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and in turn contempt ON the rude manners
of dressing or existing, and mentally re-
mark what fool he must have been. And
perhaps mankind is right in this respect.
AS this progenitor OF ours progresses we
observe that our bond Of sympathy with him
grows stronger and stronger. We are not so
prone to sneer at his ways and means of
doing this or that, for we can see in these a
continuous development or reaching after
better things; but, as this being reaches a
point at which he begins to think. we find
that he is believer in supernatural ideas
that appear to us ridiculous.
FORMS IMAGINATIVE AND REAL.
His world is peopled with strange forms.
The caves OF his earth are filled with
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have met and are engaged in fierce combat.
Wild, discordant cries are uttered; the
tremendous leathery wings of the one flap
against the ground with loud resonance,
To the observer it would appear that the
attacking bird would overwhelm the other
Immediately by sheer weight and strength,
conditions change. The conflict being on
the ground the great heavy wings OF the
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KILLED, BUT NOT SHOT.

Strange Case of the Death of a Laborer bv
Nervous Shock.
New York SUM-
Patrick Shea, an unmarried laborer, was
fooling with an old musket yesterday even
ing, and finally applied a lighted match to
the nipple. The gun was loaded and at
once went of, but without shooting anyone.
The shock, however, knocked Shea down,
and when picked up he was dead. DR..
.Lynd was sumnioned and pronounced death
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TALES OF MONSTERS
That Have Come Down From Count
less Ages We're Based on Fact.
STRANGE PREHISTORIC REPTILES
That Suggest the Mythical Roc, the
Ph@nix or the Gorgon.
THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN BIRDS
rwRITTEN FOR YHR DIsPArcH.I

HE man who thou.
lands of years age
may have skirmished
in this vicinity in
uearch of the where.
'Withal for his keep
was not a prepossess-
Ing creature, if we ac-
cept as correct the
d description of him
that science gives US.
Although as our fore
fathers We must ad-
init him to some sort
of relationship with
Ill III
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A PALETTE TABLE,

Neat Little Home Ornament That Can he
Made for About 50 Cents.
New York Press.l
The top and bottom of the table to be
enameled or painted in "smooth" style and
vanished two or three times to give it fine
finish; light decorative design is prefer
able. The legs should be round and about
an inch in diameter. The legs and knobs
at the top of the table to be gilded.
The object of the design is to sug-
gest the palettes and maui stick
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pterodactyie. Tor such it is named, seemed
to impede its movements, while the sharn
teeth of the hesperornis inflict great damage
to the head and neck of its antagonist,
In short time the fight is at an end. The
smaller bird manages to secure strong
grip on the throat of its antagonist and t
struggles and strangles. The victor
does not let go its hold, however, until the
struggles of the dying monster have ceased:
then it springs away into the water and is
lost to sight.
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Epidemic of Marriare.

boston
Latest advlces from England are to the
effect that the institution of marriage is
looking up, and more bachelors and spiu-
sters are now wedding than for many wears
past. Whatever is done in London will he
done over here; therefore We may expect
shortly to see an increase in the marriage
rate.
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The Cats of Beef.

How many people
know how the car
cass Of a steer is cut
up for beet. Here is
a diagram of the
dressed animal, and
appended is a key to
the picture: a, por-
ter-house steak; b,
sirloin; c, middle
ribs; d, fore ribs; e,
rump; +, mouse but
took; g, chuck ribs;
b, round; j, clod; j,
shoulder; k, brisket;
/, thin flank; m,
thick flank; n, leg;
o, shin; p, neck.
The diagram will
help many a good
housewife and enable
er q few poiats on the
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An Economical Bride.

