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, 1891-03-13

1t is well known in the Russian army
was lately shot who got away II a ago
and had travelled 1000 miles. 1t cost
the government over $1,000 to find him,
but it would have paid SEQ, 900 sooner
than let him get away. Over 80, 900
soldiers were assembled &c see him shot.
Detroit Free Press.
, 1891-03-13

Clara-why did you refuse Mr.. Hard
head4
Maud couldn't be happy with such a
as that. He is too intensely practical.
de has no faith.
NO faith"
NO. He doesn't behave in anything.
Why, he doesn't even believe IN dreams" -
Good News.
, 1891-03-13

The San Diego (Cal.) Sun tells of a
monster black bass taken with hook and
line recently at Cedros island. It weighed
3lS pounds, and the catcher was forty
W minutes in getting the fish alongside
the Steamer Kaluk.
, 1891-03-13
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs. John Curtis of Peoria, ILL.,, writes:
Used one box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay 500 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.
EOr particulars, and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
w. N. Hunt. CHEYENNE.
, 1891-03-13

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental. Good table board 25
cents per meal, or 81 per week.
Board and room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and is
we'll and comfortably furnished through
out. Visitors to the city viii find the
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Themes street.
, 1891-03-13

Penelope Don't go away, Jack.
They'll take US for wall flowers,
Jack-Aw, nav! | never converse
With ladies unless another ina is
awound. I'd be engaged in a week If
| liz -Munspy's Weekly.
, 1891-03-13

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Standard Cattle company vill be held
Monday. April 6. 1891, tor election of
officers. at the office of the Union Cattle
company, Cheyenne, Wyo., at II o'clock
noon. X NJ. ALLEN, 3
General Manager
, 1891-03-13

Gives a better quality of ice than that of
any other dealer, and We cannot be under
sold. Give your order to our milk or
bread wagon.
ELLIS, SLOAN 4 SHAVER.
, 1891-03-13

The following item has been going the
rounds of the press, and as our druggist.
a. + Roedel, handles the goods, it may
interest our readers:
Having had occasion TO use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, it gives me pleas
ure to state that | found it TO be the best
medicine for a cough | ever used; 10 fact,
it cured me of a cough that had bafled
several other cough Imedicines. N. r.
BURNETT, Atalissa. Iowa.
, 1891-03-13

Here 1t is, and it fills the bill much
better than anything We could say:
1T gives me the greatest pleasure
to write to you 10 regard to ChamberlaiD's
Cough Remedy. During the past winter
l have sold more OF it than any other
kind, and have yet to find any one but
what was benefited bv taking it. Ihave
never had any medicine in my store that
gave such universal satisfaction" ]. NJ.
rooney. Druggist, Geuda Springs. Kan.
so cent bottles for sale by A. L. Roedel
, 1891-03-13

Lawyer TO female wituess)-Wm you
please tell this court and jury what
your age is?
Elderly Female 49, What's the use.
They wouldn't believe me if was to
tell them.-Texas Siftings
, 1891-03-13

John" said Mrs. Wings at the
breakfast table lately, you've been
studying palmistry lately, haven't your
Wings thought something was up and
evaded the question by another. What
makes you think soT' he asked.
'Oh, last night you kept asking in
your sleep. what kind Of n hand have
got7" st joseph News
, 1891-03-13

Tae largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice tiqueurs and supertine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-03-13
ICE

Delivered to any part of the city
and in any quantity by the Cheyenne
Transfer Company, Sixteenth and Eddy
streets.
, 1891-03-13

Ed Knapp az rereiCing-
oysters and ciGDIS ina
the shpH direct from " eIU
York eDery other day. at
his resf nurGnt on SfI-
tePnth street. supplying
of families a specially.
, 1891-03-13
PLAIN FACTs rLnINLY sPOKEN.

