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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-22
BUSINESS CHANCES.

Wanted-Lady with cash to Join me
in desirable paying business; shoF'
hours. Address R-c1. care T.-R.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04

Pol Maurar Is favorite cast ueai
BsIuiuraI castle sud Was always held
A. IA. special preserve Of John Brown
who was the IprrsOug, attendant Of tie
late Queen Victoria John Was un eli
thusiastic aud iuveIerate Usher. aud
often the ruyal harder Was Indebted l.
his proves for It's supplies Of sprinl
salmon whrn The rpdS of the other nsh
ermru failed tu bring them 10 the bank
Ii Is auiheutically reported among al
glers on D,-eSide that when the queen
wanted John be WAS immediately ~
her call except when angling. and nj
such times she would not disturb him
The taclt understanding between then
is said TO have arisen IN the following
fashion: Her majesty one day sent al
IMPERATIVE message TO the riverside
desiring John TO Immediately wal
upon her
Tell her majesty" replied John II
his usual Doric. that ] am rinnin
salmon and Gamma come"
The messenger came back 10 him II
hot haste. saying that the queen de
sired TO see him the very minute.
We'll. tell her majesty this time tina
I am rinnin' salmon and ! wlnn
come" And that settled II.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
Farmers Mix Your Own Fer
tiIixers.

DO you know that home-mixing of
fertilizers has proved to be the most
economical and satisfactory method of
procuring fertilizers? 1t is now gener-
ally conceded by up-to-dste agricultural
lists that better results are obtained by
buying the crude materials and mixing
fertilizers especially adapted to the diff
ferent crops you raise and the varying
conditions of the soil found on the
farm.
If you " ill send us your name on a
postal with a request therefor, we will
send yoi free, postpaid, a number OF
formulas which were made for us by
the Director of the Vermont Expert
meut Station and which have been used
10y many Vermont farmers with excellent
success. We will also give full direc
tons for mixing fertilizers adapted &c
all the crops commonly raised on Yer
mont farms. When writing please
mention this paper. Address CARROLL
S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
PIE FOR BREAKFAST.
Once Considered as Much a Virtue as
Early Risnq.

] am aware that. according to the
latest edition of the revised statutes.
eating pie at breakfast Is now peni,
Tertiary otfense, punishable by hard
labor on the farm for a period not eX.
ceedlng eighty-tive years. But 1t once
shared with early rising the reputa.
ton Of virtuous act. There are PEG.
pie today who are well thought of in
the community-w even dress fol
dinner" bless your heart-who have.
none the less, eaten pie for breakfast
and have tipped back on their chairs
hind legs and sat thus with such a
smile upon their faces as spoke OF
peace with all the world, themselves
included.
But nowadays merely to talk of ST
much fried stuff. pork and eggs and
potatoes and pancakes and so much
sweet stuff, molasses, fruit preserves.
coffee cup a puddle of sugar. pie and
all that, sends us who hear it to the
kitchen cupboard, where the cookina
soda Is, first aid to the indigestive
To eat such meal seems hardly less
barbarous than wearing feathers in a
scalp lock. But remember that we
didn't work all day yesterday from
before daylight till after dark. We
didn't tumble into bed and fall sound
asleep ere ever our heads had touched
the pillow, so anxious was the nigh,
Shift Of the body's repair gang to &c,
on the job Of tearing out old Tissues
and putting 10 new. We didn't wake,
In the morning to find hurry order
for more raw material hanging on tn,
hook. and we didn't put an edge like ;
broken bottle on that hurry call b,
stirring around at fifty-seven kinds O.
temper snarling chores.
We haven't before us a whole Ion,
morning with a mall and glut, split
ting rails or breaking up new groun,
with balky team-a morning so lon.
that 1t becomes young eternity abou
1870 o'clock, when the front of TN,
body below the waist begins again t,
chafe and grind on the backbone i,
spite of all the fats and sweeps tina
can be put in between at breakfast I,
act as fender.-Everybody's Magazine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
FiddIina and Skating

The celebrated viOlinist Joachim
during a winter residence in northern
Germany was in the habit of watch
ing the skaters on fine piece of water
beneath his windows until one day II
occurred to him to try the exercise
himself. As he had never yet donned
a pair Of skates he put himself into the
hands of a man who provided skates
and instruction In the art on the brink
of the water and was soon equipped
and started on the ice, the master lead
ing his pupil.
Finding no difficulty In keeping his
balance under these circumstances,
Joachim felt sure he could go alone,
desired his leader to leave him and
the next minute was sprawling on the
ice on his back.
"Aha" said the teacher triumphant
ly as he raised his PROSTATE pupil
you see 1t is not quite so easy as play
ing a fiddler'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
RESERVE HORSES FOR WAR.
SwitzerIand'. Method Of Preparing For
Rapid Mobilization.

