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Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-29
She UommItted suicide.

Mrs. F. G. Boo, at watkins, left this letter:
"My husband-Forgive me II I cause you trou-
BILE, but suffer so. You do not know what
these long, wakeful, wretehed nights are to
me. and am so tired, darling-the pain will
never be better. 1t is not easy to take my own
life, but have been sick so long. Goodbye.
but one OF thousands that give UP, instead of
using DR.. Miles Restorative Nerviue, and being
speedily cured of their wretchedness. Go to
bottle free.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-29
An Odd Amin nj.

No horned tortoise now exists, but a
fossil specimen was found awhile ago
on Lord Howe's island, in the southern
Pacific, which had four horns on it's
crest and resembled cross between a
horned toad and swapping turtle
New York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-29
LOVES QUEST.

sought Love in each highway far and wide
At every door stood long with outstretched
hands,
Praying for Loves sweet aims; yet my de-
mands
Were met with only hate and naught beside.
At last, footsore and weary, 1 turned home,
To find there in thy gentle, tear filed eyes
Sweet love, long sought for-and no more
roam.
Mary Kent Davey.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-29
Answer This OuestiOn.

Why do SO many people we see around rs
seem to prefer to suffer and be made miserable
OF Appetite, Coming up of the Food, yellow
Skin, when for 75c we will sell them 6hiloh's
Vitalizer, guaranteed to cure them. Sold
Wholesale by Haas, Baruch d Co., and all re-
tail druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
To Cure a Red Nose.

81 have always been troubled with a
nose that would turn reddish whenever
particularly desired to look my best"
said pretty young girl, "but | really
think l have found an antidote. At least
1t has proved very efficacious in my case,
and as experienced such genuine dis
comfort with my unfortunate nose
would like to suggest the remedy to
similarly afflicted sisters. AT all events
1t will do no harm, for it is simply to
wash the entire face at night with hot
water and afterward rub the nose well
with alcohol; this does not irritate the
skin as it might seem. Chronic redness
comes from defective circulation and
the alcohol acts as tonic to the capil-
harry tubes. This is also, am told, an
excellent remedy for pi1nples or rough
skin. "-Ne,0 York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
A Familiar Type of Society Woman.

She is woman of decided though
unique ideas of color combinations and
very pronounced theories as to style,
her only authority, however, being her
own Individual taste, beyond which
there is no appeal. We all know this
woman. She hesitates at nothing. If
she be middle-aged and sallow, she no
more shrinks from daisy covered bon
net than she does from a rose-colored
gown or sash of baby blue drawn di-
agonally from shoulder to waist, after
the fashion of an Oddfellow on parade
If the bonnet, gown or sash chance to
please her fancy. Perhaps she affects
mittens for evening wear, while her
more conservative sisters are gloved in
kid to the shoulders, and the hue of her
bonnet-strings-and she is much given
to strings-swears at her gown, while
her fiaring parasol catches up the pro
family and blazes away promiscuousIy
in all directions. She is sweet woman
many times, and always to degree in
genuous. 1t is not uncommon for her
more conservative sisters to nudge one
another as she passes, and the ill-bred
and malicious do sometimes call her a
fright. This is all wrong. The trouble
is that she has never been properly
classified or introduced. This, friends,
is Ye Ladye Orchid.-Harper'S Bazar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

then came some one who said, "Let me
take him" and she took him into room
where there was a piano and an Ameri-
can flag and big heap of damp clay,
and she said to him, Would you like to
make arabbit?" And his eyes sparkled,
and he said he would. Then she took
some of the damp clay and began
molding it in her fingers, and she let
him take some and watch how she
worked, and so they worked together,
and by and by his rabbit was almost as
good as hers Then each of them made
another rabbit, and she asked, "How
many rabbits are there nowT' And he
said instantly, -Four rabbits"
This time he had learned his lesson
very quickly and his eyes sparkled as
he gave the right answer Then she
told him he could not make any more
rabbits that day, but he might come
again the next day at the same hour
and they would make some more rab-
bits and perhaps a bird. So he went
away; but he was so interested in the
rabbit making that all the rest Of the
day he was thinking about it, and pick
ing up little mud in the street and get
ting bit of the dough for bread that
his mother was making, that he might
practice making rabbits and be ready
for the next day. And he was so busy
over this and so happy that he forgot all
about lie he had meant to tell and a
gingerbread cake he had meant to steal
THE MAGIC WORD.
This was what had happened to him.
He had learned even more easily than
before that two and two make four, but
something else had happened to him
he had forgotten to be bad. He had not
been given any higher aspirations, any
wider knowledge of good and evil, or
the results of good and evil; he had sim
ply forgotten about evil, because he had
been interested in something else.
Interested-that is the magic word.
The problem of the age is to make vir-
tue, knowledge, philanthropy inter-
esting. We all know the witty advice,
eff you would be wise and good and
happy, educate your grandmother.
And in this recognition of the immense
power of heredity we are apt to &C
knowledge the d1scouraglng factor of
the impossibility. We cannot educate
our grandmother, we say, but there are
grandmothers whom we can educate.
Let who will make the laws of the ma
ton, so only we can educate the chill
dren.
And what is education? 1t is teaching
people to know things, you will say. SO
=, l.. 4
extent it is teaching them to feel things
as the little boy in the kindergarten
feels far more patriotic waving a little
American flag as he marches around the
room to stirring strain from the piano
than he feels after he has simply learned
the fact from a teacher or book that he
has country and ought to love it,
Hdrper's Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Vessels Oftenest Wrecked.

