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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
An Accident without Precedent.

A strange accident, and possibly
one without precedent, has occurred
at the electric works of the North OF
France Railway at Busigny. This i'm
portant junction, says the London
News Paris correspondent, has an
electric supply station for the purpose
OF lighting not only this part of the
line, but Cateau and other stations
some distance off. The other day,
about lighting time, the two posts of
Busigny and Cateau had exchanged
communications, and found everything
i'll order, when, just as the gene
rator was started, the driver was
startled by loud explosion. He cut
off the current, and in doing so no.
ticed that the safety resistance Of
lead had melted away from the sudden
heat. A cloud of smoke was issuing
from the transformer. He took off
the cover, and found the cause OF the
explosion that had shattered the ma
chine a mouse charred to cinder.
The intruder had gnawed through the
insulating cover, and found itself in
coils at high potential. 1t formed
what is called short circuit, current
of tremendous power passing through
its little body
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
THE LABOR WORLD.
The United states has g., 900 BARRIERS.

Tho United States has g.. 900 BARRIERS.
Brooklyn has III union cigar factories.
Great Britan has 50 900 textile workers
The International i&chinists Union has
been disbauded.
Reports agree that in Chicago there arc
5000 men unemployed.
According to good authorities, there are
now out of employment in New York City
no fewer than III, 600 skilled workmen.
Owing to the scarcity Of white labor in
Charleston, S. c., ooiored operatives are
employed in the knitting mills OF that city.
In 1895 in Great Britain thirty-,iyo per
cent. OF the strikes were Won by the men.
Building trades were involved in dfth OF
the strikes
About $1,000 have been turned in for label
circle checks TO the Brooklyn Consumers
Label League since that organization was
formed few months ago.
More than 10000 persons are engaged in
the manufacture OF explosives ia Eng and.
Last year forty persons in the business were
killed and l67 injured by accidents.
The Independent Shirt Ironers and Laun
dry Workers Union reports having secured
an increase in wages OF ten and fifteen per
cent. in number of shops in New York.
Labor saving machinery was recently in-
troduced at Limerick (Ireland} docks
Bishop O'Dwyer's appeal for the displaced
men secured gift of $250O from tha,iirm.
All the secret work OF the order of the
knights OF Labor has been practically
changed. There is a new secret sign, grin
and password to be given to the district and
local VSemOlieS.
English boot and shoe workers want a
minimum wage fixed for those between
eighteen and twenty years Of age. One ap-
prentice to every five employed is also de-
sired, instead OF one to three.
Baroness hirsch is said to have promised
S4OO,OOO for the purpose of founding a
pension fund Tor officials of the Oriental
Railways. The benefits are to be reap ID ey-
cluslvely by officials who have been in the
service before 1890 when the late Baron
Hlrsch ceased to be connected with those
railways.
Superintendent AsbelI is hiring all the
nice. good-looking widows he can get TO
manipulate the looms at the Jackson (Ga.
cotton factory, and if capable is giving them
preference over any other help in the various
departments There are now about ten
beautiful young widows occupying the fac-
tory dwellings, and nearly every dav wit
nesses an addition to the force
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
He ROnght the Hay.

The man who goes to al auction
sober is often tempted to purchase
things he does not want and cannot
afford to buy, but such temptation is
much stronger when it comes to one
who has been imblbing over-freeiy,
particularly If he is of speculative
nature. Yet there are a few who have
sufficient wit to get them out of difficult
ties of this character, even when their
brains are more or less beiuddled.
An amusing occurrence took place ut
an auction in one of the rural towns
of Pennsylvania, where house, barn,
and farm were offered for sale.
Farmers came from the surrounding
country with view of making day
of it, and some of them imbibed too
much corn juice in honor of the
occasion.
In the barn were stored between
twenty and thirty hundred-weight Of
hay-prime timothy-on which the
bidding started at four cents and
gradual y rose quarter of n cent ut II
time, until it neared the market value
of ID or 8 cents per pound.
The auctioneer was annoyed by the
reckless bidding of typical old hay
seed who was 50 drunk that he could
hard y stand. He was determined to
buy that hay, regardless of its cost,
and when the last sober bidder teebly
cried "eight cents he shouted "tenH
OF course nobody would go higher
than that, and the farmers chuckIed
to think how their neighbor was to be
taken in. "Do you mean to pay cash
for this hay?' asked the auctioneer,
who began to believe he had good
thing. 'Wall, reckon" replied the
lnebriated hayseed. 'And how many
hundred-weight are you going to
take?" Dunno as | keer about takin'
n hundred-weight, said the purchaser !;
''you might gimme bout one pound. |"
What the auctioneer said will long be
remembered by the farmers of Mont
gomery county. - Philadelphia Rec
ord
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
CLIPPINGS.

