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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
SWITCHED ON SUFFRAGE.
Bill Changed His Opinion After 4 Talk
With His Vita

Old Bill Shiftless wandered in the
other day to talk little politics, says
the Osborne (Nanl Farmer. Bill is
somewhat interested In the woman SUIT.
frage movement. He Is for II good ana
strong. Bill says: My wife has as
much right TO vote as have. She does
half the work and owns half of every
thing and should have as much say as
] have. or course the old woman
would also vote as told her to. bur
that makes no difference. 1t would
give me double power. and the Lord
knows us poor people have little
enough to say now about the way
things are run. Then. besides, want
the old lady to have all the pleasure
she can get out of this world"
That night old Bill was talking the
question over with his wife. She said
she would like to get a chance to vote
the distilleries Off the face Of the eartn.
Bill flared up in minute.
That's just the way with the wom-
en- yelled Bill. Give them half a
chance and they would ruin every.
thing. Look at the poor people around
here who can't afford a doctor or to
buy medicine. If they can keep a lit
tie liquor in the house 1t saves many
a sick spell. Women have all they can
do to look after things around the
house without chasing Off and voting"
Then old BIZ chased himself to bed
and left Mrs. Shiftless to bring in II
bucket of coal and get kindling for the
morning
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

To top off an expensive education
young married woman Of no particular
ability in any one line took course at
a dramatic school. She never attempt
ed to secure an engagement. so one
day a close and candid friend Of her
husband asked what good all that
training had done, anyhow.
$50 far as | can see," the friend
said, chat $500 you spent on Ethel's
education has been practically thrown
away"
ooh. no, it hasn't" returned the hus-
band mildly. "Oh, no, it hasn't. Her
stage experience has taught her to
dress in a hurry Nowadays when !
ask her to go to any place with me she
can change her clothes in ten minutes
1t used to take over an hour."-New
York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

A great many people play bridge,
and a few fortunate ones occasionally
make grand and little slam, but very
small minority have any idea Of the
origin of the name of this pleasant
but uncommon score. says writer in
an English magazine. Close to Bos-
ton, in the United States, Is the out
lying town and harbor of Salem. Ger
tain prisoners kept here in confine-
ment amused their WEAKNESS by in
venting and playing a card game into
which they introduced terms borrowed
from the place names in the neighbor-
hood. In the bay are two islands
called respectively Great and Little
Misery. These names were, adopted
for their game and have found their
way into ours. We even have game
called misery bridge. 1t is rather Gu
rious to think of these Boston prison
ers inventing these terms, which were
destined to come into use again after
all these days intervening. SLAM" Is
simply Salem abbreviated to a mono
SYLLABLE
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
a Fierce Nlqht Alarm

the hoarse, startling cough of child
suddenly attacked by Group. Often il
aroused Lewis Chamblin and wife OF
Manchester, o., [R. X. No. q for their
tour children were greatly subject to
Group. sometimes in severe attacks,
he wrote, eve we're afraid they would
Idle, but since we proved what certain
remedy DR.. Kings New Discovery is
we have no fear. We rely on it fol
Group and for coughs, colds or any
throat or lung trouble" So do thou
sands of others. So may you. Asthma
Hay Fever, La Grippe, Whoopine
Congh, Hemorrhages fly before it. SOC
and $100 Trial bottle free. Sold by
j. w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
The sumnathetio Watch.


The sympathetic watch Il all very
well, writes Il correspondent. hut there
are many who find that their watches
can never he relied upon To behave
regularly. Generally the wearer Is
found TO be of Il very nervous DISPOSE
ton. and II certainly looks as If this
communicated itself To the watch.
One inherited by the writer. which
had kept good time for years. imme-
diately developed erratic tendencies
when worn ny him and has never got
out Of them. Only once for brief
space did watch 90 regularly with
him. II was Il Swiss one, which had
varied when worn ~ England. hut
kept accurate time on a Swiss holiday.
And the question was whether il was
the wearer's temporarily braced nerves
or the effect Of its native air on the
watch that did the trick. London
Chronicle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
EHUiHMEL'S GHOSTS.
Pathetic Picture OF the Great Beau
In His Dacedence.

