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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-18
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-18
Observation-Disclosures.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-18
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
MAN AND THE RAT.
The Long Battle Between These Two
Conquering Forces.


The dominion of man over the beasts
Of the field does not yet include the
rodents. Aurochs. cave bear and man,
moth we put down with stone headed
arrows. We have wiped out the buf-
falo. The lion and the elephant will
soon be gone But still the rabbit Of
Australia cost the colonies millions q
year. Traps. ferrets and poison still
fail to make headway against the rats,
mice and gophers of the United States.
While our animal enemies have be-
come smaller in size. they have grown
more numerous. 1t Is as IL nature
after trying vainly to chastise her In
surgent sou with catapult had gone
after him with shotgun.
The fact is that of all warm blooded
creatures there are just two that are
really dominant. successful, increasing
In numbers and range and able to
maintain themselves anywhere in the
world against all rivals. These two
are man and the rats. The genus
homo and genus mus 90 everywhere
and eat everything. They are the two
creatures that dwell in houses and
travel in ships. Each drives its other
rivals to the wall. but neither except
locally and for brief periods has ever
come near to exterminating the other
Civilized man has fought the common
rat for 200 years, and the battle Is
still drawn.-M McClure's Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
A KINGS DOWNFALL.
Louis PhiIippe's Lack of Nerve When
the Crisis Came.

Louis PhIippe's Lack of Nerve When
the Crisis Came.
Baroness Bonde wrote in her diary
the following account of the abdica-
ton of Louis Philippe of France on the
day of that remarkable occurrence:
IAN aid-de-camp of the minister of
war who was in the kings cabinet
when he abdicated gave me detained
account of this most signal piece of
c0wardice. He had reviewed the
troops in the carrousel on horseback,
highly rouged. when a cry was raised
'Voici les Faubourgsr No one had
any orders; no one gave any. The mob
rushed forward, shouting, .Vive la
garde nationaes-vivent les troupesr
and shook hands with the outposts
The king retreated precipitately with
his sons, and a subieutenant of the
national guard rushed into the palace
asking to see him. He was admitted
and in the greatest agitation said,
Your majesty must abdicate.' Very
well,' says the king. In favor of my
grandson No. unconditionahy.' says
the young and self elected mouthpece
of public opinion.
"Would you believe it? OF all who
were congregated round the royal per-
son Piscatory alone said: 60 down
and head your troops. Fight for your
crown and your dynasty He was
overruled, and they all marched out
of the palace except the Duchesse
dOrleans, her children and the Due de
Nemours."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
CHINESE CUNNING.
An officials Subtle Scheme For Seeur-
ing His Prisoners.


One of the funniest stories about
Chinatown is not really Chinese. Ii
was told by a British consul al one of
the treaty ports. He arrested nine de-
hnquent Chinese, intending to turn
them over TO the tender mercies Of the
native magistrate next morning. Mean
while he gave them into the custody
of Chinese policeman. telling him To
lock them up, though there was no Jail
at the consulate. But the policeman
was equal to the emergency. He sol
EMMY saluted. saying. IL obeyw and
marched his men off. Soon he return.
ed and announced that they were
safely Gagged
The consul was curious to see how
and where. He followed his police
man to the yard There he saw the
nine prisoners dancing round the con,
sulate Flagstaff. lugubriously chanting
the Chinese equivalent of ring around
q rosy" Whenever the dance showed
signs of tagging the policeman stirred
them up with long pole. They seem
ell al nrst Slgnt TO he holding each
Others hands. but. looking closer, the
consul saw that they were handcufTed
together.
Well" said the consul, "if they are
chained in a ring around the flagstaff
they can certainly not get away. But
why do you make them dance?"
"Ah," answered the Chinese police
man. with infinite cunning, so that
they cannot climb up the pole and get
away"
The consul broke out into loud
British laugh and tried TO explain to
the Chinaman that the nine prisoners
could certainly not all climb up the
pole at once. but the Chinaman had
his idea and held to 1t. So the dance
went on.-Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01

