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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

Two stories are told In a magazine OF
ministers stumbling On texts OF hs-
morOus personal application
one was a very young minister nav
ing Charge Of bis nrst church and
preaching a series VI sermons On ths
life and utterances Of St Paul Tue
last one Of these Was given Just before
taking his leave. and during bis ab-
seuce be expected 10 take unto himself
a wife. his engagement having been
announced. After turning over the
leaves Of the Bible thoughtfuiiy De
said. Il invite your attention this even
ing 90 these words Of the great apostle
u am ready now TO be offered up
The other minister was q widower
who had remarked within year AFTER
his first wife's death. His friends aud
congregation thought him very efpe-
ditious, and on the next Sunday. when
his text was announced, they could
scarcely control themselves. He rose
in his place In his pulpit and said. MY
beloved brethren. you will mud my text
In the seventeenth verse OF the fourth
chapter Of ii Corinthians. "our hsh'
affection, which Is for the moment
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
AUST Helping"

A gentleman citing up bis house I'D
the country had brought from q neigh
boring town a considerable force oil
carpenters, plumbers and the ike
After experimenting them for q few
DAYS he grew to know them all by
sight. One day suddenly he spied q
new face among them. II was cheer
full face, and its owner was busylns
himself most actively carrying things
up and down stairs and otherwise be
ing useful Nevertheless the owner Of
the house beckoned to hun.
who are your" he inquired.
"Oh. I'm just helping" answered the
mysterious one, with an engaging
smile.
Carpenter or plumber
mo; just helping" And on he wen'
with a boxful Of crockery.
The owner called the boss carpenter
aside. The boss carpenter eyed the
cheerful helper: then be smiled
"ln the next township" be said
there is a lunatic asylum. I'll make
inquiries"
Next day the willing helper was moi
on the job -Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
What Deep Breathing Did.

I had suffered several days and
nights from severe pain resulting from
rheumatism and neuralgia. The relief
afforded by all suggested home rene
dies had been only temporary. . My
neck was raw from mustard plaster
blister. I'd slept poorly several nights
from pain. Again it was night. | was
quivering with pain and unable to rise
to sitting posture. To turn froul
back to size. or vice versa. was ago.
nizing. ! did not wish to call any OF
the family. knowing their duties for
the following day. How l longed for
sleep! Then | remembered reading
somewhere that deep. abdominal
breathing persisted In would induce
sleep resolved to try 1t. Assuming
position as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances, | began deep,
abdominal breaths. My head soon be-
came light. or, rather. dizzy; my body
relaxed. After a few minutes | was
asleep. After nap l awoke. squirmed
about to new position, repeated the
deep breathing and fell asleep again. /
kept this up during the night, thus &C.
curing a fair nights rest.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Wasp Tanning as a Business.

Miss Marian Black Hawkins of An.
dover, England. has conceived the
idea of tanning the common wasp ana
Of making 1t house pet to Kill the
pestiferous dies and noXiUus insects
that get into household. She holds
she can identify each wasp. that she
can fondle them without injury and
that they can be trained. She captures
the wild wasps. keeps them until they
are almost dead of hunger, then feeds
them with honey, lets them grow hun.
cry again, and finally domcstiaates
them with more honey. Miss Hawkins
says they will not sting the hand that
feeds them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Night On Bald Mountain.

On lonely night Alex Benton of
Fort Edward, N. Y, climbed Bald Noun
tain to the home of a neighbor, tortured
by Asthma, bent on curing him with
DIR. Kings New Discovery, that had
cnred himself of asthma. This wonder
fnl medicine soon relieved and quickly
cured his neighbor. Later it cured his
sons wife of severe lung trouble.
Millions believe it's the greatest Throat
and Lung cure on Earth. Coughs, Colds,
Group, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs are
surely cured by it. Best for Hay Fever,
Grip and Whooping Cough. soc and
800. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by j. w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

