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, 1888-04-05
MAKING MEERscHAUM PIPES.
Where the Crude Material Is Most
Abundant-NIethods of the

whers the Crude Material Is Most
Abundant-nIethods of the Workshop.
Meerschaum is the German name ap-
piled to a certain mineral in consequence
of its lightness, softness and white color,
which suggests a resemblance to '0ze
foam.n The French call it ''ecume de
mer, " which means essentially the same,
and by Checker, the German mineralo-
gist, it was termed ''sepiolite. " because it
resembles the so called bone of the
''sepian or cutie fish. 1t is an opaque
earthly substance of white, grayish or
yellow color, compact in texture, and
breaks with a conchoidal or fine earthly
fracture. 1t adheres TO the tongue and
is so soft it can be scratched with the
finger nail. Most of our meersGhaum
ONE from Asia Minor, especially from
the plains of Eski-shehr, where it is
found in nodular masses of variable size
and irregular shape distributed through
nlluvial deposits of the plain, which are
systematically worked for its extraction
by means of pits and galleries.
These roughly shaped pieces are sent
from the east, principally to Vienna and
to various parts of Germany. Arriving
at the workshop, they are soaked in
water to make them soft and keep down
the dust when they are cut and shaped.
a piece is turned into the shape of n pipe
or cigar holder, bored and carved in out
line. If it grows dry under the work
mans hands it is dipped in water, and
when the rude carving is finished the
pipe is thoroughly dried. Care is taken
that all moisture is evaporated, for when
they are subjected to the next process
viz, submerged in a bath of hot sperma-
ceti-the presence of a single drop of
water would crack them. Previous to
putting them in the hot bath the bowl
and draught hole are securely plugged
to prevent the spermaceti from touching
the inside. Should it do so the pores of
the meerschaum would close, conse-
quently the nicotine of the tobacco would
not percolate from within and the pipe
would never "color."
The boiling in spermaceti is done to
give a degree of resistance to the fine
carving tools and so it will not "fake
off, The carver again takes it in hand,
and with his case of tools before him,
which resemble in some respects those
used by dentists, carves the finer details
of the grotesque faces. tracing the deli
cate combination of vines and leaves or
bringing the shapes of animals, hunts
men or comical figures to a final degree
of perfection. The more artistic his skill
and taste the more beautiful the evolu-
ton of his work. The whole is now
rubbed with glass paper and polished
with Dutch rushes. Then, the plugs not
having been removed, the whole is set in
warm wax.
The bath of warm wax is applied to
render the exterior firm in texture and
impervious to dampness, and is to the
pipe what the enamel is to the teeth.
From the wax the pipes are taken to the
polishers, when they are again rubbed
down with zone ash and chalk. The
plugs are removed and the mouthpieces
screwed on. On expensive pipes these
are of amber, but Cor less expensive mes
imitation amber or horn is used.-Phil-
delphia Times.
, 1888-04-05
paIates Made of Rubber.

"Here is something which might in
terest you said the physician, handing
the reporter a red flap of soft rubber
s%patulated at n end like n beavers
tail and bearing small rivets at the other.
whats that2"
That's an artificial soft palate. You
know some people are so unfortunate as
to be born with a cleft in the roof of the
mouth, which interferes sadly with their
speech. All sounds which depend upon
the breath being excluded from the nose,
like m and m" they are unable to
pronounce. These sounds are called
nasal, because they go through the nose.
Look in the glass with your mouth
wide open and you will see a little tongue
dangling away back at the roof of the
mouth. This is the uvula, which is
absent in the case of those who have
cleft palatcs. 1t helps in swallowing as
well as in speech. Now, this artificial
uvula is not the natural shape, as you
see, but is thinned out and spread out
like a fan at one end. That is so that il
may rest against the muscle which would
naturally move the palate. The other
end of the piece is riveted to a plate
which is kept in the roof of the mouth,
either by suction or by springs.
"a queer thing about these cases of
cleft palates is that the perception of the
proper sounds of letters dies out as the
mar grows older. A child in whose
mouth an artificial palate is attached
soon learns to talk as naturally as people
whose palates are normal. But those
who have passed middle life before they
have one put in have, it is said, to learn
a language like French, where the great
prevalence of nasal sounds compels them
to notice their importance. Only in that
way do they learn to speak English prop
erly."-Chicago Mail.
, 1888-04-05