There is a clerk in Marne. France,
who has made seventeen unsuccessful
attempts 10 commit suicide.
Berlin, by the 1895 census, had
l,6l5, 5l7 inhabitants. Employed IN
the army OF civil service were 2,Sie
persons.
Many of the sugar estates in Barba-
does are still dependent on wind mills
for crushing power. but steam power
Is now being introduced in the larger
factories.
Many physicians in Russia only
charge fifteen cents for a consultation,
and although their number is small,
suicides are frequent among them, th,
cause being inability to make living.
An incident of the Russian Car,
visit to Paris attracted considerabl,
attention. On passing the Gambetta
statue he asked NJ. Faure whom II
represented, and on being told it Wa,
Gambetta he gave it the military
salute.
Algiers, according to the recent
census, has 90, ZOO inhabitants. o.
these 1000 are French by birth OF
naturalization, 5000 are jews, %, OOC
are Arabs or belong to other natiy,
races, $500 are Spaniards, 3, 500 Ital.
ians, !, 100 Maltese and 225 English
According to n statement recently
Issued by the department of agricul
ture, the total exports of the United
States during the last ten years wal
IS, 357, O77, GOA, and imports S7,656,.
l27, 7S4, or an average of foreign
trade Of more than 1900, 900, 600 1
year.
A bill is to be introduced into The
British parliament next session TO en-.
able the Board OF Trade or the admir-.
atty, conformity or separately, to build
or charter ships for the purpose Of
searching for derelicts, and when
found to either destroy them or tow
them into port.
An extensive gold-bearing quartz
reef has been found at Cape Broyle,
IN Newfoundland, forty miles south OF
1T. Johns. The analysis shows nearly
three ounces of gold to the ton OF
quartz and over one ounce of silver.
The discovery has caused excite,
ment III the colony.
The new Episcopal Cathedral of the
diocese of tennessee, at Memphis.
will cost SO, 600 and will be built OF
stone taken from the quarries OF the
State. The exterior will be of rough
hewn stones, and the interior will be
polished stone and marble. No plas.
ter will be used in the building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
A Youthful Queens Diversions.

Little queen Wilhelmina of Holland
has been amusing herself at AIX-les-
Baius. She rises at o'clock and at
once sits down to the piano, where she
ipractises for couple of hours. She
then does some painting. She is fond
of tue brush, and handles it well.
Rosa Bonheur is her favorite
model. Her lessons over, she runs
upstairs to her dressing-room, and
comes down again in a short
blue robe, brandishing an alpenstock.
Accompanied by an old valet she
scampers about the mountains till
luncheon time. In the afternoon the
little sovereign aud her mother make
long excursions in the suburbs, going
as far as the Grande- Chartreuse. A
little steamboat has been placed at
their disposal, and the other day
they made voyage to the abbey of
Hautecombe. The monks came out to
receive them, and showed them over
the picturesque monastery. New
York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
4 New Stone in .IeMeIry.

Within the past twenty years, a new
and very beautiful stone has been in
troduced in jewelry. 1t is the green
garnet, sometimes called the "Ura-
liam emerald, " being found in the Ural
Mountains. George f. Kunz, the gem
expert, says of it: 1T varies in color
from yellowish-gr green to an intense
emerald color, and has such power
of refracting light that it shows II dis
tinct fire like the diamond of zircon,
and in the evening has almost the ap-
pearance of a green diamond"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
Anliaue rnrnilnre a. Ma,h.ngloa.

