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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
tn. ninInmatie Room.

One Of the most interesting and most
visited places In Washington Is the
diplomatic reception room In the De
partment Of state. where the secretary
OF state transacts his business Win
the ENJOYS Of foreign governments
This room is close TO the secretary :
office and looks southwark TO the TO
tomac. the Washington monument
looming up with stately effect at the
left. Thursday Of each week Is set
apart for the dlplomatists, who are re-
ceIyed in this famous room by the Sec
Rotary Of state or the official who may
be acting In bis absence. The room
itself when not occupied by the for
eIgn representatives is open TO the pub
lie. In II most of our treaties of re-
cent years have been signed. and many
have been the notable assemblages
gathered within its walls.-New YORK
Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Summer and Fall Top-Dressine
and Seedinq Down.

Many farmers are finding it to their
advantage to seed down during the sum-
mer and fall, claiming that by so doing
they are apt to get a much better
''catch" than they do when they follow
the usual practice and seed down in the
spring.
The same is true regarding top-dress-
ing grass land. Some of the most pro-
gresslve farmers put on top-dressing i'm
mediately after haying, with perhaps a
small application of nitrate of soda the
following spring.
If you will send your name aud P. o.
address to Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park,
Vt, he will send you free, postpaid, sew
eral formulas for mixing fertilizers es-
pecially adapted to top,dressing and fall
seeding, together with prices of ingredi.
ents, full directions for mixing, ETC.
These formulas have been approved by
the Vermont Experiment Station and
will be found thoroughly reliable.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Druus and Sickness.

II is not too much to say that the
medical profession today no longer be-
lieves that any drug with few excep-
tons. like quinine in malaria. mer-
curry and the antitoxinsI will cure
disease as such. All that 1t will do Is
80 to modify conditions as to help the
body "a its fight against disease.
We are no longer content. In the
biting phrase Of Voltaire. to pour
drugs of which we know little into
bodies of which we know less What
will help one patient will harm another
and what may be beneficial In the
early stage Of disease will he useless
Or even injurious In later stage.
In the language Of Captain Cutie,
the effect Of drug. like 1.-The bearin'
sf an observation" depends on the ap-
plication on It." 1t is neither rational
nor safe blndly to swallow down
drug which Is highly recommended In
certain disease and expect II to do
the rest" There Is no such thing as
universal cure for disease nor even
4 remedy which can be relied upon as
"a good thAg to take" at any and all
stages Of it.-Dr. Woods Hutchinson In
Deiineator
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
ARAB ENCAMPMENTS.
Tho Crowded Tents In Which the
Shepherd Warriors Live.

Shepherd Warriors Live.
Arabs are true Ishmaelites. Their
life is a constant wandering. They
live entirely ON the produce of their
herds. Their tents are quickly taken
down or put up and easy OF transport.
They are made of camers hair. loosely
woven. supported on poles or long guy
ropes. They protect the occupants from
the hot sun, but not from the rain.
and in winter the encampments are
uncomfortable places.
The interior Is crowded with all the
belongings of these shepherd warriors
camel saddles and gaudy saddle
bags, rifles and ammunition. hunting
dogs and falcons. The women occupy
one half; the men use the other. par
ttioned off by brightly colored cur
tain The whole of the front of the
tent being open, there is no privacy.
The average tent measures twenty
yards by six.
The chief of the tribe, however.
owns many tents. and he has for bis
own use one giant structure, some
times spread over a length of thirty
six yards. In his other tents the chief
keeps his numerous wives, who have
a certain proportion of their MASTER
focks and herds to look after. Hav-
ing a separate tent for each wife, he
thus does away with all chance of do
nestle uuarrels. -Argonaut.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
G.aadlo Giaadah.

There was a quaint old man 10 MAN
chester. England. who for many years
went by the unique name OF Gagaols
Gigadab. His original name was John
smith. and for many years he broooeu
over the possibilities Of mistaken iden-
titv involved in IT, The name figured
frequently in criminal records. ana ne
became abnormally apprehensive lest
he might be confused with some OF
the bad John Smiths At last what ne
feared so much actually happened
One morning the papers reported the
arrest of an accountant In BANK ior
embezzlement. and through some blum
der of the reporter the identity OF the
embezzler was confused with the SUD
tect Of this article. who was also a
hank accountant. Then and there ne
determined TO assume a name IKE
INTO no other ever borne by mortar
man. And in Gagadig Gigadab most
people will agree that he succeeded In
40 doing.-New York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
STRENUOUS LIVING.
A Long Day In the Life of an English
Lady In 1891.

