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itants. The harb0r is formed by the
projection into the sea OF two prumon-
tories, the extremities of two spurs
thrown out by Mount St Andrew. The
town OF kingstown Is remarkably well
laid out and is one OF the pretgiesI
small ports in the West Indies.
The climate Of ST Vincent Is unusu-
ally humid. the average rainfall being
seven feet annually. But the mortality
rate is low, and the inhabitants enjoy
excellent health. The soil in the val
ieys is rich loan well calculated for
the growing Of cotton and cocoa palms
as well as sugar cane.
1t is the home OF the giant freely,
whose phosphorescent briliaucy is so
great that one hy will shed sufficient
light by which 10 read book or news
paper. 4 dozen OF these insects will
light up large room. and the Caribs
in the olden days used them for pur-
poses Of illumination.
These Caribs. the original owners OF
the islands, have now disappeared. the
few remaining survivors Of the race
having been wiped out Of existence by
the recent eruption Of La Soafr.ere.
Since l7S3. when the Caribs were in
cited to revolt against the British by
the French. they have lived in a little
village on lands granted them by the
British government
Their original home was probably in
the northern part Of South America.
from the Amazon to Venezuela. Caribs
being still found in state Of sayagery
in the Guianas.
The island OF ST. Vincent was for
merry under the general government OF
the WiEdward islands. Barbados being
headquarters, but in 1885 Barbados
was made separate government. and
Grenada. St Vincent. Tobago and St
Lucia were placed under a governor
The official council Of St Vincent is
composed Of eight members nominated
by the British crown. The population
Of the island is about 500go. three
fourths Of the inhabitants being Of ne
gro or mixed blood
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lar. In fact. we connect Java with the
breakfast cup. and BorneO recalls 10 US
the circus sideShow with its wild men,
But OF Martinique and 81. Vincent We
heard little until We were told that
thousands Of our fellow beings were
lying dead there while many thousands
more suffered great distress.
Yet in both these comparatively near
by islands there has long been civiliZa-
ton. smacking more Of the old world
than the new. ii is true, but civilization
none the less. Many Of the victims, OF
course, were simple minded. half en-
lightened natives Of mixed race. but
thousands more were educated. refined
men and women Of French aud Span
ish and English blood.
The island Of Martinique is probably
the most important Of that crescent
shaped group known as the Lesser An
titles Leeward and Windward are the
names given by mariners TO the islands
comprising the Lesser Antilles lyirg to
the southeast Of Santo Domingo and
Va ~ AAAAAs AA&t shbA4tr VI AsAA w tDAAAFNs ~
minica and Martinique to the north, or
leeward. and Barbados, st. Lucia. st
Vincent, Grenadine. Grenada and 9th
ers TO the south, called the Windward
group.
OF these Martinique and GuaielorDe
belong 10 the French; the others are
English possessions Martinique, the
central scene Of the catastrophe that
is threatening all Of the islands Of the
Lesser Antilles, had q population Of
about $4,000 of which about 5000
were white. mostly French or Of French
origin. The bulk Of the population are
negroes and half breeds Of all shades
Of colors from full black TO the nearly
" white octoroon.
ST. Pierre, the city that has been to-
tally wiped cut, without being the cap
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-05-30
EGGS OF THE SIlKWORM.
Department of Agriculture Prepar-
ing For Extensive Tests

