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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
The Deadly Cobra.

Most deadly of all snakes is the
cobra, or cobra de capello. 1t in
habits India and Ceylon, Burma, the
Andamans, southern China, Indo-
China and the Malay peninsula and
archipelago. 70 the west it ranges
to Afghanistan, northeast Persia
and south Turkestan as far as the
east coast of the Caspian sea. Cobras
are most active at night. They feed
on small animals, birds eggs, frogs,
fish and insects. They attack hen
roosts and swallow the eggs whole.
They drink great deal of water, al
though they can live for weeks,
even months, in captivity without
touching food or water. As rule,
they are not aggressive, and unless
interfered with or irritated they
crawl along the ground with neck
undated, looking like some harm
less snake.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
A One Sided Debate,

1t is said that recently married
couple of a nearby town decided
that good way to increase theii
knowledge would be to debate som.
question freely every morning. tn,
first subject for debate was, "ShoIlj
woman wear a hat two seasons 2
the husband taking the affirmative,
and the wife the negative. The LAS
seen of the man he was climbing "a
into the hayloft of the barn AM
pulling the ladder up after him. III,
debates have been discontinued
Walden (Ga.) Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Dean Hole and His Vercer,

Dean Hole was famous as a Joker.
His chief verger at Rochester cathe-
dral was gentleman named Miles,
the original of Dickens Tope, who
had been connected with the cathe-
dral for seventy-three years. Mr..
Miles was the youngest of twelve.
Said Dean Hole one day:
miles, what pity you never saw
your eldest brother!.'
81 did, sir, Often" said Miles.
but you couldn't" replied the
dean.
"Why not, sir?" queried Miles.
BECAUSE" said the dean, "there
were always ten miles between YOU"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
THE WIFE Ne WANTED.
Queer Matriraoniai Adssrtissr-s-t rs
kppsared In fTs7.

Here j. a cuTiou. matrimonial al
verlisement. published ia an Amer
can newspaper IN lsds. MHc.hrf
the gentleman Of easy temper.
whose only mode Of restraint uus
''stinting" which every woman
knows j. Of all schemes the mot dia-
bolical-found a lady possessed IT
all the enumerated Projections uho
was willing Ia hide them cannot al
this late date be- a.ceriaiucd;
"A middle aged gentleman barely
turned sixty and a. yet unmarried b
DESTROYS OF altering his condition.
lie has a good estate, sound con-ii-
tuition and easy temper. and having
worn out the fOllics Of youth Wlll d.
determined by reason IN the chuice
of the lady he intends 10 make hap
pv. She must he upward Of fifteen
and under twenty-five. Her sIze
must be moderate, her shape nat
ural, her person clean and her coui'
tenance pleasing. She must To- live
ly in her humor, but not smart "a
her conversation; sensible. but nc
terly unaffected with Wit; her TEN.
per without extremes, neither to-
hasty and never sullen. Then she
must invariably observe all form.
OF breeding in public places and
mixed company, but may lay thcW
all aside among her acquaintance
She must have no aifectation but that
of hiding her perfection. which bees
own sex will forgive and the Other
more quickly discover. She shall
be restrained in nothing, the gentle.
man having observed that restraint
only makes good women lad ane
bad women worse. In some thing
perhaps she NAV be stinted. which
is the only method he will take q
signify his dislike to any part oi hei
conduct. ANY lady whose friend
are of opinion cher own opinion vii
not do) that she j. qualified q
above and has a mind to di-po-e oI
herself NAV hear Of a plrcha ~ ..
leaving with the printer hereof a lct
( ter directed to {. D."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
A PROMPT REPLY.
The Reward One Woman Co, For Nc,
Proersstinztins-


