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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
MAIL BOXES WITH NAMES.

The rack 81 mail boNcs m the
lighthouse department building on
Staten Island !, labeled with some
nowe, that strike one a, having a
GA, and festive and familiar AR I'M
IA aue realizes the rea -on why. one
box Is labeled DAISY, another star
ties one with il, Darling, aud the
.tung impression left by."Neitie l.
slightly assuaged and the reader
made to feel that all = not familiar
hercabout bv the solid respectable
itv of John Rodgers. If any one
had any lasting doubts a. To the
reason for these appellations IT
would probably be cleared away by
another compartment labeled Rob
bins Reef" and for the benefit OF
those to whom the mystery has not
been cleared away it may be stated
that the Daisy and the Darling oi
the letter boxes are not Young la
dies. but the boats employed by the
department in its work along the
coast in this section of our seaboard.
New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

The Natal Mercury South Afri-
cay tells the story of a Boer farmer
named Moolman, who found t.,
naval shell lying on the veldt unex-
ploded and took it home to his sis
ter, She wanted the shell for dec.
Grafton purposes and began to dig
out the lyddite, and to soften it
poured cold water upon it. The
lyddite and water began to effer-
vesce, and the girl went indoors and
from the end of the passage watch
ed the shell, which lay upon the
doorstep. Suddenly there was a
terrific explosion, and Miss Mool
man fell dead. struck in the breast
by a piece of she'll. The whole
house was wrecked, every pane of
glass, every window frame and
every door being cast to the ground
and most of the furniture being up.
set and smashed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
No Chance For Illusions.

There was no false pride about
Lucinda Madden, and she had no
illusions at the age of forty-s!X
when she accepted Hiram Gregg's
offer of marriage. She was a hard
featured and sharp tongued person,
and she knew it.
Also, however, she knew her ca
pabilties as cook and housekeeper,
and she was well aware that Hiram
Gregg's slow wits and shiftless ways
had made him anything but Il ia
vorite with the feminine portion of
the village. She found things to
ike in Hiram by looking hard for
them, but she proposed to keep him
well in hand
"Well, Lucindy," said Hiram one
evening two or three days before
the wedding, here We are going to
be married, after all, both of Us. |
guess, Lucindy, I'm about your first
offer, amt :"
you are" said Lucinda firmly.
"and I'm your last offer, Hiram. and
going to be if my health holds out.
so we won't make any more talk
over that"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

The German patent office comes
IN for much censure. One would
suppose such an institution 10 exact
no more of inventors than is needed
to pay current expenses, but in
reality the charges are so high that
the state pockets half the income as
profit. 1t is pointed out that for
poor inventors matters are almost
as bad as they were when Guten-
berg, after inventing the art of
printing, lived in poverty and final
ly had to pawn his apparatus.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
How He Did It.

"How do YOU do it?" asked one
real estate dealer of another who
had been Boosting Of his success in
collecting some unusually bad rent
bills.
'1t's the simplest thing in the
world" was the reply. 'In most
cases the reason that man is be-
hind in his rent is because he has
met with streak of hard luck and
cannot pay. With a fellow like
that | present him with a new suit
of clothes, and that makes him feel
like new man and gives him the
courage to 90 out and get another
job. Then, when he is on his feet
again, he pays me the rent. OF
course | generally lose the clothes
money, but in the long run it is a
good investment" - Boston Tray
eler.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Wireless Across the Pacific.

Mr.. Marconi used a ten inch in
duction coil, giving a spark three
quarters of an inch long, in his ear
" attempts to communicate across
the English channel by wireless
tclegraphy. His masts were $50
feet high. To provide for CONNER
cial communication across the Pa
cific ocean between San Francisco
and Honolulu a gigantic induction
coil fifteen feet long is being built,
which will give spark fifteen feet
long and as thick a. mans body,
Two thousand miles of fine silk in
sulated copper wire are used IN the
coil, with more than ton of bees
wax and paper for additional in
sulating. Its potential will be about
5000. 900 volts. The mast, from
which the impulses will be sent out
are twin towers. each 300 feet high,
on the very apex of Mount Tamal-
pals. across the Golden Gate from
San Francisco. The antennae-
5000 pound, of heavy copper wire
will thus be nearly 5000 feet
above the waves which wash the
foot Of the mountain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Time Occupied by Dreams.

