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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

1t Is told of distinguished profess
sor of history that, In an address before
a woman's club on Obscure Heroes
of the French Revolution" he had
reached the point where one of them,
nobly resolved to essay the rescue of
a friend doomed to the guillotine,
sought parting interview with his
sweetheart before making the almost
hopeless attempt. The professor had
a moving voice and was eloquent. The
assembly Of women. many of them al
ready near tears. hung GREATNESS upon
his words.
"Biddy. diddy." said he pathetically.
then coughed slightly and went back.
"Hiddy biddy"- Something was evil
IDENTIFY amiss. He tried again.
"Biddy hiddy diddy doo.'
By this time the ladies looked puz'
zled and the orator desperate. Draw
ing long breath and speaking with
painful deliberation. he at length con
auered the elusive syllables and said
Ibid he bid adieu| -Youth's Com
| panion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
A Grewsome "Charm,"

One of the most grewSome "charms"
Is that which was at one time extern
sively used as cure for wens. The
hand of a dead criminal still hanging
had to be rubbed three times over
the wen. correspondent in London
Notes and Queries some few years
since wrote that many persons were
then living who In their younger days
had undergone the ceremony, always,
they maintained, with complete sue
cess. "On execution days at North
ampton," he adds. numbers of suffer
ers used to congregate around the
gallows In order to receive the dead
stroke as 1t was termed At the last
execution which took place in that
town very few only were operated
upon, not so much in consequence of
decrease Of faith as from the higher
fee demanded by the hangman."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

Once when ! was little boy slept
out In barn all night. and II was cold.
and shivered and couldn't sleep. But
in the next yard there was little dog,
and he was cold. too. and he shivered
And got him over in the barn, and
we lay down together. and he Struggled
up to me. and Struggled up to him.
And pretty soon we were both warm,
and we both slept. had warmed him.
and he had warmed me. And so if a
fellow snuggles little hope or a little
Joy or little desire or little beauty
close up against his ache. why, pretty
soon 1t has warmed him. and he has
warmed it, He is stronger and better
and the whole world of hope or joy
or beauty or desire is stronger and bet
ter for it.-Larry Ho in st. Paul Dis.
patch,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

81 want Il nurse girl who Is capable
of taking care of twins" said a woman
to the manager Of an employment
agency.
A dozen maids ranged against the
wall We're questioned as to their IA
miliarity with twins. Finally one girl
produced documentary evidence that
for the last five years most Of her
waking moments had been spent In
the company of twins. She got the
job. When she reported for work in
the afternoon she was introduced to
but one infant.
Where is the other one?" she asked.
ooh, there are no twins about this
house." said her mistress. II just
said twins so | would be sure to get a
competent nurse. Any girl who Is
capable of handling two children can
give extra good care to one. That Is
a little ruse l always employ when
hire a nurse New York Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
"BIack Bart" Road AGENT.

Charles Z. BOlles. known to fame as
BLACK Bart" was incOuIparably tie
most conspicuous character In the his
tory Of wesfetu stage robbers. From
1875 to 1873 "8lack Bart" is known to
have committed twenty-seven stage
robberies single handed. Northern Cal
lfornia stage drivers stood in constant
fear of this unique desperate. On va
rious occasions the drivers were able
to give a good description of his figure
hair. feet and hands. yet no clew to his
actual identity was gained during the
eight years of his stage robbing ca
reer. He was finally betrayed by q
laundry mark on cuff which had
dropped from his wrist when opening
a treasure box which he had taken
from a Wells Fargo stage in San .loa-
quin valley When he was finally cap
tured In San Francisco the detectives
were amazed to find the famous
BLACK Bart" slight. quiet hammered
man of fifty-five. familiar in face to all
the San Francisco detectives. He had
for years frequented little restau
rant near police headquarters where
many of the detectives dined.-W. G
jenkins In National Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Hunter and Hunted.

A nearsighted sportsman strolled
into a little hotel on the shores OF
Loeb Carron and complainingly said.
lust seen seal. shot at 1t three
times and missed II each time"
At dinner AN hour later he sat next
to a tourist who had a bandage round
his head.
Had an accidentT asked the sports
man.
Accident growled the other. AT,
tempted murder, you mean. was
having a bath about an hour ago when
some lunatic with a gun fred at me
three times from the shore and shot
part OF my ear off. don't know why
such animals are allowed out without
license"
Then silence reigned supreme.-Lon'
don Telegraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
"ToIerance" In Coins.

