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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

The chirography of the presidents,
from Washington down to Mckinley,
is as different as the chirography of
the same number of any other men
chosen at random from the various
walks of life. Students of character
contend that there are many points of
similarity in the mental make up and
equipment of our presidents, but ifthere
are, they are certainly not shown
in the handwriting of these men. OF
the entire lot / suppose old Zachary
Taylor wrote the worst hand. | have
seen numerous letters of his which
am confident no human being could
read. 1t was cramped and awkward,
like that of boy just learning to
write. Jefferson wrote plain, flow
ing hand, and Monroe's writing was
decidedly feminine, though not nearly
so much so as Grover Cleveland's,
whose chirography is small and deli
cate. Jackson's scrawl bespoke ner-
vousness and timidity of which no.
body dared to accuse him while he was
on the earth, aud Lincoln's smooth
polish, which his crude, simple mind
did not bespeak. OF all our chief
magistrates, Mckinley writes the best
hand, aud his chirography shows a
painstaking ease and caution which
are evidently the dominant factors of
the mans character. st. Louis Re-
public,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
In the Frog Trade.

John Dixon of Vanceborg, Me-,
catches frogs for the epicures in the
big cities. Every morning he can be
seen striking for the ponds and Dogs
with his pole over his shoulder and a
basket hung over his back.
Dixon catches from $50 to 200 frogs
day and he finds ready market ior
them at so cents a dozen. Some days
the fishing is better than others.
When the weather is lowering the
frogs bite better than at any other
time The method for catching the
big fellows is interesting. A large
hook is used and the barb is filed off.
A point is filed so that is not so sharp
as needle, yet sharp enough to go
through the frogs mouth. Dixon
walks along the shore or goes in a
boat, when it is necessary, and
throws out his hook and line baited
with piece of red flannel In an in
slant there is big whirl in the water
and the frog catcher knows that he
has one. The frogs seem crazy to bite
piece of red flannel and there is no
trouble whatever in catching them if
the weather conditions are Just right.
Dixon does nothing but catch frogs.
Some of them weigh over two pounds
each. They are sent to Pennsylvania
alive and at several points on the road
they are sprinkled with lukewarm
water. When they arrive at their des-
tination they are placed in pond
made for the purpose.-New York
Sun
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

hask aud stepped back until they have
dropped into ruin.
Try this God. We who have had the blood
hounds after you, and who have though,
that God had forgotten you. Try Him M y, /,
see n He will not help. Try Him and 80 J, !,
He viii not pardon. Try Him and - -
lie will not save. The flowers OF spItns
have no bloom 80 sweet as the nowcrlhs "
Christ's affections. The sun hais "a, ~
warmth compared with the glow 3i NJ
heart. The waters have no reirssl .ll,.l,
like the fountain that will slake the tu .is
Of thy soul. At the moment the I.ihu -
stands with his lip and nostril thrust IN tne
cool mountain torrent, the hunter may %
eomlac through the thicket. Without crack
ling stick under his foot. He comes close
by the stag. aims his gun, draws the trig-
ger. and the poor thing rears ia us death
agony and falls backward ITS ahtlers crash
ing on the rocks. But the pahtlhs MARI that
drinks from the water brooks OF Gods
nrnmise shall never be fatally wounded and
shall never die.
This world Is a poor portion OF your soul,
n business mani An eastern king had
craven on his tomb two fingers. represented
Ss sounding on each other with a snap, and
under them the motto, "All is not worth
that" Apicius CRlius hanged himself be-
cause his steward Informed him that he
had only CSC, 900 sterling left. All OF this
worlds riches make but a small inheritance
for soul. Robespierre attempted to win
the applause Of the world, but when he was
diving a woman came rushing through the
crowd, crying 10 him, Murderer Of my
kindred. descend to hell, covered with the
curses OF every mother in FraneeI" Many
who have expected the plaudits of the world
have died under its anathema maranatha.
oh, find your peace in God! Make one
strong pull for heaven. No halfway work
will do IL. There sometimes comes u time
on shipboard when everything must be
sacrificed to save the passengers. The
cargo is nothing, the rigging nothing. The
captain puts the trumpet to his lips and
shouts, "Cut away the mastl" Some OF you
have been tossed and driven, and you have,
in your effort to keep the world, well nigh
lost your soul. Until you have decided
this matter let everything else go. Over
board with all those other anXieties and
burdens. You will have to drop the sails
of your pride and cut away the mast. With
one earnest cry for help put your cause into
the hand of Him who helped Paul out Of
the breakers of Melita, and who, above the
shrill blast of the wrathiest tempest that
ever blackened the sky or shook the ocean,
can hear the faintest imploratiOn for mercy.
/ shall close this sermon feeling that
some Of you who have considered your
case as hopeless will take heart again, and
that with a blood red earnestness, such as
YOU have never experienced before, you
will start for the good land of the gospel
ut last to look back, saying: "What a
great risk | ran! Almost lost, but saved
Just got through, and no morel Escaped
by the skin of my teeth"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
COUNTER IRRITANT.
Eddy Alleges Blackmail and Moore
Criminal Assault.

