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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Man Without a Country.

An Italian translation of DR.. e. E.
Hale's famous story, The Man With
out Country, has been circulated in
italy in cheap pamphlet edition for
the purpose of arousing patriotic feel
ing. A writer in the Christian Regis
ter, noting this fact, tells us that he
once asked Doctor Hale if he really
felt his great patriotic story as deeply
as he made his readers feel 1t, and that
he received most emphatic affirma-
tive response.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Boston, Nov. Hereafter Bos-
ton police captains will act as censors
of dancing in the hotels of the city.
This additional work was imposed
upon them when the licensing board
announced that hotels and cafes might
allow dancing in the same rooms in
which liquor is served.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Strenuth Givers.

To seek to do only the easy things
CT life is foolish and suicidal choice,
for anybody, even a nonentity, can do
these things. Let us care, rather, to
do hard things, the overcoming of
which will bring to us moral strength,
tested fortitude, and a wider ex-
perience c" the deeper meanings OF
human life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Grieved For First Husband

Westerly, R. l., Nov. 10.-Leav-
ing her coat, hat and handbag on the
grave of her first husband, Mrs. Jen-
ME M. Cook, wife of Frank A. Cook,
killed herself by jumping into the
river, forty yards from the cemetery.
Her first husband was James Staple
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
CHARGED With KiIIinq Child

Westtield, Mass, Nov. 1O.-Miss
Elizabeth Cannon, 3S, a nurse, was
arraigned in court here charged with
the murder OF 5-year- old Lucille M.
Thompson, to whom she had been as
a mother since the child was 10 weeks
Old. at their home in Russell. She
pleaded not guilty and hearing was
put over to Nov. 10. She was held
n ttn0ut bail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Trains to Scoop Passengers On.

Trains TO scoop passengers On.
The Pennsylvania railroad has
adopted device to aid belated pas.
sengers.
The new arrangement is attached to
the steps OF cars, and is a continue
ton Of the trap door. It bridges the
space between the train and the plat
form, so that there can be no conceiv-
able reason for any one getting his
foot caught in the small opening or of
any person slipping through.
The belated passengers seeing the
extensible still out, runs, jumps on it,
and, as the conductor gives the start
ing signal, the contrivance gathers
him up and folds him neatly into the
vestibule.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Power of Deep Sea Waves.

In high gale mile long waves, 200
feet from trough to trough and forty
feet high, roar along the sea at twenty
miles an hour with a weight of 10000
pounds for every foot of their length.
upon these 600 foot ship will rise like
floating leaf, but if the Ill fated shin
drifts upon a lee shore blows Of 1OO.-
600 tons, delivered with fury, crush it
like an eggshell.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
GETTING II Back.

Parker-"I wonder why Smartleigh
married that little dressmaker?" Har-
ker-"For his money, believe Park
er-"For her money, you mean" Hank.
er-"No, | mean what | said You
see she made all his first wife's
clothes"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Heartless Hoax,
did YOU attendI"

my wife gave reception yester
day"
did you attendT
Eyes, lplayed a practical joke on her
| got in line where she was receiving
and before she knew it she was smil
ing and saying she was glad to see me
for the first time in three years.
Washington Star
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
HEr~
tlis pIeA Tor Mercy,

Young man" said the magistrate
severely, the assault you nave com
mitted on your poor wife was most
brutal DO you know OF any reason
why I should not send you 10 PRISON.
IF you do, your nonor, replied the
prisoner at the bar hopefully, 1T will
break UP our honeymoon"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Brotherly love IS vital, not mechan.
zeal. How refreshing is the dew! II
gives new life and verdure to all it
touches. Brotherly love is independ.
ent of organizations, it is independent
OF all social mechanisms.-Doctor
Thomas. I
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
His Own Appraiser.

willie said his mother on her re-
turn from a shopping expedition, 81
told you If you were good while was
cut you might have a piece of candy
and now l find you've taken all there
was in the box"
Yes, mamma" replied Willie, "but
you've no idea how very good I've
been."-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
SUFFERING.

Said the poet Goethe, 81 never
had an affection which did not turn
into a poem. No doubt the best
music and poetry in all literature
had ike origin if we could only
know its whole story. 1t is univer-
sally true that poets learn in suffer-
ing what they teach in song"
Nothing really worth while in LIES
lessons comes without pain and
cost.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
AlIeaed Theft of $4,000
He Does 1t.


