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Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01


Ing Extinct.
eXterminated, and other curIews great
ly reduced. So adverse to the
shorebirds are present conditions that
the wonder is that any escape. In
both fall and spring they are shot
along the whole route of their migra-
ton north and south
The accompanying illustrations pre-
sent portraits of group of birds, most
of which the average person probably
knows by sight, though l fear that
only a small minority have a clear
idea of their very great economic
worth.
The jacksnipe Tor Wilson's snipe) is
one of the shorebirds preferred to by
Mr.. McAtee). which. as family. are
being rapidly exterminated. 1t de-
stroys large numbers OF worms and
larvae, for which it probes with it's
long bill In the soft earth OF corn and
potato fields-thereby doing the farm
er a great service-as we'll as along
the shores of ponds. lakes and
streams. 1t also feeds on grasshoppers
and other injurious insects. IL should
be carefully protected. especially dur
ing the breeding season.
The kildeer plover is another valu.
able and beautiful shorebird which
is being hunted to death. 1t frequents
meadows and pasture lands, as we'll
as shores, and devours great quanti-
ties Of mosquitoes. crane flies. grass
hoppers, army worms. cut worms,
caterpillars, cotton-boll weevils, clover
leaf weevils, rice weevils. marine
worms, wire worms and crayfish.
Doubtless everybody knows the rob.
in. perhaps the most democratic OF our
birds, beloved in the northern states
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
Only the Sultan Adheres TO the Old
Style Oriental Institution-Mod-
ern Turk Resorts to Divorce.

The domestic arrangements OF the
sultan are entirely different from
those of his subjects. Most Turks
have one wife; the sultan has no
recognized sultana. Turks of high
rank marry into their own class; the
sultan forms unions with women OF
slave origin. The ordinary man may
not look upon an unveiled woman ex-
cept she be his relation OF servant;
the sultan has the right to talk with
any woman in the land face TO face.
Turks of position model their house
holds more or less on the European
plan; the sultan's household is orien-
tai.
That does not mean that In the i'm
perial palace you would find women
slipping sherbet or smoking narghilehs
or clad in baggy trousers. On the
contrary, you would find them smok.
ing nothing more oriental than a
cigarette. sitting on a European chair
and. yes, wearing corsets! But the
code of morals is entirely different,
says the New York Sun.
the old court system OF the Byzantine
emperors and has an etiquette and
law OF it's own. The first fact one
must grasp is that the wives or
favorites of the sultan have no I'm
portance at all. They are nobodies.
The daughter OF Circassian peasant
may be honored by the sultan's favor
and even bear him a child, but yet
be distinguished by no other title
than the commonplace "Kadin Effen.
d." Only the mother OF the eldest
son receives the royal designation OF
Sultan" her whole title being "Kha-
reki sultan"
Her dignity only results from her
being the mother OF a possible heir
to the throne: that is. In the event
that the sultan has no brothers. for
the brothers have the right OF prece-
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

for his cheerful song and his hand
be the companion and the friend OF
man when he is we'll treated. and high
ly valuable as a destroyer of harmful
grubs. worms and insects. Yet this
bird is murdered literally by the thou
sands for pot-pies by negroes and
poor whites In the southern states
above mentioned. and Is more or less
hunted In other states. Mr.. K. A
Mcllhenny. who lives on Avery Island,
La. says that during the ten days or
two weeks OF the robin season" lin
January when the berries are ripe) at
least 10000 of these useful and beau
tiful birds are slaughtered daily for
the pot Every negro man and boy
who can raise a gun is after them"
says Mr.. McIlhenny.
Although this bird causes some loss
to small fruit growers, it certainly
does vastly more good than harm. 1t
Is constantly at work on lawns and
fields hunting for destructive insects,
which 1t is exceedingly difficult to
keep in control. 1t devours many
caterpillars. including hairy species,
which infest the orchard, woodland
and shade trees. Forty per cent. of
it's food is insects, and 43 per cent.
wild fruit. 1t would pay the farmer
well to go some expense in order
to keep the robins away from his
fruit trees and berry bushes rather
thar shoot these birds which are so
useful to him In many ways. To muir
der them for pot-pies is, OF course.
nothing short of barbarous.
The purple martin is also fond of
tho society Of man, and when not
molested by the villainous English
sparrows-and still more villainous
men by whom 1t is shot for food,
chiefly in the south--it is glad to
breed in birdhouses near human habi-
tations. 1t males a charming neigh
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
HARENlS OUT OF DATE in TURKEY

