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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
Corpuseles In Normal Blood.

Normally there are approximately
100000 red blood corpuscles in the
cubic millimeter. The number is tenn
porarily diminished during fatigue and
after the ingestion of much fluid. Fast
ing and profuse sweating increase the
number of red blood cells by concen-
trating the blood. In high attitudes
the number is also increased. There
are 5000 to 10000 white cells in the
cubic millimeter, the ratio of white to
red cells being about 1 to 500. In
health the blood amounts to about one
thirteenth of the body weight.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
ACTIVITIES OF BEES.

What are bees for? ITO make hon
ey, of course" will be the answer of
ninety-nine out of a hundred. That,
however, is not the chief work of the
bees. Scientists tell us that they do a
still more important work in fertiliz-
ing the blossoms they visit The value
of the honey and wax taken from bees
in the United States is estimated at
$20,000,000 Some estimate the value
of their work as fertilizers at $780,
100000. All agree that it exceeds $780,
100000.
Many men have found that beekeep-
ing and fruit growing are practicable
when carried on together. 1t is gen
orally known that bees are useful in
pollinating the blossoms of most
fruits. even if they are not actually
necessary to crop. They are numer-
Gus in early spring when few other in
sects are present in like numbers. If
continued damp weather prevails dur
ing bloom they are useful i'm distribut-
ing the pollen and causing the setting
of the fruit. The bees need pollen to
feed the young in the hive. and the
are especially active in that season in
obtaining it. They are useful. too. in
cross fertilizing such varieties as are
sterile unless crossed. 1t has been
demonstrated also that in the cultiva-
ton Of melons and cucumbers bees
are absolutely necessary to good crops.
It was long since eonclusively proved
that bees were not created solely to
furnish man with a delectable sweet
but to increase the yield Of edible
fruits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
WISDOM OF A WOMAN.
A Mandarin's Wife Who Proved Her
self a Feminine Solomon.

Two women came before a man
DARN in China, each Of them pro-
testing that she was the mother of
a little child they had brought with
them. They were SO eager and so
positive that the mandarin was sore
ly puzzled. He retired to consult
with his wife, who was a wise and
clever woman, whose opinion was
held in great repute in the neigh
borhood.
She requested five minutes in
which to deliberate. At the end Of
that time she spoke, "Let the serv-
ants catch me large fish in the
river and let it be brought here
alive" This was done. Bring me
now the infant" she said, but
leave the two women in the outer
chamber" This was done too.
Then the mandarin's wife caused the
baby to be undressed and its clothes
to be put on the fish. Garry the
creature outside now and throw it
into the river in the sight Of the
two women"
The servant obeyed her orders,
finging the fish into the water,
where it rolled about and struggled,
disguised no doubt by the wrappings
in which it was swaddled. Without
a moments pause one Of the women
threw herself into the river with
shrek. She must save her drown
ing child. "Without doubt she is
the true MOTHER" the mandarin's
wife declared, and she commanded
that the woman should be rescued
and the child given to her. And
the mandarin nodded his head and
thought his wife the wisest woman
in the Flowery Kingdom.
Meanwhile the false woman crept
away. She was found out in her
and the mandarin's wife
forgot all about her in the occupa-
ton of dressing the little baby in
the best silk she could find in her
wardrobe.-London Bystander.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
Just Practicina.

"Son, you mustn't carve your name
on the piano. Another such episode
and III punish you severely"
"Dad, how can you expect me to
carve my name in the temple of fame
when you won't let me get any prac-
uce! "-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
As the salt Of the Earth.

Any one can begin a thing, most
people can finish one already begun,
but those who can always be de-
pended upon to go straight ahead
from start to finish are few and far
between.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09

ana q weakness all
caused by fem a lie
trouble, and | took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G e t a BILE Com
pound with such ex-
cellent results that /
am now feeling line.
I recommend tn G
Compoundand praise
it to all. I shall be
glad to have you
publish my letter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
Gazing Fowls.

