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the earth upon which they tread. When
that begins to reel under them, and
when massive buildings sway and totter
under and around them, the strongest
nerves will give way. The man who
says an earthquake does not brighten
him is not to be believed upon oath.
A CONFUSION which removes every de-
pendence, which makes it as dangerous
to go as to stay, which converts what
were shelters and refugees into the
means of death and mutiation, which
puts the strongest and the weakest,
the wisest and the siliest, the richest
and the poorest, upon one common
level of impotence and helpessness,
must cause the most profound and en-
during fears in all alike. Nor do men
become habituated to these disturb
ances even in the countries where they
are most frequent. If all earthquakes
produced the same effects it would be
possible to get used to them, but man
may pass safely through nineteen and
be killed by the twentieth. No an
ticipation is of any use in regard to
them, and no precautions are of any
avail. The crowd that flies from fall
ing buildings to the open air may meet
the fate of the fugitives who sought
safety on the Lisbon quay. There is
no assurance in flight, and there is no
protection in quiescence. Every ele-
ment of the situation is appalling, and
it is not to be wondered at that under
such visitations whole communities
should seem to be given over to panic
fears. They are so given over, and
they cannot help but be in the crcum-
stances, and in the same conditions any
people would exhibit the same terror.
The effect of this apprehension upon
the delicate, especially women and chill
dren, is apt to be serious. The losses
inflicted in death and wounds are the
most tangible, but not the most numer-
Gus. Such scenes as the people of
Charleston have gone through leave
their mark upon the nervous system,
and produce mischievous results sub
seQuently.
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Mrs. Murphey's Sermon.

Mrs. Murphey, in Canada, urging her
husband to sign a petition for the Scott
act, which shuts up the dram shops
was asked by him if she would sign
petition to stop her cup of tea. She
replied: " Was it cup o. tay turned
Biddy Malone out O. doors in the dead
of winter because her man lift livery
stint he armed, and that we know, at the
tavern? Was it the cup o. tay BACKED
Sandy McCullough's wife's two eyes,
and let the little gossoons, siven av 'em,
run about in rags, without enough to
woman shaved at the wash-tub to cit
'em bit o. bread? Was it the cup %
tay did that, say? Was it cup O. tay
STINT Maggie Smith to the police, an got
herin jail? Is it the cup tay turns the
wife and children into the sthrate. and
smGshes the furniture, and quarruls
wild the neighbors-and fetches the po-
lice? Is it the cup o. tay drives the
family from house to house, gettin' wuss,
an into maner neighborhood every
time, an puts a man in the gutter.
an rolls him in the mud, an sets
the byes a ieerin riddens his
nose an blears his eye, and loosens his
tung, and puts a hole in his coat, and
knocks off his hat, and sinds him home
staggerin' wild his sinses where lie can't
get at 'em? Is it a cup O. tay makes a
fool of man, Paddy Murphey, that his
Dist friends can't respect him? And a
brute of man, Paddy Murphey, so that
his wife trembles, an his children run
away an hide when they hear him
comm? Is if the cun ~ tay makes
basic o. a man so that there is less
sense, or rasin, or self-respect in him
than there is in pig, Paddy Murphey?
Whin we show me that cup o. tay will
do all such things as these, Paddy, I'll
sine Scott act agin' it; in the mean
time / sine again whiskey, an beer,
an wine, or anything eles that has the
pison in it that makes man or woman
only fit for lunatic asylum, or Jail,
or anywhere, except home or hevin."
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A Word to Young Girls.

Never give thyself to man who has
nothing wherewith to commend HIM
self to thee but that he says he loves
thee. If in other things he be not what
he should be, thou never wilt be happy.
Thou admittest that the most accom-
plished man, who loves thee not, ought
never to become thy husband, for hor-
rible is marriage without mutual af-
lection. Yet affection is not enough.
If the man be of infamous life, low
minded, or given to any vice, such as
drinking, the time will come that thou
wilt either abhor him, or sink thyself
till thou be like him. Thy future con-
sort ought to be a guide on whom thou
canst rely; protector and faithful COM
panion and friend, as well as lover.
But will the man who loves strong drink
ever be this for thee n? Nay, he will be
thy tormenting spirit and oppressor, a
burden and a grief to thee all thy life
long. Many young girl has been mad
enough to give herself to a man who
she knew beforehand was not noble,
pure-hearted and sober man, merely
. because he loved her so dearly.n But
ere long the fire of his affection ceased
to burn-she feels now the icy cold, and
grieves in vain. The faithless hus-
bands love has turned away from her
to strong drink! Young girls, be on
your guard against allowing yourself to
marry a beer-barrel, a whiskey-butt or
a wine-cask, instead of man who is
worthy of your ove.-1ranslated from
the Danish.
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Housekeeping i'm Japan.

