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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-23

The Herman Paepcke arrived last
night from the lower Mississippi with
tTo barges OF logs. She left early
tais moraing for the lower Missis
sippi NTH two empues.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-23

The Tennessee River boat City Of
Savannah arrived from the Tennessee
river yesterday on her way to ST.
Lonls. She had a very fair trip, both
passenger and freight
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-23

The Sun, which has been running
between this place and Charlottesville,
Mo. is still laid up here, owing to the
decrease in business caused by the
quarantine
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-23

tbs t0~ boats Barrett and Beaver
are lai3 up acre Al the Barrett & Co,
.lla1iaG
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
A Brazilian Fable That Explains Why
Dogs Dislike Cats.

The people of Brazil have some
very quaint folklore stories. One Of
the oldest is the fable about the
dogs hatred for the cat and the cats
consequent fear of the dog. Long,
long ago the animal kingdom of
Brazil was nightly stirred. The dog
declared his intention of taking
out naturalization papers. This he
did, and he gave them TO the cat to
keep while he went to make ar
rangements 10 enjoy his new inde-
pendence.
Now, after his leaving, the cat got
jealous Of the dogs Importance and
clawed and chewed the paper until
mere scraps were all hat was left.
Then back came the dog with his
tail hung high. When he realized
his misfortune he went for the cat.
lie has been going for her ever
since. In his eager chase he forgot
that he might get new papers, so in
stead of becoming peaceful citizen
of Brazil he chased the cat all over
the world, and that is the reason
there are dogs and cats everywhere.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Actina Proverbs.

In this game each player may take
a part, or, if thought preferable,
the company may divide themselves
into actors and spectators. The
actors then each fix upon a proverb,
which is to represented by each one
of them individually. There is to be
no connection between them in any
way. Each one in turn has simply
to act before the rest of the com
pany the proverb he has selected.
The first player might, for instance,
come into the room holding a cup in
his hand. Then by the way of acting
his proverb he might repeatedly
make an appearance of attempting
to drink out of the cup, but being
prevented each time by the cup slip
ping out of his hand, thus in dumb
show Illustrating the proverb,
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cnp
and the lip" If really good acting
be thrown into the game it may be
made exceedingly interesting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
SPIDER PERSISTENCE.
Patience and Skill That the Insect Dis
plays at Times.

One who has been especially OBJ
servant of spiders habits writes {:
80 learn the aeronautic intelli-
gence of the spider, fastcn a pole in
a pool of water, leaving Il few feet
of the pole above the surface, and
put spider upon it. Watch opera
tions and you will see him spin Il
web several inches long and hang to
one end while the other blows off
into space in the hope that some OBJ
ject may be struck whereby he may
gain his freedom. This plan prov
ing a failure, he patiently waits until
the wind changes and then sends an
other silken bridge floating off in
another direction. Failure after
failure may be the result, but the
spider still keeps on until all points
of the compass have been tried,
when he proceeds to work along diff
ferent lines. He climbs to the top
of the pole and begins to build a
,ilken balloon, and, although pos
sessing no hot air with which to in
fate it, he is able to make it buoy
ant. After finishing the balloon he
fastens it to a guy rope, the other
end of which he attaches to the is
land pole from which he wishes to
escape. He then gets into his aerial
vehicle and makes it fast while he
proceeds to test it to see whether
it is capable of bearing him away.
If it is not and he is dissatisfied with
it on account Of its being too small
he will tear it down. take ii apart
and construct another on larger
and better scale. Sometimes a spider
has been seen to make three or four
different balloons before he was sat
isfed with his experiment. Then he
will get in, snap his gur rope and
sail away to land and freedom"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
A Lesson In Race Suicide.