Boys who live in seaport towns are
sometimes asked to box the COM
pass" If they can do it quickly and
accurately they are fine sailors and
may grow up to be the captain of a
four master. If they miss point or
can only do it slowly they are land
lubbers and will never see blue water.
To box the compass means to name
all the points in order just as fast as
you can speak. This is the way an
old down east skipper will rattle it off:
North. nor by east. nor -nor'east. nor
east by north. northeast. nor'east by
east. east-nor'east. east by north, east,
east by south. east-sou' east, sou'east
by east. sou'east. sou'east by south,
sou'-sou'east, SOU by east. south, SOU
by west. SOU west, sou'west by
south. sou'west, souwest by west,
west-sou'west. west by south, west,
west by north. west-nor'west. nor'west
by west, nor'west. nor'west by north.
nor r-nor west. nor by west. north.
Can you do it?-Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01

In angina pectoris, agony spasm OF
the heart, there are two chief features
pain and sudden death. The pain Is
coming and going, intense, peculiar,
strange, awful. usually in the chest
around the heart and spreading into
the shoulders and abdomen. Death,
which comes in a higher percentage
than in any other known disease, for
few ever get over 1t. is usually sudden.
often, as the poet says, life struck
sharp on death" There are indeed In
this disease many mysteries remain
ing to be cleared up. A father and his
four children have died Of angina pee
toris.-New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01

At the period when British Columbia
was threatening tu withdraw from the
Dominion uf Canada because the Car
narvun settlement had been ignored
by the MackenZie administration the
late Lurd Duffrrin took part In a pub
lie function in Quebec. While the pro-
eession WIS moving through the prin-
ripal streets gentleman. breathless
with excitement. hurried up to his ex-
rellency's carriage to say rebel"
arch had been placed across the road
~ as to identify the viceroy with the
approval of the dislOyal inscription
thereon. Can you tell me what words
there are Oh the arch:" quietly asked
Dufferin. "Oh. yes" replied his in
formant; they are 'Carnarvon Terms
Or Separation Send the committee
10 me-" commanded his excellency.
Now. gentlemen" said he. with a
smile, 10 the committee. "'ll 20 under
your beautiful arch ON one condition.
] won't ask you To do much. and beg
but a tritiing favor. | merely ask that
you alter one letter In your motto.
Turn the = into an X make II Car
narvon Terms or Reparation' I
will gladly pass under IT," The COM
mitlee yielded. and eventually Dufferin
ties and to reconcile the malcontents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
Crafty M. Blanc.

Blanc. the founder of the Monte Car
10 gambling resort. was well aware
Of the desperate character of many
Of his customers. Knowing that they
included the scum and riffratf Of the
world, he took precautions against
them. He never carried any money.
which fact he announced so frequently
and publicly that it was known every
where along the Riviera that the mil
lionaire Blanc never had a penny on
his person. But he carried in II pocket
book n draft on red paper for several
hundred thousand francs. payable to
the indorsee. He feared kidnapping as
much as robbery, and in case of alb
duction he intended to ransom himself
with this draft. But the instructions
at his office were not to cash red
draft with his signature unless tel
egram was received from him ordering
1t to be done.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
Gunpowder and Artillery.

There is abundant evidence that the
origin Of gunpowder and artillery goes
far back in the dim ages of the past
The Hindoo code, compiled long before
the Christian era, prohibited the max
ing of war with cannon and guns or
any kind of firearms. Quintus Curtius
informs us that Alexander the Great
met with fire weapons in Asia, and
Philostratus says that AleXanders con-
quests were arrested by the use Of
gunpowder 1t is also written that
those wise men who lived in the cities
Of the Ganges "overthrew their ene-
mics with tempests and thunderbolts
shot from the walls
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01

The origin of the problem squaring
the circle is almost lost In the mists Of
antiquity, but there is a record of an
attempted quadrature In Egypt 500
years before the exodus Of the Jews.
There is also claim. according to
Hone, that the problem was solved by
discovery of Hipprocates. the geom-
etrician of Chios-not the physician
500 b. &. Now, the efforts Of Hippoc-
rates were devoted toward converting
u circle into Il crescent, because he had
found that the area of figure pro-
duCed by drawing two perpendicular
radii in circle is exactly equal to the
triangle formed by the line Of june
tion. This is the famous theorem Of
the "lunes Of Hippocrates" and Is, like
glauber's salts out of the philosophers
stone. an example of the useful results
which sometimes follow search for
the unattainable.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS.
Head longs. Long Exposures and the
Ordeal of Looking Pleasant.