The time occupied by a dream is
one of the marvels of sleep. In
the work entitled "The Philosophy
of Mystery" we read of a man who
dreamed that he had enlisted as a
soldier: that he had joined his reg
iment and travelled to a foreign
country; that he finally deserted on
account of the harsh treatment he
had received at the hands of his
superior officers; that he had been
apprehended and carried back to his
regiment; that upon arriving there
he was tried by court martial, con-
demned to be shot and was led out
for execution. At this moment the
guns of the eXecutioners exploded,
and the sound awoke the dreamer.
1t was clear now that q loud noise
in an adjoining room had both pro-
duced the dream and awakened the
dreamer almost at the same mo-
ment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

A story is told in Paris of a titled
painters pilgrimage, Ten years ago
Nlcomte Jacques de Gruart laid
wager of 100000 that he and his
bride, to be married on the day of
departure, could make a tour of the
world, living on the earnings of the
ylcomte's brush. There was no stip
ulatIon as to time. The pair have
Justreached Paris on their returna aft
er successfully accomplishing their
undertaking and winning their bet.
They have traversed Europe, Amer
lea, Africa and Australia, living on
nothing but the meager profits of
the vlcOmte's brush.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

Old inscriptions and carvings have
shown that there existed in ancient
Persia members of a race of black
skinned men who possessed features
resembling those of Africans. The
origin of these people as well as
Their apparent disappearance in
modern times has furnished puz-
zllng questions for ethnologists.
Some have supposed that in prehis-
torIc times the greater part of
southern Asia was occupied by a
primitive black race. of which onlv
We 'tlges remained when the empires
of Babylonia and Assvria arose
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Agents Wanted

We want the CaIfskius, Hides, Sheep
rrlt>, TalIow, Zones, etc, collected in
your 'trlnity
Can't Noo arrange TO purchase these
goods for Us this spring. We will fur.
msh the cash with which to buy; we
will also furnish tag, advice sheets,
taking oft directions, cloth posters To
enable You to advertise the business, etc,
etc.
We pay highest cash prices aud keep
our customers thoroughly posted on the
condition, OF the market aud pay the
freight
To any one writing us and mention,
ing this paper, We Will mail tul particu
lars. Address,
CARROLL ). PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
THE SIBERIAN TUNDRA.

To build railway connecting the
Russian settlements IA Siberia win
Alaska would nccc,sitate laying
down about 5000 mile, of track.
The chief obstacle Is the Siberian
tundra. Which a train would have
TO eros, before reaching bcrlhS
strait. Tundra l. Il native word sig
nlfving the vast cNpan>c oil swamp
and marshland, interpreted with
numbcrlc,S ,tagnant lakes, which
extend, for thousands of miles
across the arctic zone IN Siberia.
I'm summer time the tundra Is like
Il wet .pungr. into which even a
man sink. knee deep at every step,
and consequently the natives sci
dom venture any distance from
home save by lake or river. From
Nav To October the settlements are
completely isolated by this vast
ocean of swamp. 1t is only in win
ter. when the tundra has been GOV
cred with a laycr of hard frozen
snow many feet in depth, that these
people are able to move from one
place to another in a dog or rein
deer sled. The tundra section OF
the proposed railway line Harry de
Wmdt. the explorer, estimates
would cost about Sl00.000000, foI
every wooden cross tie would have
to be- imported into this treeles'
country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

The two Young men r-.
door az the same time.
Swellinrton in:' theE
maid. N"rah, ioohcl
shook her head di-cuu~
"She's in To van as Ee a.
tn other" she said ar .r.
tn two az We comm 1a.
got me 20 tangled Dim a.... ..
know which Is which Er
roight in. both av yc. an H
her To come down an pick r- r-r8
Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
ORIGIN of Grass" Widow.

"She is grass widow" said the
professor, nodding in the direction
Of woman with yellow hair.
"A grass widow: Oh, professor,
didn't think YOU would use slang"
Grass widow is not slang" said
the professor stoutIy. 1T is, on the
contrary, very ancient and correct
expression. 1t comes from the
French grace 1t was originally
written grace widow. Its meaning
is widow by courtesy
"Therr is nothing slangy or dis
respectful in the term grace wild
ow.' A widow may call herself that
with Dropriety."- New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Scarecrows For Cattle.