Hubert Bancroft, in his shrowd and
analytic discussion of Mexican life and
history, shows the remarkable place
which n house fire and hearth nave occu-
pied in human evolution. The old Eng
lish life was wholly centered about the
festal board in the great hall, or " ALL"
where the boar's head and rosemary and
fiagons were all that tempered social in
tercourse. Our own life moves ont from,
and back toward, the tireside. But
''home, as we understand it, does not
exist in Mexico" says Bancroft. THE
absence of fireplaces constitutes II great
obstacle to those family reunions which
have so important an influence on our
society. Dinner parties are rarely given,
and home entertainments are restricted
mainly to the so called tertulias-a med
ley of singing and dancing, forfeit games
and gambling" The part that fire has
played in human progress can hardly be
overestimated. To kindle a fire was the
first great achievement of primitive races.
Globe Democrat.
, 1888-04-05

The construction of a perfect pendulum
has been accomplished, it is announced,
by ~suspending a lead shot by a single
fiber of { silk in a IL pro-
duced by means of u Sprengel pump.
The shot, one-sixteenth of an inch in
diameter, weighs one-third of a grain, is
suspended by a two foot fiber, and is
placed in a tube three-quarters of an inch
internal diameter. 1t has n vibration
range of one-fourth inch on each side of
midposition, the vacuum being equiva-
lent to one-tenth of n m:llionth of an
atmosphere Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1888-04-05

In Paris the substitution of glass floor
ing for boards continues 10 increase, this
being especially the case in those business
structures in which the cellars are used
as offices. In one of these the whole of
the ground in front is paved with large
squares of roughened glass imbedded i'll a
strong iron frame, and in the cellars be
meath there is sufficient light without gas
for business purposes. Though the first
cost of glass is much greater its almost
unlimited durability is greatly in its
favor.-New York Sun.
, 1888-04-05

Is continually going on in the human sys-
TEN. The demon of impure blood strives
to gain victory over the constitution, to
ruin health, to drag victims to the grave.
A good reliable medicine like Hoods Sar.
sarparilla is the weapon with which to
defend ones self, drive the desperate
apy from the field, and restore peace
oipS Oily health for years. Try this
y : 1arnage ,dicine.
, 1888-04-05

The duties of the early justices of the
national supreme court could hardly be
called onerous. During the first twenty
years of the court it had very little bust.
ness. From 1920 to 1851 the cases sub
mitted to it averaged only about fifty-five
n yea. After 1860 the dockets became
crowded, and now a new case is ordinarily
not heard for five years.-New York
Evening World.
, 1888-04-05

Tea and coffee l have practically given
up l found they made me nervous,
fidgcty, anxious, low spirited, and took
some of my energy away. Tea made me
tremblc, gave me brilliant but false ideas,
and confused both speech and writing.
Coffee griped me, gave me collie and took
my memory away for hours; SO l have
given both up. Since doing so | have lost
my writer's cramp from which l suffered
n little.-T. II. Allinson in London Times
and Echo.
, 1888-04-05
ONE SUMMER NIGHT.

There was never a song Of startling
SO sweet, CT will ever be,
As the voice OF my own, my darling,
Contrasting her love to me;
The very stars went swooning
In such a delicious light
That 1t seemed like n white, sweet incoming
in the heart of enchanted night.
And a hundred times and n hundred
We whispered the fond words DER,
Till the tremulous passion vine wondered
Wa there ever such love before;
And the moon fled into abysscs
OF maidenly, feecy mist
She envied the joy of our kisses,
Forever herself unkissed.
Too soon came the rapturous waning
Of night, and the flush of the day,
But not till the dearest explaining
That ever stole hearts away;
We saw in the far light just cleaning,
The stars melt into the morn,
And felt the starlight Of our dreaming
Merge into the love that was born.
Charles Henry Phelps in Home Journal.
, 1888-04-05

A young lady, the other evening, dis
cussing Che different modes of arranging
the hair, said ''she couldn't abide a
'Pish' twist" Another girl said she
never saw n ''Pishn twist, but she
thought the Psyche twist was very be-
coming to some women; and the first
speaker wanted to know what sort of an
arrangement a "Sikey' twist was, any
way.-Norristown Herald.
, 1888-04-05

\ writer in The American Machinist
recommends the use of castor oil in
boilers were alkaline water is used. He
says that from two ounces TO a pint of
oil viii prevent foaming all day. The
oil il put in after the engine shall have
started if foaming hal begin.-Chicago
Times.
, 1888-04-05
THE "HARMoNITE" COMMUNITY.