Caging fowls separately for two
weeks, while fattening them, will pro-
duce tender meat, while, on the other
hand, where fowls are yarded they are
apt to nag and chase each other, SO
that the muscles harden and the meat
toughens.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
Pennsylvania GRANGE Notes.

! oxford grange is very much alive
/ 1t recently initiated a class of eighteen
and purchased building which will
be converted into a grange home
Lawsville grange. Susquehanna coun
ty. with ia members, has an average
attendance of GO per cent. A good de.
gree team is also feature.
Little Beaver grange, located at Enon
Valley. purchased a church building
with over two acres of ground attach
ed for $685., the alterations on each cost
ing $50. The membership list includes
155, and everybody is much alive.
Hemlock grange. at Buck Run, Co
lumbia county, recognized last No
vember with sixty members, has
bought lot, upon which it is erecting
a two story hall with basement under
meath.
W. F. Hill, past master of the
state grange, has announced his can
didacy for senatorial nomination in
the Blair Huntington district
At meeting of the executive CON-
mittee held in Harrisburg the commit
tee after considering the places pro-
posed for holding the next state grange
meeting decided to hold it in the city
of Meadville Crawford county, at the
regular time i'm December next In
connection with the Meadville meeting
there will be a big exhibit of labor
saving machinery and devices for the
housekeepers.
North Client grange. Ulster, Pa, has
a debating team composed of Miss
Edna Farrell, Vern Struble and Ira Ho-
comb.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
MOST IMPORTANT.

Clerk Country hotel First train
800 a. M, sir-milk train!
Guest-Um-what time is the
first milk punch train?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
SAD CASE.

'Your family does not seem to eat
much meat, Mrs. Jones'"
"Noj you see, we are all more or
less valetudinarians."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
To Make esranlums Bloom.

To make geraniums branch out and
blossom, place a common pin directly
in the center Of the end of the main
stalk.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
SENSE OF HUMoR DEFINED

Willie-Paw, what is a sense of
humor?
Paw-A sense of humor is the
ability to laugh at your own jokes,
my son.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
AND MORE.

81 hear the guests were loud in
their praises of the wine party"
$50 loud that the police ran the
whole party in"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09

The Lockport On. " grange institut-
ed a membership contest last year. Of
fering a trip to Ithaca with expenses
paid for farmers week. During the
year the membership was more than
doubled. Lockport grange is only a
two-year-old. but it has won first prize
at the Niagara county fair both years
Of its entry.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
IN ALL our
NEIGHBORHOOD
There Is Hardly A Woman
Who Does Not Rely Upon
Lydia E. Pinkhama's Veg
etable Compound.

Princeton, Ill. -" l had inflammation,
hard headaches in the back Of my neck
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09
Experience Of q Nurse.

LAL'OI ASAASC va ~ ~ Sal 5CS
Poland, N.Y.-"In my experience as a
nurse certainly think Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is a great
medicine. l wish all women with fe-
male troubles would take it. l took it
when passing through the Change Of
Life with great results and I always re-
commend the Compound to all my pa
tents if I know of their condition in
time. will gladly do all I can to help
others to know Of this great medicine"
Mrs. HORACE NEWMAN, Poland, Her.
kimer Co., N. Y.
IF you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
If you wantspecia1 advice write
Lydia IL. Pinkham Medicine Co..
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn. Mass
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-09

There is scarcely a neighbor around me
who does not use your medicine. Mrs.
J. F. JOHNSON, r. No. A, Box 80, Prince
ton, Illinois.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
Locomotive Makes a Record.

What is said to be the worlds fast
est long distance train, the White Fly.
err transcontinental mail train of the
Great Northern railroad, has estab.
lished record that is phenomenal in
the annals of the United States pos.
tai service, Minneapolis officials of the
railroad say. The locomotive made
SO consecutive trips on time between
Minneapolis and Seattle.
This new record is all the more re
markable in view of the fact that dur
ing those SO days the White Flyer had
to make up a total of II hours and
55 minutes lost time, waiting for the
Chicago connection. On one occasion
for example, the White Flyer left the
Twin Cities two hours and 80 minutes
late. Even that handicap did not mar
its clean score record, for the mail
was delivered in Seattle on time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
BUILT WITHOUT A FIREBox
Locomotive That Is Run BY Steam
Which II Acquires Second Hand
Method Is Ingenious.