Housekeeping here has no trials, -
writes lady from Japan. The worn
and veXed spirits of American chate-
LANES ought to rest in Japan after
death. Capable and faithful servants
are plenty and cheap. Our establish
ment boasts five, and for these we pay
York. / do not visit my kitchen once
month, never give an order outside
of spoken wish, yet the domestic
machinery moves with an ease and per-
lection unattainable at home by almost
any effort on the part of the mistress.
The manners of the servants are anus
ing, not to say startling. to an American
accustomed to the cheerful familiarity
of her native help. Every night at
bedtime our five retainers appear, pros
trate themselves in succession to the
earth, and retire. This is to wish me
goodnight and to renew their testimony
of profound respect and pleasure over
the privilege of serving me. 1t was
difficult at first to preserve the neces-
sary dignity for the ceremony, but now
| am as majestically gracious as any
other potentate. The other day on one
of my rare visits to the kitchen hair
pin became loosened and dropped with
out my notice. had been seated in
my room only a few moments when
my house-man entered, bearing a small
salver, which he presented to me with
many genuhections. Fancy my surprise
to see little hairpin upon it, and to
learn from my proud but embarrassed
servitor that it had fallen to the kitchen
floor from my head. Afterward l found
there had been a discussion as to who
should pick it up, and almost a quarrel
as to whom belonged the inestimable
honor of bearing it to its owner"
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EARTHQUAKES in New England.

Apropos of the Charleston catastro-
phe, it comes to light that the peaceful
and flourishing State of Connecticut
was once the scene of extremely vio-
lent commissions of nature. According
to Professor Shaler of Harvard College,
who has made a special study of this
subject, the state teemed with volca-
noes which poured forth rivers of lava,
and the whole region was an inferno
on earth" The chain of volcanoes
extended as far south as Virginia and
as far to the northeast as Nova Scotia,
but Connecticut was the seat OF the
greatest disturbance-of more violent
volcanic action than any other region in
North America. The good people of
the Housatonic and Connecticut val
leys, however, can console themselves
with the thought that these mighty up
heavals occurred about ten thousand
centuries ago. Within the last few
centuries New England has expe-
rienced several earthquakes of consid-
cradle severity. The first occurred in
1855, the second in 1927 and the third
in 1866. That in 1927 was followed by
about one hundred shocks extending
OfCl bCNCldl lCulos L hC tChlSl VI tiiO
disturbance was in Newburyport,
Mass, and the shocks were of such
violence that the rumblng sound which
accompanied them was loud enough to
rouse people from sound sleep, even
after they had become so used to the
occurrences that they thought little of
them. The first shocks were the most
marked, those following for months af-
terward gradually decreasing in inten-
sity. In 1855 Boston was shaken to
such an extent that people could keep
their feet only with difficulty. Chin
neys were knocked over, and but for the
fact that the houses were low and of
wood, the destruction of property and
loss of life would have been great A
shock of equal severity at the present
day would carry death and devastation
in its path, owing to the difference in
the character of the buildings in the
cities of Eastern New England. -
Tribune.
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A Turning-POint.

