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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
Cures and Cures.

New cures for consumption are most
ly misnomers. They come with such
monotonoCs frequency that they are
not new. and they fail SO persistently
that they are not cures. But here
comes one at last that has some ap-
pearance OF being the genuine article.
At least, 1t is vouched for by an Amer
lean consul. or course cOnsuls have
stood for many things that turned out
TO be short OF specifications. 1t may
be that this diplomatic representative
of Uncle Sam has done the same. The
tubercle has come out victor in SO many
medical battles that il seems too much
to hope that an agency has at last been
discovered >that will put him TO flight.
But so long has humanity suffered
from the scourge that even a remote
prospect of escape should be welcOm-
ed. Consul Haynes of Rouen, France,
believes that a French physician has
found the way out.
"A novel cure for consumption has
recently been discovered" he says. "by
DR.. Canu, 43 Rue Fontenelle Rouen.
At the doctors invitation | visited his
consultation rooms a few days ago and
saw his method.
"A patient entered whom physicians
had said two months before could not
live ten days longer. He had been un.
der DR.. Canu's treatment for six weeks
and was gaining In appetite, weight and
strength. He was first placed upon the
operating table where the usual saline
solutions were injected. Afterward he
was seated upon an insulated table
and electricity passed through him fol
some minutes by attaching the poles
to metallic plates which had been fas
tened to his breast and back. During
this time sparks could be drawn from
any part Of his body. This finished
the patient inserted the small end of q
conical shaped tube in his mouth. Into
| this tube was put a little broom pre-
vl0usly dipped into the necessary med
icaments for the healing of the lungs
or whatever organism was attainted
and through it, the mans body and an
X ray globe in the rear went the elec
| trio current, carrying with it the medic
inal lions" from the broom.
"The doctor gave me authentic ad
dresses Of those who have been cured
| by him, and from what | can see and
learn great good to science and hu
manity would result from his work II
he were backed sufficiently financially
Hail to the electric broom and the
medicinal lions" May they sweeE
and disinfect the lungs of the world
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
,Joy In Work,

The spirit of art for its own sake, of
beauty for its own sake and of work
for its own sake, regardless of the re-
suits or rewards that follow after, is
coming to be the dominating motive of
every one who is worth while. The
true secret of recuperaton is to make
each task joy. This is likewise the
secret Of success. A man will do that
thing well that he loves. Nor will the
doing of it bring WEAKNESS, but beyond
little physical wear and tear, which
is soon mended, will actually renew
and rest him. There are tasks that
make us weary before we begin them.
But any work into which the soul en-
ters is joy and so invigorates and
stimulates the mind that it in turn in.
vigorates and stimulates the body.
President Charles w. Eliot of Har-
ward recently touched this thought in
its social relation. He said:
The winning of satisfaction and content
in daily work is the most fundamental
of all objects for an industrial democracy.
Unless this satisfaction and content can
be habitually won on an immense scale
the hopes and ideals of democracy can
not be realized. Therefore joy In work
should be the all pervading subject of the
Industrial discussion, for 1t Is at once
motive, guide and goal
A happy people are good citizens. A
people to be happy must feel that they
have justice and must take delight in
their daily occupations.
Work should be made play. No man
should follow an occupation that is not
congenial and inspiring. The fact that
it is otherwise shows that he has not
found his niche in the world. OF
course there are the derelicts and the
indoent to whom any occupation is
distasteful. But they are the excep
ton The average human being desires
TO be employed provided the employ
ment is that which belongs to MIN and
for which he is fitted
,,Joy in work is the secret Of achieve
| ment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
NO.. 8

.heir gratitude. In other days mss
had topknot locks Of nair TO sacrlnc-.
and the shrine used 10 have more Of
feriHlgs Of hair than now.
And then there are swords, swords,
swords until the eye wearies OF rang
ing over the crowded hilts and scab-
bards and blades laid closely together,
overlapping on every fiat wall space.
At tine least rough estimate there are
10000 sword blades on the walls Of
the Yakushi shrine. and one sees great
bundles of them laid on the rafters
overhead. Splendid blades have gone
to rust and ruin in this dark temple,
and hundreds of short swords were
given out at the time of the China war
of 1894 TO the soldiers who made their
last vows here. Some of those swords
came back from Korea and Man
churia and We're borne to this shrine
with great ceremony by rejoicing COM
panies lOf friends and relatives of the
returned soldiers. Shell hairpins and
combs, those expensive and treasured
ornaments of the women, have been
offered in such numbers that the
priests have strung them ladderwise in
long curtains.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE.
Experiences of Members of the Brit
ish Tibet Expedition.