FITCHBURG, Mass, Aug. 24-The grand
jury has returned bill against Mr.. Abram
T. Eddy of this city, charging him with at
tempted assault upon Mrs Ada +. Moore on
Dec. last. Mr.. Eddy is out on bail and is
spending the summer in New Hampshire.
Mr.. Eddy is retired man and has lived
here several years. and in that time has
organized and greatly helped to prosper
ity two chu ches of his faith. Mr.
and Mrs. Moore were workers in
French mission. Mrs. Moore al
legged that Mr.. Eddy attempted an as
sault upon her Dec. last, when she called
at his apartments in the Phoenix to collect a
bill. Mr.. Moore has been arraigned for black
mail, and he has sued Mr. Eddy in turn for
$4,000 damages. The Moores were formerly
Salvation Army people The First Baptist
church dismissed Mr.. Eddy, after making
searching investigation, and made report
in which it severely scathed him. Leading
people in the Baptist denomination have
rallied to the support of Mr.. Eddy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
Novel Electric Plant.

An electric plant embodying some
novel feature has been installed in a
shirt factory in New Jersey. While
all the machinery is worked electric
ally, special application Of current Is
made 20 heating systems and apph-
ances, which form an important part
Of the working plant. When the sys-
TEN Of heating to he adopted was
under consideration it was claimed by
the engineers, and, in fact, guaran-
teed by them, that the heating could
be done more efficiently by electricity
than by the ordinary gas apparatus,
aud this has been practically accom-
plished. This installation is the larg-
est electric heating system yet EN-
ployed for any commercial manufactur-
ing purpose. In the sewing-room
there are ten long tables fitted with
sewing machines operated by electric
motors. Each table contains thirty
machines. The capacity of the entire
sewing equipment is about 1900 yards
of goods daily. In the making of the
various shirts, waists, etc, thousands
of miles of thread are consumed every
day. After the garment has been put
together in the sewing-room it is
passed on to the electric starching
machinery and then carried to the
drying-room. This compartment has
capacity of about 800 dozen gar
ments, which take about an hour to
dry. A special section is devoted to
ironing. This includes six electrically
heated collar and cuff ironing ma
chimes, which are operated by a six
horsepower electric motor and two
long tables, each equipped with forty
electrically heated hand sadirons Of an
improved type, making an aggregate
of eighty electrically heated irons, The
improvement in the health of the
working staff since electricity took The
place of gas throughout the factory =
said to be remarkable. Not only is
there markedly less absenteeism but
the increased proportion of actual
work obtained from the hands is so
great as materially to affect the profits
of the concern. Chicago Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
THE SOLDIERS WEEK.
National Encampment OF G. A. II.
Held This Week i'm Ru6faIo

