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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

FACTIONS during the last few years, but
no burden to them. On the whole, the
state has probably been more prosper
GUS in the face of the revolutions than
any other part of Mexico. This was
due in part to it's isolation from the
remainder of the republic. 1t has no
railroad connections with the other
states, with the exception of Cam
peche. The United Railways of Yucca
tan has a line that runs to the town
of Campeche. Just before Diaz re-
signed from the presidency the fed
eral government granted a concession
to a foreign syndicate for the con.
struction of railroad from Campeche
to a connection with the National
Tehuantepec railroad, distance of
about 450 miles. The surveys for the
proposed line were being made when
the Madero revolt caused a stop to
the work.
What is now the territory of Quin-
tana Roo was formerly part of Yucca
tan. 1t was created about fifteen
years ago and placed under military
rule in order to better cope with the
rebellious Maya Indians. These In
dams are degenerated remnants of a
once powerful and highly civilized
race of people that inhabited ages ago
what is now southeastern Mexico.
The ruins of the former civilization
are scattered through the dense trop-
ical forests of Quintana Roo, Yucatan
and Campeche. They consist of large
cities, monuments, temples and va
riety of other interesting works of a
race that is now almost extinct. The
Mayas have never submitted to Span
ish or Mexican rule. Their warriors
are still carrying on a guerilla fight
against the Mexican settlers who have
encroached upon their inhabited do
main.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

Soak a cupful of dried peas over
night. They then can be easily
pierced. At the same time provide a
box Of wooden toothpicks. By COM
bining the two your children will find
amusement by the hour in making
playthings of every description.
Kindergarten cards to amuse chill
dren may be fashioned from the col
ored pictures found in vegetable and
floral catalogues Put piece of heavy
white paper under the colored picture
and prick with a pin all around it.
You will find an outline of the same
thing on the white paper, and the de-
sign may be sewed from hole to hole
with bright-colored yarn or embroid-
cry cotton.
A sand pile is capital place for
the youngest children to play, and it
will hold their interest longer If some
colored marbles, shells, pebbles, even
bright bits of broken dishes, are mixed
through it, on the sly, for them to dis
cover as they dig.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

smudge, and, somewhat relieved at
least from the attack of the bugs"
would eat our sandwiches in a bath
of smoke.
Bathing Under Difficulty.
The matter of baths was difficult.
Often in the evening we would pad
die out to bar in the middle of the
stream, build a smudge of drift, and
take a hurried plunge in the icy Ia.
mana waters. We would be nearly eat.
en- alive by the persistent little bugs"
before we could get back into our
clothes and to camp. One mans meth
cd of taking bath was ingenious. He
would drag the camp washtub, filled
with hot water, into the Office tent,
carefully kill off all the insects inside,
and take his bath with the utmost
luxury.
We were foHunate in not having to
depend upon pack trains for our trans
portation. All our work being near
the river, we were able to do our mov-
ing with boats.
In the actual held work we made
great progress, unless in heavy spruce
timber, where our speed depended up
On the axmen. In the swamps-and
there was swamp wherever there was
no spruce-we were forced to wade
for miles in water to our waists or
higher. There were occasions, too,
when series of streams and lakes
had to be crossed by swimming and
by RATS. In this swamp work we were
able to practice that beautiful athletic
and modern dance, the "niggerhead
tango" Niggerheads are tufts of
coarse grass that grow in several feet
of muck. When traversing a Niger
head swamp one must step quickly
from niggerhead to niggerhead or else
drop between, and as they are very
unstable peculiar step is evolved.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Risky ReNenne

Paganini, the wonderful violinist,
had a narrow escape at Ferrara from.
a violent death. Enraged by some
kissing from the pit, he resolved to
avenge the insult and at the close of
his program informed the audience.
that he would initiate the language,
of various animals. After having
rendered the notes of different birds,
the mewing of cat and and the bark
ing of a dog he advanced to the foot
lights and saying, This is for those
who hissed" initiated the braying of
an ass. At this the occupants of the
pit rose, rushed on to the stage and
would have killed their calumniator'
had he not hastily retreated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
11T4T FAPwW Z4N4NA ALLEY