The division OF entomology of the de-
partment OF agriculture will make ex-
tensiye researches this summer in the
realm of silk culture and for this pur-
pose has lately imported a large num-
Der Of silkworm eggs from the great
silk producing districts of southern
France, says the Washington Post.
These eggs are Of the size of ordinary
bird shot and OF pale olive green
color.
They reach the office of the division
in little gauZe bags and are immediate
ly placed in warm sunIit place. pro-
tected from the cold, where in the
course of a week or 50 they hatch. Con-
gress Will shortly appropriate $1,000
for the investigation and promotion Of
silk culture in the south. and DR.. How
ard will leave in few days for France
and Italy 10 purchase large number
of eggs for distribution among farmers
throughout the south.
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6A@GAoSD ASlAA5~ 81 M EN-
This plantation is the nearest 10 Sou:risre
OF any OF the iSlzrdl
ital Of the island. was the chief city
and had population of 5000 Fort
de-France. the seat Of government. was
of inferior importance commercially.
1T has 1900 inhabitants
Mont Peiee, which wrought such de
struction to St Pierre. was regarded
by the natives as sort Of protector.
They had an almost superstitious aaec-
ton for il From the outskirts of the
city it rose gradually. its sides grown
thick with rich grass and dotted here
and there with spreading shrubbery
and dropping trees There was no
pleas2nter outing for an afternoon
than 4 journey up the green. velvetlike
sides Of the towering mountain and q
view Of the quaint, picturesque city
slumbering at its base.
There were no rocky cliffs. no crags
no nrotruding powders The mountain
was peace itself Ii seemed to promise
perpetual protection. The poetic ma
uves relied upon ii TO keep back storms
from the land and brighten with its
stern brow the tempests from the sea.
They pointed 10 it with profoundest
pride as one of the most beautiful
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SPANS YOUNG KING.
Interesting Anecdote Related of Don
Alfonso XIII.

Great interest is al present being
concentrated on the young King Alton
50 OF Spain. says the Madrid CORE
spondent Of the New York Herald He
was born under exceptional circum-
stances. and his father. Alfonso NIL.
was very delicate, but with the strict
regimen that Don Alfonso has been
obliged to observe he has grown well.
is tail and has very good figure
Don Alfonso inherits all the vivacity
Of spirit and repartee for which his
father was famous, The bon mots Of
the young king denote a very keen
sense Of humOr. The professor OF his
tory. Senior Brieva Salvatievra. was
once calling Don Alfonso's attention 10
the titles that former kings Of Spain
who bore the same name had been
awarded by history. He cited that one
Alfonso was called THE Wise an.
other The Warlike," and so on. when
suddenly the young king interrupted
his professor. saying. We'll. think
they will nickname me Alfonso the
Rabbit" This is because Don Alton.
SO went nearly every day TO the Casa
del Campo country house,. which be
cordially detests and which is full of
these animals.
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
How the Pioneer of Nurses Is Pass
Ing Fer Declining Years.

Florence Nightingale. the angel %
the battlefield, who has Just celebrated
her eighty-hrst birthday. is spending
her declining years at Clayton House.
Buckinghamshire. England, the eoun-
try seat Of her sister, Lady Verney.
Miss Nightingale was pioneer In
the work to which she devoted her life.
Before her work in the Crimean war
little was done for the sick soldiers
Where she led thousands have follow
ed, and the horrors Of war have been
greatly lessened.
Florence Nightingale has been an in
valid for some years and IS now in
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CUBA AND ITS FUTURE
Palma to Model His Country
on the United States.
SANITATION TO BE CONTINUED