At the sacred altar lately. says the
klamath, Wash, Star, bride exhibited
degree of parsimony that would have made
campaign fund committee turn pale.
When the officiating clergyman announced
that the regular marriage lee was 81 so,
and added in neatly-put innuendo that
little more was usually thrown in bv the
more blissful, she promptly exclaimed, "a
dollar'n half ! Why pa and ma were mar
ried for q dollarp,
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of an artist. The table has been made
from my design by nv husband Gan amateur
with tools), who cut the tops from one-half
inch wood used for fret saving, and fastened
them to three dowel sticks seventh-eighth
inch, as shown in sketch. After 1 had
painted the tops we gilded the legs, etc., and
1t was complete.
Cost as follows: Wood for top, 20 cents;
three dowel sticks, 9 cents; three knobs, 6
cents; total, So cents. Colors and gilt we
had on hand.
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which they differ from the true bird. The
lchthyornIs victor is a representative of the
reptllIan age, but is also the nearest ap-
proach to the perfect bird that natures
wonderful evolution has produced. Ichthy-
ornls was essentially a water-bird, subsist-
ing almost, if not entirely, on fishes, for the
capture of which its organism was admirably
adapted.
Many other BIRDS are scattered through
out the landscape. Most of these are quite
small and differ very much from the feath.
cred forms known to moderDs. There are
still, however, some large birds we'll worth
attention. Prominent among these are what
appear to be species of ostriches-at least in
iorm-ior these great creatures would be
tremendous giants alongside OF that largest
OF our birds-the ostrich
LIKE MODERN BIRDS.
There are also few specimens of the
horde of modern days. They are no doubt
the advance guards of the coming race
Among them are to be noticed vultures,
eagles. gulls, swallows. parroquets, pheas-
ants, ducks. jungle fowl, etc.
1t might be well to say that, although the
people OF this age have not seen ANYTHING
that bears any resemblance to the dragons
Of the ancients, it should be admitted that if
man existed on earth at a time when such
creatures as the pterodactvl and hesperornis
were on 1t, he would have good reason TO
look upon them with the eyes of one who
saw III them supernatural creations. Fur.
ther, If such as those mentioned NAV have
Influenced his mind, what would not such
vagaries of nature as the arcbenpteryx and
compsognathus of the Bavarian and the
diornis of the New Zealand fields have done?
l have refrained from considering these
wondrous forms of prehistoric ages so far, as
1t Is not known to a certainty that they ire
quented this part Of the earth.
TERRIBLE IN ASPECT.
In the first named we have one of the
strangest creatures the human mind can
conceive of-a head embodying the chief
characteristics of both the crocodile. and
bird; eyes OF the lizard; the body naked as
serpents, with the exception of the leatb-
ers which grew from the forearms, seemingly
to form wings, though it is essentially a
iour-footed creature; then a tail longer than
the entire body made up Of a number of Joints
from which double row of feathers pro-
Ject. The compsognathus was another
strange bird-reptile. Its proportions were
at times mastodonic and il is thought this
may have been the roc of mvthic lore.
Then the diornls and Palapteryx grew TO a
height of from 10 to 10 ieet, and were easiiy
capable of vanquishing a number of men
rudely armed Tor combat of any kind and
particularly with such monsters as these.
Taking everything into a consideration.
perhaps tine wondrous phenix, griffin.
gorgon and roc OF the ancients were not
such imaginary creatures alter all.
w. G. KAUFMAN.
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st. Louis Post-Dispatch. J

her to give the butcher few poiats on the
Ikind of meat she wants.
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CHAPTER VII.

II have taken the common clay
And wrought ii cunninCly
In the shape of god that was digged a clod,
The greater honor to me.
If thou hast taken the common clay,
And thy hands be not Tree
From the faint of the soil, thou hast made thy
spoil
The greater shame to thee.
The Tlro Potfey,s
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BATTLE OF THE MONSTERS,
In an instant these two strange creatures
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-11-21
GAME AND FISH LEAGUE.


NpNemheT 80
The Vermont Fish and Game League will
meet for organization and election Of officers
at the parors of tho Pavilion, Montpelier,
on Monday, November "a, 1890, at 0 o'clock
p. III. All charter members are urged to
be present JONI W. TITcONH.
Following is list of tho charter mem
bers, including the names of many promi-
nent and widely known men:
Addison county NJ. Chapman,
Middlebury.
Bennington county, 6. Mccullough,
T. d. Bennett, j. $. Lyman, H. II. Brad
ford, II. S. Bingham, w. f. Hawks, il. $.
Bingham, second, +. l.. Sibley, K. b. God
frey, T.. w Bradford II. W. Martin, Ben
nington; +. Il. Jennings, North Benning-
ton; c. F. Orvis, Manchester; NJ. S. Col
burn, A. l.. Graves Manchester Centre
Caledonia county-Jomes Richie, a. b.
Noyes ST Johusbury; ". W. Grout, East
St. Johnsbury
Chittenden county-W. Seward .lvobb.
Shelburne; William W. Henry, p. b.
Smalley, George f. Edmunds, W. II. H..
Murray, William Wells, II. Leo Cannon,
Chester Griswold, Louis G. Clark, Lee
Grand b. Cannon, Henry Ballard Burlmg-
ton
Franklin cOunty-fIerbert Brainerd j.
Gregory Smith, L. G. Smith, ST. Albaus.
Lamoille county Carroll S. Page, Hyde
Park; IL, Henry Powers, Morrisville.
Orange county D. Wheeler, Fred. +.
Dubois, w. S Curtis. West Randolph
Orleans county-W. W Miles, Barton
Rutland county-John p. dickinson,
lealdville, Ira Il. Allen, Fair Havon !.
NJ. Gelot, Poutney: Edward u. Thayer, II.
c. Brownson, Brandon: Charles II. Shell
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ANNUAL TEMPERANCE UNION.
Atlanta Crowded Delesa Is From syn
pnth,Iing societies.