The newest device for preventing
cattle from straylng upon the rall-
road right of way consists Of Sc
rIcs OF planAs SO arranged that an
exploring COW treading upon the
first causes the plank at the other
end to spring up IN front Of her,
while at the same time the pressure
blows siren whistle for the pur
pose of further frightening the adj
ycnturous animal. With the cattle
protector now in use it is possible
for "a COW to jump over the system
of rails, but it would be brave
COW indeed that could withstand
the screech of the siren coming
from the ground. The entire device
is worked by the weight Of the an
imal and requires no care beyond
an occasional oiling.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

An elderly woman who had dur
ing me course Of a somewhat event
full life buried four husbands en-
rountered at the gates of the Gene
lerT where they reposed an old but
tmld lover she had not seen for
years. She took him inside and
showed him, not without a feeling
OF pride, the well kept tombstones
OF her former lords and masters.
AN, James" she remarked feeling
" you might have been lying there
today If you had only had little
more courage" London Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
o,,,.s,on's Sea Wall

make, life noW a, ,ife iu thai ei'y A. o'i
the higher uplsud,- T. W ""','ior-
who reside, ou puii"u -. ." Waco
Tex ,..,.,l, ro >-a vail for safety lie
wrii...: Il have used poci"r hing
New Discovery for consumption the
tast hvr yrars aud it keeps mr we'll
and safe. Before that time had q
corgh which hail been steadily gro~'"g
Wor,e. Now H., gou-." 'urs chronic
Coughs. Ia Gripl-. Group Nhoopins
Cough aud prevent, Pneumonia. fie''-
ant Ia take. Every hottie guaranteed
.,t Jobu ". Thur>ion's drug Stare
Price. lor and - 0u. Trial bottle Tree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
FoRMoSa HEAD HUNTERS.

III. mountainous interior Of For
r,o., i inhabited by race II blood
thirsty savage. whose chlei delight
a. .sIIv forth on head hunting
,t;5s. Few strangers tthe eNoep-
,ons being some intrepid japanese
.vnlorers) have ever penetrated lar
INTO the wild mountain country
which Is the home of these sayages'
They appear to be akin TO the
Dyaks Of Bornco, hut no definite
study of their language or hao'ts
has vet been made. though interest
inc detail. will he found in Consul
DSyidson's voluminous book on For
mosa For hundreds of wears the
tribes. eight in number. have with
stood their enemies. who have never
been able 10 penetrate TO their fast
nesses. 1t remains to be seen what
success the more systematic Japa-
ne,e will achieve.
1t seems almost incredible that
tbe station Of military force
should not be safe from the raids OF
these head hunters, but it was IL
case a few wears ago. At that time
one of the tribes crePt in the night
upon a post of. the japanese and
made Off with score of heads.
Their most usual method is to
stalk the Chinese of either sex
when they are engaged in tea pick
ing. The savage creeps up unob'
served to his victim, transfixes him
with his spear. secures his head and
Is lost in moment in the neigh
boring Notwithstanding.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
BUYING A CUP OF TEA
A lsnesa Critic en- Mssssiins arc
FeSninins Mstheos.

Buving a cup of tea may be a
TRAGEDY or a comedy. Much de-
pends on the sex Of the buyer. This
is the way a man buys 1t. SAWS a
writer in the London Sketch: lie
slides shcepi,hly into the shop. lakes
tie seat In the draft Of the door
that everybody else has avoided aud
say. Ia tie waitress with diil.dent
smile:
"Oh. would YOU bring me a cup
Of tea
The waitress, who returns the
smile or does not return IL, ac-
cordn. To the rule Of the establish
-ment in regard To tipping. brings
him his tea. slams it doHn, scrlbhleS
out a check and sails away.
The man tastes the tea, finds that
it Is bitter from long brewing, slips
out of his seat, pays the bill and
hurrics away from the shop.
Now let Us see how woman bays
a cup of tea.
She marches into the shop with
little boy on one side of her and Il
little girl on the other.
Il want table for three, she
saws in the manner of one aboat to
order dinner at 10 gulnea' a
head.
"Yes, madam" replies the meek
attendant. "Will YOU kindly step
this way:'
"NIummv," saws the little boy
when at last the party Is seated and
the attendant is waiting to take the
twOpenny order, mummy. why has
that lady got turned up nose:
"Want a scone," complains the
little girl.
a pot of tea for one" orders
mummy" land would you mind
bringing an extra cup, so that my
little girl can have some milk p
zone tea and one milk? ~ asks the
attendant.
NO, thank YOU. | thought
gave my order quite distinctly.
want pot of tea for one and an
extra cup; that's ALL"
Eyes, madam says the meek at
tendant and drags herself ava,
with the firm intention of becoming
an actress, let the stage be what i
may.
Gust one moment" saws mum
my" when the tea is brought. :"
should like to make sure that thi
is not too strong. Yes, it is mucl
too strong. viii you let me hay
a pitcher of hot water, please? An,
| don't think YOU have brough
quite enough milk"
Half an hour later she marche
proudly from the shop, having pal
exactly the same sum for these priv
ileges as the wretched man VIII
could not swallow a mouthful an
who sat in draft.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03

