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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08
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Our oldest child. now six years of age, when
an infant six months old was attacked with a
virulent, malignant skin disease. All ordinary
remedies failing, we called our family physician,
who attempted to cure it; but 1t spread with al
most Incredible rapidity. until the lower portion
of the little fellows person, from the middle of
his back down to his knees, was one solid rash,
ugly, painful, blOtched and malicious. We had
no rest at night, no peace by day. Finally, we
were advised to try the Cuticura Remedies. The
effect was simply marvellous. In three or four
weeks a complete cure was wrought, leaving the
little fellows person as white and healthy as
though he had never been attacked. In my Opin-
ion your valuable remedies saved his life, and
to-day he is a strong, healthy child, perfectly
CURED. 4 Ii. SMITH,
Atty-atlaw and ex-Pros. Atty, Ashland, o.
BOY COVERED WITH SCABS.
My boy. aged nine years, has been troubled all
his life with a very bad humOr, which appeared
all over his body in small red blotches, with a
dry white scab on them. Last year he was
worse than ever. being covered with scabs from
the top OF his head TO his feet. and continually
growing worse, although he had been treated by
two physicians. is a last resort, / determined
to try the Cuticura Remedies; they did all that 1
could wish. The humor rapidly Disappeared.
leaving the skin fair and smooth, and performing
q thorough cure.
GEORGE +. LEAVITT,
North Andoyer, Mass.
CUTICURA RESOLvENT,
The new blood and skin purifier and humor
remedy, internally, and Cuticura, the great skin
ner, externally, speedily cure in early life itch
ing, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, pimply,
scrOfulous and and hereditary humOrs. with loss
of hair. thus avoiding years of torture and dis
fguration.
Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, soc: Soap,
Csc; Resolvent, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston, Mass.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08

PiDV,S Skin ana Scalp preserved and beautifed
DAD i - by CUTICURA SOAP. Absolutely pure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08
Hoods SarsaparilIa

Is the best blood purifier before the public. It
eradicates every impurity. and cures S~crofula,
Salt Rheum, Bofls, Pimples. all Humors, Dys-
pepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indigestion,
General Debility, Catarrh. Rheumatism, Kidney
and Liver Complaints. overcomes that tired feel
inc creates an annetita. and builds up the system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08
Hood's SarsaparilIa

Has met peculiar and unparalleled success at
home. Such has become its popularity in Lowell,
Mass. where it is made, that whole neighbor-
hood, are taking it at the same time. Lowell
druggists sell more OF Hoods Sarsaparilla than
Of all other sarsaparillas or blood purifiers.
Sold by druggists. 81; six for S.. Prepared onlyby
G. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Msss.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08
BABY A SOLID RASH.

Ugly, painful, blotched, malicious. No rest
10y day, no peace by night. Doctors and all
remedies failed. Tried Cuticura. Effect
marvellous. Saved his life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
Using Lines.

The lime is far more juicy than the
lemon, and furnishes a delicious acid
flavor wherever it is used, and is far
ates than our vinegar. Lime Juice
makes a delightful salad acid. This
acid is used in the East India chutney
and other pickles in place of vinegar,
and gives them their peculiar flavor.
Lines are an excellent accompaniment
of fish, and may be utilized as pleas
ant change in any fish sauces where
lemons are generally used. A drink
which is very refreshing to invalids is
made from lime Juice and sugar.
A preserve of lines is a favorite deli
cacy in England and elsewhere. 1t is
made as follows Weigh the lines and
set aside double their weight in sugar
Boil them whole, unless they are large,
in two or three waters, until they are
tender enough to be pierced with a
straw. When they are boiled, drain
them and put them in a boiling syrup
made by adding cup of cold water to
every two pounds of the sugar previ-
ously set aside. Boil the lines in this
syrup till they look clear, and seal them
uP III Slaeo pOlules' LelnoHs may NC
preserved in this way. Picked lines
are an East India delicacy, popular in
New England and in Great Britain.
They are made of the fresh lines,
picked in their own juices and spiced,
without adding sugar. This pickle is
popular with men who have lived in
the tropics or have acquired the taste.
Lines are sold in New York markets
at from six to twenty-five cents dozen.
Immense quantities are brought to our
markets from the West Indies and
South America for the preparation of
acetic acid.-Neo York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
An Eccentricity of Genius.

Romney, the eminent portrait painter,
was married man engaged in a rustic
employment in Yorkshire, England,
when he discovered by mere chance
that he could draw. He left his wife
with about hundred pounds in her
pocket, taking less in his own; studied
his profession in London, Paris and
Rome, became the first painter of his
day, realizing over three thousand
pounds year by his art. He lived on,
corresponding affectionately with his
wife and sending her money, but never
visiting her or sending for her; and
finally, after an absence of thirty-fve
years, he returned to her in i'll health,
and resumed the matrimonial life so
unexpectedly broken off in his youth.
For this strange conduct no reason has
ever been assigned. 1t seems to have
proceeded from the mere eccentricity
of genius.-Erchange,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
The Bells of Japan.