Last winter the confidential clerk of
firm in an inland town was sent to
Philadelphia on important business.
He had always been a steady fellow,
was married, and was fond and proud
of home, wife and child. But he was
young, and it was his first visit to
large city. He was elated with the i'm
portance of his errand and had vague
idea of "seeing life.n A single secret
sip of the intoxicating pleasures of a
large city could surely do him no harm!
He hid the thought away almost out of
his own sight. Arriving at the city on
Saturday night, he went to one of the
principal hotels, registered his name,
carefully reading it over after the man
ner of unaccustomed travellers, and
went to supper. Before he had fin
ished, the waiter brought him two let
tiers. Already! why, these are from
the city! Nobody knows | am here!"
he exclaimed. Getty folks are mighty
wide awake" calculated John. Our
traveller tore open one envelope. 1t
contained an invitation to variety
theater of bad reputation, that evening,
with hint OF sacred concert " on
tHc HcAl udy anu uhiiiiitou luH'
The young mans face Redeemed and
his heart throbbed hotly. The door
was open for that secret glimpse into
inquiry What harm could it do to
him-or anybody? He opened the
other letter. 1t contained these few
words: =" Dear Sir In order that you
may not pass lonely Sabbath in a
strange city, we enclose a list of
churches open tomorrow near your
hotel, in any of which you will be cor
daily welcomed. Our rooms and libra
ries are also open and at your disposal.
You will find friends there who will be
glad to serve you" 1t was signed by
an officer of a Christian Association.
''These invitations of both kinds are
left at the hotel and directed to each
guest as soon as he registers his name"
explained the clerk. (Which will you
accept ?" The young countryman col
ored and laughed 1.-THE first is tempt
ing, but that" touching the second
"has the true ring about it. I'll ac-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-15
Temperance.
"SOwing His Wild Oats.o

ID Sowing his wild oats "-aye sowing them deep
In the heart of a mother to blossom in tears
And shadow with grief the decline of her wears
" Sowing his wild oats to silver the head
Of the sire who watched his first pulse throb with
joy,
And whose voice went to heaven for the bow
- Sowing his wild oats " to spring up and choke
The flowers in the garden of sister, whose love
Is as pure and as bright as the blue sky above.
Sowing his wild oats" Aye, cheeks shall grow
pale
And sorrow shall wither the heart of the wife,
When manhood thus squanders the prime Of his
life.
" Sowing his wild oats" Death only shall reap
With his keen sharpened scythe the fruits will be
found
In the graveyard near by, meath that grasscovered
mound. -ErchoHge.
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cept that" He kept his word. 1t
seemed to him as if he was close to his
wife and little boy all day Going to
the hotel in the evening he saw group
of pale, bloated creatures coming out of
the "sacred concert" hall. One or
two were arrested for disorderly con-
duct. "They have been seeing life 80
said the clerk. "They accepted the
other invitation.n The stranger looked
after them. 81 very nearly stood in
their place." he said to himself and
went to his room wiser and more
humble man. The above incident is
true in every particular. Who can say
what effect the acceptance of that invi-
tation had upon the mans future p
Exchange.
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A LUCKY MAN." A lucky man is
rarer than a white crow" says Juvenal,
and we think he knew. However, we
have heard of thousands of lucky ones
and we propose to let their secret
out. They were people broken down
in health, suffering with liver, blood
and skin diseases, scrofula, dropsy and
consumption, and were lucky enough
to hear of and wise enough to use DR..
Pierce's " Golden Medical Discovery, )"
the sovereign blood purifier, tonic and
Alternative of the age.
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Select Mlistellanp.
Evening.

Across the pale blue armament
Great clouds pursue their way.
And, like sad mourners, hover DER
The sepulchre of day.
But now they're gone and ewes fair star
Shines in the darkening sky,
AS pure as truth and love within
Yon lovely maiden's eye.
The ambient air is heavy with
That breath of love, and flowers
That hang their heads in sleep within
The dew-ilumined bowers.
The little birds are all at rest
within yon gloomy wood,
And only loves imprisoned voice
Breaks on its solitude.
Yon river, like sighted maid,
Winds levey through the plain,
And from the lips came snatches of
A low, sad, sweet refrain.
Lol DER yon hill the regal moon,
Arrayed in vestment bright,
Ascends with stately tread to rule
The destinies of night. -SelecteC
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The Earthquake Terror.