An event was the taking Of the first
photograph In the olden days. when
photography was still hampered by
pitchforks and long exposures. There
are few good baby pictures of our
fathers. The fond mother and father
sit bolt upright. frozen or petrifed,
while between them is a very starchy
little dress surmounted by very
blurry little spot which represents a
composite of several partial likenesses
Of the hopeful.
But II was with the child of ten or
twelve years that the old time photog-
rapher succeeded best, the child that
has reached the age capable of feeling
the tremendous responsibility of hav-
ing picture taken. Every old album,
such as used to grace the center table
In the front room. parades before you
long array of these conscientious
young people undergoing the terrible
ordeal Of sitting" Loving mothers
spent hours combing those smoothly
plastered locks tightly back and bind
ing them uncompromisingly behind
with irreproachable ribbon bows. At
the last moment. after the operator has
screwed the iron fork tight up behind
the trembling head and has pushed the
huge camera here and there. ducking
In and out under the black cloth in
most awe inspiring manner, mother
has slipped into range and given just
one more pat to the starchy skirts and
one more tug at the big sleeves. Then
there came the awful command. Look
pleasant" which the victim did by
remarkable effort of will. usually at
tanning somewhat the expression which
comes over the face Of strangling
cat. Five minutes later the artist"
announces that that will do" and
the family feels the same relief that
comes to friends with the announce
ment that the patient has survived
the operation and is resting comforta-
bly."-Detroit News-Tribune
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
AWED THE STUDENTS.
joan Richepin's First Lesson as an In
structor In Literature.

Jean Riehepin's First Lesson as an In
struetor In Literature.
At the age of twenty-five Jean Richie
pin. the French poet and dramatic au.
thor. accepted place as instructor in
literature In school which prepared
students for the military college of
ST. Cyr His employers warned him
that the future army officers took very
little interest In belles-lettres and that
their principal occupation in class was
raising chaos.
Richepins first lesson began amid
storm of whistling and catcalls. But
the young Instructors voice doomed
out above the uproaf and imperiously
commanded silence. "Gentlemen." he
said. II am not here because like it.
! am here for my living. Is any one
of you going to stand in the way? If
there is. should be obliged if he will
tell me so face to face on the Place du
Pantheon. where | am ready to meet
him at any time. And inasmuch as we
are all Of us about the same age. you
understand. of course, that the inter-
view will be with bare fists"
And. so saying. young Richepin
brought his clinched hand down upon
the desk, and the desk broke in two.
and he and his pupils lived happily
ever afterward Thus runs the official
legend.-Argonaut
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
A Life Saving Order.

Many years ago the American war
ship Delawa came near laundering
OF the coast of Sardinia while iuffing
through heavy squalI during a morn
ing watch. The unauthorized letting
go Of the fore sheet" alone saved the
ship from going down with LOO souls
ON board. The first lieutenant after
ward Commodore Thomas W. Wyman.
with difficult climbing succeeded in
reaching the quarterback, where,
snatching the trumpet from the officer
In charge. his first order, given in a
voice heard distinctly fore and aft,
was. Keep clear of the paint work"
This command to hundreds of human
beings packed In the lee scuppers like
sardines In a box instantly restored
them to order and prevented a panic.
they naturally feeling that If at such
time. with line Of battle ship on her
beam ends. clean paint work was Of
paramount importance their condition
could not be serious one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01

The catalpa tree Is the slouch OF the
forest. 1t has brief season of beau
ty, but this outburst of charm Is so ex-
ceedingly ephemeral when compared
with the long weeks and months when
it seems to be fairly reveling In litter
that the wonder is its presence is toler-
ated to the extent 1t has been In years
gone by. We believe it was Lord By
ron who once INDUCED in few rhap-
sodical utterances over the catalpa
blossoms. but it is safe to say he never
had to clean up yard which was mar
red by the presence Of one or more Of
the trees or the sentiments expressed
would have been in other than poetic
vein.-Des Moines Capital.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
CHILEAN STEvED0RES.
A Feroeious Class Of Men With the
Manners of Savases.

