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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11
Use full knowledge.

To purify water, harg small bag o.
charcoal in it.
For toothache, try oil of sas safras
and apply it frequently, if necc ssary.
Vinog gar bottles may be cleaned will
crushed egg-shells in little water.
If the color has been taken out OF
silks by fruit stains, ammonia will usu.
ally restore the color.
To brighten carpets, wipe them with
warm water in hich has been poured
few drops of ammonia.
A good liniment for Inflammation
tism, swelling, etc.. is olive oil
well saturated with camphor.
A good cement is melted alum, but
it must never be used when water and
heat are to come in con tact with it.
When onions are being cooked, the
strong, disagreeable odor may be less.
ened by placing vinegar on the stove.
To purify the air in a newly. painted
room, put several tubs of water in it.,
and it will absorb much of the odor.
To clear stove of clinkers, put 6
handful of salt into it during hot fire
When cold, remove the clinkers with {;
cold chisel
Fine shavings from soft pine WOOD
make a pleasant pillow. They have
special curative virtues for coug CHS and
lung troubles.
Remove ink stains from silver-pated
ware by rubbing them with paste
composed Of chloride of lime and water;
then wash and wipe dry.
Clean collars on wooden jackets, mems
coats, etc, by sponging with Ammonia
and water, then with alcohol, then
rub dry with flannel cloth.
Copper kettles may be cleaned and
polished by taking lemon, cutting
in two; dip one of the pieces in sal
and rub we'll over the coprer.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11
Gbe 8oussboIo.
Harvest Song.


Laugh out, laugh out, we orchard lands,
with all your ripened store;
Such bounteous measure nature YIELDS
What could heart ask for more2
with earths broad lap abrim with food,
The azure skies above,
The heavens whisper, Earth is good"
Earth answers. " Heaven is love"
The winds that wander from the West
Der fields afar or near,
Find plenty nowhere manifest
In richer stores than here.
The golden rick, the bursting bin
OF rich and ripened grain,
Bespeak the wealth which all may win
In industry's domain.
The corn fields set in grand array
OF solid rank and row.
Are streams of wealth which set this way,
And soon shall overflow.
Laugh ont, laugh out ye ripened fields,
With e'er increasing mirth;
The Joy your bounteous measure yields
Shall bless the whole round earth.
Dart FdirthorHe, in Hdrper's Boior
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11

"Come, to my arms" he said.
Can't" says she, "I've rheumatis. !"
" Get Salvation OIL" She went imme-
diately and bought bottle. Twenty
five cents.
MANY a home has been robbed of
sunshine and happiness by the loss of
some dear child, when DR.. Bulbs Cough
Syrup would have saved it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11

IN Australia, the land of contradic-
tons, the flowers have no scent, while
the leaves of every tree are full of odor.
The trees cast no shade, since every
leaf is set at edge against the sun, and
shed not their leaves but their bark,
which, stripping off in long scales, ex-
poses the naked wood beneath, and
adds to the CHASTITY effect which the
forest already holds in the pallid hue of
its foliage.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11

FIRST stranger: Excuse me, sir,
but l notice that you are looking at me
closely. Is there anything about me
that is familiar ?" Second ditto: A" Yes,
there is. My umbrella"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11

CONSTIPATION, and all troubles with
the digestive organs and the liver, are
cured by Hoods Pills. Unequaled as
a dinner pill.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-11

You can rely upon Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla as positive remedy for every
form of scrofula, salt rheum, boils,
pimples and all other diseases caused
by impure blood. 1t eradicates every
impurity and at the same time tones
and vitalizes the whole system.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17

A correspondent of the Rocky Mount
ain Husbandman, speaking of the nd
vantages of sheep over other cattle on
the Western ranges, says: 1t is noted
fact that there is far less alarm over
the prospect of short winter feed among
sheep owners than any other class of
stockmen. The reason of thi; is that
sheep thrive on very short feed, and
when there are any points bare along
our foot hills, focks may be kept fairly
well, even if the grass has been closely
grazed in summer. 1t is also fact that
it is possible to keep three or four thou
sand sheep on hay about as easy as TO
keep so many hundred cattle. Sheep
do not seem to consume food in proper
ton to cattle. This is probably due to
the fact that they are constantly rust
ling for themselves throughout each
day, except when it is storming, while
cattle having no herder are inclined to
lay around the premises and not go out
to feed even in pleasant weather Sheep
are better adapted to the exhausted
condition of our ranges, by far, thar
cattle,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17

LIVESTOCK PARAGRAPHS.

