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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

Some of the strips can be shorter
length and should be in the center
of the mop. When sufficient strips
have been cut (and this can easily be
told by punching them up until there
is a nice fat bundle), tie them to-
with string.
This must be done very securely by
binding the string round and round.
Now Il long stick will be needed, like
a bamboo; if there is not one to hand,
one can be bought cheaply.
To fasten the mop to the handle,
open it out like in the small diagram !;
run the stick through the center of
it. This is easily done.
Now take one or two strips Of the
mop and put over the end of the stick
and drive a nail through the strips
and into the stick. In this way the
mop is well secured and is as firm as
rock.
To work, simply rub the mop along
the floors, don't bend the back at all ;
1t is surprising how the mop will not
only take up the dust. but polish
the floors; it may be used with some
liquid polish if liked, and can be
washed again and again by simply
dipping it up and down in soapy water
and putting 1t in the open to dry.
A similar mop is splendid for walls,
picture-rails, ETC., but should be made
Of white or lightly-colored material,
and, of course, used for no other pur-
pose than the walls.
A trial of one Of these homemade
mops will more than convince the
housewife as to its use, and best Of
all, 1t can be made for nothing, which
| in these times is great consideration.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

of graduated sugar, stir until dis
solved; add the peaches, cook until
tender, press through a sieve and set
aside to cool. When cool add the juice
of one lemon and freeze the same as
any ice cream. Beat the white Of an
egg very stiff, remove the dasher, and
stir in the egg. Repack and set aside
to ripen several hours.
Grape sherbet.-Make a strip by
boiling two cupfuls Of water and one
of sugar 10 minutes. Add one cupful
| of grape juice and one cupful of Or
ange juice and two tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice. Cool, strain and freeze !;
remove the dasher and beat In two
well-beaten egg whites, then set to
ripen.
ton of a muskmelon in cubes. To a
quart of water add q pound of sugar
and boil for ten minutes, then add a
teaspoonful Of gelatin, softened In two
tablespoonfuls Of cold water strain in
to the freezer and when cool add the
juice of five lemons and freeze. Serve
with the melon cubes as garnish or
the sherbet may be served in melon
cups.
Green Corn Cakes.-Take one quart
Of green corn, cut from the cob, or
grated and pressed from the hulls; two
,cupfuls Of milk, one cupful of flour,
two Well-beaten eggs salt and ppDner
to taste and tablespoonful of olive oil
or melted butter. Bake on hot grid
die.
Parsnips boiled and dipped in mo-
lasses before frying will be found to
be most tasty. Mashed and seasoned
and dipped in fritter batter, then fried
in deep fat will be another acceptable
way to serve them.
Ounces may be kept for weeks in a
cool dry place and be used as needed
for preserves, baking or for puddings
Date pudding may be crumbed
mixed with nuts and favored whipped
cream, and served In sherbet cups gar
nished with a cherry or Bit of pre-
served pineapple or fig.
The costly habit of eating more
than you need is not only bad on the
purse, but vastly more important, ruin.
Gus to the organs Of digestion.
N.. h~t~.4
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
The New Sunburst Stirring.

A white taffeta model made over
flesh silk and richly brocaded with
natural color cornhowers, showed a
skirt set onto the bodice with head
ing faced with cornfiower blue satin.
The yoke section had sunburst shir-
rings both front and back, which FORM
ed butterfly drapery at the sides.
Umbrella folds at the side fronts
were faced with blue and edged with
narrow gold galoon. This was the
nearest approach to the full hip drap-
cry seen among the new skirts for
evening wear.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
DDDY'S EVENING
UEAIR TALE 81
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER,
TREE ToADS AND FAIRIES.

"Very early one morning" said Dad
dy, "the Fairies invited the Tree
T0ads to have Luncheon with them
in the Wooded Grove where they are
so apt to give their Parties. The
Tree Toads had accepted and the day
had arrived for the Luncheon.
''The Fairies wanted to look espe-
cially lovely, and fresh, and cool, for
1t had been so hot lately, and they
knew that to look cool made other
Folks and little Animals almost feel
cooler.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
Skirts of White Satin.