yard of George RaPp's Followers.
An aged Economic approaches us,
coming slowly down the shaded path
way. He is feeble, but his dark eyes are
very bright. His portly frame is clad in
the usual suit of blue, and he wears the
broad brimmed hat. There are, pigs in
the field beside him; he losses them an
apple over the fence. They quarrel for
its possession, squealing in rage. He
laughs till his fat sides shake. He losses
them more apples, fairly exploding with
mirth as he watches them crowding and
jostling each other. So on he goes
out of sight, entirely oblivious of our
presence. The pigs follow him as far
as the boundary of the field will let
them, drowning his merriment with their
squealing.
This man may be said to be a typical
Economic. Innocent, honest, simple
minded, with little knowledge of the
great outside world and its complexities,
he is easily amused. 1 recall another
like him, the former keeper of the
orchard hat incloses the old burying
ground, to which our ramble will soon
take us. He was an elderly parsonage,
little, spare and strangely deformed, but
of ~singularly interesting mind. He was
quite comical and original without know
ing it. The childlike innocence of some
of his remarks was delightful. 1 visited
his little vine covered watch house very
often.
Closing an eye and regarding me with
great gravity, he once said:
Death is a funny fellow"
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, 1888-04-05

The ORIGINAL ABlETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two, ounce
tin boxes, and is ar absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
kinds Of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by Dr..
W. N. Hunt, at 25 cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-04-05

Edith-Oh, mamma, what a monstrous,
horrid looking beetle. 1t makes me
shudder to look at him.
Mamma-W Why, my dear, it's exactly
like that gold one you wear for a breast
pin.-Judge.
, 1888-04-05

1t is said to be the custom in Spain for
the girls to kiss every young man they
meet ON the Goth of February.
, 1888-04-05

Our times are the dearest times we
shall ever know, and of these times the
press is the youngest handmaiden.-
George Alfred Townsend.
, 1888-04-05

To know tho new, search the DID,
japanese.
, 1888-04-05

The best education is that which the
world gives you.
, 1888-04-05

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hque1trs and superfine
at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
cfroats
, 1888-04-05
that are fretful. peevish.
SoSleS

Windy Collie, Teething Pains, or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby Soother.
II contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 25 cents. Sold by
Dr. W. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-05
Dr. r&c1.
sPBCIAI1sTs

We offer noapology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity Is too wrctched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are Innocent sufferers, and that
tho physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less n
pnilanthrOphist and IL bcnetnctor to his race
than the surgeon or physician wholly close APP
plication eXccls IN any other branch of his pro
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dnwning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lcpers under the Jewish law to die uncared
for. has naSSpl AWAY.
, 1888-04-05

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader office,
, 1888-04-05
Fast receiCed, u aesU time
of Boys and ChiTdren'S
suits, also Kilt suits at
III. Marks

Nh oNN OF the good things of this
hNosS life are sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. kcker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
IhSl gestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 90 cents, by
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-05
MIN.

There are many men of the age of 30 to GO who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often accompanied by n slight
smarting or burning sensation and n weaken
ing of the system in IA manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits n rOpy edimen will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of alhumen will APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again hanging to "A dark and turbid APP
peafance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of semina weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and II healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. 500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-IRepubli-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER s. co.
lilI Larimere street. Address, Box 27S3, DEN
Yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-28
The i" Suppressedv Vote.

A great deal has been said and more
has been written about the suppressed
suffrage of the South. The paltry total
of the vote returned in some states
shows figures which are curious, to say
the least. New Hampshire cast 10000
votes and chose two congressman.
South Carolina cast $4,000 votes and
chose seven. Georgia cast total of
$4,000 votes and chose nine. Where
were the other voters? The census
shows that the population of these
states is nearly all native-born. The
men are, therefore, all voters. What
is the trouble? If the interest in poll
tics were as great there as it is in New
Hampshire, South Carolina would cast
at least 10000 votes, and Georgia
would pile up at least 100000. 1t can
not be that il is because those states
are reliably democratic simply. YER
mont is republican two to one, yet in
proportion to her vote South Carolina
should poll more than 100000 and
Georgia more than 275 900. The con-
dition of the suffrage where only so
small proportion of the voters take
the trouble TO vote, whatever the cause,
is simply deplorable. If it results, as
there is too much ground to believe is
true, from long series of outrages and
deliberate suppression or repression
of the voters, then the next congress
should address itself, not Indignantly,
not revengefully, but yet earnestly, to
the discovery of the means to prevent
the suppression and to encourage the
expression of the honest opinions of
the voters of the South. If there are
but one-third of the voters of those
states who will vote, it is an injustice
and crime that they should exercise
the influence they do in national af-
fairs.-Manchester On. H. Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-28
A Desperate Battle.

