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The Washington times., 1918-07-13

Strong-havored vegetables may
be cooked uncovered IN . large
amount Of rapidly-bo boiling water.
and the water changed several
times during cooking.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13

Most vegetables should be cooked
in a small amount Of water. because
a part OF the mineral salts dissolyes
out into the water. and il lost II tho
water is thrown away. Cook whole
whom possible.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13

Drain all boiled vegetables a.
soon as tender-they become Sogsy
81 they are allowed to stand un-
drained after cooking. Tho water
drained OF may be saved for soup
Rtock
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
'GRAYFISH FOR
FOOD VALUE

CTAs BlreGU Of FtsAerSss Srpss tAS
public to use the 0reyfsA eocossS Of
ttS economical aHd nutritious vdlsA)
The Washington times., 1918-07-13

Before cooking. put head VsEe-
tables and green's in cold water ior
an hour, with one tablespoon of
vinegar, TO remove insects, then
wash very carefully.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11

Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.J
The widest "booms" in America new
er exceeded that which occurred in
Paris during the early part of the
eighteenth century. It was when Laws
mississippi Scheme" reached the
crest In its meteoric course.
In two or three years the manufac-
lures Of Paris increased four-fold. The
population was added to by hundred
thousands. The vast numbers of peo-
pie who came to Paris were forced to
live in garrets, Kitchens and stables.
This amazing activity was caused by
anticipations that huge profits would
be derived from trade with the Louisi-
ana province. At the beginning of the
reign of Louis XIV France was in seri-
GUS financial straits owing to the wars
of Louis XIV. Law was Scottish
1nancier who submitted to the French
government tempting plan for reduc-
ing the national debt by systematic
cultivation OF commercial relations
with the French territory in North
America.
With the protection of the govern
ment he organized, in 1717, the Com
pagnie dOCcident, capitalized at 100,-
100000 livres. His company was in
vested with the privilege Of trading ex-
clusively with the Province of Louisi-
ana for twenty-five years. The influ-
ence Of the Compagnie d'Occident over
Louisiana was made SO great that it
amounted practically to new govern
ment. In 1918 the name Of the COM
pany was changed to the Banque Roy
ale, with the king, himself, guaran-
teelng the notes that were issued. In
1719 the company obtained a monopoly
Of trade with the East Indies, China
and the South Seas and was named
the Compagnie DIES hides.
By this time so successful was Law
In arousing popular interest that when
$4,000 new shares were offered 1000
applications were made for them. Then
the boom above described reached its
elimination.
The entire scheme was doomed to
failure. Actual operations had hardly
been started when the government
greatly increased it's paper money cir
culation on the strength Of this pros.
perity. People began to realize that
they were riding on the crest Of q
bubble, The end came swiftly and al
though Law endeavored to remedy mat
tiers by drastic measures he was forced
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
Sandy of the Enoine Room.

''The chief engineer, Scot. q.
Certainly and always Passenger ship,
freighter, yacht, from here to Suez
and back again, the man in charge Of
the engine room probably is Scot.
There is no special reason for it; it
just happens that way. There Is the
old story, told with zest today by trav-
elers who will swear that they wit
messed the doings, of an American and
an Englishman who begulled the time
away in Shanghai by waging goOdly
sums on their odd achievements of
knowledge. The Engllshman, of course,
was behind In the game, but finally he
hit upon brilliant wager; he bet that
every ship making ready to sail that
day carried Scot In the engine room.
So to every engine room door they went
and called SANDY" "Mac." And ev-
cry engine room gave its reply. The
story must be as old as the steam en-
CINE. The bet could be won today.
"The chief engineer, Scot."-New
York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11