New President knows American His
tory and Admires Washington and
ItneoIn-says -FIorida HeysoPened
Door TO Cuban Liberty aud Wants
Islanders to BE Interested In spain
Il shall endeavor TO have Cuba fol
low in the footsteps u the United
States said President Tomas Palma
the other day in long conference
with Governor Jennings OF Florida aud
Colonel W. J. Bryan, says the Havana
correspondent Of the New York World
Il am familiar with American his
tory and a great admirer Of Washing
ton and Lincoln. one made the Union:
the other preserved it. Both diEnified
il by gaining the respect of other ma
tons.
Il feel grateful 10 the people OF the
United States. 20 whose sentiments re
gardlng Cuba the house and senate
promptly responded. President Mckin
ley's delay and deliberation We're due
10 his great individual responsibility
Congress had Il collective responsible
ity.
i have come 10 Cuba reluctantly.
preferring my home At Central Val
ley. y. Y. and 4 quiet life with my
family rather than public life. But /
have come because | felt il TO he my
duty.
Il want Cuhans and Spanisrds 10
turn their backs on the past and unit
eddy face the future, isatly combating
difficulties and problems.
Il want opposition for the betterment
OF the government, but not personal or
prejudicial opposition. | should be
ready and willing TO heed criticism. !
think liberty Of the press great ma
tional benefactor in pointing out the
errors and improving the morals Of the
government"
President Palma spoke kindly Of the
clemency Of the United States courts
and judges that tried the nibuSterS
and particularly thanked the common
wealth OF Florida for great help, say
ing:
The history Of Cuba's success was
written on the Florida sands. and the
Florida keys opened the door to Cuban
liberty. Key West is a ward of Ha-
vana. being nearer to Cuba in point Of
time than il is TO the mainland Of Flor.
ida.
sanitation and education will con
tinue as they have been improved by
the military government. Last year al!
South America was exceptionally free
from yellow fever. There may be an
increase this year. but the Cuban gov
eminent will employ the utmost yigi-
lance 10 maintain health and uninJer-
rupted commercial relations. believe
in the theory Of the transmission Of the
fever by mosquitoes, but l agree with
Governor Jennings in the necessity of
keeping this city clean"
Governor Jennings interrupted 10 say
that il would be impossible To maintain
open commerce with Florida ports IN
less the sanitation in Havana was
good. President Palma assured him
that there would be no cause for fear
the interests being mutual.
President Palma says he shall be
glad to show his respect for the govern
ment Of Spain and thinks the Cubans
should take an interest in the mother
country"
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mountains In the world. They never
suspected that their friend would turn
on them and blot them out OF existence.
Before the eruption Of Mont Pelee
the island OF ~. Vincent enjoyed the
distinction Of having produced the most
important volcanic disturbance in the
history Of the Lesser Antilles. The is
land is only eighteen miles long and
eleven miles wide. II lies in the Carib-
bean sea. sixty miles west OF Barba-
dos and twenty-five miles southwest
OF 81. Lucia. The entire island is Of
volcanic structure, and Ia Soufriere
rises To q height Of i.0iS feet
In 1872 this volcano. whose crater is
three miles in circumference and 800
feet deep. was the scene OF a tremen-
dous eruption. Billions Of tons Of rock
and earth were hurled high into the
air. Part. as molten lava. flowed down
into the sea: part, shivered into thin
dust. was carried high up into the
clouds. For three days the awful con
vulsions Of nature continued. The dust
from the crater 50 obScured the rays Of
the sun and brought on a darkness so
terrifying that the few survivors be-
lieyed the world had come TO an end.
The whole conficuration Of the island
was changed. The eastern end sank
into the sea. and where il stood there is
now great depth OF water The vol
canic forces remained quiescent until
lSS2. and then the warning rumble was
heard again but IL was a false alarm,
and the terrible scenes OF the early
part OF the century were not repeated
The principal harbor Of the colony is
kingstowu, with about 5000 inhab-
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very feeble health. She is described as
being tall. with small hands and feet
and having d prepOssessing counte-
nance.
In her own right she is one OF the
richest women In England. having in
herited vast wealth from her father
She has a fine old mansion in London
but spends most Of her time al the
home OF her sister. Despite her age
and feebleress she is in full possession
Of her mental faculties and with the
aid OF a secretary attends to a consid-
cradle correspondence.
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The Pfngpong Ankle.