If you have the means of cooking
food for the hogs, try it,
GIVE the horses plenty of exercise in
winter. 1t is as necessary as food.
WATCH the feet of the horses. A
horses feet should be frequently exam
ined.
ENsILAGE and bran make a good ra-
tion for a milch COW, and they are COM
paratively cheap.
A GOOD deal of our trouble with swine
comes from too close in-breeding. The
remedy suggests itself.
LET us suggest again that steamed
clover hay makes capital feed for
hogs They will eat it even in dry
state.
TREAT the hogs the best you know
how, for cholera is likely to strike.
Feed some bone and muscle forming
TO DDS right along, Keep in clean quar-
tefs. These things are in the direction
OF prevention.
A DAIRY record leads to careful obser-
va4ion and study of all the questions that
rclrte to successful dairying. The opin-
ion of farmer who thinks it ''too much
trouble to keep record isn't worth
mach as to dairy matters.
THE thoughtless man, as he looks
upon the luxuriant pasture and hay
fields in summer, may not think that he
lives upon them. But he does. 1t is
the grass and hay that through the
herds and the hoclis feed him, and
clothe him, too, very largely. Grass is
ling-Rnral and Stoclman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
A CURIOUS VEGETABLE.
BuIrushes Which hear a Close Resem-
blance to CaterpiIlRrs.

BuIruSheS NhlCh BeAr n chose keSem-
blance to CaterpiIlRrs.
One of the queerest things OF Tas.
mania. New Zealand, and other parts of
Australia is the bulrush, or vegetable
caterpillar. This wonderful plant is
fungus, sphaeria, which grows seven
or eight inches above the ground, gem
orally i'm single stem, round, and
thiclSly covered with brown seed for
some five or six inches, ending in a
curved, worm-like point. 1t is usually
found growing at the roots of particu-
lar tree, the rata" of the natives.
When this plant is pulled up its single
root is found to be the exact counter
part of large caterpillar, say one, three
or four inches long; but although it
preserves every detail Of such grubs, dis
section proves it to be solid wood. In
telligent persons Of the countries named
above say that this curiosity is formed
in the following manner: A large
species of moth feeds on the ''rata" tree;
the grub of this moth burrows in the
ground; the seed of the sphaeria gets
lodged between the scales on the grut's
neck, strikes root and completely turns
the interior OF the creature into a woody
substance, IA every case the she'll Of
the grub is left intact no small rootlets
puncturing it at any point Scientists
say that the above explanation is all
"bosh," and that the plant develops the
form OF caterpillar because it is its
nature to do so, If this DO true, why
should we laugh at the stories Of the
Mandrake Man and the Scythian Lamb,
specimens of which are preserved in tho
Surgeons museum, London.
Evening Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
HOG CHOLERA SYMPTOMS.
It Ia well 70 Know Theua, nut to Know
n Cure Is Betver.

1t Ia Well 70 Know Theua, nut TO Know
u Cure Is Betver.
The Iowa State Board OF Health gives
the following symptoms of hog choleT0'
The presence of the disease is indicated
by cold shivering lasting from few
seconds to several hours, frequently
sneeGing, followed by loss of appetitei
rough appearance of the hair, dropping
of the ears, stupidness, attempt to vom-
it, tendency TO root the bedding, to liz
down in dark and quiet places, dullness
OF the eye, often dim; sometimes swell
ing Of the head, eruption of the ears and
other parts of the body, dizziness, la,
borious breathing, gaunt appearance at
the fanls and pumping appearance at
each breathing, vitiated appetite for
dung, dirt and salty substances, accu-
mutation of mucus in inner corner Of
the eyes, discharge from the nose, fetid
and offensive odor of discharges from
the bowels, offensive exhalations diarr.
heal discharges, are semi-huid, of gray
ish green color and often mixed with
blood. In many cases the skin on the
belly, between the hind legs, behind the
ears and even on the nose has numerous
red spots, which, toward the fatal termi'
nation, turn purple. AS the disease pro-
crosses, the animal becomes sluggish,
the head droops with the nose near the
ground, but usually will be found ly-
ing down with the nose hid in the bed
ding. If there has been costiveness,
about two days before death there will
be offensive, fetid discharge; the voice
becomes faint and hoarse; the animal
is stupid; emaciation increases rapidly
the skin becomes dry, hard and very
unclean; there is cold, clammy sweat,
and death soon follows with convul'
sions, or gradually by exhaustion, with
out struggle. In chronic diseases, OF
those of longer duration, the animal be
comes weak, lies down most of the
time, eats but little and has diar
rhua. These cases may 1nger fol-
weeks, scattering the poison of the dis
ease in the discharges wherever they go
The Rural does not know that much
benefit is derived from the publication
of symptoms. The thing we are after
is prevention and cure, and the preven
ton will be found in feeding less corn
keeping in clean quarters, compelling
exercise and breeding from more ma
ture stock and avoiding in and in breed
ing. AS to a remedy, three-quarters o
the cases of ''hog cholera" are worms
and that good vermifuge will cure
| Western Rural
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
YOUNG COOKS.
Scenes at an Examination Dinner In .
Brooklyn IN. w Institute.

