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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Tested Recipes.

PLAIN LIGHT PUDDING.-One pint
of boiling milk and nine tablespoon
fuls of flour. Mix first with a little cold
milk. When cold add little salt and
four well-beaten eggs and bake in but
tered dish. Serve as soon as done.
FROSTED APPLEs.-Pare, core and
slice apples of large, tart kind. Bake
them till nearly done. Put them away
TO get entirely cold. Then prepare some
sugar icing, and, first pouring off all the
juice, lay the icing thickly on the tops
and sides, as much as you can. Return
them to the oven to just harden and be
set. Serve with cream.
GRAHAM BREAD. -Four quarts of
unbolted wheat, tea-cupful of good
yeast, half cup of molasses, one table
spoonful of salt; mix with warm water
enough to make stiff dough; let it rise
six or eight hours and wet your hands
in cold water TO put it into the pans;
let ii rise an hour, or until it has risen
an inch, and bake two hours. 1t should
be very well baked.
COLD-DINNER BEEF.-Take a piece
of beef flank six or eight inches wide,
as long as can be got. Sprinkle salt on
it, if fresh; prepare dressing as for
fowls and spread over it; roll up very
tight and tie with strings to keep in
place, as the heat will curl it, Then
tie or sew it up in a cloth and drop into
rapidly-boiling water. Cook several
hours; the larger the piece the longer
it will take. Try with fork. When
done lay between boards and put a
weight on it, keeping the cloth on still.
When cold it will slice beautifully. 1t
is best cooked the day before it is
wanted.-KeSiah Shelton, IN our Coon-
trg Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Gingerbread.

Mary Hammer, run this minute,
Get the pail with lasses in 1t;
Fetch the short'nin' and the flour.
IIurry-don't be gone an hour
Bring the salt and soda-hear me?
Bring the pans and put 'em near me.
We must never have 1t said
Mary Hammer Perkins wed
Fore she l'arnt her gingerbread.
Run and fetch your mothers glasses.
Therel Now look: A cup o. 'lasses;
Next a tablespoon of lard
stir II in and beat 1t hard;
Now little drop o. water
Get 1t at the pump, my da'ter;
Now dissolve the soda in it,
One egg whipped for half a minute;
Pinch o. salt; now sift your -four in.
Therel Take care-youve got a power I'M
Stir 1t, beat it, whip it-see!
Light and right as dough can be-
Where's the gingery That's well thought on;
Strange it was so nigh forgotten
without that 1t can't be said
Gingerbread is gingerbread.
Good H0uSekeepiHg.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Old Scythes and BrOOms
Made Useful.

AS corn brooms are so short-ived /
have tried for years to make some good
use of their remains, and to me an old
broom is the greatest blessing. Take
an axe and cut the end of the knob off
square just outside of the binding. Now
stand the handle down by the doorstep
so strap of tin or leather can be nailed
around and through it, and we have
the very best boot-cleaner imaginable,
when we otherwise would go into the
house with mud and dirt without end
upon them. This will save much hard
work washing floors, for there is to me
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Mistellanp.
The Old SchOOl-BOOks.

What pleasant memories cluster round
Those volumes old and worn,
with covers smlrched and bindings creased
And pages thumbed and tornl
These were the books we used to con,
and poor brother VIII,
When we were boys together
In the school.house on the hill.
Well recall the nights at home
When side by side we sat
Before the fire, and DER these books
INDUCED in whispered chat
And how, when father chided us
For idling time away,
Our eyes bent to the task as though
They'd never been astray.
The old-time proverbs scrubbed here,
The caution to beware
60 Steal not this book, my honest friend")
Scrawled roughly here and there
The blurs, the blots, the luncheon spots,
The numberless dogs ears,
The faded names, the pictures
And, alas the stains of tears
All take me back in mind to days
When coudless was the sky
When grief was so short-lived ! smiled
Before my tears were dry;
When, next to fathers angry frown,
feared the awful nod
That doomed me, trembling, to advance
And humbly kiss the rod.
How bright those days. Our little cares,
our momentary fears,
And cen our pains evanished with
burst of sobs and tears;
And every joy seemed great enough
To balance all our woe.
What pity that when griefs are real
They can't be balanced so!
The school.house stands in ruins now,
The boys have scattered wide,
A few are old and gray like me,
But nearly all have died.
And brother VIII is one of these
His curly head was laid
Down by the brook, at fathers side,
Beneath the willows shade.
These books, so quaint and queer to you,
To me are living things;
Each tells story of the past
And each message brings.
Wiener sit, at eventide,
And turn their pages DER,
They seem to speak in tones that thrilled
My heart in days of yore.
The school-boy of to-day would laugh
And throw these old books by;
But think you, neighbor, could his heart
Consent If he were I?
r. ". Me- lpiHe, IN Christian Uni
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04

