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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-08
LOST !, LOST :!
Anybody needing Queensware and
won't visit our Bazaar will lose money.
just See!

cups and saucers 25c; covered sugar bowls 25c; butter
dishes 2 bow and pitcher &C., plates 40 cents dozen
les cheap Jelly by bucket Sc b fresh butter 20 per b
@ lGe R oc & IDS o PTune Poe; lbs starch Soo etc Dry
and white goods @ &c per yard CARPETS ac yard up
undesold Straw hats Hats to fit and suit them all In boots
and shoes suit you Chldren spring heel 50c ladies'
kid BUTTON Come and rest will struggle hard
to please you Your servant
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-08

II. l.. EDMuNDs, teache.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09

silver had been paid out of the treasury
OF the United States, carry in 1862,
procured from the pOst-oflice depart
ment quantities of pOstage-stamps, for
the purpose of making change. To
facilitate the making of change | had
the stamps pasted on slips Of paper, so
as to make twenty five and fifty cents.
This was done after agreement with
Hon. Montgomery Blair, the then post
master-gCneral, that he would redeem
them in that condition i'm postage
stamps. 1t was soon found that this
mode of procedure was impractcablc
then persuaded the postmaster-general
to procure the engraving and printing
Of the tac SMILES of the postal, COM
pound postage-stamps. These the
treasury bought from the postmaster
general, under an agreement that the
pOst-oflice department would redeem
them. This was what was called pos
tai currency Enclosed herewith you
will find sample Of this kind of cur
rency. You will notice that it was
made redeemable in postage stamps
only. The acknowledgement soon
became tired OF the additional care, re-
spOnsibility and labor that the issuing
and redemption Of this currency threw
upon his flee, and he urged that the
treasury should relieve him from it. l
then procured the passage of law by
congress for the printing of currency
which would represent the fractions Of
the dollar. These were engraved and
printed in denominations Of three, five.
ten, fifteen, twenty-five and lifty-cent
notes, and, in COutradi IinctiOn TO the
postal currency, were called fractional
currency, and were redeemable for all
government dues.-Brooklyu Citizen,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
KenilwOrth Ivy.

This is one of the most desirable
basket-plants. 1t is altogether of a
dropping nature, and nothing is better
adapted for growing in hanging baskets,
or around the edges of vases, etc. :,
where dropping plant is required.
This ivy will not endure the heat of the
SUMS rays. A little sun early in the
morning will be of advantage to it, but
il you would have it grow in basket
in the window the MONDAY sun must
be excluded. The plant delights in a
deep soil and a shady situation. DO
not forget to turn it every day or two,
so that the whole plant may enjoy the
light. The oxalis is especially suited
for culture in small pots and hanging
baskets. There are a great many va
rieties of this family. The shamrock,
dear to the heart of Erin's children, is
an oXalis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09

We recently visited farm upon
which there had been much sickness,
one child having died of diphtheria,
and there being a general complaint of
" malaria" We found that the sink
spout emptied into a sickening pool
directly under the kitchen window,
while above was the bedroom that had
been occupied by the deceased child =,
with its window also opening upon this
scene of filth and source Of disease.
Now if instead of this nastiness and
waste of fertilizing material the farmer
had rugged up barrel on wheels to
catch the drip from the sink and the
house slops generally, and had emptied
it in his garden as often as full, we
think there would have been much less
sickness, the child's life might have
been saved and all the family made
healthier by the liberal use of the gar
den products thus freely fertilized.-
Rurdl NeW YORKER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09

pricker is either a stiletto or strong
needle with the eye end driven into O
small cork. The paper must be laid on
a folded cloth or a cushion, or the little
worker will make holes ia the table.
When he can do single letter tolerably,
give him whole text, or his name in
full and as variety on pricking holes,
he can mark the dots with different
colored chalks. The next step is to
prick the text in card. board and work
ii over with colored worstcd, taking a
stitch through each hole. If these are
done with pretty colors and of rather
large size, they look very nice and are
quite worthy of q place on the nursery
walls. This kind of work is capable of
endless variations, according to the age
of the child. For those who are learning
to write it is good plan to set words
in large rOund-hand, and let them be
copied over with colcred pencils, or do
them in printing style, but with double
lines, so that the spaces between can be
filed up with different colors. From
these small beginnings they 90 on by
easy stages, till they learn the art of
Illuminating. Little girls can make
pretty pcn-wipers Of pieces of cloth or
scraps Of any material, with scalloped
edges, sewn together in the center
and ornamented with bright BUTTON
Cottage Hearth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Mistellanp.


