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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
A Chat with Girls.

1t is just because of the things |
missed in my girlhood that | want to
have a chat with you, dear girls. Some
of you have busy, weary mothers, who
have never learned the bessedness of
living with you instead of for you.
Some of YOU have none, and to you
all my heart goes out in warmest af-
lection and sympathy. Not for what
you are now, for may not know that,
but for what you may be, for the posi-
bilities you hold in your hands. | hope
you will understand why ] have chosen
to speak to you first of your personal APP
peara nee. l know "the spirit is more
than raiment," and yet, as in a diff
cult and intricate problem the first
self-evident facts are used as the founda-
ton, so must we give due Difference to
the outward and visible sign l
would not have you overnice or fas-
tidious, but | would wish you to be
dainty. Why? Because it is elevating,
refining and ennobling; because it will
cultivate your ideas to liking OF beau
tiful things that we may have in this
life if we will. Because, too, of the
benefits others will receive, even if I'M
cons ciously, from seeing often before
them bright, tidy, dainty little woman,
who is DESTROYS of making the best of
what she has. Scrupulously perform
each duty of the toilet necessary to
make you absolutely clearly; you will
soon grow to enjoy the incompar-
able comfort of knowing you are
clean throughout from dainty ears
to feet, and from undergarments to
pocket handkerchief. Be neat, too,
about your own private room. Take
pride in knowing that closets and
bureau drawers will at any time bear
close inspection. In buying new cloth
ing make strong effort to get the best,
even if you have to darn and mend the
old little longer to wait for more
money. You will find it the best
economy in the end. A strong point,
too, is to select pretty, becoming colors.
So much depends on girls taste in
dress that it is really worth while to
attach little importance to it. No one
denies that personal beauty appeals
very strongly to most natures, and it is
only natural and right that girls should
desire to look as we'll as may be. God
made the world beautiful: let us follow
his footsteps by showing a proper
amount of interest, untinged with van
ity, in our personal appearance. If the
dress is but calico, it may be durable,
and of fast and becoming color. The
same degree of care is necessary in
working with better and richer ma
terials. Be sure to have them becom-
ing and well made and of durable
material. - 1VOmdR'S Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
The Sitting-ROOm.

There is nothing prettier in a country
sitting-room than few pieces of rattan
furniture, either in natural color, with
cushions of India silk, or enameled in
white and gold, and fitted up with striped
tapestry, cretonne or any artistic ma
terial the owner fances. There are
two kinds of furniture classified under
the head of rattan-the genuine rattan
and the reed or wicker. The wicker
chair is less expensive than the rat
tan, but it is not to be despised for this
reason. 1t certainly possesses one ad-
vantage over rattan-it can not be
twisted into such preposterously ugly
shapes as rattan has been by some
manufacturers. The nature of the
material prevents it being woven with
backs in the shape of Japanese fans
and various other styles which are paro-
dies of Oriental art The Chinese
chairs that come to this country are
combinations of rattan and wicker-work.
1t is difficult to get these chairs here in
as fine a quality as they are made. The
American rattan-Work is finer than
anything that comes from China, but
the shapes are far inferior to the Chi
nese or English work. The English
make delightful student chair in
wicker-work, with basket at the side
for papers. 1t has high, square back,
a broad, roomy seat, and is made more
comfortable by the addition of soft
tufted cushions, which can be removed
when necessary to be beaten. 1t is al
together an example of the excellent
effect of using material in manner
adapted to its nature.-Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

opportunity to look at fine pictures,
read choice books and cultivate her
mind. Now when she generalizes il
this way she is simply showing herself
to be narrow and ignorant. The girl
in the country to-day can get exactly
the same papers and books that come
to the girl in the city. Her thinking
hours are longer, and very often she
sees more of real, sweet home life. She
is apt to learn that most beautiful in
dustry, how to be a good housewife,
and over the bread-pan or the churn
she can think as great thoughts as she
would over the elaborate fancy work or
in the picture gallery. She can study
flowers as they grow; she can breathe
the good, pure air of heaven, which
makes a healthy body--and that usually
means a healthy soul-and she can
learn whatever she wishes. Intel
lectualy, she can control herself, and
she may know, in books at least, the
best trained and finest minds of the
century. Here there is no danger of
her learning to speak slang. Among
these people virtues are respected and
vices are condemned, and she is thrown
into society which she will never regret
and which will always be a credit to
her. Do you know, you girls in the
country, that you can smell the flowers
and gather them, while we in the city
look at them with the glass of the flor
lists window between us? And bought
flower never has the charm possessed
by that which is plucked by ones self.
If there is anybody to envy, it is the girl
in the country .-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
Eat Before Going to Bed.

