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al, FOR SALE or Trade-Quantity OF
tsnop' n pn'u; non assessable Flexible Tip
''oeA' Nuke an offer. P.O. Box 225
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Base Ball and TEAMS Goods
Headquarters for the Spald-
ing quality. New Stock is in.
The Maxville Book and Sta
tionery Store. If
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v. E. Anderson of Denver was
in Paonia a part of the week.
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

M; d. Heartline and family ar
rived ia Paonia last evening from
Dane. Wisconsin. and are VISITING
at the home of Ed Shoneman
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

Charles Cartmel was over from
Cedaredge couple OF days the
last of the week.
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

Rooms for rent.-Inquire at
MRS. Morris Millinery store, 39tf
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Get your Abstract ot Title from
c. c. HAWKINS.
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We sell fire insurance policy
that assures. CLINE & HUFTY.
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The death of the old sea captai.
the reading of the will and
search for the hidden fortune on
treasure Island. A film subject
we are proud of. Don't miss II
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

For Sale Cheap:-An S-foot,
dark oak extension table. Apply
at this office.
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

If you have anything for sale.
If yon have anything to trade.
If you want to buy anything.
If you want some Fire Insurance
See TAYLOR & BIRD,
Real Estate Agents.
Wanted Gentleman or lady
agent to visit Book. and Drug
stores in Paonia Good commits
sion. Apply Box SIS. Montrose,
Colorado.
have one of the new. and lat
est improved Asplnwall Potato
Planters to rent out by the day or
per acre. +. P. Balch. at the
Implement and Feed store.
The Woman's Christian Board
of Missions will meet in the
Christiaa church on Tuesday
May .. at I'D p. m. Everyone
invited to atteno.
LosT-A gold brooch, between
Dunbar's drug store and Clarence
Nelson's. Finder please return
to Mrs. Nelson. 3S-lt
Mrs. ]. A. Mcmillan was called
to Kansas yesterday morning on
account of the death of her sister.
Black leaf Tobacco S4.75 on
time. $3.50 cash. Arsenate lead
$500 a keg at NILSSON Bros.
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs.
so cts. setting at J. A. Lang
ston's, N. Main St. 37tt
For SaIe:-Good potatoes. Come
and get them at $1,000 a ton.
Chas. Foreman.
Nicely furnished up stairs bed
room in private family. for lady.
Apply at The Yates MiIliney.
Arthur Pullins and wife were
up from Delta this week visiting
with relatives and friends.
Regular services at the Christ
ian church at the usual hours
next Lords Day. May 1st.
Will trade millinery for good
young. laying or setting hens.
The Yates Millinery.
Charles Cartmel was over from
Cedaredge couple OF days the
last of the week.
For Sale Chesp:-An Sfoot,
dark oak extension table. Apply
at this office.
c. A. Wood was a business WIS.,
itor from Montrose part of this
week.
Mrs. c. II. Mullestien, of Som
erset. was Paonia visitor Mon
day.
Mrs. ]. H Walker of Somerset
was shopping in Paonia Tuesday.
We sell fire insurance policy
that assures. CLINE & HUFTY.
Get your Abstract ot Title from
c. c. HAWKINS.
V. E. Anderson of Denver was
in Paonia a part of the week.
A. d. Ward. of Palisade. was in
Paonia a part of the week.
Ten acres, all in cultivation, only
ono mile from town. Cheap. Ses
C. G. HAwKNs.
Base Ball and TEAMS Goods
Headquarters for the Spald-
q.
The newspaper., 1910-04-29
Good Work Horse for Sale

Weight 1850, reliable; Price
right. Apply to J. F. Wakefield
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

c. A. Wood was a business Wis.,
itor from Montrose a part of this
week
The newspaper., 1910-04-29

Mrs. J. H. Walker of Somerset
was shopping in Paonia Tuesday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
SHARK PRODUCTS.
Even the Bones Are Useful, the Spine
as a Walking Stick.