The mint allows IL certain degree OF
Tolerance" in coins For example. the
gold double eagles standard weight Is
$40 grains. and the Tolerance" allowed
is half grain a coin of this demon
lnation may weigh as little as 5l512
grains or as much as 5l612 grains. but
never less than the first nor more
than the second figure The standard
weight of the silver bali dollar Is 1923
grains, and the tolerance allowed Is 10
grains. This coin may weigh as little
as 1914 grains and as much as l9i.4
grains. but never less than the first
nor more than the second figure. The
standard tineness of all gold and silver
coins is 800. In the gold coins devia-
ton of only one one-thousandth from
this is allowed and in the silver coins
of only three one-thOusandth. The so
called five cent nickel coin Is really
only % per cent nickel, the rest being
copper. One cent pieces are 30 per
cent copper and 5 per cent tin and
zinc .-Phladelphia Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Sorry He Spoke.

There Is a certain West Philadelphia
bachelor who is very fond OF children.
Recently when he was riding on q
Chestnut street trolley car woman
sat opposite him with baby In her
aims. Suddenly the baby began to
cry Every one In the car seemed to
be annoyed and a general scowl went
around-that Is, every one except the
bachelor. He tried to show by the
benign expression of his face that the
crying of The baby was sweet music to
him. He smiled at the youngster. but
the noise only grew louder. Finally
he leaned across the car.
Perhaps there's pin sticking him."
he said in a stage whisper and after
the manner of one who understands
nil the complexities and troubles Of
baby life. There was profound 81
Ience in the car until the mother an
swered:
mo, there's no pin sticking him."
she said at last In tone of scorn and
with much emphasis on the last word.
Then she continued, Hes scared be-
cause you're making faces at him"
After that the bachelor lapsed into
pensiveness.-Phil Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

A series of Revolutionary scenes
We're given ir London theater some
months after the close of that memo
raDle war On the one side was the
English army in full red coated uni
form. with every button in its exact
place. Opposite them WAS the Ameri-
can army. composed. as the theater bill
stated, of 'nrtlsnnS. cobblers and fink
ers, arrayed in their working dress
with button: of every size and hue
When the curtain dropped. Captain
Bartlett OF Plymouth. Mass. the can
tain of a ship then in port. stood up in
MS seat in the pit and, in a voice as IL
gwen from quarterback In souall
called. Three cheers for the artisans
coDbiers and tinkers who we're too
much for King George and his red.
coats, and, with wave of his hat he
gave these with a will. For a short
tllhe there was silence In the tbeater
ioi'owed by an enthusiastic John Bull
appreciative cheer for the pluck and
assurance of the Yankee captain. who
became the lion of the city, receiving
invitations to clubs and free tickets to
theatrical and other entertainments
while he remained in port.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

When Marx Tua -
for the AiaantiC Mur.. ~. "a
ingly under It's rule .- .... r-
willfuln,-'s th-rr r.. %
6iddahie h'nn 10 ihu- .r--.
him n reason for o.. ....- '.-
least of that trouble
for the hapleSs rl.I# ra..
minded contribute.
a thing changed. vr.s .ra
ed IL; II you suggest. r...r-
a sentence or a par.-.rH ia.
be struck out. very -. a..,.
nut. His proof sheet ..r.t g
veritable "mush uf ..r.... .--
Emerson says, So. a,B r /
would try little ...r-4r., /.
than the Atlantic rl rur-.-
and once when ! s..r r.-.... o
made him observe r. Q had /.
the profanity. lie wu.. f-... p
Clemens opened tha' ...fsr1 r. A
the room with daa-r 10 h., 20
What profanity: Son ,,. 90
read the manuscript . tsrJ. ~.
that" II was part uf H.
pretend violence .r uar ~.
creature which all OBJ. r.nrs -
ly realized the situation IN ~
friends.-W. ID. Howgas in n
Magazine. rs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Insect Sits on Its Eaas.