"Pa, what does a censor dO?"
"Oh, incenses everybody, my SOM
Baltimore American.
OverwiIing.
do you think she will ever marry
anybody"
"Anybody."-Judge,
A Magnificent Vessel.
In 26S B. G. Archimedes devised a
marvellous ship for Hero of Syracuse.
fer three lofty masts had been
brought from Britain. Luxuriously fit
ted sleeping apartments abounded, and
one of her banqueting halls was paved
with agate and costly Sicilian stone.
Other floors We're cunningly inlaid with
scenes from the "Iliad." Stables for
many horses, ponds stocked with live
fish, gardens watered by artificial rivu-
lets and hot baths were provided for
use or amusement-Chambers' Jour.
nal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

I y ~w
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Real Definition.

An applicant for teachers certi-
fcate in Kentucky answered an exam
ination question by defining "blunder-
buss" as kissing the wrong girl"
Dictionary or no dictionary, we would
have given that girl tirst-class GER
tificate.-Houston Post. :,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
His Objection.

The Bachelor Marriage is a game OF
chance. The Married Mainland you
have conscientious scruples against
gambling? The R1chrlor-Not exactly.
but have against drawing a hooby
prize Philadelphia Record
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
A NecessitY.

when I go on vacation you don't
catch me borrowing suitcase from
one friend, trunk from another and
a tennis racket of golf stick from an
other" That's good. But don't you
ever borrow anything at all?" "Oh,
yes. Of course | borrow money"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Boston, Nov. IA Suffolk county
jury expressed its opinion that an
electric shock received by way of the
telephone is worth $110. They
awarded this amount to Miss Mildred
Pimentel, She placed her damages
at SIS 600,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Exceptions,

Its always either put up OF shut
up"
mot when your wife tells you to
stop grumbling and 20 to work on thu
stove. Then you have to do both. ~
Baltimore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Re MNFr
An ounce of mirth is worth pound
Of sorrow.-Baxter.
How Water Melt. stone.

There are two things in rain besides
the water itself that have the power
to melt things, even the hardest stone
such as granite. These two things are
nitric acide and carbonic acid. These
acids eat away the stone. so that II
seems the water slowly melts it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Sighted.

81 saw Blobson out this morning
with his wife and her dog"
WAS he trailing behind his wife and
her dog"
"Why, no."
Il guess she was making a conces-
sion for the sake of appearances. That
is his usual status at home. '-Birm
mgham Age Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
- alter for Calves.

Set pail Of water into IL cornsr
of your calves pen. You will find
they will drink when not more than
two weeks old. They often get very
thirsty during the loas, hot days of
summer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
~
General Omission.

People occasionally announce their
intention OF "summering' or winter.
ing" here or there put oddly enough
they meyer say they will fall or
spring" in any place in particular.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Taft Favors Root For President

Springfield, Mass. Nov Sin an
interview with newspaper men here
ex- President Taft again declared he
was not a candidate for the presi-
dency, but expressed his unqualified
approval of Elihu Root for the office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Didn't you ever hide a dime novel
behind your geography and read it in
SCHOOL," mo" II suppose you plume
yourself on that" Not at all. was
In love then and couldn't read"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Re Ssured.

"Would you love me as much If IA
Their lost his wealth."
"He hasn't lost 1t, has he"
mo"
"Of course | wouIll, you silly GIRL
Minneapolis Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Letter Carriers, Paw Cut

Boston, Nov. 7.-Forty two of the
oldest carriers in the Boston postal
district were notified that they had
been reduced in salary from 500 to
$500 Twenty nine who were re
ceiving $1,000 a year and thirteen who
were receiving $llO0 a year have
been reduced to $1,000 a year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Its Lesson.

Teacher-When little George Wash
ington's father forgave him for cuttin.
down the cherry tree. what lesson did
it teach? Small Johnny-That it's a
wise father who knows when to bury
the Ratchet. Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
RAILROAD BUILDING AT NIGHT

Pictured in the accompanying en-
craving is an apparatus that is being
used in Africa to permit of railroad
construction at night, reports the
Scientific American. A freight car is
utilized as lighting plant Project
ing from a tower built at one end of
the car is a light arm that extends
far out over the track. At the ex-
IRENE end of this arm two search
lights are placed, while other lamps
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Those Dear Friends.