Products obtained from the shark
are both numerous and valuable.
Shark fins furnish a jelly that makes
a delicious soup. If one may credit the
statements Of those affecting that dell
cacy. There is an excellent market for
this jelly wherever Chinese are to be
found.
The sharks liver gives a splendid
clear oil excellently adapted for the
lubrlcatiOn of the parts of watches,
clocks and fine guns. This oil is held
in some quarters in as high esteem as
is the oil obtained from porpoise and
dogfish liver. long claimed to be the
finest of animal oils.
Sharkskin Is of much value. II Is
Of a beautiful FURNISHED gray or blu
ish color and at first glance looks like
finely grained leather by reason of the
tiny prickles plentifully set one way.
There are so many of these prickles,
quite invisible to the naked eye, that
the effect afforded by the dried skin
is one of rich beauty, quality that
makes 1t particularly valuable for the
manufacture of shagreen. 1t is en-
ployed for many decorative purposes.
Even the bones Of sharks are useful
The spine is In constant demand by
the manufacturers of curious walking
sticks. They pass a thin malacca or
steel rod through the polished and
round vertebrae, and the result is a
cane that sells for a high price. The
shark spine stick is great favorite in
Germany.-Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Tho Gecenschein.

The Gegenschein is the name given
to one Of the most inexplicable objects
known to astronomers. 1t is visible in
the night sky under favorable condi-
tions, is rounded in outline and is situ-
ated always exactly opposite the place
Of the sun. 1t has been termed by one
eminent astronomer "a sort of comet
cry or meteoric satellite" attending the
earth. He supposes 1t to be composed
of cloud Of meteors situated about
million miles from the earth and re-
volving around it In period of just
one year, so that the sun and the me-
teors are always on opposite sides Of
the earth. 1t is estimated that the size
Of this ghostly satellite may be nearly
the same as that Of the planet Jupiter
i. e., about $4,000 miles in diameter
Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Heels to Match Walk.

"In every theater audience there are
critical persons who are prolific with
suggestions for making the play more
realistic" said stage manager.
"Some Of these hints are worth con-
sidering too. In one play that was
staged not long ago the biggest hit
was made by a character actress who
had to wear down-at-the-heel shoes.
On the third day Of the New York
run received letter from shoemak-
er, who called my attention to the fact
that the woman's gait and her shoes
did not match. Her heels were run
down on the outside, whereas the walk
she assumed on the stage must inevi-
tably cause her shoes to run over on
the inside. That was a point that
had escaped the notice of everybody
in the company. Upon looking into
the matter we found plenty of evi-
dence to uphold our critic, and we Sc.
cured a pair Of property shoes with
heels worn away on the inside. New
York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

A panther is not easily killed and
will often revive with very unpleasant
results, as on a certain occasion in the
Deccan. He appeared to be quite
dead, and one of the spectators rushed
up with a camera on stand to obtain
a picture of the supreme moment. He
got his photograph, and, strange to
say, it survived what followed, but no
sooner had he taken it than the pam
ther revived, tore himself loose and
went for the photographer. Somehow
the man escaped, but the camera was
sent flying, and, disconnected by his
encounterawith it, the panther turned
and made for the nearest tree, up
which he went as quickly as mon
key. Now. the tree was crowded with
Interested spectators, and for three or
four strenuous seconds until the pan
ther was shot we enjoyed a spectacle
of natives dropping to earth with loud
thuds like ripe plums from jungle
plum tree as the panther approached
them.-Wide World Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
BULL BATTING.
A Brutal "Sport" That Was Popular In
Former Days.

A Brutal "Sport" That Was Popular In
Former Days. i
The principle Of bull batting was ex-
tremely simple. A collar was fasten-
ed round the bulls neck, and by this
the bull was attached by rope to a
stake The rope varied from nine to
fifteen feet in length and therefore al
lowed the bull but little movement.
The audience was accommodated in a
circle or ring"
The bulldogs duty was to grasp the
bulls nose, and when he had succeed
ed in obtaining grip he was required
to maintain his hold, despite the eff
forts of the larger animal to dislodge
him. The bull awaited the attack with
lowered horns, which the dog sought
to evade by crouching toward the head
of his opponent. Sometimes the bull
managed to get his horns under or
into the dog, which was then thrown
high into the air.
Writers state that dogs had been
tossed up to height of thirty or forty
feet. The dog, if he survived, would
,'retire hurt" On the other hand, once
the dog, which was trained to grip only
the nose. obtained hold his adver-
sary would have little chance of shak.
ing him off. The bull would whirl the
dog in the air and struggle frantically
to wrench his nose free from the ter
rible grip. When, from sheer exhaus
ton, the dog dropped clear Of the bul
a fresh dog was sent into the ring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
A SERIOUS PLAY.
The Author Was Willing, Though, to
Turn II Into a Comedy.