After making proper allowance for
the larger number of vessels engaged in
certain kinds of trade it is still evident
that there is an excessive number of
wrecks corresponding to certain classes
of cargoes. Coal vessels are the most
exposed to danger, then ships in ballast
and then ships that are lumber laden.
The cause of SO many disasters to lum-
Der laden vessels is undoubtedly the
venerable age and decrepit character of
the craft SO employed. With steamers
grain, coal and cotton are the most dan
gerous cargoes because of their liability
to take fire.-Prouidenc Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
A Convincing Experience.

In their occasional trips to town, far
mers' sons are very apt to receive the
impression that young men in cities
not only have less monotonous life
than they, but work neither as hard nor
as many hours. One who had very de-
cided opinions in this respect came to
town last August, and secured a posi-
ton in the fruit department of an ex-
tensive dealer in family supplies. {"
During the unprecedented rush of the
next few weeks, when fifteen hours
constituted an ordinary days work,
and two or three additional ones were
not unusual, he evidently did consider
able thinking, before he said to the
proprietor one day, Well, Mr.. A,
l have concluded to quit next Saturday
night" "You haveP What's the mat
ter? Anything gone wrone?" asked
Mr.. A, in his sharp direct way.
ooh, no! suppose it's all right, but I
amt used it. When l was to home,
father always hired a steam threshing-
machine for two or three days every
year, and just about worked the life
out of everybody. Now I've been here
seven weeks and you've threshed every
day, and I've got enough of it."-ChriS-
tidn Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Useful for Many Purposes.

A sandbag is one of the most useful
of household articles. Its virtues are
equal if not superior to the hot water
bag, and the cost is considerably less.
The sand should be fine and clean, and
should be thoroughly dried out before
being" bagged." 1t is better to cover
the flannel bag which holds the sand
with cotton one, as this prevents the
sand from sitting out. A bag not
larger that ten inches square is an
available size. Mothers whose chill
dren are subject TO earache will find
these bags invaluable; they hold the
heat long time and their composition
is such that they are easily adjustable
to the affected parts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Gbs 9ousebulb,
Gingerbread.

Mary Hammer, run this minute
Get the pail with 'lasses in 1t;
Fetch the short'nin' and the flour.
Hurry-don't be gone an hour
Bring the salt and soda-hear me?
Bring the pans, and put 'em near me.
We must never have it said
Mary Hammer Perkins wed
Fore she l'arnt her gingerbread.
Run and fetch your mothers glasses.
There Now look A cup o. 'lasses
Next tablespoon of lard
Stir it in and beat it hard
Now little drop o. water
Get it at the pump, my da'ter;
Now dissolve the soda in it;
One egg whipped for half minute;
Pinch O. salt; now sift your flour in.
Therel Take care-you've got power in
Stir it, beat it, whip it-see?
Light and right as dough can be.
Where's the ginger That's well thought on
Strange it was 80 nigh forgotten
Without that it can't be said
Gingerbread is ginger bread.
Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

A SHEET of glass-a window-pane
for example-can be cut as easily as a
sheet of cardboard. The secret con-
sists in keeping the glass, the shears
and the hands under water during the
operation. The glass can be cut in
straight or curved lines without break
or crack. This is because the water
deadens the vibrations of the shears
and the glass. If the least part of the
shears comes out of the wafer, the
vibration will be sufficient to mar the
success of the experiment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Mistellamp.
TMentY.One To-day.
BY WARNER WILLIS FRIES.

