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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
French Experiences in Tonouin.

The French are having some lus-
cious experiences in Tonquin. land
that seems to be n good deal of n
white elephant in their hands. They
have, for the present, given up their
efforts to take the census of the capt.
tai, Hanoi, which is supposed 70 con-
tain about 100000 persons. Every
time the census agent started on their
rounds they created a small panic
The natives were certain some deep
laid deviltry was at the bottom Of this
unheard-of and incomprehensibl
affair. 1t was evident their taxes were
to be increased or they were to be vic
timized in some manner. The result
was that on each occasion there was a
great exodus of townspeople to visit
their country cousins, and those who
remained impaired the widest infor-
nation. Little matrons declared by
all that was sacred that they were
childless widows, though their half
dozen young hopefuls were at the time
tumbling about in the cutters. The
French have grown weary of pursuing
knowledge under such trying circum-
stnncas
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
THINGS DOCTORS DON'T KNOW.
Their Ignorance Illustrated in tho
Robinson Poisoning Cases.

There was commotion among the doc
tors at recent meeting of the Massachu-
sets Med.co Legal Society, when II was
found that reporters for secular newspa
pers were taking notes. Papers bearing
specially on the notorious Robinson ar
senical poisoning cases had been an
nounced.
DIR. Holt declared that there was general
ignorance OF the symptoms of arsenical
poisoning, and claimed that because Of this
ignorance the Robinson poisoning cases
had gone on without arousing suspicious on
the part of medical men. There were, he
said, at least eight cases Of criminal poison
ing; seven occurred within five years, and
in one family, and the other was that OF q
relative.
The cases were all treated by physicians
OF large practice, prominent in the profes-
sion, and yet no suspicion OF arsenical
poisoning was aroused until an organization
in which the victims were insured tried to
determine by investigation why so many
persons died suddenly in this family.
In support of his statement as TO the
ignorance Of medical men of the symptoms
OF arGenical poisoning, the doctor remarked
that certificates Of death were given in five
OF the Robinson cases as follows: pneu
monia, typhoid fever, meningitis, bowel
disease and Bright disease.
The startling disclosure of the stupid
ignorance shown in the treatment of those
cases is quito in keeping with the usual in
discretion manifested by the profession in
the treatment of persons who are sufferers
from the slow and subtle poison which is
generated in the system from diseased
state of the kidneys.
The afflicted are treated for consumption,
apopleXy, for brain and various nervous
disorders when in most instances IL is
shown when too late, that the patient
was wrongfully and ignorantly treated for
q supposed disease which was, in reality,
but symptom of kidney disease, and
should have been timely treated as such by
the use OF Warmers Safe Cure, which is the
only remedy known that can be successfully
relied upon in the treatment of such dis
ease.
Such exhibitions Of stupidity by those
who profess great intelligence in such mat
ters is calculated to destroy confidence,
and it can be well said that a remedy like
Warmers Safe Cure, which places the db
rect means of preserving health in the suf
ferer's hands, is far more meritorious than
high-priced medical advice which is SO
generally worthless and too often based
upon an erroneous opinion as to the true
cause of illness.
Human life is just little too precious TO
the avearge individual to be sacrificed TO the
bigotry or the ignorance of others
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
WELCOME IN HIS OLD AGE.
Lorenzo SIebert Draws $1,000 In q
Louisiana state Lottery.

Lorenzo Siebert Draws $4,000 In the
louisiana state Lottery.
Toledo (ohio) Blade Ap"ile
Lorenzo Siebert who keeps clothes re-
pairing and cleaning shop at Sl3 Summit
street, is one of the two persons who drew
one-twentieth Of the ticket No. 10, 400 in the
March drawing of the Louisiana State
Lottery. A reporter for the Blade called
on him and asked him TO tell about it,
"Well,n he said, al had drawn several
times before and never got more than $40
or 500 and l was not expecting anything
this time / sold a quarter Of my ticket TO
my partner, William Parde, and another
quarter to Mr.. Haas, a friend of mine. We
are all poor men, and 1 tell you there were
three happy old men when we learned
that we had 1000 TO divide up. We got the
money in few days, through the U. S. Ex.
press company, and l have put mine out at.
interest to have something in my old age"
Mr.. Siebert is about 60 yours old, his
partner middle-aged man, and Mr.. Haas
is "a,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
WINGED MISSILES.
Id Hutch' is bllling wheat again.