Lady IN 1871.
As for industrious idleness, which Is
held TO blame for the wrecking of our
nervous systems, it was not unknown
to an earlier generation Nine. lie
Brun assures us that in her youth
pleasure loving people would leave
Brussels early in the morning. travel
all day to Paris to hear the opera and
travel all night home. THAT" she
observes-as well she may-"was con.
sidered being fond of the opera"
A paragraph in one of Horace Wal
poles letters gives us the record of
a day and a night in the life of an
English lady-sixteen hours of strain"
which would put New York to the
blush. II heard the Duchess of Cor
don's journal of last Monday" he
writes to Miss Berry in the spring of
1871. "She first went to hear Handlers
music in the abbey; she then Chamber
ed over the benches and went to Hast
ing's trial in the. hall, after dinner to
the play, then to Lady Lucan's assem-
bly,, after that to Ranelagh and return
ed to Mrs. Hobert's faro table; gave a
ball herself in the evening of that
morning, into which she must have got
good way, and set out for Scotland
the next day. Hercules could not have
accomplished quarter of her labors in
the same space of time" - Atlantic
Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
London as Ii Was.

Haydn's Dictionary of Dates"
makes the statement that the old name
of the city of London was written
Lynden or Llyndin, meaning 1.-The city
on the lake" An old tradition gives
us to understand that London was
founded by Brute, descendant of
Aeneas, and called New Troy or Troy
novant until the time of Lud. who sur
rounded the town with walls and
named it Caer-Lud. or Lud's Town.
This latter is probably the correct YER
sion of the story. if for no other rea-
son because it is an easy matter to de-
tect a similarity between the express
sion Lud's Town and London 1t Is
claimed by some writers that there
was a city on the same spot l,1O7
years B. c., and it is known that the
Romans founded city there called
Londinium A. d. 81.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
LEGALLY Better Of.

The creditors of the ancient king
had become so unpleasantly insistent
that he resolved to put them where
they could trouble him no more. So
he invited them to great banquet
and when they had Toasted and drunk
of his prepared wine lie instructed his
servants to convey them to his deepest
dungeons. And the next morning
when he went down to learn whether
his servants had done his bidding his
creditors raised their voices and en-
treated to be set free. But he remon-
strated with them. saying:
"My friends. you have no just cause
for complaint Are you not better off
In the eye of the law than ever be-
fore? ANY lawyer will tell you that
a secured creditor has an exceptional
cinch." Then he left them and went
on his gladstone way, happy In the
knowledge that he could at last go
through his dominions without being
dunned. Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
DON'T Break Down.

Severe strains on the vital organs,
like strains on machinery, cause break
downs. You can't ovrr-tax stomach,
liver, kidneys, bowels or nerves without
serious danger to yourself. If you are
weak or rundown, or under strain of
any kind, take Electric Bitters, the
matchless, tonic medicine Mrs. j. f.
Van de Sande, of Kirkland, Ill.,, writes ::
THAT | did not break down, while en-
during a most severe strain, for three
months, is due wholly to Electric Bit
ters." Use them and enjoy health and
strength. Satisfaction positively guar
anteed. SOC. at j. W. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16

A Chinaman of very high rank had
his portrait painted, and when it was
finished the painter requested him to
inquire of the passersby what they
thought of it. The other agreed and
asked the first conner:
DO you think this portrait like?
THE hat is extremely like" replied
the critic.
The subject of the portrait asked a
similar question of a second stranger.
who answered that the clothes seemed
to be exactly reproduced. He was
about to interrogate a third when the
painter stopped him and said impa-
tientiy:
The resemblance of the hat and
clothes is Of no Importance. Ask this
gentleman what he thinks of the face"
On being asked this question the
stranger hesitated very long time,
but at last he replied:
'"The beard and hair are first rate"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
AFRAID OF MOONLIGHT.
fhs Reason Porto Ricans Garry Um-
breIIas at Night.