Most students and women who are
troubled with insomnia are dyspeptic,
and they should therefore eat before
going to bed, having put aside work
entirely at least an hour before. If they
are not hungry, they should simply be
instructed to eat; and if they are hungry,
they should eat whatever they want,
says the Journal of the american Medi-
cal Association. A glass of milk and
biscuit is sometimes all that can be
taken at first, or mashed potato but
tered. If possible the night meal
should be taken in another room than
the sleeping apartment, and for men in
the city it will be found advantageous
to go out to a restaurant. Before eat
ing, however, bath should be taken,
preferably cold or cool, which should
be given with sponge or stiff brush,
and the body thoroughly rubbed off
with a coarse towel afterward. The
bath need not be more than five min
utes in duration. Further than this,
the patient should 90 to bed at the
same hour every night and arise at the
same hour every morning. There is a
popular superstition that grown people
should not eat Immediately before 90
ing to sleep; that it will give them in.
digestion or nightmare, or both. The
writer can not see why adults should
be so very different in this respect from
babies. The average person should be
in bed seven or eight hours, which is
time enough for the digestion of almost
anything edible. In our American
life, he thinks, the digestion carried on
through sleep probably has the better
chance for thoroughness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
AnecdOte Of Daguerre.

What fact more commonplace TO our
mind than the Photographic process of
portrait-taking! Many of us remember
the original form of these sun-pictures-
the reotype-specimens of which
once in awhile we draw forth from
some unexplored drawer, carrying us
back to the forgotten days of childhood.
1t was no further off than 1888 that
Madame Daguerre, the wife of the in
ventor of the process, had an earnest
consultation with one of the medical
celebrities of the day concerning her
husbands mental condition. After
acquainting the physician with the
many indications of Daguerre's mental
alteration, she added, with tears in
her eyes, that the concluding proof of
his insanity was his absolute convic-
ton that he would succeed in mailing
his own shadow to the wall or in fixing
it on magical metallic plates. The
physician listened with profound atten-
ton to this eliminating evidence of
mental arrangement, answering that
he himself had observed in Daguerre
strong symptoms of madness. He
closed the consultation by advising that
her husband should be sent quietly,
and without delay, to the well-known
lunatc asylum, Bicetre. Two months
later the world of art and science was
stirred to its center by the exhibition
of a number of pictures actually taken
by the new process. Arago, in Janu-
airy, 1889, laid an account of the pro-
cess before the academic deS Sciences,
and soon the climatic was heralded
as the father of photography.-Rev. +.
Heller NeutOn, in Arena.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

EPoCH.-The transition from long,
lingering and painful sickness to robust
health marks an epoch in the life of the
individual. Such a remarkable event
is treasured in the memory, and the
agency whereby the good health has
been attained is gratefully blessed.
Hence it is that so much is heard in
praise of Electric Bitters, so many
feel they owe their restoration to
health to the use of the great Alternative
and tonic. If you are troubled with
any disease of kidneys, liver or stomach,
of long or short standing, you will
surely find relief by use of Electric
Bitters. Sold at fifty cents and 81 per
bottle at all drug-stores
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

DON'T feel well, and yet you are not
sick enough to consult doctor, or you
refrain from so doing for fear you will
alarm yourself and friends. We will tell
you just what you need. 1t is Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which will lift you out of
that uncertain, uncomfortable, danger
GUS condition into a state of good
health, confidence and cheerfulness.
You've no idea how potent this peculiar
medicine is in cases like yours.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
T(isttllanp.
The Smile of Love.


