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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07

fortune in the leather bag; but it was
the first money Dorothy had earned,
and it seemed more than all the wealth
of the Indies to her. One dollar and
thirty-four centsl Why, if she could
feed that hungry mortgage at that rate
every day, the little brown house would
not be gobbled up after all. 1t was
nearly all profit; for she had raised the
popcorn herself, aad the little red apple.
tree had borne unusually well that year,
and she could fill many basket from
the barrels in the cellar.
Well, you couldn't have done much
better if you had been boyl" said her
father.
"Could l have done any better?"
asked Dorothy, imploringly. This was
supreme moment in her life. If her
father would only admit that she was
as good as boy, her cup of happiness
would overflow.
"No, | will say for you that you
couldn't have" said her father, mag
unanimously. In fact, if you had been
a boy, you might not have thought of
it, in the first place; and, then again,
if you was a boy, you couldn't have
made the ginger-nuts."
There was a steady market for the
little business woman; and, as her APP
pies were always polished to the high
est degree of shininess and her pop
corn was of the snowiest and the gin
ger-nuts perfection, her wares were al
ways in demand. The mortgage was sat
isfied; and the little brown house was
safe, not only for that time, but for al
ways, for, as months went by and still
Dorothy prospered, she formed the am
bilious plan of possessing that mort
gage herself. She did pay it all off at
last. 1t was long task, but Dorothy
had learned patience long ago.
She was very happy when the day
came that made the little brown house
their own; but / think the keenest
part of her satisfaction came when her
father said, "Well, really, Dorothy,
you are every bit as good as boy, and
a deal better than most of them. "-1he
Interior.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
Our Treatment Of the Spider.

Is it not enough that every bird that
flies, ruthlessly robs her nursery, de-
yours her babies, and even snatches her
own soft body from the very sanc!um
of home; that gauzy flies steal their
greedy young into her nursery to fatten
upon her infants; that to monkeys,
squirrels and lizards her plump body is
sweet morsel they never resist: that
frogs and toads snap her up without
ceremony; tina, centipedes seize her in
resistless grasp; that wasps paralyze
and bury her alive? Are not these
enough, without man joining the host
OF exterminators2 Man, too, in whose
service she lives? Consider for a mo-
ment her usefulness. Count, if YOU
can, the thousands of flies and mos
quitoes eaten by one common house or
garden spider in summer. Then re-
member her harmlessness. O.her SER
wants we must pay; birds eat our cut
worms, our caterpillars and our potato
beetles, but we have to pay a tax
small, it is true-in fruits, in berries,
in green peas, in corn; owls and hawks,
while they destroy moles and mice, in
dulge now and then in young chickens.
But the daughter of Arachne asks no
reward, neither fruit nor vegetable suf-
fers from her touch, no humming or
buzzng attends her movements.
Steadily, faithfully she goes on her way
doing her appointed work; and we, so
wise, 50 far above her in the scale of
being, we-murder herl-Olue Thorne
Muller, IN Popular Science Monthly.
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An Item Book.

Take the large sheets of the straw
colored paper that come around dry
goods, iron and fold them into book
form, doubling as many times as will
make it convenient in size. Lay one
of these on the pantry shelves with
bit of pencil tied to it (unless you al
ways have one in your pocket), another
in your writing-box and still another in
your mending- basket. When a fresh
thought comes into your mind that may
be of use to yourself or others, note it
down. You will be surprised at the
many items of interest you have gath
cred, that might have gone to the land
OF forgetfulness. We do all our writing
that we wish to copy on such paper;
also make books for the " wee ones"
to write in, as we'll as for the school
children to use for their compositions,
their examples or anything they may
wish to copy. What saving of writ
ing paper, and what b )on it would have
been to us in our youth, children can
not realize in this day of privileges.
There was no waste paper then, except
the heavy coarse brown paper, of which
we did not see much, as it was too
precious to be wasted on children
Rural NelC Yorker.
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A Word of Advice.

Now and then a young girl in writ
ing a note signs herself "Miss Jane
Smith," we will say, instead of, as she
should, Jane Smith. 1t is not her fault
that she has perhaps never had the
opportunity of learning that no person,
man or woman, should ever sign a
letter with any title prefxed. The
greatest of men and women sign their
letters with the utmost simplicity. Mr..
Lowell, with a number of honorary
titles conferred on him by the greatest
universities and learned societies of
the world, would sign simply James
Russell Lowell. Rev, DIR. Brooks, also,
with several honorary titles conferred
on him, and so soon to be also a Ri.
Rev. and the Bishop of Massachusetts,
would sign himself only Phillips
Books. When young woman in
business employment has occasion to
write note and signs herself q" Miss
Jones'" or "Miss Matte Brown" the
recipient always wants to tell her, in a
friendly way, to sign her name only, as
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
The Deadly Cold Bed.