dence as the elder male descendants.
And the royal favorite of the moment
will have transitory Importance on
account of the influence which she
may exercise over the sultan.
Royal princesses are considered in
ferior to the mother of the sultan, who
is the real queen of the little world
of the harem, has absolute authority,
large staff of officials and the su-
preme title of "valide sultan" Thus
it happens that a woman of slave
birth may. IL she be the mother of an
heir to the throne, eventually become
the highest woman OF the land.
Every royal princess has her daira.
or separate apartments, slaves, SER
wants and so on, the management Of
the household being given over to her
kalfas, or ladies in waiting-that Is to
say, Turkish women of good birth
who have remained unmarried.
Royal princesses rarely take a hus-
band of their own rank. They are
generally married by the sultan to
the sons of men of wealth and posi-
ton, such as pashas, officers CT state,
high civil officials and the like, a
policy which is founded on a very
practical reason. namely. that the ar
rangement makes the existence of a
hereditary aristocracy impossible.
One of the paradoxes in Turkey is
that the poorer a Turkish woman is
the greater her freedom. The rich
woman canont move a step unaccom-
panied. She sees Constantinople only
from the windows Of her closed
brougham or through a veil thick
enough to act as a mask. She may
dress as exquisitetly as a mannequin
in a Paris dressmaker's showroom,
but she must not display so much as
an inch OF embroidery in public.
When her husband wants to take a
second wife, or grows tired OF her
and wishes TO divorce her he has
both the opportunity and the means
IL he Is a rich man. 1t is not chic
among Turks of any education to take
second wife; but divorce Is re-
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
pay on Which Women Rule.

Candlemas day Is not celebrated In
Holland much more than in Englabd d.
but its place is taken by a festival tn
known in this country. Slipper day in
the Netherlands is the one day in the
year In which the Dutch woman
claims superiority over her husband.
On that day she rules him to her
hearts content. and he generally
obeys good humoredly enough. That
is, unless she is one OF those ladies'
not unknown in Holland or In aay
other country who aspire to complete
rule over their unhappy partners
throughout the year.-Philadephia IN
quirer.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

Destroyer, But Murdered by the
Thousands for Pot-Pies
In the South.
with the result that the damage they
do is mounting up, year by year.
1t is perfectly apparent that here
is a situation which demands immedi-
ate action, and that this action should
bring about the vigilant protection for
all time, and in all parts OF the coun-
try, of all insectivorous birds. Many
of the most useful OF these birds are
already on the tobogganslide to-
ward determination. as the result OF
stupid state legislation. or the lax en-
forcement of such laws as have been
enacted. To be explicit:
There are seven states in which the
robin is being legally killed by the
tens of thousands annually as game!
These states are Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI
pi, Florida, South Carolina, North Car
olina, Tennessee and Maryland.
The black bird is legalized game"
and suffers the same fate in four
states-Louisiana South Carolina.
Tennessee and Pennsylvania-and the
District Of Columbia besides.
Doves are slaughtered by the whole
sale in 26 states, much to the loss of
the farmers, for this bird is a great
eater of weed seeds.
Cranes, which are also very useful
birds, are much hunted for food and
for sport" in Colorado, Nebraska,
North Dakota and Oklahoma.
or the sixty-odd species of shore
birds g. e.. snipe, curlews, plover,
sandpipers and the like), at least 80
feed on noxious insects; yet all of
these birds are rapidly disappearing.
According to Mr.. w. L. McAtee of the
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
Distinction.

What have you ever done to claim
distinction? In other words, what
have you ever done that was original
or out OF the ordinary"
II once had a part in the actual
transfer of several shares OF stock
on the New York exchange"
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
Jumped, Killed; Stayed, Safe.

Ernest Woods. fireman, jumped and
was killed, while Fred Lebush, en-
gineer, stayed at his post and escaped
death when the train from st. Adams.
which they were driving. collided with
an engine In the Grand Trunk yards at
Montreal. Woods had barely leaped
from the engine when the baggage
car toppled over upon him. -
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
Percentage Amount
of Loss. of Loss.