No HcdSOU SaiiJ S"-
breIIas at Night.
The majority of Porto Ricans have
nStilled in them from earliest infancy
a superstitious dread of the fG!! :s:Oon's
rays" said business man who has
Just returned from that country.
at is a curious sight to the American
visitor to note men and women going
along the streets and highways of the
island with umbrellas raised over their
heads in the lone watches of the night,
and the more brilliantly the moon is
shining the greater will be the number
of people who are thus protecting
themselves from her beams. Out in
the sequestered rural districts Il gay
mounted cavalier will be met at mid
night. his bride rein In one hand and
an appraised umbrella in the other 1t
looks weird and also ridiculous, but
the natives do II for peculiar reason.
They are possessed of the conviction
that Luna's full light striking upon
mortals is almost sure to make them
n'h'aiiy uhSouuu-'uh' 10 W say III
natics-and that is why they interpOSe
shield between them and her dazzling
brightness.
ITO sleep where the moon could
shine full upon one is, In the view of
Porto Rican. to tempt fate. and it
would be daring one who could be
hired to do 1t for any consideration. -
Baltimore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
The Lash of a iend

would have been abont as welcome To
A. Cooper of OSwego, n. Y, as "A mer-
CHESS lung-racking cough that drtied
all remedies for years, alt was most
troublesome at night" he writes, "noth-
ing helped me till | used DIR. Kings
New Discovery which cured me com
pletely. never cough at night now"
Millions know its matchless merit for
stubborn colds, obstinate coughs, sore
lungs, lagrippe, asthma, hemorrhage
Group, whooping cough, or hay fever. 1t
relieves quickly and never fails to salts
fly, A trial convinces. Soc, Sl.OO.
Trial hottie free. It's positively guar
anteed by J. w. Thurston,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Marbles,

Marbles got their name from the
fact that originally little bits Of mar
Bile were rolled down the bills and
rounded and pounded by other stones
until the! became toys for the chill
dren TO play with. II is said that the
Dutch exported them TO England.
Whether they did or not makes little
difference TO the boys and girls Of to-
day. No matter who introduced tue
world TO marbles as toys, they are
with US and always will be. Some Of
you get them from other children. some
OF you trade postage stamps for them.
but some persons originally bought
them from the little store around the
corner. whose owner got them from
the greatest toyshop In the world
Germany. In the beginning marbles
were called bowls" and men and wo-
men played with them as we'll as chill
dren.-Dundee Advertiser.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Masculine Music.

The musical doctor stepped into the
shop.
His hair stuck out like stiff straws,
aud his joy of life was under his arm;
also two buttons on his waistcoat were
undone. So there was no doubt about
his being a genius.
AHA. ahem, ahum" purred the
musical doctor "E string for a violin.
please"
The man behind the counter looked
flustered He went to the shelf. took
off small packet, examined 1t care
fully, examined it again and then hes
itatingly returned to the customer.
81 beg your pardon. SIR" he began
difiidently. but this 'appens to be my
first day in the shop, and yer might
give Inc little 'elp. The fact is these
ere strings look all alike to me. an
can't tell the 'es from the shesT-Lon-
don Globe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
A Reliable NOT A
NARCOTIC.

Mrs. F. Marti, st. Joe, Mich, says
Foley's Honey and Tar saved her little
boys life. She writes ''Our little boy
contracted severe bronchial trouble
and AS the doctors medicine did not
cure him, | gave him Foley's Honey and
Tar in which have great faith, 1t
cured the cough as well as the choking
and gagging spells, and he got well in a
short time. Foley's Honey and Tar has
many times saved us much trouble and
we are never without it in the house. -
John W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
prie,s Paid BY Forty miners.

Here is the price list on the carte
OF the Eldorado hotel OF Placeryille,
Cal. in the days when 1t entertained
the forty-niners. Payable in advance"
Il proclaims: gold scales at the end
of bar
A square meal. with dessert Is
priced at So. and other items that
probably interested the patrons OF the
EIdorado are set forth as follows:
Beef. Mexican prime cut. $3.50; beef
uploug. $3.50: beef. plain. 81: beef with
a potato. fair size. SIPS; beef. tame
from the states. SlJO; also two po'
tatoes. medium size, so cents: two po'
tatoes. peeled. 10 cents; hash, low
grade. 70 cents; hash, Is carat. 81;
rice pudding. plain. 70 cents; rice pud'
ding and brandy peaches. $l.-Los
Angeles Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
A Tree Cut Down by Rifle Bullets.