"Old Hutch" is bdlling wheat again.
In Boston, Mass, 6,OtO tai'ors are idle.
Peach prospects in Delaware arr said To
be good.
Extensive floods in Galicia have inundat-
cd many towns.
The car coupler killed 6,OOO men in this
country last year
Castleton, VT, has the only slate pencil
mill in this country.
Jay Goulds doctor will accompany him
on his southern trip.
The Gillian government has prohibited
Chinese immigration.
A six-foot vein of copper has been discov-
cred in Monroe county, Pa.
Alexander Hamilton was the youngest
cabinet officer the country ever had
The Mississippi Valley raises threc-ffths
OF the hogs in this country-4O,O 100000.
A large smeltcr at Butte, Montana, burn.
ed last week, causing loss Of 81, 900 00).
Dakota farmers propose Irvine factory
Of their own as q relief from the Irvine
Trust
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
Railroad Conductors.

"The old breed OF railroad conductors
is disappearing" said famous rail
road man the other day. The con-
ductors now are lean and pale and
narrow-chested. They look like clerks.
The big brawny fellows who used TO
throw prize-fghters out of the cars
and were not afraid to face a carload OF
cowboys, are ali passing away. The
air-brake is to blame. 1t has so light
ened the work of the passenger brak =
man that men can step out of counting
rooms TO man the train nowadays.
They remain small and light, and in
that condition are promoted to be con-
ductors. The old conditions still sur
round the freight brakeman, but not
one in five thousand of them ever be-
come passenger conductor.-New
York Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
A Story from Maine.

Zone winter" said the man from
Maine, ~ was numbering in the north
ern part of Maine and was at work on
the side of high mountain, around
which we hauled and lunched at noon
on the opposite side from where we cut
the logs. One day at dinner time /
thought it would be too much work to
walk all the way around the mountain,
so / climbed TO the top and. sitting on
my broad double-bitted ak, slid down
10 the bottom. The mountain was very
steep, and the ak grew so hot on the
way down that when | reached the
bottom / put my dinner-pail on the AK
and stepped my tea"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

Those who are con emplating q trip.
either for health or pleasure should ac-
quaint themselves fully with the advsnt-
ages and inducements offered by the noun
tain resorts of Colorado and Los Vegas
Hot Springs. New Mexico. Handsomely
illustrated pamphlets and books descr.p-
tive of the above furnished free on applica-
tioE Special tourist rates now In effect
GEO. T. NICHOLSON, G. p. & t. A, Tope-
ka, Kas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
Forced To Leave Home.

Over GO people were forced TO leave their
homes yesterday TO call for a free trial
package of Lanes Family Medicine. If
your blood is bad, your liver and kidneys
out of order, II you are constipated and
have headache ard an unsightly complex
ion, don't fail to call on any druggist to
day for free sample of this great remedy.
The ladies praise il. Everyone likes it.
Large size package 20 cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

To the Editor PLEASE inform your read
ers that have a positive remedy for Con.
sumption. BY its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently
cured. shall be glad to send two bottles
of my remedy free TO any OF your readers
who have consumption if they will send
their express and +. .. address Respect
fully, L. A. Slocum, M. c., Isl Pearl ST.,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
The Dinicnltv Exnerienced

In taking Cod Liver Oil is entirely over
come in Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
and Hypophosphitcs. lt is as palatable as.
milk, and the most valuable remedy that.
has ever been produced for the cure of Con-
Scrofula and Wasting Diseases.
Do not fail to try il.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