Family matters In the case Of insects
usually mean only the depositing OF
eggs In suitable situations for the In
dependent development Of the on
spring. the parent insects often dying
before the young appear. The earwig
however, provides a remarkable eXcep-
ton to the general rule. for 1t sits upon
its fifty or more eggs until they are
Matched, just as bird would do, and,
moreover, If the eggs get scattered 1t
carefully collects them together again.
In the early months of the year, when
digging the soil, female earwigs may
frequently be found together with
their batch Of eggs. At the slightest
sign Of danger the young ones huddle
close to their mother, hiding beneath
her body so far as 1t will cover so
large family Strand Magazine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
A RECORD IN HITTING.
DeIehanty's Four Homers and Single
In Five Times at Bat.

III Two at odhs
The baseball expert Hugh S. Fuller
ton, in an article on Batting" in the
American Magazine, describes as fol.
lows the greatest hitting feat recorded,
executed by Ed Delehanty, and which
it was his good fortune to witness:
"Adonis Terry was pitching-a great
pitcher with a wonderfully fast curve
pall-and three of the home runs were
made off the curve. The first time
at bat Delehanty hit the ball high over
the right field fence, perhaps seventy
feet from the foul line, which would
be 245 feet from the plate, and the
fence was thirty-fve feet high. The
second time he hit over the same fence,
but farther toward center field. The
third time he drove single over short
stop, line hit and perhaps the hard
est hit of all. Dahlen, leaping, touched
the ball with both hands. They were
torn apart and the ball caromed al
most to the left fielderS before it struck
the ground. The next home run was
straight to the center field between
the ClubhOuses, nearly 400 feet away
The last time he came to the bat the
crowd was cheering him on. Lange
retired between the clubhouses, which
We're set at angles. Delehanty hit g
curve ball 1t alighted on the roof Of
one clubhouse, bounded to the roof OF
the other and rolled halfway back t.
the second baseman. And yet Chicago
won the games to 6.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Mr.. GIadstone's Catch.

"How many members Of this house"
asked Mfr. Gladstone once In the course
OF a debate on electoral qualifications
''can divide 1880 lis. Cd. by e lbs.
Sd. r.
six hundred and ffty-eight." shout
ed one member
The thing cannot be DONE" exclaim-
ed another.
A roar OF laughter greeted this last
remark. But Il was true nevertheless.
You cannot multiply or divide money
by money. You may repeat smaller
sum of money as many times as 1t Is
contained In a larger sum Of money
but that is very different thing. IL
you repeat 5 shillings as often as there
are hairs In a horses tail you do not
multiply shillings by a horses tall
Perhaps you did not know this before.
Never mind: you need not be ashamed
of your ignorance. for 1t was shared
as has been demonstrated. by the en-
tire house Of commons (bar one mem
ber,. including the then chancellor OF
the exchequer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Tho Starling's Tongue.

1t is extraordinary how many per
sons are under the impression that, 10
order to enable bird to talk, II is alb
solutely necessary to cut or slit its
tongue. | have heard that this fall
lacy had its origin In the following
story: A man had number of star
lings In large cage marked Fine
Young Starlings - Only l Shilling
Each" and as each would be pur-
chaser arrived the man would say,
There's fine bird there. SIR" point
ing out one of them, but want half
a crown for him, because he's the only
one with cut tongue, so he Is bound
to be talker." He would then pro-
coed to catch the bird and show the
cut tongue and invariably succeeded
in effecting sale. This dodge would
be repeated as each new customer ar
rived and departed rejoicing at his
good bargain. The reader perhaps is
not aware that all starlings have a
very peculiar formation at the ex-
tremity Of the tongue, which gives the
appearance of little piece having
been shipped out Of it.-London Strand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Tho Crested Screamer.

81 was surprised to run across an old
acquaintance up at the zoo the other
day The last time saw him was in
the lower part of Brazil when | was
trying to push Yankee notions" said
a commercial traveller This aCquaint-
ance Is known as crested screamer
He Is one of the best fighters ever
bet my money on. He is about as
large as turkey and as spry as they
make 'em when his fighting blood Is
up. He has four sharp spurs instead
of two. and the odd thing is the spurs
are on the wings instead Of the legs.
The birds ran wild, but the natives
tanned them and taught them to fight
ha wks and other enemies of poultry.
They are fine poultry protectors. A
fight between two of them Is the most
exciting thing in the way of sport
down there and is more popular than
q cockfight. New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Tho Wolves and the Meat.