At one time a discussion OF the secret vice
was entirely avoided by the profession. and
medical worksof but a few years ago would
hardly mention 1t.
d the physician Is OF n different opin-
Ion; he is aware that IL is his duty-disagree-
able as II may be-to handle this matter with
out gloves, and speak plainly about it and
Intelligent parents and guardians will thank
him for doing so.
, 1891-03-13
Boys. Here's Your ChanceI

Not only to get way up" work done.
but also to get your darnIng, patching and
buttons sewed on without extra charge.
CHEYENNE STEAM LAUNDRY.
, 1891-03-13

Wisdom's Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects of severe
weather.
, 1891-03-13

Mr.. James Lambert of New Bruins
wick, Ill, says: Il was badly afflicted
with rheumatism in the hips and legs,
when | bought a bottle OF Chamberlain
Pain Balm. 1t cured me in three days
| am all right today and would insist on
every one who is afflicted with that ter
rible disease, to use Chsmberialu's Pam
Balm and get well at once. For sale by
4 l. Roadal
, 1891-03-13
Careful.

Chappie-Dear girl, why will you keep
me constantly on the rackf
JENNY don't want to get you separated
from your hat.-Harper's RazaF.
, 1891-03-13

To all those engaged in this dangerous prsc-
ice L would say, tirst of all, stop II at once.
Make every possible effort 10 do so; but If you
Ail, II your nervous system Is already too
much shattered, and, c~onsequentl your will
power broken, take some nerve tonic to aid
you In your effort. Having freed yourself
nom the habit, 1 would further counsel you
TO go through u regular course Of treatment,
for 1t is "A great mistake to suppose that any
one may for some time-be IL ever so little
give himself up to this fascinating but dang
erous excitement without suffering from some
OF Its evil consequences at some future time.
The number of young men who are incapacl
lated to MI the duties e~njoined by wedIock Is
alarningly large. and in most OF such cases
this unfortunate condition OF things can be
traced to the practice of ~self-abuse, which had
been years before. Indeed, a few
months practice OF this habit is often suffi-
cient to induce spermatorrhoa in later years,
and / have many OF such cases under treat
ment at the present day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
The Admiration for Wealth.

The simple truth is that while the
admiration for mere wealth is as old as
the world, it is seen at its utmost in an
aristocratic, not in a democratic, COM
munity. Hamerton has pointed out
more than once how in England the
two forms of social precedence in er-
lock and support each other. An Eng
fish merchant, long resident in New
York, told me once that he was always
impressed on revisiting England, with
the greater Difference there paid to mere
wealth, as compared with his adopted
country. He told me especially of two
kinsmen, one ofwhom was very wealthy,
and afterward lord mayor of London,
while the other was unsuccessful and
poor. 1t was the richer relatives car
riage in which they were riding, and
the other, although by far the more re-
fined and cultivated man of the two.
went uncovered in Difference all the
way. When my acquaintance remon-
strated with him for this act of syco-
phancy, he admitted it, but answered:
" That sort of thing may do very well
in America, but you will find that
man must act quite differently here"
The anecdote sheds foods of light upon
the added felicities of wealth in Europe.
Whether they are noble felicities is
quite another question.-T. W. Hiq-
g,nson, IN Hdrper'S Bazdr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Drew the Line There.

The following is the origin OF a IA
nous Kentucky feud, reported in the ar
kansas Traveller: Colonel Pepperson stopped
Colonel Bran in the road and told him that
II he had any nerve he would surely be
avenged upon the Cullertons. "What have
they done?" Bran asked. "Why, in Win
chester this morning one Of them shot and
severely wounded your son Ike" "Ah, L
am sorry to hear that, for Ike was good
fellow and could set out as much tobacco
in day as any man in the state. And /
suppose" said Pepperson, "that you will
declare war on the whole gang?" "No, L
can't say that l will. You see, l have be-
gun to believe that we are altogether too
rash in taking up quarrels. The truth is,
am becoming civilized" 81 am, too,
colonel, but there are insults and injuries
that 1 cannot stand. II were you, would
get my people together and declare war"
"No, l don't think it would be wise"
4" But this is not all the cause you have
The Cullertons have talked shamefully
about your family" " am sorry, but can't
help it. This feud business doesn't pay
and l shall keep out of it. I'm sorry
though, that they shot Ike, for, as | say, he
was the finest hand in tobacco field in the
state. How did the quarrel come up?"
"Why, a party OF fellows were standing
around and some remark was made about
fast horses, when 10 Cullerton said that
your bay mare was the most over-rated
horse in Kentucky, and" What" ex-
claimed Colonel Bran. Ibid he say that?
If he did that settles it. Hanged if 1 can
stand everything I'll shoot the scoundrell 1"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
"Fetch " Bringing Up the Cows.