Loudpcss is the Characteristic of new
French hosiery. Nearly all the stockings
have black grounds barely visible through
blocks squares and stripes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoris,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castor,a,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

A man who has practced medicine for
40 years, ought TO know salt from sugar I;
read what he says:
TOLEDO, o., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. j. Cheney a. Co.-Gentlemen.
Il have been in the general practice Of
medicine for most 40 years, and would say
that in all my practice and experience, have
never seen preparation that / could pre-
scribe with as much confidence of success
as / can Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactur-
ed by you. Have prescribed il great
many times and its effect is wonderful, and
would say in conclusion that have yet to-
find a case of Catarrh that II would not
cure, IL they would take it according 10
directions.
Your Truly,
L. l.. GORSUCH, M. d..
Office, 2l5 Summit St.
We win give 800 for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken informally.
h. j. CHENEY e. CO, Props, Toledo, O
ES Sold by Druggists, 55c.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

Plaid wool school gowns for misses are
cut on the bias throughout
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
RherIM,a GnIe.
Summer Tours

Smoke the Sheriff Sale Segar a straight
10c Havana cigar for sc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
Consumption Surely Cured.

Very large meshed net is used for entire
costumes of black net.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

A man who has practlced medicine for
40 years, ought TO know salt from sugar I;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Helpful Hints.

SUNSHINE is preventive and cura-
tive of disease.
SALTS of lemon will remove stains
from ivory handles of knives:
IT is never advisable to add fresh
milk to that left over in the creamer.
Is the pantry damp? A small box of
lime will absorb the moisture and keep
the air dry and free from a disagree
able odor.
RUN coarse, tough beef through
sausage cutter; form into thin cakes
and brOil, seasoning with little pep
per and plenty of butter, and you have
steak those with scanty molars can en-
joy.
A VERY useful creeping apron may
be made by taking an apron twice the
length of the dress. 1t is fastened at
the waist by means of drawing-string
run into the hem. This makes COM
pete bag, and affords ample protection
for the dress and skirts.
TRY this for cough: Take one ounce
each of flaXseed, boneset, slippery elm
and extract of licorice; simmer together
in one quart of water. Strain carefully
and add one pint of best molasses and
half pound of granulated sugar. Sim
mer them all together, and when cold
bottle tight, Give one tablespoonful
as often as needed.
SAYS the Mail and Express : " The
next time you think you have done with
a lemon just dip it in salt and rub your
copper kettle or stew-pan with 1t. You
will be surprised to find what brilliant
surface YOU will obtain if you rub the
article instantly with dry, soft cloth.
You can polish all brass work by the
same means, every stain disappearing
as if by magic. A mouldy lemon put
into dirty saucepan half full OF water
and boiled for half an hour cleanses the
utensil amazingly and removes any
odor such as fish or onions"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Home Decorations.

An inkstand splasher is convenient
thing upon the writing-desk, and by
following these directions an ornamen-
tai as well as protective bit of furnish
ing is acquired. Cut from wooden
cloth of some dark color piece twelve
inches long and eight wide and bind
with galloon to match. Work some
simple decoration in point-russe or
feather-stitch one-half inch from the
outer edge in bright colored worsteds
or embroidery silks. In the left-hand
upper corner fasten a small calendar.
Cut strip of the material two and one
half inches long and an inch wide.
Bind or button-hole the edge and fasten
on the left-hand lower corner for post
age stamps. Make a pen-wiper and
fasten on the right-hand side of the
splasher, halfway between the top and
bottom, or across the upper corner.
Chamois skin is the best material to
use for the leaves of the pen-wiper and
should be finished at the edge by being
cut into regular small points. Along
the bottom put elastic ribbon, divided
into suitable spaces, and into them put
pen-holder, pencil and penknife, or
small rule; square glass inkstand will
be needed to complete the writing i'm
pements, and should stand in the space
between the pen-wiper and calendar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Treatment OF WhOOping- Cough.

