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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The King Of Italy is n confirmed veseta'
rian.
DaroI Curzon is the eleventh FiteroF OF
India since it was handed over t. the lIoh'
Government in 1852.
j. Proctor Knot has given up his Ia"
practice to take the chair OF law in N'h'I'
College, DanviIle, Ky.
Joseph II. Choate, Jr., las apple! loE
admittance to the Middle Temple, IN Ion
don, for Il study OF law.
The Right Uon. James Bryce, author o,
"Ihe American Commonwealth, mas pe'"
elected President ofthe Alpine Club.
Francis b. Looms, the Unite StNtr'
Minister to Venezuela, il popular VIVA
every class of people in that country
Emperor William of Germany has ar
nounced his intention of visiting LHS'H",
in the summer, to be- once more present "'
CoweS during the August vhcht'hG.
Sir Henry Irving is the onIv llHlhg "'t"'
who has received honorary degrees al Wv I
universities of Cambridge and Dublin. Ilo
is nbout to have conferred upon him tue
doctors degree at Glasgow University
Eear-Admiral kaut2, who is now u,
Samoa is an Ohio man sixty years Old, anu
nm Annnnolis cIussmqte of Admiral Dewey
with whom, as II mdShipman, he made hl'
first cruise on tho old frgNto Colorado
Admiral Schley is Il mathematician WhV,
cnn DO most Of his work without the ald -,
pnner In Liverpool some years ago 10
| triumphantly bested Il professional 'liEn
| ming calculate" who was exhibiting th0lo'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
huMOR OF The DAY.

Teacher-"What' the feminine of
'nobleman?'" Bright Pupil-"Heir-
essI'-Puck.
Miss Mary. are you sorry that
your sister Evelyn is married. No;
itadvances me one number. Chicago
Record.
"If say, said the teacher, 1.-THE
pupil loves his teacher, what sort of
sentence is that" Sarcasm said
the boy. Tit Bits.
Agent Would you like to buy any
stove backing, ma 'am?" Young Wife
CRITICALLY "Er-yes. What colors
have you?" Judge.
Teacher-"Do you know what
round-robin is Tommie-"Yes' m;
it's what the burglars were doing the
other night '-Yonkers Statesman.
She asked me very earnestly,
II | loved her alone.
And when | answered, yes, ah yes"
She shook her chaperon.
Detroit journal.
Horrifed Old Lady-"Oh, kind sir
think of your mother, Think Of your
mother" Burglar (sternly)-"Nouse,
lady; / was brought up in an !ncuba-
tor. Tit Bits.
Mrs. Wedwifc-"You told NE be-
fore we were married that wouldn't
have to do any cooking Mr.. We'd
wife Well, you haven't done any"
Philadelphia North American.
Emerald Innocence Bridget Tread
ing a silver wedding invitationl An
faith, phat ito Il. S. Y. p. name?
Och, I've struck it. Rale silver vast
ly preferred The loike of thot now. -
Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
An act exceeding rash,
For soon as she had done that same,
She gets another smash.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"I'd like to look over some of your
collars, salt the young man III the
haberdasher' "Oh, then, you want
to use some OF the narrow styles
replied the dealer. Yonkers States
man.
Mrs. Lash-"What did you get
baby for a birthday present." Mrs
Rash-"T took $40 out of the little
darling's bank and bought him this
lovely lamp for the drawingroom. -
Tit-B
"a New York docthor says Ameri-
can girls is the worst cooks i'll the
wurruld, does he?" Indignantly eX-
claimed Bridget. IF he'd liver say it
to me I'd sh!ap his face FIR him".-
Chicago Tribune.
Amanda, said the husband of the
soon-to ,be-widowed young wife, my
last request is that you will not lie;
anybody know there is large insur.
4 ance on my life. want You to live
in undisturbed enjoyment of it for 4
few years, at least. - Chicago Tri
| bune.
Bank Clerk tscrutinizing check)-
MADAM, we can't pay this unless you
bring some one to identify you. Ole
Lady (tartly) II should like to know
Why" Bank Clerk Because We
don't know you" Old Lady-"Now
don't be silly! | don't know you
either. Tit Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

