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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
A SCIENTIFIC PUZZLE.
The UnsOlved Mystery Of That Won
delfuI ENTITY. Elnsr.

Certainly, tLoI-h up same F,r-ol
douMs Jhc existence ui tHe c'Aer
We ar. Sorr.r trosliyi EAcu We AIT
asked to dy-, rihc 1t, fuI ae are al
niu-t iarsrd Co give IL Properties M
con.ia4..e with one another. Ihi,
vua Wal see when / cmuucmle all
line functions which this utterly
mystcrio.. entity G.-,har-us. 1t
CONVEYS the force of "rayilatlon. Ii
ha, Tie power of vibrating from
side 10 side. and thee vibrations,
according "a, they ar fast or slow,
have the most varied ry-uis upon
Us. They all travel along AT the
same speed. which Is tia. oi light
$4,000 miles a coHd-bul the
waves may 0-cillafc from side to
side a. they 30, either two or three
times a minute tor lcs~) or even Il
million times minute COR more.
When the waves are very slow We
call them electric waves. When they
are little faster We call them
liertaian waves and telegraph across
oceans with them. When a little
faster we call them BloHdlot rays.
4 little faster they are called heat
ruvs, or radiant heat. \ little faster
they are called red light, then vel
low. and So ON to violet. Then they
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Mechanically Correct.

"Nliss Keeter," said the teacher Of
the class in English literature,
"what is a sonnet? ?"
"a sonnet" answered the girl
with the outrageous pompadour,
"is piece of poetry that goes,
Heart, love, dove, part, art, glove,
above, smart, gold, fill, eyes, hold,
still, prize at the ends of the lines
and almost any kind of words to fill
in the rest of it."
"You will remain after school,
Miss keeter,' the teacher said, with
a frown, "and complete that sonnet
by filling it in with the necessary
words. "-Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
The Pace That Kills.

The microbe of hurry-hurry-
useless hurrv-is in the air, so much
so in fact that it is almost impossi-
bic for city dweller, no matter how
we'll balanced he may be, not to
become inoculated with it. Wine,
women and song are not the only in
fuences that 90 to make up the
space that kills The average life
of the business man or the society
woman hurries people to catastrophe
as fast as does that Of the 'rounder'
or "dissipate.'
Did YOU ever do anything on this
ordcr-rush to your meals, rush
your play, make fool of yourself
running half block for a car al
ready crowded to the guards? You
plead guilty, do you? Then YOU are
going a pace that kills just as sure
ly as the more widely heralded pace.
Kansas City Star,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04

A medical man humorously re-
latcs the following littlc experience,
admitting that he didn't think it
particularly funny at the time"
"Thc driver of a bus on which he
had jumped happened to mention
the name Of one of his patients.
"It's a bad job about poor Bill X,
amt it, SIR"
eyes, returned the doctor. every
serious case. You know him, them"
"know him" echoed the driver.
ave went to school together. Poor
Bill. | shall miss him"
"Oh, we'll, while there's life,
there's hope, y know" said the doc
tor. Your friend isn't dead yet"
NO" gIoomily returned the
driver. But card as they'd called
you in this morning. Poor Bill!'-
Glasgow Times,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Changing Eyes.

Among the extraordinary changes
by which during growth the form
or position of important organs is
affected one Of the most curious oc-
ours in fiat fsh-halibut, turbot,
plaice, soles and all fish which swim
on the side. When Matched and for
some time afterward these fish swim
in the normal way and have the eyes
III the usual places, one on each side.
But as they grow and live on the
bottom of the water they swim in
the horizontal position which they
assume during rest, and the eye on
the lower side gradually moves
around to the side turned to the
light.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
DRESSING BY LAW.
Prize. and Style Of Clothing Ones Pre-
seribed By Statute.