BUFFALO. N. Y, Aug. 24-This city is in
gala attire for the national encampment of
the G. A. r.. which is being held here
this week. Everywhere are blue coats,
brass buttons and the grizzled faces
of the stout old warriors of Il
generation ago. Stalwart young Sons
of Veterans and ladies of the Relief Corps,
too, are here in abundance. Among the
prominent arrivals are j. Cory Winans of
Commander in Chief Clarkson's staff,
General j. R. Lewis, past junior
yice-commander and General Daniel
Ross of Wilmington, Del, candidate
Tor junior vice-commander-in-c Among
the later announcements of candidates to
succeed Commander-in-Ch Chief Carkson are
the names of John G. Linehan Of New Hamp-
shire, George II. Innis of Massachusetts,
James A. Sexton of Chicago and Geo. j. p.
5. Goblin of Pennsylvania.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
Yukon and Klondike Gold Fields.

Parties intending to Witt the Klondike Gold
Fields or invest in stock companies operating
in that country, are I'D ised to get the Cana
dian Government Alaskan Boundary Com
missioner Prof. Oglvie'S, Report on the Yu-
kon and Klondike Gold Fields, before doing so
This is the otcial report made last spring
which so asGounded the Canadian Government
that they did not publish it till Prof Ogilvie
confirmed it personally on his arrival in OtJa-
wa. The report is very extensive Astounding
in Photographers and Maps and giving the
most reliable information as TO routes, climate,
and the indescribable wealth awaiting the
miners Sent postage paid, on receipt Of SOC,
in stamps, by the Toronto Newspaper Union
Publishers, A Bay ST., Toronto, Canada.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
Against nj. I.rineIpl...

'Say," said Weary, a. he loukeI
from the clover in the fence o1rr.-
show do they git at the gold mp th.
in Alasky?"
''By washin', replied Weary rl
Count me ont. " said Weary
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O

Ask your grocer to-day TO show you pack
age of Grain-O, the new food drink that ia &es
the place of coffee. The children may drink
it without injury rs we'll as the adult. All
who try it like it, Grain-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, hut it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ce,ves it without distress. One-Quarter the
price of coffee. Is cts. and p cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

A circus parade was passing along
the streets of Wilmington, Del, and
the usual crowd lined the sidewalks.
Presently the elephant made his ap-
pearance, swinging his trunk in the
usual fashion. Suddenly he gave the
trunk an extra vigorous swing and
knocked down woman whe was star
ing intently. A sandbag was nothing
to that blow, and it cost the circus just
$500 to paw for the damage.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

A powder 10 be shaken int the shoes A. IL
season your feet feel sWo lien and hof. ara rar
tired easily. II you have smart.uE fasf Il
tight shoes, try Aliens Foot Easc. d .s
the feet and makes walking eusr. Cure aH#
prevents swollen and sweating feet. b'Isrrzs
and callous spots. Relieves Curns ard lsuu. #.s
o all pain and gives ret aud Camfnrt FfF a
TO-DAY. Sold BY all drug sists and .has stsrss
for - cent. Trial package FREE. Address
ALLEN 5. OLMsTED, Leroy. y. \.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
sr.rE or one. crrorTolIBal-

Lucas AuEhHfs
PRANK J. GuENEr max oath nat ~ q .
sruior PARTNER % the arm ~ y. y. CuHaHH Z
Co doug business In m tftf uf .l1Ill.l - Il
aud state Aforesaid. and that aid ARA alI =
the sum Of one mUSnHEu nuti.alE % -.
aud every case q CATAHHu nat rEHHaf -
cured BY the Use Of HALLS CArAElu Nfzsa
fHANE ]. IuFHHH
Sworn 20 before me aud suhzrrihrd H ~
- presence. this 9th daY q IiHHHlE.ea
: sEAL A ID. lisa A. ". hlrksHE
iA Men He..ts
Halls CAtarrh Cure g. taken iutFrus 3. -
acts directly on the bod aud munuls .1Tf -.
of the system. send for testimuula's IRE
FL CHESEN A Co, Ioieil. q.
Sold by Druggists. 30.
Halls Family Pills are the best >
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27
Heart Disease Killed Him.

