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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
Use for Old Clay Tablet.

We don't know what the profession
al antiquarians think about II. but as
one more or less familiar with the
trade, we are convinced that the Baby
lonlans practiced printing 1000 years
ago Those well-preserved clay tab
lets prove 1t. The Babylonians we
know to have been wonderfully In
telligent people and the archeologists
tell us that they filed their legal docu-
ments, inscribed on clay. with thin
layer of damp clay laid over each in
order to preserve 1t.
And. of course, anybody with one
eye and half sense, would have diseov-
cred that the cast" or stereotype thus
made could be, In turn, duplicated by
hundreds. Clay copies Of the clay
documents-each a matrix--could b
made at Will BY the original writer
and there can be NO doubt that II wat
done. You can't restrain an authos
from publishing. when he has the
means at handl Only fancy what oui
own poets would Do in the eircur
stances! And perhaps tirey VIII sdsp'
this secret Of the Babyioniana w
may rave spilled sems Babyienia1
beans, nut we don't care. We knes
where there's a clay pit and we ma!
90 to publishing.-Chicago Daily News
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
CHEWING etjm 80 YEARS OLD
John AdaNts, Photographer q Staten
Island In 1879 ntsesvero@ the Pes
slbiitUss u ckioSs.

Chewing gum began its history In
1870. Up to this time the chicle or
rap from the chicaexapote tres Of Mex
leo was known sniy to the Fadiaus. A
photographer on Staten Island secured
a lump Of II and sought to turn II to
some account Tor two years he at
teiapted to make II Substitute for
eutta percha or seft rubber. This
having failed, he Was abeut TO fhrow
n away when he happened to break
of BIT; and ehewed It, according to
the Detroit News
IN hts photograph gallery back room
the photographers. John Adams BY
name, continued to experiment with It.
and IN time evolved something re
sembfing the gum Of today. He ses~ 4"
to peddie II abeut In small lots to star-
By candy and drug stores. and by
1890 he was employing 200 hands In n
sixstory building he dfed. leaving a
fortune ts his four sons q marty naf'-
Hons. The white gum" or "ches4ns
wax" us Il was knewn. was alnoSs
drivsn fran the market BY the aew
sfertng, and todny II seldom sef~
II b rnnde from the gam H fire ~ "
England spruce and from rarrfiH
That h the residue OF crudo petroieuH'
IN process Of refining.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
Defects Never Long Hidden.

II takes but little fallen fruit to
discount the value Of the whole barrel.
Purchasers are always looking for ev-
idence Of fallen fruit so they can have
argument for lowering the price.
Wise dealers see to it that no fallen
fruit Is found in their products. I'm
scrupuious people take delight In put
ting all the fallen stuff they can
among the good. 1t may work for a
time. Some of the fallen may even
be SO much like the picked fruit that
you can't tell the difference at first.
But In the end the fallen stuff viii
be its own advertisement. It's the
same with people. Discounted char
acters try to mnge with the best
folks because, they hope to be rated
among the best. And II often works
for a time, but In the end there is
sure to be revelations that show the
picked and the fallen product-Ex'
change.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06

No Longer Sufficient That "coreord o.
Sweet Sounds" Shall Fall Pieas-
antiy on the Ear.

Materiaiism can never let art alone,
but always wants to put the horse col
lar on 1t and make 1t haul something.
There was a time when music was the
handmaiden Of the soul and was asked
only to buoy our spiritual selves upon
life's stormy sea.
The most unitarian service 1t YVES
asked to perform was to soothe the
savage breast, and then 1t was In some
degrees brought down from its peak
and set at the task Of accompanying
the Fletcherizing in temples of gas
tronotny; next 1t was tried as an &C
celerator on disconnected cows. De-
signed to facilitate the flow Of soul,
Il was found to facilitate the flow Of
milf.
And now what do we heart That
music has been found "efficacious"-
think of 1t, efficacious. that toiling and
moiling word lin therapeutics; good
for boils, bunions, rheumatism. govt
corns and pSresis.
But perhaps 1t Is for the best. II
music can be Of some use in the world
instead of being mere butterfly OF
emotion, 1t can better hold its owl
against all tire wild tempests of JAZZ
and syncopation.-F. H. Collier in st
Louis Globe Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
0uFF n f>'s"''
CENTENARY or THE hMFERE
Effect Of win Carrying q Current On
Magnet Was Discovered
100 fsav NJ.