L<H<HL1 T<1<v41NT1
had passed over it. Running aft, we
saw the bear bob up unframed, and,
after shaking himself like dog, swim
serenely on his way.
We arrived at Fairbanks on the af-
ternoon of June Is. Fairbanks, thriv-
ing town. is the market place and dis
tributing point for a placer distri t
that turns out from 100000 to $4,-
100000 annually. Then, too, it is the
agricultural center of the Tanana val
ley region, where, despite the general
idea to the contrary, large crops are
grown of potatoes and other root prod
ucts, besides a great deal of barley
and oats.
The country along the Tanana river
has weird sort of monotony. On the
south side the country is one vast fiat,
mostly tundra, swamp. In this lati-
tude the ground seldom thaws beyond
a few feet in depth; consequently
there is little or no subdrainage. This
is the swamp country through which
our portion of the preliminary line
ran.
A great deal has been written of the
Alaska mosquito, but nowhere have l
seen accounts of the little insects ex-
aggerated. During the period from
May to August it was necessary that
one wear constantly head net that
dropped from stiff-brimmed hat to
bottom taken in and securely tied
around the chest. To protect ones
hands one had to wear heavy canvas
gGuntlets, which were tied tightly
about the wrists. The little pests
would sting right through an ordinary
cotton shirt, so l found it necessary
to wear an additional flannel shirt. At
lunch ION line" we would build a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Some SLANG Words.

A remarkable fact is that many slang
words have a classical origin. For ex-
ample, the word mill" a vulgarism
~pr d fight, is traceable to the Greek
word "hamilla," which means a com.
bat.
"Uncle," the affectionate term for a
pawnbrOker, is derived from the Latin
"uncus," a hook on which the article
pledged was hung.
To go before the beak" is a distinct
reference to the old Roman custom Of
adjoining the platform from which JUS
tice dispensed with the beaks of ships,
which platform came to be called the
rostrum, that being the Latin for a
beak or PROV. y
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

ers'' of the middle West, the short
sheets of the South, or anywhere the
overpowering odor of an abandoned
cigar stub that cannot be found. 1t
is a pity, for the traveller never fully
knows the world
''In every mill town where there is
power you find your room blazing with
light, and every year you will find add
ed private bathrooms, a decorous ar
ray of towels, and an inclination on
the part of the chambermaid to let
one sleep in the morning without rat
Ting the doorknob every five minutes.
1T is the drummer, supposed to be
composed entirely of jokes, who is
as vigorous in his demands for long
sheets as is the motorist for good
roads. Century
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

Besides the sisal fiber and chicle
gum that are obtained in Yucatan and
Quintana Roo, the tropical forests are
the source of large supply of mahog-
any timber that is exported to the
United States and Europe. On &C
count of the unsettled condition of af-
fairs most of the mahogany logging
camps have been temporarily aban-
doned and very little of that timber
has been exported for several months.
Always Friendly to Americans.
The people of Yucatan have always
been friendly to Americans. They have
a great admiration for the United
States. In fact, this liking was so
great that the government authorities
there about 1S4S during the war be-
tween Mexico and the United States,
made formal offer that Yucatan be
taken over by the latter country.
This offer was refused by the govern
ment at Washington. Bordering the
then state of Yucatan on the south
was British Honduras. When the pro-
posed annexation to the United States
was refused a proposition was made
to the British government that it
take over the state and add it to Brit
ish Honduras. This plan also met
with failure.
Politically speaking, the people of
Yucatan have never been in sympathy
with that part of Mexico which lies to
the north of the Isthmus of Tehuante-
pee. Even during the long reign of
President Diaz there was at all times
strong undercurrent of ill-feeling to-
wards the federal administration on
the part of the people there. 1t was
the existence of the opposition that
caused Diaz to adopt conciliatory tao
tics in his appointments to Office and
general administration. In nearly all
of his cabinets there was at least one
representative from Yucatan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Lunar Rainbo~s.

Lunar rainbows are seldom OBJ
served in the temperate zone. Very
nkely the physical phenomenon occurs
frequently, but is, invisible because Of
the faintness of the moons light In
the tropics, where moonlight is more
intense, says the Scientific American,
lunar rainbows are more frequently
observed. They are by no means rare
ut Reunion island. At all places the
phenomenon is most frequently seen
at full moon when the moons light Is
highest, but it has been seen In vari-
GUS phases Of the moon. 1t was first
observed by Aristotle. A lunar rain
bow is produced at full moon by the
spray Of the great Victoria falls OF the
iYguassu, in Brazil.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Modest Dan Hayes.

