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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14
ABOUT EGYPTIAN MUMMIEs.

In recent work on the land of
the Pharaohs, the author, Miss Cor
don Cumming, shows that it is pos
sihle to give q fresh interest even to
old subjects; and her account of the
disposal of mummies will be new to
many readers: ''It is strange, in
deed, to find a nation such as Egypt
once was-now so literally proving
herself Gas Ezekiel foretold she would
become) the basest of the nations :
that, not content with converting the
bones of thousands and tens of thous-
ands of her ancestors into charcoal,
to be used in refining sugar for their
degenerate descendants and their for
eign taskmasters, she must needs act
ually make merchandise of her dead.
These precious mummies, which in
the days Of her glory we're accounted
worthy of such exceeding honor that
they were considered the very best
security on which to lend money (in-
asmuch as the Egyptian who llad been
driven to pawn his deceased father
or mother would sooner die than fail
to redeem his Pledge, now in the
hour of Egypt's degradation are val
ued at SO much per ton, and sold to
strangers and aliens as suitable ma
nure for foreign soil. AS you jour-
ney towards Memphis, you might
very recently have chanced to meet
long strings of camels, heavily laden
with human bone dust from the tombs.
Here, too, from these old Alexandra
an catacombs to the merchant ves-
sells in the harbor, barges laden with
brown dust play to and fro. Their
cargo is carried on board in baskets,
and thrown into the hold; and the
vessels deliver their choice goods In
British ports at f6 los per ton, te be
mixed with the euano of Peru, and
sold at consider able profit. Sever
al eye-witnesses have told us how
they visited the ancient sepulchres
while this work was going on. and
saw pieces of human bone, small
earthen- ware lamps, and tear-glasses
among the dishonored dust of these
myriad Egyptians. who were to be
carried over the seas to fertilize En-
gish fields. We turned away from
Alexardrian catacombs, marvelling
how many generations may elapse
before the coming race deals thus
with England's dead. The bones of
bygone generations of old Egyptians
are not the only relics with which this
present age has dealt ruthlessly. A
gentleman told me that few years
ago he had ridden about seven miles
into the PLAIN to the east of Alexan-
dria, a spot rarely visited, where, to
his amazement, he found ruins of
buildings, pillars, and sepulchres
carved in the rock, which he could
only compare to those of Arabia Pc
trea. While he stood there, some
workmen were employed in dragging
forth sarcophagus carved with in
tricate figures, treasure for any
museum. Its destination, however,
was to be cast into a lime-kiln, as
being the easiest way to obtain lime
for building mosque !''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14
Drleans County @omitnr,
PUBLISHED wKEKLY BY
GEO. HI. BL A KE.
BARTON, VT.

TERMS.-TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
Strictly in advance $1.5O. Subscribers living out
side of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra for
postage. For convenience in remitting, we will
give credit for year and four months for to
subscribers in the county, and one year and three
or $500 to subscribers without the county, when
sent strictly in Advance.
Rates of Advert sing made known on applica-
tion. Ali cuts must have metal body.
Remit by p. o. Money Order, Registered Letter, or
Draft. Watch the label on your paper and notice
tohen your subscription expires and that your pay
ments are kept in Advance. When money is sent as
zoe shall give the credit the label at once. if tn
label is not aduanced within too ,Oeeks, notify by
postal card
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14