Apropo~ Of the Spanish queens
new title, Queen of Jerusalem, there
Is claimant TO that designation liv-
ing in London, Princess Christie
Zero. She lives quietly in West
kenSington and is married to all
Englishman and has sons in the
English army. She calls herself
Queen of Jerusalem and Empress of
Byzantium. Although not rich, she
keeps up certain state and receives
her adherents seated on a dais and
with Il canopy above her head The
members Of the various royalist So
cieties know her well. She attends
the special services at the old chap
ell of st. Mary m-the- Wardrobe, in
the city, and heads the Jacobite pro-
cession, which once year deposits
wreaths OF the statue of Charles |.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Glass.

According to Phny, the discovery
of glassmaking was purely acct
dental. He tells us that two mer-
chants were carving a quantity of
inter over desoate tract of coun-
try and at length paused upon the
banks of a river to rest. Wishing
to partake of some food, they built
a fire, and, not finding any stones
on which to place their kettles, they
put them on some pieces of inter.
The heat from the fires melted the
inter, which mixed with the sand
and formed a transparent matter,
which was glass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
4 NATURAL MISTAKE.
The Mans Thsory Was Right Even y
~ o q 6 lEeer.

n - - ? -a
IL, this the u.y ln ,he handker-
alisf counter: asked onc msn OF
another in q department store.
IN, man Who g. ked the question
wore a hai. aud tie man Of whom
rf, ou,.t.al was u.l.rd did rot. In
,l.e monetary pause which en'ned
llc man with the hal observed that
.1.r aau without a lat rraiiy ear
rcd a hat g.. his hand.
Il don't know the way 10 The
handkerchief ro inter-, rej"ined tie
man rilhoat hat. bat will You Le
rr.J ENOUGH Ia tell mc whv you
took me- fpr a iloorwaikcr: | have
M.rn taken for waiter at dinners
aI,J rrunm.ons hceau.c | carry Il
,moo,lv haycd face. bat the floor
w.Ikrr's stan; gets me. What :
about me that gave you the impre--
son: Why didn't YOU speak t"
some other chap:
The man with the hat was quiet
~ and critically taking in the other
man during the firing oil of this
problem in plyslo@nomy study.
Then he said:
"Eccau-c of the law Of aSsocla-
ton. which psychologists tell us Is
rs certain q, the law of attraction.
You Should have risen To the occa-
sion and. under the application OF
| the principle of incongrultles, re-
plicd. Fourth aisle. second counter
10 the right. Then YOU would have
/ had the laugh on me. as the prob
/ ability Of your hazard in correctly
establishing Il location concerning
which you had no personal knowl-
edoc would have been one IN thou
sand.
II took YOU for "A iloorwalker
upon the same principle that one
man at Il reception will ask another
man in dress suit to bring him
some ices. provided the other man
has a smoothly shaved face, for the
first man knows that all walters are
smoothly shaved. but all gentlemen
are not, and walters often have bet
ter manners. if not better birth
than the men they may serve.
There is usually hall mari
|
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
When You Owe a Bill In China,

A Chinese statute enacts that
debts which are not settled on New
Years eve cannot subsequently he
recovered; but, according to recog-
nlzed usage, a creditor who has
valnly pursued a debtor all through
the night may still follow him after
daybreak, provided he continues to
carry his lighted lantern, as if he
believed it was still night. This,
however, is the creditors last
chance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
A DaVitt Story,