A freless steam locomotive is
enough of a novelty to deserve a word
of description Such a machine is in
daily operation at a large manufac-
turing plant In Dayton. Ohio. 1t
weighs something over 81 tons and
is used for shunting cars about a
freight yard. The propelling energy
comes from large tank on wheels. 13
feet long and six feet In diameter.
This tank has no tubes such as fill an
ordinary locomotive boiler. 1t is pre-
pared for use by being half filled with
water and then connected with a sta
tionary steam boiler under steam at
$50 pounds pressure. In from IL to 10
minutes the pressure in the tank Is
raised to $50 pounds, and the locomo-
tive is then ready for use.
1t has unusually large cylinders,
which are supplied with steam from
the tank through a reducing valve,
which cuts the pressure down to so
pounds. But the cylinders will oper-
ate with as low a pressure as ten
pounds. With one charge this novel
locomotive will run for from two to
three hours, according to the amount
of work it has to do. 1t seems par
ticularly suitable for use in places,
such as lumber yards, where the fire
hazard is serious. 1t carries no fire
of any kind and nothing but exhaust
steam passes up the stack.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11

fireman. At the age of thirty-one,
that is, in 1912, he was employed at
the Killingworth High pit in England,
and his duties gave him general super
vision of all the collieries operated
by combination of interests. Some
time afterward he heard of the ex-
periments in steam locomotion being
made by such men as Blackett and
Hedley at Wylam, neighboring col
lieries. Then he went to Leeds to
witness a test of Blenkinsop's en-
CINE, which was designed to draw 10
tons at the rate of three miles an hour.
The engine did its work, but Stephen
son was not very much impressed by
the performance, remarking so 1t is
said:
II think l could make better en-
CINE than that to go upon legs"
Stephenson made good his boast and
managed to secure the financial aid
of Lord Ravensworth for the build
ing of travelling engine. This loco
motive was constructed at the West
Moor workshops, and was completed
and ready for testing on July 25, 1874.
The engine was able to draw 30
tons on a rising gradient of ten feet
to the mile, and attained a velocity of
four miles an hour on this uphill
run. But Stephenson's critical eye
discovered many defects in his loco
motive, and it was plain that he must
do still better to achieve commercial
success, because the cost of operation
was just about as great as when horses
were used for traction.
Accordingly, Stephenson decided, to
build another engine and to improve
upon his original, the Butcher. The
greatest difficulty he had to contend
with in the Butcher was that of main
tanning a sufficient supply of steam.
This had likewise been the crucial
problem with his predecessors, and
history has 1t that Stephenson really
hit upon a solution by chance.
AS the story goes, the noise caused
by his putting locomotives escaping
steam-the exhaust being led directly
into the open air-frightened draft
animals along the way, ana this
aroused storm of protest to the au-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
FIRST STEAM TRACTION
BUILT BY STEPHENSON LESS
THAN A CENTURY AGO.
Though Not the Pioneer in the Field,
English Engineer Made II a Sue
cess When He Demonstrated
Its Possibilities.

One hundred years ago. on July 25,
1914, the progenitor of the modern
steam locomotive was born. In the
short period of a single century en-
cheering cunning has increased the
speed of these steam tractors from
four miles an hour to a regular serv-
Ice rate Of more than 20 miles an
hour, and there are plenty of record
runs of a round hundred miles In go
minutes.
To George Stephenson the world
owes the start that has made this
extraordinary advance a fact-a man
OF modest birth but endowed with
engineering genius. True. others led
Stephenson in essaying steam traction,
but the honor of having first made
the locomotive engine a success is
commonly accorded him.
Because Of his native bent, Stephen
son at the age of seventeen became an
engineer, and was put in charge of
the pumping engine for which his ia
Their served in the humble capacity of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
CANADkS HUGE GRAIN BINS
Port Arthur Paper Is Peeved at the
Mention Of Kansas City Elevators.

