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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Nutmens as Medicine

A drowsy state after meals is what
we should welcome, for it is the most
favorable condition for good diges-
ton. Nutmegs may produce it be-
cause their effect is to increase the
flow Of gastric juice
The nutmeg is much used by doc
tors as remedy in weak digestion.
If one has keen appetite he does
not need nutmeg for appetite is the
most powerful stimulant OF the flow
of gastric Juice. II the appetite is
not good the digestion will be feeble.
and then the addition of little nut
meg will be found of benefit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

couVer and through the Lynn canal,
to Skagway, which he terms the gate
way to the Yukon, and describes as
"a wretChed little town with decayed
wooden houses and grass-grOwn
streets, the scene of many robberies,
riots and murders at the time of the
gold rush, which the police authorities
had neither the power nor energy to
control. Skagway is not, and can
never be, of much use to the United
States except as an obstruction to
Canadian progress, but might be of
some advantage to the vast Canadian
hinterland less than twenty miles in
land"
Skagway is surrounded on three
sides by plateau Of steep and rug
ged mountains through which two
trails lead to the north over the White
Horse and the Chilcoot passes, up
whose wild and difficult ravines thou
sands of fortuneseekers trekked and
struggled with their heavy packs,
tools and tents in the mad rush to the
expected Ell Dorado over five hundred
miles away. Soon after the gold was
found in quantities a mountain rail-
road was built up the White pass
from Skagway to the summit and on
to Lake Bennett, a distance of 40
miles, traversing wild and iceworn
plateau of gigantic proportions,
strewn with moraines, sprinkled over
with lakes and inclosed by snowy
peaks 5000 to 5000 feet in height.
At the head of Lake Bennett lies the
deserted town of Bennett, where, at
the time of the gold rush, there were
lodged some five thousand people in
houses, huts and tents. The only
building now standing beside the rail-
road station is wooden Presbyterian
church-which shows that at least a
few righteous men were among that
sordid crowd. 1t was here that the
first prospectors and miners got into
boats and canoes and navigated their
frail craft through lakes and rapids
for the remaining sol miles of their
venturesome journey to Dawson City
The last stretch of the railroad from
Skagway runs along Lake Bennett to
White Horse, few miles above Lake
Laberge, where safe navigation down
the Lewes river to Dawson begins.
Dawson City the Center.
Although the great ice fields of the
early ages swept the greater portion
of North America they missed the re-
gion of the Klondike, and consequent
ly the gold-producing deposits re-
NAMED intact until the early prospeC
tors discovered them. The Yukon
goldfield is confined mainly to the vi
cinity OF Dawson City. although
small quantities of gold can be found
has dwindled down to less than two
thousand people.
Three Ways of Getting Gold.
The various processes Of recovering
gold in this region fall under three
main eads-individuals, by washing
surface gravels with shovel and pan,
or by sluicing with flume and sluice
box; small parties, by working drift
with mechanical scrapers and sluices,
or drift-mining in shafts and sluicing,
and capitalists, by dredging with pow
erful mechanical plants, hydraulic
sluicing with monitors, or mining and
stamping ore in mills. The first class
includes poor mems diggings" and
the second requires more financial re.
sources and mechanical ability. but q
--assful man in the first may be-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
GOOD
ROADS
ROADS MUST BE MAINTAINED
No Phase of Public Thoroughfare
Problem of More Importance
Keep Surface Well Drained.