White satin skirts severely tailored
are offered for sports wear, both in
company with coats to match and
alone, and while rather an absurdity
so far as practical service goes ara
undeniably charming in connection
with simple blouses of crepe Geor-
gette or chiffon and bright lined coats
or sweaters.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
CLEANSE THE PORES
OF Your Skin and Make It Fresh anG
Clear by Using Cuticura. Trial Free.

When suffering from pimples, black
heads, redness or roughness, smear
the skin with Cuticura Ointment.
Then wash off with Cuticura Soap and
hot water. These super-creamy emol-
lients do much for the skin because
they prevent pore clogging.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
Deans Rheumatic Pills
For rheumatism & Neuralgia. Entire
ly vegetable. Safe.-Adv.
No Comeback.

II received letter from Aunt Matil-
da asking if we would like to spend
our vacation out on her farm"
1--WE can't possibly accept her in
vitation, George. If we do, Wen have
to ask her to visit us next winter"
THAT will be all right, We can
move into a two-room apartment in
the fall, and then there won't be room
for her."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

with delight. What's your Nance?
they cried.
I'm the little Man of the ice cream
freezer. Every time ice cream is made
in one Of the freezers where live,
come out on top of the ice cream
dressed all up as ice cream, too
But you look good to eat said one
Of the Toad Children.
"That's what I'm here for and he
looked very happy and pleased about
1t. And next time there's ice cream
III be here again
"'Yes,' said the Fairy Queen, we're
going to have hopping game, and
the one who does the greatest number
Of queer hops will eat the little ice
cream Mani And little Harvey Hop
Tree Toad-quite shy little fellow,
won the prize and ate the Ice cream
Man, but all the toads had plen1y to
refresh them after their hopping
MATCH"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

surface where they catch the eye and
do the most good.
For some months, France has been
wearing hats trimmed with large,
worsted roses and Alpine flowers done
in green and white wool.
On whatever material she wishes to
put these colored worsted threads, she
can do so. Even organdie serves as
suitable background.
The fashions that concern US most
at the present moment, are the crewel
rose and the sampler cross stitching.
No matter how far woman is from
Paris, she can use both these meth
DDS of trimming with lavish hand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
mickers" Worth While.

"My papa can lick your papa"
boosted Johnny, aged six.
~ don't care; my mamma can lick
your mamma" came back Jimmy.
Both of you make me tired" chimed
in Sammy. my papa and my mamma
can both lick me, and the worst part
Of it is they take turns about dom it.'
Fundamentals News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
GOOD MOP MADE AT HOME.
serviceabIe and Necessary implement
Constructed from Odds and Ends
Found Around House.

A mop is almost Indispensable in
those homes that have polished floors
or linoleums, and one made at home
will be found to answer almost as
well as those expensive ones that are
to be bought.
To make it, collect together odd
ments of cloth or flannel, anything in
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

peaches one cupful or or
ange juice and a half
cupful'of lemon juice. On
top sprinkle with chopped
pineapple and with pow
dered sugar.
Peach Sherbet.-Pare
and quarter enough ripe
peaches to make q quart.
Add to a quart Of water
the rind Of one lemon
and two tablespooRfuls
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

W w Gil NillCs L "
keep him happy
and comfortable he
must be refreshed
with proper drinks
and food. During
the heated season
the lemon is an In
valuable aid in pre-
pairing coolin e
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

$50 they had
t h ir Shower
Baths the very
first thing when
they got up"
did they have
their shower baths
in brooks or in
StreamS?" asked
Nancy.
II bet I could
guess" said Nick.
"Where?" asked
Nancy,
"W ny, tn e y
have their Show
err Baths under
the falls that
come down the
sides of rocks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

fact from which rubbers or floor
cloths are made.
Now cut up the cloths such as fan
mel or fiannelettes, ETC., into strips
about inches in length and 21s inches
In width.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

Nothing is impossible, there are
ways which lead to everything; and
If we had sufficient will, we should al
ways have sufficient means.-LaRoche-
fouCauld,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

MEM AMI Kidney trouble preys
AtAA4N ~ upon the mind, dis
WOMEN courages and lessons
w ambition; beauty, Wig
or and cheerfulness often disappear when
the kidneys are out Of order or diseased
For good results use DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy.
At druggists. Sample size bottle by Par
eel Post, also pamphlet.
Address DR.. Ktlmer & Co., Ri shamton.
N. Y. and enclose ten cents. When writ
ing mention this paper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

in dull green and brocaded pattern
in black and white is also in this
class.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

Many man has made a fortune by
not writing poetry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
FOOD FOR coNvALEscENT.