The British Tibet expedition, which
has required the existence of troops at
attitudes of from 10000 to 700 feet
above sea level, has furnished a num-
Der of instances of the effect of high
elevation on llfe and habits, says Har-
per's Weekly There has been consid-
erable mountain sickness among the
men, who. We're quite unused to such
attitudes. and also large amount of
Indigestion due to undercooked food.
At elevations of $1,000 feet water
hoils at about $50 degrees F., and
consequently the ordinary amount of
cooking is quite inadequate. At such
a height it is almost impossible to boil
rice properly, while of the several kinds
of dal or ordinary red lentil of India
there is only one variety that can be
cooked at heights over 10000 feet
For such elevations there should have
been supplied cooking vessels with air
tight lids provided with safety valves
which would blow off at a pressure of
fifteen pounds to the square inch, or
approximately that of the atmosphere
at sea level. Another effect of the alti-
tude and temperature was the difficulty
in the operation of the magazines of the
rifles and the mechanism of the Maxim
guns on account of the congealing Of
the oil, which lost its lubricating prop
critics. This could have been remedied
by supplying glycerin for lubricating
purposes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
UNITED STATES.

Yet it does not tell the whole story.
The American statistics record only the
accidents to passengers and employees.
No entry Is made under "other per-
sons" In Great Britain these number
ed 800 killed and 300 injured. One can
imagine how many ''other persons" met
death in America last year by recall
ing the frequency with which grade
crossing accidents alone were record
ed. 1t is only fair to remember,
though, that accidents of this kind are
frequently due to the carelessness Of
the victims and not to the railways, and
that the public is quite as much to
blame as the railway companies for
the existence of conditions In the shape
of grade crossings, etc, which make
such slaughter possible.
The comparison, as 80 frequently
pointed out, is discreditable to the
United States. This country has al
most ten times as much mileage as
Great Britain, yet the latter, with a
vastly more congested traffic, had last
year total of only 1859 passengers
and employees killed and injured as
against 49, ,531 in the United States. As
remarked above, If the American fig
ures included the "other persons" reck-
oned in the British report the COM
parison would be still less to this coun-
try's credit.
1t is admitted in this country that In
spite of our boasted skill In applied
sciences we have much to learn from
Europe in respect to safeguarding the
lives of the travelling public. Railway
accidents in the United States cost
every year more lives than did most of
the worlds greatest battles.
The gospel of greed Is being preach
ed and practiced entirely too much
More consideration for human life and
less consideration for dividends are In
| order
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
A FARM SWALLOWING RIVER
Land Is Literally Being Eaten Up by
the Missouri River

Robert Buchanan's fine farm in the
town of Lakep0rt, Ia, is being literal
ly eaten up by the Missouri river says
Sioux City dispatch to the Chicago
Inter Ocean. 1t has taken but five
years for the current to swallow 200
acres of this 400 acre farm, which is
valued at S15 an acre Great sections
of rich earth, with the growing crops
thereon. tumble into the river day and
night, and the encroachment is ap-
preaching the buildings.
when the river gets near enough to
take the buildings" Mr.. Buchanan
says, lit practically will have got the
entire farm. l have had opportunities
to trade my farm, but l would not dis
pose of it to persons unfamiliar with
the destructive character of the river.
would rather lose it myself"
At one time the Buchanan farm was
worth $4,000 Several other farms in
the vicinity have been damaged by the
river, and the Lakeport shore, contain
ing the postoffice, is in the path of the
greedy stream.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
Russia's Brigand Foes.

Manchurian brtgands are thus de-
scribed by James w. Davidson in his
"Manchuria" in the July Century:
Much has been written regarding the
trouble that the Russians have had
with the chunchus. These mysterious
people are not distinct race or semi
savage people, as is commonly thought.
They are only common, everyday Chi
nese or Mantchoos who find it more
profitable and less arduous to wander
over the country, seiZing wealthy mer-
chants for ransom, robbing remote
farms and villages. attacking travellers
and looting carts on the great high
ways, than it would be to drive ami
mails or till the soil Their suppression
is not easy, for the vast stretches of
wilderness which abound in Manchuria
offer secure retreat. So numerous are
these banditti and in some districts so
perfect is their organization that they
have constructed fortified encamp-
ments and in large bands not infre-
quently attack Russian stations.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
Safeguarding Human Life.