Mrs. William E. Curtis, the wife of
Chicago journalist, probably pos.
sesses the most unique necklace in
existence, which was exhibited at the
Chicago Worlds fair. The necklace
is composed of three rows of human
eyes in a perfect state of preservation,
polished and mounted in gold. The
eyes were procured from Peru, where
the dead are buried in sitting pos
ture, and the hot dry air acts more
effectively than any embalming fluid
in preserving them. A mummy can
there be obtained for about So, and
the eyes alone are much cheaper.
Polished and mounted as they are in
this necklace, they make a very striking
ornament. Mrs. Curtis wore the neck
lace once only, and it was much adj
mired until her friends were informed
that they were petritied human eyes,
and not gems that were set IN 1t, when
the admiration turned to reyulslon. --
Cincinnati inquirer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
FRIENDS

Not he that counts nv errors,
Not he that holds me bacs
With doubling words to show ne
Wherein and how / lacS;
Nor be that sees my failiugs;
And, seeing them, Is free
To take nv measure by them-
Hes not the friend for me.
But he that learns my virtues,
Who takes me at my best;
Who notes my greatest failings
And oyerlOoks the rest;
Who, after / have strlven
And have no; failed. Is free
With words of commendation-
He is the friend for me.
He that forever warns me
OF dangers in my way,
Who doubts my strength 10 meet them
And ever bids me STAY,
May truly seek to shield me,
May wish me we'll, but he
Whose faith is inspiration
He is the friend for me.
Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
LYNN'S FLOATING BRIDGE.
In Use for Nearly Il Century and Growing
Better All the Time.

In use for Nearly Il Century and Growing
Better All the rime.
The city OF Lynn will have TO ex.
pend about $500 next summer in re-
thanking the floating bridge on Glen
mere pond, announces the Boston
Transcript. A new set of three inch
planks is required every third year on
the structure. Few people of the
hundreds who cross the bridge daily
have any idea of its great thickness,
which has been proved by recent
soundings to be as much as seventeen
feet in some places. Although SO
much thicker and heavier than when
first built. it seems tn have lost none
Of its hexibility, and always adapts
itself instantly to any changes in the
leval Of the water.
Floating Bridge is one of the curl
osities of Lynn, and it is claimed to
be the only structure OF its kind i'll
the world. In 1908 bridge of some
what similar design was built across
Lake Qninsigsmond, near Worcester,
but 1t was constructed simply OF two
tiers of logs, covered with plauks, and
was never satisfactory, The Lynn
bridge, on the other hand, has been
in constant use for nearly century,
and is stronger now than ever, as the
wood does not rot under water, and
the pine logs which form the founda-
tion are "a firm as on the day when
they were hewed and put together.
Captain Moses Brown was the
originator of the idea OF thus bridging
Collins pond, as it was then called.
In March, 1902, a charter was granted
to the Salem Turnpike and Chelsea
Bridge corporation, and the bridge
was completed in 1904, at Il cost Of
$50, 400. A diver has investigated the
foundations OF the structure, and has
found that the original bridge was
made Of five layers OF pine, laid Mt
/ right angles to each other, the first
two layers of pine logs were on one
side, and the upper three of hewn
! timber one foot square, the whole Sc.
/ cured together by three-inch bowels,
and covered with planking 5 II feet
/ thick.
The bridge is 51l feet long, IS feet
wide, and the pond which it crosses is
about seventeen acres in area aud
about sixty-four feet above the sea
level. The bed of the pond appears
/ to be a bed OF quicksand, and it would
be very difficult to build aroad around
the pond without making a very long
detour, owing to the Doggy nature OF
the soil The bridge is kept from
tipping over by being moored at the
ends, imbedded in long trenches dug
in the shores of the pond at the APP
proaches.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

The village of Veerglabeck, near
Asch. Belgium, is literally up in arms.
For some cause, as yet unknown, the
peasants have divided into two camps
and have sworn eternal hatred. A
pitched battle has just been fought.
The two camps, armed with Inuskets,
marched against each other in battle
array, seventeen rounds were fired and
several peasants were seriously
wounded. Chicago Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
I.enInSY In Hawaii.