Pathetic Picture OF the Great Beau
In His Dacedence.
We are more familiar with the pic
ture of Beau Brummel in the days OF
his prosperity than in his decadence.
Here is pathetic glimpse Of the last
phase at caen, when the old mans
mind had begun TO give way under the
accumulated stress of penury and in
gratitude:
Sometimes he thought he ought to
apartment. set out the candles and get
the house attendant to be with him.
At s o'clock this man would open the
door of the room and announce the
Duchess of Devonshire' At the sound
of this name Brummel would rise from
his chair and greet the cold air from
the staircase aS though ii were the
beautiful duchess herself. making his
most courtly bow and saying: All.
my dear duchess. how rejOiced | am
To see yOu-Su very amiabie of YOU at
this short notice, Pray. bury Yourself
in this armchair, Do YOU know. II was
Citt TO me from the Duchess of York.
who was very kind friend of mine:
but. poor thing, she is now no more
Then. his eyes filling with tears, he
would sink into his chair. looking va
canty into the arr until Lord Avian.
ley. Lord Allen. the Duke of Beaufort
or some other old friend was ushered
in. At 10 the attendant announced the
carriage IL each invisible visitor. and
this ghostly party would conclude."-
London Graphic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

Joachim Murat was In his day the
best dressed man in the world. Born
In 1857 I'm a village near Cahors. the
son of a day laborer. he was sent TO
Jesuit school TO be educated for the
priesthood. He ran away. Joined the
army. and sixteen years after he had
become a lieutefant he was field
marshal. Duke Of Cleve and Berg. with
Napoleon's sister Caroline. as his wife,
and. finally. by the grace Of his broth
er-in-law. was created king Of Naples.
In all stations he paid the closest at
tention to his attire and wore In bat
tie gold embroidered and jeweled uni
forms which would have made him
conspicuous at court function and
dressed himself as for review wien
he was lied forth to be shot.-New
York Tribune
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
Feroeious Knives Welded by the Ma.
tives of Hinduism.

tIVes OF fln1u-,an.
The weapon common tn every part
Of Hindustan. So HS 90 deserve the
name of the national ~ D.. is The "kq-
tar" This il Il broad. - edged dag
ger. the hilt Of which H. .ormrd some
thing like an II, tie hand graSping the
crossbar. which is grnrra'iy double.
while the side bars extend ON each
side OF the wrist
Some kHtarS are made with five
blades which unite into one. hut by
squeezing together the crossharS di-
verge like the fingers of Il hand when
the thrust has been given Other ka-
tars are made In sets Of two or even
three, of diminishing sizes. the blades
Of the larger being hollow aud form
ing sheaths for the smaller.
Some of the southern Indian katars.
known as death givcrs," are immense
weapons, nearly two feet long in the
blade. and the hits are mass of
fantastic sCrolwork and psychological
holsters. the cobra with expanded
hood figuring largely.
There Is also the "hich'hwa." or
scorpions sting, n douhlt curved dag
ger: the "khaniar." a larger form of
the same. and the "pcshllnbz." or
hunting knife. But none Of these elnb-
crate weapons has about It the terri
bly, "businesslike" look of the Khyber
knife (ch'hura,. with its ponderous sin
gle edged. tapering blade and plain
ivory hilt Chambers Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

Sealed bids are used in aurtioring
property in Japan. There is no shout
ing. The auctioneer announces to the
audience that he has such and such
piece of property for sale and in
vites bids. Those who wish to bid
write their bids and names on slips of
paper The paper is folded and placed
in box. When the auctioneer sees
no more bids coming he opens the box
and sorts out the bids. The highest
bid takes the property. 1t is like
bond sale-no, one knows what his
neighbor bids. If II bidder is anxious
to get the property he will not put in
small offer On the contrary, he
will very likely bid all the property is
worth. For this reason an owner new
er puts up his property for auction
unless he wants to sell it-New York
Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
Alexander Hamilton Foresaw Its I'M
portanee IN This Country.