An old playful of the Kilkenny
Theater Royal for May IA, 1893, was a
few years ago reprinted in the West.
ern England Mail, and the following
is an extract from it:
"The tragedy of Hamlet originally
written and composed by the celebrat.
ed Dan Hayes of Limerick and insert
ed in Shakespeare's works."
The playful concludes with the in
teresting notice that mo person what
soever will be admitted into the boxes
without shoes or stockings" 1t is
probable that this claimant to the hon.
or Of the authorship Of Hamlet is
not so well known as his astounding
claim might warrant.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

ersing a great deep and green river,
and the echoes from the screw were
thrown back from both shores. The
shores were precipitous walls, spruce
clad and fitting down from snow-capped
SUBMITS. Little waterfalls triekled
down every slope.
We touched at Ketchikan and
: Wrangel, and at Juneau spent a part
of a very pleasant afternoon. Skag-
way, the breathing place for many 81
and '9S pioneers who crossed the Chill
coot and White passes, and which lies
at the extreme end of Lynn canal,
narrow channel with many small
glaciers on its shores, is almost de-
serted.
Leaving Skagway on the world-fa-
nous White Pass and Yukon railroad,
the train started the heavy climb al
most Immediately. There were places
on the climb, where looking down an
enormous depth, we could see the tum-
bling Skagway river, like an uneasy
streak of molten silver, and then, look
ing up, met only the overhang of
granite cliff, with the glare of snow
covered peaks across the canyon. We
shortly tipped the summit and rushed
through White pass, Bennett, Caribou,
down into White Horse in the ghost
ly midnight of an Arctic day.
Down the Yukon.
1t was a. m. when we tumbled into
our hunks aboard the river steamer
Yukon, and we were well across Lake
La Barge before / awoke. Several
little incidents occurred to break the
tedium. We heard one morning an out
cry on the forward deck Leaving
our bridge game, we rushed out to dis
cover huge black bear swimming not
far ahead. With the helm shifted
little the steamer bore down directly
upon the swimmer and in a moment
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Great Women Connosers.

Walter Dam"osch asks but finds II
difficult to answer the question, why
are there no great women composers ?"
His conclusion is: Great music
springs from the emotions, and is crys-
tallized into form through a controlling
intellect. When women achieve this
combination they will be able to join
the noble company of Bach, Beethoven
and Wagner New York Telegram.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

A simple eXpedient when one wishes
TO confide his secrets to paper and yet
Keep them is to use ordinary rice. wa.
ter instead of ink. 1t cannot be seen
when dry, but turns blue when iodine
Is applied to it. If 1t be desired to
make perfectly sure Of the destruction
Of the contents of the letter after it
has been read the purpose may be ac.
complished by writing it with a solu-
ton Of iodide Of starch in water. A
few days later the script will have dis
appeared.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

- IS from the state of Yucatan,
Mexico, that the sisal fiber is OBJ
# tanned for the manufacture of
III binder Irvine for the American
farmers. That far southern state
of the war-ridden republic also sup
plies most of the raw chicle for the
manufacture of chewing gum, writes
w. D. Hornaday in Grit. These are
the two principal reasons why the re-
cent blockading of the port of Pro-
greso by a Carranza war vessel Gre
ated such stir in certain industrial
circles of the United States.
During the last twenty-five years
the growing and expectation of sisal
fiber, which is obtained from the
leaves of the henequin plant, have
brought enormous wealth to Yucatan.
It is said that Merida is the home of
more multimillionaires than any city
of its size in the world. These men
of wealth all made their fortunes out
of the sisal industry.
Up to the beginning of the present
revolutionary period in Mexico and
dating back more than a decade Meri-
da was the real money center of Mex
ico A veritable stream of gold con-
stantly flowed out of the local banks
through the channels of trade to 9th
er parts of country and even into the
larger financial centers of the United
States and Europe. The annual rev.
enue which the Yucatan planters OBJ
tanned from their sisal product ranged
from $20,000,000 to $40,000000. These
men have continued to reap large
profits from the industry all through
the war disturbances as the eXporta-
ton of the fiber was not interfered
with by the different contending po-
litical elements until recently. There
is at present an unusually large stock
of fiber on hand awaiting export.
Most of it has been already purchased
by an American company that manu-
features binder twine on an extensive
scale, The outgoing shipments of the
product will now be made as rapidly
as ships can take it out of Progreso,
which is the deepwater port of Yucca
tan.
Most Progressive Part of Mexico.
The henequin planters have been
made to contribute several million
dollars to the different revolutionary
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