Two little feet, so small that both may nestle
In one caressng hand
Two tender feet upon the untried border
OF life's mysterious land.
Dimpled and soft and pink a. peach.tree blossoms
IN Aprl's fragrant days,
How can they walk among the brery taugles,
Edeing the worlds rough ways?
These rose-white feet along the doubtful future
Must bear mothers load;
Alas since woman has the heaviest burden
And walks the harder road.
Love- for awhile, will make the path before them
All dainty, smooth, and fair
VIII Gull away the brambes, letting only
The roses blossom there.
But when the mothers watchful eyes are shrouded
Away from sight of men,
And these dear feet are left without her guiding,
Who shall direct them then?
How will they be allured, betrayed, deludcd,
Poor little untaught feet
Into what dreary mazes will they wander.
What dangers will they meet?
VIII they go stumbling blindly in the darkness
OF Sorrows fearful shades?
or find the upland slopes Of Peace and Beauty,
Whose sunlight never fades?
VIII they go toilng up Ambitions summit,
The common world above?
Or in some nameless vale, securely sheltered,
Walk side by side with Love?
Some feet there be which walk LIES track un-
wounded,
Which find but pleasant ways
Some hearts there be to which this life is only
round Of happy days.
But these are few. Far more there are who wander
without hope or friend
Who find their journey fun Of pains and losses
And long to reach the end.
How shall Il he with her, the tender stranger,
Fairfaced and gentle eyed.
Before whose unstained feet the worlds rude high
way
Stretches SO fair and wide?
All! who may read the future? For our darling
We crave all blessings sweet.
And pray that he who feeds the crying ravens
VIII guide the baby's feet -ANoH.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
The Result of a Dream.

There was once a mechanic at Br ytol.
England, whose name was Watts He
was by trade a SHOEMAKER. Watts had
to take great bars of lead and pound
them out into sheets of thickness
about equal to the diameter of the shot
he desired to make Then he cut the
sheets into little cubes, which he rolled
in revolving barrel until the corners
were worn off from the constant friction.
The Chicago Mail, thus relates the rest
of the story: Watts, after an even
ing spent with some jolly companions
at the ale-house, went home and turned
into bed. He dreamed he was out
again with the boys They were all
trying to find their way home when it
began to rain shot Beautiful globules
of lead, polished and shining, fell in
torrents. In the morning when Watts
arose he remembered the dream and
wondered what shape meier lead would
take in falling distance through the
air. AT last he carried ladeful of the
hot metal up into the steeple of the
church of St. Mary of Radcliffe, and
dropped it into the moat below. De-
scending, he took from the bottom of
the shallow pool several handfuls of
perfect shot, far superior to any he had
ever seen. Watts fortune was made,
for he had conceived the idea of the
shot tower, which has ever since been
the only means employed in the manu-
facture of the little missiles 50 much
used i'll war and sport"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
The Charity of the Birds.


A gentleman living in Brooklyn, n.
y, keeps number OF pigeons, which
during the great storm Of last March
suffered extremely from the severity
of the weather. When their owner
was able to reach them he found the
poor birds quite stiff and benumbed
with the cold, and, carrying them to
the house, tried to resucitate them by
warm fire. This he succeeded in do
ing, and while working over them was
astonished to hear low "peep, peep"
proceeding from some unknown source
that he could not account for. On ex-
animation, however, he discovered that
beneath the wings of each pigeon was
nestled tiny sparrow, which had taken
refuge there from the fury of the blast,
and which the larger bird had kindly
sheltered and warmed, thus displaying
a sagacity and friendliness not expected
in the feathered DEMONS of the air.
The great blizzard proved very destruct-
i've to the sparrows. From Sunday to
Wednesday or Thursday they were
practically without food or water, and
they succumbed to cold and starva-
ton by the Naturalization Agri-
cultlTiSt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Stand Erect at Work.