q ''NN N' '"'' NV -->'' "uN
ho''' p"' "So 'uo residences ol ne puma
"' !' 'e'l rance "ou9h % Allan'' "a
Grove" WIN '5"'eS d" me l'h amman
tenn tr'N'G union among .He people ''
are Mrs Il. g. "a!'A'e' OF I"1'ana, '''
ltA'ra"ia H.o'htT "I tehtf" lH" "aia. 3
Ar'. H'ry ~ HUNT "I Nas-ac.u'ei'', "a.
l-'ylh f. NlnfrI OF MAIN "''
d. n. barnes oi Nhode Island, Numerous
societies IN sylnp"'nN WIN Inc "l'"S col
me "loh nave "r' sent ih'r delegate.
Mrs. Maude Darlington ""'th Is mere ON oi-
nan OF IN" 9"INa''oh Amy M FRANCES
fIu'h ~ me representative OF lhe too
'emplnrS' ana Tie temperance women "'
O"nala nave sent "'I'-huon oil "hAe i''-
hcn'. Inc hon'rIrt-an a-'oclat''n SEM
ue'oSuuol7 ~ n'H'aH" ''''9 IA IhN '""N'"
,+ IN ,,,.lo,.i, thi. ,,,r,,;,,. in ,,,iuI,. N.r-
"' ~ N 80 ,,,,,I'
od'al tHuit" ny Nl'' l'"''''a +. " ''l'''"'
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Y. p. S. C. E.
The Report in Detail OF the Closing Meet
ings at st. ,JohnsbnrY.

INC hepOrt IN DetaIl OF the tloslng Meet
ings at st. Johnsbury.
At $3.50 Wednesday morning praise
and prayer meeting was held at the South
church, and at $3.50 a song service.
Miss May Hammond of Burlington gave
n report of junior work. In the two years
since the work began there have been seven
societies formed. Miss Hammond answered
many questions on practical workings of
junior department.
NJ. f. Williams of Windsor read paper
prepared by Mr.. Barney of Windsor on
Working Close to the Lines and
urged consistent following of mod
oil constitution in all particulars
Mrs. Mary T. Hamilton of Rutland present
ed the topic, "Christian Endeayor and Mis-
sionary Work" The love We bear our
Master must load to consistent Christian
work in missionary lines Rev. l.. S.
Johnson of st. Adams was unable to be
present, but teleGraphed his greetings.
Phil. iv, q and Col. w. 6.
Reports from local unions were all of an
encouraging nature indicating growth and
prosperity
Rev. ?. Mcmillan OF Woodstock COVE an
inspiring address on "The man Chris
tanity gives US the highest ideal type
of manhood. Miss Gertrude Evans
Of Bennington on Lookout work,
SAID 'FoIlow mo and ! will make
you fishers of men" seems to be the appro-
pirate motto Of the lookout committee.
Rev. II. a. Starks of Burlington. very
kindly substituted for Mr.. johnson on
"Puipit views Of Christian En1eavor - intro
duced q series of pastor testimony by say
ing the personality of young Christians was
an inspiration and and to him. Approving
words were spoken 10y Revs. Fairbanks OF
~ Johnsbury, Lees OF Bradford, Hazen OF
NorthIleId HaZ"n OF Richmond, Bates
OF Randolph, Fuller Of Barton Landing,
"cho'ieid Oh ldchiora, ruler oil COOS ehd
NeWaH OF IIymouth Mass Rev Mr.
9tearhS oil hartford saH II the christian
hhueaVor wants lHe apploNaI Oh lhe puIplt
lhey should earn 1t by following the pas
Tor leadership at al coS's oil indlNiduaI
| opinion
Inc afternoon session was opened by a
praise service led by r. \. Folsom OF st.
JoHh5puy. frincipai W. A. beebe OF
MoTflslii@ gave a very excellent essay on
'Iurtildness OF irreverence. Rev ID.
sage Mochay OF St Adams gave a spirited
address ON 'fo"er from on hlgh Miss
=. {. Dunham read paper on 'our a7so-
clnte members. HeN. AIR Tyler OF st.
JoAushury' returned missionary from
Hu,uIand' 1nds the Christian EndeaIor
well adopted 10 missionary work. There Is
IA society at his oId h9Id OF labor DONG much
GooH
ti'IPs ana llIhorahc's' were considered
Ivy Miss J.. Lillian How OF the \ermont
Methodist seminary. me greatest aid ID
TINS visible church is union with the church
hNls'J'e'
~ NTile christianity an address by
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WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Brior Items Of Interest from Every Cor
ncr of Vermont Postmastors APP
pointed Personals, Manufacturing
Notes, Fires aud Minor Items.
David f. squres, an old resident of Ben