Scenes at an Examination Dinner In
Brooklyn IN. Y.) Institute.
The floor is spotlesslv clean, the little
gas-stoves at each division OF the long
tables where the young cooks prepare
their vinnds are in perfect order. Each
drawer contains its proper allowance Of
spoons, knives, measuring-cups, graters
egg-beaters, ETC., etc, and Is as fresh
and sweet as 1t can be made. The big
range smiles with black good-humor
across tho room to the polished glass
doors of the buffet where pretty china
table-service is displayed.
The trying times for the young house
keepers, after the six months course is
completed, are the examination, and
the "test dinner" which each student
must satisfactorily prepare before re-
ceiving her certificate. For the test din.
ner she receives plain bill Of fare, con.
sisting OF soup, fish, roast, vegetables.
dessert and coffee, each article bei1g
specified in kind, and this she is to serve
nicely in courses to little company of
guests which always includes somo OF
her instructors. Official guests are often
requested to mark their estimates of
the various dishes presented. For in
stance, well-favored appetizing soup
may be marked 100; the fish or roast,
lacking in some respects in cooking or
| service, receives 90; the vegetables, be-
ing just about right, 9s. Perhaps slow
fire has spoiled the bake" of fourth
dish, and 80 is the highest mark al
lowed by one just diner; while
another, compassionating the anxiety Of
the young hostess, let's mercy run away
with his judgment and puts down so for
the unfortunate dish. But in general
the favored guests speak in the highest
terms of the choice cooking and dainty
methodical service of the pupils in the
Institute cooking-classes. An addi.
tional course in fancy cooking, and
another in the selection, preparation,
and serving of food for invalids, are
offered, and hundreds of Brooklyn young
women are being trained in one of the
most useful of all housewifely arts and
fitting themselves to help their mothers
now, and to superintend homes Of theii
own by and by. There are also evening
classes where those who are employed
in any way through the day are admit
ted at lower rates of tuition
Occasionally man comes over from
Fulton Market bringing mysterious
looking, odd-shaped bundle, and variou
knives and saws. Perhaps the bundl,
contains quarter of beef, or a side O
mutton, which the man cuts up in tn,
presence of the class, explaining care
fully where are the best pieces 70
roasts, soups, and stews. He teache
the pupils how to tell whether the mea
is in good condition. Hanging on tn
wall is a large colored drawing of a co,
marked off in portions for cooking an
on the following day each scholar
, expected to tell now she would g
marketing and select a first-class dinner
st. Nicholas
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
Missed a BonanZa.

In 1877 Admiral Cochrane, one of tho
heroes of the English navy, obtained
from the government perpe lease
of the pitch lake at Trinidad at nominal
figures, but as the value of the pitch war
then little known, Cochrane was so in
different to his bonanza as to allow it to
revert to the government The lake is
now leased to a firm for period of
twenty-one years at an annual rental of
S4S, 900. Its area 10 about ninety acres,
and Humboldt believed that the supply
is inexhaustible, Had the Importance
in the manufacture of Trinidad asphalt
tum, Cochrano's family would be tha
richest of tho ranks of tAs Scotch -
bility. y.-Pittsburgh Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
Experience Essential to success.

What is wanted to insure success in
the poultry business is experience; this
is essential in every case. Experience
leads to the correction of errors, and
enables one 10 do what capital alone
can not accomplish with profit. No
person should devote his entire time to
or expend large sums of money in the
poultry business until he has started
at the foot of the ladder and worked his
way up to large business. Failures
usually occdr because poultry men,
who have but limited experience, are
too impatient and hasty in the endeavor
to do in a single season that which re-
qIlires practical knowledge in the di-
rection to which they have turned their
attention. Begin in small way and
grow,-Farm, Field and Stoclsman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
RUBBED OUT.
A Pencils Fateful Work Obliterated and
the Evil Consequences Averted.