There is no phase of the road prob
tenance The general impression that
there are certain types of roads that
are permanent is erroneous. No per-
manent road has ever been construct
ed or ever will be. The only things
about a road that may be considered
permanent are the grading, culverts
and bridges. Roads constructed by the
most skillful highway engineers will
soon be destroyed by the traffic, frost,
rain and wind, unless they are proper
ly maintained. But the life of these
roads may be prolonged by systematic
maintenance A poor road will not
only be improved by proper mainte-
nance, but may become better in time
than a good road without it.
The first and last commandment in
earth road maintenance is to keep the
surface we'll drained. To insure good
drainage the bitches should be kept
open, all distractions removed and
smooth crown maintained. Except for
very stony soil, the road machine Or
scraper may be used very effectively
for this work. The machine should
Re used once or twice year, and the
work should be done when the soil is
damp, so that it will pack and bake
into hard crust Wide and shallow
side bitches should be maintained,
with sufficient fall and capacity to
dispose of surface water. These
bitches can in most cases be con-
structed and repaired with road ma
chine.
All vegetable matter such as sods
and weeds should be kept out of the
road, as they make a spongy surface
which retains moisture. Clods are also
Objectionable, for they soon turn to
dust or mud, and for that reason
roads should never be worked when
dry or hard. Bowlders or loose stones
are equally Objectionable If a smooth
surface is to be secured
4 split-log drag or some similar de-
vice Is very useful in maintaining the
surface a"ter suitable bitches and cross
oCCIlOIlS H. : - tllCt DCcll oSCuItu. us
drag can also he used to advantage on
a gravel road as Vol as on an earth
road, The principle involved in drag
ging is that clays and most heavy soils
will puddle when wet and set very
hard when dry. The little attention
that the earth road needs n1rt he
given promptly and at the p aR tiEs
if the best results are to b .3E5lsl
II digging roads ONLY n ss7sF
amount of earth is moved, ~ CE.cGsh
to I'll the ruts and depressions with
thin layer Of plastic clay or earth
which packs very hard, so that the
next rain, instead of finding ruts, de-
pressions and clods in which to col
lect, runs off, leaving the surface but
little affected.
The drag should be light and should
be drawn over the road at an angle of
about As degrees. The driver should
ride on the drag and should not drive
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

come a member of the second class.
While the first two classes require
fairly rich ground only men with eX-
ceptionaI ability and ample capital can
reach the third class and work the
lowgrade placer gravels or quartz
veins successfully.
The author describes in detail the
several methods of extracting gold
from the frozen Klondike field, based
upon his personal observations, and
shows how man has changed the to-
Biography of this district, especially in
the valleys. First the drift miners
turned the gravel upside down, then
the dredgers plowed it all over again
and threw it into great ridges of stone
with mud banks between, and finally
where there were white gravels on
the high ground, the hydraulic
giants" washed them down into great
fan-shaped cones, sometimes reaching
across the entire valley, completely
burying all below, damming up gullies
and producing new lakes. All of which
operations have made tough problems
for the future geologist.
The vast territory of the Yukon dis
trict is imperfectly explored, and al
though it is far north, the climate in
summer is warm and favorable for az.
riculture and grazing. Exploration is
now readily effected from Dawson, and
Mr. Cadet hopes that fresh enterprise
will reveal new resources that will
lead to the permanent settlement of
this remote and almost uninhabited
outpost.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

They relish it more than the most sue
culent thing you can put before them.
Unless you are willing to give time
and attention to valuable stock, don t
be too ANXIOUS to acquire such. Re.
member, however, that any animal
must have rational treatment to give
good results.
While fodder, when given out OF
doors, should be fed in feed racks and
not on the ground, it is imperative for
the ground surrounding the racks to
slope away in all directions and often
it would be better still if tile drained
To keep bull .good-natured he
should be raised with the other stock,
allowed to run in a paddock where he
can see the rest of the herd With
this treatment he will seldom become
cross.
Do you keep plenty of salt where
your live stock can get at it all the
tine? Il m IHlIe that this is abso,
lu;ely QGl 81 g.At to good health in a
horse, COW, hog or sheep, as in a
human being.
What kind of water do your milch
COWS drink? Remember that a big
proportion of the water they drink is
converted into milk, and therefore
ought to be wholesome.
The best milking pail is the one
so constructed as to reduce to mini
mum the amount of dirt falling into
the milk during the process of milk
ing. The small top pail may have
some objections, but it's advantages
are so in evidence that it is rapidly
being adopted by our most prominent
dairYmen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Crown of Earth Road.