And row the p.ngpong ankle
Is soaring faddists gay
W no gather round the table
And there pingpolg away.
It's latest OF the ailments
That tads have brought about.
And these vho'vs been ags.ns. /.
Say it's As had as govt
We've had the Eolhng shoulder.
We've had the hiking hack,
We've had the tennis elbow
And other ills III Z rack.
But worse than all the others
That tads have brought along
Is this queer alkl. trouble
Connected with pingpong.
II twists the nerves and muscles
Concealed IN players shins
And spo.ls the curves Of beauty
In fsi-est sets o. pins
II swells the neatest ankles
That e'sr made owner vain
AID when they're thus expanded
II leads them Up with pain.
Among IN. English tsddists
Ihis atlusnt FIRST appeared.
And soon lot OF players
Were by II badly quse-es
Twas hoped that Yankee ankles
Would rot Be thus made lame,
But on this side the trouble
Is spreading with the game.
Now, IL our fair pingponge-s
Must thus Sf1iic,ed be.
There's enc sure plan OF action
On which we'u all agree
We want neat Yankee ankles
or that there's not q doubt.
And II their curves are threatened
Wen Just cut p.ngpons out
-Pit,ssUrg Chreaie1e- TslegG
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Don't so to the Philippines If you
are unmarried" MeliIza NJ Hull. an
American girl who is teaching in those
islands. writes home, and. above all
things. don't go out there expecting TO
marry" She thinks that teachers
should be men and their wives. says
the New YORK Press Aside from the
moral and social difficulties beSetting
the path Of the unmarried teacher she
will run up against great obstacles in
the way Of geogra phies that tell al
most nothing of the Philippines, his
tories that are beyond the capacity of
the pupils and textbooks on nature
that tell nothing about bamboo. mango
and palm trees and much about oaks.
chestnuts and other trees that the
young Filipino knows nothing Of. The
educational problem is yet 10 be work
ed out. and the working out OF the
problem entails difficulties over which
the youthful teacher hardly can avoid
stumbling.
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MORE EXCITEMENT F!
Al a Popular Pharmacy.
SALE OF THIS WONDERFUL MED
ICIuE BEYOND ALL PRECEDENCE.
These Up-to-date druggists Say
It's No Wonder.

Continuing, a genial gentleman in
this store remarked a medicine
that will do what Smiths Green
Mountain Renovation is doing right
in this town to-day is certainly
Indicative of its great medicinal
value. / have the greatest conf
dence in this preparation as aspeciic
for the blood and nerves and as an
almost immediate strength giver.
That's why we took the sole agency
for it and that's why we guarantee
it to do what is claimed for It or
money refunded.
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HOW TO EMPLOY INDIANS.
Novel Suggestion Made by Ella Ii.
Cooper.

NoopcEs
The problem Of finding occupations
for our American Indians that would
be at once congenial and lucrative has
never been successfully solved, says
Ella II. Cooper in How TO Educate the
Indians" in Gunton's Magazine for
May. They have been placed at tasks
for which they have no natural apti-
tude and forced into competition with
the skilled labor OF alien races. while
the arts in which they excelled were
neglected In basketry. the most an
eien1 OF arts, their work cannot be sur
passed, yet we are told that it is fast
taking its place among the lost and for
gotten handicrafts. Had this industry
been favored by protective legislation
it would have furnished remunerative
employment for the Indian men and
women when not otherwise occupied
A tariff that would have checked the
influx Of japanese work competing in
the same line would have reserved this
home market for our own aborigiHes-
The sweet grasses. the quilts and
feathers. the birch bark and beads. ali
the materials which the Indian has ap-
prOpriated and used with peculiar and
fascinating effect. should lie left in his
skilful hands, and encoura cement and
guidance in the marketing Of his wares
should not be lacking. The hands that
weave the baskets can braid hats as
well The sweet grasses that blend in
the dainty fan would BE- no less effec-
tive in rustic outing hats Bead por-
there's could be strung by Indians as
well as by Asiatics and our homes
could be beauuaed by the labors and
genius Of those we have supplanJed in
this land
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Boston & Maine RI.

WINTER AREASGTNftsNI e..
IN effect October II, 1901.