If trustworthy statistics could be had
of the number of persons who die every
year, or become permanently diseased,
from sleeping in damp or cold beds,
they would probably be astonishing and
appalling. Il is peril that constantly
besets travelling men, and if they are
wise they will invariably insist on hav-
ing their beds aired and dried, even at
the risk of causing much trouble to
their landlords. But the peril resides
in the home, and the col "spare room"
has slain its thous ands of hapess guests,
and will go on with its slaughter till
people learn wisdom. N)t only the
guest but the family often suffer the
penalty of sleeping in cold rooms, and
chilling their bodies, at the time when
they need all their bodily heat, by get
ting between cold sheets. Even in
warm, summer weather, cold, damp
bed will get in its deadly work 1t is
needless peril, and the neglect to pro-
vide dry rooms and beds has in it the
elements of murder and suicide.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
An Object Lesson.

There are many kinds of fashionable
loolishness, some of which are best cor
rected by lesson in kind. A writer
in the Boston Post reports such a les
son, which might well be tried in many
families. The younger members of the
family of one Of hi, friends had fallen
into the way of using many senseless
phrases. With them everything was
" awfully sweet" lawfully Jolly" or
awfully " something else. One even
ing this gentleman came home with a
budget of news. An acquaintance had
failed in business. He spoke of the in
cident as deliciously sad " He had
ridden up town in the car with noted
wit, whom he described as " horribly
entertaining" and, to cap the climax,
he spoke of the butter which had been
set before him at country hotel as
" divinely rancid" The young people
stared, and the eldest daughter said:
Why, papa, should think you were
out of your head" I" Not in the least,
my dear" he said pleasantly; "Pm
merely trying to follow the fashion.
worked out divinely rancid with a
good deal of labor. 1t seems to me
rather more effective than lawfully
sweet" l mean to keep up with the
rest of you hereafter. And now" he
continued, let me help you to piece
of this exquisitely tough beef.n Ad-
verbs, he says, are not so fashionable
as they were in his family.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
If Fat BOils Over.

A kettle of boiling fat on hot stove
should be carefully watched. Fat boils
at much higher degree of temperature
than water does, and this fact, together
with the fact of the great combusti-
bility of fat, makes an accident of
spilled fat on a hot stove extremely
dangerous. In case such an accident
should happen, the natural impulse to
throw water on the fire, is not the best
one to follow. A large quantity of
water might eXtingush the flames, but
pailful would only spread the fire.
Firemen say that the best way to put
out fire of this kind is to throw ashes
or sand on it. II woman has not
ample means of this kind at hlnd for
putting out the fl e, the best thing she
can do is to run for aid, unless she
knows that there is none within reach.
In any case personal safety should be
her fl st thought. 1t is a natural i'm
pulse to try and remove the kettle from
the fire, but if the fat is already afire it
is not safe thing to do, on account of
the chances of spilling the fat on the
clothing. Clothing saturated with fat
would burn so read ly that the wearer
would stand but little chance of safe
escape. In case woman is so unfor-
tunate as to have her clothes catch fire,
the best thing she can do is to lie down
and roll, and if possible to wrap her.
self in something wooden, as a blanket
or shawl or rug. Tue worst possible
thing to do under such circumstances
is to run out of doors. Running only
fans the flames and gives the fire a
chance to spread and mount upwards
Exchange.
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Gbe 8uussbOlo.
Kitchen Brushes--.Again.
BY MARY GORDON.