Your scheme is preposterous in the
extreme. 1t Is Of so eXtravagant a
character as to be positively absurd.
Then look at the recklessness of your
proceedings You are proposing to
cut up our estates in all directions for
the purpose Of making an unnecessary
road. Do you think for one moment
of the destruction of property in it?"
Such was the comment of one Sir
Ashley Cooper, great Englishman,
on the first railroad that Stephenson
proposed in England
Other comments of the time are also
Interesting. For example, Mr.. Berk-
eley, member of parliament for Chel-
tenham, said: Nothing Is more dis
tasteful to me than to hear the echo
Of our hills reverberating the noise
Of kissing railroad engines running
through the heart of our hunting coun-
try and destroying the noble sport to
which l have been accustomed from
my childhood"
But this is mild in comparison with
what one Colonel Sibthorpe said: Il
would rather meet q highwayman or
see burglar on my premises than an
engineer"
Physicians stated that travelling
through tunnels would expose healthy
people to colds, catarrh and consump-
tiOn.
Witness this reassuring article ap-
pearing in the London Quarterly Re
view in 1926: ut is certainly some
consolation to those who are to be
whirled at the rate of Is or 20 miles
an hour, by means Of high-pressure
engine, to be told that they are In no
danger Of being sea sick while on
shore; that they are not to be scalded
to death nor drowned by the bursting
Of boiler; and that they need not
mind being hit by the scattered frag-
ments or dashed to pieces by the fir
ing off or the breaking of wheel. But
with all those assurances we should
expect the people of Woolwich to suf-
fer themselves to be fred off upon one
Of the Congreve's ricochet rockets, as
trust themselves to the mercy Of an
engine, going at such rate"
Indeed, for long time, the nobility
Of England would not ride on
the railroads. II any travelling was
to be done they would allow their
servants, with the baggage, to use the
'ailroad, but for themselves they ad-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11

the Office where she worked, the old
man sat at his desk and transpOsed
the notes Of her songs from his brain
to the stated paper on his desk.
He dotted In notes here and there,
making changes, adding hint Of
technique here and a sense of rhythm
there. Each page as 1t fluttered from
his pen held dainty score of music
notes that q generation to come would
still be singing. They were exquisite
bits of melody, some for the voice and
others for the violin.
The old man pondered hour upon
hour as to the identity of the girl
whose voice gave to his listening ears
those wonderful notes.
In his own lifetime he had COM
posed songs that would live and live
and re-live, and now he was weary.
He had drained his own cup of in
SEPARATION to the dregs, and now this
girl In the room above had flung into
his soul snatches of melody that it
were crime to have lost.
He wondered from whom she had
inherited that gift of original herding
of notes.
There has been music somewhere,
everywhere about her, and yet hardly
think she is conscious that she has
composed score or more of wonder
full songs"
And because David Ward was q rO-
mantle old man, with a soul filled to
the brim with fantasy, he pondered on
"a picturesque way in which to ac-
quaint the girl with her own gift. He
had the songs for the voice bound In
one dainty volume, and those for the
violin In another.
And while the old man pondered
Mildred, too, YVES worrying her brain
and becoming wistful-eyed and trou-
bled.
II just can't stand 1t any longer"
she told herself, tearfully. II must
make some money. Everyone else is
helping the soldiers, and I don't even
have five dollars extra a month to
help with"
That evening her song was sad; SO
sad that David Ward swept moisture
from his eyes as the notes stopped
abruptly in the room above.
Something told him that sobs had
choked the sOngbird's notes.
An hour LATER when the sad little
melody was down on paper, David's
door was flung open and his big
nephew bounded in, a wonderful smile
on his face and his shoulders erect.
He was wearing khaki.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11