Between the fourteenth and eight
zenith ceniurie, all kinds of sumpId-
any laws prevailed IN Europe. In
France a rulal ordinance of 1894
Prescribed that no common citizen
might wear fur, precious stones or
GOLD. \ nohlcman who had Sl.2uO
a wear might have four robes a year
and no more. Ladies of that rank
might have one gown wear. If
any one gave a dinner there must
be only two courses besides the soup.
Common citizens who possessed
$500 year might use clo,h which
cost l2la cents yard, and their
wives might spend IL cents yard.
Persons whose income was less than
$500 wear must wear cheaper cloth.
In Italy severe ordinances were
passed in the early part of the four
tccnth century against excessive
dress by women. They were forbid
den to wear any sort of hcaddreSs,
even of painted paper. Gowns OF
woven figures might BE worn. bat
not embroidered. All stripes and
bias patterns were condemned, cX-
ccpt simple ones of not more than
| two colors. Not more than two fin
ger rings were to he worn at once.
Switzerland had a law that no
wedding party should have more
than twenty guests-tcn men friends
of the bridegroom and ten women
friends of the bride. NJ wedding
procession was permitted to have
more than two singers, two iiddlers
and two trumpeterS. Married wo-
men we're forbidden to wear silk or
decorated hoods, though maidcns
might. No woman, whether married
or unmarried, was allowed to wear
any dress in which the opening for
the neck was so large that it did not
lie at least two inches wide upon the
shoulders, and the gown must not be
buttoned or laced up in front or at
the. side.
TO restrain the fashion of the
long pointed shoes it was enacted
that no person of either sex should
wear a shoe with a point extending
beyond the foot enough to allow
anything to be inserted in it, non
was any woman or girl permitted to
wear laced shoes. No man or boy
should wear a coat that did not
reach to the knee.
Garments were forbidden to be
slashed ST as to show different color,
or kinds of material, and trOuser:
were required to be made without
stripes and both legs of the same
color. In 1870 one Swiss canton II
council assembled enacted thai
thereafter no one shall make points
on shoes or boots longer than ONT
joint of the finger, and if any shoe
maker shall make them longer h'
shall be fined s., as also the person
wearing them. indianapolis News
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
The Career Of Caruso.

Caruso, the celebrated Italian
opera tenor, is the son of an en-
gineer in Naples. His father, on
finding that the lad preferred music
to mechanics, turned him ont of
doors, rcmarking, Follow your
fancy, and when it brings you to
grief do not count on me-" When he
entered upon his term of military
service, an officer with n musical
taste took him in hand, and he was
allowed to practice in peace. \;
that time he could barely read and
write. Now he is the most famous
tenor of the day, never singing for
less than $500 a performance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
THE HORSE WARNED Hin.
sudu5on's Description Of a kentuek.
Earthquake ln 1872.

This vivid description Of az
earthquake was written ay Audi.
bon, the naturalist. Ii occurred IT.
the wear 1872: Travelling through
the barrens Of Kentucky IA the
month Of November, / was jogging
on one afternoon when | remarked
a sudden and strange darkness ris-
inc from the western horizon. |
had proceeded about a mile when |
heard what ] imagined To be the
distant rumbling of a violent tor
nado, on which | spurred my steed,
with wish to gallop a. fast a. pos
sible to place Of shelter. But 1t
would not do. The animal knew
better than | what was Forthcoming,
and instead of going faster 80 near
" stopped that remarked he placed
one foot after another on the ground
with such prccaution as il walking
on smooth sheet of ice. thought
he had suddenly foundcred and,
speaking to him. was on the point of
dismomting and leading him, when
he all of sudden fell, groaning
piteously, hung his head, spread out
his four legs as if to save himself
from falling, and stood stock still,
continuing to grOan.
II thought my horse was about to
die and would have sprung from his
back had minute more elapsed. But
at that instant all the shrubs and
trees began to move from their very
roots, the ground rose and fell in
successive burrows, like the rufiled
water of lake, and | became be-
wildered in my ideas, as | too plain
" discovered that all this awful com
motion in nature was the result of
an earthquake. The fearful convul-
sion. however, lasted only a few
minutes. and the heavens again
Frightened a. quickly as they had
become obscurcd. Ny horse brought
his feet TO their natural position
raised his head and gallopcd off as il
loose and frolicking without a rider
"Shock succeeded shock almost
every day or night for several weeks
diminishing, however, 50 gradually
as TO dwindIe away into mere yibra.
tons of the earth. Strange to say
| for one became 50 accustomed tC
the feeling as rather to enjoy the
fears manifested by others. The
earthquake produced more seriou.
consequences in other places"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04