At Caronel. the principal coaling port
on the west coast Of South America, 1t
is customary for cargo boats to ship
twenty or thirty Chilean stevedores, In
addition to the regular crew, to break
out the cargo when 1t is consigned to
various ports farther up the coast. A
worse looking lot Of cutthroats than
these seagoing longshoremen It would
be hard to find even among the ban
dts of southern Europe or the old time
pirates of the West Indies. Swarthy.
underslzed. dirty and clothed In nom
descript rags. they are about the bot
tom notch In the scale of humanity.
What they lack In intelligence they
make up in ferocity and animal cum
ming. Even crew of Kanakas will
refuse to berth or mess with them.
Every man of them carries a knife.
and they are commanded by an over
seer who is addressed as captain"
and exerts a certain degree of author
ity. They do their own cooking while
aboard ship. each man serving as cook
he resigns in favor of the next In line
OF course the captain" never de-
scends to menlal labor. not even to
work the cargo. He stands by with
cigarette between his fingers and d.
rects his men. The table manners Of
these semisavages are the manners Of
the stone age. Neither knives, forks
nor spoons are used. but every man
grabs for himself and Grams as much
as he can into his mouth at once, greed.
lily tearing the meat apart with his
fingers and cleaning up the grease
with piece of bread. which also does
duty as a napkin before 1t is swal-
lowed. A number Of sheep generally
are taken out on these tramp steamers
and killed when fresh meat is needed
When the Chieans learn sheep Is
going to be killed they crowd around
with tin cups or basins to catch the
warm blood. which they drink eagerly.
They also bring chunks of bread and
sop up every drop that falls.-New
York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
Odd Street Names.

In Clerkenwpll. England. there is a
street called Picked Egg walk. 1t
lakes its name from Picked Egg tav-
ern. which formerly stood there and
made speciality Of serving picked
eggs. An interesting London thorough
fare is Hanging Sword alley, which
Is mentioned In Dickens Tale OF Two
Cities" LdIdon has also Pickleher-
ring street. In Leicester is Il street
rallied the Holy Bones and another
called Gallows Tree Gate. Hull has
street with the extraordinary name
the Land of Green Ginger. Corydon
has street named Pump Pail. and
there some Years ago lived Peter Pot
tie. a dealer In furniture. The most
daring Of farce writers might well
have hesitated 10 invent combination
Of name and address so improbable as
that which really belonged to Peter
Pottle of Pump Pail.-St. James Ca
Zette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
A DANGEROUS FISH.
The Peril That Comes With CATCHING
an Electric Ray.

an EleCtTlS nay
Trouble turks in the least suspected
spots. One would think a smooth,
shallow cove a safe place lu which to
float in a good craft. yet Charles Fred
erick Holder met with an adventure
In Just such a spot, which he relates
In "Blg Game at Sea-" The author
was visiting a friend on the New Eng
land coast, who was given to the study
Of natural history.
One day the author accompanied his
friend on a collecting trip. and here
Is the story of the result as he told 1t:
Opposite his house was little bay
with a clean sandy bottom Over
this we slowly drifted. ! sat In the
stern. enjoying the day and examining
the curious things my friend drew out
Of the water. Suddenly he gave an
ejaculation. and saw him cling.
seemingly helpless, to his pole. His
face was ashy pale. with white ap-
pearance like one stricken with fatal
disease.
sprang forward just in time to
catch him as he fell back into the boat
and lowered him to the seat At first
he could only motion toward the wa.
ter He was almost rigid Finally he
recovered enough to say "TOrpedo!'
| saw the harpoOn he was holding
dancing about. evidently forced into
large fish. GraSping it. soon dis
covered the trouble. for received an
electric shock strong enough TO almost
knock me over dropped the pole
BY this time my friend had recover
ed enough to tell me to let the fish re-
main where II was. With difficulty
| rowed to shore When the boat was
grounded picked up an old glass bot.
tie. took a turn over it with the line
and. with the help Of this homemade
insulator. pulled the fish on shore.
1t proved to be one of the largest tor.
pedoes, or electric rays, have ever
seen. Under certain conditions II
would have been capable of killing a
man. When touched the fish would
roll its eyes dismaIly and give low
croak.
| have never known man to be
killed by one. but many have been In
jured. and. as for my friend, he did not
recover In week
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
AN OLD TIME DINNER.
British Table Manners In the Seven
teenth Century.