study the man about town at first
hand. Where shall find him? How
shall know him."
Without seeming to hear me the
critic went on-and his cab driver
was waiting for his fare too:
He is the sublimated essence of
butt in: the refined, intrinsic extract
Of rubber; the concentrated, purified
irrefutable, unavoidable spirit of curl
osity and inquisitiveness. A new sen.
sation Is the breath in his nostrils
when his experience is exhausted he
explores new fields with the indefa
tigability Of a.
Excuse me-" interrupted. but car
you produce one of this type? 1t is a
new thing to me. | must study it.
will search the town over until | find
one. Its habitat must be here Oh
Broadway"
II am about to dine here" said my
friend. "Come inside and if there is 4
man about town present l will point
him out to you. know most of the
regular patrons here"
II am not dining yet" said to him
You will excuse me. | am going t.
find my man about town this night il
have to rake New York from the
Battery to little Coney Island"
left the hotel and walked down
Broadway. The pursuit of my type
gave pleasant SAVIOR of life and in
terest to the air | breathed. was
glad to be In a city 50 great, so com
pick and diversified. Leisurely and will
something of an air l strolled along
with my heart expanding at the
thought that l was citizen of greal
Gotham, sharer in its magnificence
and pleasures, partaker in its glory
and prestige.
turned to cross the street. | heard
something buzz like bee, and Their
| took a long, pleasant ride with San
tos-Dumont.
When l opened my eyes l remem
bered smell Of gasoline, and said
aloud, Hasn't it passed YETI"
A hospital nurse laid hand that
was not particularly soft upon my
brow that was not at all fevered. A
young doctor came along, grinned and
handed me a morning newspaper.
want to see how 1t happened? he
asked cheerily. read the article. Its
headlines began where heard the
buzzing leave Off the night before. It
closed with these lines:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

shook her contribution receptacle gen
tly against my waisicoat pocket
Would you mind telling me" !
asked Der, If you ever meet with the
character commonly denOmiuaIed as q
mxu about town during your daily
wandsringsr
Il think | know whom you mean.
she answered. with gentle smile.
We see them IN the same places
uight after night. They are the dew
Us bodyguaTd. and IL the soldiers of
any army are as faithful as they are
their commanders are well served
We 70 among them. diVeriing d lew
pennies from their Wiekedness 10 Tue
Lords service"
She shook the box again. and ] drop
ped q dime into IT,
In front of a glittering hotel friend
of mine, a critic, was climbing from
a cab. He seemed AT leisure, and
put my question 10 him. He answered
me conscienIiously. as ! Was sure he
would.
There is type Of man about
town in New York" he answered
The term is quite familiar 10 me, but
I don't think | was ever called upon to
define the character before. Ii would
be difficult to point you out an exact
specimen. 1 would say offhand that
II is a man who had a hopeless case
of the peculiar New York disease OF
wanting to see aud know. At d o'clock
each day life begins with him. He
follows rigidly the conventions or
dress and manners, but in the business
of poking his nose into places where
be does not belong he could give point
ers to u civet cat OF a jackdaw. He Is
the man who has chased Bohemia
about the town from rathskelier to
roof garden and from Hester street ia
Harlem until you can't find place in
the city where they don't cut their
spaghetti with knife. Your man
about town has done that He is al,
ways on the scent of something new
He Is curiosity, impudence aud omni'
presence. Hansoms were made fol
him and gold banded cigars and the
curse Of music at dinner There are
not so many Of him, but his minority
report is adopted everywhere.
I'm glad you brought up the sub
ject. I've felt the influence of this
nocturnal blight upon our city, but
never thought to analyze 1t before.
can see now that your man about
town should have been classified Ions
ago. In his wake spring up wine
agents and cloak models, and the or
chestra plays Let's All Go Up I,
Maud's' for him by request instead o
Handel He makes his rounds every
evening, while you and l see the ele
phant once a week. When the ciga
store is raided he winks at the officer
familiar with his ground, and walk
away immune, while you and | searcl
among the presidents for names an(
among the stars for addresses to Civ,
the desk sergeant"
My friend the critic paused to aC
quire breath for fresh eloquence.
seized my advantage.
You have classified him." l erie,
with Joy. You have painted his POI
trait In the gallery of city types. Blu
l must meet one face to face. | mus
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
MAN ABOUT TOWN.
An Elusive Individual and How
He Was Finally Caught.
81 o. HENRY.