There is no question that bending
and STOPPING posture while at work is
very injurious to health. Mechanics
know this well and provide against the
necessity, but women do not. As a
writer in the Homestead observes: A
book-keeper will always have the front
edge of his desk on a level with his ell
bows, as he stands in a natural position.
If it be lower, he must stoop to his
work more than he wants to; if il be
higher, he must elevate his arms to an
inconvenient and uuhealthful position
But his wife will work, if he be not
able to hire servants, three hundred
siXty-fve days in a year at table or
sink from ten to fourteen inches too
low for her, according to her own hight,
Carpenters and machinists have their
benches at such hight that they can
work at them the year round and suffer
no i'll consequences from it, while their
wives will roll pie-crust on a table or
wash dishes at a sink much too low for
them. The two kinds of work are an
alogOus, so far as the position of the
body and the uses of the back and arms
are concerned, and the same rule should
be observed in constructing the table
and bench" The same writer gives
the following rule for determining the
proper nights for household work;
8 Tables always on the level Of the top
of the hips; thus carpenters and ma
chinists make their benches. Sinks an
inch or two higher; stoves an inch or
two lower. The hight of stoves can be
regulated by blocks under the feet, or,
better still, by large square box set
upside down, made a little larger than
the square occupied by the feet. Cover
the box with zinc" There can be no
doubt that as much of the WORKOUT look
of women who do their own work is
due to ignorance or neglect of these
simple facts as to the labor itself. The
mere weakness, fatigue and lameness
consequent upon the inconvenience of
such tables, tubs, stoves and benches,
Is but small part of the evil, for the
internal organs suffer quite as much as
the muscular system, with much more
serious consequences. A weary mus
Gle can be rested, but displaced organ
does not so readily resume its normal
position. Ladies, show this to your
husbands and fathers. If they are SEN
sible they will see the point, and if they
wish you to be well and strong they
will not slight it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
A Rich Man on Riches.

The following story, says the JVaySide.
is told of Jacob Rilgway, Il wealthy
citizen of Philadelphia who died many
years ago, leaving fortune of six mil
lion dollars. MIR. Ridgway," said a
young man with whom the millionaire
was cOnversing, "you are more to be
envied than any gentleman | know"
Why so?'' responded Mr.. Ridgway,
" am not aware of any cause for which
| should be particularly envied."
" What, sir!' exclaimed the young
man, in as.oni shment. Why, are
you not a millionaire? Think of the
thousands your income brings you every
month! Well, what of that?n re-
piled Mr.. Ridgway. "All l get out f
it is my victuals andclothes, and l can't
wear more than one suit at time.
Pray, can't you do as much?" All,
but" said the youth, "think Of the
hundreds of fine houses you own and
the rental they bring youl " What
better am | off for that?' repli ID the
rich man. 81 can only live in one
house at a time; as for the money |
receive for rents, why can't eat it or
wear IL; | can only use it to buy other
houses for other people to live in; they
are beneliciaries, not l." But you
can buy splendid furniture and costly
pictures and fine carriages and horses
in fact, what you desire" And after
| have bought them responded Mr..
Ridgway, "what then? l can only
look at the furniture and pictures,
and the poorest man who is not blind
can do the same. can ride no easier
in fine carriage than you in an omni-
bus for five cents, with the trouble and
attention to drivers, footmen and
hostlers; and as to anything l desire,
| can tell you, young man, that the
less we desire in this world the happier
we shall be. All my wealth can not
buy back my youth, can not purchase
exemption from sickness and pain, can
not procure me power to keep affair off
the hour of death; and then, what will
all avail when, in a few short years at
most, l lie down in the grave and leave
it all forever? Young man, you have
no cause to envy me- The fountain
of content must spring up in the mind,
and he who has so little knowledge Of
human nature as to seek happiness by
changing anything but his disposition
will waste his life in fruitless efforts
and multiply the griefs which he pro-
poses to remove. -EGchdnQe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Commit this TO Memory.