The slope or crown of an earth road
should be about one inch to the foot.
If the crown becomes too high it may
be reduced by dragging toward the
ditch instead of from it. II the drag
cuts too much, shorten the hitch and
change your position on the drag. If
it is necessary to protect the face of
the drag with strip of iron, it should
be placed flush with the edge OF the
drag and not projecting. A cutting
edge should be avoided, as the main
object in dragging is to smear the
damp soil into position.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
TRAPPING the Elusive Mouse.

Every housewife has had the expert
ence of finding a carefully prepared
mouse trap denuded of It's bait, hut I'M
sprung and minus its victim. This
can be avoided and Mr. Mouse's cap
ture assured by using for bait cheese
crumbs instead of a large lump. re
get the crumbs the mouse must press
down and thus set off the spring. A
lump, on the other hand, is easily
stolen
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
kllor,dike apgsa z
Yukon loday

eWT HE world will go gold-hunting
until the last yellow nugget is
d extracted from the earth. Nat
Isl urally the Klondike and Yukon
goldtields, as the latest to be
opened, will attract the would-be pio-
neers of the present, and romantic
stories coming out of the great Alas
kan forests and mountains will stir
the blood of the adventurous until the
whole region has become commercial
lied. In a recent publication of the
Smithsonian, H. G. Cadell reports his
studies and Investigations in the Klon-
dixie and the Yukon and presents a
picture of conditions in these famous
fields which the man with the gold
fever will do we'll to see.
The name Klondike was once in ev-
cry mouth, and late in the nineteenth
century it nearly became a synonym
for all that was rich and prosperous.
But of late it has not been so common,
its early bloom having faded away
The sensational pockets of fine placer
6OIu, NhlCLl dlCI GlSlCu uOIuGS Vi udIuy
adventurers from every quarter, now
are nearly depleted, and no new ones
have been discovered to maintain it's
earlier reputation. But while this part
of the Yukon district can no longer
be called poor mans goldfield, it
still contains a considerable quantity
of alluvial gold which can be secured
by the application of capital and
BRAINS 1t remains a region well
worth visiting, for besides the gold it
has other possibilities of development
There are many points of geographic
and scientific interest; in this remote
and imperfectly explored northwest
ern corner of the British empire there
are numerous problems awaiting the
discussion and investigation of the
geologist and the geographer of the
years to come.
Skagway Now a Wretched Spot.
On his trip Of investigation Mr.. Ca.
dell steamed up the coast from Van
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
King Road Drag.

faster than a walk. One round trip,
each trip staddling a wheel track, is
usually sufficient to fill the ruts and
smooth the surface. If necessary the
road should be dragged after every
bad spell of weather, when the soil
is in proper condition to puddle well
and still not adhere to the drag. If
the road is very bad it may be dragged
when very wet and again-when 1t be-
gins to dry out.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
PICKED UP IN THE COWARD
Kindness Is ReIished by Stock More
Than Most SuccuIent Feed--SaIt
Is Absolutely Essential.

1t is expensive to let a COW fail in
her milk because of the lack of proper
feed.
In feeding mich COW a corn "a
ton, reduce the ration at first indi-
cation of fattening.
In keeping COWS never be without
clover 1t is one of the foods essen.
tial to good dairying.
Better run a dairy without a dos
than have one that is irritable to the
COWS. Many kicking COWS are caused
by the dogs nipping at their heels.
Kindness is one of the cheapest and
best rations you can feed your stock,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Peculiar Pleasure Palace.

"That is The most unique motion pic
lure theater 1 know OF anywhere" said
Did P. G. Poster, indicating a weather
beaten, ramshackle rattletrap OF a
structure, that looked as if it might
tumble down in its own dust at any
moment. Although it is in the last
stages Of diIapidation and decay. it's
1w1;F T. 1atE IN Z. )
Milo
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Bite of ScorpionS,

The bite of scorpion less than two
inches In length is no more irritating
than a bee sting. Large scorpions
may carry dose of poison capable of
producing a good deal of local irrita.
ton and causing some disturbance of
the system. Strong soda water should
be applied locally, Aromatic spirits of
ammonia may be given internally if
the face is pale.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
OriuinaI Forms of Life,

