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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

A tame wildcat from the northern
Minnesota woods has been sent 10
Mr.. Maihison of Randolph street The
cat. which is as large as a good-slzed
bulldog. aud. according 10 the claims
Of It's proud owner, could whip an
even dozen uf those iron-lawed beasts
in AS many minutes, is as docile as Il
little kitten.
The thing vas captured, when so
small its ewes had hardly opened, 10y
Trapper James Wilson, whose log cab
in is situated in the wilds of the Min
nesota woods surrounding Sturgeon
lake. and he trained il for thirteen
months. feeding it ON cooked beef,
milk aud bread, and today, in its new
Chicago home, il plays about the Of
ice in amusing geatleness, stands
grayely in the window gazing with
wondering ewes out upon the street,
with its multitude of horses and wag-
ous. or starts in its brisker moods on
a wild career of leaping about the Of
flee. A Jump Of seven-foot partition
is not quite the limit of its eudeavors,
and a spring of ten or eleven feet from
the top of desk to distant stack of
boxes, landing without causing the
pile to topple over, is one of its feats.
Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Double trees are worshiped in In
dia as divine. OF these curious freaks
which are two usually of differ
ent species-that have became ac-
cidentally united, NJ. Hector Leveille
mentions four examples now to be
seen. In each case one of the trees
forming the union is a fig, the ad-
ventive roots let down by this tree
from its branches seeming to play an
important part in causing the plants
to become joined. In the principal
street of Vellore Melia Azadiraohta
is completely surrounded by Ficus
religiosa, attracting much venerative
attention; at Courtallum a Borassus
iabbeliformis is entirely imprisoned
by a Ficus Bengalensis; in tie colonial
garden of Pondicherry Ficus Ben
galensis letting fall its roots-destined
to be transformed into trunks-from
the top of palm tree, the Caroyta
ureus, gives an exact idea of the pro-
cess of growing together, and at
Colombo Borassus is closely held at
its base in a Ficus. The effect of q
palm surrounded by fig and APP
parently growing from it is very
singular.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
Quantity of Water to Drink.

The question of ''how much water
should we drink" is referred by the
journal of Hygiene to our instincts,
with the assurance that they can tell
us much better than any hard or fixed
rule. "For ages" says this liberal
writer, "our instincts have been &C
quiring knowledge of how much to
drink, and transmitting that knowl-
edge to descendants; and if We follow
them we shall not go far ont of the
way. 1t is of more use to know
that pure water is essential, and that
impure water is one of the most dan
gerous drinks, than to know how much
of it is required daily. If one lives in
region where the water is bad, it
should be boiled and put away in bot
ties, well-corked, in an ice chest, and
in addition, one should eat all the
fruit one can, if fruit agrees-as fruits
contain not only pure water, but the
salts which are needed to carry on
BEAUTIFULLY the functions of life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

In the gardens of a well-known
nobleman's country seat III the south
of Ireland, one of the show places Of
the country, painted boards were set
up in different parts of the pleasure
grounds with this request: "Please
do not pull any flowers without
leave
Recently the district practical Joker
passed by that way, and observing the
notices, procured paint brush, and
uuobseryed, at daybreak, added an
So to the last word on all the painted
boards, which had the effect of making
things pleasant until the cause was
discovered, for tourists and strange
visitors who cherished latent passion
for floral gems.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
TPll-TaIe CroCkerN,

4 curious fact relatingto the dining.
car service was brought out during a
ride with the late George VI. Pullman.
As told in the New York Press the
story runs:
Referring to lealing Western
trunk line, Mr. Pullman remarked that
1t was running down.
How do you know that" asked
Mr.. Wiman. Its published reports
show nothing of the kind.
Il Judge by the crockery account Of
our dining-car department, was the
reply. when a road gets in Difficult,
ties the permanent way is neglected
and the breakage of crockery. due to
roughness in the track, increases. By
sitting in my office and looking over
the per cent. of breakage column in
our dining-car accounts, / can tell a,
exactly the condition of our great lines
OF railroad as though | rode over them
twice week. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

On her down trip on Green river
one evening recently, near Cromwell,
the steamer Gavoso ran into a flock Of
wild geese, and the electric light so
dazed them that they flew toward the
boat, striking the forecastle and chin
neys and getting tangled in the guy
ropes. There was great excitement
among the passengers and crew, each
trying his best to "catch a goose. In
the exciting struggle, which lasted
but few moments, they succeeded in
capturing three out of the number,
They were placed in a coop and the
passengers were treated to a sump-
tuous wild goose dinner.-Louisyille
Kentucky Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
some Ksntusly supsr.tItion..