The value of Mobin's treatment of
whooping-cough by sulphurous acid is
receiving strong confirmation from
many sources. DIR Manly, in the
Z" Practitioner" expresses the opinion
that, if it was carried out in every case,
at the end of six months the disease
would be unknown. The method used
by him is as follows: The patient is
in the morning put into clean clothes
and removed elsewhere. All his clothes,
ties, etc., are brought into the bed
room, and sulphur is burned upon few
live Goals in the middle of the room.
The fire is allowed to remain in the
room for five hours, and then the win
dows and doors are thrown open. The
child sleeps in the room the same even
ing. About twenty-five grammes Ca lit
tie under an ounce of sulphur to every
cubic meter may be burned. This is
equivalent to rather more than ten
grains per cubic foot. The room is fumi--
gated in a like manner during the
night, the patient living in an atmos-
phere of diluted sulphurous acid gas
for some days, while in several cases
the process is repeated at the end of a
eek.-CbriStidn Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
What Kindness Will DO.

About 1S4l my father purchased
fine Hambletonian, four-years-old,
descendant of Bishops Hambletouian.
He had been badly handled, and was so
ugly that nothing could be done with
him. Father worked with him for four
months and could not conquer him,
finally giving him up with the remark
that he was not worth dollar. l was
then a boy of eleven years. / asked
father if l could take the horse and
drive him. He replied, He can not
be driven, but you may fuss with
him." requested that the horse be
left entirely to my care and that no
one should be allowed to go near him.
The request was granted. Every time
l went into the stable | had something
for the horse-sugar, candy, corn, or
something which he liked. | would
stand by him ten minutes at a time,
rub his head and obtain his confidence.
Whenever / went into the barn he
would expect something, and was never
disappointed. He had always been
nervous in the stall, but With me was
as quiet as lamb. began by letting
him stand for an hour with harness
| Oh, anu hhdiiJ hetii q uoN anu IhCh
would hitch him in sulky and let him
stand under the shed. Finally, when
asked him to go he did it as willingly al
any horse ever did. / drove him in al
kinds of vehicles, and would draw
heavy loads with him. For those days
he was very fast, and would trot inside
of three minutes. One day James MAY
of Westminster came TO the house anC
asked father about the horse and wha
he was worth. Father replied that hi
was not worth dollar. Mr.. May saiC
he had been informed that / coult
drive the horse, and was told that wa
the only one who could. Father tolt
me to hitch up the horse, which did
and took Mr.. May to ride. Upon GU
return father was asked TO put pric,
on the horse and he named $3.50. Mr.
May purchased him and took him t.
Rutland. While there he hitched hin
to a sulky, and, getting in, commanded
him to go, but the horse didn't stir
Down came the whip; the horse re
NAMED stationary. Mr.. May pu
another horse into the sulky and LEI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Convenient and inexpensive.

A single leaf hinged to the wall will
be frequently found a great convent
ence, and once tried is sure of speedy
adoption for many purposes. One great
thing in their favor is the fact that they
can be used in any room, and made of
any size, and when not in use can
either be dropped down or turned up
against the wall out of the way. Such
tables are supported by swinging legs,
or chairs, which are more reliable, or
stout ilon wire. Neatly made and
finished, they are not uusightly, and in
many homes will ill long-felt want.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
A Curious Puzzle.

Opon a book at random and select a
word within the first ten lines, and
within the tenth word from the end of
the line. Mark the word. Now
double the number of the page, and
multiply the sum by five. Then add
twenty Then add the number of the
line you have selected. Then add five.
Multiply the sum by ten. Add the
number of the word in the line. From
this sum subtract $50, and the remainder
will indicate in the unit column the
number of the word, in the ten column
the number of the line, and the remain
ing figures the number of the page
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03

this one to Westminster. One day,
after reaching home, he harnessed him
into the sulky, intending to break the
animal. When near the Connecticut
river he attempted to chastise the horse.
The last seen of the team it was going
down the bank into the river. The
sulky and Mr.. May were recovered, but
the horse and harness we're not. There
may be Homestead readers in West
minister who remember Mays large roam
that went into the river. Candy is bet
ter than whip for an ugly horse.-C.
d. Spencer, CaStleton, ", in Home
ST eud
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
A Cows Milk.

