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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19
CHEAP ROAD LABOR.
Successful Employment of Convicts
In New York state.

The League For Good Roads In Onei.
da county. y. Y. reports favorably on
the experiment of employing convicts
on roadmaking Under the direction
of the board of supervisors and the su-
perintendence of trained engineer the
county prisoners have constructed a
macadam road one and three-tenths
miles long through the village of New
York Mills. near Utica.
The county authorities made con-
tract with the road district whereby it
was to furnish laborers at % cents a
day and allow the use of its stone
crusher, steam roller, etc, free of
charge. The road district furnished the
necessary fuel and material and paid
for supervision. The cost of the road
was about $3.50, or $1,000 u mile, and
the total cost was only three times the
amount of the annual road tax.
AS it will cost only $3.50 a year to
keep the new road in repair the annual
saving will amount to about 1870. and
after the cost has been repaid the tax.
payers will be relieved to this extent.
or the money can be devoted to other
improvements. While this road was
building the state authorities were con-
structing similar one of equal length.
which was to cost, at the contract
price, $4,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19
yuitures and RattIesnake..

When the international boundary
commission resurveyed the lines be-
tween the United States and Mexico.
there We're naturallsts In the party.
Dr Mearns, who. with his ASSISTANTS.
collected many specimens of birds and
mammals. tells Of fight In the air be-
tween California vulNire and rat
tlesnake which he saw while exploring
t!r Cocopah mountains of Lower Cal
ifJruia.
II was In the early morning. The big
bird had seized the snake behind the
head and was struggling upward with
its wrthing. deadly burden. The
snakes captor appeared aware that its
victim WAS dangerous The burden
was heavy as the reptile was nearly
five feet long.
The grip Of the bird on the snakes
body was not of the best The snake
seemed to be squirminG from its cap
tors talons, ut least sufficiently to en-
able ii to strike. Its triangular hoad
was seen to rccoil and dart at the mass
of feathers.
1t did this once or twice. and then.
with a shrek. the vulturc dropped It's
prey. The bird was probably 500 feet
or so above the observers. The aston
ished men were then treated to a spec
tacle seldom seen. Few birds but
Vulture could accomplish such feat.
The instant the snake escaped from
the birds clutches it dropped earth
ward like Il shot. and, like a shot, the
bird dropped after it. catching it in
midair with Il grip that caused death.
At any rate. the snake ceased to wrig-
gle. and the vulture scared away to u
mountain peak to devCur its hard earn
ed meal. Youths Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19

ress and has built more miles of roads
under this system than any other state.
Thus one might if space permitted 20
through the whole list of states and
find evidences of great progress in road
Improvement. Governor Mount of In
diana. fer instance. says that his COM
m9nwealth is provided with $4,000
miles of graded. graveled and piked
highways. over 5000 miles of which
are comparable with the best roads of
France The public is now more thor
oughly aroused to the Importance Of
the movement for better roads than ev.
cr before. ana more roads and better
roads have been built in the United
States in 1880 than in any previous
year in its history.
The agitation which has become so
universal will surely result in n well
defined public sentiment that will soon
overcome all obstacles. With the new
century the good roads movement is
likely to receive valuable aid from the
owners of horseless vehicles, already
not uncommon on our thorOughfares.
The aid Of these new allies added to
that of the farmer with his pecuniary
interest in the question. to say nothing
of the army of wheelmen already en-.
listed in the cause. promises well for q
rapid spread Of the movement through,
out the country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19
Too Lively,

Mr.. Corntossel-I can't understand
these here theater troopers.
Mr., Meddergrass-What is the mat.
ter?
Mr.. Corntossel-Why they advertised
this here drummer of 9TH Black Vow
Of Vengeance" as havin plenty of life
in it, an blame if they didn't kill IL
people in tn first Baltimore Amer
lean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19
Socrates Trimmed

mo one" gravely announced Socra-
ties, 'can arrest the fight of time"
NO" queryingly Interrupted by
stander. Il thought anybody could
stop a minute" And even the disciples
Of the great philosopher were forced to
smile behind their togas.- Philadelphia
paaord
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19

advice to people on how to live to be
old says that one of the main rules tD
follow is to go away from the table at
each meal feeling as if you could eat
more"
well. say. If that's right. every fcl-
low at our boarding house ought to
live to be hundred" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19