Old "Fetch " was a shepherd dog,
and lived in the highlands of the Hud-
son. His master kept nearly dozen
cows, and they ranged at will among the
hills during the day. When the sun
was low in the west, his master would
say to Fetch, Bring the COWS home -;
and it was because the dog did his task
so well that he was called Fetch"
One sultry day he departed as usual
upon his evening task. From scattered
shady and grassy hooks he at last gath
cred all the cattle into the mountain
road leading to the barnyard. A part
of the road ran through a low, moist
spot bordered by thicket of black al
der; and into this one of the cows
pushed her way and stood quietly. The
others passed on, followed some distance
in the rear by Fetch. AS the cows APP
preached the barnyard gate, he quick
ened his pace and hurried forward, as
if to say, Pm here attending to bust
ness" But his complacency was dis
turbed as the COWS filed through the
gate. He whined little, and growled
q little, attracting his masters attention.
Then he went to the high fence sur
rounding the yard, and, standing on his
hind feet, peered between two of the
rails. After looking at the herd care
fully for time, he started off down the
road again on full run. His master
now observed that one of the cows was
missing, and he sat down on rock to
see what Fetch was going to do about
it. Before long he heard the furious
tinkling of bell, and soon Fetch APP
peared, bringing in the perverse COW at
rapid pace. The gate was thrown
open, and the cow went through it.
Fetch then lay down quietly to cool off
in time for supper.-Dog Stories and
| DOQ Lore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
IN General.
Surface and Real POliteness.

In the hottest part OF one Of the recent
hot days two persons boarded an uptown
elevated train at the Ninth Avenue station
The two were not together. One was an
attractive young woman, and the other was
q laboring man, in soiled and patched cloth
ing, and with dinner-pail in his hand.
There was only one vacant seat in the car.
The labOring man was perspiring and appar-
emily tired. He was thinking of his own
comfort, and he hurried to the vacant seat,
taking possession of it with an air of ex-
treme comfort and relief. 1t is doubtful IL
he noticed the young woman at all. She
had started for the seat too but the man
reached it long before her. A slight APP
pearance of disappointment and annoyance
was visible on her face. She reached for
strap, and prepared for tiresome standing
journey uptown. But man who sat next
to the laboring man relieved her. He was
a cool and comfortably clad individual, and
appeared well able to stand He politely
offered the young woman his seat, and she
as politely accepted it. Then the polite
individual took hold of a strap and cast
look OF scorn at the laboring man, plainly
showing that he considered the latter's ac-
ton in appropriating the only vacant seat
had been decidedly wrong and ungentle-
manly. The laboring man was plainly an
noyed and uncomfortable. He read the
meaning OF the scornful glance, and appar-
emily did not resent 1t. He probably began
to realize that his action had been rude.
But an opportunity for retaliation soon
came. The attractive young woman left
the train at Twenty-third street, and the
polite individual resumed his seat. At
Fsrty-second street an old colored woman
entered the cars. No seats were vacant,
and the colored woman seized strap and
prepared to stand. She was evidently suf-
fering great deal from heat and fatigue
The man who had been so petite to the at
tractive young woman now became alb
sorbed in critical study Of his feet. But
the laboring man arose, and, awkwardly
taking off his hat, asked the colored woman
If she would not take his seat. "God bless
you! | will!' said she; and as she did so
the laboring man gazed triumphantly upon
the polite individual, whose shallow merit
was wholly dwarfed before this evidence OF
manhood. Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Daniel Webster's Story.