In recent issue of this paper was
an article from an exchange on
Kitchen Brushes" Anna Curd, the
writer, gave many useful suggestions
regarding the use of brushes in sundry
kinds of cleaning, first excusing herself
to our grandmothers for implying that
there had been improvements in their
way of doing things. 1t is surprising
how many of these old ways cling to
us yet, and are not exchanged for bet
ter, simply from the fact that we run
on, without thought, in whatever track
habit has started us. In the article
above quoted, the writer did not men
ton one use to which a brush may be
put, viz: That of a whisk brush for
washing slop-pails and refuse buckets.
l had always cleaned such articles with
the traditional rag, though my advanced
intellect had latterly substituted a
stick for grandmother's hand. But
said stick had not the grasping power
OF my ancestors fingers. The two
articles seemed to have mutual aver
sion and flew asunder at each evolution,
leaving me rasped and irritated, and
to continue the trying conflict with the
"little end of nothing" Then, the
operation ended, what to d. with the
rag? too wet for the fire, too unattract-
i've to wiring, too-well, that slop-pail
was one of the thorns of my pilgrimage.
One day an old German woman, Just
emigrated from the fatherland, was,
out of pity, given some coarse work to
do in the house. When the line of
slop-pails filed in for her drill, she
poured little hot water and soap in
each, caught up an old whisk-brush
that was q now think proviientially)
lying about the shed, swept the water
around the sides and presto! the things
were clean in jiffy, the brush rinsed
and hung in the sun to dry, and Lady
Macbeth would have been thankful to
have her one little hand as free
from vile spot" as were the hands of
the old frau. looked on with mingled
establishment and humiliation. How
could l never have thought of that my
self! The moment saw it done, felt
as if whisk- brushes had been invented
for that sole and only purpose. And
L, with all my pride of superior intellect
and education, had to be taught it by a
German peasant, who could hardly read
her own language, and had worked in
the field all her life, often harnessed to
carts, with dogs or cows. Shades of
our grandmothers, with what chains do
we hold US! That was several years
ago, but l am so mortified about it
now, that nothing in the world would
temp me to sign my name to this con-
fession. Doubtless most of my sisters
never dreamed of any way to cleanse a
pail but with brush. / could not
bear the scorn of such. But there may
be some dull, rag-and, stick sister, still
under the sway of unthinking tradition,
to whom the whisk-brush treatment
will be revelation. We never will
tell of each other, will we?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07

WHY, Janet. What in the world
is the matter with Fido?" He's got
severe cold, dear. think / must
have left his muzzle off too suddenly.
you know. "-London Judy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
Ninety Miles an Hour.

The pulse of the railroad world must
have beaten trihe quicker when it
was announced that train on the
Bound Brook route had run a mile in
thirty-nine and four fifth seconds,
or at the rate of little more
than ninety miles an hour, while sew
eral other miles were travelled at rate
between eighty and ninety miles an
hour. The engine that made this re-
markable record drew a regular passen-
ger train in the morning and another
in the aftern Don. 1t was not built for
racer merely, but for worker, and
all the preparation it needed for is fas'
run was little overhauling to make
sure that every part was in proper
working order. The significance of
this is that, with a perfect roadbed and
everything about the trains in complete
order, the general public may expect to
be carried at the rate of ninety miles
an hour with engines now in USE
Philadelphia En- quirer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07

that alone is well-bred. To the case of
a married woman she may sometimes,
when necessary to give her title of
" Mrs" put it in parenthesis, as (Mrs.)
Jane Hunter Wilson, but never other
wise. To write thoroughly well-bred
note or letter is always a most desirable
thing, as it marks the difference be-
tween good breeding and the lack of its
opportunities, and a little care will
enable one to acquire polite and ac-
cepted forms. -Erchdnge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07

You take no risk in buying Hoods
SArsaparilla, for it is everywhere recog-
nzed as the standard buildiug-up med
icine and blood purifier. 1t has won
its way to the front by its own intrinsic
merit, and has the largest sale of any
preparation of its kind. Any honest
druggist will conf m this statement.
If you decide to take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, do not be induced to buy anything
else instead. Be sure to get Hoods.
The rustler., 1891-07-31