hered to the old plan of stagecoach.
This occurred during the beginning
of what economists have called the
industrial revolution" At that time
there followed in rapid succession the
invention Of many machines, such as
the steam engine, cotton gin, spinning
jenny, and the like. This revolution"
ushered In the highly developed and
organized world we live in today. 1t
enabled Stephenson to bring the first
locomotive to a workable stage in 1880.
1t also led to the construction Of the
first steamboat In 1907 by Fulton.
These two factors In modern trans
portation have done much for the
world. They have developed contin-
nents, brought the products Of distant
lands to your table, knit together ma
lions through exchange with one an
other, and equalized the distribution Of
food. This latter is perhaps one Of the
most important boons 1t has conferred
upon mankind. The fearful famines"
of the past, where millions Of people
have perished through failure Of crops
In one district, could have been relieved
II adequate transportation agencies
were In existence and ready to equa-
lie the extremes Of plenty and want
maintaining throughout the world.
But the modern transportation sys-
TEN that has relieved famines In In
dia, China, Ireland, and more recently
Belgium, would not be possible If the
millions of dollars required for its
financing were not available. And so
almost simultaneous with the indus
trial revolution people began to save
and invest money. Savings banks were
established and banks multiplied. 1t
is an astonishing fact that previous to
this period and since the time Of Rome
the accumulation Of capital by indi-
viduals was practically unknown.
Now capital Is largely obtained by
offering bonds for the investment Of
the funds of many people. Your city
erects schoolhouses and bridges; your
county builds roads; the country as a
whole carries on its share in the pres
ent war-all through bonds.
Just as the funds Of thousands Of
investors have made possible the re-
building of American cities, so has
the same principle made possible the
progress and wonders of the twentieth
century.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
HeIp for Bald Heads.

When a man loses his hair, his scalp
(having no growing crop to support)
becomes much thinner, and the skin
is so stretched over his skull as to
acquire smooth and polished appear
ance. Nature always rRgardful Of
the happiness Of her creatures) pro-
vides in this way a rink" for files
that have a taste for skating. It is
hard on the bald-headed man, who de-
serves much more sympathy than he
gets. Nevertheless, contrivance for
his relief has been invented, notes a
writer. The man with the denuded
Uranium, occupying a rockingham
provided with this contrivance, may
comfortably rock, while automatical-
ly, so to speak, the tasseled cloth that
waves about his head makes him safe
against fy-attack.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
CONTAMINATED AIR IN MILK
Easy to Understand How Foul odors
Are introduced IN Unclean and
Unventiated Stable.

II the milking Is done In a stable
that is unclean and unventilated,
filthy and filed with foul odors, It is
readily understood how the streams
of milk passing from the udder to the
pail will force the contaminated air
into the pail and impart to the milk
it's foul odors. The use of the sep
arator under similar conditions must
produce similar results.
Odors and flavors are also produced
in the milk after it has been drawn,
by the introduction into it Of unde-
sirable germs in the dust from the
stable and the COW and from lack Of
cleanliness of vessels used in hand.
ling 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
to fee from Paris and died practically
penniless in a foreign city.

to fee from Paris and died practically
penniless in foreign city.
At the same time q similar project
was coming to It's end in England. The
South Sea company, formed for the pur-
pose of trading in the South Seas, end
ed with crash when most Of the di-
rectors sold out when the value Of their
shares had been stimulated to reach
1000.
These early attempts at large scale
business organization ushered In the
modern type of corporation. A brief
sketch of how our present complex
business organization evolved should
be interesting to the readers of this
series, for the greater proportion Of
banking is inseparably linked with
business. Many Of the investment
bonds on the market today are Obli-
cations Of corporations.
The corporation. In its essential prin-
ciples, has been traced back as far as
ancient Babylon. 1t grew out of the
activities of families In commercial
tCAlUt n lsIl4Ilg Va hOulu
be as one In the ownership of boats,
equipment and In their operation.
Their trust in one another led natural
ly to the recognition of each member
as an agent Of the firm, whose acts
bound the others, and to the unlimited
liability of each for payment Of obli-
gations-features of the partnership.
The corporation came into existence
as an improvement over the partner
ship in handling large projects and in
limiting the liability of members. 1t
Is asserted by Blackstone that the cor
poration as we see 1t today descended
directly from the practice Of Roman
business men. The Roman corpora
tons were known as colleges" They
enabled aristocratic Romans to engage
in vulgar trade secretly.
In medieval times the corporation
form Of organization was used chiefly
with municipalities and ecclesiastical
bodies. Guilds and municipalities were
often chartered by the crown because
they could exercise the power which
the king himself was unable to WELD
The American trust" is not strictly
American. The idea of trusts origi-
mated In the middle ages through the
desire of the church to get around the
statutes of ''mortmain." These laws
were not favorable to those who had
Estates willed to them in perpetuity.
The scheme adopted was to have prop
erty decided to third party, who would
administer 1t for the benefit Of the
church. This is similar to the modern
trust organization, where stock of va
rious corporations Is held in trust by
a holding company. Probably the pop
ular idea that trusts are illegal origi-
mated In this first evasion Of the law.
The trade union has apparently al
ways existed. The Romans had them.
In medieval times they were called
guilds and crafts. Journeymen often
formed associations for protection. The
purpose they gave was religious wor-
ship, but that was only cover for
what we would now call trade unions.
They conducted strikes and obtained
increases in wages.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
FEED CALF SEPARATOR MILK
When Given Alone 1t Is Liable to
Cause ndeestion-Feeding Ia
Vastly important.