II is believed that the original forms
of life began in the ocean many million
years ago, and at no time since has life
there ceased. Many Of the earliest
forms are now extinct; others have
gradually increased in number and
variety from their beginning to the
present time. How long ago life began
no one has definitely determined; but
it is known to have been many mil
lion years ago, for the remains Of ex-
tinct animals and plants are found ia
the Oldest sedimentary rocks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

A bottle containing the following
mixture should be kept at nand in
case of fire. Three pounds of salt
are dissolved in gallon of water
and to this is added a pound and a
half of sal ammoniac. This poured
on the beginning Of the fame will ex.
tinguish it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
French Army Corps.

A French army corps is made up of
"a battalions of rather over 1000 men
each. These are sectioned into eight
regiments. each of three battalions,
and these again are formed into four
brigades, two of which compose a d.
vision.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Anxious TO Please

so you are expected to do kind
act every day."
Yes, replied the boy scout
How about today7"
well, the teacher has been having
little trouble with me. Don't you
think ! might stay away from school
and give Ter 9 rost"'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Hard Job.

One of the hardest jobs | know OF
is to take ride, when you're feeling
nice and sociable, in left-hGnd-drive
machine with a fellow who is deaf in
the right ear and mas to stop the car
and turn mis- head toward you every
time you make a remark TO him.
Farm Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

All comets so far observed have
originated IN the solar system, accord
ing to investigations carried out Dy
Prof. Ellis Stroemgren, director of the
Copenhagen observatory. rhe plan OF
research involved the backward COM
putation OIL planetary perturbations.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
PLENTY [ eft.

According to the scientists there are
$4,000 varieties OF fish in the world,
and 1t is evident that the supply 10
not going to fail in spite of the fact
that veracious anglers are continually
catching all the pig ones of the vari-
Gus species.-El Paso Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

What Every Woman Should Know.
A woman is not expected to know
much about Russian history or the in.
terna' workings of the Austrian en-
pire, but every husband expects his
wife to know right off the bat where
he threw his dress tie the last time
he took it off.-Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

Keep track of the profitable cows by
keeping a record sheet for your herd.
Record the daily feed and production
and occasionally have the milk tested
for butterfat
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
InXestiaate the Pasture.

When a COW turned out to pasture
does not give as much milk as you ex-
pected, do not blame the COW without
investigating. Sometimes it is the
fault of the pasture.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
AhsoIu,t Sly GshNlntInA.

There is nothing quite so ccnvinc-
ing, to disinherited heirs, of the in.
sanity of a wealthy relative, as the be.
qteathing of the whole estate to char
ity.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Exaltation of Pie.

While we always feel that seasonal
influences are strong, we nevertheless
have a bunch that the pie is beginning
to approach by slow degrees the sur
passing glory to which it is usually
entitled. Houston Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Chean Frozen Nnat.

Frozen meat can De shipped from
New South Wales to Europe or Amer
lea for 21b cents a pound. This
charge also includes freezing, oagging,
insurance and exchange
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Daily THOUGHT.

To talk in public, to think in soil
tude. to read, and to near, TO inquire
and answer inquiries, IS the business
Of scholar.-",Jo
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
loafinu-Work-for Some,

Sometimes, in our less optimistic
moods, we wonder If holiday isn't in
serted to remind us how easy work Ia.
Milwaukee Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Safety Pin an Old Idea.

Queen Victoria's reputed invention
Of the safety pin has been exploded
by the recent discovery on the island
Of Crete of one supposed to have been
made at least 900 years B. c. This
gives it the safety first honors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Satisfactory Dairy Returns.

Good care of good cows, a prop
erly balanced ration, including liberal
use of corn silage and comfortable
quarters, insure satisfactory returns.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Removing obdurate Screw

To remove an obdurate screw, apply
a redhot iron 70 the head for a short
time, the screwdriver being used i'm.
medlately while the screw is hot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Concentration.

