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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

those sitting opposite you and even
those at your side.
with a little practice the range oil
your side vision can be extended be-
hind you in each direction TO an angle
Of fOrty-fiye degrees. and you can see
clearly every movement that takes
place ON both sides simultaneously.
Now. just think what this means.
The man in possession OF good side
vision is not an easy one 10 take 10y
surprise. In business he finds II
valuable asset, especially when talking
with more than one person a; time.
He can guard against dangers from
unexpected sources, and when crossing
a roadway he can clearly see the traf-
tic coming from either direction while
still looking straight ahead.-London
Answers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
The First Quarantine

From all accounts the custom of
quarantine originated in Venice some
where about the beginning of the
tweifth century. All merchants and
others coming from the eastern coun-
tries were obliged to remain in the
house of st. Lazarus for a period of
forty days before they were admitted
INTO the city. Taking the idea from
Venice other European cities, espe-
clally port towns, instituted quaran-
tlne during seasons Of plague, and well
down into modern times most nations
adopted the system, applying it when
1t was deemed necessary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

Moliere had written many plays to
ridicule doctors and medicine. Louis
XIV. heard that the author had, how
ever, a doctor at his service since he
became famous and well to do, so the
king one day called upon Moliere and
said TO him:
81 have heard, Moliere, that you have
Il physician. What is he doing TO
youT
sire" answered the author of the
Malade ImaCinaire, I'VE chat together,
be writes prescriptions for me, don't
take them, and | am cured"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
a Warning Against Wet Feet

Wet aud chilled feet usually atfe ct
the mucus membrane of the nose, throat
and lungs, and la grippe, bronchitis or
pneumonia may result. Watch care
fully, particularly the children, aud for
the racking stubborn coughs give FOley's
Honey and Tar Compound. 1t soothes
the inhamed membrane, and heals the
cough quickly. Take no substitute
John W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
How Cold Affects the Kidneys

Avoid taking cold if your kidneys are
sensitive. Cold congests the kidneys
throws too much work upon them, aud
weakeus their action. Serious kidney
trouble aud even Brights disease may
result. Strengthen your kidneys, get
rid of the pain and soreness, build them
up by the timely use of Foley Kidney
Pills. Tonic in action, quick in results,
John w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
N ature.

1--WE say that nature is blind" says
John Burroughs In the Atlantic, "but
she has no need Of eyes, she tries all
courses. She has infinite time, infinite
power. infinite space, and so far as our
feeble minds can see her delight is to
play this game Of blind mans buff over
and over to all eternity. Her creatures
get life and the Joy and pain that life
brings. But what Is augmented or de-
pleted or concluded or satisfied or full
filled who knOws?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

nephew. The old
man seldom had
occasion to go be
hind the bar or to
deal directly with
the public in 9th
er ways.
One day, how
ever, all hands
were out of reach
W b g n Il III a II
came in to get a
drink. To make
the stu a ii o II
acute, he ordered
4 cocktail.
The proprietor
K II e w of $ u c h
things vaguely,
but in n p lac g
where everybody
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

Pain and pleasure both decay.
Wealth and poverty depart.
Wisdom makes a longer stay.
Therefore be thou wise, my heart.
Land remains not, nor do they
Who the lands today control
Kings and princes pass away.
Therefore be thou fixed, my soul.
II by hatred. love or pride
Thou art shaken. thou art wrong.
Only one thing will abide
Only goodness can be strong.
Richard Henry Stoddard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
An Epidemic of Couahinq

Is sweeping over the town. Old and
young alike are affected, aud the strain
is particularly hard on little children and
on elderly people. Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound is quick, safe and re-
liable cure for all coughs and colds.
Contains no opiates.-John w. Thurs
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
First la Grippe, Then Bronchitis

That was the case with Mrs. w. S.
Bailey, McCreary, Ky. "My wife was
taken down with a severe attack of la
grippe, which run into bronchitis. She
coughed as tho she had consumption
and could not sleep at night. The
first bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound gave her so much relief that
she continued using it until she was
permanently cured john W. Thurston
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
Too Much For Hin,

ALLOW me- said the fresh young
man in the Pullman dining car as he
passed the sugar bowl to a shy young
girl; sweets TO the sweet, you know"
ALLOW me- said the girl as she
handed him plate of crackers;
Crackers to the cracked, you know
Ladies' Home Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
A Thorouuh Test,

inspector, that woman I said was
Always listening on my party line must
have quit"
What makes you think so?"
why. my wife has been listening
for three weeks and hasn't caught her
yet."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
Gone, PERHAPS.

"The professor is in the laboratory
conducting some chemical experiments.
The professor expects to go down to
posterity."
s From the laboratory-Br-r-r, bangl
The Visitor-l hope the professor
hasn't gone.-Harlem Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
CULTIVATE SIDE VISION.
II Will Enable You to See In Several
Directions at Once.