The desperation which the demo-
Gratis manifest in their efferts to hold
their grip on the house of representa-
tives is evidence of the peculiar i'm
portance of the late election in its rela-
ton to the leading political parties.
Victory to the republicans and the pos
session by them of the three legislative
branches of the government signifies
the political DOOM of the democratic
party. Its reliance for the reposses-
sion of power must be henceforth-not
on a solid South, but on republican
mistakes or mal-administratiOn of the
government. Could the democrats
hold the house of representatives they
would interpose check upon the eX-
tension of republican power. They
could continue to debar, as they have
been doing, the admission of new states
that will be as surely republican as is
Vermont Republicans will extend
their power only within the bounds of
inc anu lilC laws vi NOu-
gress. All they ask is that the peo-
pie in the Northwest, and in the South,
may have and enjoy all the rights and
privileges to which they are entitled
under the laws of the Constitution.
Let the popular will expand, unchecked
by partisan repressive measures, and
the great mass of all the people of this
nation are republican in their po-
litical sympathies and beliefs. The
democracy understand this and their
only hope now of preventing the
people from bursting their bonds, of
resisting the onward sweep of republic
canism is to interpose the national
house of representatives. Both parties
are playing for tremendous stakes.
The battle GIBBS and flows around a
slender majority in the popular branch
of congress. This majority is so small
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-28
Was It n " ScarecrOw -?

The WATCHMAN has repeatedly raised
warning voice in view of the schemes
calling for large sums of money that
have come before the legislature. The
rapid increase in state expenditures has
been shown from the reports of the
state officers, but the figures presented
have been characterized as scarecrows,
as having no existence in fact. The
ways and means committee made its
report or Saturday. The aggregate of
appropriations is 81 1906 The items
are, for the debentures and contingent
expenses of the general assembly, S70,-
900; for the fiscal years ended July 81 =,
1889, and July 81, 1890, each S450,000
(S900, 900 for the two years.; for inter-
est and other debts for the biennial
term, 100000; for expenses of the
penal institutions, $4,000. The ag-
gregate of the same items two years
ago was SSS5,000, and this was
largely in excess of the amount reported
four years ago. The amount appropri-
ated this session exceeds the appropri-
ations of two years ago by 1865, 900.
The bill provides for tax of twenty
cents on the dollar, against ten cents
four years ago and twelve cents two
years ago. A twenty cent tax raises
$3.50, 900, and is equivalent to thirty
five cent tax before the revision of the
grand list in 1881. In the latter years
of raising state revenue by direct taxa
ton, before the passage of the cor
poration tax law, twenty-five cents
for the legislative year and twenty
cents for the "off year." on a
list of about one million dollars, was
paying state expenses. A tax of forty
five cents for the two years raised
$3.50, 900, or only 100000 more than a
biennial tax of twenty cents now
raises. The corporation tax now
amounts to some S4j0,000 annually,
equivalent to the total sum raised for
all expenses before the legislature fell
on these days of increasing salaries and
making large appropriations. The
ways and means bill further author
ICES the treasurer to borrow money to
the extent of $500 900 for the use of
| the state
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-28
Governor Proctor for the Cabinet.

The legislature has voiced in an Off
cial form the feeling that has been ris-
ing in Vermont since the election that
the time has come when the state may,
with reason and propriety, and with a
due regard to decorum, seek represent
alton in the national administration
This feeling is embodied in the fol-
lowing joint resolution, unanimously
adopted by the Legislature, Tuesday
afternoon:
Whereas, 1t is now almost one hundred
years since Vermont was admitted into the
Union and whereas also, during this time
she has been honored> but once, and this
only for few monthS by seat among the
constitutional advisers of the president of
the United States; therefore,
BE ii resolved by the senate and house Of
representatives, That it is the unanimous
sense of these bodies, without distinction of
party, that Presidept-elect Harrison could
do no better thing than to remember Ver-
mont when he forms his cabinet; and
in view of the high character and sound
sense of Ex-Governor Redtield Proctor, we
would most cordially recommend him to
the confidence of the president-elect and
hereby request our delegation in congress
to use their influence to secure for him a
cabinet appointment
Resolved, That the secretary of state send
to each of our senators and representatives
in congress and the president-eect copy of
these resolutions.