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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
RULE OF THE ROAD.
Decided Abroad by the Sword and
Here by the Gun.


Several travellers were seated In the
hotel lobby discussing the difference
In customs of the various countries
they had visited what struck me
as most peculiar abroad" said one,
''is the custom of keeping to the left
instead of the right. as we do here.
Why is the rule reversed"
Il think can explain that" said a
reserved looking man in the corner.
'1n medieval and later periods abroal
men were In the custom of wearin
swords. The sword was worn. as 1t is
now, on the left side Consequently
in drawing their weapon II was done
with the right hand, and to get quick
ly upon guard man had to have his
right side to his opponent; hence the
custom of keeping to the left.
I'm America when every man carried
his life in his hand on account Of saw
age Indians all men carried guns. The
easiest and most natural way to carry
a gun, either afoot or mounted. is over
the left arm with the muzZle pointed
outward, and II takes but a very slight
movement to throw the butt against
the right shoulder. For that reason
the early settlers kept to the right Of
the road so their weapon could in
stantly be brought TO bear on any
mark that was necessary."-Philadel
phia Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
Men With Green Hair.

Copper Is scarce" said broker,
but there is still enough of It left to
turn the copper workers hair green"
His hair green?"
Precisely. In those copper districts
where the ore is of low grade it Is
roasted in open furnaces to refine It
and make 1t more marketable. A gas
emanates from the furnaces that turns
the firemen's hair bright green. this
arsenic green that the firemen's hair
takes on.
$50 If you ever see a man with
green hair you can say. a la Sherlock
Holmes:
There. my dear Watson. is cop
per furnace tendert"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
CURING BAD HABITS.
Try Little Self Hypnotism on Your
Pet Weaknesses.

In a large eastern city Is a profes-
sional hypnotist who has a wide repu-
tatiOn for curing the habit Of intern
pa-ance. His method Is dirt simple.
There Is no real hypnotism about II
unless IL IL matter OF self hypno-
tism." this professor once said. Il
simply observe the mind process OF the
man that drinks and advise him how
TO reverse IT, The subcOnscious solil-
squy in the mind of the man that
drinks runs something like this:
When did have my last ballf
whew! Long as that | don't see how
| stood il so long. Wouldn't have
thought II possible And so on the
victim repeats TO himself on the prin-
ciple that he needs this periodical
stimulant Just as II is necessary to
heap coal on to fire TO keep 1t from
burning out In word. that man self
hypnotizes himself into the belief that
he needs a drink.
My advice to cure this craving Is
not TO fight the appetite, but to fight
down the cause that leads to the ap-
petite Let man repeat to himself
over and over again: I really don't
need this drink. If take 1t, it's sim
ply a matter of pouring so much down
my throat superfluously, for | could
get along without Before long he
will be surprised how instead Of hyp-
nothing himself into drink he will
hypnotic himself out of It."
Simple. isn't It? But II this self
hypnotism or whatever you choose to
call ii is cure for intempernnce why
Is 1t not equally recipe for curing
other bad habitsi-Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
This Partisan Beegar Realized the
Value of New Shoes.

This Partisan 6esgar Realized the
Value of New Shoes.
Begging has long been a great art In
Europe. BY using subtle touches OF
misery and calculated effects of dis
ease and ACKNOWLEDGMENT the beggar
became a master of pathetic appeal.
A delightful story. of Dupre, the sculp
tor, is quoted by Hamilton W. Mabie
In the outlook.
Looking out of his window In ho-
tel one bleak wintry morning in the
good old times. Dupre saw an old beg
gar sitting barefooted on the stone
steps below. His heart was moved
with compassion, and he began TO
search for a pair of shoes. He found
two pairs. one of them new.
do not give the new pair away:
you will need them yourself" urged
his prudent wife.
NO" said the sculptor. 81 shall find
the old pair more comfortable. More.
over. II am to give anything away
| am going to give the best | have"
So he hurried downstairs and put the
new shoes In the hands Of the bare
footed old man The next morning the
beggar sat on the steps as usual, and.
as usual, his feet were bare. Dupre
hurried down to him. where are the
shoes gave you? You are not wear
ing them" he said.
mo" replied the old man, IL could
not wear them, excellency. II ! did
nobody would give me anything. !
have pawned them"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03