The Tribune of London in speak
ing of Michael Davitt gives this
characteristic story Of the Irish pa
triot while in prison; This high
strung and keenly intelligent man
was put to task for which he was
physically untitled, that of pulling
trolley loads Of stone through the
quarry, and many time a poor
wrctched criminal, sympathizing
with the one armed man, would give
an extra pull to spare his disabled
chum. a few months ago Davitt
was passing down Ludgate hill and
was startled to see this Christian
criminal selling pennyworths at the
korb, Needless to say, Davitt
bought his whole stock and day
or two later set him up in business
with new and better stock. 4
have kept straight, Mr.. Davitt, so
help me, God the poor fellow pro-
tested"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Three Minutes Sunshine a Year

Arrangements were made to take
a sunlight photograph at the bot
tom OF the shaft of mine 1000
feet deep at Sombrerete, in Mexico
The town is on the tropic of Cancer,
and the suns rays at the meridian
ON June II fall vertically and illu-
inmate the shaft brightly to its low
est depths. The sunlight lasts about
three minutes and then disappears
for year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
A Good Naval Name,

When Commodore Rodgers, [. s.
n, was i'll charge of recruiting
station after the close of the war
he received an application. what
is your name" asked the commo-
dore grutfiy. Don Emilio de San
co Razanini," was the reply. "No,
sir" answered the commodore. Il
take no man in the United States
navy with name like that. Go
away and get better name if YOU
want to enlist" The next day,
bright and early, the same man re-
appeared and in a soft foreign voice
SAID his name was Frederick Rodg-
ers. This time he was accepted
Christian Register.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Music For South Africa

One of tie greatest markets in
the world for musical instruments
is South Africa, which spends ON
the average 100000 year, about
100000 of which goes in pianos.---
London Sketch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
A Luxury.

Two gentlemen dining in New
York restaurant were surprised to
find on the bill of fare the item,
green bluefsh."
Waiter" one asked, "what sort
of bluetish are green bluefsh ?"
"Fresh-right from the water"
said the waiter oflhand.
Nonsense" said the man. "You
know well enough they do not take
bluefsh at this season."
The waiter came up and looked at
the disputed item.
"Oh, that, sir" he said, with an
air of enlightenment. "That's hot
house bluefsh, sir"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
Bausrs Laxyns Quinine Tablets !!

The I.rst remedy for Colds, lleAi''i'@
aud GripI-. Guaranteed to cure "'
money refunded. Price - cents al 'i'i'''
". Thur>Gou's drug store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
eAUER'S INSTANT COUGH CURE

Has cured more Coughs aud Colds than
any remedy known. 1t instantly relieves
the most distressing cough and is guar
an'eed to cure Bronchitis and Asthma
Ha"er'S Congh Cure always gives salts
faction AS MIR. ID. Greenman, druggist of
New Harmony. Pa, says: "Yom
remedies have given the very best salts
faction to all who have used them, and
espe c'al|y auer's Instant Cough Cure
HOOK Tor larger sales on them in Thu.
future. | do not want to be out of them
and will order before my stock runs
down too low" Get a free samnle and
prove what it will do for you. For SALE,
by John W. Thurston, druggist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
a BUSY Old Man,

One of the busiest old men in the
country is Or. Sllas Weir Mitchell
of Philadelphia, who at the age of
seyenty-siN Is bringing out his
eighteenth book of fiction. l.tcra-
turc was his choice when a young
man, but on the advice Of a ljttera-
tcur he dropped letters Tor matcria
mcdica. Later. when he had be-
come a pathologist of renown, he
considered hi, own case and advised
Dr. Mitchell TO become Novelist
Mitchell. The result is novelist
physician, recognized everywhere
that the science of medicine is
worthy of tie term, while the physi-
cian-noye,i-t has reputation wher-
ever the American novel can hope
for place He now has eighteen
novels to his credit, besides several
books of poems, short stories with
out number and over 100 works ON
scientific and professional topics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-03
The End Of the World

of troubles that robbed +. II. Wolfe, of
Bear Grove, Ia, of all usefulness, came
when he began taking Electric Bitters.
lie writes: "Two years ago Kidney
trouble caused me great suffering, which
] would never have survived had not
taken Electric Btters. They also cured
Inc of General Debility" Sure cure for
all Stom c., Liver and Kidney con T.
plants, Blood diseases. Headache. biz
illness and Weakness Of bodily decline
Price SOC. Guaranteed by john ",
Thurston, druggist.