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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02

Venus is the earth's nearest plan
etary neighbor and on that account
is an interesting subject. Her great
est distance from the sun is 6.,,05,-
600 miles and her least 66.,S,.00O,
which makes her orbit nearly circu-
lar. At times, when she gets be-
tween us and the sun, she is only
100000 miles away. At another
time, when the planet is beyond the
sun in straight line from us, she
is 1G2,000,000 miles from us. Ve-
nus is 900 miles in diameter, which
makes her volume 90 per cent that
Of the earth. On the earth falling
bodies travel 1909 feet the first sec
ond; on Venus only 1872 feet. Ve-
nus receives twice the light and heat
that the earth does, and her year is
only 224 days and a fraction in
length.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
THE MOOSE YARD.
Winter Quarters OF tne Animal and the
HINT Eor Fool

The vanim. eli ihc moose = q Ia
mi.i..r phra>c l.4ai has furnlshcd the
aroand t. SEVERAL misconceptions.
MANY per.ans think that a moose
wand l. ,arcr place, with AL the
,nuw in il hammered down smooth
AID surrounded by straight wall
Of unrrod,lcn snow which rises To
The level of the deep. soft covering
of the forest beyond. They imagine,
further. that 4, soon ~ the new
snowstorm begins the moose gets
to work. honl and horn. Ia hammer
il down smooth and hard within
the yard.
The fact l. that when the snow
deepenS the moose family, father,
mother and little ones. ar sometimes
several families together. settle ia
some place of abundant food and
bv winding daily in this they cover
the ground with u network of path
WAYS. The longer they stay the
more and wider the pathways, 50
that finally there are but few spaces
mtroddcn of twenty square yards
across.
The deeper the snow i'll the woods
the more the moose mast work for
their food. since the lower bushes
and ground herbs are cut of, and
| thus the difference between the
snow in the yard and that in the
woods incnases. If the food is suf-
ficicntlv abundant in the yard and
no hunters find them the moose stay
there till spring. If it gives ont
they must begin perilous journey
through the snow in search of an.
other place. It is during this jour.
nev only that they fear the wolves
1t is always done in single file, sc
that the Young ones in the rear dc
not have very hard time. and it II
usually done with judgment found
ed on their memory of the country.
The moose yard Is commonly fire.
qucnted by the moose birds. or Can
ada lays. | am not sure why. Th'
moose by tearing down and rootin!
up logs and dead trees may expos
worms, etc, or the parasitic msect
in their hair may furnish food 70
the bird There are several othe
cases of small birds associating Will
large beasts, and in each the Dir,
is believed to serve the beast as
Waterman and get his return il
parasitic insects.
With the melting of the snow tn
necessity for yarding ceases, am
the moose family scatters.-Ernes
Thompson Seton i'll Scribner's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
The Worm In the Chestnut,

A great many people, old and
young alike, do not know how a
worm can get into a chestnut the
shell of which has no hole or break
IN it. The worm is Matched from an
egg laid in the nut before the she'll
is formed. The egg is laid by
moth or other insect, instinct
prompting it thus to provide food
for the grub until it is old and
strong enough to bore its way out of
the nut. where it soon natures in
the moth form.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
A Railway Which Went Nowhere

Lumatlcs often assume superb
ority of intellect to others which is
quite amusing. A gentleman while
walking along a road, not. far from
the side Of which there ran rail-
way, encountered a number of in
sane people ont for exercise. With
Il nod toward the ral"ay lines he
said to one Of the lunatics,:
"Whcrc docs this railway go TOT"
The lunatic looked at him scorn--
fully for moment and ther re-
piled '
q . t 90 anywhere. We keep
it her, 80, run trains on"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
The Higher Patriotism.

General Frederick D. Grants prop
osition that the one hundredth an
nivcrsarv of the birth of Robert +.
Lee, Jan. 10, 1907, be celebrated as
a national memorial day is notable
for two things-it links again the
names of two great commanders,
foes in war, but friends in peace,
and it emphasizes the fact that
Americans of today are looking to
the past only for inspiration for a
higher Observation-Disclosures Dis
patch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
Maple Seed.