Total ................. Si2o, 100 oo
Keeping in mind this enormous
loss, consider also the following
facts:
% That insectivorous birds do
more than all other agencies COM
bined to keep down insect pests;
(2) That such birds undoubtedly
are rapidly decreasing in number;
and that, therefore.
60 Destructive insects are, IN all
probability. increasing very rapidly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

HE United States de-
partment of agricul-
ture Is responsible
for the S t ar t.
ling statement that,
in the year 1904, in
sect pests cost this
country no less than
$420.100,00 Here
are the figures of
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

Il see you are paying the hospital
expenses of that painter who fell off
the roof"
Yes; he's too good a man to lose.
AS he went down he touched up two
or three places which would have been
very hard to reach
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

Ant-Destroyer Which Is Being Ex-
termlnted by Pot-Hunters.
bureau OF biological survey Omitted
States department OF agriculture)
"The black bellied plover. or beetle
head, which occurred along the Allan
tic coast in great numbers years ago,
is now seen only as a straggler. The
golden plover. once exceedingly abun-
dant east OF the Great Plains. is now
rare. -. The Eskimo curlew with
in the last decade has probably been
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

Liquid blue is weak solution. Avoid IL.
Buy Red Cross Ball Blue. the blue that's
all blue. Ask your grocer. Adv.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
Bv WILLIAM /. HORNADA Y

(The bird portraits with this article are
from the american Natural History"
Copyright, 1904. by william T. Hornaday.
are reproduced here by the permission OF
the publishers. Charles Scribner's Sons)
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

The surest stepping stone to matrl-
monY Is q solitaire.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
the Night Editors Ro

In the Night Editors Room.
Here's a long story about that
storm on the lake the other day. Want
1t cut down."
Does it begin. The storm beggars
description
Yes"
We'll. run that. and cut out the de-
scription."
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
Its Class.

THAT was a raw deal"
What was?"
THE plot they cooked up"
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01

government experts:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

SaIesma Wanted-To look after
our interest in Essex and adjacent
counties. Salary or Commission.
Address, Lincoln Oil Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
He COULDN'T TAKE THE JOB
Notorious cracksman's Explanation Of
His Reason for Refusing an Easy
Part In Play.

An American philanthropist made a
business of getting jobs for men just
out of jail A notorious craftsman
came to him with letter of introduce
ton from the clergyman.
1--WE the very thing you want" said
the philanthropist, when the jail-bird
had dilated adequately and with pride
upon his exploits. "pll see my friend
Briggs. Come around tomorrow morn
ing"
The craftsman, encouraged by the
prospect of honest work, appeared
promptly at the appointed hour.
You're to go to work at once" said
the philanthropist. "My friend Is pro-
ducing a melodrama. In it is scene
where burglar enters the room and
cracks a safe. Itll only take you a
few minutes, and you don't have to
speak a word-just execute the job
with the minute detail that will make
1t look real. Your salary will be $50
a week"
The convict dolefully shook his
head.
Sorry I can't take the job, boss.
Cant take it? Why, it's the chance
of your life"
Cant help it, boss; I promised my
mother I'd never go on the stage"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

Consul Horton at Smyrna notes that
the Reform, Smyrna newspaper, es'
Inmates the raisin crop for this year
at about 100000 quintals (S7,164,0OO
pounds) and that of figs about $4,000
camel loads (36,OS2,5OO pounds). But
I. from what he has been able to learn
it seems that exporters and dealers
mostly are trying to keep the crop re-
ports at low figure in order to be
able to begin with high prices, and
that If the weather continues favor
able the raisin crop will amount ap.
proximately to 99,616,000 pounds,
against 56,O34,000 pounds last year,
and the fig crop to 100000 camel loads
as against 10000 camel loads last
year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Remarkable Bargains
IN OVERsHOES
L. r. Jones Dry Goods