sEvEHkL seuatorx of California are
charged ~ Georrc 4 Faytsn with
forming > combustion for hoodle by
which sioo. .ooo was divided
A sac and Fox Indian, Deer Foot
brought the news b Guthrie. OK. that
two white men werr killed In the ma
ton near Bill Harris store bv Indian
horse thieves Deputy United States
Marshal Lilly was reported 70 BE- one
Of the men.
THE general grand chapter. Royal
Arch Masous Of the Unittd States Of
America. began ia twenty eighth tri-
ennial couvocation ai Minneapolis,
MINI. on the sd. This body l. the
largest Masonic body In the world
A rAHAcHrrE jumper named Love
fell 30 feet at indianapolis. Ind. No
bones were broken but he was terribly
bruised.
JuDeK wHITE. Of Yanlton. = d..
sustained the demurrer 10 the indict-
ment against John Becker. charged
with selling liquor contrary to the pro
hihitory law.
FoKrY shippers Of live stock and
grain from points ON the line Of the
Chicago & Northwestern In northwest
ern Iowa have held n meeting at Sioux
City 70 provide for filing suits against
that company 10 recover for over
charges during the last five years
THE Big -Four switchmen at Spring
field, q. were still ON n strike Most Of
the men were non-union and the
Switchmen's association held aloof
EvTRYTHiNo was at standstill in the
Vanwert (O) yards because OF n strike
Of switchmen.
LIEUT.. Col J. T.. ToURrELoTrE, for
merly Gen. Sherman's chief Of staff.
died at his home in Lacrosse, Wis, re-
Gently.
TnE Kimball-Champ Investment CO.,
OF Council Bluffs. la, has assigned
The capital stock was $500, 900.
The Ilall-Fitzsimmons prize fight at
St Paul. Mimi, was declared off in
consequence of the general objection
and the order Of Gov. Merriam calling
out the militia.
The receiver has again failed 10 dis
pose of the huge Whitley reaper works
at Springfield O.
The rustler., 1891-07-31

IllE Japanese government has ap-
pointed commissioners to the worlds
! fair.
THERE is Il strike among the miners
at most of the coal mines in the Indian
territory. All of the men at Hunting
ton, Ark and at McAlester /. r., have
quit work.
Ex-Gov. DAVID S. WALKER Of Flor
| ida. is dead.
TnE shah of Persia is very i'll.
REv. c. II. STURGEON shows signs of
Improvement
The Master Tailors' association has
decided TO resort 10 general lockout
in Great Britain unless the strike in
Liverpool ceases within week.
A SPECIFIC duty of eleven cents kilo-
gramme has been imposed on ell lard
imported into Peru
ALL the franchises, tracks, equip
ment, etc, OF the Detroit Mich city
railway, controlling eighty miles OF
streets have been sold. The consider
ntion was said TO be about 81. 900, OO0
PROF. KoCH has resigned all the
public offices held by him This step is
associated with supposed disappoint-
ment over the unsatisfactory results of
the discovery of 'tubcrculn."
a TERRIBLE threshcr explosion oc-
Cured recently on James Durbin's farm
near Litchiield Ky. Three men were
killed and five dangerously injured.
THE agents of the Chilian congress
sional party in Washington dscredit
the report of recent engagements off
Huasco and also the report that the
Esmeralda fired on the French vessel
Volta.
THE citizens of Washington are in
the field for the grand army encamp-
ment in 1899.
THOUSANDS of acres of farm lands
were laid waste by hail in North Da-
kota and Minnesota
GREAT damage has oeen done in Mo-
ravia and Silcsia by floods A train
was wrecked and many were hurt
THE preliminary examination OF
james Brennan resulted in his being
committed for trial for the murder of
Sam Wood at Hugoton Kan
Two murders similar in character to
those pcrpetratcd by Jack the Ripper
have occurred in Marseilles A man
giving an Italian name twice took rooms
accompanied by woman and in each
case the woman was afterward found
murdered, having been strangled and
then mutilated.
JUDGE MCKAY, the alliance Judge OF
Harper county, Kan, was brought be-
fore Judge Horton. who reprimanded
him for his action in the Honeywell
case, but delayed action until Septem-
ber
The rustler., 1891-07-31