The seed of the maple is provided
with a contrivance like the tail of a
fish or the rudder of a ship. When
this seed is separated from the tree,
particularly if the breeze is blowing,
the rudder imparts to the seed "A re-
volvlng motion, somewhat similar
to that for the propeller of a ship,
and the germ of the future tree is
thus transported often hundreds of
feet from the parent stock.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
How to Feed Poultry Food.

We will send free. postpaid, to any
farmer or poultryman who will write
us, mentioning this paper, our direc'
tons for feeding Pages Perfected
Poultry Food" These directions rep
resent the combined experience OF
some of the best poultrymen i'll New
England who have used our food sue
cessfully There are also given many
suggestions as TO the proper care to be
given hens to produce the best results
Carroll s. Page. Hyde Park, VI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02

Thomas \. Edison is somewhat of
a joker. A correspondent was look
ing over the inventors laboratory
when his eye was caught by Il curl
Gus model. 1t looked like cradle
with some kind of telephone attach
ment. "What on earth is that?'
inquired the visitor. Il hope to
make my fortune off that inven-
.ion," said Edison gravely. ut is
a motor to run by sound. You at
tach it to a cradle, and the louder
the baby cries the faster the cradle
rocks"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
Green Cut Bone For PoultY

During freezing weather we eat up
great many tons of green bone and
meat. There is nothing better for poul
try. Price $500 per barrel of 2Gl
pounds, at which price We prepay
freishts to almost any station, At this
prlee cash must accompany order, Re
nit at our risk by check, postal none,
order, express money order or regis
tered letter. G. s, Page. Hyde Park, VI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
They Had a Duke.

On the day when the late Duke
Of Westminster was promoted to his
dukedom he visited his children's
quarters TO communicate the news
to them. "What do you think they
have made me now" he said. "They
have made me duke "Why, ia
Their" exclaimed one of the small
er denizens Of the nursery, chats
what we call our donkey"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
A Queer Will.

John Stewart McCaig, a Scotch
banker, left practically all his es-
tate, consisting of property produc-
ing nearly $4,000 year and NOV
ables worth $4,000, for. the erec-
ton of statues of himself and his
relatives and the building of arts
tic towers on prominent parts of his
land. His sister contested his will,
but the Edinburgh court of sessions
has upheld il.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02
A Silent Author.

J. NJ. Barrie, the author, is not at
oil fond of talking, but is silent and
reserved with strangers. 1t is re-
lated Of him that at a public dinner
he turned to his neighbor and re-
marked, ''Do YOU feel like talking: y
"No,' was the brief reply, SAYS
Home Chat. =
"Neither do l." SAID Barrie, and
forthwith they gave one another the
cold shoulder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-02

In driving the long Slmplon tun-
mel under the Alps fine test was
offered of the accuracy with which
engineering science can guide the
direction of two parties of workers
starting twelve miles apart so that
they will meet in the heart of a
mountain. Three principal ele-
ments had to be calculatcd-the to-
tai length. the level and the dree-
ton US to right or left. When the
two bOres met in the middle it was
found that the length. the least i'm
portanl of the elements, differed
only about thirty-one inches from
the calculated value, the difference
in level was less than four inches
and the error in direction from one
end was less than five inches, from
the other less than four inches. The
success Of the engineers was remark
able. considering that the tunnel is
twelve and third miles long
Youths Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10