Attention was recently called by
ThornWcu Haynes, american consul at
Roucn. To the decline in the birth rate
in France. 1t appears that in fifty
years France has dropped from the po-
stion of the Hdost populouS country in
Europe to the sixth place and is still
tending downward.
Now, France is a very fertile country,
second to none in Europe and her peo-
pie are Industrious ana thrifty Taxes
are heavy. hut the money goes back to
the people in Il variety Of ways, for the
government Of France does more for
the comfort Of The individual than that
of amy other nation. In the SocaliStic
tendency Of the French people an econ.
omist of the nation, NJ Demoulins.
finds the key to Frances weakness in
fertility. Life is too easy The child
depends too much upon the family and
the state. FrCnchmcn are comfortable
at home ana do not emigrate Careers
are provided for them, and they never
learn to hustle,
But the French are 'farSeeing, and
the resources of life are easily measur-
ed. Enough for this generation does
not mean that the next generation may
be larger and fare as we'll individ-
ually; hence parents will not bring
forth children beyond the resources
which are in sight. The ideal of the
middle class Frenchman is place in
the civil service. But these berths are
limited. and the son may not surely
step into his daddy's shoes. In short,
French life is cramped and limited by
its SocialiStic formation, says this econ
omiSt The explanation is worthy OF
noting by those who dream of advance
through patelEaliSm or Socialism.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
A "Blind Piu" Book,

One of the funniest of scrapbooks
is the Blind Pig book. 1t is not
full of blind pigs, but the young
folks who draw the pigs are blind
folded; hence the name.
ANY blank book will do. Have
each of your friends shut his or her
eyes tightly and draw a pig on a
page of the book. The eyes must
not be opened until the drawing is
finished, and then the artist will see
the queerest looking thing you can
imagine as a result of his or her eff
forts.
Each artist should sign his or her
name to the pig, which will look like
almost anything else but pig. The
book is a most interesting thing to
keep, and when its pages are full Of
pigs, drawn and signed by all your
friends, it is a curiosity indeed and
treasure which will be of interest
to you all your life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
NOTION.
The Visible Action and Invisible Inter-
molecular Vibration.

Let us suppose that a stretched
cord or wire fixed at both ends, and
let a sharp blow be given it, TFH
hand or other instrument which I'M
parted the blow was set in motion in
order to do so, and its motion was
one of translation, but the cord
which had received the blow and 10
which some of the motion has con-
sequently been transferred cannct
change its place, for it i. fixed, We
know well enough what will happen.
1t will commence vibrating, more or
less strongly and rapidly, according
to the strength Of the blow it has re-
ceived. We have therefore here
seen motion of translation changed
into motion of vibration, but sim
liar and quite as familiar trans
formation takes place which is in
visible.
Let us take a coin or any small
piece of metal and rub it well with
cloth or handkerchief. In a short
time it will become warm and if the
friction be still continued even un-
pleasantly hot. The visible motion
of the hand has been transformed
into the invisible intermolecular vi
bration which we call heat. That
cheat is a form of motion has be-
come a scientific truism, but it was
not so at the commencement of the
last century, when it was still sup
posed by many to be some intangi-
bic kind of substance named "ca-
loric," proofs to the contrary being
almost simultaneously given by Da-
Wy and Rumford at the end of the
eighteenth century, that of the for
mer consisting in melting two pieces
of ice, carefully insulated from ex-
ternal heat, by rubbing them togeth-
er; that of the latter in causing wa
ter to boil by the sole means of keep
ing it in continual motion.
''1t is hardly necessary to add
says Rumford, "that anything which
any insulated body or system of
bodies can continue to furnish with
out limitation cannot possibly be a
material substance, and it appears to
me exceedingly difficult if not quite
impossible to form any distinct idea
of anything capable of being excited
and communicated in the manner
heat was excited and communicated
in these experiments, except it be
motion. Good Words.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
HER WORKOUT RUBBERS.
She Took Them to the Dealer and Got
Some Advice In Return.

