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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27
Silent Cities of the Future.
London St. James Gazette.i


The interesting account that is to hand this
morning Of tie journey of an electric tram
ear through the streets of Paris perhaps fore
shadows a revolution in the conditions under
which civilized man lives in great cities.
Silently as dream did that trancar travel
over the metals Of the Paris streets No
sound was there Of straining harness, or
hoofs pounding monotonously on asphalt or
macadam; still less was there the ear
piercing shrek, the dyspeptic puff,
the start, and roar, and below
Of the locomotive. And the car, we
are told, was more easily managed, cost less,
and was more satisfactory every way, than
if it had been drawn by steam or horses. Is
this the beginning of happy change, when
the rattling hanson and the Gathering bus
viii trouble the nerves Of civilization ne
more and the town-dweller be aS resta In the
vision Of the future one sees the promise Of a
time when it VIII be possible 10 CONVERSION
the Mfle-End road at midday without shout
ING, and the Angelat Islington win be ringed
round about by q great and sofemn calm.
Sfy.sxr ~ 49,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27

nual revenue of not far from 81 ,000, 900, what
Frederick Hudson would think if he could be
brought back from his quiet New Hampshire
grave and placed once more in the seat of
power. If the elder Bennett were brought
in, his Scotch phegm would enable him to
hide his amazenlent, and his marvellous self
control would conceal from all observers his
thought, but what that thought would be,
would be indeed an interesting revelation to
any privileged to know it. Hudson was re-
tired on pension of $4,000 year ON condi-
ton that he would indulge in no furtheY jour-
naliStic Ventura
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27
TWO EMIGRANTS.
Barbara Heaton in The Atlantic.]

barbara Heaton in The Atlantic.l
He left his staff his script. his sboon,
And in the first gray dawning light,
When dropped the weary, waning moon,
He said, 'Farewell!' and passed from sight,
We watched him go, and held his hand
To the last lonely point of land.
y n
There came to us one winter night,
A stranger from an unknown land;
He had no staff, no scrip no shoon,
No word that we could understand;
A traveller without name,
Who could not tell us whence he came.
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Jay Gould's Long Branch Experience.

Jay GOuld's Long Branch Experience.
[Charles Hull Botsford in The Mauhattan.l
81 bought a cottage over there once" he
remarked, as we sighted cluster of toy
villas close to the shore. ''It was of the
Queen Anne order, furnished even to the
cricket on the hearth, the builder who sold it
to me asserted The plumbing was especially
perfect. 1t had in addition to all the modern
improvements hot andcold water, gas, stables,
graveled walks, and the green grass kept
growing all around by movable fountain,
where a fine rainbow played for 2 cents an
hour, think. The lawyers said the title
was perfect. The deeds were PASSED
and entered into possession on Monday.
Tuesday a New Jersey plumber pre-
sented a bill for his work and the improved
fixtures. naturally told him it was all
paid for with the house, and showed him my
deeds. He displayed mechanics lien which
the builder had given him. Irefused to pay,
and he came at me with sheriff saw his
sheriff and-well, I paid. Wednesday the
gas fixture man came. He brought his sheriff
and went away with his money. Thursday
brought the furniture dealer. He had been
informed that had refused to pay any more
liens on thu house, and he carried the sheriff
in his wagon to help load up the things. OF
course, paid him. didn't want to see the
sheriff Of great state handling q lot Of fur
niture Ike a common trJlcl1man. Well, to
make a long story short, all that week
and part Of the next my cottage was
besieged with carpenters and workmen,
from the man who buiit the gravel walks to
the negro who put down the green grass.
They all had mechanics liens. The sheriff
lived in my front dooryard, and lost more
credit with my neighborS than 1 have ever
since been able to regain. Did I pay them?
Well, yes, somebody had to. But I drew the
line on the movable fountain. I said they
could move that back to the store. didn'
like its shape; 1 wanted a different make in
fountains So the sheriff took it away. And
that is one reason, suppose" the master
concluded, musingly, ''why my green grass
al got gray and died in the next two days"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27
TRIPLES
MAY Riley Smith,