bA NhhNhh WILLIE
Yes, I am twenty one to-day;
How very old it seemsl
Now 1 can have things my own way
And realize my dreams.
IT'S hard to walk in leading-strings
A score Of years and one;
Now can give my genius wings,
For 1 am twenty-one.
just now heard my father say,
With something like groan,
That might some time rue the day
1 left the dear old home.
know the place is well enough
But it seems like cage;
And, must own, I'd find it tough
To stay, now I'm of age.
saw my mother shed tear,
And sadly wipe her eyes;
Her heart was filed with doubt and fear
Which she could i'll disguise.
l really cannot understand
Why they should act that way,
For life looks bright on either hand
I'm twenty.one to-day.
My father says the time will come,
When he is in his grave,
And over him the grasses dun
Their slender threads shall wave,
When will realize his worth
And long for his advice;
That his experience on earth
Has cost fearful price.
hope the dear old boy will live
Till my earth race is run.
How hard he finds it to forgive
Ny being twentyone
I asked him, in joking way,
That put him in rage,
II he had quite forgot the day
When he became " of age"
He said that then he thought he knew
Though hardly out of school,
More than father and mother too,
Like any other fool"
And 1 replied, " If that's the case,
You really ought to see
That, having once been in my place,
You're rather hard on me-"
Then mother sadly shook her head
And said she rather guessed
That I'd find out when they were dead
The ones who'd loved me BEST
That life was full OF wicked ways
That led away from God,
And boys were few who all their days
The upward pathway trod.
And then to ease her dear old soul,
I'll tell you what did,
quite forswore the flowing bowl
And for salvation bid.
I told her, and I'll keep my vow,
Q'm far too proud to lie)
That through all future time, from now
Until come to die,
I'll never taste. or touch, or sell,
A drop Of alcohol.
1t leads too many souls to hell;
1t meier shall cause my fall.
And let me whisper in your ear,
promised one thing more,
That will keep myself quite clear
OF all that is not pure.
Then mother said, "God bless you, boy;
Your life is we'll begun,
For you have filed my heart with Joy
The day you're twenty-one."
And father said, with trembling tone,
" feared our boy was wild;
I'm ready now to journey home,
For God has blessed my child"
Now l must give up playing cards
Down in old Tins saloon,
And say good-by to those old pards
Who sit up with the moon,
And give to my cigars the sack,
Forsake the evil one,
And keep the straight and narrow track,
For l am twenty-one.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
What "Interested" Means In the
Education of a Child.

There was once child, and because
he was born less fortunate than others,
he was less good. And those people who
were better, because more fortunate,
said among themselves: 1T is very sad
that he should not be good. Let us be
kind to him. What shall we do?' And
they said, Educate him." But what is
education? 1T is teaching him facts.
We will teach him that two and two
make four. Then he will be intelligent,
and when he is intelligent he will be
good"
So they taught him that two and two
make four, but he did not become any
better nor did he seem much more in
telligent. Then they said, perhaps it
is the bad air" for they were teaching
him in the same old haunts where he
had lived, where the rooms were small
and sitting. so that his muscles were
cramped and there was scarcely any air
to breathe, and what he did breathe was
almost poisonous And they said: 1--WE
will be kinder still. We will build him
separate school house, in a good locali-
ty, with large rooms and plenty of win
dows, and good air outside of the win
dows."
This they did and taught him again
that two and two make four. This time
he learned it more quickly, because the
air was better, but he did not become a
good boy, and, although he had little
more intelligence, it seemed almost as
though he used his intelligence to in
crease his ingenuity in evil resources.
Then they said, 1--WE will build other
schools-moral schools, Sunday schools
and tell him how beautiful it is to do
right and how terrible to do wrong"
But this did not have any perceptible eff
feet upon him. Then they said, 1--WE
will brighten him; we will tell him that
God will punish him if he does wrong"
But he wasn't frightened. And then
they said, 1--WE will punish him our
selves; we will build Jail with bolts
and bars and shut him up if he does
wrong"
THE SECRET DISCOVERED.
But still he did wrong, and was shut
up, and when he came out he only did
more wrong, because all the time he had
been in Jail he had been angry at having
been shut up, and had been thinking
what he could do when he should get
out to show that he was angry. And
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

THE best cure Tor rheumatism or
neuralgia is Salvation Oil, used accord
ing to directions. twenty-five cents.
THE news from the seat of war is
constantly contradictory, but not so
from Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. Every
report concerning it proves it to be the
best Cough Syrup known. Only twenty
five cents bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

AN old fiat file or, better still, solder
ing-iron, made red hot and passed
over hard putty, softens it at once, so
that the broken glass may be removed
and the putty scraped away with the
fingers or an old case knife.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

THE following process is said to re-
store 10 waterproof the original soft
ness: Dissolve teaspoonful of best
gray lime in half pailful of water,
wipe the cloak well with a soft cloth
wrung loosely out of the mixture, hang
to dry and repeat the operation in two
hOuTg
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

IT is not theory but fact-that Hoods
Sarsaparilla makes the weak strong. A
fair trial will convince you of its merit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Rev. William HoIltnshed

OF Sparta, N. j., voluntarily says:
ITO Whom it May Concern:
"Unasked l deem it my duty to n suffering
humanity whose bodies and souls would
have healthy to tell them of the value of
Hoods Sarsaparilla. While living In Ohio
one of my children was greatly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