You can not give diadem;
Your own brow never wore
In all your life one precious gem,
Nor had you one in store.
You can not give a scepter bright,
one never filed your hand;
No emblem that conferreth might
Was e'er at your command.
A purple robe-you have not that,
Nor yet golden hoard;
With no great leader have you sat
To catch each burning word.
What can you give? A pleasant smile,
A soul-fash bright and free,
To cheer the sad, aye show the while
How near heavens light may be.
-George BdhcrQu GrBH
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
The Country Girl.

A country girl always has an idea
that the advantages of the city girl are
not hers-that she suffers from lack
of something, she doesn't exactly
know what She is convinced that the
girl in the city avails herself of every
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
The Chinese Theory OF Evolution.

The rocks are the bones of the divine
body, the soil is the flesh, the metals
are the nerves and veins; the tide,
wind, rain, clouds, frost and dew are
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
Gbe 8uusebulo.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DIR. T. H. HosKlNs, Newport, VT, or di-
rectIy to THE WATERMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
MARIANA MENTION.
The Cotton Crop 30 Per Cent. Short
The Postmastership.

The Cotton Crop 30 Per Cent. Short
The Postmastership.
MARIANA, FLA, Sept 13-It Is esti-
mated by our cotton men that the crop of
this county Jackson) will be 30 PER cent
short of last year. This Is owing to the
unfavorable weather. The receipts at this
place during August were nearly double
those Of any previous August, but owing to
the daily rains of the last two weeks farm
ers have been unable to pick, and they fear
heavy loss unless it ceases 10 rain, as the
fields are white now. Receipts to date re
l 500 bales. The fruit crop here was a total
failure. with the exception of LeConte
pears
Business generally has a healthy tone,
and the merchants report collections fair.
The people have been considerably exer-
cised over the new postmaster appointed to
| take the place of the present incumbent
who Is Endorsed by both the parties, and a
strong effort is being made by the republi-
| cans to nave the appointment revoked, and
| the old postmaster, H. j. Watson, con-
| frmed, and the present indications are that
| they will succeed. Mr.. Watson is a clear.
| cut democrat, but the republicans like him,
too. and prefer him to any imported stock
This speaks well for the relation of the
| two parties here, considering that the
republicans, without an exception, are al
| colored,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
LEON's REPUBLICANS.
Delegates Elected to the Convention
at Mariana

Delegates Elected to the Convention
at Mariana.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Sept 13.-The re-
publican executive committee met to-day
and elected delegates to the congressional
convention to be held in Marianne Sept. %
as follows: W. G. Mccall, Isaac jenkins.
Samuel Frazier, w. B. Carr, j. w. Jeffer-
son, A. Underwood, August White, Phillip
Carroll, j. E. Proctor, G.. w. McGriff,
Walker Rollins, Gen. Williams, John W.
Mitchell, Charles Rollins. Abram Atkinson,
and E. c. Weeks. All are colored but
Weeks. The following resolution was
adopted:
We congratulate the national administration
upon its efforts to suppress frauds and punish
those committing them, We are heartily in
favor of the bill now pending in congress and
known as the federal election bill. and express
hope that It will pass. and thus secure cleo.
tions upon one subject in Florida.
A convention will be called early in Oc-
tober 30 nominate legislative aud county
ticket. Leading republicans here to-day
say that Mr.. Weeks will not be nominated
at the Mariana convention, but that James
Dean (colored) of Key West will be the
party nominated for congressman from the
First district,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
DARIEN's SOCIAL SWIM

A Delightful Musicale-A Pleasant
Hop In honor OF Lady.
DARIES, Sept 13.-An enjoyable must
Gale was given at r. p Paul's on Wednes-
day. and was given in honor of his accom-
plished sister-in-law, Miss Gerald Caruthers
of Savannah. Among those who took part
In the entertainment were Misses Gerald
Caruthers and Elise Bryan of Savannah.
Miss Annie Berrie, Brunswick, and Miss
Lizzie Lachlison of Darien.
Thursday evening the young men gave a
hop in honor of Miss Caruthers, which was
one of the pleasantest of the season. Ath-
ems, Macon, Savannah, Brunswick and
Milledgeville were represented. Miss Ca
ruthers returned home.
The people are rejoicing at the prospec,
of a new artesian well, the contract having
bAon let
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
a DETECTIVE OR A FRAUD.

