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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Fate of the Pennies.

What becomes of all the pennies? 1t
seems to be with them very much as it
is with pins-nobody knows where and
how they disappear. Yet they vanish
in some fashion. Last year the Phila-
delphia mint coined $4,000, 900 pennies.
1t would take a good-sized building to
hold so many, but they do not begin to
supply the never-satisfied demand for
more. Just now the establishment re-
ferred to is hard at work manufacturing
further supplies, and so it will continue.
Bronze cents are subject to more acct
dents than happen to any other United
States coins. 1t 8 said that a penny
changes hands in trade ten times for
once that dime passes from one pocket
to another. Being of small value, these
little pieces are not taken much care of.
There are thousand ways in which
they get out of circulation, and thus
the minting of them has to be kept up
continually. The metal blanks from
which they are made by the simple
process of stamping are turned out for
Uncle Sam by contract by factory in
Connecticut at the rate of thousand
for 81. AS they come from the ma
SbihO1 hiSoh anu hCW, LuOy lOOh ike
glittering gold. One may get notion
of the number of pennies lost from the
history of the old half.cents. Of these,
100000 were issued a few years ago.
Where are they now? A few are in
the cabinets of coin collectors. None
have been returned to the mint for re-
coinage or are held by the treasury.
Nobody sees them in circulation. All
of them except some hundreds saved
by the curio hunters have absolutely
disappeared. OF the old copper PEN
MES, 119 100000 still remain unac-
counted for, save that once in long
while one sees a specimen. There are
more than 100000 bronze two. cent
peices somewhere out of $500 900 of
them that the government issued. Of
nickel three-cent pieces, nearly 2,000,-
900 are yet outstanding, although it is
seldom that one of them is come
across.-Neao York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13

main classes are The incurred, re hexed,
pompon, japanese and the lovely
anemone. 1t is q good time now t.
purchase strong plants from the green
houses, If one has not these alre ady
homegrown. In September, take them
under shelter for winter blooming, or
to force for public displays.
AzALEAs.-A plant foot high ready
for blooming, will next spring cost
three dollars. The wild ones are
equally beautiful, and are now on ex-
hibition under the name of swamp
cheese blossoms" or swamp pinks, in
many meadow. There they are pink,
yellow and white, and as soon as they
are out of flower, they may be had for
the digging, as it were without money
and without price. Only little fore
thought and care will make amends for
lack of ready cash to expend for such
qualifications. Most of the lilies that
make brilliant the meadows bear trans
plantation we'll and develop new
charms each year, that fully repay the
care given them. All our choice plants
are somebody's mere wild flowers. II
the szaleas and lilies are marked now
so as to be found when their distinctive
foliage has wholly or partly disappeared,
transplanting may be postponed till the
heated term and busy season are past,
may even be delayed until nearly the
frosty season.
RosEs.-The rose if it has been well
cared for, is now holding a riotous fes-
tival of voluptuous beauty, roses, roses
everyw here. The bushes are atiame,
and the wind has rose-petaled the
walks. Roses are long-lived shrubs,
and we read of one rose tree that leans
against the old chapel of st. Anne in
Hildesheim, Germany, whose root is
eight hundred years old and whose
present height of thirty feet is one
hundred and ten years old Do not
forget to cut the roses with liberal
hand and prune to compact shape
illness this month after the buds
cease to come. Then spade well and
keep all weeds down, that new growth
may be speeded; for the buds come
best from the new wood. Keep the
garden richly fertilized.-Kezioh Shell
ton, in Neso York Observer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
July Duties in the Flower Garden.

PANsIEs.-Seeds should now be sown
for transplanting in late September or
early October into pots or boxes for
winter blooming; therefore, while they
remain out of doors, nip in the bud any
precocious offers to bloom. Kept well
clipped back; each plant in early autumn
should be clump of sturdy, stocky
stems, leaves dark green and heavy.
CHRYsANTHEMUMs.- These need lit
tie treatment now, except to keep the
earth rich, keep back the buds, and
train as desired. If a few choice flowers
for exhibition are preferred, cut back
all but the main stem, and keep all
lateral branches on this clipped within
an inch of the main stalk. Toward
blooming time, single out the larger
buds and nip off the inferior ones. If
a bushy plant is desired, confne the
clipping to fortnightly cutting off of
the tip of each perpendicular and lat
eral branch; take off about an inch.
This forces the plant to thicken,
and keeps it short and stocky. The
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Jams and Jellies.