THE surface OF No. mine of the
Kingston Coal Co, at Edwardsville,
Pa, caved In and "A number OF houses
were wrecked The cave in covers an
area Of two acres. The mine was dam
aged % the extent Of $40. OOO This Is
the third cave-in at that mine.
THRrY-osE pauper immigrants were
returned to Europe from New York ON
the 18th while twenty-eight more were
held for return.
EARLY the other morning two bodies
were discovered in the whirlpool float
ing around in the eddies at Niagara
falls. One was nude and seemed TO H.
the body of a woman. The other was
partly clothed.
THE Boston Boot & Shoe Co. has AS
signed The company controlled five re-
tail stores located in Lawrence, Frank
lin, Amesbury and Ncwburyport In
Massachusetts and Danielsonville,
Conn
ROLAND II. HILL. a Boston newspaper
man and the son OF United States Sen.
ator HilL of Georgia, has been taken
In charge by the police of New York,
who fear that his mind is unbalanced.
STRIKERS from Carncgie's Homestead
mills went to Duquesnc, Pa, with
brass bands on the goth for the pur-
pose of preventing worl; until the dis
putc was settled. The police were
overpowered
TnE mother of Fanny Davenport. the
actress, died recently while undergoing
surgical operation at Canton. Pa
JUDGE POTTER is charged at Pitts
burgh, Pa, by Anthony O'Brien with
taking Doodle while district attorney.
THERE was collision between a
freight and a passenger train at Elmira,
n. Y, at midnight on the 22i. Freight
ears were piled thirty feet in the air
Fireman NJ w. Tillman was killed aud
two other trainmen badly injured.
JUDGE WALLACE. OF New York, has
granted an order suspending the writ
Of injunction obtained by the Edison
Electric Light Co. against the United
States Electric Light Co. for term of
six months by the filing by the United
States company OF "A sufficient bond TO
protect the Edison company.
THE steamer George Law, which runs
from Philadelphia 10 Gloucester, coll
lided with the Lincoln park steamer
Georgiana at the mouth OF the Schuyl.
kill river. One man was fatally in
jured and the Georgiana was laid up
for repairs.
The rustler., 1891-07-31

DURING severe electric storm at
Clintonville, Wis, the house OF Henry
Pantz was struck by lightning and both
he and his wife were killed.
A WIDOW, Mrs Eliza llaiser, and her
little son and daughter while driving
across the Panhandle railroad tracks at
Chicago. were hurled into the mir by n
north bound fast passenger train.
Mother and daughter were killed and
the boy probably fatally injured
The miners at Girard, H., have struck
20 force the company to pay their wages
weekly according to law.
A DISPATCH from Kenton, o., states
that nobody was hurt by the collision
on the Chicago e Erie. Traffic was
blocked for several hours, trains being
sent over the Big Four. The engine
was badly damaged and seven cars
were ditched and smashed
FLAMES have broken out in Nos 3
and shafts of the Great Republic iron
mines at Marquette, Mich.
A MASS meeting was held in St Paul.
Mimi, on the night OF the 2Oth to pro.
test against the projected IIall-Fitzsim-
mons prize fight warrant was
sworn out for Fitzsimmons
THE village of Sawyerville. Osceola
county, Mich, consisting OF thirty
houses, one general store, one large
sawmill, shingle mill and lumber yard,
was totally destroyed by FIRE The loss
was between $3.50, 900 and $500, 900.
CHIEF Ross of the Cherokee nation,
died at Fort Gibson, !. T., on the goth
of heart disease.
THE news that the intruder hunt in
the Chiclasaw country would be aban-
doned has been confirmed.
The rustler., 1891-07-31
smart Man aud small hoy.

The newsboy was calling his wares
as loud as his voice would let him:
"All about the great North Side mys-
terry"
The smart man came along-one Of
those smart men who grow fat catch
ing other people in mistakes. lie lifted
his eyebrows and got ready 20 crush
the boy and laugh with the amused by
standcrs.
why" said he, glancing about him,
''if the paper contains all about the
mystery II is no mystery any more.
The paper tells; don't you sec?" And
he wondered why tine boy didn't blush
and retire in confusion.
"All about the great North Side mys-
tery!" repeated the boy just as loud as
ever, and without taking his eyes from
the face OF the smart man. Then he
continued in calmer tone: "The
more you read what's in de newspaper
de more mystery they is. See?"-Chi-
cago Herald.
The rustler., 1891-07-31
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News



PRESIDENT HAKKisox and party viii
visit W. J. Arkell. Of Judge. at Mount
McGregor. y Y. August Is
AcrINe SECRETARY CnASBLER has L..
sued an order providing for the eNten-
Nion Of the lines of counties In Okla
homa, 30 ~ 10 have each contain 700
square miles. and also providing for the
subdivision Of other land into counties
of about 100 square miles
TIM president COMMITTED 10 impris-
onment for life the sentence Of death
passed on young Belden. who was 90
have been hanged at Wichita, Kan.
July "a, for murder in the Indian terri
tory.
IT Is stated In Washington that Col.
W. w. Dudley will probably resign as
treasurer Of the Republican national
committee during the meeting in Phil.
adelphia-
STATEMENT prepared at the treas
ury department shows that the receipts
from customs ut the port Of New York
during the first twenty days Of July
were 81. 7p5. ls7, or 81, 2s5. .55i less than
the receipts at the same time during
the corresponding period Of last year.