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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give "CaIifornia Syrup
of Figs"

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour
Look at the tongue, mother If coat
ed or your child is listless, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give
teaspOOnful of California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
well, playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 5O-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Employment on the Pennsylvania.

A new plan for handling employ
ment applications is being put into
effect by the Pennsylvania railroad by
which every one Of the 1,500 station
agents on the lines East will become
an employment agent.
The purpose is to encourage a great
er number Of men who live In the vi
cinity Of the company's lines and
shops to enter the service. The policy
of the railroad has been so far as pos
slble to offer the first opportunities
for work to people who are It's neigh
bors. Believing that many men in the
towns, villages and cities through
which the lines pass would be glad to
enter the railroad service If they only
knew how to apply, the new plan has
been devised to make 1t easy to ascer-
tain what lines of service are open
and in what localities work may be
obtained.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
us WORLDS HEAVIEST BRIDGE
in Weight Anything That Has
Yet Been Built.

The steel arch across He'll Gate
the heaviest bridge in existence, will
soon be ready for traffic and then it
will be possible for travellers to pass
through New York going north and
south without any of the inconven-
fences and delays that have hitherto
been unavoidable. Time and money
will be saved.
The He'll Gate bridge is part of
two-mile project known as the New
York Connecting railway, and of this
the East river division alone, repre-
sents an outlay of $30000,000 and COW
ers stretch of three and One-half
miles. The massive span has cost ST.
100000.
Today the He'll Gate bridge repre-
senrs Il sustained mass of 10000 tons
of steel alone. 1t is the longest four
track railroad bridge and able to sup
port greater load per lineal foot than
any other bridge.
Gustave Lindenthal, the engineer,
who laid all of the plans for the bridge,
is a modest genius, and has little to
say of this latest monument of his
technical skill.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
HAVE CUT DOWN DISASTERS
Records Show Good Work Has Been
Accomplished by the Railroads
of America.

A convenient tabulatiOn of facts re
lating to railroads in the United States
is furnished by the annual bulletin
of the bureau of railway economics.
The issue just out bears the title "Sta-
tistics of Railways, 1905-1915," and will
be found extremely handy. The tables
are unaccompanied by any comment,
but q glance at them suggests to the
interested eye many point worth
noting. Thus one cannot fail to be
struck with the remarkable decrease in
the number of persons killed and in
jured in train accidents, during the
i've years covered by the table relating
to that subject. In the case of pas.
sengers Killed in such accidents, the
fiscal year 1913 stands out in an evil
way, though the record as q whole is
decidedly encouraging, the figures for
the successive years from 1911 to 1915
being 142, 139, ISL, 50, 80; but the
number of employees on duty killed
in train accidents shows steady
diminution in the number of persons
injured, though very marked, has not
been so great as in the number killed
which apparently indicates that the
Improvement that has taken place has
been rather in safeguarding against
accidents of the most disastrous type
than in the prevention of all kinds of
accidents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
GIVES A MONOLITH TO POPE
Evidence of Early Christianity in
China Presented to Benedict by
New York Woman.

After presenting to Pope Benedict
two-ton monolith, the gift of Mrs.
George Leary of New York city, Rev.
Father George w. Waring, chaplain of
the Eleventh cavalry, U. S. A. station
ed at Governors island has returned.
"The monolith," he said, lis repro
ductiOn of monument erected at
Cian-Fu, China, in the seventh century,
by HISTORIAN heretics of the Christian
faith. The inscriptions on the big
stone, in Chinese and Assyrian, prove
conclusively that Christianity had OBJ
tanned a foOthold in China at that
early period. The monolith was
brought here by DR.. Fritz Holm, and
for eight years it was exhibited at the
American Museum of Art. Then it
was purchased by Mrs. Leary, in
whose behalf I took it to Rome to
present it to the pope, who had it set
up in the Vatican museum"
So well pleased was the pope with
the monolith that he conferred upon
Father Warning the cross Pro Ecclesia
ct Pontifice and gave to him an auto
graphed photograph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
History Of Indiana Railroads.

In February, 1881, the Indiana legis.
lature chartered six railroad COM
panies, viz, the Lawrenceburg & In
dianapolis; Madison & Indianapolis {;
New Albany, Salem & Indianapolis :;
Harrison & indianapolis; Lafayette &
indianapolis, and Ohio & Indianapo-
lis. The first one built was the Madi-
son & Indianapolis, which was opened
from Madison to Vernon in 1889 and
to indianapolis in 1S47. The Jeffer-
sonville road was begun in 1S4S and
completed to Edinburg in 1852. The
old BellefOntaine, now part of the Big
-Four, was chartered in 1913 and COM
pleted from indianapolis to Union
City in 1852. The Terre Haute & H.
dianapolis was begun in 1850 and COM
pleted in 1852. The Indianapolis &
Lafayette was begun in 1910 and fin
ished in 1852. The old Indiana Central
was begun in 1851 and completed to
the Ohio state line in December, 1853.
The Peru & indianapolis was char
tered in 1916, work began in 1949, was
completed with fiat bar from Indian
apolis to Noblesville In 1851 and fin.
ished to Peru in 1854.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Robbing the Cradle.