IL would astonish you 10 know the
number Of persons IN this stale who
are not superstiiious but who do he
lieye IN signs" While returning from
western Kentucky last week | sat talk
ing with a party Of seven gentlemen
in ia. smoking compartment Of Pull
man car. when one Of them pulled
from his pocket graveyard rabbit :
foot" which, he said, had always
brought him good luck. Another Of
the gentlemen exhibited the feather of
an old gray goose which had been
given him by a negro charm-seller in
the Purchase. The owner said he
knew the thing was mere trifie, but
lac wouldn't part whit orany amount
of money. A third member of the
party had an old steel pen which had
been used by the governor of South
ern state in writing the pardon of
condemned man. This non-believer
in strange signs" said lie priced the
omen higher than anything he pos
sessed, as he had succeeded ever since
he got it. The sleeping-car conductor
carried in his pistol pocket an Irish
potato, shriyeled TO one-third its for
mer size, which ''neyer failed on a
rheumatism case 4 fifth gentleman
had this to say: Fellows, I'm no be-
lever in those meaningless emblems,
but can't help feeling badly if l fail
to see the new moon over my right
shoulder"
The only two members of the party
who had not spoken left the car, smil-
ing at the "vapid follies" they, too,
were doubtless believers in if they had
only expressed themselves. Louisville
Post
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A Boston genius hasinvented a FIRE
machine that will squirt out fires with
sand instead Of water.
Silesian coal mines are provided
with pneumAtaphors, which are bombs
filled with compressed oxygen TO be
used in cases where miners are penned
in underground chambers and IN dan
ger Of suiocation.
A French bread making process con
sists in soaking the grain aud passing
it successfully through a crushing and
a kneading machine, which converts II
directly into dough. This contains
the full nutritiye value of the grain,
and, it is claimed, can be kept indef-
nitely.
Sanose is a new albuminous dietetic
preparation which contains eighty per
cent. of caseine and twenty per cent.
of albumoses. 1t is a white, odorless
and tasteless powder which forms a
milky emulsion when mixed with wa
ter. II is used in disturbances of nu-
triton.
Count Teleki's volcano, at the south
end of Lake Rudolph, seems TO have
blown up. Mr.. Cavendish, who has
Just returned from that part Of Africa,
reports that he found on the site of
the volcano a deep rent in the ground,
surrounded by heaps of Stag and brok-
en- lava.
Italian physicians seem to be con
WINGED that the long sought remedy
for pulmonary consumption has at last
been found in DR.. Maragliano's serum.
DIR. De ReniZ. of Naples University,
reports forty -four cures in his hospital
practice, with even greater success
among his private patients.
Prisoners cannot escape from a new
Jail cell by saving the bars or drilling
through the floor, as the floor and
each bar are hollow and under high
pressure, and are connected with an
indicator in the jailor's room to give
an alarm as soon as the pressure is
decreased by the cutting of bar OF
floor plate.
I-icNblltlNN II h0tN W lliB "a NAiiAlo
of bells by means of recentlyinvent-
ed mechanism, consisting of a lever
pivoted at one end with an electro
magnet near the opposite end, which
draws the lever down and pulls cord
attached to the bell clapper when the
current of electricity is thrown into
the magnet by key.
A report from Mcdowell County,
North Carolina, is to the effect that a
very extensive deposit of graphite has
been found to exist in that county.
In some places the ore can be cut with
a knife, it is so free from grit. Anal
ysis made of the ore show that the
quantity of pure graphite ranges from
forty-eight to seventy-four per cent.
There are 10 mountains in Colora-
do whose peaks are over 1900 feet
above the ocean level Forty of these
are higher than 1900 feet, and more
than half of that number are so re-
mote and rugged that no one has dared
to attempt to climb them. Some of
them are massed with snow, others
have glaciers over their approaches
and others are merely masses OF
jagged rocks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

When Magellan made his winter
quarters at San Julian in 1920, on his
voyage round the world, he observed
in the neighborhood many human foot
prints of astonishing size. Hence he
called the country Patagonia, from
patagonia large and clumsy foot.
The name is commonly applied to that
portion of South America lying be
tween the Rio Negro on the north and
the Straits of Magellan on the south.
1t is an enormous territory, extending
1000 miles north and south. Very
sparsely settled, it is to great extent
unexplored. Most of the interior is
inhabited only by rowing bands of abo-
regimes. The greater part of Pata-
gonia belongs now to Argentina, Chill
holding by treaty the mountainous
strip along the Pacific coast.
The fauna of the country is very
remarkable. There are two species of
true native dogs, wild. One of them
is light gray, with black spot at the
base of the tail; it is quite tame and
very numerous everywhere on the
plains. The other is much larger,
rather shy and found only in the
mountains. A plentiful species Of
mammal is the strange armadillo, one
of the most ancient of existing crea-
lures. Snakes are its favorite prey,
and it kills them by saving them in
two with the saw-like edges of its
bony shell. There is a venomous kind
of toad, which bites sayageIy, hanging
on with the tanacity of bulldog and
injecting its poison into the blood
Not to be forgotten is the puma,
which, though the most bloodthirsty
of beasts of prey, cannot be induced
to defend itself against man. 1t com
monty attacks and kills the formidable
iaguar, but child may approach it
with safety. Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
DISEASE GERMS HARMLESS.
startling Results of Experiments on Him
self by a California Doctor.