To those who have never experienced
an earthquake the accounts of the ex-
IRENE terror into which the people of
Charleston have been thrown are apt
to appear perplexing. But the fact is
that the earthquake is the most terri
flying of all phenomena 1t breaks up
the foundations of what is uncon-
sciously the strongest faith natural to
men, namely, faith in the stability of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-15

AN Attorney COW swallowed SOW
ereign seven years ago and the coin
was recently discovered in her stomach
after she was butchered. Her owner
wondered what made her milk so rich.
Prairie Farmer.
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A BONANZA mine of health is to be
found in DR.. r.. V. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription, to the merits of which
as a remedy for female weakness and
kindred affections thousands testify.
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NOTHING is too sacred to be profaned
when men are under the influence OF
wine. -BdrneS
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IT is better to be nobly remembered
than nobly orn.-Rusk'n.
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DIR. SoULE's PILLS are purely vege-
table, mild in their operation, in effect
thorough.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-07-21
Turkish Bedrooms.

This simplicity Of domestic fur
niture has its advantages. At the
first alarm of fire everything eal
be turned out of window without
injury; it is very much opposed 10
our Western ideas of comfort, as
the slave girls, unless carefully bar
ricaded out, make an inroad into
the slceping-room i'll early morning
They sweep up bed and bedding
before your eyes are fairly open;
two or three maidens pounce upon
the mattresses, the yorghans and
the embroidered pillows the instant
they are unocclpied, and rolling
the whole into the wrapper, bear it
away to the vast cupboard con
structcd for that purpose in most of
the rooms. The visitor is left
stranded, and obliged to proceed
with the homogeneous feeling of
dressing in a drawing room.
These remarks apply to orthodox.
Old-fashioned households. Young
feminine Turkey has its French or
German bedsteads, its drm0ire
gldce, its washstand, all marble and
fine porcelain la .frdnca.-EaSterR
Life, Mrs. Walker.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-07-21

There are but very few pastures
that will carry herd of COWS
through the summer and keep up
the flow of milk without feeding
them at the barn. There are por-
lions of the season in New England
when the sun is SO hot and the
winds are SO dry that Il large por-
ton OF the pastures become parch-
ed and fail to produce sufficient
young grass to supply the wants of
as many COWS as are usually assign
ed to IA pasture; on this account,
unless the farmer makes some pro
vision to feed his COWS at the barn
night and morning, the flow of
milk will be very much reduced,
and the COWS will lose in flesh, thus
they come to the barn in the au
tumn light in weight, with the flow
of milk reduced at least one third
below what it should be. To avoid
this the farmers who are abreast of
the times will be prepared to feed
when the pastures begins to fall of.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-07-21
Girls Versus ladies'.

We are forced to confess an IN
ability to draw that proper dis.
tinction in women that shall suit
the world. and show the line OF de.
marcation between girls and ladies
We presume it to be that a young
woman who is obliged or who
chooses to work cannot be II lady;
therefore, when we say, The la
dies, God bless Them we of course
do not mean that portion OF crea-
ton who are sufficiently vulgar to
work. They are necessarily shut
out from Gods mercy and man :
sympathy.
We dislike very much to SO fly III
the face OF all accepted creeds. but
personally not holding this opinion,
we feel in duty bound to express it.
We think a lady may be clad IN
calico, aye, and cheaper; that she
may rise at daylight, and toll even
in the inlky, oily press rooms, even
in the close, unycntilated work
shops. in dirty downtown streets,
and still be as pretty and proud, a.
good and as virtuous,as though she
she drew out the best years of i
husband, brother or fathers life IL
labor, to buy the silk and jewels
which She spends liberal time II
Haunting on the streets.
Holding such an opinion, we lool
with deep and abiding interest up
on such portion OF our womanl,
population as is found in work
shops, factories and laboratories o
the great cities. We watch then
in their toll, and follow them il
imagination to their homes
What are their homes? Does thi
question ever suggest itself to tn
employer, or does he imagine tina
his duty is done when he pay
them the agreed-on pittance for tn
labor rendered. Does the questio
ever come home to the thousand
who are investing their money for
pass above, by sending for mission
to Fccjcc and central Africa
How can we, claiming to be ii
enlightened and benevolent peopl
b, claiming to treat women with MOI
Difference than any other people o
the face of the earth, stand qui,
stretch out no hand to soften tn
. paths of this better portion of OF
t population! Can we not do SOM
thing to amellorate the position {
! the working girls? Something t
give them more ease and eXemI
ton in their employments, an
, more comfort in their homes
They want nothing in CHART,
nothing to buy tracts and provid
places for prayer-meetings. The
want solid, substantial comforts
they want more hours for play
They want the attention and ell
enlargement of their employers
the sympathies of the Weather O
their sex, as certainly as they dc
serve the respect of the whole
Failing all these, they want legis
lative action that shall speciall'
protect their labor and by thi
means add to the comfort of theil
homes. What good man or womal
will it be who shall first step for
ward to do some practical service
for the female working population
of our large cities, the true ladie'
of our land?
The Somerset reporter., 1886-07-21
Cruubly Butter.