Some dozen or more years since we
made, and maintained, in these columns
the confident statement that, aside from
a change from something approaching
starvation to full diet, or the reverse,
the amount of butter or cheese in a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03

These tables are worthy of study. 1t
will be seen that the soil would lose
fertility very slowly if the total eXcre-
ment were returned to it. Over ninety
five per cent of the nitrogen and ash
constituents are voded by both sheep
and oxen. The last table shows that
solid and liquid excrements of sheep
are rich in both nitrogen and mineral
constituents when fed on hay. Two
thousand pounds of the solid would
contain fourteen pounds, and of the
liquid twenty-eight pounds-the liquid
containing double; but in feeding
barley-meal the liquid contained about
four times as much as the solid.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Gbe DoussbuIo.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DR. T. II. HosK1rs, Newport. Vt, or dl-
rectly 70 THB wATcHMAE PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
farm ano 6aroen.

Address all inquiries or communications in relation
to agriculture to DIR. T. II. HosKINs Newport, vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
The Value Of Urine.

1t is fact that the valuable and
digestible part of the food goes into the
liquid excrement and the refuse and
least valuable part goes into the solid
excrement. We will give illustrations
by some short tables, made from the
German experiments, upon animals fed
on barley-meal:
NITROGEN STORED UP AND vo1DED FOR ONE
HUNDRED CONSUMED.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
UIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
ISDecIaI Seasfon.I

IN the Senate on the 26th, no business was
attempted in open session, but at the conclu-
sion Of the reading Of the Journal the Senate
went into secret session, and at 2:2S P. m,
when the doors were re-opened, adjourned
IN the Senate, on the 27th, the resolution
previously offered by Mr.. Mitchell, authorizing
the committee on mines and mining TO con-
tnue its inquiry into the causes OF delay IN
considering uucontested cases in the mineral
division Of the General Land once, was taken
up ana referred to the COMMITTEES on mines and
mining. The resolutions offered by Mr. Butler,
declaring that the tenure OF the president pro
tompore does not expire at the meeting Of Con
FFess after recess, but is held at the pleasure
OF the Senate, we're taken up, and Mr.. George
made a constitutional argument in opposition
10 them. Mr.. Turpie, of Indiana, made
speech in answer to Mr.. George.
IN the Senate on the 23th, Mr.. Sherman Of
fered a resolution, which went over, for the ap-
pointmeut Of committee Of two Senators to
wait upon the President to ascertain If he had
any other business to lay before the Senate.
Mr.. COckrell, from the select committee to in
quire into the methods OF business in the exec
utive departments OF the Government, made a
final report, together with q statement in re-
gard TO the business in some branches Of the
public service. which was laid the table.
Senators Cullom and Gibson were appointed as
regents OF the Smithsonian Institution to fn
vacancies Mr.. Call offered a resolution with
reference to the organization OF Senate commit
tees, which was tabled and the Senate went
into secret session
IN the Senate, on the G0th, the resolution or
fered by Mr.. Sherman for the appointment Of a
committee to wait on the President and inquire
II he had any other business to lay before the
Senate, was laid on the table, subject to call
Mr Mandcrson's resolution looking 10 the bet
ter ventilation Of the Senate wing OF the Capt.
tol was discussed and agreed 10. Senators
Sherman, Dawes, Allison, Cullom, Hampton,
Eustls, CoIquitt and Ingalls, we're appointed a
committee to attend the New York centennial
celebration. At1;55 p. m. the Senate went into
secret session and soon after adjourned.