self by a California Doctor.
From the authority Of a leading
physician Of Los Angeles, Cal, DIR.
Thomas Powell. comes the news Of eX-
perimenis which seem "a shaiter the
time hOnored theories regarding the
transmission Of contagious diseases
from one person 10 another. He
SAYS:
Il claim that disease germs are ut
terly incapable Of successfully assail-
ing the TISSUES of the living body; that
they are the results aud not the cause
of disease; that they are notin the least
inimical to the life or health of the
body, that, ON the contrary, II is their
peculiar function to rescue the living
organism, whether of man or beast,
from impending injury or destruction.
They accomplish this by bringing
about the decomposition of that OBJ
structive matter which constitutes pre-
disposition to the disease and cause 1t
to he passed out by the blood.
"For ten wears | have worked on
this theory. | determined in the first
place to experiment by inoculating not
an animal whose hold on life is eX-
ceedingly feeble, rs that of the rabbit
or guinea pig, but the human body. |
inoculated myself with the most vir-
ulent typhoid bacilli obtainable, hay
ing first eradicated from my system
any prediSposing cause for the disease.
The result was entirely satisfactory,
no evil ensuing beyond the usual
soreness, as in vaccination. Then |
took into my system the typhoid
bacilli, and no typhoid fever making
its appearance, repeated the expert
ment with diphtheria germs, without
the least perceptible effect In order
to make the experiments still more
complete, l cultivated the germs of
diphtheria and CHAMBERS until there
could be no doubt as to their virlity
and took them into my system in the
presence of two physicians. The out
come was the same as before.
Then in the presence of twenty
five physicians | took, first, the ba-
cilli of typhoid into the stomach,
inclosed in gelatine capsules, and sec
ond, the bacilli of diphtheria by both
the vaccination method and subcuta-
neous incubation. Examinations of
the pulse were afterward made by the
physicians referred to the temperature,
and of the respiration, and 1t was
unanimously declared that these moe
ulations produced no greater effect
upon me than might have been eX-
pected from like quantity of water.
In order to prove that these ex-
/ periments were not successful Ill my
case only, and that l had not in some
way been made contaglon proof by ma
ture, | singled ont from among my
patients two who appeared to be tit
subjects for similar experimentation,
and, with their consent put them
through the same course as ! had I'M
dergone. No evil resulted in their
case any more than in mine.
Physicians are dumbfounded by
these startling proofs of DIR, Powell,
but are not yet, as a rule, ready to adj
nit that his theories can be applied
generally.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

A new fad in fairs is what is called
the Household Fair, in which there
are tables representing each days
work. Mondays table is provided
with washboards, wringers, soap,
starch, ETC., and presided over by
girls appropriately costumed. Tues
days table will, of course, display
irons, ironing boards, etc. And SO on,
through the days of the week.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
TWO mo BILLS"
Killing of Foul Brute Deemed
,Iustiti n BILE

BOSTON. Mass, Dec. 14-William c.
Leavitt, otherwise blind Bill Leavitt." he
street song seller arrested on the charge of
killing Mary Ruderhan, otherwise known as
Alice Brown, on Nov. 4, in her room on Corn
ing street. has been discharged owing to
lack of sufficient evidence to support the
charge. Thomas Caccioa is freed of the
charge of numbering his father An
tonic. Oct. 20, on Leverett street.
Cacciola is, rs his father was, an Italian
barber. He is only boy of Is, although he
is married. He has a younger sister very
pretty and who was in constant terror and
defence against her fathers lust. 1t was
to protect her from criminal assault that the
boy quarrelled with and killed his father
Public opinion commends the action of the
grand jury.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

In cave in the outskirts of st.
Louis, the entrance to which was
almost stopped up with earth, there
was found a raving maniac, covered
with the slime of the river bank. He
fought like a mailman, but was over
powered and taken to an hospital,
where he died in short time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
4 SpitPttlPr,

