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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
Watch for the First Chapters
Next Week.
He Once Knew Something.

A middle aged gentleman who has
been looking over his old school exam
nation papers writes to The Academy
expressing his chagrin at the discov-
cry of the fact that he knows less than
he did years ago. Il knew some things
then arithmetic, for example. Today
am at the mercy of any waiter who
brings me change. At booking offices
keep vast crowds waiting and miss
ing their trains while | do laborous
subtraction sums in my head, but at
school what Il hand | was at figures.
Look at this:
"'Thrpe graZicrs, 4, b and c. rent a
puts on - cattle for II days. b 10 for
~ days and c % for % days. If at the
end of the month the rent and other
charges amount to f23 IS. lUd.. how
much of this ought to be paid by
each"
~ could do that in 1854. couldn't
do it now. have no idea where 10 be-
gin, 1t may be easy, but the point Is
that have not the key. There used
to be n iugglcry with y, and could
manage it. Now that | pay income tax
and have statements of account from
my publisher every half year can
manage it no longer. And | seem TO
have known zoology too. Zoology! |
seem Ia have been able to describe and
draw diagrams of the heart and princi-
pal blood vessels of the craytsh. Once
good heaNens-onCe | was a we'll
Informed boy. Today | don't see how
should pass the third class college OF
Drucrptor London Academy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
BEHIND THE TIMES.
In the Matter of Roads This Country
is IA Back Number

Governor Rollins OF New Hampshire
In a recent address ON the value OF i'm
proved highways said that the prog
ress OF the national life was indicated
by the roads. The progress OF the peo-
pie in arts and sciences Is indicated by
roads. We are becoming a little vain.
glorious. We people of this century.
We believe that we are up To date. but
when we come 10 the subject OF roads
we are far behind the times.
Governor Rollins dwelt upon the
character of the highways of the Ro-
man empire. Even today In every
part of the world where Rome had n
foothold. he said, traces are left of the
wonderful roads. When Rome began
TO decline, road building was stopped.
1t has only been of recent date, he
continued. that good roads began Ia
show themselves in England aud in
Scotland. The progress and strength
of the English people have been coin
cident with the building OF good roads.
The governor advocated plan to open
up the rural sections OF New England
by the construction of paths and lanes
leading To picturesque spots. winding
In aud out Of wooded districts and Sc
cluded places. forming sort Of mex.
pensive park system.
The good roads movement in this
country IS only of very recent date
and the bicycle Is chiefly responsible
for the agitation and beginning of the
work. The best roads are those about
great cities. because OF the aCCumula.
tion Of wealth there, yet the people
who need them most are the farmers
The people In big cities think that they
are heavily taxed, but proportionately
they are lightly taxed in comparison
with the farmers.
The speaker discussed the plan fol
good roads recently put into operation
in New Jersey. where the abutters pay
10 per cent, the county one-third and
the state the remainder OF the cost
The result he said is that the state l.
roads. The governor gave number OF
statistics with relation to the greater
revenue To he derived by the farmer by
hauling his merchandise over goot
roads.
With regard to the construction OF
roads Governor Rollins said that care
should be exercised In location and at
tention paid to conditions. In the mex
% years there is going to be IN unprec
edented activity in road building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

He had been studying shorthand
thinking it might be "A help to him in
his business, and naturally he was in.
terrStcd in it, SO ii h$pprnrd that
when he did something to displcase his
wife and she started to tell him what
she thought of it all he asked her tC
wait Il minute.
"Wait Il minute" she exclaimed ir
astoniShment "Why?"
Il don't like to miss such splendit
chance for practice" he replied, reach
inc for his pencil and paper, I'm
training for speed certificate. yol
know, and rapid dictation is just wha
| want. Now go ahead.'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
STATE AID FOR ROADS.
why the Farmer should Not, Unaid-
ed. Build Highways.