A Negro Beats Him With q Club When
Re Tries 20 arrest Him.
COLUMBUS, GA, Sept. ia man named
Vanvaulkenburg. claiming to be United
States detective, was severely beaten with
a club in the hands Of a large negro, on
Broad street, tonight Misunderstanding
has, by his actions and general appearance.
created some doubt as 20 his being genuine
detective, and the negro thoroughly under
stood mis- case. When about to be arrested
be took advantage of this doubt and cut
several ugly gashes in the detectives head.
Chief of Police Beard cannot get at the
bottom of the matter st present, and refuses
70 give any definite information in regard
TO it. The wounds are not considered fatal,
but ere serious.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
SAVED FROM DROWNING.

Col. Armstrong Makes a Gallant Res
cue at Rome.
ROME, GA, Sept. 1S.-CoL R. T. Arm
strong saved little Miss Benjaman from
drowning this afternoon. The gallant
colonel plunged into the Oostanaula river
with his clothes on and rescued the little
maiden. Rome has had bathing club this
summer, whose members dipped in the
Oostanaula river three times a week. This
afternoon, while one Of the boys was swing
ing out the rope for plunge, he struck
Miss BenjaLnan and knocked her out into
the stream. No one else was in the water,
and she was struggling hard 10 keep up,
when Col. Armstrong jumped in. swan out
to her and brought her safely to land.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
AFFAIR WEEK FOR CROPS.
COTTON PICKING DELAYED BY
EXCESSIVE RAINS.

The Temperature Above the Average
East of the Mississippi River-Ihe
Rainfall Ia Excess in Nearly Every
Section of the Country-Frost in the
Northwest
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-The weather
crop bulletin issued to-day says:
"The daily average temperature for
the week ending Sept Is has been above
the average in al districts east Of the Mis-
sissippi river and in the West Gulf states
The excess of temperature has been about
A. per day in the upper lake region, and
from s. to6S in Southern Pennsylvania. New
Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Eastern Ten
nessee and Western North Carolina. In the
states of the upper Missouri valley the daily
average temperature has been from L to 90
below, and In Montana from g TO 12e be-
low the average.
THE RAINFALL
'sThe rainfall for the week has been in ex-
cess, except in the upper lake region and
thence westward over the upper Mississippi
and Missouri valleys. where the rainfall for
the week has varied from i to 8 of an inch.
In New York, Ohio aud Indiana, the
rainfall has been from to 5 inches IN
1essee, Florida and the western portions OF
the Carolinas from 4 20 inches; along
the Middle and South Atlantic coast it was
generally below ! inch; in the Gulf states 1t
has been from 30 inches, and in portions
of Central Texas from 10 inches.
FRosTs IN THE NORTHWEST.
ssFrNosts occurred in the extreme north
west, and in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
Colorado. and Northern Illinois, with the
l.r- 49,
heretofore been observed during the first
tan days in September. The frost in South
Dakota was destructive to unmatnred corn
and root crops, but slight damage occurred
In Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. Seeding IS
progressing under favorable conditions in
Illinois
COTTON PICKING DELAYED.
Excessive rains have delayed the pick
;ng of cotton in Texas, Arkansas, Louis
ANA and Alabama, but the conditions have
syenerally been favorable for small crops.
Heavy rains have also been unfavorable 70
cotton in the Carolinas
Potatoes are reported as rotting extern
sively in New England. Damaging rains
have occurred In Northern and Central
New York.
s.In Pennsylvania tobacco cutting con-
tinues, and the outlook for quantity and
quality is even more favorable than pre-
abundant, and ell seeding is progressing
iavorably.
GOOD PROSPECTS IN NEW JERSEY
: SIN New Jersey the week has been favor
aI,le for maturing and seeding An excel-
lei 1t yield of corn is reported, and potatoes
will average the best in years.
sin Oregon hop picking is progressing,
but rain is needed for grass and blowing.
s".Che week will open with cold weather
In the central valleys which will be fol-
lowed during the early part of the week by
warmer, fair weather. The fall in the tenn
perature will extend over the districts on
Elle Atlantic coast during the early part Of
tie week, with fair weather, followed by
warmer weather toward the end of the
week
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