Alexander Hamilton Foresaw Its I'm
portanee IN This Country.
There exists In the archives of one
Of the oldest among the cotton spin
ming families in northern New Jersey
a long letter from a banker of New
York addressed to Alexander Hamilton
when he was secretary of the treasury
The banker had heard that Hamilton
purposed to build cotton mill at Pat
erson, N. j. This project the banker
condemned and stated that 1t was the
opinion of all the merchants In New
York whom he knew that not In hun
dred years would the cotton milling
business In the United States employ
200.
Hamilton went ahead and planned
the industrial town he named Paterson
and also planned and financed com.
pany for developing water power and
for financing corporations thereat
Hamilton's original company, known
as the Society For Useful Manufac
lures, exists to this day at Paterson.
The agent whom Hamilton sent to
England to buy cotton mill machinery
was instructed to have 1t knocked
down" and placed in small boxes that
were to be marked bibles For the
Moravians Of Pennsylvania" Ii was
at that time against the laws of Eng
land to ship any kind of Industrial ma
chinery out Of the kingdom. Hamil.
tons brother and two of his agents
were caught trying to ship the cotton
mill machinery to Paterson. and they
were imprisoned for ten months-Cot
| ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Foley Kidney Pills

Just the right medicine for backache,
rheumatism, Bright's disease and, all
urinary irregularities. G. H. Lessor, 40
Allen St., Burlington, VT, says; "For
the last several years l suffered with
weak kidneys and bladder trouble. One
day while having a particularly bad
spell | was advised to try Foley Kidney
Pills and | began taking them accord
ing to directions. After short time
the pain left my back, the action of my
kidneys was free and natural and al.
though this was some months ago
have not been bothered with kidney o.
bladder trouble since. l gladly recon
mend Foley Kidney Pills to all thos,
who have kidney or bladder trouble
John w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
NATURAL MEASURES
The Hand. the Ps5s and thar.
the Scriptures

IS and the ca.
the Scriptures
The first "uaUrg. messr,.
which the memory naturally r. ,-, .
the hand. four inches aro-, - :
determining the height Of bo, ~. :
measure is. OF course. da1vss 10
the breadth Of tae palm. ana "A ~
become so well fixed 10 porrI,,' a
that IL is unlikely ID will ever h. '1.'''
seeded. ~
Another popular natural r.-
the pace. and probably eyerv IS
man who has had 10 do with 49,. ~,
used It. The usual method is ..'
of, taking as long steps as Navy
calling each pace d ward
A natural measure much sn,..
by a dresSmakcr is the yard o.,
termined by stretching the n,,.-.
be measured between her chin ~.
her outstretched hand. or II tL-
matter OF inches she will fa3 !.
Bonded upper joint Of her thumb ....
the cloth. These natural mea<p,.s q,
generally close enough To se-r. N
practical PURPOSES
For many hundreds OF years The,
was employed the measure Of tba t,
arm from point Of elbow to tin If mia
die finger This was the cubt ot fl.
Bible.-St. Louis Republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

Nature uses no black in any part of
her work. | will not except the black
berry and the so called black pansy.
On bright. clear day shadows on the
snow are pale uItramarine blue; under
a blue sky in midsummer the color of
the placid lake is cobalt blue and the
shadows on the grass are lilac; on a
'weathered gray boardwalk they are
nearly as blue as the sky itself The
palpitating atmosphere of n warm
July day lifts the colorng of the land
scape to higher but softer key in
stead Of reducing it with gray. and in
the autumn. when the sugar naples
leaves are turned to gold, the Shad-
ows on the trunk and every gray rock
in the vicinity are tinged with strong
lilac. In fine. when the sun shines
everything. even the shadow which
we are prone TO believe is gray, is re-
plete with color-F. Schuyler Math-
eWS,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
SENSE OF TASTE.
Curious ssleetive Powers Exhibited BY
the Tongue.

the Tongue.
-Four classes hitter. salt and
ucid-have been assigned TO the sense
If taste in human beings. These four
classes with their combinations pro-
duce all the delicious sensations that
we ascribe To taste as well as all the
disagreeable impressions OF that sense.
The tongue. however. Is not equally
sensitive In all parts To these sensa-
tionS. Indeed. II has been shown that
different tastes result from the same
stimulus when applied to different
places ON the tongue. The tip of the
tongue. for instance. Is most sensitive
to sweet and 10 acid tastes. while II Is
far less capable of perceiving a bitter
taste than any other part Of the organ.
Some persons are unable To perceive
any bitter taste when quinine is APP
piled only to the tip OF the tongue.
st the back of The tongue the bitter
ness of the drug is perceived at once.
An explanation of the curious selec-
tive powers exhibited by the tongue
Is that variety of nerve tibers are
present in that organ. each kind being
sensitive only To one Of the four prin.
ripal CLASSES of taste. These nerve a.
beers are distributed IN varying num-
berS over different parts of the tongue
At the tip. for example. the nerves that
are sensitive to sweet and acid stimuli
are most numerous. and accordingly
in that locality those tastes are the
ones most readily perceived. At the
back of the tongue. on the contrary.
the nerve fibers concerned in the per-
ception of bitterness prevail over the
otherS.-New York Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
DUST IN THE AIR.
ITS Influence Upon the SUMS Heat In
the Atmosphere.