The exact ratio Of value between
farm and city property is not known,
but more than one half Of Il" tlA" bic
property in Minnesota is IL TIE ciocs
and villages, with continual tcuden-
cy. as the state grows older. to Increase
the value Of city property as compared
with the value Of farm property, says
A. B. Choate. In some of the eastern
states the proportion of state taxes
paid by the farmers to that paid by the
owners of city property is very small
indeed.
The bearing which this has upon the
question OF state aid is very apparent,
for If the farmers are required to pay
taxes on their proportionately very
small amount of property to improve
the long stretches of country ROADS,
while the city people pay only enough
taxes on their great wealth to improve
the roads within the city limits, it will
be necessary that the road taxes levied
upon farm property shall be very much
heavier in proportion to the value OF
that property than the road taxes upon
city property. Without any attempt at
accuracy. because the exact proportion
Is not known. the accompanying facts
show this inequality. With so much
money and with much less territory
the cities have very unfair advantage
| over country districts.
The country roads never have been.
ought not to be and never will be i'm
proved at the sole expense of the farm
Ing property. 1t is absolutely impossi-
bic for the farmers to do 1t. Since the
whole state Is interested In the I'M
proyement of all the roads and since
the city people are interested in and
anxious to have the country roads I'M
proved. 1t would be fair to levy a tax
on all the property In the state for the
Improvement of the roads. This Is
what is meant by state aid. 1t Is very
similar to the plan now in operation
whereby the state contributes to the
expense of country schools. The state,
you know, does not undertake to con
duet the country district schools, but
it does say that II any school district
shall run n school of certain charac-
ter u certain number of months in the
year the state will contribute TO the ex-
| penSe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
Permanent Roads.

Permanent road building is not ac-
complished by ordinary highway work,
but by constructing roads that will
take care of themselves for a reasona-
bic time Permanency should be CON
sidered with reference to locality, trav-
el and other kindred conditions and
should not be made too expensive. Ex-
trnvagance is danger to be avoided
as one that will imperil the whole en-
terprise. We should regulate our prog
ress in this respect by practical econO-
my.-Josah Grout.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

"Our uI Ire funniest experiences In
my hotel life" said au old cirIE. "was
that Ia which a u.au registered his
name without writing Ai~ town after
II. aS is the custom. When called
his attention TO il, hr said. i hadn't
forgot il. but feel "a little lii timiJ
about IL. The last tiny WAS away
from home registered Tine name ut
my town and tie clyrh asked .mc
what state IL WAS iu. | got mad in
a minute and wouldn't stay iu the
house. went to another house aul
day appeared in the paper credited
10 New York. | shaved il TO the clerk.
aud he said he changed my place OF
residence on the book because nobody
ever registered from Brooklyn.
Il told The man hc need have no
fear Of having the incident repeated
in our place provided hr wanted ia
write thr name. IIc said he would
think about it aud asked to Ice shown
his room. 50 saw no more of him IN
I'll late in the night. IIo 'hcn asked
me if | had an atlas. lie studied it
infinitely for few minutes measured
distances with lis two hands, like a
farmer and then lac called me and
pointed out the name of a town.
asked him if that was his.
ut Is the name all right he replied,
but don't know whether the town
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

IIicks-lt is shame the way Buster
is bringing up that boy of his. The lad
doesn't know how to read or write and
there is no indication of his ever being
sent to school.
ing, You can depend upon it. Probably
he intends when that boy reaches man
hood he will have all the business he
can attend to as criminal court juror
Boston Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
Both Glad,

Said Mrs Gadubout. who had come
to spend the day, to little Edith
Are you glad to see me again,
Edith"
"Yes. MN, and mammals glad, too"
vrplied the child.
'Is she"
"les, MIN. She said she hoped you'd
come today and have it over with."-
Ohio State journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