II had thought that it was peculiar
to human nature to regard that which
one has as of less value than that
which one has not, but l had reason
to change my opinion the other day"
said visitor to the zoo.
"A keeper tossed four pieces of meat
into the den Of two gray wolves. One
piece landed on the roof of the shelter
house, and wolf with lame fore leg
passed over the pieces on the ground,
and, standing on his hind legs, tried
and tried to get that on the roof, which
was just out Of reach. The other hun
CRY wolf gave his attention to the
pieces on the ground and disposed of
all three. Going over to the house, he
shifted for moment and then sprang
upon the roof, ate the fourth piece and
stretched out for pose."-New York
Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Sir Walter SCOTS Debts.

The Balantyne failure threw upon
Sir Walter Scott the responsibility for
100000. or $3.50 900. and the grand old
man Immediately set about the mighty
task of paying it; but. Notwithstanding
the most heroic efforts on his part, he
never succeeded In paying it all. He
did the best he could. but he had to
depend solely upon his writings. and
the task was more than mortal man
could accomplish AS his powers fail
ed he became possessed Of the idea
that all his debts were paid and that
he was free man. and In this belief
he happily remained till his DEATH
New York American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
The Best Hour of Life

is when you do some great deed or dis
cover some wonderful fact This hour
came to j. R. Pitt, of Rocky Mt, N. e.,
when he was suffering intensely, as he
says, "from the worst cold ever had, !
then proved to my great satisfaction
what a wonderful Cold and Cough cure
DR.. Kings New Discovery is. For, after
taking one bottle, was entirely cured
You can't say anything too good of a
medicine like that 1t is the surest
and best remedy for Diseased Lungs,
Hemorrhages. LaGrippe, Asthma, Hay
Fever, any Throat or Lung Trouble
SOC. Sl00. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by j, w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
A MEXICAN FIRE BRIGADE.
Lsisursly Way They Fight the Flames
a MatamoraS.


at Matamoras.
1t might be thought that such an eA-
citing thing as a fire would startle the
Mexicans out Of their habitual indo-
lence. but such Is not the case.
The alarm Of u fire at Matamoras'
CoahuIla. Mexico. was given by the
discharge Of numerous pistols ana
guns. says a writer in the Wide World
Magazine, and FASTENED 10 the scene
thinking at first that a battle was
raging
After a long interval, during which
the people watched the fire with IN
terest, chattering among themselves
meanwhile, there appeared placidly
trundling along the road the Matamo-
rasan equivalent of fire engine,
Darrell rolling along the ground, drawn
by a reluctant burrO.
A swivel pin in each end OF the keg
permitted II TO roll freely, and ropes
attached IL to the animal. BEHIND
walked the fire brigade, a solitary
peon, bearing a bucket. Arrived at the
scene Of the conhagratiOn, the water
I'm the barrel was poured into buckets
and hauled TO the roof of an adjacent
house, whence 1t was flung ON to the
flames.
Everybody was greatly excited. The
calmest thing Of all was the fire. which
burned steadily on till there was nOth
ing left to consume. Then as the spec
tacle was over the people dispersed
Every one was satisfied except per
haps the unfortunate owner or tn
house that had been destroyed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05

Mark Twain. as an example of I'M
conscious humor, used to quote Hart
ford woman who said one day In the
late spring:
my husband is the dearest fellow.
"'Jim.' | said to him this morning,
are you very hard up just now?'
~ certainly am hard up he replied
soberly. This high cost Of living is
terrible. | don't know what Pm going
to do
"Then, JIM said /, IN give up all
thought of going to the country for
July and August this year.
But the dear fellows face changed
and he said:
"'lndeed. then. you won't, darling
! thought you wanted to buy hat
with an aigret or some such foolish.
ness No. no, my darling! Jim can
always find the money to let his dear
little wife go to the Wash
ington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
They Have A Definite Purpose

Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief
in cases of kidney and bladder ailments.
Mrs. Rose CHASER, Terre Ilaute, Ind.
tells the result in her case. CATER sui
fering for many years from serious
case of kidney trouble aud spending
much money for so called cures, !
found Foley Kidney Pills the only medi-
cine that gave me permanent cure.
am again able to be up and attend to
my work. | shall never hesitate to
recommend them" John W. Thurston
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Life on Panama Canal

has had one frightful drawback--mala-
rial trouhe-that has brought suffering
and death to thousands. The germs
cause chills, fever and ague, billionsness,
iaundlcp, lassitude, weakness and gen.
eral debility. But Electric Bitters
never fail to destroy them aud cure ma
Iaria troubles. "rhree bottles complet :
~ cured me of very severe attack OF
malaria, writes VIM. A. Fretweli, OF
Lucama, n. c., "and I've bad good
health ever since" Cure Stomach
Live. aud Kidney Troubles, and pre-.
vent Typhoid. soc. Guaranteed by j
W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
A LAND OF LEISURE.
The People Of Guatemala Like TO Take
Things Easy.

Things Easy.
Dist as Spain is the land OF mana
"a" Guatemala has been called the
land Of no hay" These words mean
.Ihere is none" and one hears them
wherever one goes. IL the people do
not want 10 bother. declares y. D.
Winter in Guatemala and Her People
Of Today" that will be their invaria-
BILE answer.
You might 20 up to a house where
the yard was full of chickens, the wo-
man engaged in making tortillas and
fruit trees loaded with fruit in the
yard and yet have a conversation
about like the following:
Have you any meat!"
"No hay" pronounced eye).
Have you any eggsf"
"NO hay"
"Have you houseF"
mo hay"
In such n case the best way to do Is
to enter the house and hunt round for
Yourself and blandly order the woman
to prepare whatever you chance to
find. Then. If you leave a small sum
Of money with her on departing, she
will not take any offense, but will po-
litely thank you.
Time is the only thing with which
they seem to be well supplied. 1t is
equally hard to get anything done. for
unless the party is willing to do the
work requested he will find some plau-
sible excuse. An American travelling
across the country few years ago
found it necessary to have his horse
shod mt one OF the small towns. There
were three blacksmiths In the town
OF these one was sick, but had sup
plies, second had no nails and the
third no charcoal. AS there was nc
lending among the craft the horse
could not be shod
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
pihtrrnt stYIe.

Edward. aged six. was sent 20 bar
Der shop TO get his hair rui- The bar
Der who was assigned TO the job had
red hair
Would YOU like Tea have your hair
rut like minsr' asked the hariSer
No. sir answered Edward Cut
II some Other volur. please x Chicago
News
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
INNS OF CHINA.
4 Knock That Wrecked a Door and
Raised a Rumpus.

4 Knock That Wrecked q Door and
Raised . RumPus.
Some of the inns Of modern China
are badly built. The correspondent Of
the London Times il travelling across
the country recently had this expert
encp. AT only one village had | any
difficulty. We were marching late In
the dark. and I had sent my groom
on ahead 10 find me an inn, as he had
often done before. lie entered the
village. and. finding the large inn door
closed, he called out To the people Ia
open il. But his Picking speech is not
easily understood I'm Kansu, and no one
answered him. Then he knocked, and
TO his diSmay the crazy door fell down
Immediately there was row. The
innkccpcr and his vOciferous spouse
shouted out their wrongs.
Every one came into the street Il
hear; the whole village was reused
When | arrived 1t seemed like a dem
onstration in my honor. AS Is tn,
custom. dozen people together told
me what had happened. | soon salts
fed every one by first examining tbs
damage and then paying compensa
ton in full. | paid 100 cash rathel
more than twopencep, and my gener
osity was approved.
"The structure thus damaged re
minded one of the jerry built houses
familiar to students IN Edinburgh
where it is on record that lodge
once complained TO his landlord tina
the ceiling in his room had fallel
down But how do you account 70
thaty asked the landlord. 'Somebod
in the next fiat sneezed,' replied tn
ledger"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Acute or Chronic--Whieh9

NO matter it your kidney trouble is
acute or chronic Foley's Kidney Rem.
edy Will reach your case. Mr.. Claude
Brown Reynoldsville, Ill.,, writes MS
that he suffered many months with kid.
ney complaint which baffied all treat.
ment. At last he tried Foley's kidney
Remedy and few large bottles effected
complete cure. He says, alt has been
OF 'nestimable value to me-" John w
Thurston.