Turn II Into a Comedy.
The gallery god no less than the
patron of the padded chair, aspires to
write for the stage. have a vivid
remembrance of the first of all the
plays submitted for production at the
New theater In New York. 1t was
from an employee in local railroad
station, probably a baggage smasher,
and | shall betray no confidence in re-
cording that the authors name was
Murphy.
Though Mr.. Murphy called his work
a play, 1t was IN reality only a scenario
1t was entitled "Jim's Wife" The
plot was as follows: In the first act
Jim had no wife, but he took his girl
to dance. Action-They danced. In
act second came the great scene"
The scene was caused by the fact that
Jims girl danced with another man.
Jim felt impelled to kill him, but he
refrained, rejecting that such things
did not occur in the best circles and
would thus be socially unpleasing to
his lady. The curtain fell on his act
of self sacrifice in not killing the other
dancer. In act third there was still
more action Jims girl rewarded him
for his delicacy by marrying him.
Final curtain.
Mr.. Murphy seemed weighed down
by a fear that his play was too serious
for the New theater In his letter he
said: "If you would rather have it a
comedy will send you the jokes.
have a few jokes too."-John Corbin
in Worlds Work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
HE GREETED THE CAR.
Experience Of Nicholas u. With Pa
risian Street Arab.


risian Street Arab.
On one of his visits to Paris Nicholas
III. was left alone for moment in his
carriage. The czar was delighted at
the feeling Of freedom and ease. Look
ing out of the window with all the
zest Of a schoolboy playing truant, he
saw before him one of those pictur-
esque street arabs who seem to sprout
between the paving stones of Paris.
This particular specimen, seated
against the railings, with his nose in
the air, was whistllng the refrain of
the Russian national hymn. Suddenly
their eyes met. The street boy spraQg
TO his feet. He had never seen the en-
peror, but he haG seen his photograph,
and the likeness was striking.
Suppose it is Nicholasf" he said TO
himself, greatly puzzled.
He resolved to make sure without
delay. Walking up to within yard
Of the carriage and bobbing his head,
he shouted in hoarse voice to the
unknown foreigner:
"How's the empress"
Picture his satisfaction-fOr, in fact,
he thought that it was only Il good
joke-when the stranger replied, with
a smile:
THANK you, the empress is very
well and Is delighted with her jour
ney."
The boy lost his tongue. He stared
at the speaker In dismay and then,
raising his cap, stalked away slowly,
very slowly, to mark his dignity.
Nicholas ii. afterward often amused
himself by scandaliZing the formal set
around him with the story of this pri-
vate interview with a true Parisian.-
McClure's Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
HELPED BY HUMIDITY.
Many Materials and Products Which
Require Moist Air.

There are many materials, operations
aud products which require special
atmospheric conditions for advanta-
geous or profitable maintenance. Prin-
cipal among such operations is the
manufacture of textiles, perhaps the
largest single industry carried on in
factories. In the favored climate Of
the Lancashire district of England the
natural climate affords working con-
ditions equaled In America only on oc-
casional days In certain localities.
Even in England, however, there are
too dry for the best work.
Since textile fibers are increased in
strength and elasticity by high humid
ity and moderately high temperature,
breakages are less frequent under
proper conditions, and the output is in
creased. But even before the fiber
reaches the manufacturing plant at
mospheric humidity plays an important
part Cotton loses weight as 1t dries
out, but, more than that, the fibers
DTlStle anu dpptdT SuOItcI anu VI lONei
grade than when Slightly moistened.
Leather, feathers and many other pOr
Gus substances lose a considerable per-
centage Of weight in drying out, so that
the maintenance Of average and uni
form humidity in the storage rooms
has a direct advantage to the owner
in maintaining the value of his goods
as they lie In the warehouse. Cigars
and tobacco lose flavor in dry air and
regain it to some extent, after loss,
by storage In proper humidified rooms.
Wooden furniture and musical instru-
ments are sometimes cracked or the
finish injured by the dry air of steam
heated rooms. All these and other
similar goods are advantageously
worked or stored in rooms in which the
atmospheric humidity is artificially
controlled and kept at the most desira-
BILE point.-Engineering.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
THE PRINCESS
And The PUMA.
Story of a Border Maiden Who
Was a Quick and Sure Shot.
BY o. HEN RY.