might be couple of other compare
lively unimportant amendments.
President Roosevelt has expressed
himself as satisfied with the amend
ments proposed, and if he is not no.
body thinks he will hesitate much at
confiding his views to the senate. He
claims now as heretofore that all he
wants is action, and he will not stand
out on either verbiage or political eff
feet. He was much interested In the
fate of the Payne bill and said frank
Iy that it ought to pass. But if there
is any really vicious tampering with
the rate bill, the white house may be
relied on to make itself actively I'M
pleasant. And just how unpleasant
it can be on occasion. the present
congress has not run the risk of find
ing out.
Ii you really want to defeat the
live stock transportation bill that is
about ready to be reported from the
house cpmmittee,- take suggestion.
Do not waste time in writing to s'your
congressman. The chances are that
the letter will 60 into the waste bas-
ket with nine-tenths of the other mail
that his secretary opens and he never
sees. Rather go to the lieutenants
who are looking after his ssfences" in
your own district and impress on
| them that unpleasant things will
happen if he does not line up on the
side of humanity when the bill comes
to a vote on the floor of the house
The bill in question, which is being
strongly fought by the Humane So
ciety and rightly SO, will allow the
transportation of live stock on the
railroads for thirty-Six hours without
food or water. The secretary of ag-
riculture, who comes from a cattle
state and should know better, has
been won over by the live stock ship
pers and says he is convinced the cat
| tie will suffer less on the longer run
than through being hustled in and
out of the cars to be watered and fed
every twenty-eight hours or less
Twenty-eight hours is the limit of
starvation now allowed by law, but
the cattle men want it extended,
while the Humane society wants either
to have it shortened or at least to let
1t remain stationary. 1t looks now as
though the bill to prolong the suffer
ings of the cattle would be favorably
reported, and the only way to kill it
will be on the floor of the house.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10
Washington Letter.
CFrom our regular correspondent

(FrOm our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3, 1906.
Almost to a certainty, the Philip
pines will have TO wait another ses-
sion for tariff legislation. which the
secretary of war and the bureau of
insular affairs has declared absolutely
necessary for their commercial devel-
opment. The Payne tariff bill has
been killed in committee IN the SEN
ate, and while it is Il posi- bility that
it may be called up by the chairman
on resolution on the floor, this course
is not considered likely. The vote in
the committee is said to have been
six to seven. What show the bill
would have should it get before the
senate is questionable. It passed the
house by an almost unanimous VOTE.
but there was foreboding then that
something would happen to it IN the
senate, and it is possible that the op-
ponents of the joint statehood bill
will take heart from this defeat of
the tariff measure as indicating that
their friends have delivered the
goods on the tariff question and the
combination will work equally well
on the statehood proposition. If the
action of the senate committee also
means the death of the Joint State
hood bill, many people will think the
discontinue of the islanders was a
cheap price to pay for it. The State
hood bill has been politics, and small
politics at that, from the start.
There would be many dry eyes over
the demise of the measure. As to
the Payne bill, it may be well to re-
call that it provided for free trade
with the islands except in the case of
tobacco, rice and sugar. These were
to be permitted at % per cent of the
DingIey rates whereas they now pay
IS per cent 1t was claimed by the
opponents of the measure that its
passage would mean immediate and
immense development of the three
crops named with the result of kill
ing these industries in the United
States. Consequently the bill has
been fought bitterly by the sugar, to-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10
HORSE NOTICES.
SrALLION-Rohinson.

Will make the following season at our
ranch miles due north of CoilYer. Kansas
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
at home; Friday and Saturday at Collyer,
Kansas.
$1,000 to insure u living colt; colt is to
stand good for service of the horse Maees
removed from the county or parted with
money due at once
Robinson is an Imported Percheron. is
wears old the 18th day of May, 1906; weighs
1880 pounds; is sleel grey.
JACK-Honest Abe.
Will make the season of 1905 at our ranch
miles north of Collyer. Honest Abe is a
big black mammoth jack; weighs 1850 lbs;
151z hands high; years old; raised by f.
Mckinney & Son of Cairo. Mo
$40. 90 to insure living colt; colt Is to stand
good for service of the jack Mares removed
or parted with money due at once
J. c. AND BARNETT KEsSLER-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10

congressman enough will be found to
kill it if they are properly impressed.
And the way to impress them is by
bringing persistent influence to bear
on the men who look after their fences
at home That is the way voter
can most readily make his influence
really felt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10
Where the Adamses Lived.