Hazel-"You may not believe it,
dear, but actually refused the offers
of six different men the past summer"
Aimee-"Oh, don't doubt it at all;
but what were they selling?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
What Election Cost Mccall

Boston, Nov. 10.-Governor-e elect
Mccall spent $26O7.0 6 in his recent
campaign, a statement filed with the
secretary of state by the Mccall cam
paign committee shows
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
She Never Knows,

Sisters are the first to discover that
a boy is useless. After a time the
father learns and reluctantly admits
the truth. But the boys mother never
knows.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Easy Way to Fame.

1t is easy to get reputation as a
sage Just refrain from talking when
you have nothing to say.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
What Is a Fair Rate?

We do not know what constitutes
basis for rate making and haYe never
heard of anyone who did claim to
know much about it, but if the pros
perity of the farm is a factor to be
considered and the railroad commits
sion concludes that an increase in
rates is necessary, we would prefer
that 1t come to us through articles of
consumption on their journey from
the factory to the farm We would,
for example, prefer that the rate on
hogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and farm
er who will not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penalized We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and -four. We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the same, and machinery,
pianos and such articles as the poor
er farmer cannot hope to possess bear
the burden of increase.
The increase in rates should be so
arranged that the farmer who lives
at home will bear no part of the bur
den, but let the farmer who boards
in other states and countries and
who feeds his stock in foreign lands,
pay the price of his folly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
LIES Essentials,

The grand essentials OF life are
something TO do something to love
and something to nope tor.-Thomas
Chalmers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Fact Easv 10 Ascertain.

You will discover that most men are
all right, if you only take the trouble
to ask them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
True Test of Character.

The test Of your character should be
that you are joy bearing agent to
the wOrld-Bpecher,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

are located at intervals along the arm.
By means of this arrangement plenty
of light can be shed upon the portion
of the track that the arm overhangs,
while beams of the searchlights can
be cast ahead where the work of pre-
pairing the roadbed is under way. The
lighting plant permits of carrying on
work in the cool hours, while the tor.
rid sun has retired below the horizon,
and labor is possible.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
VACANT LOT IMPROVEMENT.
West Philadslphians Made Playground
of Neglected Space.

,of Neglected Space.
How an unsightly vacant lot. strew a
with tin cans and all manner of refuse
and containing stagnant pools to breed
mosquitoes. quickly can be changed
into playground to develop healthy
children und provide outdoor amuse
ment for elders has been dcmJaStrat
ed by residents OF West Philadelphia.
The residents got taspther: they
formed the West Walnut Street Ont
door association: they elected utii"ers,
then committees were H.. inph. nE,; one
of these visited the owners of the va.
cant lot. on course tie owners didn't
like the va'"nt ground to he an eye
sore You'll they permit the people to
turn it into Il plnygronnd| Certainly!
Other committees solicited members
and funds and bought equipment Now
the tin cans are gone. and so are the
disease breeding pools. In their places
are to be seen tennis. Croqnet and
quoits courts. 300 yard running track,
swings, seesaws and other amusement
equipment. Sixty men of the neigh.
borhOod are subscribers to the up
keep, and $50 children are enrolled.
The members of the West Walnu:
Street Outdoor association say they
haven't done anything wonderful. They
simply state that they cleaned up a
neighborhood disgrace and that people
In other sections can do the same IL
they will only start in hustling. The
members wish it known that Director
Of Public Health Ziegler and Chief
Connell helped them a lot in their
cleanup work
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
RATE INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products of Pillow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
BY Peter Radford,
Lecturer National Farmers Union.

Lecturer NdllOndl FARMERS Union.
The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification of territory; the applica-
ton of the roads to state and inter
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
sers of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates. 1t is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare of the farmers squarely and
we will do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to ef-
fectively meet the demands of COM
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. If in the wis
dom Of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an Improvement in our
transportation service, and an extern
sion of our mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion of
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Resist
ance.
The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re-
sistance. The merchant, the manu-
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power of organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out of our transportation system
and since we have had railroad com
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to en-
ploy counsel to develop his side of
the case and, as a result, the products
Of the pillow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product c the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate of
any necessary commodity in COM
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as whole is out of pro
portion with that of the products of
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
give the railroad such an increase in
rates as is necessary without levying
a further toll upon the products of
the plow The instance seems to pre-
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Daily THOUGHT.