To keep a patient comfortable and
happy is no small part of the journey
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
SEkSONAHLE DISHES.

A delicious dessert of peaches is
made by pouring over cut-up ripe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

green woodland
ice cream. In
fact, l forgot to
tell you every
thing was green.
But when the
ice cream came
along, what should
be seen on top of
1t but a little,
tiny old Man made
out of ice cream,
too.
"How the Tree
TOads did scream
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
! THE
KITCHEN
sCABlNET =

A very large proportion of various
forms OF Illness are only the inevitable
result of thinking the same thoughts
over and over till the mind is reduced
TO treadmill.-Lilian Whiting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

Denmark is compelled to import
,oops for barrels.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01

Most of the budding geniuses get
nipped in the bud.
Evening star., 1916-11-26
THE PRESERVATION OF TREES

done by spraying and other artificial
means. and with no expense.
The afhiction of the ash trees is not
like that which Is killing pine trees.
The blister rust is caused by a fungus
belonging to a group of plant para
sites. the members of which have
proved uniformly resistant to attempts
al control through the agency of
spraying with fungicides and the ma
ture of these organisms makes inef-
fective this mode of treatment.
1t seems to have been determined by
American investigators that the white
pine blister came into the country in
1909. on some white pine trees which
were at that time imported from Ger
many and set out in this country.
About 100000 of them were planted
in Massachusetts and many more in
neighboring states. Soon after they
were set out the pine blister rust was
discovered on some of the stock which
had been started in New York state.
and Immediately 1t became necessary
to combat the disease. In New York
the government pulled up all the Ger
man white pines of that particular
shipment. The blister rust has attack
ed only pines of the five-leaved variety.
1t has not been observed on the two
leaved or three-leaved pines, such as
the yellow pine or the pitch pine.
Evening star., 1916-11-26
Thanksgiving Day for Troops the Mexican Bord@

fact that not good cooking. or even
prudent catering. will provide the SOL
diers with good eating: 1t is the knowl-
edge which plans the best menus for
health, variety and taste of the men.
1 shall not be satisfied until all cooks
are trained carefully and selected for
their fitness"
In purchasing the turkeys to be sent
to Texas. New Mexico and Arizona. due
regard Is had to transportation. price
and quality in selecting the market OF
purchase. There are now approx
mately 10000 troops. and under the
regulation this will require the pur.
chase of nearly 1000 pounds of the
bird. This weight is $50 tons. and will
require a train of at least six refrig-
Grating cars to haul them to the front
Army regulations and army agree
ments with railroads go a long way,
but good will along the line adds so
much that the trains with those cars
will surely reach their destination on
time.
without doubt the Thanksgiving
table of the absent boys will be heavy
with goodies from home. even. II must
needs be. at the expense of the family
feast; but 1t will not be necessary to
send turkeys.
Packages may be sent by parcel post
or by express to the Individuals. or
they will be carried free of charge IL
addressed to the commanding officer of
the unit body and taken to the nearest
army post for transportation.
The address should be impersonal.
For example. goods sent to Washing
ton organization should be marked ITO
Evening star., 1916-11-26