Copyright. 1907. by the Mcclure company.l
There had to be a king and queen,
Of course. The king was terrible old
man who wore six shooters and spurs
and shouted in such Il tremendous
voice that the rattlers on the prairie
would run into their holes under the
prlckly pear. Before there was roy
al family they called the man ''Whis-
pering Ben" When he came to own
$4,000 acres of land and more cattle
than he could count they called him
O'Donnell. "the cattle king"
The queen had been Mexican girl
from Laredo. She made good. mild
colorado-claro wife and even succeed
ed in teaching Ben to modify his voice
sufficiently while in the house to keep
the dishes from being broken. When
Ben got to be king she would sit on
the gallery of the Espinosa ranch and
weave rush mats. When wealth be-
came so irresistible and oppressive
that upholstered chairs and center
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

table were brought down from San
Antoine in the wagons she bowed her
smooth, dark head and shared the fate
Of the Danae.
To avoid lese majesty you have been
presented first to the king and queen.
They do not enter the story. which
might be called THE Chronicle of the
Princess. the Happy Thought and the
Lion That Bungled His job"
Josefa O'Donnel was the surviving
daughter. the princess. From her
mother she inherited warmth of nature
and dusky, semitropic beauty. From
Ben O'Donnell the royal she acquired
a store of intrepidity, common sense
and the faculty of ruling. The COM
bination was one worth going miles
to see. Josefa while riding her pony
at gallop could put five out of six
bullets through tomato can swing
ing at the end of string. She could
play for hours with white kitten
she owned. dressing it in all manner
Of absurd clothes. Scorning a pencil,
she could tell you out of her head what
1916 two-year-ods would bring on
the hoof at $3.50 per head. Roughly
speaking. the Espinosa ranch is forty
miles long and thirty broad. but most
| ly leased land. Josefa, on her pony,
had prospected over every mile of 1t.
| Every COW puncher on the range knew
her by sight and was loyal vassal.
Ripley Givens, foreman of one of the
Espinosa outfits, saw her one day and
made up his mind to, form a royal
matrimonial alliance. Presumptuousi
No. In those days in the Nueces
| country man was man. And
after all, the title of cattle king does
not presuppose blood royal. Often II
only signifies that its owner wears
the crown in token of his magnificent
qualities in the art of.cattle stealing.
One day Ripley Giyens rode over tC
the Double Elm ranch to inquire about
bunch of strayed yearlings. He was
| ldte III SetllHS out vi HIS lctui mp
and it was sundown when he strucl
the White Horse crossing Of the Nue
ces. From there to his own camp i
was sixteen miles. TO the Espinosi
ranch house it was twelve. Given'
was tired. He decided to pass thu
night at the crossing.
There was a fine water hole in the
river bed The banks were thickly
covered with great trees, undergroWl
with brush. Back from the water hole
fifty yards was a stretch of mesquf
grass-supper for his horse and be'
for himself Givens staked his hors
and spread out his saddle blankets tt
dry. He sat down with his baci
against a tree and rolled a cigarette
From somewhere in the dense timbe
along the river came sudden, rage
full, shivering wall. The pony danced
at the end of his rope and blew
whistling snort of comprehending fear
Givens puffed at his cigarette, but n
reached leisurely for his pistol bell
which lay on the grass, and twirle'
the cylinder of his weapon tentatively
A great gar plunged with lou
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

Sultan. Prince Bismarck's favorite
boarhound, attacked passing rail
road train and was cut to pieces. Bis
marcks grief over the dogs agonies
was such that his son Herbert tried to
lead him away, but the prince would
not go. "No, l cannot leave him like
this" Then. when the dogs suffer
ings were over, Bismarck wiped his
eyes and murmured: "Our Teuton
forefathers showed benevolence In
their religion. They believed they
would find in the hunting grounds Of
their paradise all the dogs that had
been their faithful comrades here be-
low. I wish l could believe that"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
MARRIAGE Music.

During my school days I met the
late Professor Prout, who was as full
of fun as he was of musical lore. 1t is
said that at wedding at which the
late Dublin professor was presiding at
the organ he played the happy couple
in with "Wretched Lovers" and out
with Father, Forgive Them, For They
Know Not What They Dow - From
Fifty Years "reminiscences of a Free
Church Musician" by e. Minshall
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Not n wax\Hork.