In Switzerland the state Is part own
Or of horses used by reserves. Ii pur'
chases remount at three and a hall
years old. and the soldier pays half
the cost of the horse TO the govern
ment. together with the difference be-
tween its cost and the price that the
horse fetches at auction. for all horses
are sold by auction to the men.
After every year Of training the gov
eminent refunds one-tenth of the orig
inal half cost to the man. and at the
end of ten years the horse becomes
the absolute property of the soldier.
In this manner the soldier Is not only
always well mounted, but as he keeps
his horse with him at his home his
mobilization problem Is of the simplest
nature.
The average price of these Swiss
troop horses is about f45, says Baily's
Magazine, and as most of these horses
are imported from Ireland and north
Germany their price Is considerably
higher than 1t would be In Great Brit
] ain. Thus the state secures the serv-
ices of horse for an annual outlay
of about ca los. But there are certain
4 other expenses which must be includ
ed In this estimate, such as the cost OF
! the establishment for remount depots
etc, which raises the total cost OF
horses for the Swiss government t
about fS 12s. year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
H.r.hsIlet and Rsssspisrrs.

II is said thar the celebrated savani
RartholIet In the most dangerous times
u the republic SUSTAINED his fearless
love Of ruth. Snme days prior To- the
ninth Thermidor sandy deposit was
found in a barrel Of brandy Intended
for the army The contractors. sus'
pected Of poisoning. were Immediately
arrested. aud tue sCaffn.d was already
prepared. Rerthollet. however. exam
ined the bruL-.; and reported IL free
from all adulteration.
You dare maintain" said Robes
pierre TO him. THAT that brandy does
not contain poison
As his reply Brrthollet drank or a
glass. saying. Il never drank so much
before"
"You have plenty of courage! ex
claimed RObespierre.
II had more when signed my re
port" replied the chemist. and here
the matter terminated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
KANGAROO MEAT.
Why the Native Youngsters Of New
Guinea Refused IT,

In certain parts of Ne" Guinea ha
wallaby. species of So -lroo. are
very plentiful. and THE traveller 10
search of sport finds r1a pursuit. #
them an exciting occuruwa Na g
steak Is a refreshing clH.-p from gl-
ned meats. and the natives are u.T
too glad to have the remnants If HE
carcass A writer In an Ln-u>b mr,,
aZine tells an amusing Iu"ideA, cUy.
nected with the animal
He had been ashore tU ole Of The
sparsely populated region, If 'hs onn>t
and secured four waIIa'l 80 aWp-
supply for the whole parity native
guides and servants iucmH~u HU' b.
found that. although VNWm Is re-
garded as such a dcli..N tNN 10
trouble is considered luu great d" ".
tain IL, none of the nati,, nuyS IN tie
party would touch ii.
This was mystery uutU one I
them explained THAI they bard .7l
trained In childhood IN Tire Nr0r, .@i
If they ate wallahy hrfur. r"w.M-
certain age it would stop their grown
These boys all heluugej ' 'hr an
of the country where waI'".' are few
and one can imagine Tine @tty "
folks seated round the frS.," pN a@
winking at one another u~ '.r uHG
people declined the SuccIlu" dainty
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
SMOKELESS POWDER.
n Came Through Experimenting For
HIGH Explosives.

High Explosives.
The idea is very general that smoke
less powder In being practicai!
smokeless achieves its greatest emu
but as a matter Of fact its smokeIeSs
feature Is incidental and was an ac-
cident.
When the idea OF modern long range
guns was conceived IL was at once APP
parent that the old black powder lack
ed explosive force. and thousands OF
exneriments were made with various
chemicals to procure a powder Of high
explosive properties. and this was Ut
last accomplished.
When the new powder was tried
much TO the surprise OF every one IL
was found that practically no smoke
followed the explosion, though TINS
could Of course have been predicted
had the question ever arisen. The
volume Of smoke from black powder
is due mainly TO the quantity of char
coal IN the powder. an ingredient not
found In the smokeless explosive.
Smokeless powder. though great
boon to the sportsman, is Of question:
able value on the battlefield. so far as
its smokelessness is concerned. The
smoke clouds Of old days were IRE
quently most advantageously used to
cloak movements of troops and bat
teries and really interfered with the
anamv much more than with the
troops creating the smOke.-EXchange
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
A Horrible Hoid-Up.