The government Of The Neither
lands has instituted "A competition
with the object Of discovering a
process Of cutting diamonds which
will dispense with the use of an alloy
dangerous to health. For IA complete
solution of this problem a prize of
1925 is offered. The answers must
be written in English, French, Ger
man or Dutch and submitted to Pro-
fessor L. Aronstein, chemical labora-
tory of the Polytechnic school, Delft,
Holland, on or before Jan. |, 1906.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04

A noted author has smart
valet, an IInglishman of twenty-five
years, who, while knowing his place
thoroughly and discrectly remain
ing in it, enjoys the personal friend
ship of his master to a degree bor-
dering on chumminess. Lately he
fell in love, and his first present to
the object of his affections was a
copy of the authors most popular
work, on the fly leaf of which he had
written this inscription; ITO my
dear Miss Eleanor -. Presented
with the compliments Of the au-
thor's valet. New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
He Was No Ornithol ogict.

Wilmer Stone, one Of the heads
of the Philadelphia Academy Of
Natural Sciences, has gathered to-
gether what is probably the finest
collection of stuffed birds in Amer
lea.
Mr.. Stone was showing these birds
the other day to a Pittsburg mil
ionairc. There were thousands of
lifelike, fcathercd creatures, ranged
in lines on lines of cases, and Mr..
Stone could not help praising them
with much ornithological warmth.
"Yes," he ended, "this collection
of stuffed birds is worth some thou
sands of dollars"
as it possible:;' said the mil
lionaire. why, what are they
stuffed with"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Uuanda Bride Quotations,

: Rate laws are the coming institu-
ton. Even on the dark continent
the spirit of monopoly has to be
curbed. Sir Charles Eliot reports
that ''in one district of Uganda the
price of brides has lately been fixed
by law at lbs. 4d, irrespective Of
beauty and accomplishments" This
law had to be passed to put a stop
to enterprising members of the local
stock exchange cornering all the
eligible brides in the district and
selling out at immense profits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
QUEER FRIENDSHIPS.
The Way Children and Snakes Play To-
sether In Australia.

Children and snakes appear 10 get
OH well together in Australia. \
writer in Chambers Magazine, Who
lives in Sydney, says he has never
heard in the bush of snake biting
a child, nor do the children show
any fear of snakes. The bigger the
snake the greater the JOY in getting
near 10 it and the stronger the de-
sire to play with it. The snakes
blight ewes and Sinuous motion
probably charm, and snakes, even
the most vicious, respect the conii-
dcnce. At koondrook, Il little set
Element in Victoria, woman heard
her child, eighteen months old,
laughing as if she was having great
fun. The child was supposed To be
asleep in bed. The mother went 10
the room and found the child scram-
bling over the bed after something
she could not see. That happened
several times. Once, however, the
mother went in suddenly and heard
something drop oil the bed. Look
ing hurriedly under the bed, she dis
tinctlv saw large snake that turn
ed upon her with evident intention
to fight.
When the husband came home he
pulled up the.boards of the floor, but
there was no sign of the snake. Next
dav, however, snake and child were
discovered lying together on the
floor, the child asleep and the snake
apparently so. That night the hus-
band tried plan. He placed can
die on the floor alongside the child
and asked his wife to play slow air
on the harmonium. Movements OF
the snake could be heard, but the
rustic was all he vouchsafed. Next
night the child was similarly posted
and the mother tried the effect OF
working her sewing machine. The
sound was too tempting. The snake
wriggled to the child with alaeritl
and was promptly dispatched by the
father. 1t was tiger snake nearly
five feet in length and when killed
was fondled by the child as an ole
acquaintance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
A Use For Old Love Letters.

An account of a recent wedding is
thus given by the Lynchburg CORE
spondent of the Baltimore Sun:
At 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon, at the home of the bride, Miss
Bessie Leitch Wyatt was married to
Mr.. John W. jerks. Preceding the
bridal party entered little Bessie Lee
roy Franklin and Clayton Fleming,
each carrying white satin pillow
containing love letters written to
each other by the af1ianced couple.
They were placed in front of the
floral altar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
History In Tapestry.