Fron the Port Arthur (CAnadal Evening Chronicles
Kansas City gains the attention Of
the New York Evening Post and is
given five inches of space in that ad-
mirable newspaper by reason of in
ereasing the capacity of a grain ele-
yator there. The Evening Post says:
when the additions and alterations
TO fits huge grain elevator at Kansas
City nov under way are completed tie
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain rail-
road will have one of the largest
plants of its kind in the world"
The present capacity of the Kansas
City product is one million bushels.
When 1t gains its promised stature
and becomes zone of the largest IN
the world" it will have a capacity Of
3,133,OOO bushels.
At the mention of grain elevators
the twin ports at the head of the lakes
prick up their ears and take NOTICE.
The name Of Lloyd-George at Tory
garden party, or Of President Wilson
NJ bankers convention catches az.
sention no quicker than the word "ele-
vator" in the hearing of Port Arthur.
Fort William man. Toronto pridas
itself on its churches; Pittsburgh
specializes on millionaires; Chicago
has its pork and Boston its pork and
beans-as for US, we rise to fame on
the bins Of our elevators, and he who
says zone of the largest" about any
old two-million-bushel outfit in Mis-
souri, must withdraw the statement or
name the place and weapons.
II the Evening Post had said lone
Of the largest in Missouri" or in the
general but expressive American
phrsEa had said some elevator" we
wouldn't have minded 1t so much, but
when 1t describes this stunted Mis-
souri, receptacle as zone of the largest
grain elevators in the world" then II
is time to kick. Why. two-million-
bushel elevators are so common here
abouts that the secretary Of the board
Of trade does not point them out to
distinguished visitors. Nothing could
show clearer than that what we think
Of two-million-bushel elevators.
When we have pointed to the $780,.
000-bushel G. N. R. elevator and the
$4,000 00-bushel c. P. R. elevator and
the 00,000bushel G. T. P. elevator;
then to the $500, O00-bushel Dominion
Government elevator which is only
the first unit of what is to be a 80
million-bushel plant, by that time the
air is so full of millions that the
listener would be annoyed if we both.
cred him with mention Of a mere two.
miflion-bushel affair. So we just lump
the balance together and describe the
grand total of 45-million-bushel capac-
aty already standing at the head of
the lakes.
Upon the basis upon which Kansas
City got five inches of space In the
Evening Post we claim compliment
tary writeup Of at least three columns
and In the article we would state that
In one respect we. are like Kansas
CityAwhen 1t is question of big ele-
yators we also are from Missouri.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11

thorities. To remedy the evil, he
turned the cylinder exhaust into the
smokestack, thereby greatly reducing
the noise, but the change produced
other and more beneficial results.
Acting something like a siphon, the
steam blast caused partial vacuum
between the smokestack and the fire
bed, and thus the furnace draft was
greatly increased 1t was possible to
burn the fuel better and to double the
luantity of steam raised. Naturally,
he power of the locomotive was pro-
crtionally augmented, and thus cor
ected nuisance became the medium
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
Peat for Railroad Engines.

Owing to the fact that Sweden has
enormous peat deposits, many attempts
have been made during the last few
years to invent and develop devices
for utilizing these deposits Many ex-
periments have been made in stocking
have apparently been satisfactory.
Quite recently experiments have been
made in stocking railroad engines, and
1t Is claimed that these efforts have
also been crowned with success.
The heating power of Swedish peat
Is such that is tons of clod peat are
equivalent to one ton of English steam
coal. A young Swedish engineer has
been conducting the experiments with
railroad engines under official control
With a device invented by himself
ne has made trial stockings with pull,
verified peat on one Of the state rail
road engines with coal and peat 81.
multaneously, and has even made Ia
tons Of peat do the work Of one ton
Of coal.
AS a result Of these tests peat pow.
der stocking has been introduced on the
Halmstad- Nassjo railroad and the Kali
mar railroad, besides which the Swed
ish state railroads have procured a
trial railroad engine for peat-powder
stocking. The Finnish government rail
roads are now constructing four rail
road engines to be stocked in this man
ner
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
Electric Railroad In the TyroI.