ELLSWORTH, Me-, Aug. 24-John G..
Remick, aged 81, well known resident of
this place, has just died suddenly of heart
disease He went to the stable to water his
horses, and was found dead on the floor
He was born in Otis, owned n mill there,
and was in the numbering business for many
years. He came to Ellsworth ten years ago.
He leaves widow, daughter and two sons
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

All plants, even in tropical coun-
tries, require period of rest. Some
repose in the rainy, others in the dry,
and others again in the cold or in the
hot season.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

Fits permanently cured. No Cts or ns-vu-.
ness after first days use % Dr. kilnea gssaf
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and tncatisf I've
DIR. X. d KLINE. Ltd. aji Arch 81. rhlLa -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

The public no longer lacks q genuine rsuiss1
for skin diseaseS-Cilenn's sulphur >oaH
Hills Hair q whisker DYE. black OF hr0sn ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup fos eAnA---
teething, softens the gums reducing lnfam~.s.
ton, allays pain, cures wind cole - "a q -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

have found Piso's Cure for Conslur-ar
an unfailing medicine.-F. X. LON. ias -
ST., Covington, KY, Oct ]. isA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-27

China is about to reorganize her arus q
the lines of the German military.
NIL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
RICH COPPER MINES.
Dividends and Wages Higher than In
Many Years-Heavy Export Trade.

Houghton, Mich, Letter.
Beyond question the two most prosperous
sections of the United States at the pres
ent time and for several years past are the
Butte Mont copper district and the Lake
Superior copper district. Wages are as high
as before the panic of 1898. with more mines
working, more men employed, larger pro-
duction, cheaper cost of producing and
larger profits to the stockholders.
The principal, if not the sole, reason for
the good times enjoyed by the copper dis
trictS is found in the enormous foreign de-
mand Tor the product of the mines. OF the
1896 American production, over 60 per cent
was exported, and for the first half of the
current year the exports have exceeded So
per cent. of the output. The worlds supply
of visible copper continues slowly but
steadily to decrease, being at present less
than $4,000 TONS although the American
mines have increased their production
steadily for number of years past. The
outlook for the copper producers could
hardly be better for with a general revival
of business in this country the domestic
demand will be greatly increased, and al
though the present price of the metal al
lows enormous profits, an enhanced demand
will of necessity bring about higher prices
and larger profits than are now being
earned.
During the past twelve months larger div
idends have been paid by the Lake Su-
perior mines than ever before IN the same
period of time. The great Calumet and
Hecla. the richest mine in the world, led
with dividends of $40 per share, total of
81 600 0O0 followed by the Quincy with a
The Tamarack paid $3.50, 900, and the OSceola,
Kearsarge and Atlantic also paid hand
Somely.
For the year 1896 the production of re-
fined copper by Michigan mines amounted
to 13S, 397 760 pounds worth approximately
SIS. 900 600. This production was achieved by
seventeen mines, nine of which were in
Houghton, one in Keweenaw and seven in
Ontonagon county, the Central mine of Ke-
weenaw county contributing 243 pounds,
about one-third of / per cent. of the
total production, While the gross output of
the seven Ontonagon county mines was less
than 100 600 pounds, and was all secured by
"tributors," or miners who picked what
copper could be found from the upper lev
els of abandoned mines. The Calumet and
Helcla produced S55 $50 pounds of refined
copper. or nearly tWo-thirds of the entire
production of the State OF the refined cop
per, a trifle over 5000 tons was smelted in
the works Of the Calumet and Hecla at
Black Rock. Buffalo, and something over
4400O tons was refined at the sp-elters in
this city.
The 1897 output of copper by the lake dis
trict will probably reach or even exceed
n GOO tons and the profits to the mining
companies on this output will scarcely fall
short of s., 000 600 after labor has been paid
the highest wages found in any mining dis
trict east of the Rocky mountains, wages
from which the miners have saved sufficient
to become themselves among the heaviest
stockholders of the mines in which they
work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