Separator milk is not balanced ra-
ton for calves On this feed alone,
and the way it Is usually given to them,
they are liable to get Indigestion, as
shown by blOated condition, caprici-
Gus appetite and diarrhea. Most of the
trouble can Re avoided by adding a
handful of OILY meal to cornmeal or
cottonseed meal. to supply, in way,
the fat that has been removed in the
skimming.
The milk should be given to them
warm and never when 1t is frothy.
Never allow calf to drink all of the
milk that it wants at one meal. 1t is
a bad practice to allow several calves
to drink out of one trough, some of
them will get too much. Care in feed
ing calves Is of vastly more Importance
than "cures" for calf scours.s
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
MAKING a Call.

A little boy of five went with his
mother to make call. The lady Of
the house, who was very fond Of
children, told him she intended to
ask his mother to let her have him.
Don't you think your mother would
let me buy you?" she asked.
No" he said, you haven't got
money enough"
How much will it take?" she asked.
Three hundred pounds" he an
swered promptly, land you haven't got
that much"
II think I could manage it," she
said. IF can, will you come to meT"
NO" he said, with decision. 'Mam-
ma wouldn't sell me anyhow. There
are five of us, and mamma wouldn't
like to break the set."-LondoH Tit
Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
GEORGE Bancroft.

George Bancroft was author Of a
volumlnous and detailed history Of the
United States. He was public man
as we'll as an author and occupied
many positions Of honor and trust In
the public service Of his country. He
was collector of customs Of the port
of Boston from 1888 to 1S41, and sec
rotary of the navy In the cabinet Of
President Polk. While holding that
important office he established the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Maryland, at which practically
all the naval officers Of the United
States are trained. He served as
United States minister to Great Brit
tin, Prussia and other Germanic states.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
by Dorothy Douglas

NCopyFlghtS 1ylI, by the Mcclure NewSpa-
per Syndicate)
Mildred lifted a soft air as she
wound her great coils Of coppery hair
about her small head. 1t framed her
oval face like FURNISHED braid of old
gold. Her eyes were wistful and her
song dropped, like a tiny bird that
hutters YEARLY home to the nest.
Sometimes the quaint airs that NIL
idred sang were light and happy; then
again they told Of heavy heart that
tlonged for rest, and yet again there
was tremendous grandeur in her song,
as If some great emotion held her in
fts grip.
Mildred could not have repeated the
quaint airs that her heart fashioned
i'm her brain. They were little snatches
of expression in song that were as
spontaneous as they were tuneful.
She did not realize that her notes
were herding themselves together in
dainty compositions that were full OF
sentiment and harmony.
To the white-haired musician that
sat by his window in the room above
Mildred. He drank them into his
music tuned soul as thirsting animal
laps the sparkling water from noun
tain brook.
The notes dubbed and laughed at
times. and it was then that the old
MAN smiled and his ewes were bright
And when the voice dropped and the
notes fell heavily on the air, then did
mis- heart beat DULY with an ache that
hurt.
And In the hours that the song bird
was away from her room and down at
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
FEEDING SlLAGE TO CALVES
Begin Early With Small Amount In
Connection With Other Roughase,
Increasing Gradually.

Calves should become acquainted
with silage early in life, beginning
with a very small quantity in connec-
ton with other roughage and increas-
ing gradually. In this way the young
animals develop normally. making
rapid gains while the cost Is kept at
the minimum.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
Knitting Not Permitted.