Directions at Once.
One of the most useful gifts one can
have is good side vision. BY side
vision is meant literally ability to
see IN several directions at once and
to know what is going on in other di-
rections besides that upon which the
gaze may he dXed at the moment.
Just try the next time you are read
ing your paper in the train, for in
stance, and you will understand clear
iy what is meant.
You can with little effort and while
still reading follow the movements Of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
a Misanthrone.

There is no use wasting sympathy
on man who can't be happy with
good health, good meals and good
weather. Chicago Record Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

came to drink Bohemian beer a cock
tail had no place.
First he took lemonade glass and
put some ice in 1t, Then he poured
from every bottle behind the bar and
Set the mixture before the customer.
There" he said You have every
thing but the license. Drink it."--Chi-
cago Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
a FOOLS Paradise.

A world in which there were no la.
'Fors to be accomplished, no burdens to
be borne, no storms to be endured,
would be a world without true JOY,
honest pleasure or noble aspiration.
1t would be Il fools paradise.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
y" The -
Scrap Book
Inlted His DAINTY.

James ]. Hill. the railroad king, told
he following amusing incident hap
oeuing on one Of his roads:
zone of our division superintendent
aad received numerous complaints that
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

= Young Hostess giving her first dance,
to her sistersl-- Girls, I'm SO anxious.
DO you think shall enjoy myself?
do hope shall.-London Punch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
A Noble Footman.

Billy Hit. a well known society man
in Washington, was late one evening
for dinner Mt the home Of Larz Ander-
son. Springing from his automobile,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16
A Pessimist.

Tommy Cod-What is it they call a
pessimist, PAT Pa Coda pessimist,
my son, is fish who thinks there Is
hook in every worm!-Puck.
Foley Kidney Pills will cure any case
of kidney or bladder trouble not beyond
the reach of medicine. No medicine
can do more.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

5 7 Maroney & Co, Island Pond VI
All Farrham, Canaan, Vt
+ BIspaulding, Lancaster, y n
5 1. Blake, Island Pond. Vt
c | Moore, Morgan, Vt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

MOVE THAT TRAIN long freight tram
on sPLUTTERED anchored squarely
THE SUPER" across if. 4 brake
man who didn't know him by sight sat
cOmplacently on the top OF the ear.
"'Move that train on" spluttered the
little super Get it or the crossing
50 people can pass. Move on, ! say!
"The brakeman surveyed the tempes-
luous little man from head TO foot.
You 90 to blazes, you little shrimp! he
replied. You're small enough to crawl
under "-CosmopOlitan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-02-16

freight trains were
in the habit of
stOppin & on a
grade crossing in
a certain 5 IN ii
town. tn ere b y
blocking travel for
long periods. He
issued orders. but
still the kicks
came in. Finally he
decided TO investi-
gate personally. a
short man in size,
very excitable, he
went down TO the
crossing. and, sure
enoug h, { h ere
stood, in defiance
Of his orders, n
The oasis., 1912-11-16

ful progeny, and probably as abundant in point of numbers, as would have been the case had there been no war, and had the entire count of men who were in arms been left to breed. Professor Jor- dan has to go only to Kansas, Ne braska, and the two Dakotas, to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Okla homa and Texas the great soldier states, which were populated by the survivors of the Civil War, and where their progeny of the second generation prevail, with the third coming on. Nowhere upon the face of Earth will he find stronger, more self reliant citizen ship, with a keener insight to mundane affairs, and with more progressive tendency. It is the breeding ground of ideas, generated in the minds of men and women bred from a generation who feared not to risk life and all for a prin- cfple. And go where he will throughout the United States Pro- lessor Jordan will find the sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of the survivors of the Civil War, leaders in the arts of peace and collectively a living, vital force for the uplifting of the race, without whom the nation would be poor indeed,
 Much of what President Jordan said at Kansas City about national debts may be true, but that is an other topic; and there are those who argue quite logically that a national debt is a national blessing.
The oasis., 1912-11-16
IS WAR USELESS?