MAY Riley Sn.th.Y
WHAT will it matter in little while
That for day
We met and gave word, touch, smile
Upon the ways
What will it matter whether hearts vera
brave,
And lives We're true:
That you gave me the sympathy crave,
As gave youa
These trihes! Can it be they make or mar
A human life?
Are souls as lightly swayed as rushes are
By love or strife?
Yea, veal look the fainting heart may
break,
Or make it whole;
And just one word, if said for loves sweet
sake
May save a soulI
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Heating StreetCnrs
1Chicago News1

IOuVO%I5V ANOWoI
Two of the New York street-car COMPANIES
are making arrangements to heat their cars
this winter After several experiments it
has been decided that small stove in cor.
ner of the car is the handiest and best
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27

Spanish proverb: To the man who Is well
shod, tie wtole world is paved with leather.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27

Rhode Island and Delaware together ars
smaller than the Yellowstone park.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27

Strive not to know too much, rzther be sure
That what you do know Is the Simon pure.
ITamton HepnhticanL
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VII ,;i, z lT'g "a TTl15a COMPOUND.

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
VOL. 7S.-39S5. NO. 21.
so in The background, that no one feared her

so in The background, that no one feared her
as rival.
On the morning appointed for the cars
decision, the ladies were assembled In one
Of the spacious saloons Of the palace, where
they awaited the arrival Of the grand cham
berlain, whose duty IL was, according to the
established custom, to invest the future
czsrina with the insignia Of her rank. All
eyes were fixed on the great door, and when
1t opened, and the august official entered,
many fair faces grew pale, and many hearts
beat hard under the jeweled bodices. He
was followed by attendants, bearing the er-
mine mantle and the royal diadem. He cast
asearching glance over the awe-struck group,
who waited silently for the revelation that
was to make one of their number the mis-
tress OF the empire, then he advanced TO
Natalie Nariskin, and, investing her with
the mantle and the crown, with uncovered
head, he knelt before her, and saluted her
as the empress of Russia. Then all her
companions prostrated themselves before
her, some with bitter modification, with
smothered hatred and envy, and the hope Of
future revenge; some with real admiration
and Joy that the high position had fallen 10
one so beautiful and sweet.
Alexis never had occasion to repent his
choice of wife. The Czarina Natalie was
no less renowned for wisdom, purity, and
devotion to her family and people, than for
her beauty and grace. She filed her high
station with such dignity and gentleness
that she bsffled the hatred that pursued her,
or changed her enemies to friends. She
was the mother of Peter the Great, and 1t is
said that from her he inherited the qualities
that made him the wonderful man he was.
His country Justly venerates his name, for it
is is said, "no other man ever did so much
for a nation as he for Russia !" and his
mother is still mentioned with gratitude and
ffection.-Seiected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Too Cheap.

A preacher of the gospel had gone down
into coal mine, during the noon.hour, to
tell the miners of that grace and truth
which came by Jesus Christ. After telling
them the simple story of Gods love TO lost
sinners-maD's state and Gods remedy, a
full and free salvation offered-the time
came for the men 10 resume work, and the
preacher came back TO the world again.
Meeting the foreman, he asked him what
he thought Of Gods way Of salvation. The
man replied "Oh, it is too cheap; cam
not believe in such religion as that"
Without an immediate answer to his re-
mark, the preacher asked: "How do you
get out out of this place ?" "Simply by
getting into the cage was the reply.
:" And does it take long TO get to the top Z"
"Oh, no, only a few seconds" "Well, that
certainly is very simple and easy. But do
you not need to help raise yourself 2" said
the preacher. "Of course not" replied the
miner. GAS have said, you have nothing
to do but get in the cage" But what
about the people who sunk the shaft and
perfected all this arrangement Was there
much labor or expense about 1t 2" "In-
deed, yes, that was a laborious and expen-
sive work. The shaft is eighteen hundred
feet de- p, and it was sunk at great cost TO
the proprietor, but it is our only way out,
and without it we should never be able to
get to the surface" "Just SO. And when
Gods Word tells you that whosoever be-
lieveth on the Son of God hath everlasting
life, you at once say, Too cheap, too cheap
forgetting that Gods work to bring you and
Others out of the pit of destruction and
death was accomplished at vast cost, the
price being the death of his own Son."
Men talk about the "help of Christ in
their salvation-that if they do their part
Christ will do his, forgetting, or not seeing,
that the Lord Jesus Christ by himself purged
our sins, and that the part is but to accept
what has been done.--SL Louis Presbyterian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Long and Short Sermons.