some brow, ne placeQ KISS upon ner
fair, white forehead. Earnestly gaz-
ing into her beautiful features, he
saw the proud, flashing eyes so much
like his. Straining her to his breast,
the hot tears obscured his vision.
Hers mingled with them Conyul-
sive sobs shook her frame.
In the background stood twenty
men, watching this scene, with diff
fering emotions. Dark and forebod-
ing were they, like the clouds above
them, hurrying and chasing each 9TH
er across the sky.
"Ade!"
s.Father -
ooh! my daughter.
''Father, have done my duty"
"Oh, AIDE! AIDE! why did you
warn the prey of these men, knowing
their reckless character, and the fate
full law that binds us?'
'sFather! Father! how could I,
and ] wonder how could you, with
the knowledge of all enr guilt, turn
from repentance in seeking to save
doomed ship?"
'But you are not guilty for my
mlsdeeds, Ade."
"My knowledge of them made me
guilty, father. I suffered in keeping
my conscience stilled, in trying to
crush its motion. / suffered, oh, you
know not how much | would bear
other hardships rather than continue
my agony. Fulfill your law, father.
Show this tribe your daughter is not
afraid to die. 1 did it to save my
countrymen. The ship came from
our beloved and beautiful France.
The blood of France runs in my veins
and in yours. Teach these English
outlaws you have a daughter who
does not finch at death
Her words were uttered hastily.
Her dramatic gestures and rapid
articulation awed and frightened the
superstitious crew on whom she show
cred her scorn. She waited.
Suddenly a report sounded. AIDE
was no longer on the rock. Her
graceful form foated on the waves.
The moon gave forth ray of light.
1t paled beside the stream of red
that flowed from AIDES bosom. The
billows engulfed her. Still the wa
ter was tinged with her life blood.
Hardly had the wreckers lifted
their eyes from this CHASTITY scene,
so tragic and startling, than another
riveted their attention.
Utterlng loud cry that seemed to
spring from the depths of his soul,
worse Astle bounded into the roaring
waters, his pistol in his hand yet
smoking.
Years after, the quiet people in the
village, which Time placed near the
cliffs, were alarmed to see by night
a man, noble, erect in figure, with
white, flowing hair, and dark, mar
tial ccuntenance, sweeping the sands
from the shore into the ocean. This
became so usual, the alarm of the
good people changed to curiosity.
One ventured to ask why he EN-
ployed himself in this way. His an
swer was,-
"My daughter is in the sea.
sweep the sands to cover her body.
1t is my duty to fill AIDES grave"
The sun shone one morning on his
cold, dead body. The waves that
covered AIDE made for him a resting
place,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14

NEvER.-Never he in hurry but
always in haste.
Never make a shield for the living
of the errors of the dead.
Never mind putting up a tomb
stone when you bury an old animos-
ity.
Never fail to keep your appoint
ments nor to be punctual to the min
ute.
Never shoulder too much when
there is risk of being able to car
ry it.
Never excuse wrong action by
saying some one else does the same
thing.
Never give what you cannot afford
to simply because it is fashionable to
give.
Never be idle, but keep your
hands or mind usefully employed ex-
cept when sleeping.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14
Education helms men to do what.

Education helps men to do what
ever they have to do much better
than they could do without it. The
mind, the hand, the eye must be
educated that they assist each other.
A well trained eye will guide Alright
the judgement which must be formed
through the medium of the eye. The
eye controls the action of the hand
in all that it does in the accomplish
ment of anything that pertains to art
or science.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

To CAN CRAB APPLEs.--Wash the
fruit, then fill the jars and add hot
syrup till the jars are three-fourths
full. Put on the cap lightly; set in
boiler of hot water, and cook for
twenty-five minutes. Take out;
leave the jar uncovered for ten min
utes; then ill In with hot syrup and
close the JAR si4as
To CAN PEARs. Pare them and
pack them as snugly as possible into
the jars. Pour IN hot syrup till with
in an inch OF the top; set in the
boiler of hot water and cook-if
quartered, for fifteen minutes; il in
halves, for twenty minutes, and if
whole for thirty minutes. Leave un-'
covered for about ten minutes, and
then fill the jar with hot syrup, or
some hot water, and seal up. To
be canned, pears should be well rip-
ened and of fine flavor. A tasteless
or insipid pear is only suitable for
sweet pickles.
THEY RACKED.-A good story is
told by the Nashville american of
minister of the gospel in one Of the
counties in Middle Tennessee border
ing on the Cumberland range. At
one of his appointments, one Sunday
recently, it occurred to him that he
would try one of Rev. Sam. Jones'
lodges on his congregation and see
how it would work. He had seen
the reverend Sam. use it with won.
derful effect, and he could see no
good reason why it should not prove
equally as effective with him and he
was badly in need of mucilage Of
some sort to make his hearers stick
until he could reach the ''lastly."
On the occasion referred 10, he as
cended the platform as usual, and,
after the preliminary services, he
slowly removed his glasses, and
glancing over his audience, remark
ed solemnly that he was ''going to
deal in some plain, unvarnished gos-
pei truths to-day, and would try, the
Lord being willing and helping, to
expose the hypocrisy Of protesting
christians, and if there are any per-
son or persons present who do not
want to hear it, they have an oppor-
tunity to crack out" To his utter
surprise and CONSERVATION, the con-
| gregation arose as one man and
tracked"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14
You Can
Find Everything

