water cells would only spawn in salt
water. An experiment was made four.
teen years ago of putting cells into
three little Alpine lakes without out.
lets. In two of the lakes the cells died
out, but in the Cauma See they have
dourished, although no additions have
been made since 1887, some of them
being four and half feet long. The
original cells must be nine years old at
least, but as there are many young
eels OF both sexes, the cells must have
multiplied in the lake itself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
New YOrk'S Bread Bill.

New York has population of some
1000, 600 people. Allowing five per-
sons to each family, there are in New
York 400, 900 families. Each family
eats on an average of one loaf of bread
every day. If each loaf costs five
cents, the total cost of all the bread
eaten in this city in one day is $50, =
900. New York Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25

There Is more CAtarrh IN this section OF n.
country than all other diseases put iogetlsT,
ana until the last few years was supp. sd 10 t4
incuTable. For great m1uy Years doctor.
pronounced IL a local disease and prs-Cr!bsI
local remedies, aud by constantly failing 10
cure with local treatment. pronounced il IN.
durable. Science has proven Catarrh 10 he A
constitutional disease aud therefore rrgHir.s
constitutional treatment. Hall. Catarrt irrr.
manufactured by +. j. Cheney d Co., lo.eia
Ohio, il the only cOnstitu tional cure on th- mar
ket. II IS taken in ternally ia doses from lUdrrs
to a teaspOOnful. 1t acts directly on the baII
and mucous surf aces OF the s. stem. They g4e-
one hundred dollars for any case II fails Ia
cure. Send for circulars and test mun.s.s
Address +. J. CHEEEY d Co., Toledo, o,
Sold by Druggists, 55c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
Victim of Old Blue laws.

SEA ISLE CITY, N. j., Sept. 17-Freder-
lek Herder, residing in the Jewish settlement
OF Carmel, and who has small farm, was
arrested for selling watermelons on Sunday.
me old blue laws were invoked by Henry
Miller, the complainant against Herder
Judge Williams fined Herder $40 and costs
Tor getting rid of his farm produce on the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
Explained,

Ned-Why, 1 never saw a lovelier
girl than Miss Atherton, and she
seems to be very fond of you. What
do you mean by saying that there are
weighty objections to your marriage?
Jack-Have you ever seen her
father?
Ned-Why, no.
blackwell, he weighs 240 pounds.
-Somerville journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
An UnDrOiitable Sniff.

Lord Gerard has settled for SIS, 900
suit which he has been fighting for
nine years against the London and
Northwestern Railway Company about
some land of his that was tax en- and
for which he asked $1,000, 900. Hi
costs are probably $50, 900,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25

Mrs. S. D. Buckner, wife of the gold demo-
cratic nominee for vice president. is the Sec
ond wife of the old Kentucky veteran. She
was Virginia belle. Miss Della Claiborne.
of colonial ancestry and a granddaughter of
Maria cambridge Baasett. sister of Martha
Washington. She is woman famed for her
traits of rare excellence and shares with her
husband his reputation for hospitality and
brilliancy. She is a vivacious, unassuming
and a most lovable woman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
Gludness Comes

WITH better understanding Of the
w transient nature of the many phys.
zeal ills which vanish before proper ef.
tcrts-gentle efEprts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
slekHess are not due to any actual dis.
ease, but simply to q constipated condi.
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs. prompt.
~ removes. That is why it IS the only
remedy with millions OF families. aniis
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. It's beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. Its therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur.
chase, thatyou have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep.
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laXa'
tives or other remedies are not needed.
1T afflicted with any actual disease. one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere Syrupof
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used land gives most general satisfaction.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-25
Sister of Ben Butler Dying.

g. EXETER, N, H., Sept 22-Mrs Betsey NJ.
stevens, only sister of the late general But
Ter, is critically ill at her home in Noting
nam She is in her sixty-nineth year
and until recently has retained remark
able health and yigor.