Trsm ths sbes$anes q ekls yeaf,
the centenary q ne dtses~ssv and 10
suanes Of She fundsmsntsi efectronag-
netie lava he derivation Of the often
heard wit and ampsrs wherever pee
pie SPEAK IN terms Of electricity. are
bruusht - mind.
TO Anpere after vnom &c have
named aait q @msarancat It esec-
tr4cal energy. "th> ampere 10
credited the announcement % Sept IL
1890. Of The laws Fsvesutnt the eject
Of q wire carrying q odrrSnf drcr
magnet. and also "a sepe. - II Die
satHs ysaf. ti,s feroe setfou q Sne
wire carrying . carrent Upon another
vas announced. The paper By Am
pere was frankly based upon the ear.
Tier work OF Oersfed. VINO discovered
the effect Of an electric current upon
a compass needle and who explained
the concentrtc nature Of the magnetic
neld set up about a conductor carrying
an electric current but Ampere, never
theless. Is credited with the discovery.
Volta. 10 Italy. had already produced
the voItaic pile. made Of layers Of
copper and zinc separated BY a wet
cloth, IN i7g9. TO him Is also credited
valuable resea rch In electrical science
and from his name The unit "vcst" ia
derived.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
Roumanla to the Front.

In these days when Roumania
energies from the wreckage of the old
continental order as the greatest and
potentially strongest state Of south
eastern Europe, the realization is need
ful that Latin people, imbued with
Latin culture and the consciousness
OF Latin sorority Of nations. exists
On the banks Of the Black sea and oc-
cupies as an outpost the west one Of
the most important strategic positions
at the gates Of the Orient.
Through the union of Pennsylvania
and Bessarabia, Roumanian since
time immemorial, with the old king
dom former by the fusion of Walla-
CHA and Moldavia, Roumania comes
to occupy an area almost as large
as that Of Italy, with population
more than twice that Of Belgium
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
WILL TEST WAFER OWNING
French Government to Try Plan In e.
fort to Locate Precious Fluid
In the Sahara.

TIE government Of France has de-
dded to test the value OF water-dsvfa-
Ing ID Its African colonies, and an I'm.
pYessively expert committee comprfs-
Inc biologists and surveyors. as we'll
% OWNERS. has been appointed to up
ny the magic rod to the Sahara. Since
Noses first struck water from the rock
he question Of divining has been q
moot one, and the weird Is no less
eredulous Of its results In this age Than
n ancient days. The "dowser" had e
great vogue In England in the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries. espe-
eialiy In Cornwall. where numerous
learned works attest his prowess In
finding metals under the earth. But
even latterly "dowsing'' for water has
been attended with such success that
science has had to explain the droop-
ing Of the forked hazel twig In the
sdowser's" hands by such theories as
that certain people possess super
normal perceptive faculty" and that
the twisting Of the branch indicated
smental disturbance In the dowser
which is beyond the scope, Of conscious
perception" We can we'll imagine that
whether the twig or the man be the
agent In the matter the French gov
ernment will be we'll rewarded for their
experiment in dowsing on large scale
II an extra oasis or two be- added to
The Sahara. Failing that the world
will doubtless come. yet to the more
complete and imaginative plan. which
has from time to time been mooted,
OF tipping the water Of the. Mediter-,
yanesn into the great desert by means
OF a canal.-Manchester Guardian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
MACHINE TO WORK WONDERS
II Reports Arc True, Present Metheds
of Harvesting Grain VIII Soon
Be Revolutionlxed.

Wheat harvesting In the Central
West, where planting is on large
scale. Is on the eve Of being revolu-
tionixed through the advent Of ma
chine that repeated experiments have
shown win cut, harvest and thrash
from 40 to 70 acres Of standing grain
In day. 4 dumps cleaned grain Into
wagons that move alors With Il
The revolutionary feature Of II Is
not alone that It can accomplish 50
much, But t1sx Il foes It with but
one man on the fob. The difference
in cost between this machines meth.
DDS and the present scheme, which In
wolves headers, binders, thrashing ma
chimes, separators. straw wagons.
cook cars, pitchforks, horses and men.
is calculated at 81 an acre, which Is
as much as many thousands OF acres OF
western Kansas and Nebraska land
sold for few years ago.
Its inventors claim for II that II
will Junk half billion dollars worth
of harvesting machinery now in use
and releuse western grain growers
from reliance upon the nomads who
constitute the army Of harvest hands
| that moves each summer from Texa'
to the Dakotas.-Christtan Science
! Monitor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06