About ten years ago my brother was
"held up" in his work, health and hap.
piness 10y what was believed to be hope
less Consumption" writes W. r. Lips
comb, of Washington, n. c, Gle took
all kinds of remedies and treatment
from several doctors but found no help
till he used DR.. Kings New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bottles
lie is we'll man today" It's quick to
relieve and the surest cure for weak OF
sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs and
Colds, Bronchitis, La Grippe, Asthma
aud all Bronchial affections. SOC anc
800. Trial bottle, free. Guaranteed
hy j. w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
Alhatross and Maspie.

Birds play great part In good ano
had auguries ut sea. The albatross L.
regarded as a harbinger OF good Tor
tune and has been immortalized a
such by Coleridge in THE Rhine 90
the Ancient Mariner" whereas INT
magpie is bad omen.
A friend of Sir Walter Scott, travei
ing by coach to London, entered into
conversation with respectable
looking seaman. who remarked: i
wish we may have luck In our journey
There's u magpie."
And why should that be unluckyF
81 can't tell you that, but all the
world agrees one magpie bodies Ill luck
two are not so bad, but three are the
evil one himself. never saw three
magpies but twice. and once | nearly
lost my vessel. and afterward ! Eel
from my horse and was hurt"
Many seamen still believe In wate'
spirits or sprtes. In Bohemia the hsh
ermen are afraid to assist drowning
man for fear of giving otfense TO thu
water sprite.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
Saved by Firehies.

The gigantic tropical fireaies which
swarm In the forests and canebrakes
of most of the low lying West Indian
islands once proved the salvation Of
the city of Santo Domingo. \ body of
buccaneers. headed by the notorious
Thomas Caveadish, had laid all their
plans for a descent upon the place. in
tending to massacre the inhabitants
and carry away all the treasure they
conveniently could, and had actually
put off their boats for that purpose.
As they approached the land. however,
rowing with muttied oars, they were
greatly surprised to see an infinite
number of moving lights In the woods
which fringed the bayou up which
they had to proceed, and, concluding
that the Spaniards knew of their APP
proach, they put about and regained
! their ship without attempting to land
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04


A Brooklyn magistrate recently had
four darkies who were caught In Il
gambling raid before him. The first
Of the lot to be brought to the bar was
an understood man, with IA comical
face as black as night. The dialogue
between the magistrate and the pris-
oner created some merriment in the
court.
"What Is your Manner inquired the
magistrate sternly.
"Mah names Sniff" replied the
darby
what is your profession?"
as locksmiff by trade. sah."
"What were you doing when the po-
lice broke into the room last nightT'
Judge, | was pursuin' nah profess
sion. ! was maxim a bolt for the
door"
"Officer," said the magistrate, with
merry twinkle in his eye, lock
Smith up"-New York Tribune
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
How often do you
eat this food?

A short time ago there appeared m
the columns Of one Of the prominent
magazines an article on building or~ln
and muscle by the proper seieeiioh u
the foods you eat.
A good many people were SURPRISED
90 hnd oatmeal placed at the top oi the
list Of foods recommended; but 81 the
article had appeared in an English OF
Scotch paper every reader would have
expected TO see first place given to
good oatmeal
As a matter of fact Great Britain
and Europe come to US iortremendous
quantities Of Quaker Oats because Il
represents tothem perfect food, being
the richest in favor and best in clean
illness and purity. of all oatmeals.
Convenience and economy are served
by the way il is packed-regular size
I6c packages and large size family
packages, 25c. .
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
The Wonderful Banana.