Travellers in Hawaii say that it is al
most impossible to trace parentage
there, because adoption of children is
so universal. There is no home life
at all, the life being purely communal.
Leprosy, says one periodical, is such
an insidious disease and so common
that children in the public schools
have pins stuck under their fngernails.
If they cry out they are pronounced
free from it, but if they do not they
are sent to the leper colony. - New
York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
Evil of Imperfect Milking.

Cows that are impectly MIXED from
whatever cause, either careless or i'm
perfect milking from the fault of the
mixer, soon degenerate into worthless
animals. The milk that remains in
the udder from imperfect milking is
that which is held by the small pouches
or milk-vesicles high up in the bag,
and will form a curd which will excite
inflammation and destroy the secret
ing function of its mucous lining, or
cause the adhesion and complete clos
ure of the cavity or pouch.
1t is the experience of every dairy
of twenty five or more cows MIXED
promiscuously by three or four milk
ers, that contest is always waged for
the privilege of milking "old Rose, -
because she milks easy, and shun-
ming disposition displayed by all in
reference to eight OF ten others that no
ones cares to milk To be able to
milk the hard ones with patience and
skill is the qualification that should
aud must be attained by successful
dairyman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

Five tons of human hair is required
annually by London dealers in that
commodity. Most of it comes from
France and Italy, although there are
consignments from all over the world.
At Limoges there is an annual hair
market and peasant girls from the
country round dispose of their locks
to the highest bidder. They do not
wait for their hair to grow very long
before selling it again. So the aver
age price paid pound is only about
$3.50. The girls are longing for the
return of the chignon, as prices were
doubled during the reign of that
fashion. Converts do pretty good
trade in hair, for the tresses of a
novice are always cut off when she
takes the veil. A single convent is
reported to have sold more than ton
of hair for about 500, 900. An Eng
lish girls hair brings a very high
price-about 800 being the average.
Hair increases in price according tc
its length. New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
: Sacred to the memory Of
: PLATO,
: Who gave his life to save
: A FRIEND.

Within a few feet of where I am
writing now, snoozing snugly in the
evening sunbeams, where they play
upon the floor through the open win
dow, is large and beautiful Maltese
cat, coiled up, in restful oblivion to
all I am writing, on an immense
bearskin, the wearer of which once
came so near making an end of me-
Rufus McClain Fields, in Country
Gentleman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
FARM TOPICS /
Feeding Cotton seed Meal.

Cotton-seed meal Is extremely diff
colt Of digestion, aud should never be
given to young animals or those which
from advanced age have a weak iii
gestion. Thehull which is shown by
dark spots in the meal is almost en-
tirely indigestible. Calves and pigs
have been killed 10y eating small
amounts Of dark eotton-seed meal.
Ruminant animals can digest it better,
but it is SO concentrated a food that it
ought always to be fed with some
bulky but less nutritious ration. \
small amount OF cot,on-seed meal in
pailful of bran mash can be eaten
safely by COW.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

A Canadian minister had just mar
red couple. The registers We're
signed, and nothing remained but the
giving and taking of the fee. The
bridegroom, a strapping young fell
low, asked: How much is it?' The
parson glanced at the smiling bride
and slyly answered: Whatever you
think it is worth. - Now, it should
have been worth a great deal, for the
girl was young and pretty. 81 reck
on it's worth about fifty centsf" said
the swain, holding out two quarters.
The clergyman looked blankly at the
coins, then turned to the fair one.
"Tll leave it to you, madam" he
said. "What do you think it's
worth?" What did this young and
blushing bride do? She reached ont,
took the coins, handed one quarter to
the minister and put the other into
her pocket! "A thrifty wife," said
the Canadian with q sigh, sis her
husbands crown. San Francisco
Wave.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
NOT ALL Is JOY.
TkLwkCE breaches Oh CLOSING
SCENE ~ JE U.s. LtE.