Reports from Maine show that L.
100000 young balSam frs were shipped
Christmas trees. The first shipment
of Christmas trees from Maine began
about dozen years ago and the num-
Der sent out was about 500. Maine is
Il large state and her forests are vast,
but if the Christmas tree industry con-
tinues to grow or, indeed, keeps ON at
the present rate, it will not be many
Years before this wholesale destruc-
ton of the young trees and the extern
Sive numbering that is going on will
exhaust her forest resources. It is
well to begin to have an eye to the
future.-Springfield Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Long Plate Girder Spans.

The longest through-plate girder
span supporting a double track, ac-
cordlng to the Railway Age Gazette,
is 1884, feet long and is located at
Gardner, N. Y, on the West Shore
railroad. The New York Central and
Hudson River railroad has bridge at
Lyons, N. Y, which is a four-track
structure with three-plate Orders. The
middle one supports the load on two
tracks and the span for this arrange
ment is LOT feet 8 inches. A number
of longer plate girder bridges designed
for lighter loadings may be found on
the Eastern Bengal railroad system.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
'CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 10-cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort.
able you are from constipation, indiges.
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv.
business, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A Decent box means health happi.
ness and clear head for months.
No more days of gloom and distress
if you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in
sides need cleansing, too Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Owning Home Gives Sense of Security

Ownership, like faith, affords sense
of security-and the whole concep-
ton of home is based on a feeling Of
security. You can close the door and
the world is shut out. You can go
away from it, and it will be there
when you come back.
Now the tenant, the man who lives
In other peoples houses, can never be
sure that it will be there when he
comes back. In fact, that is one of the
reasons why he lives in another mans
house-he doesn't want it there when
he comes back. And he sets forth on
an eternal quest after an elusive, vi
sionary something whose absence
makes this present dwelling a whited
sepulcher.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
PROUD OF STATIONS
ENGLISH RAILROAD LINES HAVE
MANY PRETTY ONES.
Some ArtificiaIIy Beautifed and Some
Situated in Naturally Charming
Spots-Lakeside on Very
Edge of Windermere.

Probably the railroad station in
England which can boast of being
most beautiful for situation is that
Of Grange-over-Sands, in FurneSs.
The Furness railroad in it's course
from Arnside to Barrow, hugs the
northern shore of Morecambe bay, and
Mt Grange the sea almost washes the
platform of the station at high tide,
whilst when the tide is out great
stretch of shining white sand CLEANS
In the sunshine.
On the other side of the line the
traveller sees a sort of transformation
Scene-in summertime, at least-an
exquisite garden of emerald lawns and
gay parterres and dancing fountains,
and behind this lovely little town
EMPOWERED in trees, and behind this
again, yet quite close at hand, high
hill crowned with LEAKAGE. Yes, the
railroad station at Grange will take a
lot of beating.
Perhaps the station which comes
nearest to winning the beauty prize
from Grange is another on the same
system-Lakeside station. This is not
an attractive station in itself but its
situation on the very edge of Winder-
mere, the queen of the English lakes,
makes it very notable. You step out
of the station on the little lake
steamboat to continue your journey
into that lakeland which is the largest
area in England without a railroad.
Another beautifully situated station
is the one at Llangollen. 1t is built
on the bank of the Dee, and close
to it is the quaint old bridge and the
steep old village, and on either
hand the lovely hills, one of them
crowned with a castle, and as far as
the eye can see the wonderful dale or
vale scenery.
Quite number of stations on the
Midland in the Peak district are very
notably situated, such as Matlock
Bath, with the High Tor towering
above it, and Blackwell and Millers
Dale with their far-extending views.
But rival to any of these is the
Warren Halt at Folkestone. 1t oc-
ours just before the train runs into
the Shakespeare Cliff to reappear at
Dover, and the last scene before
plunglng into darkness is the lovely
Warren, beloved of picnickers and
blackberry gatherers. This notable bit
of scenery is undoubtedly the result of
a catastrophe thousand years old or
so, mighty landslide when the cliff
gave way and billions of tons of earth
and rock slid into the sea.-London
Tid-Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Pro and Con,

novelist was arguing against vege-
tarianism.
THE vegetarians' claims are fantas-
tic he said It's no use reasoning
with them. You must just advance
fantastic counter-claims against them
"A rabid vegetarian once said to
me:
1T is a matter of universal record
that meat eaters grow like the meats
they eat Thus the beef eater becomes
dull and bovine. The mutton eater be-
comes sheepish The veal eater is a
calf. The pork eater a hog
My loud laughter interrupted him.
True, quite true, my friend | said.
And have you also noticed how all you
vegetarian potato eaters are pretty
small p0tatOeSY "-Washngton Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
GLIjNuET EnEyyE|
P[il[E[L[RS@
~
o@V@
LEARNING TO KNOW FLOWERS
Information That Would Be of I'm
mense Value to the Man Who Is
Planning a Home.