Il was a sad piece Of news that
the man brought home from he
rSl. Ii concerned lis wifc's sisters
family. lie Told ii Immediately after
,un,r. As he talked his vile rock
81 to and fro on the sofa and cried
and said. "Oh. dear; ola, dear
Nov, mind You, said the man IN
conclusion. mot a word To lNine
soul about my telling YOU this. ! am
not supposed to know ii. | only
learned it by accident. Margaret
would have fit if she thought |
even suspected anything. Sine will
write YOU all particulars. In fact,
| happen To know that she had writ
ten the letter before left. You
will probably get it tomorrow morn
ing, and just as soon as II does come
| want YOU to answer ii. lou know
YOU have a rcprehensible habit OF
putting Off answering letters until
they are six months old. You can't
do that this time Margaret needs
sympathy, and you've got to write.
And the woman did write. She
wrote thai very night. She said:
Dear Margaret - Your letter received
| this mornirg / grleye for YOU. dear SIS
ter. from the bottom OF my heart l am
/ so glad that your have COaiiLed In me.
/ Believe me- everything Is safe with me.
| Not even to Henry shall breathe word
| of what you have told me.
The woman wrote four more
pages, all in the same strain. When
She had finished she said: There
Henry can't accuse me this time OF
procrastination. | have answered
that letter promptly enough to
please even him"
The next morning while the wo-
man was dressing her eye lighted
upon the letter.
"No doubt I'll hear from Marga'
ret in the first delivery" she
thought. I'll mail this now ant
give it a good start"
She stepped across the hall anC
dropped the letter into the mai
chute. Then she began to look foI
the promised communication from
Margaret. 1t did not come in tn,
first delivery, nor the second, no
yet the third. In fact, it did no
come until the end of the week, an'
then it gave the woman the shocl
of her life, for it said:
Your letter in reply to the note l ha
written, but later decided not TO send
Just received. l appreciate your sympa
thy and your promises of secrecy es
pecially your determination not to teI
Henry. II is very sweet and thoughtfu
of you to keep the news from even him.
There was more of the letter, bu
the woman did not read it for sew
eral days. She was kept too bus
formulating rules for the regula
ton of the future conduct Of Hen
ry.-New York Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
BARK HOLIDAYS.
The Reason They Are Thus Designated
In England.

The bank holidays created By the
act OF 1871 were tie fEs- ever in
siituted los any legislature Tor tIy
purposes Of rest and enjoyment. All
previous holidays were really holy
days-that Is TO say, pulsiy e,clcsi-
astical institGtiOns-eiin"r religious
fdsts or festivals.
Before the act passed a holiday
could only be proclaimed a fast
or a day of national Humiliation.
There vas no power To proclaim a
holiday for thanksgiving, rejoicing
or even for any public function. This
can now be done under the act and
has proved a great convenience.
1t is a very general bat quite
mistaken idea that bank holidays
were originally intended for bank
clerks only.
The act expressly provides that
"no person shall be compeilable 10
do any act on bank holiday which
he would not be compcllable TO do
OH Christmas day or Good Friday
1t NAV be asked, then, why dIo
we call these DAYS bank holidays:
The reason is rather technica'.
According to immemorial custom,
the PRAYER of bill in England has
three days grace, so that an accept
ance which comes due nominally Oh
the first of the month is not really
payable till the fourth.
If, however, the third day of grace
should fall upon Christmas day,
Good Friday or a Sunday then it Is
not thought fair the prayer should
have a fourth days grace, and sucn
bills are due the day before-that Is
to say, they are due on the Saturday
or the day before Good Friday "a
Christmas day.
Now, in considering the bank hol-
idays it was thought that it might
act unjustly if person were called
upon to provide for his acceptances
the day before they would otherwise
have fallen due, and after some con-
sideration therefore we suggested
that bills falling due upon these
days should be payable, not the day
before the last day of grace, but on
the day after, so that bill falling
due on bank holiday becomes really
payable a day later than would be
the case if it were due on a Sunday,
Good Friday or Christmas day.
Under these circumstances 1t was
necessary to use some special name
for the new holidays in our bill. If
we had called them national holidays
or general holidays this would not
have distinguished them from the
old holidays. They were therefore
called "bank holidays" and this i:
the real origin of a word which has
now become so familiar But il
was never intended that these holi
days should be applicable exclusive
ly to banks.-London Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Bitter Apology.

"Mary," said Mr.. Thomas when a
silence fraught with unpleasant
meaning had followed his alteration
with his young wife.
"Ies? ?" said Mary interrogatively.
"When a man and his wife have
had "a difference" said Mr..
Thomas, with a judicial air, "and
each considers the other at fault,
which Of the two do you think
should make the first advance to-
ward reconciliation ?"
''The wiser of the two," said Mrs.
Thomas promptly. "And SO, my
dear, iii say at once that | am very
sorry"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
The Burning Question.