IT WON'T BAKE BREAD. In other
words, Hoods Sarsaparilla will not do
impossibilities. Its proprietors tell
plainly what it has done, submit proofs
from sources of unquestioned RELIABLE
ity, and ask you frankly if you are
suffering from any disease or affection
caused or promoted by impure blood
or low state of the system to try Hoods
Sarsaparilla. The experience of others
is sufficient assurance that you will not
be disappointed in the result.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04

ONE quart of laundry blue free to
any woman sending her address during
January. Diamond Laundry Bluing
sells at ten cents package, each pack
age making one quart of the best
bluing. One package, as sample, free
to any woman applying this month to
Wells, Richardson Il Co., Proprietors,
Burlington, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04

BE companion to your husband if
he is wise man, and if he's not try
TO make him become your companion.
Raise his standard; do not let him
lower yours.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Gbe Noustbolo.

to this department should be sent to
the agricultural editor, North Pomfret, VT
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-06-16
Helpful household Hints.

For securing steel knives, rub two
common, hard bricks together. put
the dust thus obtained in box In a
handy place; you will find nothing
better
Dip a damp cloth frat in soft soap.
then in fine sand 10 scour tlnware,
wash In hot water. when dry rub with
a soft paper dipped In soda, IL will
look like new
Mix stove blacking with vinegar 10
the consistency Of cream. add pinch
of sugar. rub with brush. IL will give
a beautiful aud lasting polish.
Rub the inside of tomato cans, Just
af or the fruit has been empiied out,
with a cloth covered with soda, twill
brighten them wonderfully. -
!. Raise your bread in a well-buttercd
stone jar. warm the jar well IN cold
weather before pultilg the dough In.
Sew carpet -rag--on-rhg machine II
saves both time and labor. fold the
same as 10 sew by hand. run Ia aud
out on the same side. sew awhile then
clip aud wind. Housiold
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-06-16

living creature could break the awful
news of detection To that poor girl So
gently rs l.
THAT evening | called on Mi ~
Mason and invited her 10 drive with
me. Possibly she thought well, no
matter now She accepted the In
vitation aud drove into as secluded
n road as could find. Then | told
her who aud what was--a detectives;
man who had willfully gained her
confidence in order TO prove that she
was thief II wasn't exactly the
/ kind Of declaration she had expected.
or had hoped 90 make. but II there Is
any consolation IN the fact Of
reciprocal agony the poor girl must
have realized oome trace Of sympathy.
IL eau see her now. In my mind.
lying crushed and fearless. at my feet.
She may have pleaded first for silence.
for pity. but neither was at my com
mand Others held her secret She
told me how she had been ovcrwhe lined
with nm almost ins ane longing TO own
the jBwNls; momcntary impulse. an
instants action. life of repentance
and remorse. Then she spoke OF herr
feeling for me-her desire 10 appear
we'll and her second yielding TO that
fatal vanity. She had never worn n
single Jewel Of tho lot before, aud she
was impcled to put one on that night
In the blind faith that nobody would
remember H.
20. well, that hour went by. |
promised 10 do all could 10 save her
from open disgrace and so left her !
found note at my room telling me Of
Colonel Wilson and went at once TO
him. II may bc that he appreciated
how ! suffered. At all events. he
agreed not TO prosecute Miss Mason or
publish the facts Of the recovery OF the
jewels provided she would return them.
lie was even kind enough to consent
to my acting for Miss Mason.
'1he following morning ] called on
Miss Mason aud told her what Colonel
Wilson had agreed 10 do. without n
word in reply she left tho room. !
didn't know whether or not she would
return. Ny own reputation was Ia
her hands. and for nearly an hour |
remained alone IN that parlor where |
had first thrust myself as a false
friend.
"She came back TO me. carrying n
package which supposed contained
the jewels couldn't speak, nor
would !, after one glance at her face.
have opened that package in her pres
ence even 10 save my life.
II took the parcel TO Colonel viii
son. Not jewel was missing" "
and the woman
Miss Mason's departure was an
nounced In the society columns Of the
newspapers few days later II still
alive. she IL visiting friends NJ the
East, believe -- -ChtcagO Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-06-16
THE FARMERS WIFE.