Women should not be given books
in which to hide their embroidery
threads" said Chang Chih-Tung the
old viceroy of China, some years ago,
when asked to open a school for wom
en- in his province. Now there are
1000 woman students in elementary.
high, and normal schools in this
province alone.
'epsu! eql SunuIBd PUG sseI5 9ql
10 epIslno sql SunsBIqpuBs "a SupIIM
usIs IoI spIBoqHoeIq oluI palIeAuoo
90 uuo sMopuIM eLols 10 suoaIod
'BuIspJsApV MopulM-sLols
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
The First Telephone.

Robert Hooke, in 1867 conveyed
sound to a distance by distended wire;
and between Hooke's time and that OF
Elisha Gray considerable progress was
made in the direction of the tele.
phone; but it appears that the first
real telephone was given to the world
by Alexander Graham Bell, about
1877.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
No Overhead Charges.

$50 you wish to marry my daughter.
do you. Mr. Squigges?" said Colonel
Hlnksley.
Yes said Squiggles, 81 do
"Can you meet the obligations of
married life?' demanded the cautious
parent.
"Why, yes-I think so, colonel" said
Squiggles. "Maude tells me she hasn't
any relatives anywhere. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

book. How we ran down
monster black bear in mid-stream with
river steamer; the everyday trials
in our work; the wading and actual
swimming of swamps, and the con-
slant attendance of the little singer"
the Alaska mosquito; methods of bath
ing; floods on the Tanana river-these
are only a few of the occurrences that
befell one of eleven engineering par
ties on this herculean government pro-
ject, writes George Mayo, assistant
United States engineer.
The first 400 miles of railroad, the
part only of the great system that
now is to be reality, has its initial
point at Seward, thriving town on
the southern coast of Ksnai peninsula;
follows the now imperative Alaska
Northern railroad around Turnigan
and Knik arms, and then follows the
Susitna and Chultina rivers to Broad
pass, from where the projected rail-
road runs down the Nenana river to
its junction with the Tanana, and up
this river to Fairbanks.
In order to reach the Fairbanks end
of the line, where our work lay, we
took a coast steamer from Seattle to
Skagway on June 8; over the White
pass and Yukon railroad to White
Horse, and from there by river steam
er down the Yukon river and up the
Tanana river to Fairbanks.
AS the days went by the more won
derful grew the scenery. At times we
would pass through a channel so mar
row that it seemed as if we were trav.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

An Irishman tried to shoot spar
row with very old musket He fired.
The bird with a chirp or two, flew
away unconcerned in the foreground
and Pat was swiftly laid on his back.
Picking himself up and shaking his
fist at the bird, he exclaimed: BE
jabbers, we wouldn't a chirruped If
ye'd been at this ind of the gum"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

The -branched candlesticks
placed in the sanctuary by Moses and
those afterward prepared for the tenn
pie by Solomon were crystal glasses
filled with oil and fixed upon the
branches of the candlestick, while in
private houses the lamps were gener-
ally placed on high stands which rest
ed upon the ground.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Mornino.

A perfume of flowers is waited gent
ly from the mountains. The sun is
new risen, and the dew still glistens
on the leaves of trees and the petals
Of flowers. A road like a gray ribbon
thrusts into the quiet mountain gorge
"a stone paved road which yet looks
as soft as velvet, so that one almost
has desire to stroke it. - Maxim
GOrky
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Worth Ponderinu Over.