us inuuence upon the suns heat IN
the Atmosphere.
When the air is very thick and hay
Il may contain floating dust particles
10 the number Of from 10000 TO 10000
in every cubic cenumeter, while a Gu
bic centhneter OF very clear air may
contain only from a dozen to a few
hundred particles.
An English Observers data indicate
that there is relation between the
quantity OF dust and the temperature
Of the air. A great amount of dust, 1t Is
thought. increases the temperature In
the daytime and checks the fall of tenn
perature at night
The reason is that the presence OF
dust serves as an obstruction 10 the
free radiation of heat through the air.
The sunbeams pass through very pure,
clear air without lending much heat to
II, and at night the heat received by
the ground during the day readily es-
capes through the same air, but II the
atmosphere is heavily laden with dust
the suns rays are partly arrested by
the particles which. becoming heated.
in turn warm the air. and in like man.
ner heat radiated from the earth at
night is retained in the hazy layers OF
air In contact with its surface.
Without its atmosphere, which serves
as a~coverlet to protect 1t against the
fearful cold of space, the surface of
the earth would be frozen like that of
the airless moon. But the data gath
cred by reliable observers show that
the atmospheric blanket wrapped
around our planet varies in its power
to retain heat in proportion to the
amount of dust particles it contains
Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Hunting on Treacherous Soil.

snipe shooting 9n an Irish bog is
an excellent test Of gunners skill
and enthusiasm. An experienced bog
shooter If he finds himself going down
throws himself fat on his side or back
and at the same time throws his gun
to his attendant. generally an unshod
"gossoon." who rarely fails to catch
It The sensation of being begged is
very unpleasant, but II a man throws
himself on his side or back there is
strength enough in the peat to sup
port his body.-"Forty-6ve Years Of
Sport"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Has Millions Of Friends.

How would you like to number your
friends by millions as Bucklen's Arnica
Salve does? Its astounding cures in
the past forty years made them. It's the
best Salve in the world for sores, ulcers,
eczema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts, corns,
sore eyes, sprains, swelliRgs, bruises,
cold sores. Has no equal tor piles. 25c
at J. w. Illusions
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Platinum.

Platinum WAS so named by the Span
iardS on account of its silvery color
plata" signifying silver 1t was dis
covered in he sand of the River Pinto.
in South America. and was unknown
In Europe until l74r. when ii was an
nounced in Ulloa's narrative of his
voyage to Peru. In 1927 DR.. William
Hyde WollaSton rendered it malleabe
and ductile.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

An artist in Chicago tells of a lady
In that town who. with her maid went
to purchase still life picture for her
dining room. She selected canvas
on which were painted bunch of
flowers, pit cut in two and roll
and was about to pay $25 for 1t when
her maid approached to whisper in her
ear.
Excuse me. ma'am." said the serv-
ant. but you are making a bad bar
gain. | saw picture very much like
this sold the other day for $15."
"And was it as good as thisY'
Better, ma'am. There was q good
deal more pie in t."-Lippincott's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
FOOD FOB A GENIUS.
Diet That Enabled Mrs siddons 20
Rise to LADY Macbeth