magazine.
Henry Brown, who burglariously entered
the store Of y. N. Corser Putney Depot on
tho morning of the 18th was captured by
the clerk, aud locked up.
Mrs Frank Duvalve, aged about 25 years,
while cooking in Victory, was 30 terribly
burned by using gasoline in place of kero-
sene 10y mistake to start the fire, that she
died
Marvin hin Dana, son Of the late Hon.
Edward S. Dana Of New Haven, Addison
county, is candidate for priests orders
in the Episcopal church of the diocese OF
Albany.
Sidney W Rowen for several years cash
Ter Of the First National bank o. Rutland,
has been elected a membor of the Albany
Fort Orange club. lie is now cashier OF an
Albany bank.
The first annual meeting Of the Caledo-
mia Park association, will he held nt Rye
gate November , A board of directors
will he elected, certificates OF stock issued,
and Important business considered.
The roofing slatc business in Vermont is
in a high state Of prosperity. The slate
men are unable to supply the demand They
are also short for men. l.aborers are in
good Demand and receive good wages.
The Washington county bar held a meet
i'm. at Montpelier Tuesday evening at
the court house and voted to support S. G..
5hurtlef Us candidate for supreme Court
Judge and appointed a committee to work
icr hm.
Rev Cyrus }leeklr. former well known
Vermont Methods, preacher, completed
November ii hi. N~th year Ills faculties
mental and physical, are we'll preserved
ga. now r.-i.l.- at Eu-.irb BRIDGE y y
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lad to Vermont. adopted and educated him
and in 1858 Congressman-eleot Miller went
West and settled in Wisconsin
The Montpe lier District Epworth conven-
ton opened at West Randolph Wednesday
in the Methodist church with a good atten-
dance from nine Leagues. Reports OF dele
gates showed the membership of the district
to he about 400. An interesting paper was
read by George Anderson, Of Barre Rev
j. O. Sherburne, of Cabot, took charge OF
the pastors department. and the reports re-
ccived were encouraging. The evening SEES
sion comprised Ia very excellent address
Look up and lift up" by Rev. w. l.
Haven, of Grace church. Boston. We'd
nesday prayer meeting was held at $50
a. IN. The regular session was opened with
Rev. W. | Haven at the question box
George Newton, of the V. NJ. s., Mont
pelior read q most excellent paper entitled
1.-THE Announcements of young men in his
tory ~ also papers "SoCiHbilitv side OF the
Epworth League" by Mr.. Shaw, North
field, and "Our church n power by r. j.
Goss, Randolph Tho session closed about
noon with a testimonial meeting.
The Minneapolis Tribune of Saturday
contains the following. or. f. Hughes
and a. f. Gale who went East some time
ago in the interest of the Central Baptist
church Of Minneapolis telegraphed home
the other day, from Rutland, VT, advising
the church to defer action in the search for
a pastor until their return They had
heard Rev. Charles a. Reese preach and
were SO much pleased both with him and
with his sermons, that they decided him
to be the right man to fill tho vacant pulpit
of their church. Mr. Reese is one of the
] A.. IL
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-07
\ WEE WORLD OF MY OWN.