The hOme-maker, with. facilities at
hand, could choose wisely what to
plant in his own home grounds. Lee
lures, instructive and helpful though
they are, can hardly accomplish for
the amateur planter in the course of
half a year what a single visit to a
shrubbery or perennial garden would
accomplish for him in half an hour
And, in addition, as everyone knows,
the parks themselves would be all the
more interesting and delightful for
these garden sections.
The average person knows few
shrubs and few flowers. To tell one
Of these that the SNOWFALL with which
he is familiar is only one of 81 score
or more of available viburnums that
the shrub he knows as "lilac" can
be had in numerous varieties, some
growing even into tree form, or that
what he calls the "syringa" or the
mock orange" can be had in dwarf
bush that is mere pygmy beside its
robust cousin-to recount facts of this
sort is to surprise him. Yet it is i'm
portant that facts of this sort be
brought before him. There is too
much uniformity in the planting of
city yards-too much use made of
the same material. Public gardens,
exhibiting not only the common varie-
ties, but the uncommon as well, those
not so often met with but despite that,
quite as beautiful as the others, would
serve to overcome the tendency toward
monotOny already only too apparent
There are many purposes, as a mat
ter Of fact that these gardens would
serve, all of which the park board
might do we'll to consider.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Don Question Not Exciting.

Montpelier.-The dog question dld'
MT prove an. exciting event before the
general committee which met in rep
resentatives hall in connection WIFE
the farmers meeting. The discussion
appeared to be against the dog and
in favor of a state fund to pay sheep
damages and other damages caused by
dogs, although there was opposition
to creating such fund that there
would be surplus to help out otheI
departments, a point emphasized by
Mr.. Fenton of Rutland City.
e. e. Moore Of Ludlow thought oy
taking away the fees from the towns
it would remove the incentive.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Need Not Endanger Sewers.

Complaints are heard of tree roots
entering sewers, but if the joints are
perfect no such thing is possible. Roots
are attracted only by soil moisture and
cannot partake Of food through any
other medium. Therefore no moisture,
no roots. Concrete is never water
proof, but may be made so by asphalt
and other coverings. If so treated and
a good job is done, no tree roots will
ever enter a sewer through a joint in
the pipe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
V E r M ONT
STATE NEWS
Crosses Lake champIain in Automo-

Crosses Lake champIain in Automo
bile.
Burlington.-For the first time on
record a trip has been made across
Lake Champlain in an automobile on
the ice.
This feat was successfully accom-
plished last week by Ralph Stafford,
Lynde c. Kiley and Walter Laramie
of Essex, N. Y, who negotiated the
distance of IA miles from Essex to
burlington in about three quarters Of
an hour.
1t was an experiment that will
probably result in many more trips of
the kind. Mr. Stafford and his asso-
clates had to break out their own
roads, that is, they came across with
out regard TO the route which runs
from Charlotte to the other side of
the lake and over which teams run
daily.
The three men arrived here early
yesterday afternoon and made the re-
turn trip before night. 1t was all
done in four passenger car. The
men stated that the going was fine,
there being enough snow to travel
without sliding or slipping.
The cracks which were encountered
on the trip were successfully over
come by running at full speed and
jumping them. This rather hazard
Gus experience was gone through sew
eral times but each time the sturdy
motor car did 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

and it has helped me in every way.
am not nearly so nervous, no headache
or pain. / must say that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best remedy any sick woman can take. "
Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 259
Worthen St., Lowell, Mass.
Other warning symptoms are a sense
OF suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, variable
appetite, weakness, inquietude, and
dizziness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
YOU MAY TRY CUTlCURA FREE
That's the RuIe-Free Samples to Any.
one Anywhere.

We have so much confidence in the
wonderful soothing and healing proper
ties of Cuticura Ointment for all skin
troubles supplemented by hot baths
with Cuticura Soap that we are ready
to SEND samples on request. They are
ideal lOI the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
China to Build s0o.MlIe Railroad.