The bells of Japan are among its
loveliest possessions. One of the sweet
est of them rang out many times every
day into the waiting air in this far
away little city. Its tone was intensely
thrilling and pathetic. The bells are
not sounded by clapper within, but
are struck from the outside by a sort of
wooden arm or battering-ram. Being
withdrawn to the proper distance and
released, it strikes the bell once, and
the strokes are allowed to succeed one
another only with a dignified and
stately regularity. Tradition says the
finest bells have much silver in their
composition, which may account for
their deep and wonderful sweetness.
Whether this be so or not, the bells
make a profound impression upon all
sensitive or musical organizations,
heretofore accustomed to the more dis
cordant church bells of newer civiliza-
tion.-St. Nicholas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
Pretty Fine Writing.

Up in book-dealer's place in Broad
way, not far from Eighth street, curl
osity-seekers and men who can afford
to indulge their love for queer manu-
scripts can find perhaps the strangest
bit of writing known. On piece OF
parchment-like paper, five feet wide
and six feet five inches high, are writ
ten all the books of the Old Testament,
forming the design of a window in
King Solomon's temple. No lines are
used. Written words form the whole
design. The writing is very minute,
but legible to the naked eye. Ink of
three colors was used, but principally
black ink. 1t is very intricate piece
of work, marvellous in its way, and
must have taken considerable time and
patience. The work was executed by
one Davidson, apparently in mood of
religious fervor. He was blind of an
eye, and his manner of writing was to
lie at full length on the floor, on his
stomach with his eye Che was near
sighted very close to the paper. He
died some twenty years ago. Each
chapter and verse is numbered. The
writing is not running script, but each
letter is separate; nor are the letters
much if any larger than a thirty
second of an inch high. The work is
for sale, but high price is set upon
it-Neto York Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
A Dry Niagara.

1t seems almost incredible that at
one time in its history the greatest
and most wonderful waterfall in the
world actually ran dry. Nevertheless
it is an established fact that this &C.
cured on March 20, 1913, and for a
few hours scarcely any water passed
over Niagara Falls. To thoroughly ap-
preciate this astonishing phenomenon
it should be remembered that the esti-
mated average amount of water pass
ing over these falls is 500 500 tons per
minute. The winter of that year had
been an exceptionally severe one, and
ice of unusual thickness had formed on
Lake Erie. The warm spring rains
loosened this CONCEALED mass, and on
the day in question brisk east wind
drove the ice far up into the lake.
About sunset the wind suddenly yeered
around and blew heavy gale from the
west. This naturally turned the ice in
its course, and bringing it down to the
mouth of the Niagara river, piled it up
in a solid impenetrable wall. So closely
was it packed and so great was its force
lake was completely choked up, and lit
tie or no water could possibly escape.
In very short space of time the water
below this frozen barrier passed over
the falls, and the next morning the peo-
pie residing in the neighborhood were
treated to most extraordinary spec
tacle. The roaring, tumbling rapids
above the falls were almost obiterated,
and nothing but the cold black rocks
were visible in all directions. The
news quickly spread, and crowds of
spectators hocked to view the scene,
the banks on each side of the river be-
ing lined with people during the whole
day. AT last there came break in the
ice; it was released from its restraint,
the pent-up wall of waters rushed
downward, and Niagara was itself
again. -ErchdnQe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
MisteIlanp.
The Prussianizing Of Germany.

The world has been accustomed to
regard the German people as a slow and
heavy race. There was certain amount
of truth in ascribing to them these char
acteristics as long as the BUnd, with the
predominant influence of Austria and
the minor states, represented the ma
jority of the nation. But to the Prus-
slams these epithets could never have
been applied justly. They are an en-
ergetic, active and plucky race. Bis
marck understood from the beginning
of his career these excellent quail
tiles by which they surpassed their
German brothers, and when he had
secured for his country the hege-
mony of Germany, ne devised the
means of impressing these character
istics upon the people of other states.
The general introduction of the Prussian
military system, a measure which he
established as one Of the fundamental
principles of the constitution, prolfered
the best opportunity for Influencing
nOn-Prussians. However opposed we
may be to militarism, soldier life in
Prussia and in the present Germany has
its two sides. 1t is not merely camp
life, and is, on the whole, not given to
idleness and indulgence, dissipation and
vice, but rather to practices which en-
gender habits of activity, endurance,
energy and moral courage. The soldiers
are not simply drilled in the art of
handling guns and swords, and of
marching in rank and file, but they re-
ceive general education in all those
spheres in which every man ought to
acquire a certain grade of intelligence.
Civil life in Germany does not proffer
the same instructive influences which
it yields in other countries, and espe-
cially in a republic. The army, in
which the majority of the people meet
on common ground, and in which the
uneducated come in close contact with
the educated, has been means of rails
ing the intellectual standard of the
masses. The German soldier, as rule
is turned out at the end of his service
a more valuable citizen than he would
be without military discipline. He be-
comes more intelligent, and conse-
| quently more efficient, member of the
community; and, above all, he gains in
the army the feeling that he does not
belong simply to particular small state,
put W SlCdl idtucllahu' COlnhOn u
all. Thus the expenses incurred for
maintaining this large body of men
offer another compensation besides Sc
curing the safety of a nation ever
threatened by its neighbors. What
centuries had not been able to create
namely, wider and higher enthusiasm
and patriotism for the whole German
land, Bismarck's policy effected within
eight years; for all confederate states
rose like one man in the Franco Prus.
sian war of 1901, and the south fol
lowed their eXample.-George Morit
! W0bl, an Hdrper'S Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
A French DiOgenes.