I'm a farmers wife,
With a happy life,
And a heart that
Is glad and free;
For the many cares
That my good man shares
Are made light by
His love for me.
oh, the music sweet
or the growing wheat
And the corn, when
The winds pass byi
listen long
To the tender song,
For a farmers wife
Am i.
OH the teeming nelds,
With their generous yields
Oh the acres
Broad and grand
With the browsing herds
And the gayest birds,
All here from the
sweet south land.
oh the music sweet
or the growing wheat,
And the corn, as
The winds pass hyl
I listen long
To the tender song.
For q farmers wife
Am l.
Then love the peace
Ana the glad release
have from the
City's toll:
With a hope above,
And my good mans love,
take pride in
The honest soil.
on the music sweet
or the growing wheat
And the corn, when
The winds pass byi
listen long
To the tender song,
For a farmers wife
Am l.
--krs. NJ 4. Ridder. is " T. Lrd1Sr
, 1888-01-10

constructed and the mex century appears in
their history as tho golden ago of China
Internal discussions weakened tho govern
ment; the works were neglected and other
deluges came. A second era of security was
ended by the long wars with the Tartars. In
1915 A. D., Gcnghis Khan conquered tho
northern provinces, and his successor Kublni
Khan completed the establishment of the
Tartar dynasty, with Picking as the capital,
a. D. I27D-l3GS. There were more inundR-
tions and a famine in 1912, in which 13,0OO,OOO
people died. For many generations the gov
eminent made attempts to control the great
river; but as there had been no destructive
floods for some thirty years the matter had
lately been neglected.
When Gen. James II. Wilson visited China
he presented a plan, which was Endorsed by
the British and French engineers, by which
the river floods could be entirely controlled,
but the Chinese government refused TO CON
slider it. Tho cmbankments arc in many
places high and strong, and in others of little
strength, so the good sections are thanked by
the overlooking waters. Tho rains of the
central north fall in June, July and August;
and the country has been so denuded of tim
Der that tho whole fegion is linble to long
droughts or destructive floods. a few years
ngo there WINS drought and an awful famine;
now there is flood md desolation. The Brit
ish, who have investigated tho recent
calamity, say that the best and cheapest
remedy is 10 "afrorest - that Is, replant with
trees, all tho hill region of the north; in That
case, they claim, the rains will he moro
evenly distributed in time, and tho river
channels safely carry the surplus TO the sea.
Otherwise the Hoang Ho will continue to be
called China's Sorrow. Tho principal dc
struction has been in the fertile province of
Honan; but much damage has been done in
Shantung and Chihili, and some in Nganhui.
Tho total population of tho region affected
falls but little short of 1OO,000,0OO; but it is
hoped That the people utterly ruined and
driven from homo do not exceed q 1000, 900
tho population of the five greatest states of
the American Unioni TIL emperor has donat-
ed 81, 900, 900, and ordered all this years tri-
butte Of grain now due from the afflicted prov
incrs to be distributed among the sufferers;
tho foreign residents in all the seaports havc
also contributed literally, and yet but a little
of the suffering can DO relieved.
, 1888-01-10