NfsN 70 NaoN #'6~uNAH
II f. not altogether .-.iSy To Imagine
n Lady Macbeth eating 'lupS Vet her
greatest imuerSunnIm rul tier inSpira-
ton from them. Il unr uIay rely On an
altogether delightful nuIhority On a
certain ocCnsiun. writes T. \ Lucas la
his book THE SecUnd PuSt." the paint
er Hayden paid his butcher. who re
elprocaied by expressing great admira.
ton for the artists painting Of Alex
nnder"
quite alive. sir" said the butcher
81 am glad you think So" said the
artist.
"Yes, sir: but. as I have often said
TO my sister. you could not have paint.
ed that picture. sir. II you had not eat
my meat, sir"
VERY true, Mr.. Sowerby."
"Ah. sir. ! have fancy for genus.
sir"
Have you. Mr. SowerbyT"
"Yes, sir. Mrs. Siddons. sir. has eat
my meat. sir Never was such wom-
an Tor cnops. SIT! An. siT' sue was
wonderful craytureF'
"She was. Mr.. Sowerby."
"Ah. sir. when she used to act that
there character-but. Lord. such a
head. as say TO my sister-that there
woman, sir. that murders a king be-
tween EN-"
"Oh. Lady Macbeth"
"Ah. sir, that's it-Lady Macbeth.
used to get up with the butler behind
her carriage when she acted. and
used to see her looking quite wild and
all the people quite frightened. Aha
my lady, says |, II IL wasn't for my
meat, though. you wouldn't be able to
do thatP"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Tho Primitive Man
ZONES is so dreadfully primit've!
whats his latestY'

Jones Is so dreadfuIly primit've!"
whats his latestY'
why. we were at the opera house
the other night. and a stage hand re,
moved table. and Jones yelled "Supe,
snpe! We were dreadfully morti.
fled"
Il was at a dinner the other night,
ana Jones sat next to me- When he
saw the row Of spoons and forks and
Knives beside his plate he beckoned to
the walter. Say. boy he hoarsey
nnttered. ! guess you spilled the
spoon holder!"
well. it's lucky he's rich"
"Ainf it"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Spoiled His Speech.

"When rose to speak it was so
still in the hall you could have heard
pin drop"
"Yes?"
"Well. | stood there for a moment
looking out over the audience and
framing my first sentence, and | am
sure that ! should have been able to
get along all right. but just before |
had got ready to utter my first word
Some fool in the back end of the hall
yelled. T.ouder"-Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
A Special Medicine for Kidney
Ailments.

Many elderly people have found in
Foleys Kidney Remedy quick relief
and permanent benefit from kidney and
bladder ailments and from annoying
urinary irregularities due to advancing
years. Isaac N. Regain, Farmer, Mo-.
says: "Foley's Kidney Remedy effected
complete cure in my case and l want
others to know of it".-John w. Thurs.
ton
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

In the middle ages the cuckoo was
thought to he a god who took the form
of a bird. and It was sacrilege to
kill him. The Romans were less super
stitious and more practical They
caught him, killed him and ate him
and held no bird could be compared
with him for sweetness Of flesh.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
A Great Wheei.

Laxey. In the Isle Of Man, is the
headquarters of the lead mines of the
island. 1t is celebrated also for its
great wheel. which was erected In
1854. Its diameter is seventy-two feet.
and so splendidly is 1t set that there
is no oscillation. and it has been going
practically ever since its erection.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Hers the Credit

There Is one thing like about your
husband-he never hurries you when
getting ready to 20 out with him
Very little credit Is due TO him Tor
that my dear Whenever ! see that ]
am not likely to be ready In time !
simply hide his hat or his gloves and
let him hunt for them up and down
until I have finished dressing"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
The innocent seldom find an uneasy
pillow.-COwper.
lndisputahIe Proof.

The Landlady-The gentleman that
was occupying the room last, sir, was
a literary person. The Possible Tenant
What makes you think he was lit
erary? The Landlady-Why, he had
ink on his fingers, sir, an he went
away without paying his board.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
EoIev Kidney Pills

Neutralize and remove the poisons
that cause backache, rheumatism, ner
vousness aud all kidney and bladder
irregularities. They build up and re.
store the natural action OF these vital
rgaus.-.John w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
Fertilizers Are Cheaper

and better, if mixed at home according
to some good formula. Write us and
we will give Won free, postpaid, full in
formation about what to use, how to
mix, prices of ingredients, etc.
CARROLL S PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
His Little Task.

"very suspicious man. they say"
Very Bought a dictionary last
week. and now he's counting the words
to see II II contains as many as the
publishers claim. "-Washington Her
aid.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31

For sore throat there is positively NO
remedy that will relieve so quickly and
cure permanently the most aggravated
case, as Bloodine Rheumatic Lini nent
John w. Thurston, Special Agent.