The first duty of a man is still that
of subduing fear.-Carlyle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Mean.

Miss Passe-Have you heard of my
engagement? Miss Cutting-No-er--
who's the plucky MANI udge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Nothing Is possible to him who is al
ways dreaming Of his past possibilities.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
Women Masseurs
Have Proved Success
WERE AT FIRST REGARDED AS
DOUBTFUL EXPERIMENT IN
BRITISH HOSPITALS.

LONDON, Dec. 1s.-The message
corps which Mr.. and Mrs. Almeric
Paget started with fifty members at
the beginning of the was has now In.
creased to 700, all Of whom are women.
The idea of women masseuses In mill
tary hospitals was regarded by many
army men at the beginning as a doubt
| full experiment, but SO efficient has
been the work of these women that the
various provincial hospitals are now
visited, and oil of the wounded in need
of massage can have treatment. Be.
sides visiting the hospitals, the corps
run elaborate massage and electrical
departments in the conyalescent
camps. Electric massage machines,
ovens for the application Of radiant.
heat and various kinds Of apparatus,
loosen up stiffened joints and put life
into atrophied members. After few
days, men who come on crutches go
away with their own feet.
Owing to enlargement of the work
of the corps, call has been issued
for more masseuses, who are required
to show certificates from recognized
schools. OF massage or physical train.
ing institutions.
Lady Alexander Peget has lent to
the corps her London mansion, where
hundred officers and mon receive
treatment daily.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
Insure Art Work
Against Air Raids

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. IA
million and "a quarter dollars insur.
ance against damage to artistic trea-
sures as the result OF air.raids has
been taken out by the. Swiss govern.
ment and private people at Basel.sA
great many valuable paintings, tapes.
tries, and. art objects have been taken
from museums and private houses
and placed in cellars since the drop.
ping Of bombs at Chaux.de.F onds by
German ayiators who had gone
astray. s..
The passage OF French or German
ayiators near Basel Is now almost a
daily occurrence, the French, taking
that route toward the Rhine, and the
Germans, bound for Belfort. The PEG.
pie Of Basel are probably the best
posted in the world regarding pros
pective air.raids, as in nearly every
such case the aviators pass In plain
sight Of the city In squadrons
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
War Brings Wealth
70 Norway Factories

CHRIsT1ANA, Norway, Dec. "a
Prices on all sorts OF paper in Norway
have gone up thirty to DIRTY per cent
and are still on the increase. Some
sorts can not be manufactured by the
Norwegian paper mills, as, for in.
stance; blue paper. for want Of blue
dye.stuff, which usually is supplied by
Germany.
The central valleys in Norway are
great lumber districts, much like
Northern Minnesota. The principal
trees are pine and evergreen and.
thanks TO- the numerous cellulose and
paper mills. which have been built,
in the last fifteen or twenty years, the
value Of the woods has increased con-
siderably. So many foreign factories
had to stop because Of the war prices
on the products from the Norwegian
plants have gone UP on cellulose from
$40 a ton before the war to $40 a
ton now. 8 *.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
Another American
Becomes a Briton

LONDON, Dec. 1s.-Henry James
the novelist, is not the only former
American citizen who has recently
become subject of King George. An.
other is Robert Emmett, a son Of DR..
Thomas A. Emmett of New York, who
has lived most Of the time since he
was graduated at Harvard in War.
wickshire and now has a commission
in the British army. He is a sde,
scendant Of Robert Emmett, the ia,
nous Irish leader who died in 1903.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
How The Chinese
Dispose Of a Bryan
FOREIGN MINISTER WHO WON'T
$50 ALONG" is SIMPLY
DECLARED GILL;"

PEK1NG, Dec. 13.-Lu Cheng.hslang
minister Of foreign affairs. has been
designated by the president to act as
secretary Of state during the Illness"
OF Hsu Shihchang, who resisted all ef-
forts to persuade him to remain in OF.
flce. The latter is generally regarded
as being out OF the cabinet; although
no announcement has been made to
this effect and none probably will be
made until the monarchial question is
settled.
Hsu Shih.chang is opposed to the
change in government. He was former
~ Viceroy Of Manchuria and held
many other Offices under the Manchu
regime. He has regarded it as impos;
sible to continue service under the
prospective reestablishment OF the
monarchy. The service of two imper.