Whatever the noise and buster and apparent provocation there will never be another great war in Europe. The game is played out"
 This declaration was made at Kansas City recently by David Star Jordan, president of Leland Stanford University, addressing the Knife and Fork Club.
 President Jordan pointed out that "War is world sickness" which must spread from part to all the others" He spoke of the degeneration of nations through the loss of their best citizens, the young and virile in war and traced through history the wrecking of em- pires. Japan's terrible strength as shown in the war with Russia, was not due to constant practice in warfare, he said, but rather to centuries of peace wherein the race had grown strong through struggle for existence, which had eliminated the weak instead of the strong and courageous.
 International peace," he said, "means condition in which the boun- dary line between nations is not a line of suspicion and hate, but a convenience in judicial and administrative adjust ments
 s'Such boundary line is the 4000-mile line that separates Canada from the United States, an undefended border which for nearly 100 years has not known a fortress nor warship nor a gun.
 "An armed peace by which nations are supposed to be frightened into ac- quiescence, is in the long run likely to be as ruinous as war Though war has ceased, it's cost still goes on.
 "A gigantic national debt involved an invisible empire which shall direct and control credit. The foundation of such an empire was laid century and half ago by the pawn-broker, Mayer, called Rothschild. of Frankfort-on-the-M Main. From the battle of Waterloo until his death Nathan Rothschild was the actual ruler of Europe.
 "To control it is not necessary to own. A man may control railway without owning it :; so one may have control of nations. The war debt of Europe today approaches twenty-six thousand millions of dollars. "The system of layingburdens on posterity" says Goldwin Smith, Ire. moves the last check on war"
 "Bv means of indirect taxation the people never know what they are pay ing. By means of the war debt the cost is shifted to generations yet unborn. We are no longer living beyond our means but beyond the means of the fourtl generation.
 "TweIve millions of dollars yesterday was the standard cost of dread-naught today it is $l5,000, ,000, and few more years will raise this to $25, ,000, 900 unless indeed, by that time such vessels can bt had for their worth in old iron.
 Ut is easier for a nation, as for ; man, to fall into the lead of its associ
The oasis., 1912-11-16

BRYAN received about the same vote in 1908 that was given Wilson this year. But then Bryan had only one man to beat, and couldn't do it. Wilson ran against two or three, and got through as slick as grease.
The oasis., 1912-11-16

THE way investors are hocking into Sonora after but a few weeks of quiet should be a demonstrati on to the people of the republic at large that disorder does not pay and that revolts are losing proposl' tions.
The oasis., 1912-11-16

IN CALIFORNIA the election Oth- cials are still counting votes, with first Wilson and then Roosevelt a dozen votes or so ahead.
The oasis., 1912-11-16

Germany, had not said to President Roosevelt: Hands off; let them fight it out" as did Russia in 1862. The condition of affairs in Asia and upon the Pacific would have been far better today. And the time is coming when the American people will pay dearly in blood and treasure for the crass folly of it's whilom president posing as a worlds arbitrator.
 Then as to the cost to the Amer ican people of ridding themselves of slavery. It is true that the price was 650,000 lives, from among all the bravesG and best. But it took not all of the most courageous and most fit. as would the assertion of Professor Jordan imply. And their very experiences in that terrible war rendered the survivors far more fit than they would have been otherwise for discharging thehighest duties of citizenship, and for breed ing better and more capable posterity. It is true that taken to- gether the two contending sections lost 650,000 men; but there were more than three millions of men under arms. So the loss was twenty per cent The remaining eighty per cent returned to the walks of civil life, but there was not one of them, even though maimed, who was not better man, in physical, mental and moral stamina, than he would have been without the experience of the camp, the march and the battle field, and far more capable of breeding an active, vigorous posterity than he would have been had there been no war and he had remained within the narrow horizon of life from which the war took him and expanded him. In their long and strenuous experiences the two and one half million of men, who returned from that great war, whether from the ranks of victors or vanquished. haC acquired a mental and bodily vlgol that most of them would have beer without. habits of precision, sel
 abnegation, self reliance, that they would have never attained other
 wise, and a broader and larger view of life and the affairs of the worlt that never would have come t( them had they remained at hom' confined to the activities of tn, farm, the workshop, the factory O
 the counting house. All those fact
 were factors in breeding the gen
 eration which followed them, ant are yet on the field of life. Ant despite the loss of twenty per cen of their number, the surviving
 eighty per cent of the survivors o
 the Civil War gave to America stronger, more virile and more use
The oasis., 1912-11-16