mother who never loses her queenliness
will never lose her crown.
PreVentable mIsfortuneS consist chiefly or
manifold things little to do. but immense
things to have done
The man who earns one dollar and spends
two and the man who earns two ana
spends one, stands on either side of the
hair line between heedlessness and discre-
ton, between ruin and safety.
Parents generally receive that measure
of filial respect they deserve-not always,
perhaps, but very generally.
When mother allows her daughter to
appropriate her wraps, gloves, wells or oth-
er articles of personal attire she begins
policy of familiarity which, sooner or later.
breeds contempt. respect for ones De
longings engenders respect for their pos
SCISSOR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
The Shirt-Waist Secret.
New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sun.
Did the shirt-waisted sisterhood but know
it, there is, after all, no such charm in
their uniform as freshness. 1t is the SUI
preme thing. Fit and finish, invulnerabil-
ity as to style in material and making not
to speak of wearing. are as nothing beside
the crisp spotlessness marking first APP
pearance after laundering, The magic of
soap and water glorifes the commonest
of the shirt-waist species, while the smart
est garment is shabby without it. just
cleanliness alone, though, isn't enough.
There must be plenty of starch to Keep
that cleanliness intact and to make the
whole look more like a freshly blown
flower than the article of apparel it really
is. The only thing that justifies the pres
ent style of full sleeves is starch. When it
goes, the grace of the garment goes also.
1t gives one the blues just to look at de-
pressed, weary wilted-looking. shirt waist,
and yet how many one sees of them! The
sisterhood has done a good thing in estab-
fishing the popularity of so pretty, con-
venient and sensible a garment. but II
needs to do something more-impress upon
it's members the fact that there is nothing
to a shirt waist but its freshness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Yellow and Old Blue.

The Upholsterer.
The term ''old blue" as applied to chinas
is made to cover a multitude of blues, all
of which are effective in any way they are
used, be it for table service or purely deco
rative purposes. Since Whistler showed its
possibilities in his famous blue and yellow
breakfast room. the modern old blue even
In the cheapest makes of China and Japan
has found a new valuation in the eyes of
appreciative decorators. Every variation of
the shade is in itself color motif, in har-
mony with which a room may become
veritable symphony in blue
The delft craze has come and gone, prov
ing a mere whim of fancy, but willow
ware blue and "pagoda" blue are, like the
poor, always with u.s. yet they are by no
means poor as art products even though
one can buy them as cheap as white porce-
lain ware 1t was just this inexpensive
Chinese blue that Whistler used on table
mantel and walls against his yellow back
grounds, even hanging little pots of it filled
with ferns suspended by chains from the
ceiling above the four corners of the table
Take the dining room of the average SUI
burban home, for instance, and what a rev.
citation of sweetness and light it may be-
come through these simple mediums of yell
low walls and blue willow ware.
l know one such dining room in a house
having old-fashioned 'ceiled' walls and
wainscoting that was painted unmistak-
able yellow. In one corner there was a tri-
angular cupboard originally built into the
house. Through the glass doors rows of
willow ware plates could be seen and cups
of the same hanging under the shelves on
brass hooks.
There was a window on the north side
facing the river, with low, broad window
bench painted yellow and covered with
blue denim cushion. In the south side there
was only a door, but the upper half was
glass, letting in flood of light and a view
of woods and fields. over this was a shelf
called the hospital on which We're ranged
q row of plates and the cracked teapots
and pitchers that could turn a good side
toward the world.
In the center of the table stood squatty
jardiniele of yellow Leeds ware with grow
ing ferns, and all the service was of the
charmingly contrasted porcelain, on which
quaint blue gentlemen helped quainter blue
ladies over impossible rivers.
Besides these blues mentioned there is the
mulberry blue and the deeply, darkly
beautifully blue StaffOrdshire ware on
which famous castles are depicted, and the
railroad" plates, made at the same English
pottery and showing the first train of cars
Some of the railroad" plates bring $780,
while the castle plates are offered for
SO seeming to prove that the pottery max
erS, at least, rated lOcomotion above pic
turesqueness. These plates are large and a
single one shows handsomely as a plaque
in an artistic hall.
An old blue bowl for cards on polished
mahogany or cherry hall table is also q
most eye-pleasing combination of colors,