''The present day boy" said a
prominent member of the American
Institute of Social Science, 'is to-
tally irrcpressible. He has neither
reverence nor respect for his elders
and betters. The other day | said
to my son, being DESTROYS to impress
the youngster with some sense of re-
sponsibility for the future:
Surprising l should be taken
away suddenly, my boy, what would
become of you?'
"Why, I'd stay here he answer
ed instantly. THE question is, what
would become of you?' "-New York
Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Animated Teleqraph.

Shortly after the introduction of
the electric telegraph into Scotland
a west highlander who had been to
Glasgow and was consequently sup
posed to have got to the bottom of
all mysteries was asked to explain
it. "Weel," said he, cts no easy
to explain what you will no be un-
derstandin'. But, I'll tell We what it's
like. If you could stretch my collie
dog frae Oban to Tobermory an if
you wass to clap its head in Oban
an it waggit its tail in Tobermory
or if | wass to tread on its tail in
Tobermory an it squaked in Oban-
that's what the telegraph is like"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28

care you sure you love him?'
Gam | sure? Do you see this
dress?
"Of course l do! What of it?"
''Will you kindly tell me if it
bears the slightest resemblance to
the present fashion,"
swell, really it-er-it"-
at Doesn't"
"No."
'Well, I'm wearing it because he
likes it."-Paris Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Over the Counter.

"These are certainly fine gloves, "
said an out of town woman who was
doing some shopping in city store
the other day. Il may want to get
some more before | leave the city.
What shall | call for?"
you'll find the name inside the
glove" said the clerk. ''lt's the
Lorna"
"Oh, yes. can remember that by
Lorna Doone."
why, that's NICE" observed the
clerk in friendly way. SIS she a
friend of yours ?"
The out of town shopper gasped
and said eyes. "-Brooklyn Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
The Hard Part.

at is trying profession" said
the first entomologist.
isn't it," replied the second.
''The world never realizes how
hard we fellows work."
Indeed, it doesn't"
"The world never gives thought
to the days and nights Of study we
put ill.,"
81 should say not
"Think of it. Sometimes we
work and worry for years to decide
upon the habits and manners of life
of some obscure bug"
'Huh. Think that's the hard
part? How about the nerve rack
ing and mind wrecking task of in
venting scientific names for the
things ?"--Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
art.

A lady entered railway station
not hundred miles from Edin-
burgh the other day, and said she
wanted ticket for London. The
pale looking clerk asked, "Single?"
at amt any of your business, y
she replied. Il might have been
married dozen times if I'd felt like
providin' for some poor, shiftless
wreck Ola man like you."-Dundee
Advertiser.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Movable History.

A traveller who passed through a
small English town noticed a post
on which was marked the height to
which the river had risen during a
recent food.
"Do you mean to say" he asked
a native, chat the river rose as high
as that in 19-?"
ooh, no." replied the native. ''But
the village children used to rub off
the original mark, SO the mayor or
dered it to be put higher up, so as to
be out of their reach. "-Harper's
Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Freaks From Caribbean Sea.

They caught one fish far down in
the Caribbean that had no eyes at
all nor any places for eyes, but long
antennae ran out from its nose by
which it felt its way and found its
food. Another fish, a big fellow,
had eyes which grew on stems or
stalks that stuck out six inches from
its head. Then came one with an
eye that grew on a long stem like
a lily stem quite eighteen inches
from the nose.-St. Nicholas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
nanoIson,s A,,.mp, a, suisis..

The most startling Of all ''n-
stant's revelations l. that dc-rrIlnE
Napoleon's attempt at suicide uHen
Marmont. Berthier and tie ret lsit
him naked to his enemic-. Con
slant in one Of his earlier volumes
described a talisman wrapped in Xix
and leather which ever since tbe
Egyptian campaign Napoleon wore
around his neck. II contained. nee
cording to Constant, Tie poison
which the emperor took Immediate
" after his signature of the d,rl ~
abdication. He then sent for Goa
slant and thus addressed him; ton
slant, am dying. | could LOT bear
the torture any more and She hu-
initiation of seeing myself surround
ed by foreign agents. They have
trailed my eagles through tie wiro
Marmont has given me my final
blow. That Berthier should have
forsaken me cuts me 10 the core
Nv old friends, Ny old comradc, IN
arms However, either the weak.
ness of the poison or the skill Of
WAN, the doctor, saved his life
L. P.'s Weekly. London.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Papa's Warninu.