u was bad enough when we cst the
secret Of how the pyrapids were
made, and now the Manchester
Guardian raises warning cry that
we are about to lose the key 10 an
other of mankind's achievements rare.
The war, 1t is said, wiped out the art
OF the Bahia, the F'lamande the
eclair. When rationing forbade pastry,
10000 apprentices left the trade in
France, and while making mud pies
il the trenches, they quite forgot how
to flute icings, and combine creams
and almond paste into the gNteaux
and tarts that made the pastry cooks
of Paris famous. Whatever win the
children do?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
HAS AMPLE SUPPLY OF WOOD


Berea college, at tie foot Of the
Cumberland mountainA 10 Kentueky.
has the unique distinction OF owning
two mountains, 1000 acres Of forest.
it, own sawmill, but never cutting q
sound tree, writes Marie Dickore IN
the American Forestry Magazine. This
wood 10 used for the college for pow
or, for heat and 10 the many eoxy Are
places in the dormitos5es and In. the
great open fireplace which delights
every traveller who stops al Boone tav-
ern.
The sawmill, o. VOL as the 1900
acres Of forest reserve, provides not
only ample practical experience for
the students, but also actual labor for
those students who work for their edtl-
cation. The sawmill rs operuted by
steam, and, like every other industry
at Berea college, is run by Students
who work at least two consecutive
hours per day under the supervision OF
a superintendent Of labor. who In
turn Is responsible to the dean Of
labor.
Students at Berea are given the op-
portunity TO earn their expenses. and
they may select the work. which Is
paid for at the regular rates according
to the students ability and efficiency.
As every student in the college must
work the minimum Of two hours per
day, suitable occupation must be pro
vided by the dean of labor and In the
forestry department the students are
very happy pntrollng the forest mark
ing the dead timber. hauling the fallen
timber to the sawmfll cutting 1t there
, into the required lengths, and then
hauling the logs to wherever needed
on the campus No sound timber Is
cut, as there rs enough of the other
to supply all needs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
The Buffers Complaint.

"There would be fewer divorces
said Gen. Baxter Sweeney at a Knox
vile luncheon, "if discipline were OBJ
served in marrlGge-if the rules or 20
likeness held there az elsewhere.
"A Knoxville butler the other day
resigned his job.
"WAy are you quitting, 4aIlihuH
TONI a brother butler asked HIN.
"'Hccause they treat one 50 badly
was the answer. Why they treat me
as one Of the family. The mistress
calls me an old fool as often as she
does her husband ..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
MADE HIS POSITION CLEAR
His suppIieatien UnavaiIinp, Central
Figure In Tragedy Finally Takes
q oske~tuInsl stand.

The aasnt vss perfect beneath the
prUmon,crS sneve the car bad
stepped; the lake lay stin under the
giortes Of q fun moon But the occu-
pants Of the car. q man and womnn,
had no eyes for the beauties Of the
night The hitter was beautiful per
fectiy attired. She was evidently =
woman as 70 grace the 400 Her
hands bore witness to the fa5 thst
she had never known work ,lUf any
sort. She and the cares OF the world
were strangers. The man WIS Differ
cnt He was an ordinary man--fn
deep thought hts mind apparently tor
tured BY some great problem. Sud
denly ne broke the silence-
"Why. o. why can you not stay any
longer" he pleaded. "nt least until
after the baiir
II have told you once before" she
replied. "that can never spend a mo-
ment under the same roof with a man
who tried to 90 such an Infamous
thing as yuu did,
~ know" he admitted, ''but that
was In a At Of passion. Couldn't you
forget that ard come back under the
old conditioner
She pondered for q moment Biz
heart beat @tidly in expectation. II
am afrsid ncE because ] tire 81 the
menotony u yeur home. long fu'
the city. TIN gay life and 'ts opportunt
ties. No. shah never, never come
back to you. Please drive me to The
depot"
Not far from the station he drew NJ
under the overhanging branches OF ar
elm. Once more he pleaded with her
but she wss adamant ~Thfe is flnal7'
he asked IN a last appeal.
"Finai."
swell, then, get out and wHlk ar,t
be hanged to yeu and all other cooks
he stormed. 'TTl lower the wages o.
any one In my house II want to, d
know the reason why."-Brown jug.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
AT After.Wsr BSlas.