1t is hard to believe that a shadow
is probably the origin of all astronom-
zeal. geometrical and geographical sci.
ence. The first man who fixed his
staff perpendicularly In the ground
and measured its shadow was the ear
Hest computer Of time, and the Arab
Of today who plants his spear in the
sand and marks where the shadow
falls is his direct descendant. It Is
from the shadow of gnomon that the
early Egyptians told the length Of the
year. 1t is from the shadow Of gno-
mon that the inhabitants of upper
Egypt still measure the hours of work
for water wheel. In this case the
gnomon is lhurra stalk supported on
forked uprights and points north and
south. East and west are pegs in the
ground evenly marking the space of
earth between sunrise and sunset. In
land of constant sunshine a shadow
was the primitive thermometer. 1t
was also the primitive footrule.-Lon.
don T. P.'s Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
FIGHTING NATURE.
What One Mans Patient Effort Wrune
From a Desert In France.

In the southwest of France. between
the rivers Adour and Garonne, are
long stretches of pine woods. green
and cool.
Where these pines now stand was
barren waste In the middle of the last
century. Sun and wind Wed with each
other in making the land drier and
dustier. Over the stormy bay of Bis
cay came winds that set up great
sandstorms and sometimes buried
whole villages. The whole region was
one of hopelessness and despair. Fate
was against 1t.
But finally there came man who
acknowledged fate only as something
to be overcome This man, one Bre
monitor. was an inspector of roads.
He began fencing In the desert He
built fence and behind II planted
broom seeds. Behind the broom seeds
he put seeds of the pine. The fence
protected the broom seeds. and the
broom grew. Then the broom in its
turn afforded shelter to the delicate
pine shoots.
Soon the pines spread, and their
tough roots bound the sandy soil to-
gether. The first step was accomplish
ed. Then canals were made to drain
the wet parts and carry water to the
dry.
Thus did one man by patient effort
turn a dreary desert into a home for
an Industrious and healthy population.
1t was an instance of triumph over
fate.-New York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
Juries In the Old DAYS

In o'den times when a jury in Eng
land remained imperyiOus to the judges
gentle mode of persuasion fine and i'm
prisonment were resorted to. The jury
that acquitted Sir Nicholas Throck-
morton was condemned to eight
months Imprisonment In addition to
the payment of large sum OF money.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth jury,
having reduced a prisoners alleged
crime Of murder to that of manslaugh-
ter, was ut once sent to prison and
bound over in large sum to be of
good behavior. Penalties were like
wise inflicted upon the innocent wife
and children of the offending jurymen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
Invisible Indians.

All Indians seem to have learned
wonderful way of walking unseen.
making themselves In ,ible like GER
tain spiders, which, In case of alarm,
caused, for example, by bird alight,
Ing on the bush their webs are spread
upon, Immediately bounce themselves
up and down on their elastic threads
so rapidly that only blur is visible.
The wild Indian power of escaping
observation, even where there is little
or no cover to hide in, was probably
slowly acquired in hard hunting and
fighting lessons while trying to APP
proach game, take enemies by surprise
or get safely away when compelled to
retreat. And this experience transmit
ted through many generations seems
at length to have become what is
vaguely called instinct.-John Muir in
Atlantic
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
TOWER HILL.
A Noted London sPot. the Scene Of
Many Famous Occurrences.

Many Famous Occurrences.
Tower Hill is perhaps both the most
important eminence and the most no
table spot in all London Few Of US
think what great persons have quietly
lived there and what others. equally
great. have wept and died upon H.
To II, or rather to Great Tower
street, came Rochester 20 pursue his
trade as an Italian fortune teller.
while the bedizened buckingham Of
ten walked thither 20 consult a con
jurer, shrewd. farseelng rogue, who.
when FELTON, bought at the cutters
shop on the summit 81 the hill for
shilling the knife with which he killed
the dukes father, may have known
for what purpose II was required.
William Penn was born on this Hill
In house close 10 London wall. For
ty-four years later-that Is. In A. ID.
1854 poet lay dead, chnkcd by a
crust which starvation had urged him
to devOur too greedIly. In an upper
room of the Bull tavern. This was the
i'll fatcd Otway At the time when
the son of the muses. lay dead Better
ton. the Celebrated founder of the
stage after the restoration. was
wringing fears from the eyes Of the
public. net for the famlshed dead. but
ut his own fictitious sorrows In "Ven
Ice Preserv cd"
II was In Great Tower street that
Peter the Great used To pass his even
ings drinking hot pepper and brandy
with his boon companion. Lord Car
marthen.-London Standard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03