Knitting, while permissible In the
gallery of the house of representatives
in Washington, is forbidden in the SEN
ate. A lady wearying Of the discussion
in the house the other day, went over
debate, she took out her knitting. Moth
ing had been said about it in the house,
but when she began to knit in the SEN
ate she was Immediately stopped. Sen
atorial dignity must be preserved
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD
Essentials Are Careful Selection, In.
teliisent Breeding and SkiIIfui
Management.

Careful selection, intelligent breed
Ing and skillful management are fund
amental in the profitable upbuilding of
the dairy herd. By the use of economy
and good judgment the Improvement
of herd need not be expensive.
Careful selection is the first step in
the building up Of a dairy herd. Selec-
ton naturally begins with the elimina-
ton of all low producers. Every owner
Of dairy cows should establish a def
mite standard and all cows that do
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
SOLVE DAIRY FEED SHORTAGE
Dalryman Can Make What They Have
Go Further by Adopting Plan of
Food Conservatlonists.

Dairymen can solve the feed short
age by the same method other people
are using to solve the food shortage.
They can make what they have go
further. If food economies can result
in feeding more people with the same
amount of food, the same feed can feed
more cows.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11

not measure up to the requirements
should be rejected. One hundred and
fifty pounds of butterfat a year is a
fair minimum for most localities.
Whether a cow is to be rejected or re-
tanned should depend ordinarily on pro-
duction as shown by the Babcock test
md the scales. Only the best hefer
calves from the most productive cows
should be raised.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add ! OF. Bay
Rum, a small box OF Barbo Compound,
and Il OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
Streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
To Sharpen Pazors.

If razor homes are placed upon
strong magnets, ra2ors will be held
fiat, and can be sharpened more rap
idly and accurately.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11


LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, the World Famous
Cure for Colds and Grip, Is now Doc per box On
account of the advance in the price of the six diff
ferept Medicinal, Concentrated Extracts and Chem
ica!s contained in LAXATIVE BROM0 QUININE,
IL was necessary to increase the price to the Drug
gist 1t has stood the test for Quarter OF Cent
urJ. 1t Is used by every Civilized Nation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
Sugar Produced in Paraguay.

Paraguay In 1917 produced 1873
tons of sugar, One-fourth home CON
sumption requirements.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11

According to. a British physician,
cinnamon mixed in food Is an excel
lent preventative against measles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11

An old bachelor Is a man who Is too
late for the fair.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-08
SERVICE FLAG
 AT P.H. CHURCH
STARS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE TO WAR FROM P. H. METHODIST
 CONGREGATION.

Large congregations were present last Sunday morning and evening at Pulaski Heights M. E. Church. Two programs were given in connection with the presentation of a service flag with thirteen stars.
 Lieut.. Henry Doyle of Little Rock spoke at the forenoon service on "The Value of Discipline
 A vocal solor by Mrs. A. B. Nichols and selections by the Pulaski Heights orchestra, under the direction of Mrs. Herbert Smith and John P. Streepey, made up the musical program.
 Honor was the subject of an ad- dress at the evening service by En- sign w. T. Ritter, ranking naval off, cer here. He gave a description of the duties and the responsibilities of the naval officers and the men under them.
 Our Flag" was sung by the junior choir. A reading, "The Service Flag was given by Miss Virginia. Smith. The Girls Military Drill Corps and Troop of the Boy Scouts attended the evening service in q body.
 The Rev. L. E. N. Hundley, pastor of the church, presided at both ser vices.
 Those in whose honor the service flag was unfurled are: Capt Clay E. Smith, Dr. Samuel 6. Boyce, Hunter Mcdonnell, William Mcdonnell, Hil- ton Osterman, Harold Branch, George Patterson, Capt. Roy Anderson, 1t. Col. Ross Smith, Wayne Andrews. Lieut.. Robert A. Campbell, Miss Ge- 1este Campbell (Red Cross) and Lieut.. w. A. Turner.