Daniel Webster was once arguing case
in which the validity Of will was in con-
troversy, the contest being between the heirs
OF the testator and certain church to
which, 1t was commended, the testator, I'M
duly influenced by its clergyman, had in his
last hours devised most of his property,
Webster claimed that the testator was then
too feeble in mind to make valid will,
and in the course of his argument he related
this incident: A wealthy Spaniard, when on
his death-bed was visited by a certain friar,
and in solemn form was thus Intercepted:
Is it your last will and testament that
your estate in Andalusia shall be given to
Holy Mother church," The dying man re-
piled: " Yes" Is it your last will and tes-
lament" proceeded the friar, that your es-
tate in CASTLE shall be given to the Holy
Mother Church2' The answer was Yes"
And thus the eager ecclesastic went on,
until the testator's son, who was standing
by, anxious lest his dying parent should will
away his entire property, angrily interposed:
" Father, is it your last will and testament
that should take your gold-headed cane
and drive this friar out of the chamber"
Yes" was the still affirmative reply.-De-
tr0it Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
A Born Lawyer.

A lawyer advertised for clerk. The
next morning his Office was crowded
with applicants-all bright, and many
suitable. He babe them wait until
all should arrive, and then ranged
them in row and said he would tell
them a story, note their comments, and
judge from that whom he would choose.
A certain farmer" began the lawyer,
"was troubled with red squirrel that
got in through hole in his barn and
stole his seed-corn. He resolved to
kill the squirrel at the first opportunity.
Seeing him 60 in at the hole one noon,
he took his shotgun and fired away.
The first shot set the barn on fire."
Did the barn burn?" said one of the
boys. The lawyer, without answer,
continued, "And, seeing the barn on
fire, the farmer seized pail of water,
and ran to put it out" "Did he put it
out?" said another. Gas he passed
inside, the door shut to and the barn
was soon in flames. When the hired
girl rushed out with more water -
" Did they all bum up?" said another
boy. The lawyer went on without
answer Then the old lady came
out, and all was noise and confusion,
and everybody was trying to put out
the fire." odd any one burn up?"
said another. The lawyer said, "There,
that will do; you have all shown great
interest in the story" But observing
one little bright-eyed fellow in deep
silence, he said, Now, my little man,
what have you to say?" The little fell
low blushed, grew uneasy, and STAN
mered out, want to know what be-
came of that squirrel; that's what 1
want to know" " You'll do" said the
lawyer; "you are my man. You have
not been switched off by a confusion
and barn burning, and the hired girls
and water-pails. You have kept your
eye on the squirrel. "-1'dct IN Court.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Our Needs and Gods Will.

AS we go on, we shall find every wish of
our hearts blossoming into prayer whose
fragrance is the breath of the one adorable
will. Our little lives will feel their unity
with the all-surrounding, -pervading Life,
in being at one with God. II is not our
wishes, but our needs, that God will eter-
|nally satisfy. Our desires are often so near
the surface that they change with every
passing current of thought; we do not our
selves know what we want; and we get only
a little brief sparkle of pleasure from their
qualification. But our needs take us down
into the deepest depth of ourselves-into
those recesses of love and aspiration where
character is shaped-into the yelled sanctu-
larry OF our inmost personal being whore,
whether we have ever caught glimpse of
his glory or not, we know that God abides.
Our highest blessedness it is that we have
immortal needs-needs which require eter-
nifty for their fulfllment. Eternally we
shall need to be taken deeper into the un-
fathomable heart of God, that we may learn
' to love as he loves Eternally we shall need
to pray the lofty prayer of Christ "Thy
will be done" for eternally the mysteries
of that will, which is indeed God himself
his character, his personality-will rise as
inaccessible mountain-tops above us-yet as
heights towards which we must ever ascend
to breath our native air.-Lucy Larcon, in
as ii Is in Heaven"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
A New Creation.

God never repairs. Christ never
patches. The gospel is not here to
mend people. Regeneration is not a
scheme of moral tinkering and ethical
cobbling. What God does, he does
new-new heavens, new earth, new
body, new heart" Behold 1 make all
things new" In the gospel thus we
move into new world and under a
new scheme. The creative days are
back again. We step out of regime
of jails and hospitals and reform shops.
We get live effects direct from God.
That is the gospel. The gospel is a
permanent miracle. The gospel thus
does not classify with other schemes of
amelioration. They are good, but this
is not simply better, but different, dis
tinct, and better because distinct; it
works in new way, and works another
work. Compare the wrought chains
|riveted on the demoniac, and the Di-
wine Word working new creation in
the demoniac. 1t is all there. 1t is
like the difference between the i'm
potent Persian flashing the turbulent
sea with chains, and the gracious Lord
Saying to the troubled sea, " Peace, be
|stilll "-ReU. G. FL. Pdrkhurst.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Facts About Cotton.