A PencIrs Fateful Work obliterated and
the Evil Consequences Averted.
During the Russo-1url1ish war while
Mr.. Irving Montagu was in Turkey as
war artist of the Illustrated London
News, he was one day attracted by the
strikingly characteristic features Of one
of his guards. Having his notebook in
his hand, he iotted down sketch of the
face. Before it was finished the man
looked up and saw what was going on.
At once such an expression of horror
and revenge passed over his countenance
that Mr. Montagu was, as he says
thrilled by it.
''The fellows manner became rapidly
sullen and morose; nay more, utterly
wretched," writes the correspondent.
"If he supposed me possessed of the
vii eye, surely he was possessed of
Gwo of the most malignant orbs which
ever protruded from human Uranium.
Things went on in this mysterious
way till asked one of my comrades il
ter, when he explained that in that su-
perstitious country, to have ones feat
ures reproduced in any way was sign
OF Impending death.
''The whole thing was explained in a
moment Death, of whom | was the
agent, had to all intents and purposes
set his seal on my unfortunate fol-
lower, condition of affairs truly terri
BILE to contemplate. Melancholy had
marked him for her own
'However, there was no help for it;
the thing was done, though his settled
gloom affected us all not little, and no
explanation seemed likely to break the
spell which hung over him."
The mans moroseness was becoming
almost insufferable, when Mr.. Montagu
was suddenly ''inspircd with a bright
idea" He called tho fellow and ex-
planned to him that he had magic an
tidote to the lines of the fateful pencil.
With it the man himself could blot out
the pencils work for ever, and so break
the fatal spell.
'"The effect was marvellous; the mans
face instantly lighted up with mex
pressible delight At first he took hold
of the India-rubber with tho tips of his
fingers in the tenderest possible maj
ner, but on realizing its miraculous
qualities he rubbed literally for dear
life
Born and bred in remote part of
Anstolia, Suleiman had never even
heard of India-rubber The picture was
rubbed out. He smiled again, and so
did We."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
Elects of Food on Wool.

A Frer eh contemporary directs at
tention to the influence on the quality
of the fleece of the food which the sheep
eats, and dwells on the following four
points: /. TO obtain the right quantity
of good food the sheep must be well fed.
2. If the sheep receives too much food,
or food which is not nutritive, the wool
lacks strength, is destitute of grease,
and becomes in consequence fiabby,
rough to the touch, dry and harsh. 8.
Regularity in the distribution of the
food is very important; faults in this
matter affect the quality of the wool.
4. There is difference of opinion about
the action of certain food on wool. All,
however, agree in ascribing a marked
influence to fertile pastures. The wool
of sheep that enjoys such good pastm-
age is abundant; the fiber is long and is
characterized by its softness, white
ness, luster and strength, Sturm, who
is high authority on the subject, has
proved that all the foods which promote
pelApiIstion produce fine wool.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
A Monkey's Intelligence,

The following anecdote proves con-
clusively that animals do reason. A
friend of the writer owns monkey,
which answers to the name of "Jocllo. !"
The children of the house and Jocko
are boon companions, and of a summer
afternoon enjoy frolic together upon
the lawn. One day, some one threw a
match down, and tho grass ignited,
making a little blaze. Jocko saw it,
stopped and looked, then glanced all
around, and seeing piece of plank not
far off, ran Tor it, crept cautiously to
the fire, all the time holding the plank
as a shield between himself and the
flame, then threw the plank on the fire
and pressed it down and extinguished
it. What child could have reasoned
better and done more? Although, per-
haps, no danger could have come from
the fire, still no one knows what the
result might have been; and the monkey
evidently believed that prudence is the
better part of VAlor,-N, o. Picayune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17

THERE Is moro Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put To-
0ether, and until the last few years was sup
posed TO be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh TO be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. j.
Cheney IL Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. It acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case II
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. f. ]. CHENEY u Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-17
USEFUL HOBBIES.
How Spare Time May BE Probably Oc-
cupled.

How Spare Time May BE Probably Oc-
cupied.
Hard study hurts no man, and there is
no knowing when it may serve a man a
good turn. During the time that he was
q lawyer and clerk of the courts in New
Haven, the late General Terry was
hard student in military sCierce and
tactics. He read all of the leading works
from European campaigners and tacti-
clans, and kept himself thoroughly
posted upon all progress in military
science and all improvements in the
art of war This was his recreation.
He could not have supposed that the
time would come when this information
would be of use to him; but we doubt if
there was West Point man of his age
any better read in all literature or works
pertaining to the profession of the SOL
dier. The war came, and Terry, with
the first sound of the tocsin, offered his
services. Then his studies came into
play, and without political influence,
without personal solicitation, on his
merits as well-qualified officer, he
worked his way to the front rank. 1t
does a man good to have useful hobby.
1t may prove to be his good friend some
day. Hours upon hours are wasted by
men that might be devoted to study; but
these men will tell you they 'never
have a moments time" We met, not
long since, most entertaining old gem
tlemen, whose life has been one of con-
slant effort in political and business
life, and yet his general reading was
most comprehensive, and he took up
study of Hebrew after he was seventy
years of age. OF course this erudition,
which made him charming converse.
tionalist, was not acquired by playing
pool in club house. He would have
thought life altogether too short for that
Tl,I fa n Com rnia1