A writer in the London Inquirer thinks
important subjects are not to be treated in
twenty-mnute sermons "The complaint
is often made that the preachers sermons
are too long. 1t is asked in tone that is
intended to be irresistible, How is it TO be
expected that people can keep up their in.
preachers generally occupy p And this
comes not seldom from the very persons
who will listen for an hour and half to the
same speakers at political meetings, and
shout out, Go on = when the speaker begins
to ap' logiz, for the amount of time he is
taking up. And that silly phrase as to the
proper length of sermon is quoted from
some Lord Noodle or other, that twenty
minutes was long enough, with leaning to
mercy We thought OF this sillyism the
other day, when we came across some
strong headed grumblers from the opposite
side of view. 1t was said TO us that our
minister never breaches long enough to deal
with any important subject thoroughly-he
always leaves his tale half told, and we
should like him to discuss thoroughly the
subject he takes up And from what we
know OF this case as typical one, we really
think it was far more sensible grumble
than most Of those INDUCED in with respect
to preachers and preaching. We are afraid
that the wish to please, not the earnest part
OF his congregation, but the conventional
and frivolous, in the matter of the length Of
the sermon has led many minister to con-
tract fragmentary state of mind, which in
due course of time has become incapable of
continuous thought on any given subject"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Profanity.

Vast effort and much time are devoted to
the temperance cause. Grand results have
been attained in this work, and we still i'm.
plore the divine blessing upon every true eff
fort put forth to crush the insidious mon
ster. But while many heart quakes at
the wine-cup's glow, how often the foolish,
wicked oath is passed unheeded by Com
paratively little is thought Of it. Many an
active temperance worker is not arrested by
that frightful sound, but rushes on to his
reform club where he discourses both long
and loudly upon the evils of King Alcohol,
not for moment realizing that he has just
pas sed, unheeded, the widest gateway his
foe in question ever had opened for his ad-
mittance. Numberless efforts have been in
strumental in staying the liquor traffic, but
what one public attempt has been made to
stay the dangerous foe, profanity If hu-
man being libels his neightor, our law pro-
vides for the offence, yet the name of the
Holy aud Just One may be continually de-
famed without rebuke. Gods name csunot
be impaired, though polluted lips breathe
curses upon it yet he who said, Thou shalt
not kill" said first, "Thou shalt not take
the name the Lord thy God in vain" While
we believe something should be done openly
to crush this evil, much more can be done
by domestic effort. Let every parent, brother
and sister trample upon the serpent, that its
deadly fangs poison not those surrounded by
their influence Morning Star.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Faith and Love.

ain Spanish cemetery near Seville"
says Lady Herbert in her book of travels,
there is marble cross with this simple
inscription : believe in God hope for
God; | love Cod 1t marks the grave of a
boy who was SO feeble in intellect that he
could learn nothing from those who taught
him save these words. He labored for the
abbots, and when he came in from the field
would go into the sanctuary and remain on
his knees for hours, repeating these words
over and over again; Il believe in God
hope for God | love God.' One day he was
missing they went to his cell and found
him dead on the straw, with his hands
joined and an expression of the same IN
eifable peace and joy they had remarked &
his face when in the church. They buried
him in his quiet cemetery, and the abbot
caused these words to be craven on his
cross. Soon lily was seen Towering by the
grave. The grave was opened, and the
root of the flower was found in the heart Of
the orphan boy"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28