lb COOb uo OOOyVOO lANOS OA lCuAAS hAOA to get rid of slavery. I saw not long ago in Maryland fifty acres of those young men. There are some F, ,000 acres filled with them on the fields of the South And this number was the best the na- tion could bring. The gaps they left are filled to all appearances. But new generation has grown up Of men and women born since war. The men that died in the weary time" had better stuff in them than the father of the average man today.
 ssBenjamin Franklin said "Wars are not paid for in war time. The bill comes later"
 The trouble with all such gen. eralization as that presented by President Jordan at Kansas City, is that they survey and take into consideration but a portion of the field of fact from which to draw conclusions, and as consequence the conclusions so drawn are open to challenge, as are those of the Stanford president.
 As quoted by Abraham Lincoln from Holy Writ, in one of his great state papers during the Civil War: War is woe; yet wars must needs be, but woe unto those through whom wars come" And whoever be those to suffer war will come so long as there are wastes to reclaim from the wilderness, as was North America two centuries ago, and as are Africa and South America at this time, or so long as brutal and alien religious despotism holds down the aspira- tions of race, as has been the case in the Balkans through gen. erations.
 But to return to the generaliza- tions of President Jordan. His first assertion with regard to the remarkable success of Japan in her war with Russia. The Muscovite empire was not whipped by great deal, and Japan was at her last gasp. Had the war been permitted to continue the Japanese armies would have been beaten back and driven out from the mainland of Asia. We had a parallel case in our own Civil War. At the onset with superior preparation and the dash given by striking the first blow the South had and held the advantage during the first two years. Had France and England in tervened, which, they would have done but for the restraining in huence of Russia, the South woulC have been successful in its efforts at separation, and slavery woulC
 have been perpetuated. But il ] the Russian n-Japanese war, busy
 body President of the United States
 backed by the blindness of tn,
 American people, forgetting tn,
 unpaid debt of gratitude they ow
 to Russia, intervened to terminat
 the war when Russia had reached
 position to turn the tide of war
 as did the North at Gettysburg ant
The oasis., 1912-11-16

GosHl What quick job the Balkan states made in cha nging the map of Europe.
The oasis., 1912-11-16

Now, THEN. Whet up the butcher knife for the turkeys neck.
The oasis., 1912-11-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

SAY! That bull moose turned out nothing but nOuio.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
NEED ANOTHER APPROPRIATION
All of the Exterior Work on Memorial
Hall to Be Completed
At Once.

1t will take another appropriation
from the legislature to complete and
furnish Memorial hail.
The commission which met in the
office of Governor Stubbs the other
day, allowed some. bills and let some
contracts. 1t also looked into finap,
cial matters to see how far 1t could
so with the remaining money.
Il was agreed at this meeting that
cement sidewalk should be built on
the west and south sides of the build
ing that the retaining wall should be
completed and that all the exterior OF
the building should be completed.
There is a great deal of work to be
done on the interior before the build
ing is ready for occupancy. In addi-
ton to that there must be good-sized
appropriation with which to purchase
and install the furnishings.
1t is probable that there will be
number of changes in the membership
of the commission after the first of the
year. The law makes the lieutenant
governor anu - speaker of the house
members, and they will both be new
men. The governor is a member and
Governor Stubbs will retire in Janu'
airy.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

and that a quid of tobacco was
throwed in anger" Having thus clear
ly established the fact that he was a
more or less national character. MIR.
Wesley took himself off
When he had disappeared from
sight down the street, the judge closed
the door. Then he picked up the let
ter. For long minute he held it in
his hand, uncertain, fearful, while his
mind slipped back into the past until
his inward searching vision ferreted
out handsome soldierly tigure--his
own.
That's what Jackson remembers II
he remembers anything" he NUT
tered, as with trembling fingers he
broke the seal. Almost instantly a
smile overspread his battered fea-
lures. He hitched his chin higher and
squared his ponderous shoulders Il
am not forgotten-no, damn it-no!"
he exulted under his breath. Recalls
ers my services to the country as well
worthy OF recognition" the Judge
breathed deep. What would Mahaffy
find to say now! Certainly this was
well calculated to disturb the sour
cynicism of his friend. His bleared
eyes brimmed. After all his cropping
he had touched hands with the reali-
ties at last! Even federal judgeship,
though not an office of first repute In
the South, had its dignity-it signitied
something! He would make Solomon
his clerk! The judge reached for his
hat. Mahaffy must know at once that
fortune had mended for them. Why,
at that moment he was actually in
receipt of an income!
He sat down, the better to enjoy
the unique sensation. Taxes were be-
ing levied and collected with no other
end In view than his stipend-his ar
dent fancy saw the whole machinery
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

single day he might have been par
doned his pride in brain which thus
lightly dealt with the burden OF Off
cial business. He surrendered the
letter with marked reluctance.
Your surmise is correct" said the
Judge with dignity. 81 had occasion
to write my friend. General jackson,
and unless l am greatly mistaken
have my answer here" And with a
fine air of indifference he tossed the
letter on the table.
And do you know Old Hickory?"
cried Mr.. Wesley.
why not? Does it surprise your"
inquired the judge. 1t was only his
innate courtesy which restrained him
from kicking the postmaster into the
street, so intense was his desire to
be rid of him.
mo, I.don't know as it does. judge.
Naturally a public man like him is in
the way Of meeting with all sorts. A
politician can't afford to be too blame
particular. Well, next time you write
you might Just send him my regards
a W NJ. de L. Wesley's regards
there was considerable contention
over my getting this Office; reckon
be amt forgot. There was speeches
made. understand the lie was passed
between two United States senators.