1t is claimed that 3O.OO0.0O0 lceches
are used annually in France and Eng
land alone. y single company in Aus
tlalia used to export 100000 to 3.000,-
GOO Il year to Europe and America. One
Partisan capitalist affirmed that his
lcech crop returned him 10 to |, and it
is recorded that the monopoly of tax
ing lecchcS in Morocco was once sold
for S1OO0OO
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

Several divisions of the League OF
American Wheelmen give special at
tpption to the erection Of guideboards
on the travelled roads. In addition,
some of them will erect danger signals
at all steep or dangerous hills. These
signs are appreciated by wheelmen and
drivers alike, inasmuch as they furnish
desired information and thus expedite
travel
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

The best method in which town
can pave its way to success Is to pave
its streets and improve the highways
leading therefrom.
Call a public meeting In your neigh
borhood, tnJ out the best way to i'm
prove your roads and then do some
thiuu
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
Doesn't Help Him Out.

The mule who gets stuck where the mud's deer
and thick
And simply does nothing but rear up and kick.
Though he shows all the world he's chronic ole
kicker
He doesn't get out Of the mud any quicker.
L. A. W. Bulletin,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

"Plcase, papa. give me a quarter to
see the biz snake in the mcnagclie."
"MorriS, my dear, here's the mag
nifying glass. Go look at an angle
worm. -Fliegende Batter
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

Artificial flowers were unknown to
sho ancient civilized nations of Europe.
] hey are first mentioned in Italy in the
fourteenth century, but in China they
were known at an earlier date.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
Ero with Peril.

John Bulls stubborn insistence on
his fright of search" may yet lead him
to discovery of unsuspected peril In
foreign shlps.-St, Louis Republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02

The Perslans did not punish tue
first otfense Of murder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
0. H. HENDERSON.
TICKET AGENT
Boston and Maine Railway,
ST. JOHNSBURY. VT.

Tickets via the first class routes to poihtS
west and south and via tranS-atiantic me
~ and from European points hhEsuE'
checked through Sleeping car accommoda'
upnS secured i'll advance
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Through Colorado

The Denver X RioGrande Railroad. with its numerous branches pene- traGing the Rockies. has two dis. tinct and separate lines across the mountains. Tickets reading via the "Scenic Line" between Denver and Grand Junction. in couaection with the Rio Grande Western Ky. between Grand Junction and Ogden. are available over the Denver X Rio Grande eithe- via it's main line through Leadville and Glenwood SprIr gs or via the line over Marshall Pass and through the Black Canon. Tourists to and from Salt Lake City Ogden or San Francisco will find it to their advantage to have their tickets reae in both directions via the "Scenic Line of the World" thus being able to use one of the above routes going and the other return ing. Write $. K. Hooper, q. r. X T. A., Denver, Colo. for illustrated pamphlets. dtf
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BURLINGTON ROUTE
 GBEST LINE,

WEST: St. Louis to Kansas City. St. Joseph, Omaha, Nebraska. Den- yer, Utah, Pacific Goast-TWO TRAINS DAILY. Weekly California Excursions.
 NORTH V EST: to Black Hills, Montana, Washington, Puget Sound via the sshort Billings Route-50 to 800 miles saved. from St. Louis. Tourists sleepers Tuesdays and Thursdays, Kansas City to Seattle. NORTH: to St. Paul aud Minne- apolis-rHREE TRAINS DAILY. INCONSISTENCIES EXCURSIONS to the Nesr and Northwest.
 7500 Miles of Standard Railroad. The Main Travelled Road in the Louisiana Purchase.
 Witie-EestIbGled, pintseh-lighted, !, eoE1plete trains Of chair cars (seats free1, Pullman sleepers.
 All Ticket Agents can ticket via the Great Burlington Route.
 Write.
 F M pUGG, L " WAKELY T P 4, GOA Pine St.. Gen. Passenger Ag't
 St LauIs, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
 HOWARD ELLIOTT, GrnI Manager.
 Sr. Leuis, Mo.
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 WHITE SLAVES.
Efforts Making to Stop the Cursed
 Traffic in Russia.