cal Of Lifc's Hit'erness--This Is the Lot
or the Distressed.
TIKI. when Jesus therefore had re-
ceiyed the vinegar. John xix, 20.
The briganjs q Jerusalem had done their
worE IL was almost sundowu. and jesus
was diving. Persons Ia crucihZiUn oi'ea
fingered Oh from dag 10 day, CRYING, beg
ging. eursin. but Christ had been cN-
hau-ted hy years uf maltreHtment. illlcW-
less. poorly fed, flOgEei-as bent over aud
tied to low post His bare back was in
llamed with the sc0nr:rs intensified with
pieces OF lead aud bone and now for who e
hours the weight % His body hung on deli
cate tendons. and. according to custom.
violent strokc under the HFmpits had been
given 10y the excCutiOner. DIZZY, lusea-
ted. ieverish-a world ot agony is com
dressed ia the two words, II thirst o
skies Of Judsra, let drop % rain strike on
His burning tongue, @ world, with rolling
rivers and sparkling lakes and spraying
fountains. give Jesus something TO drink.
Ii there be any pity in earth or heaven or
hell. let it now be demonstrated in behalf
oishs royal sufferer.
The wealthy women OF Jerusalem used
10 nave fund % money with which they
provided wine for those people who died
in cruciiiyion. n powerful opiate to deadeu
ths pain. but Christ would not take H. He
wanted to die sober. and so He refused the
wine. Bat aftcrward they 20 to a cup OF
vinegar ani soak a sponge Ia il Hnd put II
on a stick o! hyssup and then press it
against be hot lips of Christ. lou say the
wire was an aup-thetic AMI intended To re-
lieyc or dcaicn the pain. But the vinegar
was an insult.
In some lives the saecdIrine seems to
preioMiuatc. Life T. sunshine on bank
Of flowers. 4 thousand hands to clap a9-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

The famous Bowery in New York
was originally the road through the
bouwerie, or farm, of Governor Stuy-
Eesant, OF the Dutch colony of Amster
DAM ltwas the post route to Boston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

During 1898 the Bible Society OF
Scotland issued 920,S93 scriptures,
the largest circulation ever effected in
one year, and 118,300 more than in
1897.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
A HAPPY HOLLOW HUNT.

EAR old Happy
Hollow was orr
home an ideal
little poets valley,
nesting in t h e
mountains of East
Tennessee, a II d
surroun d e d by
splendid mountain
ranges. The name
was most appro-
priately given to
that hollow, which
was happy i'll fact
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07

Africa remains the happy hunting
ground for the ivory collector. African
ivory fetches higher price than any
other, being denser in texture, sus-
ceptible Of a higher polish and not so
liable to turn yellow when exposed to
the light as the Indian kind. In Africa
itself the quality is found to vary
greatly, the rule being that the warmer
the region the finer is the ivory found
there. The finest tusks, however, are
generally met with at some distance
from the equator. The finest pair of
tusks ever brought to Europe came
from Uganda, and are valued at $40.
Tusks of anything like these dimen
sions are, however, very rare, and are
difficult to procure from the natives,
who value them highly, and use them
for door posts, especially in their
temples. The tusks of a full-grown
'tusker" seldom measure over six
feet, and weigh from one to two hun
bred pounds. The tusk is usually
solid for about half its length, the
base being quite thin and therefore of
little use for commercial purposes.
Only from the upper portion of the
tusk can billiard balls and the bulkier
articles be made.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-06-20
PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY.
Fire Breaks Out in the Wreckare-
Burns Like KiudIiur

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 13.-While if
is now regarded as proba BILE that the loss
Of life at New Richmond will not come
up to the original estimate it is believed
that the property loss will be greater.
Fire has broken out in the wreckage.
which is little more than kindling wood
and burns easily. At 8 o'clock a relief
train left Minneapolis for New Rich
mond, bearing telegraph operators, line
men, physicians, nurses and correspond
entS.
1t is just dawning on the Twin Cities
that they narrowly escaped an awful dis
aster and they are ready to render such
aid as may be needed. From the Iurid
sky and torrents of rain here yesterday
afternoon it was apparent that a great
disturbance was in progress near by and
hundreds of families spent the late af-
ternoon in their cellars. 1t was with lit
tie surprise that they learned of the Wis
consin disaster and every bit of news
is being breathlessly awaited. Newspa-
per bulletins are eagerly watched and ex-
tras are snapped up within block of the
newspaper offices. Some action by the
mayor extending what municipal aid
Minneapolis can afford is expected to be
taken at an early hour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-06-20
THE WORST CONFIRMED
A St. Paul Dispatch Reporters Story
of Death and Ruin.