east, then cast, southeast and straight cast to
the yellow sea. Far TO the north the Hoang
Hn, or Yellow river, makes still moro sudden
turls uad finally reaches the sea across the
same flood plain. Early in this century it
ran straight cast ncrossthe plain and cmptiod
not far from the Yang tszo Kiang, but in a
treat food it suddenly tore out n now chan
mel Mt right angles TO its former course, and
now enIptics into the gulf of Pccholc. Be-
twccn thcsn two great rivers n smaller, tho
What, crosses the plain and is lost in n
marshy or shallow lake near the coast, just
rs small southern creeks disappear in bayous.
From the present mouth of tho Hoang Ho
the coast swcCps around in n great concave
eastward, and then goes Off south to tho
mouth of tho Nang-tszc Kiang; the interior
hi HANDS on tho contrary bond around to-
ward tho west; and thus between highland
md sea coast is left n vast flood plain, which
IL what we call "madc land perhaps 100000
SQUARE miles, broken only by an occasional
ridge, the great plain of northeastern
China. The rivers made this plain and con-
tisuc TO take liberties with it; there is really
no.hing TO fix their course except the caprices
OF wind and water, or the lcvees. Tho Yang
tsze Kiang is navigable for LOO miles-6O0
b. large steamers, 400 more by light draught
steamers. and 200 more by tho little Chinese
craft. The Hoang Ho is much less important.
By land and water China presents great
Obstacles 10 interior transit; the people add
to natures difficulties by their faith that man
Is theapcr than machinery-and, perhaps, he
Isl China. Through all their upper course
both the great rivers, and especially tho Vel
lon, flow through the "loesS lnnds'-a solid,
but easily friablc yellow Garth, which breaks
down in Columuar masses when worn by run
ring water: SO all the "locss' plains, which
lcam smooth when viewed from a distance,
ars cut ucross 10y very sharp ravines with
perpendicular sides, and are, therefore, al
most impossible In the northern sections
tHa people Of tho "locss lands dwell largely
in caves cut into the sides of such r~ayines,
and the region is almost inaccessible 20 an in
vAding army. In times Of food millions of
tons of his earth are swept down toward
The sea; hence the name yellow river"
Wien the river current slackons in the low
country the yellow mud settles; so the river
LgGls up its own bed, breaks out and seeks
another. SO, Us tho course Of the lower Mis-
, 1888-01-10

point, and tho steamer Miranda was to have
5000 for towing it to Now York, but unfor-
tunately lost it at sea. The loss is duo to the
fact that the captain failed to get started on
the tow in November, as agreed, and did not
leave Nov Scotia until Dec. z, just as the
worst Of the season was beginning. For con-
venience sake it is called q raft, but in fact it
is rather a ".trunk"-not fat upon tho waters
Gke a raft, but in tho form of q pressed cigar,
bound together with chains, rising high
above the surface, drawing nineteen feet of
water when first launched, and calculated to
draw twenty-onc when well soaked.
1t was the outcome of an attempt to
cheaper lumber transportation and to bring
longer logs than most of the lumber vessels
can transport. Very few vessels in that limo
can bring moro than 100 tons each, SO it
would require 90 or 100 vessels to bring tho
lumber in this raft, at a cost of over $50, 900,
while the raft could be lowed for 81, 900, and
putting it together would not cost more than
$4,000. This mass of logs is $50 feet long, 65
feet wide and 80 feet deep, SO at the start
just half of it was above water. 1t was Sc
cured by q patent network of chains, and was
put together in Chignecto bay, the upper ex-
tension of the Bay of Fundy. 1t is $50 miles
thence to New York city, and it was esti-
mated that seven days would be enough for
the towing; and Messrs. James B. Leary, tho
owner, and Robertson, tho designer, of tho
raft, employed tho steamer Miranda, Capt.
Henry G. Leseman, of the Red Cross line, to
do the job. TIL Miranda is q 1,5O0 ton
steamer, capable Of making thirteen knots;
but tho best she could do with the raft was
eight knots and the average was but
three and q half. Tho contract was
for tho tow on the regular trip begin
ming Nov. 10 to II, but tho passengers
objected, and the shippers who had potatoes
aboard demanded n quick trip before freez-
ing weather, and SO the tow did not start till
Dec. z. There was u storm every day, and
somo of them were serious. The hawsers
were unequal to tho strain, and Capt. Lese-
maj claimed that the raft tossed about SO
wildly that it threatened the destruction of
the steamer. When tho hawsers slackened,
the fog being much of tho time SO thick that
the raft could not be seen from the steamer,
the captain had reason to believe that the
waves would dash them together; and again
when the sen separated them the hawsers
frightened with q jerk that threatened
destruction to all On board. And
yet the fact that they made
100 miles tho first day, before tho storms
came on, proves hat in good weather the
tow could easily AVE been completed in a
, 1888-01-10

sets, has 'got thcrc'' by hard work and q
certain business ability which he brought
with him from Wachenhcim, Bavaria, where
he was born ffty-six years ago. Leopold
came over to this country when he was II
years Of agc, and got a place rs GRAND
boy in Sandwich, n. II. He moved from
there 10 New Bedford and aftcrward went
to Boston, and it was not long before he and
his brother had saved up enough money to
buy out his former employer in the clothing
business. Mr.. Morse grew rich, sent ono of
his brothers TO Harvard, became president of
the Suffolk club in Boston, and is now one
of the shining lights of Boston Democracy.
He entered congress in 1876, carrying his dis
trict Qtcpublicanl by n majority of 1900.
He had twice before been defeated.
Mr.. Morse has been twice elected a delegate
to the national Democratic convention, and
is new representing his state for the fifth
term in congress.
, 1888-01-10
HON. DANIEL MANNING
SKETCH OF THE Ex-SEcRETARY OF
THE TREASURY.