Daughter - This piano is really
my very own, isn't it, papa?
Father-Yes, my dear.
"And when l marry l can take it
with me-can II"
''Certainly, my child! But don't
tell any one. 1t might spoil your
chances."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
The Old Japanese aIniI.

In the days before the ports of ia
pan were opened to foreigners, before
telegraphs, railroads and electricity
had found their way into the island
empire, the infrequent mails were car
ried by post runners, who wore the
merest apology Of loln cloth and blue
and white rags around their heads.
They wore for the most part an elab-
crate suit Of tattoo, with red star on
each shoulder, the mark of their call
ing. The letters were incased in a
waterproof package and secured to the
end of bamboo pole. With this over
his shoulder and pair of fragile san
dals on his feet the runner started on
his long journey, making from rs to
100 miles per day. The distance they
covered seems incredible, but the men
We're trained to speed and had remark
able endurance
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
A Destructive storm.

The storm that passed over section
Of the southern part of this county on
Tuesday evening, the Goth, was one OF
the most destructive ON record.
1t seemed to be caused by the meet
ing of two or more storms over West
Deer township in Allegheny county and
il travelled due north in this county,
nearly along the Clinton and MIddlesex
township line. w. J. Pacoe and WIN.
Monks of that vicinity had all their
crops ruined, their corn and potatoes
being cut to the ground.
AT different points the storm seemed
to be cyclone; large hickory tree on
Mrs. Kyle's place was twisted into
splinters.
At Jefferson Centre a number of rigs
were upset; one rig was blown over
upon the boiler house, and then tw o
chestnut trees landed upon the rig; all
the windows and doors of one house
were blown in, and then some large
cherry trees so twisted about the house
that the inmates had to cut their way
out. Some pieces of woods were so en-
tangled that they were made impassi
bic, and much timber was destroyed.
Barn doors were blown in. and window
glass broken by the hail. along the en-
tire route of the storm. The roof was
lifted off one barn, and then the sides
blown in.
From jefferson Centre the storm
took northeasterly course, passing in
the vicinity of Marwood, and on through
Clearfield twp. to the vicinity of Fenel-
ton, cutting a swath in this county,
about half a mile wide and twenty
miles long.
Several remarkable escapes are report
ed. but no fatalities
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
Cold FLOODED Man.

Man is the coolest blooded animal
there is" said a well known doctor.
Mans low temperature" the doctor
went on, sis responsible for more than
half his ailments. Your normal tenn
perature is 9S1a degrees T. 1t is only
when you have bad temperature that
you get as warm as any of the lower
anlmals-that is so say, when you
are in a high fever, with a tempera-
ture of 102, you are at the normal heat
Of the cat, the dog, the OK, the rat, and
so on. In the coolest of seas the por
poise Is never cooler than 100 degrees.
The bat, the rabbit, the guinea pig, the
hare and the elephant likewise are all
cool at 100 degrees The hen has the
highest temperature of all the lower
creatures, and it is q good deal warm
er, too, when a chicken. Its tempera-
ture then is as high as Ill, but age and
experience cool its blood by de-
grees. New York Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
HIndno Nose Key.

1T is considered an insult and ex-
tremely indelicate In India TO refer to
a woman's nose ring. but so many ask
me. What Is that flower they hold In
their MOUTH that / must tell what /
shouldn't" says Edmund Russell. 1T
is the badge of wifehood, even more
sacred than our wedding ring-set al
ways with the costliest and most beau
tiful jewels n woman possesses and
the last she will part with. \ ruby
with two pearls is the favorite, as
symbolizing u heart between two
guardians of purity. This is somewhat
going out of fashion under English In
fuence. The Somaji ladies and 10
roastrian sisters do not wear them,
but every orthodox Hindoo woman
has her pax chabi, or nose key as 1t
is also called, usually two. one of pre-
cious jewels and costly pearls; the 9th
er little plain gold safety pin, which
is slipped in just as the great circle is
being drawn out, for the nose must
never for a moment be left free
Jewel Crafts of India.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
ACCIDENTS.