John Dickson was absent from
school last week, confined to the
house with an attack of la grippe.
B. j. Lang of East Charleston. has
moved his family to this town. They
are occupying one of the Reeve tene-
ments.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church
will hold baked bean supper in the
vestry of the Church, next Wednes-
day evening, January 20.
Fay Blake spent Saturday in Port
land, Me-, with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. t. D. Blake.
Born-Friday, Jan. II, a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Seymour, Jr.
DR.. Albion Farmer of Berlin, N. H.,
was in town over Sunday.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ
Church will meet with Mrs. L. B.
Jones, Tuesday afternoon, January
28th.
Supper Is cents.
Owing to the storm the meeting
of Island Grange is postponed until
Friday evening, January 81. A full
attendance is requested. 1t being
installation of officers refreshments
will be served.
w. A. Wright of St. Johnsbnry,
agent for Ford automobiles for
Caledonia and Essex Counties,
drove one of the 1913 touring cars
to Island Pond, Monday afternoon
of this week. 1t is something un-
usual to be able to run an auto
mobile over the road at this time
of the year.
Mrs. F. c. Spence of Melfort,
Sask., is wishing her sister, M
Maria Mosher.
Mrs. Jacob Farmer was called
to Newark Hollow Wednesday by
the serions illness of her father.
The many friends here of Howard
F. Linden will be pleased to hear of
his marriage in West Burke, Wed.
evening, Jan. Is, to Mabel Mary
Hartwell of Newark. Congrat L
lations.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Bad Effects of the x-Ray.

After great discovery has been
made in medicine and practitioners
have enthusiastically entered on the
use of the new thing 1t usually fol
lows that the loudly hailed panacea
is not all that 1t was thought to be
DR.. A. Ravogli, in the Journal Of the
American Medical Association, dis
closes some of the injurious effects
of the X-ray as a therapeutic agent
He describes LESSONS produced by its
use and of a case of cancer following
its use in lupus. He shows that while
this powerful physical remedy may
often be used with advantage, the
greatest care must be observed and
that many patients have suffered
through its use by inexperienced Office
attendants.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Agreed With Her.

A story is told concerning a famous
man Of letters who visited Washing.
ton and appeared at dinner party.
He sat pext to young girl, who rat
tied away at the famous man. He
wanted to talk to his hostess, but
hadn't chance. The girl said to him.
I'm awfully stuck on Shakespeare.
Don't you think he's terribly interest
ing?" Everybody listened to hear the
great mans brilliant reply; for, as a
Shakespearean scholar. he has few
peers. eyes," he said solemnly, 81
do think he is interesting. I think he
is more than that. I think Shakes.
peare is just simply too dear for any
thing!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
PARAGRAPHS
AND PERSONALS
OF INTEREST

Fred Stokes has been seriously
i'll at his home for the past six
weeks, a great sufferer with rheu-
matte fever. His many friends
will be glad to learn that he is
slowly improving.
Mrs. Harry J. Laid, of Rumford,
Me, is the guest of her mother,
Mis-. B. J, McKenney.
DR.. Cushman of East Charleston
was a business visitor here last
week.
Miss Ida Celly of Canaan, has
been a visitor at the home of Mrs.
LaRoche last week.
Mrs. Nellie Dyer spent last week
i'll Canaan, the guest of Mrs. VIM.
Buck.
For rheumatism use PNEUMATICA.
Relieves in twenty minutes. All
druggists 70 cents. Adv.
John Reeve, Jr., station agent at
st. Lambert, Que, was an over
Sunday visitor at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, John Reeve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Cilley were
visitors in Coaticook, Que, last
Fricay and Saturday.
Mrs. Fred E. Minard has been
spending several dogs in Canaan.
Mrs. Susan Jackson of West
Milan, NH, is the guest of daugh.
ter, Mss. Jesse McWain.
E. E. Mccarthy is spending &
few days with his parents in Mon.
treal.
Invalids and children should be
given Magee's Emulsion to strength
en- the body. Never fails. AL
druggists. Adv
Mrs. Peters is quite i'll, suffering
with bronchitis.
The Ladies Literary Society
will meet with Mrs. Randall, Ian
uary goth. Meeting to ope1
promptly at 2:3o o'clock.
! ], A. Dion, Grand Trunk dis
patcher, was calledt to Quebec Wed
nesday noon by the serious lines
of his mother.
II cars were derailed near Win
sor Mills, Que, early yesterda,
morning, caused by a broken beam
The wrecking crew was called from
here.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
De MoNTLUC A TRUE GAScoN
Character Of Romantic Soldier Illus
trated by an Incident During the
Siege Of Sienna.