Peruvian guano (Which is now nearly used
up) is the dung Of sea-birds collected upon
the islands of the rainless Pacific coasts Of
South America. As these birds live exclu-
sively upon fish, their dung is very rich,
and when dried and kept from moisture 1t
makes the richest fertilizer that has ever
been sold in our markets.
As hens are fed upon all sorts of food, the
value Of their dung for fertilizipg purposes
varies greatly. Fed upon grain and meat it is
very rich, but fed upon potatoes It is very
poor. This is a rule that applies to all ami
NAL excrement, yet it is not as well under
stood by farmers generally as it ought to
be. But as the urine of fowls is soft solid,
and is voided with the other excrement
forming the white surface seen upon iD,
hen manure is, by 30 much, better than
other manure. And as fowls, when at lib
erty, prefer insects and other animal food,
and are in captivity generally well fed, hen
manure has justly the repute of being
"rich." II is common to compost 1t in va.
rious ways, but we never could see any bet
ter way than to dry it, pound it up and sift
it, and use it just as we do purchased fer
tilizer. Land plaster may be be added TO
dried and pulverized, will average from
quarter to half as strong as good "phos-
phate."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
From ArOOstOOk.

Our old friend, Rev. NJ. r. Keep Of Ash
land, ArooStook county, Maine, writes us
that they are having severe and snowy
winter, with the streams, springs and wells
very low. Trees of Mooer's Arctic Plum,
variety originating in Aroostook, and
proving pretty hardy in northern Vermont,
Mr.. Keep says were badly killed there last
winter. The winter.killing Of trees in such
season is, however, not conclusive against
their hardness in ordinary seasons. In Or
charding, the Aroostook farmers are improv-
ing every year, and he thinks pears will sue
ceed up to his locality, latitude forty-seven
degrees, where the Flemish Beauty had
done well. We fud Clapps Favorite, St.
Ghislain and Onondsga, all harder than
Flemish Beauty on Lake Memphremagog,
though the latter does fairly. Lost Nation
wheat is making bread easy for the poor in
Aroostook, where crops of forty bushels to
the acre are not uncommon. As the rail.
road is now completed through the whole
length of Aroostook, opening that richest Of
all New England farming lands to the
world, we think Vermonters would do well
to take look at it before going to Dakota.
The land is better there than in Dakota,
and the forests are as fine as anywhere on
the continent-6ve thousand square miles
Of this rich territory await settlers in this
magnificent valley.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Box and Barrel Churns.

Mr.. o. S. Bliss has the following in the
New York Examiner upon the above topic
" The action of the cream in the end.over-
end barrel churn is practically the same as
in the box churn, with the addition of
rolling motion from the sides toward the
comes under. There is thus compound or
mixing motion that the box churn never
gives the cream. This may seem matter
of small Importance, and is in fact one of
those small things which even the venders
of the barrel churns have never mentioned,
If indeed they have ever noticed it. am
satisfied, however, that the barrel churn does,
under all circumstances, churn the butter
out of the cream or milk more completely
than the box churn. My attention was first
drawn to this subject during some expert
ments in working butter in the barrefchurn.
l had been acquainted for many years with
the box churn, but was practically unac-
quainted with the barrel, though had often
seen it on exhibition and occasionally in
use. Twas astonished at the perfect manner
in which the ungathered butter was washed
and salted simply by the motion of the
churn, and | set myself to study out the
'why and wherefore | did not go far
enough with the study to enable me to state
positively that such is the case but l am
satisfied in my own mind that the butter
milk produced by churning precisely the
same quality of cream in the barrel churn
will always be found poorer than that pro-
duced in the box churn-that is to say,
there is less unchurned cream left in the
buttermilk. l can account for this in only
one way. Until the cream begins to break
there is always small amount of it adher-
ing to the ends or perpendicular sections of
the box churn. This portion is not churned
but goes into the buttermilk. The form of
the barrel churn is such that every part of
the inner surface of it is subjected to di-
rect pressure of the mass at some time dur
ing every revolution sufficient to rub off the
cream which adheres to any part of it, so
that the latter gets churned at the same
time as the rest"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Hen Manure.