There were good roads in the coun.
try before the l.. A. W. was organized
but since that time. and partly through
the energy of this influential body of
cyclers. many more good roads have
been constructed. But what the good
roads movement needs today is leader,
ship. and if that be the part the l.. A.
w. Is playing we say with all our
heart, "Go in and win"-B Boston Jour.
nal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19

virchow, the German scientist, said
the way to live long is to "be born with
good constitution, take care of it
when you are young, always have
something to do and be resigned if you
find you cannot accomplish all you
wish" 1t is easier to live long with a
poor constitution than to violate the
other conditions and reach old age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-10-19
VOL. XVIII
r.>,.N District Probate Court.

.--st.uS ul said Court Will hc held at
.........rf fbt srruud Tuesday Of October aud
t..f ,auaul Ia" second Tuesday oi No.
....r -tuI MAY. West Concord the second
..f.-.Il.. uccrmhc- aud lune. lunenburs
..... s....sttd TUESDAY ~ January and July.
.fll sessions viii br held At any place IN
tf.. .HH>lGtyt hN agreement.
ROBERT CHASE. Judge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
OLD IMPERIAL BooYooARD.
Institution That Died with the Second
French Empire.

Institution That Died with the Second
French Empire.
The Cent Guards founded with the
second empire in 1870. The corps dated
from the time of the Crimean war,
when visit from Queen Victoria was
expected. The tallest and finest look
ing men and officers were selected from
the cavalry. There were 1877 of the
former and eleven Of the latter. but the
number of men was increased to 208.
Their function was purely decorative
and they chiefly served within the
palace. What sWells the officers were
In their sky-blue uniform bedight with
golden lace! The corps had regula
tons of their own. They were on no
account, when on duty, to stir unless
20 salute the emperor or empress, and
only then when specially ordered. The
worst breach of discipline would have
been to forget they were to be motion
less as caryatides. One day Marshal
Casteilane, vain, old, peppery per-
sonage, had occasion to see the en-
peror soon after the creation of the
Cent Guards. Two Of them kept guard
beside the door opening from the ante
room on tire presence chamber. They
remained in the regulation attitude
that is to say, with the right arm hori-
zontally stretched out and holding a
musket by the bayonet The butt end
rested Oh the ground. The marshal
was in uniform. Furious at not being
saluted, he asked the one nearest to
him what it meant. The Cent Guard
seemed neither to see nor hear. Cas-
tellane lost self-restraint and abused
Tim. Still the soldier remained i'm
passive. The irate marshal sent for
Col. Verley to complain. The colonel
failed to make him understand that
approval and not chastisement was
due. Thus the matter was brought be-
fore the emperor, who gave the COM
plainant sharp rap on the Rnuckles
by expressing his pleasure at the
Spartan attitude of household guard
who was bound to ignore every rank
but the mperial.-London Truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
RHEUMATISM CATARRH ARE BLOOD
DISEASES-.FREE!

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases
of Catarrh and Rheumatism that b, b.
B. botanic blood balm) cures. 1t mat
tiers not what other treatments, doc
tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air,
blood purifiers, have failed to do, b. b.
B. always promptly reaches the real
cause and roots out and drives from
the bones, joints, mucous membrane,
and entire system the specific poison
in the blood that causes rheumatism
and eatarrh. B. B. b. is the only rem.
edy strong to do this and cure so there
can never be return of the symptoms.
Don't give up hope but ask your drug
gist for B. B. B.-botanic blood balm or
3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six
bottles full treatmenD five dollars. B.
B. B. is an honest remedy that makes
real cures of all blood diseases after
every thing else fails. We have abso-
lutte confidence in Botanic blood balm;
hence, SO you may test it, we will send
trial bottle free on request. Personal
medical advice free. Address,
BLOOD BALM CO,
222 Mitchell ST., Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
COON FOR 4noss DEMENrEp.
Newly Invented strait-Jacket That
VIII Save Much Suffering.