John Temar, foreign laborer, while
at work beside travelling crane IN the
car works, last Saturday, saw chain
slipping and about to precipitate load
of several thousand pounds of steel on
workmen beneath. Temar had plenty
of time to leap to safety himself, but
instead of doing so he shouted to the
others and sprang to the crane to stop
the falling mass long enough to allow
them to get away. They escaped, but
Temar's skull was fractured.
Paddy Welsh of the First Ward was
hurt in mill at Duquesne, Tuesday
James Green of the 1sr Ward, an
employee Of the Plate Works, and also
Councilman, was badly cut on the leg
by falling glass Tuesday.
Victor Pacoe was the victim of sad
accident on the Bessie" near BARLEY
station, MONDAY. He is section boss
there, and he stepped from the approach
of the local and was run down by the
work train.
While a boy named Sichlac of
near Anandale was cleaning his re-
volver, Monday, he accidently shot and
killed his 3-year-old brother.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
Had Silver TO Sell.

While trying to dispose of three large
pieces of silver, which the police claim
are the spoils of many robberies, Christ
Fred Banen, aged 80, Swiss, was ar
rested on Liberty avenue, Pittsburg,
Monday, tickets found on the prisoner
are expected to procure goods which
victims of recent robberies may
identify.
Banen. according to the police, leads
the dual life of farmer and burglar He
was arrested last December by the Allie
gheny police for larceny and served a
short sentence in the workhouse, and
upon his release went to farm in But
ler county. About three weeks ago
Banen secured lodging with the family
of Mrs. Edward Spangler, 226 Hender-
son street, Allegheny Several days
later Mrs Spangler missed two silver
watches.
In a small satchel Benan had when
arrested were three pigs of silver
weighing close to 25 pounds. AT
Central station he said the silver had
been given him by Mrs. Spangler to
melt He said he had also melted two
silver watch cases with the silverware
and admitted having pawned three bars
Detective Rice found small crucible
in the prisoners room.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29

Close to the frontier of Nepal is the
mountain of Sandook-Phu, which
means in the Tibetan language "the
hill of the poison plant" or aconite.
This plant is SO abundant and so dead
ly in its effects that all sheep and cat
tie passing over the mountain are muZ-
zled by their drivers. An English trav-
eler saw at its foot great heaps Of dis
carded bamboo muZZles. Curiously
enough, only those cattle that are new
ly imported from the plains are fatally
affected. The natives believe that the
sheep of the district learn to shun the
youngest leaves, which are the most
virulent A more likely explanation Is
that they grow habituated to the drug
by taking it in small quantities.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
Oil and Gas Notes.
The market remains at $1.2l.

line market REMAINS dG ~l.Sl.
Butler twp.-The Mcbride well was
shot on Thursday with three quarts of
nitro-glycerine. The well bridged over
and the tools had to be run. When
this was done it let go and the pressure
was so great it lifted the tools ont of
the hole The first hours production
was 80 bbls 1t was making 20 bbls.
an hour Friday and was reported the
same Saturday Some ten days ago the
casing in this well had to be pulled on
account of the water breaking in. One
of the plugs driven in at that time was
never recovered and It came out after
the shot. This plug seems to have
been retarding its output.
Palm 65 Co. are drilling on the Miller
farm, adjoining Alameda Park.
Yesterday the old Mcbride well was
doing 400 bbls, Southern No. 1, 20C
bbls, and the Hartung 40 bbls day.
The Jennings well on the disputed
Schlagel lease was drilled through the
sand, last Friday, and is small.
Clearfield- Flick & Cos. No. on the
Esq Mcbride was drilled through the
sand and shot, last Friday, when she
began flowing, making 20bbl flow
every six hours.
The Showalter well on the Jas. Nc
Bride was reported as n G.
Penn-Toomey & Co.'S No . Nixon
is a gasser in the 3rd, and will be
drilled to the 4th.
Jefferson twp. Quite number Of
derricks were upset by the storm of the
Goth, including one on the Samuel
Crawford, where they had just finished
a fishing Job