some OF the old furniture IN use ~
the departments, and particularly IA
the older departments, would today,
If it could be sold, bring many times
what Il cost, remarked al expert on
antique furniture who had been
allowed 10 examine II. Il was much
surprised, be said, ''t0 find 20 much
old furniture m the State department.
There are tables and desks IN use
there which have been used almost
since the organization vi the govern
ment. The same Is the csse IA the
Treasury, War, and Navy depart
ments. In many of the rooms OF
the latter, there are q number Of
desks and tables that have been in
constant use for from sixty to seventy
five years, and they are as sound as
they were half century ago, barring
a few dents and scratches caused by
moving them about.
The Interior Department, Depart
ment OF Justice and Agricultural De-
partment are practically new institu-
tions as compared with the other de-
partments, but even they have some
line antiques. Originally the Depart
ment of Agriculture did its business
on one desk, with the aid of one
table. That department then con-
sisted of one man, and small
man at that. He had room in tue
basement OF the Patent Office build
ing. In few years three men were
employed, and next came Mr.. Joseph
Wilson, who was made chief of the
other three. Afterward he. was desig-
mated as commissioner OF agriculture,
and he had six clerks allowed him. Tue
force grew steadily untii before Mr..
Wilson passed away it had grown into
hundreds, and finally got so large that
n separate building had to be erected
for 1t. That original desk and chair
is still in daily use i'll the Department
of Agriculture. The bureau of educa-
ton, later on, did its business on one
desk with one chair. Washington
Star
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
NEWSY CLEANlNCS,
There are 10, 800 locomotives.
Australia has a Chinese paper.


Australia has Chinese paper.
China employs 1000, 600 teachers.
In Japan 1862 mills have machinery.
Germany has eighty cooking schools.
inc girls in Brooklyn's High Schools OUT
number the boys by more than two to one.
Fourteen churches in Michigan are to be
sold by the public authorities for non-pay-
ment of sewer taxes
German officer has been deputed by the
Emperor to go to Dongola and follow the
British military operations.
Passing beside stall liverymap of Hon.
klnsville, KY. lost a part of one ear which n
horse reached out and seized with its teeth
Hidden under corn husks at Dunlap. Iowa
watches enough to supply all his sons and
their girls were found by Il farmer shuckin'
corn.
The last report shows that the deposits in
the savings banks of New Hampshire have
shrunk Sl7OO0,OO0 during the last three
years.
Detected in clothing store at Frankfort
hy., burglar wound a coat about his head
and, jumping through plate-glass window,
escaped.
The Indiana Supreme Court has sustained
the will of John Heron. by which the In
d1anapolis Art Association receives nearly
5000, 600.
1t remained for Houston CTexas) young
woman to use Ratchet for q can opeper
and she lost four fingers of one hand in the
experiment.
The London Times, in an article review
ing the official returns, finds that the esti-
mated wheat crop of Great Britain is 90, 600
900 bushels above that of 1886
During the past two years 1909 criminal
actions were disposed of by the courts of
North Carolina. This is an increase of 2542
over the previous period of two years.
The new ferryboat J. G. Carlisle. which
nus peen built by the United States Govern
ineht at cost of $40, 900 for services on the
Terry between the barge office and Ellis ISL
anu' New York City, is ready for service.
from the Hawking County (Tennessee)
marble quarries an old colored man who
regularly hauls the output to Whitesburg,
Grew inc other day block weighing %, 200
pounds. He used twelve mule teams. The
block contained 40 feet. and his nav which
is by the foot amounted to $40,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
No Runaways in Russia.

Runaway horses are unknown in
Russia. No one there drives without
having thin cord with running
moose around the neck of the animal.
When the horse bolts the cord is
pulled and the horse stops as soon as
it feeles the pressure on its windpipe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

There Is more Catarrh In this section of ths
country than all other diseases put together,
ana until the last few years was supposed to he
nlCuIaole. FOR great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing TO
cure with local treatment, pronounced ii in
curahle. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore rso,,ires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by f. j. Cheney q Co, Toledo
ONO, IS the only constitutional cure on The mar.
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on The blood
and mucous surf aces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fans to
cure SEND Tor circulars and testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
sold by Druggists, .5c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

# you are doubtful as to the use of Dohbns'
ElectricSoap, and cannot accept the experience ct
millions who use it, after the g years it has been
VA the market one trial will convince you ASH
your grocer for it. Take no imitation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