It is concentration that counts. The
fame of a candle applied direct ss
more uncomfortable than the diffused
neat of blast furnace.-Seleeted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Trained Nurse of Groat Value.

lTdlncu NuTSe OF STesdt NaluSs
One OF the most valuable weapons
against infant mortality is the trained
visiting nurse VINO enters the homes
and helps and instructs the mother.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

q HE world will go gold-hunting
until the last yellow nugget is
extracted from the earth. Nat
urally the Klondike and Yukon
gOldfieldS. as the latest to he
The Tupelo journal., 1915-07-02
FINALLY "GOT" HIS AVERSION
Jealous Trout Made a Jonah OF His
Rival, Swallowing Him
Whole.

Ever hear of a trout being in love,
turning cannibal and committing muir
der?
Last autumn two trout, each meas
uring ten inches, were taken from a
small spring at Wintergreen estate.
Highland lake, and placed in a deep
spring, ten feet below walls. where
Pete, a tame trout, fifteen inches long,
had made his home for " years
without a companion, according to a
Winsted Comm dispatch to the New
York Herald.
Pete at once took a liking to one OF
the trout, but whenever the lid of the
spring was raised he would glide
through the water after the other one,
and whenever close enough, tried to
bite the fleeing fish 1t also was no
ticed a feeding time, when bits OF
meat we're dropped into the water,
that Pete did not object when his
friend rose from the sandy bottom to
get a bite, but kept his eyes on the
other fellow and Immediately gave
chase if he tried to get any food. Jeal-
Gus Pete more than once filled his
mouth so full of liver that he could
not close it.
The p~rotracted drought caused the
water level to drop from eight feet to
two, and the trout whose life Pete
had sought for three months fell a vic
tim to the big trout's prowess, the
shallow water not giving him the room
he had been accustomed to when flee
ing from Pete,s assaults. When the
lid of the spring was raised the other
day only two trout were to be seen
Pete and his friend. From Pete's
mouth protruded the tail of the miss
ing fish.
Pete was easily captured and the
dead trout extracted with difficulty.
Pete appeared none the worse for his
experience and seems contented Wild
his one companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-07-02

For folders and other informa-
ton regarding rates, routes, ETC.,
apply to c.. ]. Paessler, Ticket
Agent, Mobile & Ohio R. R. or
write G. E. Allen. District Pass
enger Agent, Jackson, Tenn.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-07-02

LESSON TEXT-H Samuel 1S:1-15
GOLDEN TEXT-Children obey your
parents in the Lord; for this IS right
Ephesians Gil
The Tupelo journal., 1915-07-02
Her INHERITANCE
BY FRANK FILsON.


Little Miss Raymond read the letter
beside her plate and looked up IN q
dazed way. 1t announced that she
had fallen heir, most Unexpectedly, to
the sum of $4,000.
When one is, thirty years of age,
not prepossessing, and a stenographer
on SIS a week, the future does not
look very promising. Miss Raymond
had bought a new suit that very week.
She, had almost decided to let it go
back, although she knew that she
looked most attractive in it.. But
now, of course, there would be many
suits and dresses.
Then the thought of Philip Barton
struck home to her, and she flushed
guiltily, and the mirage of new dresses
suddenly disappeared.
Philip was her only friend in the
big city. He had lived in the same
rooming house for three years, and
they had been fast friends all that
time. He had confided to her that II
he had a certain sum he could start
a profitable undertaking in the manu-
facture of a certain mechanical appli-
ance now made at a disproportionate'
ly high price by the firm which en-
ployed him at $40. And he had fixed
the exact sum at $4,000. Not that he
expected ever to have that amount
But he had conided it to her as one
of those unrealizable dreams that
come to all of US.
That was last Saturday night. Fol-
a whole year they had dined out each
Saturday night together. .
Philip was two years younger thai
herself. A mere boy, she considered
him. She priced their friendship the
more because she realized that some
day love would come into his life
Poor, timid little Miss Raymond! No
love had ever entered hers, though
she was overlooking with charity and
affection for all humanity. She was
the sort of oma whom men seldom
apprize at their true worth. When