The name Lake of Blood or its equiv
alent has been given to places as far
apart as England and South America.
"Sanguelac"-i e., the Lake OF
Blood-was the name given by the vic
torious Normans to the battlefield at
Hastings, where the Saxons were over.
thrown and slain with terrible carnage.
For a similar reason Lake Trasimene
has borne the name "Sanginetto' be-
cause its waters were Redeemed during
the second Punic war by the blood OF
some $4,000 Romans who fell before
the troops of Hannibal.
Yet another Lake Of Blood. called
also "Yaguar Cocha," is situated In
the state of Ecuador 1t is one Of a
series Of lakes formed by the extinct
craters Of volcanoes on the towering
heights of the Andes range of noun
tainS
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
The Business of Life.

Life Is business we are all apt to
mismanage, either living recklessly
from day to day or suffering ourselves
to be guiled out Of our moments by the
inanities of custom. We should de
spise a man who gave as little activity
and forethought to the conduct of any
other business. But In this, which is
the one thing Of all others, since 1t
contains them all, we cannot see the
forest for the trees. One brief i'm.
preston obliterates another. There is
something Supplying in the recurrence
of unimportant things, and 1t is only
on rare provocations that we can rise
to take an outlook beyond daily con-
Germs and comprehend the narrow lin
its and great possibilities of our exist
ence.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
New ZesIand's Glaciers.

The great size of the glaciers around
Mount Cook. in New Zealand, has
been often remarked. The Tasman is
eighteen miles long. the Murchison
ten miles, the Cooley eight miles, the
Mueller eight miles and the Hooker
seven miles. Most Of these glaciers
have moraines of exceeding rough,
ness, but the approaches to them are
not steep, rs is usually the case with
European glaciers. The southern
Alpine snow line Is only a little over
1000 feet. Glacially polished rocks
are rare, and in many ways the noun.
tains are singularly different from
those Of central Europe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
HE WON The HOUSE.
Ned Harrigan's Plea at a Critical Point
In a Play.

Ned Hsrrigan's Plea at Critical Point
In Play.
Edward Harrigan once said that the
most trying moment In his theatrical
career occurred in New Orleans soon
tfter the civil war. He had gone south
with his company and. yielding some.
what to popular request, put on THE
Blue and the Gray" The play had
been a success up north. but down
south. with the air still full of the bit
terness OF the war. II was a dangerous
experiment Tony Hart was to repre-
sent the Confederate gray. so he hunt.
ed up a uniform of the Louisiana tt.
gers, and when he came marching on.
young, stalwart, handsome. the typical
soldier boy in the beloved uniform. the
house, men and women, cheered and
shouted and cried for all their heroes
embodied in this boy. Harrigan. stand
ing In the wings In his northern blue,
waiting TO go on. had just one thought
They'll kin mew Then he stepped
out, the embodiment of the enemy, and
a cold. dead silence fell upon the
house. Not hand moved for him.
The audience was tense with emotion,
and there was only an instant TO act
If the play was to be saved Harrigan,
big. kindly. good looking. came swiftly
down to the front and stepped over
the footlight gutter, leaning down to
-
you give the Yankee handf" he ex-
claimed. At once the house was caught
and all the pentup feeling turned the
right way. There was a yell Of ap-
plause
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
Tortured for Is Years

by a cure-defying stomach trouble that
baffled doctors, and resisted all remedies
he tried, John w. Modders, of Modders-
vile, Mich, seemed doomed. He had
to sell his farm and give up work. His
neighbors said, "He can't live much
longer" "Whatever | ate distressed
me-, he wrote, "till | tried Electric
Bitters, which worked such wonders for
me that l can now eat things l could
not take for years. It's surely grand
remedy for stomach trouble" just as
good for the liver and kidneys. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only SOC at j. W.
Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
Diamonds.