If child who has been exposed to
some contagious disease passes the
longest time mentioned below it will
with very few exceptions, escape: Scar
let fever, twelve hours to seven days
measles, nine to twelve days; small
poX, twelve TO fourteen days; chicken
| OK, two to eight days; diphtheria, two
to eight days; whooping-cough, four
to fourteen days; humps, eight to
twenty-five days. In most cases the
sooner the disease is developed the
sev9rer will the type of the attack.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Ny Year..
BY MARY A. PARKER.

| stood before mansion fair;
The door was closed, did not das
10 reach my hand and turn the lock
l did not even dare to knock.
The door would open, this knew.
And when 1t swung | must pass through
" But what is there within?' | said;
My trembling heart was full Of dread.
just then | heard welcome voice.
why fear" e said, d" you should rel Dicc. q"
." ris yours gift-do not abuse
The precious boon, but wisely use"
" But what awaits me there" cried;
" Its paths are all unknown, uutried:
What pain, what sorrow shall meet
What snares for my unwary feet?'
., faintiug soul, why question sou
The answer came, DO you not know
That he who marks the sparrow's fall
VIII heed his children when they calls'
lentercd, and the glorious light
OF morning burst upon my sight,
While farther on the lovely day
In crimson beauty died away.
The arching sky was overhead,
Beneath the teeming earth was spread,
Around lay river, field and wood,
Afar the purple mountains stood.
Mt always was it bright and fair,
But friends and love and home were there,
And it the day broke dark aud drcar,
At eventide the sky was clear.
Aud once again the mystic door
Confronts me with its hidden store,
But trusting sin the good to win,
Why should fear to enter in?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Items of Interest.

DENIM is nsed for table-cOvers, chair
covers, sofa-pillows, lumber-cushions
and drapelies for dining-rooms in cot
tage or mountain houses.
CoUCHEs and chairs of the Turkish
pattern have tufted seat, back and arms,
the plain tops of which have iaunty
little caps of meshed silken cord.
LINEN side-5oard covers are made
with deep and elaborate designs on the
ends, in the heavy open-work known as
church work, or couched in white silk.
PoRTIEREs of plush or satin have a
finish across the top of silken meshes,
with tiny tassels, while the lower half
of the drapery is completed in the same
way. A very pretty model is a golden
brown, with a net drapery of pure
golden hue.
A NOVELTY for table-spreads is blue
denim, worked in white linen; pillow
slips for the hamm )ck or sofa are pretty
made of this material, and for the door
way of country house this deep blue
is very effective worked in heavy white
braid and cord.
For winter screens the panels of
plush which can be inserted at will in
bamboo frames are very pretty. The
lower part of the frame is of open lattice
work, and the upper space being fitted
with tiny rods, the screen can be made
to sun any furnishing.
FINE white linen napkins are en-
broidered to suit every demand. To
use for vegetables, vegetables are en-
broidered on the cover, while for
breakfast use " Merry Good Morn
ing" or " Hot Rolls" outlined in
colored linen threads. -Americaa Home
Decorator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Town Life as n Cause of
Degcneracy.

The general unlitness and incapable
ity of the jewellers in our large hives
of industry to undergo continued vio-
lent eXertion, or to sustain long en-
durance of fatigue, is a fact requiring
little evidence to establish; nor can
they tolerate the Withdrawal of food
under sustained physical effort for any
prolonged period as compared with the
jewellers in rural districts. 1t may be
affirmed also that, through the various
factors at work night and day upon the
constitution of the poorer class of town
jewellers, various forms of disease are
developed, of which pulmonary con-
sumption is the most familiar and
which is doing its fatal work in a Law
ish and unerring fashion. Thus il may
be conceded as an established fact that
the townsman is, on the whole, cOnsti-
tutionally dwarfed in tone, and his life,
man for man, shorter, weaker and
more uncertain than the country
mans. | hold the opinion that the de-
terioration is more in physique, as i'm
piled in the loss of physical or muscu-
lar power Of the body, the attenuation of
muscular fiber, the loss of integrity of
cell-structure and consequent liability
to the invasion of disease, rather than
in actual stature of inch-measurement.
The true causes of this deterioration
are neither very obscure nor far to
seek. They are bad air and bad habits.
To these may be added prolific factor
operating largely to produce degenera-
ton of race, and that is, frequent inter-
marriage, often necessitated by re-
ligious aflinites.-G. b. Baron, MD.
in the Popular Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
SuperStitions Regarding Babies.