The frightful loss OF life in America
hrough railroad accidents is made all
The more appalling by comparing It
with that OF other countries. II should
be remarked that in many European
states the railways are owned by the
government and in the remainder are
under rigid government control. Great
Britain belongs TO the latter class.
That country has recently published
list of the railroad accidents for
1893.
For comparison the corresponding
figures for the United States for the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1903, are
available. These figures are sum-
married. and compared by the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger. Great Britain has
22.3SO miles of railways against 203, 132
miles for the United States, yet the
former carried last year nearly twice
as many passengers as the latter. In
the United Kingdom there were only
30 collisions and derailInents. In the
United States there were 10,643. In
the United Kingdom one passenger was
killed for every 47,I93.320 carried and
one injured for every 1904 carried.
In the United States one passenger out
of every 3,963,673 was killed and one
out of every 14G,S9s was injured. The
following table tells a discreditable
story:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

The Cossacks, it is said, before enter
ing battle make scrupulous toilet,
bathing and putting on clean clothes.
This is in accord with the ancient su-
oerstition that they will be filter to en-
.er heaven If they die clean, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. In that
early dawn long ago, it will be recalled.
the Persians saw Leonidas' 300 in the
pass of Thermopylae combing their
long hair.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
Kettles Carried by Japan,s Soldiers.

japanese soldiers carry with them
kettles made Of thin paper, the inven-
tion of one Daiju. The kettle upon
being filed with water and the outside
surface dampened is hung over the
fire. In ten minutes the water is boil
ing. A kettle costs only 2 cents and
can be used eight or ten times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

The recent statement that John D.
Rockefeller intended to reduce the price
of petroleum would have excited more
interest If the public had not been so
well acquainted with the character of
John D:>Rockefeller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
Patent Leather Going Out of style.

Patent leather shoes for women will
be out Of style next spring" said
Charles Torrey, who represents Bos-
ton shoe house, to reporter of the
Milwaukee Sentinel 'Tans will re-
place them to a large extent. | am
now out with our line for the spring of
1905. Just why styles should change
do not know There really is no ac-
counting for them. The mere fact re-
mains that tans will predominant in
next years market and that low cut
footgear will remain in vogue. The
patent leather article, however, which
never has been comfortable shoe for
summer wear because its pores are
clogged air tight, will be thing Of the
past
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

The bachelor girl who is paying $15,-
600 q year for New York apartments is
not a friend of her race. That is
enough to keep a husband.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

A Brooklyn man who fell off pier
into tile East river nearly choked to
death on quld of tobacco. Hereafter
when contemplating tumble he will
remoye the chew,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

A Cleveland official refused to issue
a marriage license to a man who was
drunk. Perhaps the idea was to give
the would be bridegroom a chance for
a sober second thought.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

Boston physicians claim that piano
music will cure neuralgia. This is on
the theory of substitution, one sort of
torture being crowded out by another.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

The great national game now has a
rival In the popular game played every
four years known as Saving the coun-
try"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

Perhaps if he visits us Raisuli can
be induced to remain in this country
and become the head of one of the
trusts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

In the language of the typewriter
copybooks, This is the time for all
good men to stand up for the party"
s3ad men not rejected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

The czar is to start military school
for girls. Considering the way his
male soldiers are turning out, 1t is
time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

A warm heart, even though it con-
tains some faults, Is better than flaw
less machine without soul or sentiment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

A New York circuit Judge says that
there is an overproduction of laws. But
the legislatures have to do something.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
What We Drink.

The habit Of "having something
seems as firmly fixed on Englishmen
as it is on Americans. The only dlf-
ference is in the something had. The
Yankee runs to coffee, the Britisher to
tea. On this side distilled products
have the call, while across the water
the malt liquors are preferred. For ex-
ample. Uncle Sam prefers his whisky
straight" while John Bull takes his
nut brown ale" or "'arf and arr. y
Here are the figures for it, as furnish
ed by Consul General Henry Clay
Evans, for the year 1903:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
Selnshness.

One o. the most noteworthy OF the
baccalaureate addresses OF the year
was that by President Hadley OF Yale,
In which he offered a just criticism Of
the tendencies OF this "age OF scien.
tific progress and material prosperity"
Such an age, he says, finds ''the old
dogmas by which discipline was sup
ported undermined" Most men arr
so constituted that with discipline re.
laxed they are not lat the mercy o;
blind passion" but they are 'at the
mercy of an almost equally blind spirit
of selfish calculation" The result is
disastrous:
1t is an unfortunate fact that very few
nations have achieved wealth OF dominion
without suffering loss of faith and enthu-
slasm and remaining Hish tfs empty
huslI OF greatness at the very moment
when they deemed themselves most pow
erful. Tor along with the acquisition of
power there is apt to come a relaxing
of discipline. Along with the achieve
ment Of the means of industrial ease
there comes a philosophy OF life which
makes industrial ease the goal and enc
Of human effort.
The pOrtents of these things DR..
Hadley sees in our own country and
in our own time: almost every evil
political social or commercial, which
constitutes a serious menace to the
permanent prosperity of our country
can be traced directly to our tolerant
acceptance of selfishness as basis OF
morality" Is this warning unneeded
Is the doctrine of enlightened self
interest" so confidently advanced, q
standard lofty enough to guide the race
to its great objectives? The philoso,
ply of life which makes Industrial ease
the goal and end of human efforts
it as a philosophy either complete OF
wholesome?
In reply the New York Mail says:
To ask these questions is to answer
them. even before the backwash OF an
advancing industrial age brings the an
swer into view on its own wreckage. The
success and neglects the gospel of service
carries in 1t the Identical tragedy that
poisons, at the moment OF victory. the
career Of the individual to whom the
world is only Pistols oyster.
The age of selfishness is passing out
1t has brought to the world all the evils
under which men now suffer From II
grow war, greed with all its attendant
industrial and social injustice and ev.
cry species of crime known to man
Each, If traced TO its logical source
will be found to proceed from the tap
rootsof selfshness. Good men and wo
men everywhere are perceiying this
truth and are raising their voices
against this enemy of mankind. The
progress must go on till the motto will
be, Everything for the nation, for the
race, for God-nothing for self"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