Diamonds were first brought to Eu-
rope from the east, where the mine
of Sumbulpoor was the first known.
Golconda, now in ruins, was once
celebrated diamond mart The mines
Of Brazil were discovered in 1928 and
for a long time furnished most of the
diamonds Of commerce. In 1867 dia-
monds were discovered in Cape Colo
ny, and in 1870 the wonderful finds In
the Transvaal were made which re-
suited in the immense fortunes of the
late Cecil Rhodes and others. Most
Of the diamonds of the world are now
furnished by the South African fields.
New York American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
ATHLETIC DEVOTiONS.
Gymnastio Exercises That Impressed
the Kurdish Villagers

Gymnastic Exercises That Impressed
the Kurdish Villagers.
Everything is liable to be miSunder
stood, even gymnastic exercises This
truth was brought home to George II.
Hepworth, and he tells his experience
In Through Armenia on Horseback"
The author was stopping In Il Kurdish
village, and the Inn possessed but one
general living room.
In the morning | began my regular
gymnastics, STOPPING until my fingers
touched the floor, throwing my arms
about like the spOkes of a wheel. strik-
ing out from the shoulder and going
through all the exercises. none of which
| ever omitted. | would gladly have
taken sponge bath, but 1t would have
been impossible to get enough water.
A pint is enough to suffice Turk
Well, got under way with my exer-
cises when | saw that my audience
was excited; conversation dropped into
whisper, then ceased; word passed
from one to another, and one by one
the occupants of the room quietly left.
| feared that they were offended and
wanted to call them back and apollo.
gize. Just then my dragoman entered,
laughing
"What has happenedf" | asked.
He laughed the harder az he replied
THE Kurds think you are practicing
devotional religious exercises, and they
retired under the impression that you
would regard their presence as an in
trusion"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
ON THE TRAIL.
But He Didn't Know the Kind Of Game
He Was Tracking.

But He Didn't Know the Kind Of Game
He Was Tracking.
In the old days n man known as
Judge Douglass lived in Helena. Mont
The Judge had met with an accident In
his youth and had lost both of his
legs above the knees He never would
get artificial legs. but had some big
leather pads made to fit on the ends Of
the stumps and walked on them.
Locomotion was slow for the Judge,
but he managed to cover good deal
of ground and was very fond Of walk
ing out on the edge of the town. where
he could take his exercise without be
ing the subject of remark from stran-
gers in the city.
One day an Englishman came to Hell
ena TO hunt He had some letters and
put up ut the Helena club He stayed
around for several days. Finally. aft
er light fall of snow. he decided to
go ont into the mountains and get a
sheep or a deer or something.
He left early in the morning. When
II came night he had not returned.
His hosts around the club waited until
s O'Clock nnd then decided TO go out
and look him up, thinking he might
have been lost in one of the gulches or
canyons in the hills.
They formed Il rescue party and
went out to the edge of the town.
There they met the Englishman, who
was wildly excited.
Did you get anythingT' they asked
him.
NO" he replied. mot yet. but I've
been tracking an elephant for the last
three hours. Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03

The water lily of the Amazon has
very elusive habits. The buds open
twice, the first time just chink at
the tip in the early sunrise hours, Il
sort of premonitory symptom. On the
sepals with such alacrity that you can
see them move. But the big white bud
among them remains unchanged until
4 O'Clock in the morning, when 1t bur
riedly spreads its blossom wide open,
remaining in this condition only half
an hour. Within the hour it has near
ly closed, and by another hour and n
half the entire flower has been drawn
under water by the coiling of the stalk.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
The Donkey's Head.

Among the most extraordinary pieces
of symbolism known to have been used
by the early Asiatics was figure of a
donkeys head used as representative
of the deity. There is no doubt what
ever that the same emblem was once
used among the Hittites. the Egyptians
and one or two other nations as sym
boil of their red god SUIT. The super
stition Of the yellow donkey Of India,
the story of the swift ass Of eastern
Asia and the ass of Dionysius and
many other marvellous ass stories are
all survivals of that curious form Of
religious worship the alteration of the
ass head.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
THE SMILE OF A WOMAN.