The "Bayeux tapestry called
Bayeux from the place where it is
preserved, is pictorial history on
canvas, more minute in some par
ticulars than written history, of the
invasion and conquest of England by
the Normans in 1866. Tradition
says it is the work of Matilda, wife
of William the Conqueror, and the
ladies of her court and that it was
presented by the queen to the Ca
thedral of BayeuX as token Of her
appreciation Of the services rendered
to her husband by its bishop, Odo,
at the battle of Hastings. The
tapestry is web of canvas or linen
cloth PA feet long by 20 inches
wide. There are on it 1872 figures,
only three of which are those of wo-
men,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Ate the Evidence.

While a recent forgery prosecu-
ton was in progression a Washing
ton (state) court the accused calmly
reached over, took the forged docu-
ment from the table and ate it be-
fore the astonished court officials
recovered sufficiently to intervene.
Thereupon the prisoners counsel
promptly moved for his discharge,
on the ground that there was no evil
dence against him. 1t was certainly
a most effective defense.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Don't Boil Your Germs.

DR.. a. Charrin, distinguished
French savant, fed two groups Of
guinea pigs ON carrots. One group
took the vegetable after it had been
sterilized by boiling and all germs
thus destroyed and the other after n
had been sprinkled over with dust
or with the soil in which the carrots
had been grown. OF seventeen sub
jects in the first group twelve died
before those in the second, and th'
investigation showed that the total
absence Of germs in the stcrilizcd
food impaired the digestion and low
cred the assimilatiye power Of th
animals. Only five altogether wcr,
lost of the group fed on the germ
containing food. - Springfield Re
publican.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
When People May Marry.

In France the minimum age for
the man to marry is eighteen; for
the woman sixteen. In Spain the
man must be in his fifteenth year,
and the fair maid must have
turned twelve. Practically tbs
same law obtains in Switzerland. IT.
Austria both "man" and woman
are of age to marry when they have
attained fourteen summers. In
Turkey there are two preliminary
conditions stringently required in
the case of marriage; both parties
must be able to walk properly, and
both must be able to understand the
necessary religious service.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
A Maine Fish Story.

TO date the champion fish story
Of the season has been told by the
Boston Globe. 1t says that two
Maine men went out fishing lately
and saw big fish under their boat.
The fish would not be hooked, so
one Of the men dived overheard and
caught the fish by the tail with his
teeth. The second man pulled the
two into the boat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Gene aloey.

Alexandra Dumas, the great
French author, was Il quadroon and
showed his African parentage in his
woolly hair, his dark skin, his thick
lips and his prodigious bodily
strength. But it is needless to say
that many people looked askance at
him on account of it.
"Was not your father, sir, a mu-
latto?' a man asked him once.
"Certainly,' said Dumas. MY IA
Their was mulatto, my grandfather
was full blooded negro and my
gIeat-grandfather was a monkey"
"What"
ayes. My gehealogy begins where
yours leaves off,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
She Got the Inform alton.

She ran breathIes>ly out Of the
Palace hotel and boarded a IIaight
street car. "Will this car take me
to lIaight and Fillmore streets:'
she asked the conductor. "Do Won
want transfer to Fillmorc::' asked
the conductor. "That is not an an
swer to my question, said the lady
passenger. docs this car 90 to
lIaight and Fillmore" Goes right
out to the park" said the conductor.
"Now, see here" said the eXasper-
ated passenger. "What is the rea-
son YOU cannot answer my question
The clerk in the hotel told me that
a red car going in this direction
would take me to Haight and Fill
more. ! don't know anything about
your cityand haven't bought guide
book. Now, can't You kindly conde-
scend TO answer my question: viii
this car take me to llaight and Fill
more" at will" Thank YOU
very much. San Francisco Chron-
iplp
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Hard to PLAY On,

The experiences Of George B. Cor
telyou, chairman Of the Republican
national committee, during the re-
cent campaign were many and va
ried. With keen relish he tells Of
one that came under his notice.
A country club about to give pa
rade was debating as to the number
of transparencies to be had in line.
1t was about settled that twelve
would be the proper number when
an old fellow with his trousers tuck
ed in his boots arose and said:
81 guess two will be about right.
faint at all likely more'n two will
know how to play on 'em. Success
Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Enthusiasm In the Concert Room.