the commanding officer" of the unie
(naming iD at (giving the location).
The contents of the package sent In
this way will be the common property
of the command. Books, papers and
periodicals. always welcome, may be
forwarded in the same way.
There are two things supplied IN
abundance to the troops-fresh water
and ice-and although the intensity Of
the heat is past these luxuries remain.
One fact is a comfort to all the home
guard"-the wonderful health of the
camp. It is believed that worlds
record has been made in keeping health
up and disease down. There has not
been serious case of typhoid. and
while para typhoid has broken out. 1t
has been checked without a fatality.
The reports show that the sick rate
among the 10000 soldiers in Texas.
Arizona and New Mexico is away below
that of the best districts in the cities
and the countries. This comes. in part.
from the fact that only the fit were ac-
cepted in the army: but the fact re-
mains that they are Obliged to live sim
pie and wholesome lives and are daily
learning lessons of personal hygiene.
are daily laying in stock of health
and vigor. which will make them better
men.
How the boys will spend the day.
what amusements they will have, will
depend upon military conditions, and
the officers will undoubtedly plan to
make them as happy as possible.
Evening star., 1916-11-26

nm HE preservation of trees against
II disease and damage by insects
appears to be becoming a more
important national question each year.
While extensive publicity is being
given to the pine blister. a disease
which threatens the pine forests with
the same fate that has befallen the
chestnut groves of the country, there
comes a report that boring insects
have doomed the white ash tree. 1t
is announced that siace the introduc-
tion of the leopard moth from Europe
the ash appears to be one of the IA
vorite trees for the harborins of this
insect, which causes a great deal of
damage to the young trees.
The leopard moth aud the common
ash borer are close rivals, so far as
the destruction of the ash is con-
New York Botanical Garden says that
the first evidence of the presence of
the ash borer is the appearance of
strings of sawdustlike particles and
rather loosely compact pellicles or
wood. These are often present in
large numbers and may remain in
part hanging from the bark or may
fall to the ground at the base OF the
tree When the lnSects are pIeSeH. ~.
large numbers a heap of sawdust and
wood pellicles may be found entirely
surrounding the tree at its base. With
a little experience it is possible to
distinguish the wood pallicles of the
ash borer and those of the leopard
moth The latter are a little larger.
more compact and seldom remain hang
ing to the tree in any numbers. but
fail to the ground in little isolated
heaps. Like most boring insects. the
ash borer is very difficult to control
by artificial means, since in the larval
stage they work within the wood,
where it is difficult or impossible to
reach them.
The main reliance of trees against
their insect enemies should be on the
birds, the natural enemies of the in
sects. and an authority has said that
birds do ten times as much in the pro-
lection of trees and plants in general
from the attacks Of insects as can be
Evening star., 1916-11-26
EARLY USE OF PETROLEUM


Rock Oil Company. Townsend knew
Drake. who was then a conductor on
the New York and New Haven railroad.
and also knowing that he had an in
ventive turn Of mind. induced him to
go to that region of PennSy lvania,
since become famous as the Oil City re-
gion, and rig up some device for dig
ging into the earth to a great depth.
Drake did this and struck well. The
vast production of petroleum led to the
use of II in many ways. Chemists have
divided 1t into many articles of COM
mon use and necessity. and il would be
hard now to think of the world getting
along without petroleum and its prod
ucts. A historian Of the oil business
has written that there is no foundation
for the belief that Drake was the dis
show that petroleum was known to the
people of Pennsylvania at least fifty
years before Drake drilled for 1t. and
the early settlers found 1t floating on
the surface of OIL creek and soaked it
up with blankets, which were squeezed
out after they became saturated"
Drake never made much money as
the result of his strike" and he died
poor. but to his memory there was
erected in Oil City, in 1901. a monu-
ment bearing this inscription:
His Highest Ambition
The Successful Accomplishment Of
His Task.
his Noble Victory. the Conquest OF this Rock
Bequ"athing to Posterity the
Fruits Of
His Labor and Industry
His last Days Oppressed by Ills,
To Want. No Stranger
He died in Comparative obscurity
This Monument is Erected by
Henry Huttleson Rogers
In Grateful Recognition and Remembrance.
Drake struck oil on Augut 81. 1853,
and though he was prepared to drill
to great depth. he came upon the
oil at depth of only sixty-nine feet
There is another curious thing related
in connection with brakes we'll 1t is
said that his drill entered one of the
to have been dug ages ago by the
progenitors of the Seneca Indians. 1t
is established that the early Indians
knew of this oil and collected il from
the surface of streams and from the
surface of water which collected in
pits they dug for that purpose.
Evening star., 1916-11-26