The Chinese government has con-
tracted with the Siems-Carey company
of st. Paul for the construction of an
additional 300 miles Of railroads. The
line is to run from Chowkiakow, In
Honan province, through Nanyangfu
to Siangyanfu in Hupeh province. Tie
work has been begun by surveyors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Merely a Truce.

ut does me good to see Democrats
and Republicans burying their differ
rnces in this national crisis" said the
optimistic citizen.
Don't fool yourself" grumbled the
pessimist. "They are not burying
their differences so deep they won't
be able to dig them up again in short
order"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

Change of Life and
the bad feelings
common at tn at
time. 1 was in a
very nervous condi-
ton, with headaches
and pain a good
deal of the time so l
was unfit to do my
work. A friend
asked me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e g e t a b lie Com
poI1pd y,b;ob 7 iii
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Shoe Retailers of State Meet.

rlington.-Vermont Shoe Dealers
to the number of so attended a ban
quet at Hotel Vermont. Clarence A.
Brown of Rutland president of the
association, presided and gave an
address. Others who spoke were F.
J. Blake of the Goodyear Tire & Rub
Der Co. of Akron, Ohio, George Van
derporter of the School Manufacture
ing Company by B. M. Shepard OF
Montpelier, B. J. Boynton of this
city, J. A. Greenwood of Chester, J.J.
Wood of the b. f. Goodrich Company
Thomas w. Ray, former president OF
the Association, and w. w. Jones of
this city.
The address Of Mr.. Brown gave an
idea of the shoe situation in the
country. Among other things he said:
THAT old saying, Never cross your
bridges until you come to them was
never more applicable than in the
present condition of the leather and
shoe market, for, on this side we hear
that the price of shoes will be from
$40 to $50 a pair. This bridge we
have not come up to as yet, and there
IS no probability of there being any
such prices demanded"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

fastened to the
top of an inse-
cure post at a
distressing angle,
presents a sharp
contrast to the
mail box which a
Minnesota farmer
has erected in
front of his home.
The box itself,
which is of the
ordinary metal
type, is Enclosed
in n miniature
log cabin with a
gable roof. The
post supporting
the box and
cabin is sur
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
Valuation of Vermont's Bank Stocks

Montpelier.-In accordance with
statute provisions the board OF APP
praisers Of bank stock, made up OF
the tax commissioner, state treasurer
and bank commissioner, which recent
ly met at the state house has finished
it's work and state banks have re-
ceived notice of the appraisal OF their
stock The valuation at which such
stock is appraised by the board is the
value such shares of stock shall be set
in the grand list Of the towns, 10
their respective owners and the
shares of stock can be set in the llst
at no other or different value. The
Burlington Trust Co., heads the isl
with valuation of $500.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

The manufacture of fans was estab-
lished as an industry in England dur
Ing the Stuarts' rule.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
EXPIRES. Taft to Speak.

Montpelier.-Plans were discussed
at a meeting in the Board OF Trade
rooms for the coming visit to Mont
pelier of Ex-President William H.
Taft who will deliver an address in
the city hall on Thursday evening
March 8, in the interests of the Lea
que to Enforce Peace. Mr.. Taft Is
one of large number of national
figures whom the league has at Its
command in its nationwide campaign
to acquaint the rank and file with the
objects of the organization.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

This Is said to be woman's age,
yet women have little to say about
their age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

When little man wants to make an
impression he wears q silk hat
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

Chronic Constipation Is as dangerous
as disagreeable. Garfield Tea cures it.
ADV.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
MAIL BOX OF RUSTIC DESIGN
When He Placed Ornament in
Front of His Home.

A rural mail box, rusty and dilapi-
dated, such as one occasionally sees
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

rounded with short sticks which have
been laid crisscross. The rustic effect
is very pleasing.-Popular Mechanic
Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE ACE
Mrs. Quinn's Experience
Ought to Help You Over
the Critical Period.

Lowell, Mass. For the last three
years | have been troubled with the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

Passage has been refused DILL
providing for the killing OF deer upon
the order of the Fish and Game Com
missioner, when the deer damage
land or crops. Mr.. Aiken OF Put
ney opposing the bill and severely
criticising the Fish and Game system
as It has been conducted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-03-09

For Prevention of tuberculosis.
Observation-Disclosures, represen-
tatives of trade organizations and va
rious other persons interested In the
prevention of tuberculosis and the
care of persons afflicted with the
dread disease appeared before the
Committee on Public Health and as
one earnestly urged the committee to
consider favorably and report to es-
tablish county institutions for the
care of tuberculosis patients.
The bill, which was introduced by
Mr.. Rowland of Barre City, PROVIDES
for counties to vote on the question
of appropriating money for the cree
ton of buildings, the sum not TO ex-
coed $4,000, and the State to NAM
tain the institution.