The electric railroad known as
Mebertscher Balm is a short line OF
recent construction in South Tyrol,
and 1t serves to connect the southern
railroad station of Bozen, by way OF
Kaltern and ST. Anthony, with the
Mendelpass mountain incline, which
starts at this latter place. OF ten miles
length with standard gauge track,
the line is operated entirely by adj
hesion, even though the maximum
gradient is 6.2 per 100. A sub-station
at Eppan, supplied by a power line,
serves to furnish 1,200-volt continuous
current for the electric road. Passen-
ger and freight trains are drawn by
motor cars carrying two electric mo-
tors Of 100 horsepower each.-Sci
entific American,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
UNDERFEo BLOOD.

The fundamental basis of all philos-
ophies is the pursuit OF happiness.
And we fail 10 attain the desire only
because We are unable to make our
ideas coincide with things as they
actually exist. This being true, then
in anemia we have the most general
and the most insldious and destruc-
tive foe to the attainment OF mans
chief desire-happiness. For the
fundamental characteristic of anemia
is lassitude, weakness and impotence
-incapacity for happiness.
Examination of every efficient steam
engine will disclose that the designer
and the construction engineers have
recognized the necessity of construct
ing the machine according to the re-
quirements of natural physical laws,
and there will be found definite ra-
ito between the CRATE surface ON which
the carbon fuel is burned, the boiler
surface by means of which the water
is exposed to the heat Of combustion
and the cylinder area and stroke
through which the transformed po-
tential energy is delivered as dynamic
energy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11

OF a more efficient apparatus. This
feature he patented in 1915, and Il is
a necessary mode OF functioniag in
every modern locomotive.
Three years after his first effort
Stephenson built locomotive for the
duke OF Portland to haul coal from
Kilmarnock TO Troon. For 81 years
that engine operated. Frequently the
crew was driven from its work by a
mob armed with sticks and stones.
urged on by land proprietors and those
interested in the lines Of coaches on
the highway.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
New Block system on Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania railroad announces
that beginning September l the main
line between Pittsburgh and New
York and between Philadelphia and
Washington will be equipped with au-
tomato block signals throughout. With
the completion Of recent elaborate i'm
provements the Pennsylvania will
have more four-track line operated un-
der automatic signals than any rail
road in the world. Within the past
three years the company has equipped
253 miles of its main lines with auto
matte signals. at cost of six million
ollars.--Railway Age Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11

through neglect or
overwork l get run
down and my appe-
tite is poor and !
have that weak, Ian
guild, always tired
feeling, l get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege ia BILE
Compound, and It
builds me up, gives
me strength, and re-
stores ma m flarfaet
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
Another Sufferer Relieved.

Hebron, Me-" Before taking your
remedies I was all run down, discour-
aged and had female weakness. took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash, and
find today that am an entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do my
homework now, where, before taking
your medicine it was dread. I try to
impress upon the minds of all ailing
women l meet the benefits they can
derive from your medicines. - Mrs.
CHARLES ROWE, R. F. D., No. 1,
Hebron, Maine.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may DO
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, irregularities, eto
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11

Our bodies, like other machines,
have a definite capacity for trans
forming potential energy contained in
what we call food into dynamic en-
ergy, and there is not any great mar
gin, or, as the engineers call 1t, fac
tor of safety. We work close to our
capacity most of the time. Therefore,
If we waste energy or II we do not
take In sufficient quantity of food of
the right quality we fail to maintain
our physical energy balance. A steam
engine or a gasoline engine simply
stops when the fuel runs out, but the
human body cannot stop and live. De-
prived of necessary fuel the human
body begins to consume itself, and. Of
course, the first to suffer is the blood,
because it comes first within reach of
the hungry cells.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-11
Sweet Sorrow

who wrote: Parting Is such sweet
sorrowT"
Some duck who coughed up his
last Is cents for julep."