1t was a pretty bad storm, but it
couldn't keep that woman at home.
Immediately after luncheon she
packed her rubbers into a shoe box
and struggled out to interview the
man who had sold them to hel.
just look here" she said by way
OF introduction.
The dealer looked and saw dan
Cling before his eyes a pair of rub
bers rent from heel to toe.
"WelI," he said, what have you
been doing to 'em:'
Nothing" said the woman. Il
haven't even worn them-not more
than half a dozen times. | didn't
get chance to. They wore out too
soon. This is the fourth pair Of
rubbcrs | have had in six months,
and every pair went to pieces just
this way. They are no account,
You ought to be ashamed to handle
such poor goods
The dealer took the dilapidated
footgear into lis own hands and
rubbed the uppers gingerly.
"Ah, ! see" he said. "l lou've
been backing them"
"Of course" said the woman. 81
polished them as soon as they be-
gan to look gray, | always do"
-
and that" said the dealer, ''is
Just the reason they don't wear any
better. No self respecting rubber
is going to stand that. The compo-
:ition of rubbers and shoe polish
don't hitch. There is something in
the latter that mighty soon eats
holes in the former, and by the time
the rubbers have been BACKED two
or three times they are ready for the
ash heap. It's too bad. Dingy rub
bers don't look well, but unless you
are willing to keep buying new ones
all the time it is better to wear them
that way than to daub them over
with shoe polish. New York Her
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27

New York has Il prosperous farm in
the heart of the tenement house dis
tlict, and it is not run for profit in the
ordinary ScISc. The farm covers two
blocks between two avenues and is
titled by so boys and girls of the tene
mCut district. The object of the farm
Is TO teach boys and girls what it means
to work ana to handle with care prop
erty that does not belong to them.
The metropolitan farm raises two
crops a year, ana so there are 200
youngsters benefited by the training.
Tho products are radishes. peas, beans,
bccts. corn. celery, turnips, lettuce kale
and cabbage No fear but these little
tolers will know that radshes do not
grow on top of the stalk, as some city
folks imagine. Other cities are taking
up the project, and If nothing comes of
it beyond keeping the little ones from
the street it will be effort well ex-
pended Now and then hand may be
developed that will emigrate and do
good turn al real farming.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
TIPS LEAD TO BRIBES.

At the recent convention in Ham
burg Of the Coal Dealers ASSOCIATION
of Germany a number of delegates
spoke on the practice of tipping and
bribing. They complained that sto-
kers and others having to do with
coal used in manufacturing works
and large establishments OF any
kind must be given brlbe money OF
have their influence used against the
coal dealers to prevent the securing
of new orders. The delegates urged
the necessity Of taking measures to
abolish the ncIarioas practice,
Americans travelling in Europe ind
the tipping abuse very annoying
The Ii ipping evil has undoubtedly
led to the bribery method when
now has become so veXatlous ia
business peopIc.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
The Discoverer of Hypnotism.

We owe our earliest knowledge of
hypnotism to those wise men of the
east, the Hindoos, to whom we owe
our language, our religion, our
philosophy and our oriental rugs as
well as cholera and the opium habit.
Who first in that land of dreams
and dirt made use of hypnotic
passes to put his fellow men into in
voluntary sleep is as obscure per-
sonage in history as the discoverer
of the oyster and as unimportant,
for, while we enjoy all the material
advantages of the discoveries of
these unknown heroes of invention,
we are not obliged to consider the
claims of envious contestants every
wear.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Makes Young Chicks Strono

No better commendation could be
made for a Poultry Food than that 1t
makes young chickens strong. Strong
chicks make vigorous adults. Ruth j..
Grendell, Mapleton. Me. writes as fol
lows as to this point: I'VE have used
and sold three barrels of Pages Per
fected Poultry Food in the past year
and can say that it will do all that is
claimed for ii as an egg producer All
that | have sold TO brac about it and
want more soon. | feed il to my
young chicks and 1t makes them strong
and healthy One of my puletS com
nenced to lay the first day of October
and laid "a eggs during the month
The rest laid all winter"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
AduIterated Leather.

The Scientific American takes oc-
casion to call attention to adulterat-
ed leather. Lightweight stock is
made to pass the weight test by the
use of glucose and barium. Leather
so treated has peculiar quality Of
absorbing moisture at all times.
Shoes made from such stock are
never dry and are constant men-
ace to the health of the wearer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
.AriMertisina.