Efforts Making to Stop the Cursed
 Traffic in Russia.
 St Petersburg Cor. New York Times: In view of the Inter lationai Cong1 ess to be held in London at the end of the present month fol the dis. cussion of the best measure to be taken for the prevention of the "white slave" traffic. the Novosti has lately been publishing detailed accounts of the manner in which this business is car- fled on in Russia. The trade has de- veloped to a great extent in the past few years throughout Western Europe, but the town Of Jassy is it's center. The women are bought, parucularly at Lelpslc, during the great annual fair, put 1t is the capital of Moldavia, which $ the central point of the traffic, jus: as Khartoum was formerly the mar ket place for the human merchandise imported from Abyssinia and Central Africa. From Jassy the merchandise IS directed to Russia and Turkey. Next 70 Jassy. Brussels has become the most important center for this business. she white slaves destined for Russia are generally sent to Riga or to Wilma, where the wholesale merchants from St. Petersburg and Moscow meet to make their selections. These they transfer at once to the principal citie. of the empire and to the remote prov. lnces of Siberia. There was recently arrested in Odessa an agent Of the principal Russian white slave" mer- chants, and at his residence a volumi- aous correspondence, with sub-agents at Jassy, Brussels, Riga and elsewhere, was found Thanks to this edifying correspondence, the Russian police as- certalned that white slave agencies ex- ist throughout Russia, in rural dis trlcts as well as in the principal cities and towns. In some of these letters the sub-agents mentioned that they had exceptionally fine merchandise at relatively low price, five parcels (sic) in a. . Then there followed a detailed description of the goods. The Odessa agent in question has been exiled to slberia, where he will spend the next fen years. From what I hear, the Rus sian government considers the white slave traffic as an international curse, which can only be successfully eradi- cated by the united efforts of all civil lzed nations. It is well known that tha czarina is herself deeply interested ln this matter.
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Iron Mountain Mountain Rates.

Annual Mcetiug Southern Baptist and Ansiitary, Convention, Hot Springs. Ark-s May Ut ", 100, For the above named oc--l easion the st l. M X s Ky will seII tieketa from Pine Bluf to Hot sDrIf gs and reft,rr, Tor one fare for the round trio. Tickets ar. sale May to Il inclusive. Limited for reft,rfs l5 days from date of sale -
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ANOTHER DESIGN
To Complete the historical rr.eue Around
the capitoi's Rotunda.

the CapifoFs Rotunda.
 Washington Special New York Mail and Express: It has been the ambition of every administration to complete the historical frieze around the big TO- tdnda under the great dome of the eap- itol This fresco illustrates tne history of the United States from the landing Of Columbus It has been com pleted, except one panel or space. and as each administration has come and gone, designs have been submitted to fill that space with some event that occurred during that particular admin istratien. The latest suggestion was made during Mir. Cleveland's last term, when it was proposed to fill the vacant space with the scene of the opening of the Worlds Fair at Chicago. This pie ture was to represent MT. Cleveland touching the electric button and start ing the machinery of the Columbian exposition. Designs were drawn and submitted, but the project did not quite please the congressional commit tee which has charge of the capitol. Within the last few weeks New York artist has come forward with another design to complete the historical friese, and this time the subject is the free, dom of Cuba. The artist has treated the subject in an allegorical way. repre- senting President Mckinley as striking the shackles off the arms of a female, supposed to represent Cuba. Some have proposed that the artist change his design, and, instead, add other fig ures, representa- Porto Rico, Hawaii. end the Philippines. as we'll as Cuba. No doubt, when c eress meets the de- sign will be sut to the congress sional comm
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Making DncKs Lay Black Eggs.

According to writer in 3 French scientific paper, ducks fed on acorns, which they will eat raVenously, rot unfrequently lay black eggs. The req son is that their eggshell is naturally rich in iron, and this combines with the tannin in the acorn to produce a good fast black. The same paper states that if fowls are fed on boiled lobster shells they will lay bright red eggs.
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ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
This Is the Field of Naturalist.s
 Work.