Blaise de Montluc was a soldier and
a marshal of France who fought
through half the sixteenth century.
Like q true Gascon, as he was, he
added to his great physical qualities
courage. high spirits and an unquench-
able gaiety, which distinguished him
above soldiers Of q graver mold. He
was the veritable captain of his soul
In the Italian wars Blaise de Mont
luc commanded the defense of Sienna
during the prolonged siege. When the
town was reduced to few ounces of
bread daily, Blaise was overcome with
sickness, and had himself carried
about in chair mufled up in furs.
But perceiving that the inhabitants,
especially the women, were thus rem
dered apprehensive of their fate should
he desc runs the excerpt from De
Montluc's Commentaries, The cali
ed for a pair of crimson velvet
breeches, laid over with gold lace,
very finely cut, for they were made at
time when he was forsooth in love.
He put on a doublet of the same, and
a shirt of crimson silk and gold twist;
then buff collar over which he put
his arms, very finely gilt"
He was at that time wearing gray
and white, "in honor Of fair lady to
whom he was servant when he had
leisure" So he put on a hat Of gray
silk, with a gray silver hatband, and
a plume of heron's feathers set with
silver spangles.
He also put on a short cassock of
gray velvet, garnished with little
plates of silver at two fingers distance
from one another, and lined with cloth
of silver, all open between the plates.
Then he rubbed his face with
Greek wine till he brought little
color into his cheeks, and drank a
small draught with a little bit OF
bread.
"He then looked at himself in the
glass, strutted before his officers
though he had not the strngth to kill
chicken, and rode through the town
to the great comfort of all beholders.'
youths Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Cut the High Cost Of Living

W. H. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb.,
tells how he did it. My two chill
dren had very bad cough and the
doctors medicines did them nogood.
| got hottie Of Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound, and before it was all
used the children were free and
cured of their cough. | saved doc
tors bill for one 25c bottle of Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound" A mean
stuffy cold, with hoarse wheazy
breathing is just the kind that runs
into bronchitis or pneumonia. Don't
trifie with such serious conditions
but take Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound promptly. Contains no
opiates. For sale by John w. Thurs
ton. ADV.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Legislative Notes
continued from Page l

continued from Page /
suggested that next week will see
evening sessions, but these are not
so good for truning off business, and
frequently, when they do lot of it.
they are held up the next gay by thel
printers, and this session Their seem
to be especially so. The Primary bill
will have to be passed, and there are
five of them, while there are four on
Workinghan's compensation, each Of
which will take tsome time. If the
House continues reconsidering billsl
after they reach the Senate, they vii
be unable to accomplish much next
week.
To be sure, there are about 100
bills that will be killed. These are
some which are taken care Of in
blanket bills; such as about 20
fish and game, if it passes the Senator
The big fight on the educational
system is yet to be pulled off, and.
the constitution al amendments are
among the things that will take, time.
There are also some amendments to
the Federal constitution which will
have to be acted upon, and some
members may be 50 afraid that
something will get by that these will
take up time. While the Plumbing
bill may not amount to much, yet ii
will occupy time for the farmers are
not going to stand for their not be
ing allowed to do a little plumbing
for their neighbors. Just how
friendly they will be to the bill is 6
question of lottery.
Only one of Jose Of johnson bills
on for the increasing of revenue UC
the State from transportation arc
} steamboat companies has to da5t
been acted upon. These are being
opposed to some extent on the parts
of corporations while the lobists who
have been lingering about the CORR
|, doris for a few weeks connected with
the power and water company blk
will make a strong effort to get theil
bills through and if the dozen O.
them are held up the way those actet
on this week were there will be somt
fun and some delay in the work.
There are some municipal cour
bills which will take an increased
amount of appropriation and tn
House may not be favorable to this
while the State Detention farm TO,
which a bill was introduced a few
days since, will take considerabl
1 time. The Municipal corporation bil
i will also occupy the time a few days
The House passed H. 425, to pre-
vent the spread of infectious dis
I asees, Thursday morning.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Notice

Allpersons having accounts against
the Town of Brighton are requested
to present the same to the proper
Departments for settlement on or
before Jan. %, 1913.
By request of the Selectmen of
the Town of Brighton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

Sheriff Bemis was called to Maid
stone last Saturday to arrest a
Polander who was wanted by the
Rumford police for deserving his
family. He found his man working
in the woods and landed him in the
bastile at Guildhall.
Herbert Aldrich of Holland was
i'll town the former part of the
week.