III expert butter maker, tue
gilt-edge nfodact ot whose dairy
tinds regular customers in Boston
II more than tittN cents per pound,
one week last Spring WAS notified
by lis salesman here that his hut
Ter Wis interior III quality, falling
tar below his usual high standard.
IN Investigation OF the cause prov
cd that, running short ot his rcGu-
lar stock OF eaIlA-eut hay, he ha'l
bought several tons OF hay proved
10 he OF crop ell long after 1t was
ripe, IA dry, stalkN grass, iuIl OF
woody iibie ahd lacking III those
palatable aud nutritious qualities
pertaining II sweet, eal\ cut wei
cured grass. Asaln. hi> COWS Us
nall' hedrd With dry >a"dH>t' we've
hedded With bright. wen 'ur'u
straw. The COWS, dissatisfied with
the late=eni hay. had made part OF
Their ration oi TIE STA" III l'N' l'i
bedding.
Note the result. Primo hulttl
should break or eut Hike wax. ne
knife cuts smoothly ihiollgh tue
print of lump ifdN M o"' Il NIIEi'
The Somerset reporter., 1886-07-21

The SUCCESS of the extensive cat
tle.tattening establishment at Her
man, Ncb.. marks IA new departure
in the cattle business of the West.
At this place the Frontier land and
cattle company have put up sta
bic 265 by 30 feet, and 10 feet
high, with feeding capacity OF
1000 animals. Adjoining is the
mill, and nearby the corn crib.
The corn is ground and cooked, the
hay cut and steamed; both are then
mixed and little oil meal added,
and then fed. The work is done
10y machinery rs far as possible,
and the outfit cost 100000 and
the running expenses are $1,000 Il
month. But the cattle gain heavl-
~ i'll weight, while range stock IS
barely holding its own in cold
weather. and are shipped direct to
10 the English market, where they
bring fancy prices a similar fat
tory. IT lnnhle capacity. will he
built at Am 5, Nrb., this summer
There is no reason why the new
system should not prove very pro
ftablc. 1t will at least avoid the
LOSSES which every winter decimatt
the herds on the range.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-07-21

The Senate committee on agr
culture and forestry has made clab-
crate investigations concerning
oleomargarine, since the bill as
passed by the House was referred
10 it by the Senate some weeks ago.
As Il result, the committee have at
last reported the bill back 10 the
Senate without alteration or addi-
ton. The question is, therefore,
squarcly before the Senate. All
side issues are eliminated. The
opposition will probably repeat the
tactics of the House and attempt to
talk the bill to death, (thcrc is no
rule to stop the debate in the SEN
ate,) if it is brought up at this SEES
sion, which will soon apjourn. y
last and decided word should he
sent to every Senator by his con-
stituentS urging them to unite i'll
support of this great and good
measure. The New England sena-
tors may well be approached again,
for some Of them are not over pro
nounced in their support of the bill.
Messrs Chace and Aldrich OF
Rhode Island, are on record as
rather against it, and should hcal
from the voting farmers OF Little
Rhody i'll terms not to be misundcr
stood. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts
is not certain; Mr.. Dawes is al
right. Senators Hawlcy and Platt
, OF Connecticut, are understood lC
be in favor Of the bill, but Il few
feeble remarks from their censti
tuentS will be i'll order. The Maine
| New Hampshire, Vermont ant
New York senators are firm for TIL,
, right.-H0mestedd.