A returned soldier srd his sweet.
heart called on Jadse to mafvy
them. and apparently satisfied with
his work. lie said to Vic: Salute the
bride" For On instant the groom was
clustered. Then he took two steps to
the rear, came to distinct halt,
clicked his heels together. and give
Mrs. Vic one Of the "doughboys fin
est" "Oh, we'll. guess that will have
to do" sighed the judge as he agued
the license.-Argonaut
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06

S~ru~,-rs @uxrss Dan Serous 'road.
A. LES Aaseaes boulevard comes to
~ cad at ne edge 81 higt, esnSank-
ment over a PAR lake. inca utieus. mo-
tsrssts have gone ever. several times,
but with fortunate results TIE guard
against q repetition Of such accidents
monument to the memory Of Gen.
Harrison G. Otis. distinguished as a
soldier and journalist, which will COM
pietety block the end Of the road. has
been erected. ssys Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The group Is composed of
life-sized figure Of Gen. Otis; at his
left is the figure Of soldier. while at
the right Of the central figure Is a
newsboy crying his wares.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
En-ines Of Peace,

One of the surprises Of the great
war, Il disastrous and effective one,
was the heavy artillery Of the central
powers. One Of the great producing
centers was the Skoda works in Pilsen,
Bohemia. The siege mortars turned
out by these works were terrible weap-
ons, but now these works are ready
TO make from 200 to go locomotives
annually.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
UNEARTH SKELETON OF GIANT
Bones Of Supposed Mound Builder
Those u Man Eight or Nine
Feet High.

AZ, w. u. hOifHuu, SuFdtoF VI INV
Carnegie museum, Pittsburgh, and his
assistant, DR.. Peterson, few days
ago opened up mound of the ancient
race that Inhabited this section and Sc
cured the skeleton of man who
when In the flesh was between eight
and nine feet In height. SAYS Green's
burg (Pa.) dispatch TO tire Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
This mound, which WINS originally
about 100 feet long and more than II
feet high, has been somewhat worn
down by time. 1t rs on the J. B.
6etrfst farm IN South Huntington
township. This farm has been In fhs
Eeerist name for more than cen
fury. ~'
The most interesting feature In the
recent excavation was the mummined
torso of the human body, which the
experts figured was laid to rest at
least 400 years ago. Portions Of the
bones dug up and the bones In, the
legs, Prof Peterson declares, are
those Of a person between eight and
nine feet in height. The scientist
figures that this skeleton was the
framework Of person of the prehis-
torie race that inhabited this section
before the American Indians.
The torso and the portions Of the
big skeleton were shipped to the Car.
negie museum. Drs. Holland and
Peterson supervised the explorations
on the Secrist mound with the great
est OF care. The curators believe the
man whose skeleton they secured be
longed to the mound builder class.
| gr
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
Income Sufficient.

Mrs. Jiggs-.Just think, have por-
terhouse steak
Mr. JiggsAMy word Where did
yen get 1t?
Mrs. Jiggs---From the installment
taltrher. 81 down and 81 a week.
omaha Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
=. Revive Frsrsn Hsuss Ptsrts.

If house plant happens to get
frozen during the winter, II should be
removed Immediately to cool. DARK
reern and drenched WITH cold water.
The supposition that a plant should be
revived with warm water and heated
afr Is wreng, as the treatment must
be Gradual.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
Would Preserve Walls OF Granada.

Would Preserve Walls OF Granada.
A dispatch to the Madrid newspaper
Eel SOL from Granada. In Andhlus'a,
reports tlat the ancient wallis wffeh
are older than those surrounding TIE
AIhambra, are being destpcyed u<'h
dynamite by a CONTRACTORS IN order N
obtain stune for the ssadway1 :
pubic protest Inv been sest ~ ~
mlnister q pubic vcrkk
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-06
.-..' VIZ sty'N =
Endtand .Turrg to Spanish,

A society. craze For things Spanish
seems 10 he imminent In England. Two
Spanish plays are running In London
apd Spanish singers snd dancers are;
In mea, demand, Many s#shienahts
w~areo ara yserssS Ne, hsh5 slsg3sfsh
osws ssS - 80, tsg3s @S$|3
ri. W. g.,
z,s = Z - !
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-27
WHY WRIGHT LOST