There once used to be
At the foot Of a tree,
Where moss grew across and the violets wers
blue,
A wee world Of my own,
Where PLACED ali alone,
Ny small, naked fingers all dabbled with dew
A green little world,
Where the tansy uncurled,
Small weeds dropped their seeds in the palm OF
my hand.
And the snail in his castle
Was my humble vassal
land crickets in caves-I was heir TO the lanoi
Iwould creep
Soft asleep
To that wee world of mine,
myself TO the stiffness OF MOWERS,
Breathing low,
Hoping so,
might grow fairy-fne,
and steal my long days out OF other folks hours
hoped TO grow smaller
AS others grow taller,
re brew draughts Of dew in a brown acorn-cup
And sit In the shade
That the white pebble made,
But never grew down and / always grew up
The weeds have outgrown me,
The criclzets disown me,
Fhe snail moved away, never knew where to
And ii falls out to-day,
In my big stupid way,
fm 30 blind can't find that wee world / am
heir TO.
Helen Thayer Hutcheson. in St Nicholas.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-07
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Bobby, knowing whereof he
speaks, calls the three feet of trunk
strap hanging behind the kitchen door
his fathers tan yard.-Binghamton
Republican.
-Tenaweek-"Sir, | wish to marry
your daughter" Gruff father-"My
daughter, young man, will continue
under the parental roof" Tenaweek
mo objection will be raised to that,
SIR"
Cause and Effect-'What's the
matter?" the school-mist-ess asked.
Backs sore, ma'am." What made
it sore?' Pop pounded his thumb
with the Ratchet this mornin', and /
laughed. Epoch.
If all the telephone wires in this
country were stretched in a continuous
line they would reach seven times
around the earth and some day the
telephone company will fix them that
way with a convenient handle for
carrying attached. Haute Ex-
press.
The remains of a Dakota desperate
who died a few years ago were ex-
hGmed last week by relatives from the
East and found to have turned to stone.
1t was then remembered that for sew
eral months prior to his decease he
had complained of feeling rocky
Chicago Tribune.
livery male child in the land,
says an exchange, Stands a chance oil
becoming President" Exactly. And
it is true that every male child born
stands a chance of becoming base
ball pitcher or First Assistant Post
master-GeneraL This is great coun-
try.-Minneapolis Tribune.
-Butler-'.The florists bill, ma am.
Mrs. de Short-"Tell him I'm not at
home, Parker" Butler-"I did.
ma'am-" Mrs. de Short-"What did
he sayP" Butler-''He said i was a
liar, ma'am. He smelt the hybrid rose
in your hair. ma'am. an he says it's
tn only one in tn city."-Judge.
First Poet-"Ah, Arthur. glad to
see you again. Still turning out SON.
nets for the magazines?" Arthur
(sadly)-"No. Charley, not now.
After sticking to that until / had to
change my boarding house nine times
took to peddling clans. Almost
everybody respects me now. "-Phila-
delphia Telegraph. ----.-.-
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-07

sugar castle. and piled nuts and fruits
in lovely pyramids.
She had tried at first to demonstrate,
but the clatter of the dishes drowned
her voice; and who were these coming
upstairs, laughing and iesting as they
! came?
All the guests who were to have
come to the wedding were there, and
many more. And there she sat and
stared at them. and they laughed the
more. All, how could she explainP
And did Gertrude hear all this? How
would it affect her?
al regret to say that my daughter
is unwell. and has gone to bed," she
gasped, to one who shook her hands
in friendly fashion, and the lady an
swered:
LET US 60 to her at once" and
whisked the mother into the bedroom.
..Is she ill?" she asked, really ili?"
Then she turned down the sheet.
and behold! there appeared only the
bolster in Gertrude's nightgown.
The mother shrieked.
"a cad Transformation" said the
friend. Then from the other room
came peals of laughter. Mrs. Brand
was whisked back again.
The stout Germans were bringing
back the bass-viol They set it in a
corner, they opened the lid. and out of
it flew the bride, all in white, who,
laughing and crying, threw herself in
to Mrs. Brands arms.
I'm married, mother dear" she
said. They carried me away in this
case, and you've got to make the best
of it."
''Of course you have" cried Paul
Praed, appearing at this instant from
| behind the others, and embracing his
wife and mother-in-law at the same
! moment.
Then back to the bedroom again.
and out with fawn-colored silk, and all
the proper costume of the brides
mother, and back TO the head of the
| table
And then it suddenly occurred to
Mrs. Brand that she was once more
happy. that all that had happened was
like bad dream. and that. poor as he
might be, she was glad that Gertrude
had married Paul Praed.
How they Toasted that night! How
they sung! How they danced! And
, as for the end OF the evening, that was
like fairy tale. for who should come
TO the door but a messenger boy with
a telegram for Paul. which. when he
had read to himself, he read aloud,
and il was as follows:
ITO Paul Praed: Hurrahl uncle's will dis
| covered; DR.. - confesses; sixty thousand
yours. Come at once. BLISS & Co"
"Hurrah!' cried every body.
"And after all you have a sixty
| thousand-dollar son-in-law, mamma,
said Gertrude. "And we shall not
live in Avenue A."-Family Story
| Paper.