Many of the largest advertisers IN
the country have come to the con
cIusion that ont of door advertising
is a waste of money and that no re-
suits come from the placing OF signs
On hillsides and in all sorts OF con
,picuous places. The concerns that
10 that sort of work are curtalllng
expenses, knowing we'll that the be-
ginning Of the end Of their business
IS at hand. In addition to TINS there
is decided movement all over tne
country to do away with the pill
board horror, the argument against
it being its hideousness and the
marring effect on the scenery IN the
rural districts and its damage to
contiguous property in the cities
Rochester Union and Advertiser.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Price List of Wives.

Here is partial list Of the prices
at which wives are purchased in the
worlds market: Kalliriani, South
Africa, price of wife, two to ten
COWS; Unganda, South Africa, box
Of cartridges and six needles; Karak,
pair of Old shoes; Tartary, Asia,
her weight in butter; 1'irmo, pound
Of ivory or jackkl'ife; Kamchatka,
Asia, from one to ten reindeers; Nj
shensis, Asia, from one hog to ten
oxen; Ccylon, Asia, box of matches;
Navajo, Mexico, upward of twelve
horses; Unyoro, South America,
merchandise on the installment
plan; Upernivik, Greenland, whet-
stone or file.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Wind Superstitions.

The Firms Of Norway long enter
tanned a traditional belief in the
power of controlling the winds by
small rope with three knots tied in
it. This popular superstition gave
rise to the curious industry of max
ing and selling these wind con-
trolling ropes with magical knots to
mariners and fishermen. 1t was be-
lieved that by unloosing the first
knot favorable breeze was secured,
the second raised a strong gale, and
if the third was united it would
prove the prelude to a tempest. Ac-
cording to Ranulph Higden, the
witches of the Isle of Man had a
similar practice of selling winds to
sailors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
The Frankfurter.

The little sausage known as
"Frankfurter" and "Wiener" was,
according to the Wiener Neue Freie
Presse, offered for sale for the first
time in 1905, and the centennial was
observed in Vienna by the butchers
guild. The inventor of the sausage
was Johann Lahner, who named it
for his birthplace, Frankfurt. The
business founded a hundred years
ago by poor man has yielded for.
tune to its various heads. 1t has al
WAYS remained in the same family
and is now conducted in Vienna by
Franz Lahner, a grandnephew Of the
original Frankfurter sausage man.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27

The Prussian ministry for rail
ways has placed at every important
railway center throughout the king
dom magnifcently built and ap-
pointed car for the transport Of sick
persons. These cars have been spc-
cially fitted up from plans supplied
by sanitary authorities, Spring beds
and every medical device for the al
deviation of suffering during transit
have been utilized. There are ice
safes, gas stoves for cooking, rooms
for attendants and ingenious devices
for mufling the sound caused by the
motion of the train. 1t is not in
tended to make these carriages pay,
They have been instituted chiefly on
the ground of humanity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Welcomed In Old ireland.

W. Y. Morgan, writing from Ire.
land, tells this good story: 81 was
telling an Irish driver how nice ev-
erybody had been to us in Ireland
and how pleasant the Irish were to
Americans. 'Yis,' he said 'whin you
90 down the strate everybody seq /;
"There's some Americans, God bless
'em! Mark up the prices on the lin
en- and lace!" "'"-Kansas City Jour-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
"Cheap and Nasty"

Professor Reuleaux, who died in
Berlin recently, is said to have origi-
mated the phrase "cheap and ugly
or, as it is now more commonly
quoted in this country, ''cheap and
nasty" He was the rector Of the
Berlin Academy Of Commerce and
came to this country in 1876 as head
Of the German jury on the German
exhibits at the Philadelphia eXhibi'
ton in 1876. He used the phrase II
his official report to describe somt
of the exhibits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Hioh Priced "Copy."

Professor Garner is going back to
Africa to resume his studies in the
monkey languages. 1t is expensive
to study a monkey language. The
cost to the professor thus far}-has
been nearly $1,000 a word, and to
the cold, calculating judgment of
the unscientifc person the words he
has picked up do not seem to be
worth it.-Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Salt Money.