The opening Of the courts in an as
size town in England is always great
day for the residents. The procession
to the church, where the judge says
his prayers and listens to homily,
the march to the court, with the at
tendant javelin men and the braying
of trumpets-the men In wigs and
gowns-fill the rustic mind with the
sense Of awe and the majesty of JUS
tice. 1t is related in Mr.. Thomas Ed
ward Crispes book, "Reminiscences
Of X. c." that a farmer once took
his son into the crown court.
On the bench was the Baron Cleasby,
gorgeous in scarlet and ermine, statu-
esque and motionless. The yokel gazed
with open mouth at the resplendent
figure on the raised dais. Suddenly
the baron moved his hand from right
to left and left to right.
"Why, feyther," said the boy, ft's
aloivev'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

Of steers to start off on the trail at
daybreak. He said good night and
trotted away.
An hour later, when the lights were
out. Josefa. in her night robe. came TO
her door and called to the king in his
own room across the brick paved hall
way:
"say. pop. you know that old Mex
lean lion they call the 'Gotch cared
devil'-the one that killed Gonzales,
Mr.. Martins sheep herder and about
fifty calves on the Salado range!
Well. I settled his hash this afternoon
over at the White Horse crossing. Put
two balls In his head with my 3S cali.
ber while he was on the jump.
knew him by the slice gone from his
left ear that old Gonzales cut off with
his machete. You couldn't have made
a better shot yourself. daddy"
"Bully for you" thundered Whisper
ing Ben from the darkness of the roy
al chamber.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
A PIGS SQUEAL.
Il Played q Momentous Part In Ameri-
can History.

Il Played q Momsntous Part In Ameri-
can History.
The war between this country and
England In 1912 was caused by one
vote, and, stranger still, the small mar
gin came from a pig getting its head
stuck in a rail fence. 1t was Rhode
Island fence at that, but built much
like Virginia worm fence.
They were having an election OF
members of the legislature in Rhode
Island. One Federalist put off going
to the election and left himself just
time enough to get there before the
polls closed. Just as he got on his
horse and started for town he heard
pig squeal. He looked around and
saw that the pig had its head jammed
into that old rail fence, and anybody
who knows anything about hogs
knows that the hogs would have eaten
that pig up If 1t hadn't been rescued.
The farmer stopped long enough to
liberate the pig, and when he got to
the polls they were closed. He was
too late.
The result was that a Democratic
member of the legislature was elected
from that district by one vote, and he
would not have been elected If that
Federal had got there on time. In
the legislature Democratic United
States senator was elected by one vote,
and that Democratic legislator who
had been elected by one vote voted
for him.
In the United States senate they
voted for the war of 1912 by one vote,
and that Rhode Island Democratic
senator who had been elected because
that pig was caught in the fence voted
for the war of 1S12.-Popular Maya
zine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

Algie Il say, Fred, you're-aw-a
fwiend Of mine, aren't you?
Fred-Sure.
Algie-Then be a good fellow and
aw-help me out. I'd like to have that
pwetty cousin Of youahs learn all
about my-aw-good points, doncher
know.
Fred-I am helping you, old chap. I
argued with her for two hours yester-
day trying to convince her that you
weren't as big fool as you look
Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Cauoht Too Quick.

II pleads guilty ter stealin' dem mel
ons, jedge," said the prisoner, "but
wants de mercy er de court"
"On what grounds?" asked the
Judge.
"On desc grounds" replied the prls-
oner. II stole de melons, but de sher-
iff didn't give me chance ter eat
'emv'-Atlanta Constitution.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Laughter.

Without laughter the human race
would have wept itself to death or ex-
terminated itself long ago. Pathos is
beautiful; tragedy is absorbing. But
both pathos and tragedy are instantly
routed by the laugh.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Probate Court Sessions.

--rHN~ OF THE PROBATE COURT FOR
... DISTRICT OF ESSEN will be held a
Isgius The year 1910:
.. LuutunlTg IN the forenoon of the first
40 Lass uI February, Juue, September and
.. ...HHeE.
.. .uyuri IN the afternoon OF each Of the
-..a DAYS.
.. canaan on the first Mondays of April and
..Hvr.
.. GuiIdhall on the first Saturday OF each
U.HtH-
rH-cial sessions will be held at any place IT
.r. District by agreement.
llru,S communications to Guildhall Office
f o.. ". Wyuau, Register; to Island Pont
....e. to HERBERT w. BLAKE, JUDGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
The Embargo Removed.

She-My chaperon can't see thing
without her glasses, and now she's mis-.
laid them. He (chuckling)-s'sh! Don't
say anything! I've got them In my
pocket.-Boston Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Taath.

Bobby-My gran'ma's so old she amt
got tooth in her head. Tommy
Amt she? Well, mebby they're in her
bureau drawer, like my Aunt Titles is
sometimes.