In the sanguinary annals of the
American war there was no more
sanguinary episode than the fight in
1864 Of 1.-The Bloody Angle at Spottsyl-
vania" Every bush and every sap
says Mr.. q. c. Eggleston in his His
tory of the Confederate War;" was
cut away by stream of bullets as
grass il before mowers scythe. Even
an oak tree nearly two feet thick was
worn In two near its base by the con-
tinual and incessant stroke of leaden
balls until 1t fell. crushing some of the
Confederates who were fighting be
meath its branches"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Tho potka

The polka is the natural dance for
the feet Of the people. Take In evi.
dence its origin. A Bohemian peasant
girl was seen dancing "out of her own
head" extemporizing from the sheer
JOY of her heart song. tune and steps.
This she did on Sunday afternoon In
Elbeleinitz. and an artist. one Josef
Neruda. who spied her. made note of
all he saw. The people Of the town
adopted the dance and called 1t the
pulka. half step. In 1888 II reached
Prague and Vienna In 1910; thence It
spread rapidly through Europe, When
NJ. Cellarius introduced 1t to the Pari
slams we hear that all else gave way
before 1.-The all absorbing pursuit, the
polka. which embraces In its qualities
the intimacy Of the waltz with the VI
vacity of the Irish jig."-Casselrs Mag.
azine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
THREE YEARS LATE.
A Train That Won the Behind Time
Record Medal

A Train That Won the Behind Time
Record Medal.
A train of railway system In the
southwest once arrived at its destina.
ton nearly three years late, The cir
cumStances were these:
The train left Bolivar. just across
Galveston bay from Galveston. on
Sept. s. 1900. and was caught In the
great storm that so nearly destroyed
the Texan city. Bolivar Is seventy
five miles from Beaumont, which was
the point of the trains destination.
Before the train had travelled far on
its journey it was caught in the storm.
Thirty miles of the track were washed
away, and the train was left stranded
on a sandy waste. Many persons who
lived on Bolivar peninsula were saved
from death by taking refuge In the
train. After the storm subsidized they
walked TO Bolivar with the passengers.
but the abandoned train was left on
the prairie.
The storm bankrupted the railway.
and no effort TO rescue the engine and
cars was made until 1903. Had not
the road suffered so seriously in that
storm the property would have proved
of great value few months later.
when oil was struck at Beaumont. In
1903. however. the road underwent re-
pairs. when the train was drawn into
Beaumont, where 1t was greeted by a
cheering crowd.-New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
ROMANCE OF ARCHITECTURE:
Origin Of the Graeefu Corinthisr g.
OF Capt..

In the winter your giri had a4
in Corinth. Some time afIorVgr5 :.
maid gathered lOgy,.nr .arior< ri,
kets and playthings which the girl bss
loved and brought them 10 the r,3.
grave. There she placed them !, .
basket near the monument and FIN,
large square tile upon the basket "A
prevent the wind FROM lgpnurpipsA
1t happened that under be baska, r,,
a root of an acantbus nant W5s,
spring came the araur0us sprog,a
but its shoots were nor able 10 ra,,.
the basket. and accordingly thew ~pr
around II. having the basket IN 'ts,
midst. Such Of the long leaves 3,
grew up against the four rrorrg4,s
corners of the tile on The top Of III.
basket curled round Under these M,
ners and formed pretty yo'u'cs.
Kallimachos. the sculptor va'gf-,
that way one day. Saw this and i'm.
mediately conceived the notion tgr,ss
form of the basket with the ngag.
on top of II and surrounded BIZ rLa
leaves and stalks Of anau'hu> would
be comely heading for columns IN
architecture. He from this idea formed
the beautiful Corinlh.un style Of cam
tai. Such. at least, is the story as tbs
architect Vitruvius told it 1890 Yeas
ago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
THE CAMERA OBScnp,
From u Was Evolved Or s,s...,
tosraphie Eprz -,.- -