oo 0HEN a man bandages his throat
NAV with a strip of flannel soaked
Wv in coal oil or kerosene. or rubs
snrained wrist with the same oil, he is
outt,ns petroleum to the use for which
i, was first treasured. Many articles
have been written on the subject of the
.discovery' of petroleum. but the OIL
was known and used by American IN
dians in prehistoric times
Not long ago there was celebrated AT
Oil City, Pa. Drake day" in honor OF
Edwin L. Drake. who drilled the hrs'
oil well and, in way. is remembered
as the discoverer. il not of petroleum.
at Ieas. of the great oil field of Penn
sylvania and the commercial way OF
obtaining the oil from the earth IL Is
a curious fact that Drake bored his IA
NOUS well for the purpose Of obtaining
the oil TO sell as medicine, just as II
had been used for hundreds OF years
before He was attempting TO obtain a
several years made business of vend-
ing the oil under the name OF rock Oil
as Imminent for sprains and bruises.
The name Of that man was Samuel NJ
Kier, a druggist in Pittsburgh. About
ls&O he began bottling the oil which
was SKINNED from the surface of pools
and creeks in the oil field neighborhood-
Later Kier bottled the oil which came
UP with brine from wells that were
sunk by searchers for salt. which in
many parts Of Pennsylvania and Ohio
lies far below the surface of the land
The historians OF the oil development
in Pennsylvania say that Kter. finding
the sale of his rock oiI' profitable.
needed more. and naturally got the
idea that IL was somewhere down in
the earth near the streams from which
Ii. xtHt
be obtained in larger quantities by
sinking a well for II. Experience
showed him that well could not be
dug deep enough by the methods then
in use to reach down to the probable
sources of the rock oil" Kier inter-
0oted James N. Townsend. a banker. in
his plan to get more of the medicinal
oil and they formed the Pennsylvania
Evening star., 1916-11-26

And they have been a great people
ever since.
IN the shadow of that great defeat"
says Hyde, they built up an enormous
colonial empire. See how that colonial
element has shown it's attachment in
this war-the dash of the African
troops, the labor and supplies of Indo-
China Also, France was isolated diplo-
matically after the war of 1870. yet
they went into the present war with all
their system Of alliances completely
playing And what allies. Great Brit
ain and Russia, Germany lost Italy,
while France gained Italy. Belgium.
Serbia and Rumana."
II is all due to the French republic.
What admirable leaders are BRAND.
Poincare and the men of the govern
ment, Brands energy and great talent
have developed him into a great states
man. 1t is queer how he and Lloyd
George both being Celtic by origin.
should be the two leaders of. the allies.
The alliance of France and England
the Misrepresentation and reciprocal in
fuences Of these two great nations on
each other-will take France far"
And what wonderful collection of
varied geniuses are the great French
generals, How well they work to-
gether and what charming relations
between men and officers you see at
the front,
Coming out of this war" says Hyde.
1.-The republic is going to be stronger
than ever. The strength Of the repub-
lie Is in the intense subdivision Of the
soil and the peasants love for 1t. It is
an inherited feeling. dating back to the
first republic. which divided up the soil.
The peasant feels that his tenure is
very secure. and If the republic comes
victorious out of this defensive war
Evening star., 1916-11-26
A Cruel Wound.
MR. OLIVER HoBsoN. the politics

mR. OLIVER HOBSON, the political
leader of Georgia, was defending
in Atlanta certain appropriations.
Don't call these appropriations pork
barrel appropriations. he exclaimed.
Though Pocatella numbers only 517
souls. she can appreciate a ninetythou-
sand-dollar post office as well as any
bloated metropolis could
Cut appropriations of this kind. gen
tlemen. and you wound your electors
as cruelty as the drummer was wound
ed at the Pocatella House
This drummer. being very fond of
corn on the cob. ate ear after ear.
Finally. the pretty waitress. after shed
brought him his fourteenth or fifteenth
ear. said. tartly:
Don't you think you would save
half a dollar or SO a day If you boarded
at livery stable?"