copyright. lSS 0y Mcclure. Phillips q
Col
There were two OF three things that
| wanted 10 know. do not care
about a mystery. So ! began to In
quire
Il took me two weeks 10 find Out
what women carry in dress suit cases
And then | began TO ask why a mat
tress is made Ia two pieces. This Sc
rious query was at first received Will
suspicion because IL sounded like q
conundrum. was at last assured
that its double form Of construction
was designed TO make lighter the bur
den OF woman. who makes up beds
! was so foolish as to persist, begging
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Japs to Guido Dreadnouoht

The japanese government announces
It's intention to build cruisers Of 81. 900
tons.
The Dreadnought is only Of 1890
tons, the r-Dreadnoughts 10000
tons or less; the British Invincible
class Of cruisers are 1880 tons. The
biggest ship talked of for the United
States navy is to be about 25000 tons.
A $4,000 ton cruiser would be In the
class as to size with the greatest At
lantic liners, the Mauretania and Lust
tania alone excepted
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
TIE T~e Dollar Bal.

... .s..k..-s A. $500
-.,-s.~ a.. -. 49,.
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SIsnAnn- spAfe 1hst oHas
tosSn nos : sAss eAt
~ KAY % o'o- oet sim
IL nsips 70 ~ tns 'SIi
psefsSh eno NM
Though hArtorfns the germ.
IL brinss 10 Us content
1hst oao- 'sHAi
Mhose Green Nn :" kIak'
Whieh ssNe ou' neaIs 'N'h
opon eseh enS u-ss
"hieh 'eh' Us 10y a.'u shslh
Upon ehuIen sociai h'sh's
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Planted Two Flags at Pole.

DR.. Cook told me he would plant two
flags at the pole II he reached 1t, one
the American stars and stripes and the
other the little green and white emblem
known as the Bradley arctic expedi.
ton flag.
/ may say that l had to forego in
surance on my yacht during this trip,
as the insurance companies told us
arctic exploration was too perilous to
permit Of the vessel being accepted as
q good risk. No one need fear illness
up there In those regions, for, as every
arctic traveller has testified, sanitary
conditions are ideal.
On the return trip on the John r,
Bradley after leaving DR.. Cook we en-
countered fierce gales and came near
going down in the awful gale of Sept
Is of Labrador, In which seventy ships
were lost. The John r, Bradley had
10 be rehtted at North Sydney and
had to wait for wind to take her to
DR.. Cook couldn't wait long at the
pole, as he had to get back off the ice.
he had to be gone two years from the
time be left America He could not
get back any sooner. You can't go up
one year and go on to the pole You
must use one year to go up as far
north as possible with your vessel
For instance, Peary got up with the
Roosevelt little farther north THAI
we did and put his vessel up for the
winter. He built his sleds then and
did everything necessary for the time
to come to make his dash. 1t is total
darkness all this time, but they dc
have beautiful moonlit nights. Dr.
Cook arranged to start in January
when 1t is dark. The sun begins t.
come out every day little lighter. and
in July and August you have the mid.
night sun and no darkness whatever.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
a Narrow Escape

Edgar \. sayliss, merchant oil NOD
insonyill-. lIel.. wrote About two years
age Nas thin and sick. and COACHED
all the time and # did not have con-
sumption, il MAS near TO Il. l CON-
mence.i using foley's Honey aud Tar
and it stopped my coagh, and ! am no"
entirely we'll and have gained twenty
eight pounds, ali due to the good results
from taking Foley's Honey aud Tar.
John ". ThuTston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
A Fertile Desert.