In shape of Garment, Style. and Pat
tern of cloth, and sizes to fit all shapes
and forms from the old gentlemen's frock
suit to the ''first pants" All goods
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14

Any bad case of Heart Disease yields to the use
of DIR. Graves Heart Regulator. Il has proved it
self cure for all forms. Give it trial. it will do
as well for you. $1.00 per bottle. Free pamphlet
of F. E. ingalls,, Cambridge, Mass.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-14

A small city boy when asked eff your
father and mother forsake you, who will
take you up?" answered, ssThe police"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07
Jananese Renariea.

The japanese are, as people, quick
a. r. ZEE; their wit is keen and tenn
pered, and they can often administer a
perfect snub il brief, terse form. re-
member an instance Of this that struck
me forcibly at the time, though had BIZ
no means yet mastered the niceties Of
the language. ] was lettering in Yeddo.
waiting orders. and / stepped into a
court or examination room where trial
was going on The case was one inyolv-
ing the possession and ownership of q
certain piece Of property about which
two brothers had violently quarreled.
The holder, who was clearly not the
rightful owner, had assaulted and eject
ed bis brother, and was protested his
right to defend bis claim. The exami-
ncrs listened very patiently to him until
he closed with the words: Gwen cur
may bark at his own gate. when . Judge
quantity voiced the universal Judgment,
a. if stating an abstract point Of law
a dog that has no gate bites at his own
risk. This was the only judgment rem
dered, but it was final.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07
The ROlIer.SkatIng Craze.

sOver $4,000 people are on roller.
skates every evening in New York, pay
ing for the privileges thereof 50, 00O' re-
marked q statistically-inclined rink
manager, as he yanked pair of silver
mounted skates off his feet and wiped
the perspiration from his brow. 'sBut
just wait year until roller-skating be-
comes popular here aud that number
will be quite insignificant. The craze is
In its infancy here.
How will the number in other cities
foot up2' asked a reporter for the Mail
and Express.
"At least $50, 600 outside of New
York in the United States are nightly on
roller skates whizzing around. The
rink has been popular in other cities
quite q while, and New York is the last
to fall into line. Boston, Chicago, St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Bal
timore have long since introduced the
pastime and made it popular. Why,
Boston is as far ahead of New York IN
roller-skating Us the latter Is ahead of
the former in rapid transit. Now we
have here ten Kinks in full blast every
night. Rain or snow the Kinks are filed
with merry skaters. Tt costs twenty five
cents to enter, twenty-five cents for .
pair of skates and at least twenty-five
cents for refreshments This foots up
the nightly expenditure at $13, 500. But
this estimate is very low. Counting in
the gas, rent and pay Of attendants,
something like $40, 900 is spent daily by
the rink managers and the skaters. But
my opinion is that rollers skating will be-
come SO popular in year that $50, 900
people will be on skates every night in
New York -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07
Curious Payment for Land In England

Gloves of various kinds were ire
ouentlv presented in service for lands.
Thus. two farms at Carlcoats, In York
shire, paid ''the one a night hand, and
the other left hand glove yearly" and
some lands in Elmesale, IN the same
county. were held Of the king .sby the
service of paying at the Castle Of Ponte.
tract one pair Of g.oves furred with fox
skin, or eighteen pence yearly while
for the manor of Elston, in Nottingham,
were rendered two pairs of gloves, to-
gether with o pound of cummin seed,
and 4 steel needle. Needles are met with
several times, but one instance must here
suffice-where Roger, for some time
tailor to our lord the king" held lands
in Hallingbury, Essex, by paying at the
kings exchequer '0ne silver needle year.
ly." Still more curious is the service fol
certain lands in Rode. Northampton,
which consisted in finding tone horse
of the price Of IS. and one sack of the
price Of 43d., with one small pin, fol
forty days Probably this ''small
pin was similar to the skewer noticed
above, and was used to fasten, or attach,
the sack, which may have been employed
to carry fodder to the horses. That the
horses were tolerably cared for. even in
those days, seems to be proved by the
fact that the manor of Cherburgh, IN
Dorset, was held ''by the service of one
horse comb, price Id, to be paid yearly, .
and that certain lands in the hundred OF
.Losenberg, in the same county, were
held 'sof our lord the king, by the SER
jeansry Of finding a certain horse-comb,
nr f.sarrvaova1a afr - Amouer other mis-.
cellaneeus services by which lands were
held, may be mentioned certain instances
of hose. Tins, Cottington, in Noting
ham, was held by the service of present
ing to the king pair of scarlet hose
yearly; Bakersfield, in Worcester, was
held by rendering to Robert, Earl Of
Gloucester, hose Of scarlet on his birth
day. and Henley. in Warwick, was held
by Edmund, Lord Stafford, by the SER
vice Of Ss., or pair Of scarlet hose.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07
some Original Proverbs.