Work.
 Theodore Holm, a Dane, TOT many years botanist in the National Museum at Washington, concerns himself only with things above the clouds. He makes it his business to probe into the mysteries of nature in the remote heights of the earth. How plants and lichens grow in rigorous climes, on the windy rocks of the snow-capped mountains and in the arctic circle is the special object of his research, and the comparison between plants at the poles and these on the tops of peaks is his special delight. His search for in- formation has carried him into all parts of the world. Three times he has gone into the arctic circle, many t1mes to Greenland and Iceland, and times without number to the North cape and the Lofoten islands. He has clrmbed the Norwegian mountains and has strange things to tell about the plants that grow on our own Pike's peak. T have for a long time been studying the subject of arctic fora" said MT. Holm at the Grand Central hotel, and during my studies have been in great many parts of the globe. On several occasions I have been member of polar expeditions. In 1SS2-3 I was with the Danish ship Dymphna, which took part in the ih- 'ef1ational polar expedition, in which you will remember Gen. Greeley took part. Andre Hangaad was our captain, and for two years we drifted about the polar seas caught in the ice foes The Dutch ship Varna, which we met kept Us company, sank at the end or the second year, but we saved the crew. I began then, as the agent of the Danish government, to pursue ths studies of eircumpolar botany, and since then I have followed the work in Greenland, Iceland, ,America-in fact, all over the world. What has most interested me has been the comparison of plants found in the polar regions with those found Of the mountain tops. My work lies wholly above the timber line, and you will be surprised to see how many plants are to be found there. There are at least twenty species of Towering herbs o19 the rocky and snow covered peaks, scme of wonderful beauty and color. None of them grow higher than an inch and most are only half an inch high, but they are perfect in their minuteness and of the most vivid hues There is the Arctic pink and the Arctic dryas, both of exquisite shade and form. The Arctic poppy is another flower worth hunting for on the tree1ess slopes, and so is the Arctic willow The little lyeapod is a series of plant that is found in both high and low places. It is said by most bot anists not to grow higher than 5000 feet. I have found it on the top of Pike's peak. 1000 feet. There it is half an inch high. In Florida it grows eight inches tall. There is a miniature clover also to be found above the tim- Der line, and a flower resembling the forget-me-not, so you see that the rocks which you are used to consid- erlng barren are by no means so to one who has the eyes to look for the beauties that are there. .9-Denver Pc. publican
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UNION STATION

connections at Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver facilitate round trip tickets via diverse routes.
 Magnifcently illustrated litera- ture will be sent to you without expense by sending your name to w. A. SHIRLEY, A G. F. A., or A. A, GI1ssoN, c. A. P, D.. "The Denver Road" at Fort Worth, Texas.
 D. B. KELLER. V. P. K T. M.
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GATEWAY

in connection with the A. T. & s. F., westward trough New Mexico and Arizo- na, eastward through Utah and Colorado.
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Farming In Colorado and New Mexic

Farming In Colorado and New Mexico.
 The Denver x Rio Grande Rail. road, The Scenic Line of the World, :" has prepared an illustrated book ap- OH the above subject, which will be sant free to farmers desiring to change heir location. This publica- tion gives valuable information in regard to the agricultural, horticnl- tural and live stock interests of this section, and should he in the hands ofevery one who desires to become acquainted with .the methods of of farming by irrigation. Write $. K. Hooker, q. P. X. T. A., Denver, Colo. If
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sne Was rco 4..ang.

Charles Barney graf, 2l. and MaFg sehemiski, r, both of Cincinnati. wanted to be married in covington yesterday, but Deputy County Clerk Bud McQuerney refused to grant a IT. cense unless the girl could induce her mother to cross the river and give her consent
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TIE DENVER ROAD.

Our passengers to California and back take advantage of the