teenth Century.
An account of hospitality in England
in 1929 gives a good idea of the man
ner in which country gentleman Of
the period lived Dinner and supper
were brought in by the servants with
their hats on. custom which is cor
roborated by Fynes Moryson. who
says that. being at knights house
who had many servants to attend him,
they brought in the meats with their
heads covered with blue caps.
After washing their hands In basin
they sat down TO dinner, and Sir
James Pringle said grace. The viands
seemed to have been plentiful and ex-
cellent-"big pottage, long kale, bowe
of white kale" which is cabbage;
''brach soppe." powdered beef. roast
and boiled mutton. venison pie In
form of an egg and goose. Then they
had cheese. cut and uncut. and apples.
But the close of the feast was the
most curious thing about 1t.
The tablecloth was removed. and on
the table were put towel the whole
breadth of the table and half the
length of 1t, a basin and ever to wash,
then green carpet laid on, then one
cup of beer set on the carpet. then
little lawn serviter plated over the
corner of the table and Il glass of hot
water set down also on the table; then
be there three boys to say grace. the
first the thanksgiving. the second the
Pater Noster. the third prayer for
blessing Of Gods church. The good
man Of the house, his parents, kinfolk
and the whole company then do drink
hot waters, so at supper, then to bed"
Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
When Dreams Came True.

An English magazine records two
dream stories. In one lady, having
lost an important key while walking
In a wood near her house in Ireland,
dreamed that she saw 1t lying at the
root Of a certain tree. Next day she
found 1t there. She supposed her eye
must have seen 1t after it dropped,
though her conscious mind had not in.
stantly noted 1t.
Just the same was the theory Of
barrister who went out late at night
to post his letters and upon undressing
missed a check for large amount re-
ceived during the day. He dreamed
he saw 1t curled round an area railing
not far from his door. woke up.
dressed. went out and found it exactly
as he had dreamed. The mind regis
ters at times what 1t does not instantly
report
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01

Have you ever sat opposite in bus
or train to baby. say. from one to
two years old? IL you have you have
been compelled to notice 1t. And un-
less you are a misanthropical person
guess you have caught yourself feel
ing uncomfortable under its wide eyed
scrutiny Of you. think there Is moth
ing more disconcerting than to be re-
jected by baby after full and open
cross examination. Babies and very
young children have no humbug about
them. believe they see more than
grownups. believe they read our
characters down to the very ground.
While the young mother is interested
to find that her baby Is being admired
that baby is reckoning up both the
mother and the admirer. and when the
jerky turn of the head comes the man
that has music In his soul feels small.
London Scraps.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-01
The Generous Arab.

"One day when In our wanderings
We happened to camp near some roll
ing country the sheik and | rode or
In search Of gazelles," says a traveller
IN Arabia. "We found a large herd,
and, being mounted on good horses. we
managed to ride them down. throwing
ourselves of our horses for the shot,
then galloping on again. We killed six
gazelles in about an hour and rode
back to camp with enough meat for a
big feast. 1t Is the custom that who
ever kills game should provide feast
for all his friends. On the occasion Of
these feasts | noticed that there was
always a crowd Of hangers-on waiting
at the end for a scrap Of food. half
starved looking boys and ragged men.
These were orphans whose parents
had been killed or men whose herds
had been lifted by other Arabs, and
as a result they were destitute. for the
law Of the Bedouin is survival of the
fittest' In its strictest sense. But the
sheik supplied food literally. and
noticed that he always looked after
the poor and fed the hungry"