Sylyanus Dodge Locke. who has Just died
at Hoosick Falls, \. Y, was the inventor Of
the first grain-hinding machine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

FITSstopped free and permanently cured. No
fits after first days use of DIR. KLIHE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. Free 81 trial bottleand treat
ise Send to DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthing, softeHs the gums. reduces infamma.
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

Globular lighting set fire to a
woman's dress near Angers,in France,
during recent storm, the burns
causing her death soon after.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
5IEgjIa!6s~
(1&S.g9
GIddness Comes

lhJith n better understanding Of III.
w transient nature OF the many pi,v..
zeal ills which vanish before ur6r.r =.
torts-gentle cfforts-plcasanf eHor,s-
rightly directed. There IS c1migrf 4,
the knowledge that so many forms ~
sickness are not due to any actual m,
ease, but simply To n constipated couss
ton of the system, which the p.la.sut
family laxative, Syrupof Fig uromBi.
" removes. That is WHY il j. the M,
remedy with millions OF families. ana
everywhere esteemed so highly DIV N
who value good health. Its beneGril
effects are due to the fact, that Il is tie
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitaiing H.
organs on which it acts. tits Therefore
all important, in order TO get It's bene.
fetal effects, TO note when you Dur.
chase, thatyo have the genuine article
which is manufactured by the Califorua
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health
and the system is regular, then Lara.
tives or other remedies are not needed
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended tothe most sIsiliul
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best. and VII
the well-informed everywhere, Sy-pdl
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
WORN OUT"
A COMMON EXPRESSION USED BY
AMERICAN WOMEN.
Many do not Realize the Full Significance
of Those Two Words.

When a woman is nervous and irri-
table, head and back ache, feels tired
all the time, loses sleep and appetite,
has pains in groins, bearing-down
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

| believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer Mrs.
ALLIE DOUGLASS, Leroy, Mich, Oct. -, ~.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

1t is better to remove than to hide complex.
ional blemishes. Use Glenn's sulphur Soap
Hills Hair &Whisker Dye, black or brown, soc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

The Bicycles are the ce ehrated Pierce Special,
1897 Pattern mf'd by Geo N, Pierce q Co., of Buff
falo, Boston and New Y ork. Fitted with Hartford
Tires, First Glass Nickle Lamp, New Departure
Bell, STANDARD CyclOmeter, and Hunt Lace Saddle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18

and irregulari-
ties, she is not
" worn out,
/ - but feels
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
Total given during I2mos. 1897, $40, 10000
The New England States.

- Pennsyiv ania, Delaware, NEnry.
land, West Virginia and Dis
frict of Columbia,
The advocate., 1896-10-14
FINDING THE-'ouEEN.
Description OF q Method which Has
Mover Resulted In Failure.

Description OF q Method which Has
Never Resulted In Failure.
1t used to be a great deal Of bother
for me, says E, Davenport, in American
Bee Journal, to find queens in populous
colonies sometimes, but it is not much
now, for I can find laying queen in
an eight or ten frame hive with four or
FIVE minutes work, no matter how pop
ulous the colony, or what kind of q
queen 1t Is; and although the method /
practice has been described before, per-
hsps It might be of interest to some be-
ginners for me to give itagain.
As remove the frames from the hives
I look them over for the queen, and if
she is not found readily (and with me it
ls seldom) the frames with the bees are
all placed in an empty hive close by, or
hung on low rack made for this pur-
pose. If there are many bees left in
the hive, they are shaken out in front;
an entrance guard is now placed at the
entrance and the bees on the frames are
shaken off in front Of the hive. AS the
bees on each comb are shaken off the
comb is placed back in the hive, and
when all are in the cover is put on, and
the next hive containing a queen to be
found is treated the same. If one has
number Of queens to find, by the time
the last hive has been gone over the
queens of the first hives treated can be
readily found in front of their hives
among the few bees that have not gone
in.
I have never as yet lost a queen by
this method, but will say for the bene-
At of beginners that this method should
not be practiced during the cool weather
in the spring or late in the fall after
queens have stopped laying.
The advocate., 1896-10-14

1t requires the strongest colonies TO
work for comb honey, and these must
be worked rapidly at the beginning Of
the flow.
Bees are much more liable to swarm
If cramped for room. Care in this re-
spect viii largely prevent unnecessary
swarming.
II Is best to construct the size Of the
hive to suit the size Of the colony. This
can readily be done by the use Of d.
vision boards.
A swarm of bees will seldom issue il
no queen cells are present. By remov-
ing them swarming will be prevented
until new cells are formed.
It Is a mistake to draw from strong
stocks in early spring to strengthen
weak ones. Better put two weak ones
together and allow good ones to remain.
An examination OF the hive should be
made and all unnecessary brood comb
be removed as an oversupply of worth
less drones is very Objectionable. Z
The advocate., 1896-10-14
SENT FREE.