The weaving of cotton into cloth was first
done in India centuries ago. Nothing woven
in America can compare with the flmy fab
RIGS wrought in East Indian looms. One
man will take months to complete single
piece, which is so exquisitely fine that we
cannot wonder that 1t is POLITICALLY called
"woven wind" Who but the elves or the
brownies could sew seams in web as dainty
as thisl The tree cotton of India, with its
reddish-purple flowers, is grown about the
temples of the Hindoos and from its yellow
ish tibers is made the sacerdotal tripartite
thread of the Brahmins-the emblem of their
trinity. From the Hindoos the Egyptians
and the Persians learned TO use cotton for
clothing, but the Persians at first employed
1t only in the vestments of priests. In China
previous to the eleventh century cotton was
rare and precious, and cotton robe was
deemed fitting gift for an emperor. 1t was
grown only in gardens, and Chinese poets
sang the beauty of its flowers. 1t was early
known in Arabia, for its name-cotton-is
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Our 8ups amo Girls.
Why She Looked Bright.

"Well, grandma" said little boy,
resting his elbows on the old lady's
stuffed chair arm, "what have you
been doing here at the window all day
by yourself2" All could :" answered
dear grandma, cheerily. "I have read
a little and prayed a good deal and then
looked out at the people. There's one
little girl, Arthur, that L have learned
to watch for. She has sunny brown
hair, her brown eyes have the same
sunny look in them, and l wonder every
day what makes her look so bright. All,
here she comes now" Arthur took his
elbows off the stuffed arm and planted
them on the window-sill: "Ihdt girl,
with the brown apron on?" he cried !;
"why, l know that girl. That's Susie
Moore, and she has a dreadful hard
time, grandma" HAS she2" said
grandma. go little boy, wouldn't you
give anything to know where she gets
all that brightness from, then2" "I'n
ask her." said Arthur, promptly, and
to grandma's surprise, he raised the
window and called: "Susie, o Susie,
come up here a minute; grandma
wants to see you'll" The brown eyes
opened wide in surprise, but the little
maid turned at once and came in.
Grandma wants to know, Susie
Moore" explained the boy, "what
makes you look 80 bright all the time."
"Why, have to-" said Susie. " You see
papa's been sick long while, and
mamma is tired out with nursing, and
baby's cross with her teeth, and if
didn't be bright, who would be?"
" Yes, yes, l see," said dear old
grandma, putting her arm around this
little streak of sunshine. "That's
Gods reason for things; they are be-
cause somebody needs them. Shine
on, little sun; there couldn't be better
reason for shining than because it is
dark at home. "-Sunbeam.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Number OF Days in a Month.

Here is an odd way of telling the
number of days in month: Shut your
left hand; hold the knuckles upward
then with the right forefinger begin
naming the knuckles and hollows be-
tween them with the months of the year.
January lights on the first knuckle,
February tumbles into the first hollow
and 80 on until July perches on the lit.
tie knuckle. Then begin on the first
knuckle again for August, and Decem.
Der will be found upon the third
knuckle. Now the point is, that all the
months with thirty-one days strike the
knuckles, and those with fewer than
thirty-one days fall in the hollows. II
is right amusing, but seems more
clumsy than the old jingle:
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November, etc.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
Mloral anb Beligiums.
Perfect Through Suffering.

God never would send you the darkness
II he felt you could bear the light;
But you would not cling to his guiding hand
II the way were always bright;
And you would not care to walk by faith
Could you always walk by sight.
IT'S true he has many an anguish
For your sorrowing heart to bear
And many cruel HOMEGROWN
For your tired head to wear.
He knows how few would reach heaven at all
If pain did not guide them there.
SO he sends you the binding darkness,
And the furnace of seven.fold heat;
It's the only way, believe me,
To keep you close to his feet
For tits always so easy to wander
When our lives are glad and sweet
Then nestle your hand in your Fathers
And sing, If you can, as you go;
Your song may cheer some one behind you
Whose courage is sinking low;
And well, If your lips do CULVER
God will love you better so.
-NeU York Observer