THE smile OF a woman. IL brings back
the sun
When shadows drift down and the day
light is done.
THE smile of a woman. it lifts and it
leads
The heart that is heavy. the spirit that
bleeds.
THE smile of a woman. in worlds that
l. are digit
In garments Of winter-wind driven and
white
DAWNS down the dark valleys and
II over the hills
Till spring laughs again on the lips OF
the rills
A ND summers soft morning comes
n back to the land
With a rose in its hair and bloom In Its
hand.
TIME smile of a woman. 1t brings to the
earth
The music of morn on the red lips OF
mirth;
THE hope and the Joy and the dream
l. ing of rest
Where love holds a little ones face on
her breast.
Unidentified.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
THE FLY Oh THE PANE.
u viii Crawl TO the Top. but Viii Fly
Back to the Bottom.


A hy on n window pane will crawl
TO the top. iiy back 10 the bottom and
crawl up again. This urder Is seldom
reversed why mo- uur knows. Ii j.
On record that Il fly crawled up win
dow pane tnirty-iwn times. returning;
each time wing
Hens srratrh for fund with the sun
behind them. the reason being that th'
rays reflect un the inmate particles. =
blind hen will pick grain aud not miss
kernel.
Cats seldom lie with their feet 10 thu
fire Usually they lie un the left side
Dogs lie with their fore paws To the
fire.
mouse will ignore food supply
sufficient for meal aud run great
risks TO nibblP nj wholesale supply
ply and not depart therefrom until &C
tually disturbed. II isn't true that u
mouse runs TO it's hole ut the first
alarm
flnu naflnleSS lltlle Sndhe llf
length of a lead pencil aud provide f
box for 1t in the house. visit il daily
and at the end of three months it vii
crawl to you for food.
Goldfish usually swim around globe
TO the right. They can be taught to
take fly out of the hand In six weeks
time. The presence of other fish In
the globe is generally ignored by gold
fish. Drop a piece of chip on the sur
face of the water and it will frighten
q fish.
Sheep spend more time grazing than
do cattle and horses. Sheep will eat
for twelve hours out Of twenty-four.-
New York World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03

81 once had a parishioner who was
miser.' said an English clergyman.
"For this mans benefit l preached one
Sunday strong sermon on the neces-
sity of charity, of philanthropy-a ser
mon on the duty and the joy of Civ
ing The miser, at whom | gazed
often, seemed impressed
Next day met him on the street.
"'Well, john said. what do you
think Of yesterdays sermon?'
ut moved me deeply, sir he an
swered. 1T brought home to me so
strongly the necessity of giving aims
that honestly. sir, I've a great mind
TO turn bcggnr'"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
Wife Got Tip Top Advice.

"My wife wanted me to take our boy
to the doctor to cure an ugly boil
writes ID. Frankel, of Stroud, Okla. 81
said, put Bucken's Arniea Salve on it,.
She did so, and it cured the boil in a
short time" Quickest healer Of Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, Corns, Bruises, Sprains,
Swellings. Best Pile cure on earth.
Only 25c at }. w. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03
BURNING OF WIDOWS.
The Horrible Ri.s india Msintainsd
For Over Twenty Centuries.


For Over Twenty Centuries.
The abolition Of the houid rite Of
widow burning in India was decreed
by the British authorities in 1S29.
The dreadful practice was found
there by the MacedOnians under Alex
ander the Great 800 years before
Christ. and for more than twenty-one
long. weary centuries did II repeat its
almost Uncomfortable torture and ago
ny upon the women Of India. The
sacrifice, while not actually forced on
the wife. was so strongly insisted on
by public opinion that It amounted TO
law. and It's victims were legion.
Scores Of widows were often burned
upon the funeral pile of a single IA
jah. In Bengal, the head center OF
the monstroslty, thousands were sac
rificed annually, and the figure for all
India was appalling.
The millions of widowed women
were completely at the mercy OF the
remorseless superstition of the times.
The ministers of Brahmanism told
the widow that her sacrifice was nee
essary as n means of her own happi-
ness and that of her husband in the
future state. and oftener than other
wise she consented to be burned along
with the dead body of her husband.
Unless she did this she was covered
with the maledlctions and curses OF
the people. was virtually outlawed
and unceremoniously cast outside the
pale Of human sympathy and consid-
Grafton and had TO spend the rest OF
her days I'm degradation and wretch
edness. II was death on the funeral
pile of her husband or living death
of contumely and shame, Of loneliness
and misery.
The women of India can never dis
charge their debt Of gratitude to Eng
land for the abolition of the suttee.-
New York American.