Are you helping to circulate reports
of the frailties of your neighbor? Per-
haps you think that your deficiencies
are not known, but are you sure that
you are not as weak or peculiar as
your neighbor, though, perhaps, in
different ~'av? Are there not us many
holes in your character as there are
In his ?-ExChange
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
N OF on EASY Terms

"How's the new servant getting
along?'
"AII right so far. She hasn't been
here long enough to start humming
her faVorite tunes yet Detroit Free
Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
AEELICTIONS.

Affections sent by Providence
melt the constancy Of the noble
minded. but confirm the obduracy
Of the vile. The same furnace that
hardens clay lique6esg gold. andin the
strong manifestations Of Divine pow
er Pharaoh found his punishment
but David his pardon.-CoIton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
Garden Without Weeds.

Weeds should not be allowed to
grow until they are large enough to be
pulled up. Make it rule to go over
the garden with a hoe after every
rain, as soon as the soil is nearly dry.
This will aerate the soil and keep
down weeds. Begin early in the spring
and keep it up all summer and you
will have No Weeds
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
MIIltsrY plnnl :.

I'VE had military dinner today"
II don't understand
"A flank steak"
How'd you get along with it?"
81 gave it tough battle, but it re,
sisted my attack. "-Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
NoiseIesA,

Wife-Would it please you, dear, II /
learned another language? Husband
Yes, it would delight me infinitely.
Wife-Well. which one shall | study2
Husband-The sign language.-Smart
Set.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
astinq.

"My boy, whatever you do, never
brag."
mo, father"
cat least, not until after you have
done it."
And them"
"Then if you were clever enough to
have done it well you will be clever
enough to know that it's not worth
Dragging about" -Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
So There Was No Scream,

Betty said that If any man kissed
her without warning she would scream
for her father."'
"What did you doY"
81 warned her."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10

There are travelling Americans
who have never seen the inside of
the hotel that depends upon com,
mercial men to keep it going. They
may know the large houses of Florida,
the huge structures along the north
ern beaches, the caravansaries in New
York, but they pass through life with
out experiencing the soggy comfort
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-10
The Postoffice. Island Pond, VT.

Office hours, $50 am. to $50 pm.
Office hours, Sundays, 900 am. to
1000 am. and 100 pm. to 200 pm.
Drop box open all night.
MAILS ARRIVE.
From Newport and points south
and west of Newport. 1.47 am.
From Newport, West Derby,
Derby, West and East Charleston,
7.30 pm.
From Morgan andlMorgan Center,
11.45 am.
From points in Province Quebec
Ontario and Western Canada, LAT
am, and 1.25 and 1910 pm.
From Norton Mills, Wallis Pond,
and Averill, 1910 pm.
From Lake 400 pm.
From Beecher Falls, Canaan, and
all pojr 5 on upper Maine Central
Railroad, north Of North Stratford
7.30 pm.
From Bloomfield and Stratford,
7.3O pm.
From all local points Portland to
Island Pond, 7,30 pm.
From all local points Portland to
Groveton, 100 pm.
From Lancaster, Littleton, White,
field, and points on Boston & Maine
south of Groveton. 1877 am, 1.30
and 7.90 pm.
From North Stratford, Groveton,
Berlin, Gorham, and all points south
and east, 1877 am. and 100 and 7.30
pm.
MAILS CLOSE.
For Newport, Derby, Derby Line,
and North; West Derby and Beebe
Plain, LOO am.
For Newport, West Derby, Derby,
East Charleston and West Charleston
5.45 am.
For Lake, Norton Mills, Averill
and Wallis Pond, 6.l5 am.
For Morgan, and Morgan Center,
7.l5a. m.
For Beecher Falls, Canaan, and all
points on upper Maine Central Rail
road LOO am. and $50 am. and 90
pm.
For Lancaster, Littleton, White
field, and points on Boston & Maine
Railroad, south of Groveton, LOO
am. and $50 am.
For local points, Island Pond to
Portland, 100 am. and $50 am.
For local points, Groveton sto
Portland, 100 pm.
For Berlin, Gorham, and all points
south and east, 100 am, $50 am.
and LOO pm.
SUNDAY.
From all points south and east,
1877 am. and 1s30 pm.
Mails close for all points south and
east, 100 am.
Mails for Norton Mills LOO am.
Rural Delivery carrier arrives
1890 pm.
Rural Delivery mails close 6.15 am.
Except SUNDAY.
D. P. MACKENZIE, P. M.