st. Paul, Mimi, June ia reporter
Of the Dispatch who went to New Rich
mond, Wis, last night, on the first re-
lief train, returned this morning and full
ly confirms the reports Of the dreadful
calamity which visited that place about
o'clock last night.
The pretty little town is almost COM
pletely wiped off the map and of its $500
inha bitants 200 lie dead among the ruins
of their homes, about 1000 are injured,
many fatally, and scarcely two score es-
capped without some physical reminder of
the storms awful wrath The day had
been close and muggy and threatening
rain, but rain had been so frequent of
late that the inhabitants of the peaceful
village felt no undue alarm until about
5:3O, when heavy dun-colored clouds
gathered on the western horizon and
soon spread over the sky, gradually grow
ing denser and darker and presaCing a
tornado.
Great alarm prevailed shortly before
the storm broke and refuge was sought
IN cellars, wells, caves or other under
ground structures that promised safety.
The wind, which q moment before was q
mere whisper, began blowing with terri
bic force. In less time than it takes to
tell it the storm burst on the hapIess
village in all its fury
The shrieking Of the elements was aw-
full and the cries of the wounded and dy-
ing were drowned in the wailing of the
hurricane which swept all before it.
Trees bent low to the earth and were
Invested Of leaf, branch and even bark
The storm struck the town full in the
center and in ten minutes awful destruc-
ton had been wrought The largest
brick blocks were seized in the nav Of
the storm king and crumbled like egg
shells. The lighter frame structures were
whisked away like much straw and
many of the inmates were carried for
blocks and dashed to earth.
Five hundred buildings, the finest in
the town, We're food for the elements and
when the storm had passed about the
only structures of any note left standing
were the Catholic and Baptist churches,
which were providentially spared.
Not residence was left untouched and
few people of the town who did not re-
ceive injuries.
Lumber boards went up in the clouds,
the huge planks being sliced into shin
giles. A large iron bridge over Apple
river was blown into fragments and the
parts distributed along the banks a half
a mile away
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-06-20
SMASHED BUILDINGS
Property in Barron Suffers from the
Storm.

Barron. Wis, June 13.-[Special. J.
This city and surrounding country was
last night visited by a severe cyclone,
which did untold damage. The storm
came up about Z o'clock and for several
minutes was watched with fearful ap-
prehenSion. The scene was awful to be-
hold. The storm started by a cloud
burst, which drenched everything. The
Norwegian church was totally wrecked.
The Barron Heading company's mill was
partially wrecked and the stock scattered
badly. The residence OF j. w. Gillett
was badly wrecked and penetrated in SIX
places by planks blown from adjacent
lumber yards. Gus Soderberg's residence
was moved from it's foundation and the
kitchen roof penetrated by flying board
John Posts residence was badly wrecked
and his barn and sheds are down. The
dwelling of w. 2. Howard was turned
over on it's side. Mrs Howard was in
jured so that her recovery is doubtful
Mr.. Howard received slight injuries The
large, half-completed residence of Bert
Finnimore and S. L. Fillmore was entire
ly destroyed Barns and buildings with
out number are wrecked Nearly every
store front on the east side of Third
street was blown in. The theater block
and opera hall are slightly wrecked
john Martins bicycle shop was wiped off
the earth. The upper half of the front
of A. i. Horstman's furniture store was
blown out. Mrs. l.. G.. McNurlin's mil
linery store suffered likewise. The front
Of b. Nelson's furniture store in the
opera house block was blown in. The
Third ward schoolhouse was moved from
its foundation and nine boxcars Were
blown off the tracks. Mrs. Crandalls
residence was wrecked and numerous otl-