From Washington Times: J. NJ.
Hooper of Baltimore applied for patent
papers on an invention that promises
TO be of inealculable assistance to hos
pitals and public and private asylnms
where insane, delirious or unruly
tt.L4eGts are handled. The invention
Is h1.0,,u as rest sheet and strait
jacket and Is a combination of both,
holding the patient securely and COM
fortab1y without even the aid of an at
tendant. All the hospitals have felt
the need of just such an invention as
has been perfected by Mr.. Hooper, and
hospital attendants in general will hall
with delight the advent of the sheet
and jacket that will save both many
struggles with a wild sufferer and in
many cases personal injury of some
sort TO either the patient or the nurse.
The patent is especially to protect in
sane or delirious patients, and can be
adjusted to any bed whatsoever. 1t can
be affixed as readily to cot or sur
gical table, and the patient is held in
such a way as not alone to avoid per.
sonaI injury, but also to prevent the
exposure of any part of the body. This
will be especially advantageous in
many cases where exposure to the air
Is especially deleterious to the suffer.
er's chances of recovery. The pa
tient may be left entirely alone without
fear, for the strongest man is utterly
helpless when under the sheet. The
sheet is made of heavy cotton duck,
which can be both Numbered and ster-
| ilized, thus fulfilling all hygienic con-
ditions. The sheet fits close around
the neck of the PROSTATE patient, be-
ing edged with chamois to avoid chat
Ing. The arms come through two
| openings in the sheet and are held
down in a eaamois lined duck trap ar
rangement that gives ease yet security.
The feet are strapped in like manner,
being covered with an extra flap OF
cotton duck to keep off flies and air
This extra flap gives a certain freedom
to the feet that would be impossible
If placed under the main sheet which
is drawn down tight by the fastenings.
These are made In such way as to
| be impossible to tear out. The head
can be turned and the body to some ex-
tent, but the most frantic struggles
would be productive Of no harm on the
part of the patient. Two extra straps
can be run across the body II deemed
necessary. The device has been In use
in the city hospital IN Baltimore fos
the past six months. and Is given the
highest endorsement
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
CHEAP THINGS IN MANILA
Rosewood and Mahogany Much Used
Low Prices for Duck Suits.

Paymaster Eugene Coffin. writing
from Manila, Philippine islands, to
friend in Washington, says: Il am liv-
ing at the Hotel del Orient. The floors
of the hotel are of hardwood, and all
sawed out by hand. These people have
never seen a sawmill. The staircases
of the first three floors of the hotel are
of rosewood. They use solid mahog-
any here for the eapest things. l
took out my rule The other day and
measured some OF the boards in tho
floor, and, to my surprise, they were
% feet long and 301a inches wide. You
can hardly realize how wide 907s
inches is. Take a tape measure and
mark il off, and you will understand
how amazed I was. There's a fortune
here for the man who will come in and
start a saw and planning mill. They
saw all their lumber here by hand,
Chino at each end of the saw. These
boards have been in use for twenty
years, and not ehink or crack in
them. had nine duck suits made to
order for me here, and paid $3.50 in
gold for the entire lot. I pay eight
cents suit for washing It. They never
saw washboard here. They wet and
soap the clothes and then thrash them
on the stones swinging them over their
heads as you would a fail. There is
not a cook stove in Manila save those
brought here by our boys. Bnt they
have plenty of sewing machines. Theirs
is not fatiron on the whole island.
When our boys first got here they go
81 Mexican dollars for a United States
twenty-dollar piece, but the rate OF
exchange has fallen now until it is only
two for one. We are paying off the
boys IN paper money now, and the
natives take our currency very kindly.
They have never seen 50 much money
in all their lives IS our boys are spend
ing now"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
Seeds

Biliousness and constipation are
seeds out of which spring many of
the serious diseases that atfiict the
human body. Sound Judgment
would demand the immediate re-
moval of this condition before it de-
velops something more troublesome
and difhcnlt to cnre. Prckly Ash
Bitters is reliable cure for consti-
patioc and disorders OF similar
character. 1t not only thoroughly
empties and purifies the bowels, but
strengthens the bowel channels and
regulates the liver and stomach.
hence it performs a radical cure.
Id by Walker Drug Company Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
LithOtypeS.
What are LithOtYres?