1t is believed by many that if a child
cries at its birth and lifts only one
hand it is born to command 1t is
thought very unlucky not to weigh the
baby before it is dressed. When first
dressed the clothes should not be put
on over the head, but drawn on over
the feet for luck. When first taken
from the room in which it was born it
must be carried upstairs, or up the
street, the first time it is taken out. 1t
is also considered in England and Scot
land unlucky to cut the baby's nails
or hair before it is twelve months old.
The saying:
Born on Monday, fair in the face;
Born ON Tuesday full of Gods grace:
Born on Wednesday, the best to be had
Born on Thursday merry and glad;
Born on Friday, woTthily given;
Born on Saturday, work hard for living;
Born on Sunday, shall never know want,
is known with various changes all over
the Christian world one deviation
from the original makes Fridays child
" free in giving" Thursday has one
very lucky hour before sunrise.
The child that ia born on tae Sabbath day
Is bonny and good and gay;
lie who Is born on New Years morn
VIII have his own way AS sure you're born;
He who is born on Easter morn
Shall never know care or want or harm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09
Employment for Small Children.

A favorite employment with the
youngest children is pricking texts. A
single capital letter, however, is quite
enough to begin with, and the initials
OF the child's name would naturally be
chosen. For the first attempt, write
the letter in pencil, and mark ink dots
at short intervals all along the pencil
lines. The child must then prick a
hole at each dot. After trying once or
twice he will not need the marks, but
can judge for himself how closely to
place them. The most convenient
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALVE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
ana 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, 1889-01-09

1--WE point with pride" to the Good
name At home" won by Hoods Sarsaparilla
In Lowell, Mass where it is prepared, there
Is more of Hoods Sarsaparilla sold than of
all other medicines, and it has given the
best OF satisfaction since its introduction
ten years ago. This could not be if the
medicine did not possess merit. II you suf-
fer from impure blood, try Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and realize its peculiar curative
power.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09

The heavy rains last fall totally ruined
crops in some localities, and the effect is
now being seen in diseases among farm
animals. Almost every day cases of roup,
swelled head and distemper very disas-
trous among poultry are reported. A part
OF this is also due to improper feeding.
Many persons think as soon as cold weather
comes on they must begin to feed heating
food to their hens, like corn-meal, etc
The result of this course is, if they do not
break down from the diseases prevalent,
they soon get very fat, look fine and people
wonder why they do not lay. You can not
make hen lay when everything you give
her is being transformed into fat, and lay
ing the foundation of disease, the same a
with an oyerfed child or person. Alfred Z.
Johnson, Hampton, \. H., says Last
fall had eighty tine-looking hens, which
began to droop and die. | changed their
food and began using Sheridan's Powder.
In three weeks they were nearly well and
had increased the eggs sixteen a day. |
have just bought six cans of it, as a prevent
i've of disease the coming winter. 1t
can't he beat, for that large can saved
me $40 last year" Mrs, E. b. Car
lin, ConlIlin Center, y. Y, say: is
have used Sheridans Powder to make hens
lay for three years. | know it also keeps
them healthy, for | rarely lose one now.
My neighbors are getting interested in
Sheridan's Powder, but they do not use
nan enough, one or TWO small packs Is not
fair test | shall send soon for six cans,
as get il cheaper. During an eight-weeks'
trial, using Sheridan's Powder, | got from
forty hens l,7O7 eggs" |. 5. Johnson 4
Co., ~ Custom-house street, Boston, Mass
(the only makers of Sheridau's Condition
Powder to make hens lay, will send. post
paid, to any person two twenty-five cent
packs Of powder and new Poultry-raising
Guide for sixty cents The book alone
costs twenty-five cents. For Sl00 five packs
Notwithstanding can aud book:
six cans for 5000, express prepaid. Send
stamps or cash. Interesting testimonials
sent free.