Some time ago a wealthy man died in
Brussels, leaving nearly his whole for
tune to a young woman who was en-
tirely unacquainted with him. This is
how it came to pass. He was very
eccentric man, and set out, like Di-
ogenes, in search of an honest man.
His tub was an omnibus and his lam
tern a small coin. In the omnibus he
took his seat every day near the con-
ductor, and always showed himself
very obligng in passing up the money
ofpassengers and returning the change;
but to the latter he always managed to
add franc or half-franc. Then he
would watch those to whom it came.
They would count it carefully, notice
the extra coin, and invariably slip it
into their pockets. No one thought of
the poor conductor, whose meager
salary of three francs a day could i'll
support such loss. But at last
young woman passed hers back with
Conductor, you have given me half a
franc too much" Diogenes, delighted,
followed her home, made inquiries,
and, as the answers were satisfactory,
made his will in her favor; though he
never gave her warning that her half
franc was going to bring her half a
milhon.-Ihe CbUCbmdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
The Household Finances.

Is man to regard his wife, on the
business side, as a partner or a salaried
employe or a mendicant? For it must
be one or the other. Perhaps she is
regarded as a partner in the domestic
firm, having the same right to draw her
share of its profits as the other partner,
even if he keeps the books and has the
money pass through his hands. 1t is a
very common thing in firms for one
partner to do the selling or the manu-
featuring, or whatever it is, while the
other acts as treasurer and cashier. But
the latter does not for that reason claim
any superiority over his associate. He
does not, merely because the money
passes through his hands, talk of Civ
ing" his partner what he pays him; he
knows that the money belongs to his
partner as much as to him. This is
surely the way in which the marriage
partnership ought to be viewed on the
business side. In the great majority of
cases the wife works as hard as the
husband, though in a different way.
Her management of the household and
the children, if properly done, is usually
to be set against his work at his place
oe business. 1t is equally essential to
the marriage partnership, and though
the money passes through his hands,
she has really as much right to it as he.
OF course in cases where the wife has
no children, and lives at a hotel or
clearinghouse, and simply spends the
husbands money, while doing little in
return, it is less of a grievance to talk
of his giving" her money. Even
then perhaps they live in this way by
his desire. There are such cases, no
doubt, just as there are cases at the
other extreme, where the wife actually
earns or owns the money, and the hus-
band merely spends it. But neither of
these is the normal state of things;
the normal condition is for the wife to
be as hard W orked at home as her hus-
band abroad, and in this case it is fair
to regard it as an equal partnership in
which both partners have a right to
share the profits, and there is no Civ
ing" about it. | am satisfied that if
there could come sudden revelation of
all hearts we should be astounded at
the amount of soreness and chatting and
secret unhappiness which exists be-
meath a multitude of roofs in the heart
of seemingly happy wives, and which
could be instantly removed by the GER
tainty of even small income which
they could call their own. Either the
wife should be in the domestic estab-
lishment recognized partner, with the
rights of a partner, or she should be a
salaried officer, with the rights which
that implies. In no case should she be
a mendicant. One of the best wives
and mothers | ever knew once said to
me that she never could consent to the
marriage of her daughters without a
perfectly definite understanding that
whatever money they were to have
from their husbands should be paid to
them on definite days, as regularly as if
it were salary, without any applica-
ton on their part. No man can pos
sibly understand" she said, chow a
sensitive woman shrinks from asking
for money. If l can help it, my daugh-
tiers shall never have to ask for it,
Colonel HigginSon, in Harper's Bozor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25