frequently some fellow with
grievance charges that modern Kan
sas editors are the greatest liars on
EARTH But the fact is that they can
not hold candle to the Kansas edi-
tors of old. As evidence of this we
print this from the Kanopolis Jour-
nal of July 81, 1887:
1T has recently been discovered
that the region around Kanopolis is
the Eden from which Grandfather
Adam and Grandmother Eve were
driven for fooling with the good mans
winesaps. The stump of the identi-
cal tree under which Mrs Adam was
beguiled is just south of the river in
Hamilton county. The flaming sword
that guarded the tree of life has been
stolen by the Indians, but the fig tree
is there from which Mrs. Adam manu-
featured her fashionable but some
what scanty wearing apparel. 1t is
dead now-probably winter killed
but like our flag, it is still there, and
furnishes evidence which the oldest
inhabitant dare not dispute. The
soil is just as fruitful as in We olden
time, and produces as prodigiously.
Sunf1owers can be seen that will make
dozen fence rails and a whole lot of
cord wood. Potatoes grow so big that
they can only be roasted by building
fire on the windward side and when
one section is done waiting for the
wind to change. Cabbage leaves are
used for circus tents, and hoop poles
are made out of timothy stalks. Jack
rabbits grow as large as horses and
the tail feathers of a wild goose make
excellent fence posts. The wheat is
larger than the corn in most states
and it is dangerous to plant rye, as
the roots have to be grubbed out be-
fore the ground can be plowed again
ga man planted turnip one mile
from the railroad last summer and
the company sued him for obstruct-
ing the tracks before the middle of
July. Pie plant makes excellent
bridge timber and pumpkins are in
demand this winter for houses and
barns. Pea pods are used as ferry
boats on the Arkansas river and onion
seeds are much sought after for wall
ing wells and terrace work Rye straw
ptOpOllJ OOHhOCbCOs uIdkSS SuDcIlO
pipe for drainage and the husks of the
berry, where provided with rockers,
make unique baby cradles. North of
Kanopolis are several lakes of strained
honey, and we often have showers of
rosewater and cologne ip the early
spring. This settlement of Western
Kansas is restoring Eden to is primi-
tive glory and men to their first es-
tate..Kansas City Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10

bacco and rice interests, which are all
very powerful. Whether the forebod-
ings they expressed were well founded
will remain a mystery for some time
to come, but the officials who had
studied the problem on the ground
declared such fears unfounded and
said that the passage of the bill would
merely mean a general impetus to
trade between this country and the
archipelago and would never flood the
United States with cheap sugar, rice
and tobacco.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10

Many girl who has a Fascinating
face and faltless figure has become
vain and spoiled on that account.
Many girl left with great fortune
has bought a worthless rake of a count
with it, who was sure to abuse her
after squandering her money. Many
IL man endowed with muscle of steel
superb physic, has been unable to rest
until he became prize fighter or a
professional sport. We reckon that
is why the Lord had to make so many
plain, plodding. commonplace folks,
so there would be somebody willing
to stay rat home and do the work.-Ex.
Go To the Tre0O Mercan-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10

Senator Deliver has come out strong
~ for the unamended Hepburn rate
bill in tire senate despite the fact that
Senator Tillman is in charge of the
measure. The whole rate situation
is so beautifully and hopelessly mixed
that it is hard to say what the result
will be when the smoke of oratory
clears away. But 1T looks as though
the question of judicial review would
be tackled onto the bill and there
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-10

Go to the Trego Mercan-
tile company for your bran
and shorts.
Arizona republican., 1906-02-16

uate in the Pima mining district, Pima county, this survey being designated as survey No. 2191 and is claimed by i the Mineral Hill Consolidated Copper company.
 SUDDENLY STRICKEN-Mrs. Jas. O'ConnOr, recently suffered an attack of paralysis. There is a slight improve ment of her condition. Miss Annie O'Connor who had been summoned from Los Angeles arrived yesterday morning.
 A s HEARD MONTAVILLE
 FLOWERS-Mrs. May French Cooley, who occupies the chair of elocution in the Arizona School of Music, has heard MT. Flowers and says of him: AS an impersonator and reciter he stands at the very top of his profession. A more delightful entertainer does not appear on the American platform"
 VALENTINE SOCIAL-The Ep- worth League of the First NJ E. church will hold this evening a busi- ness meeting and valentine social at the league rooms. A good program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. A cordial invitation is extended to all. There will be no charge for admission, but a free-wilI offering will be taken
 | NEW DECORATIONS of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorde- yesterday: The Manhattan Surprise Mining company, capital stock. $1 ,OO0.- 900, incorporators J. A. Frenzel, k. F.. Linthurst and N. Croker; Hite Gold Mines company, capital stock S1,OOO.- 900, incOrpOratOrs, P. Y Hite, N A. Rice and E. L. Kidney; Good News company, capital stock $75,OOO,. incor- porators H. H. Wright, D. r. Ritter and c. H. Halt; Lost Mine, capital stock. $1,OO0,0OO, incorporators, same as above.
 A SIGN OF RoBBERY-There was brought to- the office of the sheriff yesterday evening a valise which had been found near the city. It had been cut open but none of it's contents ap- peared to have been removed since there was about as many as the va lise could comfortably contain. There was nothing of any value the prop erty consisting of dirty clothing and papers. The contents were damp, in dicating that the valise had been out through the recent rains. There were several papers showing that the owner was a Mason of fanore than average
Arizona republican., 1906-02-16
HAD THEM WORRIED.