beginning Life as n Poor Boy in Albany.
His Work ms n Route Boy on The
AtIas-SIanager of The Argus-HIs Po-
litical Life.
Daniel Manning was born at Albany,
n. y, on Aug. 10, 1881. His parents were
Irish, and his father WINS n baker. The family
lived in a little house nearly opposite the
present fine mansion in which the ex-secre-
tary of tho treasury lay during his illness.
When he lost his father the boy WINS 0 years
of age, and was Obliged to begin earning his
own living. lie entered the Office of Tho
Albany Atlas, which afterward became The
Atlas and Argus, and then The Argus, as q
route boy, but soon became an apprentice in
tho composing room.
William Cassidy was then editor of The
Argus. Hc was an able man, and TO his con-
duct of the paper was due its success. Young
flaming room attracted the attention of his
rm- loyer. Tho youthful typesetter is de
Ecribci as having been n handsome fellow,
OF a fno powerful physique, whose tastes led
him into numberlcss contests with the local
e nen md other athletic young men. In
my lie acquired quite n reputation for
t..cngth and courage, and became q terror
10 tho leading rough5 Of Albany.
, 1888-01-10

the strongest mnn before the convention, but
tho New York delegation was divided, and
on the Now York delegation depended tho
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland. Manning fa-
vored casting tho vote Of state delegations as
n unit by their chairmcn. He was met by
bitter opposition, but held steadily to his
purpose and finally accomplished his object.
This insured the nomination to his candi-
date.
Soon after Mr.. Clcvclnnd's install
lation ho rendered Mr.. Manning the
se~crctaryship of the treasury, which was
accepted and held until about n year ago,
when, having experienced something like n
n2ralytic stroke, he felt obliged to tender his
resignation on account of i'll health. Presi-
dent Cleveland was very loath to part witt
his cnbinct officer, and put Off accepting his
resignation until it became evident that Mr..
ManninE'i health depended upon his giving
up all care, when he was permitted TO retire
from his Office.
Being prevailed upon to accept the presi-
dC.cy If II new bank, tAe Western National
of Kew York, no went TO that city. But his
hcalsh continuing to fail, he was not long
ac.ise ia tho management of its affairs. In
February laat he sailed for Europe, where he
occupied himself with trave
Last Juno tho cS-sccretary returned from
his tour abroad, apparently very much I'M
proved in health, but tho hopes of that time
Of his ultimate recovery have not been re-
allied.
, 1888-01-10

perity. So the French invasion Of south
eastern China and the late iuundation
OF northeastern China have set oil the
civ.liz"d world 70 reading up on that
curious empire. The full details of the dis
ester, though it began in September, were
bat lately received, and prove it TO have been
the most destructive food of which authentic
history gives account, covering 1000 square
miles, sweeping away ten large cities and
many hundred villages and destroying tho
homes and farms OF at least 100000
psOpIcl Worse still, the explanation OF
the calamity proves that it is like many
that have happened, and only the f|orcrunner
of greater calamitics in the future unless a
comprehensive and very expensive system of
engineering is adopted. The problem is
briefly this: A vast plain, COO miles long and
from 100 to 400 miles wide, extends from tho
ocean westward TO the highlands; across that
food plain run three great rivers, just ms the
Mississippi and Atchafalaya run through the
delta below Baton Rouge: the plain is very
fertile and dcnsely populated, and when tho
rivers ARE swollen by long continued rains or
melting snow along their upper course, they
aro liable 60 sweep away all leveos and mum
date the plain. How, then, shall they be
guided ard rcstrainedl The magnitude of tho
engineering problem can only be understood
by n study OF Chinese topography.
Like other great areas, that Of China hns q
general slope from the interior to the sea;
but milk the Mississippi basin, tho Chino
slope is from cast 10 west, and cross sections
Of mountains, winding ridges and detached
table lands cut it up into such fnnciful
shapc5 that each great river has its own
basin and runs to every point of the compass
in getting down the slope. Tho Ynng-tszc
Kiang for instance, Chinn's greatest river,
heads in Thibct las the Kachuvan) and flows
zoo miles or more southeast, but u little way
from the Cambodia, which flows out through
Cochin China; it then goes off as far north