house under, made of deep crimson
Jacqueminot roses, arranged round and
round in concentric rings, with fringe
of grasses. A vase of shining brass
ike gold, supports an urn of eXquisitelJ
painted Dresden china, and has huge
pagoda of white satin with brocaded
festoons of floss caught up with family
pink roses. Heavy cascades of lace
fall like drifts of snow down the center
of each panel in the dome-shaped COW
ering, and ilounces of rare lace, one
above the other, encircle and finish the
lower edges. A somber column of
iron, rising darkly from heavy brackets
of black, supports huge balf-blown
tiger-lily, orange, with brown flecks and
stamens, through which the lighted
lamp sends deep yellow glow. Another
shaft of iron blossoms Unexpectedly
into gorgeous tulip of red and gold,
wherein the lamp is hidden" Only
let us beware and not smother room
in decoration. To know what to leave
out is a fine art. We may take warn
ing by Mrs. Green's gimcrackerie, "
so humorously described by Mr.. How
ellis in his " Hazard Of Good Fortune"
where three barrels of dragon candle
sticks had to be packed away by the
unhappy tenant ere he could find space
for his books. "A mericdn CUltirdtor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25

ago was calling on the secretary, when
he asked me TO sit down. Gear
said he, you are the very man ! wanted
to see. For long time | have been
wanting to ask you about some families
which left my old county in Pennsyl-
vania thirty years age and settled in
the part of Iowa which you now repre-
sent in congress. How are the Smith
sons getting along? And the Browns?' -
And Mr.. Blaine went on" added
Governor Gear, "to make inquiries
about no fewer than twenty-five fam
lilies, a member of which he had not
seen for more than a quarter of a CEN
tury. He not only remembered the
names, but characteristics and family
histories, and when my own memory
was at fault, though | have known
nearly every family he made inquiry
about, he described the heads to me
with such particularly that / could not
fail to recall them had / ever known
them. A very remarkable thing was
that he could remember the names of
nearly all the girls whom these men
had married, and also the names of
their children, and among the children
whom he remembered are many of the
best men in my state. "-AuguStd
ChrOnicle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
Dialogue in a London Omnibus.

Passenger: How long have these
horses been on?" Conductor: "This
is their second journey" Passenger:
" And how many journeys do they make
in a day?n Conductor: 1.-TWO; six
teen miles day. On some lines the
two journeys are only fourteen miles"
Passenger: " And when will they come
out again?" Conductor; " Not till two
O'Clock tomorrow morning. There's
eight horses to this ere bus, and they
takes turn about, the heavy trips one
day and the light ones another" Pas
senger; And all the other hours they
rest?" Conductor; Yes, sir. All
the company takes care of their horses,
that they do" Passenger THE
horses are better cared for than the
men, Conductor: " You may well
say that, sir; but horses cost money,
and when you've wore one out you've
got to buy another; but when you've
wore man out you can get another
for nothing. "-Ihe Labor Elector,
London.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25

The screen, as utilitarlan piece of
furniture, dates back to the age of the
baronial castle, when it was used to di-
vide the huge hall into the requisite
number of sleeping apartments. Its
extensive use in this country dates
back no further than the Philadelphia
exposition, when special impulse was
given to the demand for screens and all
Oriental and Japanese goods. The
most beautiful screens are those of
japanese workmanship, painted by ma
tive artists and embroidered. The
regular height of these folding-screens
is five feet, aud they each consist of
four folds each twenty-five inches wide,
A charming screen in full size is of
pale salmon silk, embroidered in shades
of the same color and gold, and Dor
dered with Japanese gold cloth, set in
frame of lacquer and covered at the
back with chintz. Such screen is
sold at S22 so. There are beautiful
specimens in embroidery of gold and
colored silks, one panel showing lilies
and sparrows, another rice and wild pop.
pies with rice buds. Another has chrys-
anthemums, and fourth water-plants
anu d HlRul VI UlIuSs Dtdulllu I'll SGI6tUS
embroidered in different shades of gold
are shown in pale apple-green, pink,
tan-brown and yellow silk backgrounds,
set in dark lacquered frames, mounted
with brenZe. Such a screen in four
fold will cost $50. There is nothing
prettier for a country parlor, where
blue is an admissible color, than a
screen of blue chintz, in fine almond
flower pattern, mounted in frame of
natural bamboo. This will cost, en-
tire, S12. There are screens of white
cloth painted with japanese flowers,
and surrounded by a border of dark
gold chintZ, cut out in an irregular
fancy pattern and mounted in lacquer,
at the same price. Screens of paper,
mounted in bamboo frames. range in
price from S2.40 to Sc, IS and $40. An
tique screens, like antique rugs, are of
special value. A beautiful antique
low screen of gold paper is painted
with Buddhist saint, who is standing
on the water, on which he is tabled to
have walked, miraculously supported
only by bough of sacred bamboo. A
high screen of dark japanese brocade
is in four folds, each fold being set
irregularly with three or four small
fan-shaped panels of translucent white
silk, eXquisitely painted with different
studies of Japenese flower and bird
life.-NeW York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of the WATCHMAN will
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