Trains tC3FS Newport
For 81 JoHasnary at 90 a. rs. 1855.
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Boston At 10 a m. II IS and 5 so :. u.
Return AZ 40 a n
- Runs daily Daily except Monday.
Az other trains ran daily except sunday
DANA J. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass Il Ticket er.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-05-30
JOHN W. THURST0N,
SOLE AGENT.
LEADS COAL OPERATORS.
Rise of q Farmer Boy TO the Heal
of a Great Railroad system.

George F. Baer. the leader Of the
railroad and coal interests in the Con-
test with the striking miners. is a law
yer by profession and railroad presi-
dent by occupation. He is president of
the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
and Of the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey. Although now one Of the
wealthiest and most powerful Of the
railroad and coal kings, Mr.. Baer in his
youth was a humble tiller of the soil
on his fathers farm in Somerset coun-
~, Pa.
In his early life Mr.. Baer had taste
for journalism and at one time was
part owner Of the Somerset Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-05-30

aster In such ttrribIe form, occup!
what seems 10 Us an obscure and oct
Of the way corner Of the world. Until
the story Of the volcanic holocaust was
told the names OF Java and Rorneo. in
the snupodes. were much more famil-
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70 and t-9n Luehec, CoJrb-uok North STRAIT
tort. Z zEca~l@=. North Conway Fost0z.
Portland, and all points II the state
Of A!erTe and Maritime Froviucr..
{ q effect scrotcr ~ sol.
TRAINS LEAVE North Srrarfort Is foI
ows For C"lgbroak and BepChrr zlls ~
10 - a ~ = -. and 20 o. -.
For e. o'sslirr- UUdSell iuastlou and IL:
Ridge - D III
For 4-ehec aa5 all points on the Queoe-
y rsiTrisl 5y- 20 o. n
For Lancaster . 50 q III. aud = - p n.
tar ss.etrc iune tIu-. PU-E s11 al East
-~r points 6-55 a n. and 3 .. n
Fog oasS-a, va Portland. o u q r. and
1,3s p r7
$50 F EVANS
XIlg Pr sidert arG Gen u auzEs..
r. E. B0DTHBX, q. p. * IA.
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Papa, what is an optiulist:''
ANY man. my son. who has Just sue
ceedei in getting the best of his neigh
Dor. Life.
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Across the Islands of Lake
Champlain.

Reaching the lest locations for Camp
ing and Fishing. touching at the follow
ing stations: South Hero, Grand Isle.
North Hero. Isle LamOste and Alburgh.
For tine tables a I'd fall information
address.
Geo. I. Jarvis. c, B. Hibbard.
General Manager, Gen'l. Pass. Agt.
Rutland. Vi
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- volcano
i" o Islands
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I.TUoUGH within a few days
sail from suy OF our Atlantic
ports. the islands OF Marti-
nique and -. NiuccRt. which
have Just been visited by dis
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Rutland Railroad.

The through line between New York,
Boston and all New England points,
and the AdirondackS Thousand Islands.
Montreal and Quehec.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-12
To Go $4,000 Miles to Marry.

New York in Chicago Tribune
Miss Mary Elizabeth Miller of Elk
ton, Md, will sail from New York on
January IL on journey of 10000
miles into India to marry the man she
loves. James Moor, the man whom
she is to wed, has gathered fortune
in the distant country. Not since he
was a child had he seen the place of
his birth, Cherry Hill, Md. But he
returned there and met Miss Miller
for the first time. 1t was a case of
love at first sight.
Moore went to India fifteen years
ago and became interested in the oil
fields of Yenangung. He became a
millionaire, and recently induced the
Standard Oil Company to invest in
his lands. The prospective bridegroom
is 40 years DID,
Miss Miller will sail from New York
to Liverpool and there will take a
steamer for Ranzoon, whence she will
go to Kenangung, where she is to be
married. Miss Miller will make her
long trip unaccompanied. 1t will take
eight weeks to make the journey.