A unique series of experiments in
American country life Is now being
conducted In the Imperial valley, IN
southern California. What less than
twenty years ago was sheerest desert
has been made to blossom like a gar
den since the advent of water In the
irrigation canals The country is be.
Ing experimental with to find what
it won't raise. Dates and Angora
goats and figs and cantaloupes have
proved successful, and now even cot
ton is being raised.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
The Road To Success

has many distractions, but none so I-.-
perate as poor health. Success, today
demands health, but Electric Bitter Il.
the greatest health builder the world
has ever known. 1t compels perfect ,r.
ton of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels.
purifies aud enriches the blood. aud
tones and invigorates the whole system.
Vigorous body aud keen BRAN follow
their use. You can't afford to ~nght
Electric Bitters if weak, run-doNu or
sickly. Ouly soc. Guaranteed los J..
W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

Irate Woman These photographs
you made Of myself and husband are
not at all satisfactory, and l refuse to
accept them.
Photographer - What's wrong with
them?
Irate Woman-What's wrong! Why,
my husband looks like a baboon.
Photographer-Well. that's no fault
If mine, madam. You should have
thought Of that before you had him
taken.-Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Testifies After EourYears.

Carlisle Center, N. Y, q. B. Burhans
writes; about four years ago. | wrot,
you that had been entirely cured OF
kidney trouble by taking two bottles Of
toley's Kidney Remedy, aud after four
years | am again pleased to state that
have never had any return of thos,
1vmptoms, and | am evidently cured t,
stay cured" Foley's Kidney Remed,
will do the same for you. John "
Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
pilorims and 6riduss.

Bridge building In the middle ages
was In many instances undertaken by
monks, primarily with the object OF In
surfing the safety and expediting the
progress Of pilgrims. Old London
bridge was dedicated to st. Thomas OF
Canterbury and derived a large por.
ton of its revenue from pilgrims to
the shrine of that saint.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

"Stimpkins is mean man. don
believe he ever did anything that did
anybody any good"
Yes, he did"
What was it?"
He fell down one time, and it did
me good to see him."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Double Use For Boxes.

Dr. Cook and l had our supplies put
up IN big boxes, about three feet
square, with tin inside, and the outside
was wood. That is the way l had
them filed, so that we could use the
wood for building the winter house
and then have the stuff inside the
TN III good shape. left him plenty of
coal and plenty Of gasoline. etc. You
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

DIR. Ahernethy, the great English
physician, said, "Watch your kidneys.
When they are affected, life is 10 dan
ger" Foley's Kidney Remedy makes
healthy kidneys, corrects urinary irregu-
larities, and tones up the whole system
John W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Warninu

DO not be persuaded into taking any
hing but Foley's Honey and Tar, TO-,
chronic coughs, bronchitis, hay fever,
asthma, and lung trouble, as it stops the
cough and heals the lungs. John w.
Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Marys Latest Pets.

Mary had little rat.
She wore It In her hair,
And everywhere that Mary went
The rat was surely there.
Mary had a speckled hen
That was market booster.
Every day Spec laid an egg.
But al night she was a rooster.
Mary had a brother. John,
Who worried her lot,
FOR every time she had a beau
de was Johnny on the spot.
Chicago News
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
london's Shortest Street.

The shortest street In london II
John street. 1t has only one house.
which is No. l. There are two other
doors in the street. but one IL number
ed as belonging to Pail Mall and the
other is the side entrance Of q public
house.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
LONGEST Steel Bridge.

The steel bridge across the Columbia
river at Vancouver. Wash, said to be
the longest structure Of its kind in the
world, was completed in June, 1908. II
was built for the Spokane. Portland
and Seattle railroad at q cost Of g..
10000
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
The Stars.

The smallest things visible to the
eye are the stars. Great as many OF
the stars are In actual size, their dis
lance is SO inconceivably great that
their angular diameters became insen-
sible and approach to the condition Of
a geometrical point.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Gold In Horses Teeth.