She-lsn't it lovely? | never did
hear such delicious music! SO ten
der, so plaintive, so refined, so soul
possessing!
Helm delighted to know you're
such music lover. But this is moth
ing to what you will hear when they
have got through tuning their in
struments.
Poor thing! How was she to
know that this tuning wasn't a
fugue, or a sonata, or a gavot, or a
something or other Boston Tran
script.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Beer Consumption.

The statistics of beer consump-
ton, which are available for only
seven countries, show total con
sumption of 5,G04,000,000 gallons
annually. In 1904 Germany con
sumcd 1,7S3,OO0,O0O, the United
Kingdom 1901, 100000, the United
States 494,000,000, Austria 1872
100000, France 289,000,000, Hun
gary 3S,250,000 and Italy 6,750,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04

A quack doctor whose treatment
had evidently led to the death of his
patient was examined sternly by the
coroner.
what did you give the poor fell
low?' asked the coroner.
lpecacuanha, sir"
"Iou might just as well have
given him the aurora borealis," said
the coroner.
'Well, sir, that's just what l gas
going to give him when he died"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Cynical Harold Speed.

Harold Speed, the London artist,
is pleasantly cynical and witty in
speech. One Of his sayings is: "No
gentleman Gin the ordinary sense of
the word) should be an artist, for
either the gentleman or the artist
must suffer. Another favorite OBJ
scrvation of his, "Look fool, but
don't be one" Mr.. Speed is a bit of
dandy, but everything about him
betrays the artistic temperament.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Mourning Customs.

jokes about mothers-in-law and
undertakers are equally distastefuI
to Governor lIoch of Kansas. SO
he told the Kansas Association Of
Undertakcrs, in session in Topeka.
SO far from seeing anything anus
ing in the business of the under
taker the governor considers it one
of great dignity and Importance and
thinks that those engaged in it
might exert most saIutary intlu-
ence on society. He asked the Kan
sas undertakers to discourage the
exposure of the dead to public view
and the use of black for mourning
The emblemS of death, he said,
should be the white of purity and
light, not the black of darkness and
despair.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Progressing Slowly.

81 am sixty-fye years of age"
said Sir Hiram Maxim to an inter.
viewer, 'and | remember distinct,
that my father told me that his
grandfather had said that England
was evidently going to the dogs
London News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04

He-l detest ragtimel
She-I hate it.
"'Then why don't you stop playing
it long enough for me to tell you
that why don't you listen?"
q am listening. Go ON"
"But | can't 90 onto that rag
time"
"Oh, dear. And this ragtime is
the only thing that will keep Aunt
Susan out Of the roomn'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
ChivaIry,

We are glad that the duello in the
south has been abolished, but we
hope that with its passing there will
be no decadence in the spirit of
chivalry, which dueling in its high
est ambition designed to defend
and promote.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04

A mile of shops in ST. Petersburg
and | found only one which display
cd an article of British mJnulac-
ture. Could it be possible: One
could not walk the same distance
in Berlin, Paris and New York, as
surcd myself, with the like result.
lla, Here is an ironmonger's with
its shop front crammod with tools
of every description-lathe carriers,
planer centers, saws, planes, ak
heads, speed indicators, stopcocks
and the thousand and one utensils
Of the engineer and mechanic. My
eye fastens eagerly on dozen arti-
Giles. | look them over one by one.
All made in I. S. \. - London
News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
A Loss to the CapitoI.

\ writer in the Scientific Ameri-
can SAYS that the famous whispering
gallery in the capitol at Washington
has INDEPENDENTLY been DESTROYED
by the replacing of the old painted
wooden ceiling with one composed
of plaster supported on iron and
covered with cotTering in relief, On
the old ceiling the cotfering was
simply indicated by painted lines
and shadows, which did not inter
fere with the reflection of the sound
waves. But the raised work doe.
interfere, especially with the sounds
of whisper, which are of short
wave length. Before the changes
this whispering gallery, which was
formed by the dome of the old house
of representatives,, now the hall of
statues, was one of the most perfect
known and constituted one of the
popular attractions of the capitol.