They are "lithograph engrav-
ings, "stone engraVings' that are
transferred onto zinc and then
etched into relief, to be used on
type presses.
A critical examination of speci-
mems will show that the printing
qualities of these plates are of the
highest order.
AS we make a specially of this
class of work We would like to
hear from you when you need a
fir engraving. Yours truly,
Adams Wilson P't'g Co.,,
Pine Bluff. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Bloating after eating, Indigestion,
fatulence or water brash. may be
quickly corrected through the use of
Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t strengthens
digestion, eieanses and regulates the
h6wels. Sold by Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

The Louisville News. a Taylor or
gan, b onday deserted the cause of
the icing governor. Its action is
based upon the issuance Of pardons
for men who had not been arrested,
much less tried.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
BATTLES IN HER SLEEP.
Prttey Girl Is Rudely Awakened as She
Is About to Take a Plu1ge.

Prttey Girl is Rudely Awakened as She
Is About to Take a PluGge.
A handsome young lady from Pitts
ourgs who is stopping at a hotel on
Virginia avenue, Atlantic City, had an
experience early the other morning
that she is not anxious to repeat.
White in a somnambu1istic state, bare
footed and clad only In her nightrobe,
she wandered down to the beach and
would probably have walked into the
ocean had she not been stopped by
Special Policeman Marmaduke Albert
son. There were very few witnesses
Of the feat, and she Is so thankful for
its happy termination that she has
promised Albertson substantial re-
ward. The young lady's name is Miss
Belle English. Officer Albertson de-
scribes her as being rather tall, decid-
eddy pretty, with dark hair and lus-
trous dark eyes. The affair occurred
just before o'clock in the morning
Mike Campi, who keeps a fruit stand
at the merry-go-round, was standing
outside of his place of business when
he was startled by the appearance OF
what he at first thought was a specteE
gliding swiftly over the strand toward
the ocean. He called Policeman AL
bertson, who started in pursuit of the
white-robed figure. When Albertson
came close TO the figure he spoke, but
received no reply. He then reached
out his hand, determined to know the
worst, but instead OF clasping empty
air, as he feared he might, he found
his captive to be living, moving flesh
and blood. A few vigorous shakes
awakened the young lady, who gave
sharp cry of surprise when she found
herself in the grasp of strange man.
Then she realized what had happened
and became almost hysterical in her
notification. She was treasured,
however, when she found that her cap
tor was an officer. Albertson called
carriage and placed the trembling
girl in it, taking the precaution to
throw a blanket around her to protect
her from the chilly night air. At her
request he accompanied her TO the
hotel at which she was stopping The
guests had all retired. and with a quick
good night" to the policeman the
young lady disappeared, entering the
house through an open window. The
appearance of the house indicated that
the girl had escaped through the same
window after rybody in the house
had retired for the night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Sour stomach, fullness after eat
ing, fatulence are all caused by i1n-
perfect digestion. Prickly Ash Bit
tiers corrects the disorder at once,
drives out badly digested= food and
tones the stomach, liver and bowels.
For sale by Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
Below the ocean Lowell.

The most continental region on the
globe-farthest removed from an
oeean-lies in central Asia, south Of
Tsian-Shan. It lies below the level of
the ocean, and the Russian government
has established meteorological sta
ton there
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

That Taylor was expected to move
to London is evidenced by the fact
that his mail is icing addressed to
that point.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Another arrest was made Monday
connection with Goebels assassin
alton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
O "a s. II % IA.
Bears the - The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss &H7AzzGn

Forty dead bodies have SO far been
removed from he Red Ash mine,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Mlssouri's claim against the War
Department is partly paid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Kansas City is arranging to en-
terrain the Democratic National
Convention. A place will be provid-
ed for 600 active newspaper men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Petween two and three thousand
farmers will leave the Middle States
in the next sixty days for North Da-
kota.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Fourteen lives were lost in a tene.
ment house fire at Newark. n. j.,
Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Twenty-three hun lr, cigarmaB-
ers In New York City went out on q
strike Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14
1t Sometimes Fails.