There are valuable race horses In
England which have teeth nlled with
gold. IL is too risky to have SUCH
horses suffer and 20 Oh their feed
when racing time approaches.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
BY JOHN v BRADLEY.
eiho Paid Coat Of Cook Expedition 90 the
North Pole

courtesy Of Recreation Magazinel
u 10y voyage to the north TO start
DIR. r. A. Cook on his trip 10
IN the pole was my first expert
ence In the arctic regions,
though all my life had longed TO 20
there aud get shot at polar bear
walrus OF musk OK. DIR. Cook, who
had become u noted arctic explorer.
and had talked over such u trip. ana
the relation of his experiences In the
far north had stimulated my desire to
seek similar adventure. Dr. COOK
urged me to accompany him, but 1t
was not until after my trip TO Mon
golia IN 1906 that | saw my way clear
to do SO. We made our plans and de-
cided to start early In the summer OF
1907.
The first step was to secure a suit
able vessel. | bought u Gloucester
fishing schooner Of Ill tons and had
her refitted, putting in a gasoline en-
CINE and having her sheathed above
and below the water line with three
inches Of the best white oak, with
steel plates fore and after, TO enable
her to withstand the pressure of the
pack ice. We rechristened her the
John X. Bradley, and | engaged Cap
tain Moses Bartlett, who had been first
officer Of the Roosevelt, Peary's arctic
ship, TO navigate her with crew OF
Newfoundland fishermen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
A Fair EXCHANGE,

Here comes TOR the empty a tiagon OF
wine,
A fiagon that's full to the top.
Ana 1t Will he empty. the empty be full,
Before the festivities stop.
New York Herald
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Pleasure Marred.

knicker-Didn't your cook like tn.
country?
Bocker-NO; she never found out
that constable was policeman
New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

-~Reiie,ue hospital. where H Sss
said that his injuries NeTe not seri-
Gus. He appeared 10 be typieai man
about town"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Left Eskimo Families Along Route

DIR. Cooks plan 10 leave groups of
families OF Eskimos at different points
along his route was undoubtedly an
other big aid TO his success on his
dash to the pole. His route lay more
to the westward than that OF many
others.
His object In going to the far west
was to get away from the sea drift of
the Ice. so that the drift of ice to the
east would not interfere with him on
the return. The natives travelled to
the east again to cover his retreat
when he came back from the pole and
struck land again. He figured 1t would
take 100 to 100 days on the ice. In
room, with $50 feet of stovepipe.
which he wound around his room so
that he could dry all the walrus kill
ed when was up there, which he was
to carry for his dogs OF course they
had plenty Of meat and everything
else for all hands for three years, so
that even If he did not get musk oxen
he had plenty of other food If he
could get musk oxen. so much the bet
ter, and he could keep the other, as it
keeps indefinitely. As he lightened up
on his dash to the pole DR.. Cook
abandoned one sled and killed his
weak dogs to feed them to the strong
cues, SO that he could make fast time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
A Boat on Runners.

For hunting purposes | had a boat
specially built which could also be
dragged over the Ice on runners should
this become necessary. She was TWEEN
ty-seven feet long and fitted with a
ten horsepower gasoline engine, the
whole weighing less than 1000 pounds.
We stocked the vessel with provisions
sufficient to last thirteen men for two
years.
Before we started DR.. Cook asked
me II would not like to make dash
for the pole. Such a project had not
occurred to me, and | told him | knew
very little about polar exploration. but
] consented to provide everything that
could be needed on such trip and to
allow DR.. Cook to remain in the north
through the winter and make a dash
for the pole next summer II the condi-
tons seemed favorable.
Everything being ready, we sailed
from Gloucester. We touched at Bat
tie Harbor, Labrador. and then crossed
Davis strait to the coast of Greenland,
which we skirted as far north as Sisco.
Just before reaching this little port
our propeller had been disabled by the
ice, so we put In and beached the ship
for repairs. These completed, we sailed
for Melville bay. where | expected to
End some bears.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
Wheat.

Wheat was grown In China 40 far
back as 1000 B. q.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17

There are l75.OOO.OO0 cells In the
lungs of q human being.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
A GREAT BARGAIN

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-09-17
HOW bradley STARTED COOK TO The POLE

Original Expedition Was
For Both Hunting and
Exploring Purposes.
Good Weather Enabled
Discovery Of Pole Wis
dom In Westerly Course