Have you ever heard the express
sion salt money!" A philologist
tells us the origin Of the phrase.
"The Roman workers in the salt
mines were paid in salt. The salt
that they got in return for their la
Dor was called salarium (sal-salt),
or salt allowance. The word sala
rum later on was applied to the
fees or tips men got for odd jobs.
For patching my toga,' the noble
said, 4 will give that fellow slight
salarium--a bit of money to buy
salt with Finally 'salarium' came
to mean wages, salary, what it does
today. A salary is essentially salt
money, and when we say man is
not worth his salt we mean he is
not worth paying wages to-"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Mark Twain Was Responsive.

A friend wrote to Mark Twain
asking his opinion on certain mat
ter and received no reply. He waited
a few days and wrote again. His sec
ond letter was also ignored. Then
he sent third note, inclosing a
sheet Of paper and two cent stamp.
BY return mail he received a postal
card, on which was the following:
paper and stamp received. Please
send envelope"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
BroWnino.

Browning used to bclittle himself
to belaud his wife by saying that her
work was so much more instructive
than his that his was the product
of patient effort and cumbrous prep
aration. He compared himself to
some angel laboriously building up
a planet, working first on this side
and then on the other, and mean
while without an effort God "turns
you off little star"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Fires In Coal Mines.

The use of milk Of lime for quick
ly and effectively extinguishing fires
in coal mines is recommended by
Inspector Wolfgang Hummer, a
German. The suggestion is not new,
but has been newly tested with sat
isfactory results. The emulsion
which can be used with hand or
power pumps-runs into and fills
the crevices of the coal or mineral
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27

Boston's neWsboys are chipping In to
send one of their number through Har-
ward every year. One result of col
lege education should be to teach the
successful candidate that you needn't
roar to he heard a mile when you want
to sell Il paper to Il man six feet away.
But of course the Harvard grad"
doesn't intend to go back to yelling
"WuXtrah"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
How To Make Hens Lay.

Hens pay, if they lay-as every ex'
perienced poultryman knows. The
problem is how to make them lay. h.
Porter of Waterford, Me-, seems to have
solved the problem satisfactorily
Read what he says: "As to Pages
Perfected Poultry Food will say that
have used it lightly in my flock of DC
hens and am much pleased with it
Have used it more or less for two
years past and expect to continue
Haven't seen any l like better. My
flock are laying well-S22 eggs IL
March, 4S3 the first seventeen days OF
April"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
His Seniority.

A deputation Of Australian unem-
ployed called recently on Mr.. Car
ruthers, the premier, at Sydney.
Two Of the leaders wanted to speak
first Said one, Il claim the right
to speak before you on the grounds
of seniority"
con grounds of what%
Seniority. Why, ! have been
connected with the unemployed for
fifteen years!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
CITY Ownership of Hens.

The Mundesley (England) parish
council, which struck out a new line
in municipalization by starting a
poultry farm, has realized profits on
the first years working which are
equal to a reduction in the parish
taxes of u cent and a fifth on the
dollar Chicago Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Aqua Pura Costs Money.

Customer-Fifty cents for filling
this prescription? Why, at the
drug store down the street they
charge me only quarter.
Druggist-That's all it's worth
at that store, ma'am. They put
about 4 cents worth of drugs in
the bottle and then fill it up with
water. put in the same drugs and
fill the bottle with the finest aqua
pura. Thanks. Anything else?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-10-27
Comedians Early Careers.

Few of the funny men on our
stage expected to be comedians when VI
they began their careers. DE "oll
HOPPER studied law before GOING IN
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-03-28

From the above we see that deep cultivation was
less productive than shallow, and also that ordi-
nary or five shallow civilizations we're as eff
fective as frequent, the difference in nowise
meeting the extra expense of labor.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-03-28

decidedly showed that sunlight and
warmth to the soil are necessary for the best
growth of corn. The above are the main reasons
why weeds should be kept out of growing corn
The table following shows the results and fully
illustrates the above facts:
Kind of Culture. Lbs Slower. Bus. ShTd
Corn perac1e
No culture 4,42O III
Mulch soil shaded..... 1l,O20 564
Ordinary ............. 11,496 1919