If Raisuli does come to the worlds
fair, perhaps he will tell us the right
way to spell his name.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

Judging by the Russian reports, war
has become a thing to cause regret.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08
VOL. XXXH
n;<triet Probate Court.

.. said Court will be held AT
-r.....4uJ Tuesday OF October and
s~--- -.r..u the second Tuesday OF No,
tI,,. West Concord the second
gruue' and June. luneubure
l..t.. -...rly v' January and July.
..rs win be held at any place in
h. ROBERT CHASE. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-08

II must be admitted that the Amerl-
ran drinks are slightly more strenuous
than those of our English cousins. AS
for amounts, neither is particularly
modest. Taking the matter OF alcohoilc
stimulants alone, the average Yankee
manages to absorb 1898 gallons per
year. while the Englishman goes MIN
considerably better with 31.65. When
from this average are taken practical
ly all the women and children. and the
men who are teetotalers or nearly So
1t leaves the man who does indulge
with an average several sizes too large
for him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-05
SOUNDING SHELL
FOR BOYS FIELD

It's that and grandstand by turns.
process of erection on the new field will
be a grandstand on the occasion of the
Field Day on April 16, and stand and
sounding shell for the chorus of 600
Musical Festival at the last of MAY.
This last is new idea only hinted at in
a previous issue of this paper. 1t is
uncertain whether more than six of the
government schools in the city under
the direction of Mrs. Tucker will enter
choruses. Anyway, the department of
Public Instruction is very much inter-
ested in the idea which is briefly this:
Picked choruses from the schools will
sing comparatively for a musical and
artistic trophy awarded by a commit
tee as a result of this contest. Then
the combined choruses will sing to-
gether-the largest chorus of the kind
ever attempted, at least of late years.
1t was obviously impossible to accom-
plish this in any building in Honolu-
IN. and difficult thing to do in the
open air. The department then stipu-
lated (and the management of the
field readily aequiesced) that a shell
providing proper acoustic qualities
should be provided. Without such
back ground to concentrate the voices
the finest effects of even chorus of
a hundred would be lost to an audience
of three or four thousand people in the
open air. The shelf is arranged for
and the schools will enter into what
bids fair to be a keen competition for
the leadership in music of the gram
mar schools in the city. While there
may be other features of this day, the
fact that such a large number of chill
dren viii sing together will be sufficient
to interest Honolulu from center to cir
conference. The Congress of Song
to which the Oahu College has gained
the enthusiastic cooperation of sew
eraI choruses. is another feature of the
festival. The High School, Kameha-
meha Manual and Girls School, the
Normal School, Mills Seminary and
Kawaiahao Seminary are among those
who have signified their enterprise in
this part of the festival
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-05
THE ANTl-SALOON
LEAGUE MEETING

The annual meeting of the Anti
Saloon League was to have been held
Thursday evening, March 81. but since
that date fell in Passion Week the
meeting was postponed to Thursday
April Z, at 7;so p. m, in the Y. NJ. C. A.
han.
The reports of retiring officers and
the election of new officers for the
coming year will be a part of the exer-
cises. There will be music; report of
the treasurer, Mr.. w. A. Bowen, re-
port of the japanese League by DR..
Mitamura; the report OF the retiring
president, Rev. W. D. Westervelt, and
an address. which win be the event of
the evening, by DR.. Doremus Scudder.
Owing to the changes which have
been made. very insufficient notice of
this meeting has been Civ n. 1t is hop
ed that there Will be full attendance
of temperance people.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-05

BURNS AND CUTS.-Slight injuries
of this character are of frequent occur
renee in almost every household. While
they are not dangerous, except when
blood poisoning results from the injury,
they are often quite painful and an
noying They can be quickly healed
by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
1t aIlays the pain almost instantly and
heals the injured parts without matter
being formed, which insures cure in
one-third the time that the usual treat
ment would require. 1t is the most
perfect preparation in use for burns,
scalds, cuts, bruises aIwi like injuries.
It should be applied with a feather,
and before the parts become swollen if
possible. For sale by All Dealers. Ben
son, Smith & Co., Ltd, Agents for Ha-
wall