Some people believe that the banana
was the original forbidden fruit of the
garden of Eden In any case 1t is one
of the curiositles of the vegetable
kingdom, being not a tree, palm. Il
bush, shrub, vegetable or herb
but herbaceous plant with the status
of tree. Although 1t sometimes at
tains height of thirty feet, there Is
no woody fiber In any part Of its struc-
ture. and the punches growing on the
dwarf banana plant are often heavier
than the stalk which supports them.
No other plant gives such quantity
of food to the acre as the banana. 1t
yields Al times more by weight than
the potato and 1873 times more than
wheat Moreover, no insect will at
tack 1t. and it is always immune from
diseases of any kind.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
QUEER INDIAN BELIEFS.
The Five Worlds Ct tho Bella Coda
Sun Worshipers.


Sun Worshipers.
There Is an odd feature in the theo-
ogy Of the small Indian tribe of the
Bella Coda which inhabit British Co
lumbia in about latitude 50. They be-
lieve that there are five worlds, one
above the other, and the middle one is
our own world. the earth. Above 1t
rre two heavens. and under 1t are two
underworlds. In the upper heaven is
the supreme deity. who Is Il woman.
and she doesn't NEEDLE much with the
affairs In the second world below her.
The zenith is the center Of the lower
heaven. and here Is the house of the
gods. in which live the sun and the
rest of the deities.
Our own earth is believed to be an
Island swimming In the ocean The
first underworld from the earth is in.
habited by ghosts. who can return.
when they wish. to heaven, from which
place they may be sent down to our
earth. If then they misbehave again
they are cast into the lower of the un-
derworlds. and from this bourn no
ghostly traveller returns.
The Bella Coola are sun worshipers,
for Senex, the sun. the master of the
house of gods, who is called the father
and the sacred one, is the only deity
to whom the tribe pray. Each family
Of the Bella Coola has its own tradi
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
THE MICROBES.
But For Them All Green Plants Would
Vanish From the Earth.

VANISH FROM t0t CdFIn.
Few persons can realize at first
what AZ immense number and variety
of microbes there are not only around
US in the air aud dust and water. but
also in us and On us and In and on
every living thing The work. the
huge system of chemical change and
the circulation of the elements-car-
bon, oxygen. hydrogen. nitrogen and
sulphur-which they carry ON is in.
ccssant. varied and complex. Those
five elements are the main and essen.
tial constituents Of all living things.
. Surprising there We're no microbes.
there would be no putrefaction. no
breaking down of the dead bodies of
animals and plants which were once
alive into gas and substances soluble
in water.
They by series Of steps In which
different kinds OF bacteria or microbes
are successfully concerned convert
the proteids and the fats and sugars
Of dead plants and animals into less
elaborate bodies. organic acids, arc,
matte bodies and other compounds
tSome highly poisonous to mani, and
at last, when what were highly com.
pick combinations Of hundreds of at.
omS In each molecule have been re
dnced by the action of first one and
then of another kind of microbe into
comparatively simple substances of
twenty tbirtu OF
cule, the coup de grace is given b,
certain special microbes. which con.
vert these later compounds into still
simpler mbinationS-namely. ammo
ma and nitrates. which are fairly STA
Die, so that the whole elaborate chem
zeal fabric of living matter in a few
hours or days after death Is brok or
GOWN until it reaches the stable min
erai condition, practically carbopat,
ana nitrate of ammonia--smelline
salts.
II there were no microbes this wouIf
never occur. The earth would h,
cumDered with the dead bodies of ma g
generations of animals and plants-un
decomposed. And very soon nil tn,
organic elements, all the carbon an,
nitrogen, If not all the hydrogen anc
| oxygen, on the face of the earth wo,l,
he liked in these corpses, and tn,
green plants would perish from fin,
MnoIe world for want of sustenance
lor 1t Is the green plants which fee,
on ana absolutely must have as thei
lood the carbonic acid. ammonia an,
a m',l"'es INTO which the microbes re
SolVe all living things when dead
Is 'he green plants which from thos,
H''lPIe compounds build up again tn,
more complex molecules, the sugars
l",S' aibumens and proteids and pro
N.oe Tor the nourishment and increas,
VI ,he most complex Of all-the Twin,
,"''.er hluueh IN protopasm. Sir Ra,
iankester in London Telegraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
Pleaded an Extenuation.