 The following in an eastern paper contains a story of Mark Smith illus trating the statehood situation at a
 critical juncture: On the eve of the statehood contest in the house a friend met Delegate Mark Smith of Arizona
 and asked him how the fight against oint-statehood was progressing.
 First rate; all right he declared. cheerfully.
 DO you think you've got em?' ne
 was asked.
 q story An eagle that had gorged himself so that he could hardly fly, was sitting On a limb of a tree when darky who had seen his condition tried to capture him. With great lab or he climbed the tree and when he
 got almost to the eagle the bird fell rather than flew from the tree but before reaching the ground recovered his balance and Tapped himself to a limb on another tree. This was re- peated about four times and finally d man who had been watching the per rormance asked:
 See here. do you expect to catch that eagle?"
 CT doan know, replied the darl1y. I may not cotcn him, but Ise worry , in him a powerful lot That is the way with me and the statehood fellows" said Mark I'm
 worryin' them a powerful lot even if
 I don't win"
Arizona republican., 1906-02-16

importance. His name appears to. be HenryH Webster Long and there IS a document from an Indianapolis coun- cil showing him to be a thirty second degree Mason. There was cards en- titling him to membership in various clubs. There is also cabalistic document from which it is suspected that at one time he became an inves- tor in a Mexican lottery.
 LIKES THE COUNTRY, LIKES THE HORSES-F B, Luchsinger of Wisconsin, who has been spending some time in Phoenix, expects to leave about the first of March for his home He will take with him a sample of Arizona horseflesh that he considers good enough to pay freight on back to the states It is four -year-Old bay mare he bought of Ed Mickens. and which has been known by the name of Grace NJ. In December the mare was driven at a public trial as a threeeyear- old in 2:21, making the last half in 1:O7 Mr Luchsinger ex- poets to put the mare on the track the coming season under the name of Fairy Fern and Phoenix norsemen will keep their eyes on the news columns of the track papers for results. The valley is destined to become famous for good horses, and it will not be very long until the stock now in train ing will begin to circulate that fame Speaking of the climate MT. Luchsin- ger says he has tried nearly all of them and his conclusion is that the Phoenix winter climate is cit"
 -O-
 Harry COwell prominent merchant of Wickenbur sneOt vesterdav in tba
Arizona republican., 1906-02-16

versity at Tucson. spent yesterday in the city.
Arizona republican., 1906-02-16
OF LOCAL INTEREST
SANTA FEE TIME TABLE.

CITY TIME
 Departure. Arrival. "The Diamond JO" for
 Wickenburg. Con gress nctiOn,
 Prescott, Ash Fork F 80 a m. 2:4O a. m. The Daylight Express
 for Wiekenburg,
 Congress Junction,
 Prescott, Ash Fork :45 m. 4:2O D. m For Wenden, SaIome 7:45 a. m. 2:4Oa m For Tempe, Mesa, Flor
 ence, Kelvin, Win
 kleman. II :Sl 8. m. 1920 pm. SURVEYS APPROVED-The sur veyor general has approved the of ficial' survey of the Warren mining claim, situate in the Warren mining 7 district. COchise county. The survey is designated as survey No. PISS and is owned by HovaI A Smith of Bisbee. Arizona. He has also approved the survey Of the Black Prince lode sit
Arizona republican., 1906-02-16

Harry COwell a prominent merchant
 of Wickenburg. spent yesterday in the city on business.