tosraPhis Eprz.zt., -
The eamera was mr.. .....-
Ian natssd Bapiista r..r. u
was not at first u,n1 Cog r..-
Ing. 10 was Ia rpaIr ..-..
room. into which co.. .... -ls
ted through a little rfrt.
side. The rays Of H-r. .r.. 10
objects outside Of tlf- 3D.. "as
through this Aperture H u-5. '.'' .
ture on the other s... of ,. ils
glowing in all the bparfr ANA zoe
nature Itself. but rather uI..,s-. o
upside down s-.
This dark room Vs.. r.-,..-
Porta about the middle ar ,,..r.. D
century. He improve. IL Ia,
placing a glass lens rr ra any,, y
and outside mirrw wh.h r. .:
the rays of light aud r.eer,a5 Wv. :,
through the lens SO that "a, ,. -F-
upon the opposite wu with,
made much brighter mrr. A..
and In n natural or erect ru,f,l,r ~.
was really the first rau.ra aIs.r.. '-'
invention which is euiutuI 20 The.
ent day.
Now our modern ph.u-ranbic 10.
era Is merely small .rmrr9 d.
in Its simplest form, carrying a Iar,a
one end and ground ..a,, sora., =.
the other. II is, hownr-r often nm.
more complicated in 10, eanstmct.,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Firearms In Russia.

AS an illustration Of how closely ev-
erything is watched in Russia. take
its system or registering firearms.
When a weapon of any kind is pur-
chased permit must be secured from
the local authorities. The name of the
man who makes the purchase. with
the number of the weapon. is recorded.
If the purchaser ever wants to dispose
OF the weapon he must notify the au-
thorities and cause the transfer to be
recorded on the books of the firm
which sold 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16

In the kongo one of the most in
dustrious peoples are the BateteIa. In
gathering rubber they go into the for.
ests inhabited by the Baukutu head
hunting cannibaIs. While the men are
In the forest the camp is guarded by a
man who surveys the surroundings
When the Baukutu are seen to ap-
proach the drummer beats the alarm
and all the men return to the camp
to fight. The weapons used are the
spear, shield. bow and arrow. This
sentinel earns in the neighborhood of
500 of our money a year. which en-
'ables him to buy a wife.-Christian
Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
1t Saved His Leo.

"All thought Id lose my leg, writes
}. A. Swenson, of Waterfowl, Wis
"Ien years of eczema, that 10 doctors
could not cure, had at last laid me up.
Then Bucklen's Arnica Salye cured it,
sound aud we'll" lnialhble for Skin
Erupuous, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Boz s.,
feNeI Suies, Durus, Scaids, Cuts anu
IIIcs, =Jc at y. ". I"urs.uu.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Eleven In q Bed.

In early Victorian times the WORK
man was accustomed to rough it. lsa-
bella Fyvie Mayo in her "Recollec'
ton" mentions that one fourishing
firm of bakers-patronized by royalty
kept eleven men and had only one
bed for them all. During the twenty
four hours they occupied II turn and
turn about. one of these unfortunates
was generally In Charing Cross hos
pital. and the master got reputa-
ton for generosity by his yearly sub
scription to its funds"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16

Mrs, Jacob Wilmert, Lincoln, ILL.,,
found her way back to perfect health.
She writes: al suffered with kidney
trouble and backache aud my appetite
was very poor at times. A few weeks
ago | got Foley Kidney Pills and gave
them fair trial. They gave me great
relief, so continued till now | am again
in perfect hea It'll. "-John W. Thurston
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
A Neat Compliment.

That was neat compliment paid by
a French ambassador in London to a
peerless who had been talking to him
for an hour.
The lady said. You must think am
very fond Of the sound of my own
voice"
The Frenchman replied, II knew you
liked music"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
IL Wouldn't Sound Well.

An English north country paper
frowns upon the known ambition of
the mayor of Its town to be made a
knight for his distinguished services in
receiving royalty and narrates for the
benefit OF the aspirant this anecdote:
When Adam Black. the Edinburgh
publisher. was sounded on the subject
OF receiving knighthood. he said: Nae,
nae; 1t wadna dee. You see." he add
ed. IF boy cam into ma shop and
SAID. "A hapeth o. slate pencil, Sir
ADAM 1t wadna sound weel."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16
Real Modesty.

IAN actor should be modest. and
most actors are" said prominent one
at luncheon in Pittsburg But |
know a young actor who at the be-
ginning of his career carried modesty
almost too far.
This young man inserted in all the
dramatic papers a want advertisement
that said:
Engagement wanted-small part
such as dead body or outside shouts
preferred
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-09-16

A so cent bottle of Bloodine Rheu-
matte Lit iment will last longer than
the most aggravated case of sore threat.
A most effective remedy for cold on
chest, Group, etc. John W. ThursLon,
special agent.