A stamp similar to above, with any variation de
sired costs but trlhe, is quickly and easily used
IDENTIFIES your products, and helps to advertise
them. Send for price list. or call and see tn
stamps
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Afflicted With Boils

having 80 on her limbs, and being unable to
walk. | had heard of Hoods Sarsaparila,
and bought bottle, half of which cured en-
tirely. Two years after, another child was
afflicted as badly l used the other half
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla with like re-
suits. About four years after, the child first
afflicted was again tormented like job, and
bought bottle ION Sunday at that and
again cure. l gave some of the medicine to
apoor woman and two children; they were
helped as were mine. Through a testimo-
NAL sent to c. I. Hood g. Co., inquiries came
from all the country, asking If 1t was a bona
flde' testimonial. and of course | wrote all
that 1t was, and have the knowledge of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

Hoods Pills cure habitual constipation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Any person wishing TO know more. enclosing
stamp will be Informed. Yours for the
health, happiness and virtue of humanity"
WILLIAM HoLLINsHED, pastor of Presby-
terrain church, Sparta, N J.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-28

The Convention at Cln"innau
selected As its candidate for the i o.
idency Gen. John Bid veil, Of Cali
fornia. He is a native Of Chauhuqua
county, New York. and is in his
seventy third year. His parents were
Of New England stock, but the boy,
from his youth, had strain in his
nature impelling him t. m grafton.
At the age Of twenty he tu-n'd his
face westward, and settled in what
was then the frontier state Of low ,.
A little later he went to Kansas,
where he earned livelihood as a
teacher. Thence he went among the
earliest tide of settlers to California.
The Mexican war broke out shortly
after his arrival, and young Bidwell
went to the front as Lieutenant.
He served till the close of the war,
and was mustered out with the rank
OF Major. He was Senator in the
first Legislature OF the new State OF
Californi,. He became soldier again
In 1883, when the Governor gave
him the command of the Fifth Brig
ade of California militia, and he re-
tanned that position till the end of
the war. In 1864 he was elected to
Congress, and served us Chairman OF
the Committee on Agriculture. He
declined a denomination at the end
OF his term, aud devoted himself to
business pursuits. In 1890, however,
he was, contrary to his wish, made
Prohibition candidate for Governor
OF California. He was defeated, but
his ringing speeches during the cam
paign won for him the enthusiastic
admiration OF every Prohibitionist
voter I'm the State.
One incident in General Bidwells
life, of surprising interest to Prohibi-
,ionists, will illustrate his Devotion
70 principle and his determination to
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-28

do right without regard to cost. His
first vineyard was of wine grapes, he
having been persuaded that the use
of pure wines would prove conduct We
to true Temperance. Determined to
produce only the best, he planted the
choicest of vines, secured the most
costly experts in wine making, and
erected buildings suitable for the pur
pose of producing only the best of
wines. A short experience only was
sufficient to convince him that instead
of forming Temperance habits in 9th
ers he was in reality manufacturing
drunkards. TO be convinced OF that
fact with him was to act. He inn
medlateIy dug up his grape vines,
burned them into ashes, gave his
best wines to a San Francisco hos
pital for medical use, made vinegar
of the poorest, and wentout of the
wine mat ing business forever.
Gen. Bidwell has the distinction of
owning one of the largest farms in
the country-a tract of $4,000 acres.
He found party of Indians upon it,
and they have been in his charge
ever since. He has seen that their
physical wants were always supplied,
while his wife has taught them to
read and has conducted religious ser
vices for them. The General has
given substantial proof of the sinceri-
~ of his Prohibition convictions by
digging up and burning Il valuable
plantation Of choice grape vines
which was on his estate. They were
capable of making the finest wines,
but Gen. Bidwell thought that the
best thing he could do with them
was to burn them, and he did so.
The convention went to Texas for
its candidate for the Vice Presidency.
1t has chose DR.. j. b. Crantill, of
Waco. He is native of Texas and
VI dSNs liz ""'
reared on farm, but fitted himself
for the position of a teacher which he
held with success when he was only
seventeen years old. During his
spare time he studied medicine, and
after subsequent course of studies
under competent teachers, he passed
his examination and acquired the NJ.
ID. diploma. In addition to his prac-
tice, he became editor Of the Gates
Vile advance, in which he strongly
advocated the Prohibition amend.
ment. AT this time the paper had
attained very large circulation and
was recognized as the leading TEN.
perance and Prohibition paper in the
State. In August, 1879, he called the
first Prohibition party convention OF
Texas, which met Sept. Z and nomi-
mated State ticket which the fol-
lowing November polled 5000 votes.
In December, 1886, DIR. Cranfill
moved to Waco. Soon thereafter the
great campaign for Constitutional
Prohibition began in Texas, and Dr.
Cranfill took position at once as the
! leading journalist on that side of the