Little Freddie-Mamma, | met the
minister little while ago, and told
him You wanted him to come and take
dinner with us this evening.
Mamma-Why child, what do you
mean? | haven't said anything about
wanting the minister to take dinner
here this evening.
Little Freddie know, but | seen
you bakin' pies today, and L never
was so awful pie hungry in my life. -
Cleveland Leader.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 14-Col Henry
Wagner, formerly of the staff of General
GARRISON. commander-in-chief of the G. A.
r., and aide on the stat of General Goblin,
the present commander-in-chief says that
the national encamprnent of the G. A. r..
next year in Cincinnati, will be in the
third week in September or not at all.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

WATERTOWN. Mass, Dee. 1.-THE his
torical old house here where Paul Revere
lived in the spring of l77j, and did some
printing for the government, has Just been
torn down. The nails were made by hand
and the timber hewed by hand from oak
logs. Hidden away in an old chimney be-
hind bricks and boards were found pair of
androns and II swinging crane. They will
be preserved by the Watertown historical
society. An ancient coin of the time of
King George III was also found and added
to the collection.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
How To Wash with Care.

Hard water. strong I've. or inferior laun-
dry soap are responsible for the yellow
clothes seen in many households. To
wash properly, fiji tub nearly full of hot
water. put the white clothes in first, rub
with Ivory Soap, scald, rinse and starch.
When dry, sprinkle and fold down over
night and iron carefully. ELIZA H. PARKER.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

There is a man and his wife in Jas
per, Fla, who have twenty-nine chill
dren, twenty sons and nine daughters,
and beside they have sons-in-law and
daughters -in-law to the number of
twentv-siX.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

The first mention made of the use
Of coal as a fuel is in the records of
the Abbey of Peterborough, in the
year $50 A. d., where is found an
entry for twelve cart loads of fossil
fuel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 14-Lenna Win
slow, who sued Zoe Knights of Maccabees
for $25,OOO for eiislocatIng one of his kid
neys while initiating him into the local
ORDER or aoo four years ago, has been awarded
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Photographer-There goes Bum
mer, confound him He owes me for
a dozen pictures.
Adviser-Why don't you get square
with him by posting up one of his
photos, labeled, "Not paid for?"
Photographer - H nm, that wouldn't
hurt him any. The pictures don't
look bit like him. Boston Tran
script.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. kline'S Great
Nerve Restorcr 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR. X. IL. KLINE, Ltd, Gl Arch St, Phila., Pa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Mrs. NinslowS Soothing Syrup for children
teething, sOftens the gums reducing intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie DC a bottle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Chew star Tobacco The Best.
smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

John NJ. Penniman has been for fifty years
member of the Boston police force. His
age is seventy-hve. NE50
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money lift fails o cure. &c.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17

Experiments la buying a
Piano are costly. but shy
.xt,eriment at aiis
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-09-11

| to DIR. Walsh at Wolverhampton. On
June s, 1910, he was consecrated bishop
| or Melipotamus in partibus. He was
| also made president of St. Mary's Col
lege, at Ascot. After nine years, spent
in the performance of the duties PER-
tanning to his sacred office, as we'll as in
reorganizing and supervising st. Marys,
and in delivering numerous lectures on
moral, scientific and literary subjects,
DR.. Wiseman was, upon the death OF
DR.. Walsh, in 1919, made vicar
apostolic of the district of London.
Upon the re-establishment of the HER
archy in England by Plus XI. in 1850,
this title was changed to those of car
dinal and archbishop Of Westminster.
The effect of this change on the Eng
fish government was extraordinary, and
SO strong was the antipathy to the pro-
ceedngs of Plus XI. that Lord John
Russell brought in the famous "Eccles-
iastical Titles BILL" which we noticed
in our calendar page two weeks ago.
In his new and exalted position Car
dinal Wiseman was a true soldier and
prince of the church. Nothing daunted
him. BY voice and pen and example,
in the pulpit and from the lecture desk,
through the medium of books, reviews
and magazines, he expounded and ex-
planned the tenets of the church. In
1859 he paid a visit to Ireland, and was
there received with much enthusiasm.
He died in London, Feb. Is, 1865 His
writings are voluminous, and deal with
large range of subjects-with religion
controversy, science, philology and art.
He is the author of romance, Fab
ioa,' in which vivid and apparently
lifelikc description is given of the days
when the early Christians had 80 wor-
ship among the catacombs..
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-09-11
800 ReHynrtl. 800.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being q
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the foun-
dation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith i'll its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails TO cure. Send for list OF
testimonials.
Address f. ]. CHENEY, & co, Toledo,
Ohio
Sold by Druggists, Use.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-09-11

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