"A Farmer" Of Plainfeld, VT, asks ain
regard to the modu operand in preparing
hen manure as fertilizer" lie says he has
thirty barrels or more that he wants to make
into phosphate ready for use for corn aud
potatoes. In reply We may say that really
hen manure needs no preparation, eI-
cept drying and pulverizing. 1t is then a
complete fertilizer, and may be used in the
hill, or broadcast, as desired on any crop
We observe that, through the fault Of the
manufacturers mainly, farmers are getting
TO call all concentrated fertilizers "phos-
phates." Most of the so-called phosphates"
are mixtures OF phosphates with nitrogen
GUS substances and potash salts,-in fact,
complete artificial fertilizers, containing all
the necessary kinds Of plant food. A true
phosphate or "superphosphate con-
tains only phosphate of lime, the super
phosphate being the natural phosphate made
more soluble by the addition of sulphuric
acid. But, as remarked, the fertilizers sold
as phosphates are compounds of this with
other materials.
Hen manure is more properly "gusno 4"
than a phosphate, the former name being
applied to the dried dung of birds. The
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28

WE ARE glad to see Mr.. Tinkham come
up honestly to the scratch and admit that
he had only contingent promise from
Governor Smith to attend the meeting Of
the Dairymen's association. He seems as
mad at us as he was when we insulted the
donkey, but there is no need of it, nor of
his calling his venial yet too common error
"lying." II was but case of "hope as
strong as certainty" yet it was not "busi.
ness" and we venture to predict that he
will not do it again. Remembering how
for years he used to stick Plus into his able
predecessor, he ought not TO be 80 easily
led into the same faults of anger and bad
language which beset that gentleman and
caused his fall. As to our nursery" we
assure Mr.. Tinkhsm that we are not neg
lecting it, but at this season we have abun.
dant leisure to do little pruning else
where, when needed, and we don't imagine
that the good governor is going to be of
Tended at us for making Mr.. Tinkham
clear him OF the seeming fault Of disre-
spect to the farmers. He ought to thank
us, for we merely voiced general opinion,
and put the blame where II belonged, on
our too previous brother.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Settling 1t.

A venerable minister, with compassionate
earnesl ness, once preached sermon upon
eternal punishment. On the next day some
thoughtless men agreed that one OF their
number should 60 to him, and, if possible,
draw him into discussion. He went accord.
ingly, and began the conversation, saying,
81 believe there is small dispute between
you and me-, and | thought that | would
call this morning and try to settle it,"
All !" said the good man, what is it ?"
"Why," he replied, "you say that the woe
of the finally impenitent will be eternal,
and do not think it will" "Oh, If that is
ALL" he answered, "thers is no dispute
between you and me. II you turn to Mat
thew XIV 20, you will find that the dispute
is between you and the Lord Jesus Christ,
and | advise you TO go and settle it with
him. ."-Seiecfed
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
lie Didn't Care for Glory.

French actor, named Hyacinthe, once
illustrated the saying. "The better part OF
valor is discretion" 1t was in the days Of
June, and company of the National
Guard of which Hyacinthe was sergeant,
was engaging body of insurgents behind
barricade the other end of short street.
One of the insurgents in particular, from
corner of the barricade, was making remark.
ably effective practice on the assailants.
At that moment came up general. 1--WE
must get him to expose himself" said the
general. "One of you must Chamber up on
top the barricade. Then, when our friend
at the other end of the street shows himself
to take aim, two or three of you fetch him
down. Up with you, sergeant !" Beg
your pardon, General, but perhaps you see,
an insignificant non-commissioned officer
like myself may have no attraction for him.
But handsome distinguished man like
you, in that stylish aud becoming uniform,
he'd be more than mortal If he could resist
the temptation I'll lend you hand.
General I"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28

have the same feeling whenever I see him"
There was a magnetic earnestness in her
tone and look which we all felt, and which
some Of us will never forget. During the
few remaining days Of his stay with us
that untutored, uninteresting, stupid man
knew no lack of courtesy at our hands.
We we're the better for bis homely presence !;
unawares he minstered unto us. When
we knew that he came directly from speak.
ing to the Master to speak 10 us we felt that
he was greater than we, aud we remembered
that 1t is written, II any man serve me
him will my Father honor Christipn
Union