An Indiana youth had called with Ii
cab to take the judges daughter to a
dance, scarcely two blocks from her
home. The judge entered the room
where the youth was waiting. Pac
ing across the room Il couple Of times
with his head bent and thoughts con
centrated, be came short about In
front of the youth and detained:
Young man, this cab hiring to go
two blocks is foolish. unwise. IN
thoughtful, misguided. unreasonable.
lavish-a rodigaIlty-a-a-l am sur
prised. My daughter is flesh and
blood. and she won't melt. and II her
gown should be ruined | bought it.
and | can buy her,
That's all right, judge. but my
father is paying for that cab."-Wo,
mans Home Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
ROADS IN CHINA.
They Are Marrow and Crooked and
Edged With bitches.

They Are Marrow and Crooked and
Edged With bitches.
The Chinese road Is private prop
erty, strip taken from somebody's
land. This Is done much against the
will of the owner. since he not only
loses the use Of 1t, but also still has to
pay taxes on II.
One consequence Is that It is wide
enough for only one vehicle, and carts
can pass one another only by trespass-
ing on the cultivated land. To prevent
this the farmers dig deep bitches by
the roadside. AS the surface wears
away and the dust blows off 1t gradu
ally grows lower, and after awhile II
becomes drain for the surrounding
fields. A current forms In the rainy
season. which still further hollows II
out. and thus has arisen the provert
that road thousand years old be
comes river.
Those whose lands are used for
roads naturally prefer to have the
roads run along the edge of theiI
farms instead Of cutting across them
and this accounts for the fact thai
Chinese roads are often so crooked
that one may have to go considerable,
distance to reach place that Is in re
I ality but few miles away. This al
ways interests the stranger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
THE FOOD FOR POULTRY IN
WINTER.

Much time and money have been
spent in what seems the almost vain
el-leavor to make hens produce eggs
In cold weather. 1t requires but little
experience with poultry to learn the
fact that, under ordinary circum-
stances. hens cannot produce as many
eggs in winter as in summer. summer
Is the natural time for the laying OF
eggs, and in order to increase winter
production there must be reproduced
for the fowls as nearly as possible the
conditions that exist in summer. Mrs
John j. Layzeli of Brandon, VT, has
evidently succeeded In doing this with
her flock. She says: IL have been
using Pages Perfected Poultry Food
for the last three winters, and | ind 1t
the best poultry food on the market.
have tried several different kinds
but | got no eggs until | began to use
this food"
If you want to know more about this
food and the best ways of using 1t
write toe, S. Page, Hyde Park, W., for
his booklet, profitable Pou"y." /,
will be sent free, postpaid, u -ny0nt
mentioning This paper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-04
FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
shs,ts Of Horn Protected the RACES
From SoiIed Fingers.

Shafts Of Horn Protected the RACES
From Soiled Fingers.
Tho earliest English book for chill
dren was The Babies BOOK OF
Lyttl Report of How Young feop'e
Should Behave" The horn books eX-
listed In Elizabeth's reign. The WITT
inc was covered with a sheet OF horn
i'm order to protect the lettering from
contact with dirty fingers.
The chap book contained most Oh
the familiar nursery rhymes ana $40
ries which have appertained to nursery
lore for generations. They exhibit
worry crude woodcuts. often dauDeu
with inappropriate color. and the com
monest paper as rule was used. lhey
were hawked about by the chapman or
peddlcr and cost only few pence
apiece.
They served to perpetuate such IA
miliar ditties as "Sing Song OF SIX
hence" which dates from the SIX
teenth century: Three Blind Mice.
in use. with music. in 1909; THE Frog
and the Mouse" in existence In l0So.
and Girls and Boys Come out to
Play" which was sung by the VII
layers In the time Of Charles ii. Lit
tie Jack Horner." we know, Is older
than the seventeenth century. and last.
but not least, Lucy Locket," the tune
from which originated Yankee Doc
die"
4 few of what were called battle
| door books" have been handed down t.
us. They were three leaved cards
| which were folded up into oblong
! pocket shaped volumes. These taught
! reading and numerals In the dam,
schools in town and country. The III
! tie glt books. as they were called
adorned on the outside with gilt Dutch
| paper cOlored flowers. were much
priced Gift books Of that period. Chill
drcn were employed coloring such pic
ture books 10y hand. one child doing al
the red in the series Of Illustrations
another all the blue. and so on o.
,OurSc they gained precision by repeti
lion. but we very often find the tint'
overlapping as If carried out by an in
experienced hand.-LOndon Queen.