Following are the best Of the original
proverbs sent to the London Truth for
the prize competition:
A white lie often makes a black
story.
It's poor musician who can't blow
his own trumpet
He who would break the egg must tirsf
break the she'll
Every back has its pen.
Pens and ink out Of reach avoid many
s breach.
The present Is the child Of the past
and the parent Of the future.
The want Of money j. the root Of much
evil.
EgOtism IS IN alphabet with one let
II you'd know mans character fol
low him home.
Better line Of sense than pago Of
nonsense
The surest road 10 honor is to de-.
serve it.
Only whisper scandal and its echo IS
heard by all.
IT'S not the clock with the loudest tick
that goes the best
Signs are poor things to fly with.
Home IS the rainbow Of life.
Don't complain Of the baker until you
have tasted bis bread.
They who live in worry invite death
~ hurry
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07
Cremation In Japan.

The crematory stands a little apart
from the main road, building Of .
single story, with an innocent looking,
tall chimney that might be connected
with pottery CT q small iron foundry.
The business Is always conducted pri-
vately, and there are few in Toxic, ex-
cept those who are professionally en-
gagged, who have witnessed the process.
But arrangements made by the omnipo-
tent foreign minister opened the doors
and secured a respectful welcome. We
were first received In the house Of the
manager, where tea was served in price
less porcelain cups Of Kutani ware. The
furnace. if 80 imposing name may be
used for process so. simple, stood
few PAGES from the house. On entering
i there was nothing to be seen but what
appeared to be two butter tubs resting
upon few faggots Of wood. There were
several cavities about two inches deep
and one foot long in the stone floor, and
these were filed with shavings. Ac-
cording to the municipal law, no burn
ing is to be done before 9 80 in the even
ing. It still wanted ten minutes to that
time; but in the circumstances the mama
ger thought he would be safe TO antici-
pate the hour, and the shavings were
fired. One Of the men, kneeling before
the growing flame, famed it with piece
of wood. II caught the dry faggots,
greedilY licked the sides OF the tubs, rose
high in the air, and then, with hOrri-
bic thud, the head of the barrel burst
outward. Quick as thought, the man
seized large piece Of wood, lying by
in readiness, and hid from sight what
ever may have protruded. It is the boast
of the skillful crematoT that under his
supervision the contents of the barrel
are never exposed to view. A heavy
mating of wet straw is laid over the
length Of the barrel before the fire is ig-
nited. AS the barrel is burned away this
falls in and covers the body. In three
hours the work is done. Every particle
Of flesh is burned away, and there re-
mains only the skeleton. The bones and
the teeth the relatives collect and give
them sepulture.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

rorsune brings il some Doats that are
not steered.
Welcome ever more to gods and mep
Is the self-helping man.
IN the meanest hut IS 9 romance, 4
you knew the hearts there.
A little real earnestness IN our work
would accomplish wonders; but, alas
we are seldom il earnest.
In families well ordered. there is al
ways one firm, sweet temper, which con-
tross without seeming 70 dictate.
Surely tile church is a place where one
days truce ought to be allowed 70 the
discussions and animosities Of mankind.
The despotism Of custom is on the
wane; we are. nos centent to know that
things are; we ask whether they ought
TO be.
He that defers his charity until he is
dead is, IL q man weighs it rightly,
rather more liberal Of another mans
goods than his own.
The only way for 3 rich man to be
healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to
live as if he was poor: which are IS,
teemed the worst parts Of poverty.
The bad man, diffUsing the hue of his
own spirit over the world. sees it full OF
treacherY, selfshness and deceit. The
good man is continually looking TO-
and sees noble qualities.
We seldom find persons whom we ac-
knowledge to be possessed of good sense
except those who agree with as in opin-
ion. When such occasions do occur,
our self-love always induces decision
in favor Of their Judgment.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07
What the Moon is Doing to the
Earth