Write for County Map Of the South to
either Of the above named gentlemen,
or TO p. SID JONES, Pass Agent, In charge
OF immigration, Birmingham, Ala.
The advocate., 1896-10-14
CUTTING 7IHE GORDIAN KNOT

BY GENERAL PERCY DANIELS,
Shows fully what the demand Of the
Kansas State government in 1893 for
Graduated Property Tax on the million
aires meant, and how it will call to the
aid Of the party indorsing it the support
necessary to enact and enforce it.
CONTENTS.
Chapter THE Midnight Message Of
Paul Revere.
Chapter II-Hew to the Line-Then
and Now (l856 and 1856.
Chapter III--The SunAower Tangls
and It's Critics.
Chapter IV-Ths Tangle Untanglsd.
Chapter V-The Grip Of a Great Cor
poratiOn.
Price, 25 cents; per dozen, 92.
Address PERCY DANIELS,
GirRrd, Kas.
The advocate., 1896-10-14
Uneuualed Service

Denver to Chicago, via Kansa, ity, Is
given via the Union Pacific and { ago &
Alton Railways.
Through Pullman SleeperS, Pul An Din
ing Cars and Free Reclining c ~ r Cars
leave Denver daily. The Union ..ciAc is
the great through car line Of the West.
Ask your nearest ticket agent for tickets
via this line. E. L. LoMAx,
Gen. Pass. and Tkt Agt.,
Omaha, Neb
The advocate., 1896-10-14
KITCHEN WATER WORKS.

shows how nature can be barnessed to
do this work. A pipe is laid from near
the bottom Of the well up to the FROST
line Of the ground, and down the slope
to the cellar of the house where it turns
upward to the kitchen sink. Where the
bend of the pipe is higher than the
kitchen sink all one needs to do is to
put faucet on the end of the pipe and
so draw water atwill. This principle of
syphoning water on the farm ought to
be moro often utilized.-Farm and
Home,
The advocate., 1896-10-14
GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
The Best Way to Get There iB Over the
Santa Fe Route.

Santa Re Route.
The fabulously rich gold mining dis,
trict Of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is at,
tracing hundreds Of people. Byspring
the rush bids fair to be enormous.
That there iS an abundance Of gold
there is demonstrated beyond doubt,
Fortunes are being rapidly made.
To reach Cripple Creek, take the
Santa Fe Route, the only standard
gauge line direct to the camp. Through
Pullman sleepers and chair cars. The
Santa Fe lands you right in the heart
Of Cripple Creek.
For routes, rates, sleeper reSerVs.
tiOns, etc., call at depot-foOt of Fifth
street, or Bell phone 682.
w. 9. GARvEY, Agent.
The advocate., 1896-10-14
THE FARM KITCHEN.

Et TS an Easy Task to Provide It with
Running Water.
Many country homes are situated up
on slopes, with the well on the higher
land above the house. But with such an
advantageous situation of the water
supply, there are few families that take
advantage Of natures willingness to
pump water into the kitchen sink for
them. The accompanying illustration
The advocate., 1896-10-14
Row 60 KIN Poultry Llcn.

If chickens trail their wings OF be-
come droopy, look for lice, dip your
fingers In kerosene oil and rub 1t on the
tops Of their heads. Tobacco leaves or
tobacco in most any form placed in the
bottom Of the nest Of sitting hen keeps
the lice away. A remedy for Ece-in-
tested henhouse is burning sulphur in it..
The house must be tight and all ven-
tiletors closed; then put pound Of sui.
phuH on some live Goals and close the
door tightly, and leave 1t closed for an
hour or more. Of course, yourself and
hens should be on the outside, In the
meanwhile.