He-Do you think there is anything
in the old theory that bad beginning
insures a good ending? She-No. You
began by mumbling your words dread
fully when you proposed to me, and
you remember, don't you, that papa
came in and flung you through the
door just as you were beginning to be
MISUNDERSTANDING Times Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

A double murder and suicide oe-
Cured III Scott county, Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

Colonel J. r. Estill, of Fayette.
Mo-, is dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-14

INDIGESTION, resulting from
J weakness of the stomach, is relieved
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great stom-
aeh tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-04
CHAMPION RAINBOW CHA SER.
CHAIRMAN JoNES'S UNDERsTUDY SAYS
BRYAN WILL GET 800 ELEC-
TORAL VOTES

Chicago Oct. (SpeciaD.-For the first time since
the campaign opened the Democratic managers to-
day issued official forecast of the Presidential
election. j c. Johnson. chairman of the Executive
Committee, made it in the absence of Senator Jones
who is in Indianapolis. and to say that II is
hummer is drawing it mild. Briefly stated Chair
man Johnson's forecast gives Bryan 800 electoral
votes and Mckinley 81. Thirty-three votes. Mr.
Johnson admits. doubtful and. coming from
Mr.. Johnson, that is big concession A moments
calculation, however, will show that even If the
Republicans should by some undprhand method
capture all the doubtful votes they would have only
127. while the peerless leader marched into the
White House with the overwhelming majority of
19S electoral votes.
The reason Chairman Johnson became so gener-
Gus with himself to-day was this. He had just
his fences-for johnson wants to be Senator-and
the first thing he saw in the Chicago papers was
the prediction made by Joseph Fl. Manley who is
in charge of the Eastern Republican headquarters
Mr.. Manley discerned a Republican victory. our he
comparatively modest He claimed only 2sS
votes for Mckinley. gave Bryan u2, ard put 81
down doubtful Then Johnson seized his pencil
and tried his hand at figuring. For hand
Johnson is not so bad. He says Illinois. Nsw-York
Wisconsin and California are already in the Bryan
column not to speak of the Dakotas and other
Western States. where the inhabitants say pOlit-
cal revolution is going
Mr.. Johnson prefaced his statement with this
sarcastic reference 10 Mr. Manley's table: With
some slight notifications, which I suggest the
table would be beyond criticism" The ''modihca-
tfons" made by the Democratic manager forecast
the election like this; Electoral votes sure for
Bryan $40. electoral votes sure for Mckinley. ~;
doubtful SO: total, Az Necessary To a choice, 224
The States put In the Bryan column by Chairman
Johnson, with their electoral votes. follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-04
CHINESE PEACE COMMISSIONERS.

Peking, Sept q. via Taku, Sept so and
Shanghai. Oct 3-Prince Ching has been in
formed Of the issuance of an Imperial decree
naming Liu Kun vi, Viceroy of Nanking. and
Chang Chi Tung, Viceroy at Hankow, As
sistant Commissioners TO negotiate terms of
peace Both the Assistant Commissioners are
members Of the progressive faction.
The Italian marines are being withdrawn.
Some concern is expressed regarding the plans
Of the Germans. who are bringing a large force,
which is expected to embark a campaign Of
revenge that, it is predicted. will seriously de-
lay the establishment Of peace.
After the return of the German expedition to
the southwark yesterday a small Japanese force
left Huang-Tsun for Using Yang, where the
Boxers are supposed to be congregaung.
The Russian force remaining in Peking con-
sists of two battalions of infantry and bat
terry of artillery, Colonel Trotiakoff commanding.
It will hold the Summer Palace and the Machi-
apo Railway terminus.