-----~--~~--~-~-~>----~--~--
GROSS.-The friends and acquaintances of
Mr.. and Mrs. CHARLES F. GRoss and family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral Of the
latter from their residence. corner Drayton aud
STEGTN--The friends and acquaintance of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A Stegin and their re-
spective families are invited TO attend the
funeral OF their only child, MARGUERTrE LEoLA
from their residence, state street. four doors
AFTERNOON
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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We negotiate loans on real estate without
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ISAAC BECKETT,
Secretary and Solicitor.
r R. RICHARDS,
Advisory Counsel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
DROWNED AT PENSACOLA.
The Mate of Bark Falls Overheard
While Asleep.

ms Mato OF @ Bark Fails OvorDoarQ
While Asleep.
PENSACOLA, FLA, Sept 1S-About ,
o'clock this afternoon tho body of man
was found floating in the water near
Muscogee wharf in the eastern portion of
the city. The body was taken from the
water and the coroner notified. A jury was
summoned and an inquest held. 1t was
developed that the man was f. O.. Budd,
first mate and brother of tho captain of the
American schooner E. B. Arnold of Belfast,
Me-, consigned to the Export Coal Company
OF this city. As far as could be ascertained
he was last seen at a late hour last night
sitting on the rail of the vessel smoking
cigar.
FELL WHILE ASLEEP.
1t is supposed that he fell asleep and tum-
bled overheard. When found to-day there
was ad ap cut on his head which is Thought
to have been made by striking against one
of the piles of the adjacent wharf. He was
20 years old and a native of Belfast Me.
His brother Is deeply distressed over the sad
occurrence, and will have the remains in
TERED here tomorrow The verdict of the
| coroner's jury was accidental drowning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
vENABLE FOR SENATOR

The Fulton County Contingent Reef-
Arm Their Action.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept 13.-The senatorial
executive committee of this district met TO-
day and indorsed the action of Chairman
Thomas in attempting to organize the con-
vention. Cobb and Clayton counties were
censurad for boiling, and their action was
characterized as undemocratic. The COM
mittee then called on the voters to support
Mr.. Venable as the regular democratic nom
inee The convention then met and reaf-
tirmed the nomination Of Mr.. Veoable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
AN EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
a Committee Appointed to Arrange
! the Details.


the Details.
s ATLANTA. GA, Sept. 13.-The committee
appointed by the State Teachers Associa-
fion to arrange for an educational exhibit
at the state fair met this afternoon with
Hon W. J. Northen, and appointed the
following committee TO arrange the details
s. G. Caldwell of Brunswick, Otis Ashmore
of Savannah, Euler b. Smith of Lagrange,
Mrs. G. II. DeJarnette of Atlanta and Miss
Ida Young of Washington. The exhibit
will consist OF a collection of art from
the different schools and colleges, aud
specimens of written work from the munic-
ipal schools of the state Besides this there
will be a series of evening lectures by Dr.
Boggs, DIR. Nunnany, DIR. Gambler, Dr.
Hawthorne, Dr. Lee and DIR. Strickier
Each evening music will be furnished by
one of the female colleges, and they will
give literary entertainment each day. AL
intercollegiate debate between the State
university, Mercer and Emory will also bt
arranged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
A NEW ROAD TO SAVANNAH,

Northern Capitalists Coming TO Push
It Through.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept 1S.-Prominent
capitalists will leave New York, Philadel-
phia and Boston for Atlanta the first Of
next week. They come for the purpose of
line of railroad from Atlanta to Savannah.
They have the money, they believe in the
project, and its rapid completion is now
almost certain. No enterprise can benefit
Atlanta and Georgia to greater extent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
Thomasville Personals,

TOWNSVILLE, GA. Sept. 14-Capt. W
M Hammond and wife have returned from
the north.
Miss Lula Linton is at home after long
stay in North Georgia.
Levy has returned from the north.
W d. Carroll and wife left for Niagara
Falls to-day.