The tides are caused mainly by the
moon, as it were, catching hold of the
water as the earth revo.ves around on its
axis. This mist cause friction on the
earth as it revolves, and friction, as every
one knows, causes loss Of power. Sup
pose wheel. with hair round its rim,
like a circular brush such as is used for
hair brushing by machinery; if this
brush be revolving rapidly, and we hold
our hand ever so lightly on the hair, so
that il is slightly rubbed backward as
the wheel revOlves, we can understand
that the speed Of the wheel will be grad
uaIIy diminished, until at last it will be
brought to standstill, provided there is
no additional power communicated to
tho wheel by machinery or hand beyond
what was given to set il a spinning round.
There is reason to suppose that the action
Of the tides Is slowly but surely lessening
the day. and that this action will con-
tinue until the earth rev0lves on its
own axis in the same time that the moon
takes TO revolve round the earth. Then
the day, instead Of being twenty -four
hours as now, will be about twenty eight
DAYS. and the earth will be exposed to
the full blaze Of the sun for about four
teen DAYS at time The change this
will bring about on the face Of the earth
can hardly oe exaggerated. All life,
both animal and vegetable, viii be de-
str0yed: all water viii be evaporated;
the solid rocks viii Be scorched and
cracked, and the whole world reduced
to drearv and barren wilderness. It's
supposed by some that the moon has 81
ready passed through al this, hence It's
shattered and bare looking surface. That
the earth, being 50 much larger, has
more quickly acted upon the oceans
which once were upon the moons sur
face. and stopped almost entirely its
revolution round its own axis, thus caus-
ing L to have q day equal to twenty
eight Of our DAYS and the heat Of the
suh has already done 70 II what il future
ages Il Win do to the earth. Hnrper's
lHceky.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

That there is nothing 50 cheap as hui
man flesh and blood has been the CRY of
thousands Of reforming phiIanthr0pists.
Once Tom Hood wrote the plant: .sOh.
God, that bread should be s. dear and
flesh and blood so cheapl'' The French
consul ct Zanzibar gives new point Is
the complaint BY pointing out that the
scarcity Of food Is 50 great ii Central
Africa that the natives are actually
selling themselves or families ID obtain
food. AZ q consequence the market
rules low: An able bodied man i worth
less than 3 dollar. young woman e
only worth about 81 81, and children
are thrown IN e make-weights to settle
the bargain.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

There ere 0B 02o families Of Indians
- ths Unlted States, and they occupv
10. ese Id acres Of land % reseres.
ki0na
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

In this country the losses by the burn
ing OF buildings and their contained
property are about one hundred millions
OF dollars per annum. and the losses of
lumber by the burning of forests are es-
timated at three hundred millions year.
~; in all, four hundred millions of dol
lars. Gould these enormous losses be
stopped, the country would soon grow
very rich.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

An agricultufist at Oakland, Cal, is
making determined effort to introduce
the cultivation of tea in that State. He
has over 2, 600 tea plants il very fhriv-
ing condition, and when they arrive at
the age Of four years he viii obtain
japanese labor and pick and cure He
has also number Of camphor trees that
are growing we'll.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

An exchange correctly saws that 10
town can live and prosper and grow that
does nor contain live business men who
advertise their goods. Show rs town
that i without this class Of men, and we
will show you town where trade is dull.
where the people complain Of hard times.
and where enterprise is almost entirely
wanting
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-07

BY means of simple and conveniently
worked device Of coiled spring. an Eng
lish inventor has succeeded in dispensing
with the need Of driving sewing machines
by hand or foot; few turns OF handle
winds up sufficient power to keep ma
chine going at full speed over an hour.
It is completely under control as to the
rate Of stitching and stopping, and can
be applied TO any existing machine at
moderate cost.