That Frederick Wright OF Boston. last
Of the American entrants in the British
championship golf tourney at Hoylake
England. was defeated yesterday be-
cause he wore knickerbockers. instead
Of long trousers, Is the contention Of his
mother. Some readers may be disposed
TO consider this ridiculous, but II is far
from that. 1t Is quite possible that it
is entirely correct.
In q certain school not far from
Wheeling there was once a boy who
was tho champion speller. Try as they
would. mono Of the other pupils could
ever spell him down" Occasionally
he hesitated over word. but after a
few moments consideration always
spelled II correctly A certain girl in
that Same school was unusually oh
servant She noticed that every. time
this boy hesitated over spelling a word
ne automatically raised his hand and
fumbled witha certcin button on his
coat. II was her greatest ambition to
SEQ that boy defeated. and after think
ing long over the matter she had brill
liant inspiration. On the day OF the
next spelling match she went to the
boys coat while he was playing in his
shirt sleeves. and cut on the button
which he always rumbled.
As the moro difficult words were
reached. the pupils went down one after
another. but the boy champion and
few others spelled on without hesita-
ton. Presently the champion hesitated.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-27
~ MARX SULLIVAN
(National Political Correspondent, OF
The lntell!gencer)

Washington. D. c. May e6-Nobody
can follow events In Washington with
out observing again and again that our
foreign relations have the trick OF get
ting right OF way over everything els
Probably the most important item Of
domestic affairs now being transacted
by the government is the framing Of
the new tax bill But anybody who
watches the Senate Finance Committee
enga ged in that work must observe how
tame and droning a business 1t is COM
pared with the excitement which flames
up when Amha ssador Harvey says some
thing about the League OF Nations. or
when anything else comes up that re-
minds us Of our relations to Europe.
Nearly every day. for a port Of the
day or for the whole day. the seventeen
members Of the Senate Finance Com
mittee houd hearings and listen TO argu-
ments from persons who have ideas
about how our present tax schedule
should be revised. The people who come
10 talk are ordinarily representatives Of
special interests affected by the taxes.
On one day, for example. lawyers repre-
senting various insurance companies
gave reasons why the taxes as they ar
feet these companies are inadvisablc.
1t is all perfectly legitimate. and the
arguments for the most part are sound.
But no one can observe the time de-
voted to 1t by seventeen Senator'S with
out feeling strongly that 1t doesn't get
very far. Tho occasional persons who
come to argue with tho committee. not
about SPECIAL phases OF taxation. but
about the whole theory OF 1t, are not as
a rule very impressive There have
been a few thoroughly sound arguments
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-27
THE NAVAL CONFERENCE

the authorizing and requesting
send representatives 10 I"
that such conference
wilbe ~ Wv
will also BY a
naval race oe""
In nothing to rear we cam
indefinitely and We can build ana main"
We do this with hs
burden either OF the other TWO
favorable position that the call for ma
OF fearing Tor our
the resources are tho
OF nation on "
tong alert andpre conquer US
the mutual
largely the return OF world
prosperity could be eliminated
Harding will call as requested
not open permitted to pass after tho
support 1t also De "
England and Japan
made frequently in both
by deliberations OF tho conference
countries be reduced annually during
" the completion
warshps which work has actually oegu
the
for TO deal safety
the practical and the world
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-27
RIPPING RHYMES
DY WALT MASON.


never heard the name OF Zap IN all
my days. till lately: l knew not II was
on the map or that il mattered greatly.
Id hoard OF Swat. whose Ahkoond rose
long since. 20 heights OF glory: hut zap
has never | suppose. been seen in song
or story. I do not know whar waters
lave 1t shores Of mud or coral. but now
IT'S making nations rave. inspires
another quarrel. have encountered
many yaps, who all around have -four
ished. and never wondered If these chaps
in zap were born and nourished. Ana
now this island. cape or rock. peninsula
or hollow. is stirring UP much wnrllke
talk, and therell be more TO Follow. I'm
always prompt 10 join scrap wren zoe
men need whipping. but would hate
to flEht for zap. with yapS around me-
ylpping I'll not be with the craven
crew il call TO arms is spoken ii
bravely fight for Timbuctoo. and slug
for old Hobokcn the country's zoe I'll
roundly slap. my wrath on him III visit,
but would hate to scrap for zap or
any great what-is-it! Is il thing Tx"
Puget Sound. 4 lake like good old Erie.
is il Il hollow in the ground. desert
bleak and dreary: 1t is a crater or a
gap, a haven for the farmers? 1il haN"
10 know much more Of Zap before !
don my armQr.