There is a mistaken idea current
among houseke epers that though jel-
lies require carefulness in their manu-
facture, jams may be made anyhow.
This may be true if by jam is meant
boiled up "mash " of fruit, but to pre-
pare true jam, smooth compete which
shall retain all he delicate flavor of the
fruit, it is necessary to prepare the
fruit well, measure the sugar, and cook
them together with careful attention to
rule. If the fruit is partly unripe or
imperfect in development, if too much
sugar is added, if the whole is cooked
too long, or not long enough, the result
is marred, the jam is poor, stringy and
generally Objectionable. 1t may be
laid down as the foundation essential,
that all the fruit used for jams and jel-
lies should be perfect of its kind, well
developed, and entirely ripe. For poor
stunted specimens from your garden
and orchard, windfalls and half ripened
fruits, you may be able to find other
uses if you are ingenious, but do not
risk your reputation by trying to make
jellies of them, or jams. A failure in
such case is foreordained result. One
of the most common errors, both in
making jams and jellies, is to add too
much sugar. The usual rule, pound
for pound, may be tolerated with the
tart fruits, but with the sweeter kinds,
a less portion of the sugar is preferable,
especially for jams. Too little sugar in
the preparation of jams is to be de-
cidedly preferred to too much.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Hammock and Veranda Pillows.

Pillows for hammocks and verandas
should be in shapes and sizes not differ
ent from pillows for the house. Their
uses are the same; one is for rest and
comfort indoors, and the other for rest
and comfort out of-doors. The cover
ing for the outdoor pillows should al
ways be of some material that can be
Numbered, linen and cotton goods being
more used than silks, though there are
some qualities of wash silks that can
be done up as well as cotton goods. A
nice linen towel can be made into a
very pretty pillow-covering, with the
fringe used across two ends of it. If
the pattern in which it is woven hap
pens to be fruit, or flowers, or vines,
outline it with long stitch in colored
floss of an appropriate color. The eff
feet is extremely pretty. Awning goods
is also an excellent covering for ham
mock pillows. - DemoreSt'S Family
Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13

see, had no time to think of being
nervous" The diagrams made from
the gauge showed the locomotive to be
almost perfect as regards distribution
OF power. 1t developed 1000 horse
power and consumed two and one
third pounds of coal per horsepower
per hour. Mr.. Sinclair is confident
that with one car it could run 100
miles an hour. The locomotive, $40,
is the record-breaker which, on the fa-
nous run to Buffalo on September IA,
1891, 439t miles in 1859 minutes, made
the lab miles to Albany in 40 minutes.
With its tender 1t weighs 100 tons. Its
drivers are six and one-half feet in
diameter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Biographies for the Blind.

A geography for blind people has
been contrived which enables them to
gain tolerably correct idea of the pc
culiarities of the earth's surface. The
maps are carved from wood or nodded
in plaster, and accurately present the
inequalities in the surface of the coun-
try. Mountains are, of course, repre-
sented by ridges in the map; oceans,
rivers and lakes by perfectly smooth,
CLASSY surfaces, while a little group of
toy houses represents city. The sys-
tenn is admirable, since it is really an
object lesson in nature and enables
these unfortunate people to gain ideas
which they would never in any other
way be able to acquire.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
A Thief in the Night.

Move up Closer" said the letter
"e," and maybe l can interest you"
All the compositors were gone. The
paper was being run off in the base
ment. 1t was only bit of type that
was talking, the letter "e," and it lived
in dark, black box, along with lot of
other letters of the same sort.
Il used to be bright and new" went
on the letter &C." but that was long
ago now. People in our line soon get
dusty and dingy. 1t was so with me.
Then / was handled first by Slug "A, as
the man was called who threw me in
and out of the box where 1 lived, to
help make up the paper. felt quite
important as l heard Slug Al say:
where is the letter 'e,' an 'e' in
love-she loved another
"Then felt sure that was figuring
in some romance. 1t was so charming.
| wondered who she was. Next day /
fell under the eyes of thousands of men
and women. Some of them cried over
me, some completely ignored my pres
ence. l went everywhere, and saw
many strange things.
"Then the next night 1 was part of
the word DEATH and it made me feel
quite solemn, and as the nights flew l
was helping spell marriage and / re.
joiced; and stolen,' and 1 felt cheap /;
and romance and oh! that was nice t;
and hate, and that was spiteful; and
love- and / was sure that was Just
splendid.
ebay by day, night by night, Slug "A
took me out of my dark box, put me in
the paper, and played my small part
in writing down the story of the world
Now it was song of gladness, now one
of sorrow, now one of rejoicing, and
now one of pain. In each played my
part, sharing in the happiness of the
one, the sadness of the other-even if l
am but small bit of lead, the let
ter 'e.'
Zone night peeped slyly out of my
dusty home, and found Slug A hard at
work, as usual. 1 had seen him so
many, many nights in the long past
that perhaps l did not notice how
changed he was, for l had grown used
to his white face as it appeared there
under the dull glare of the electric
globes. | kept very still, for 1 was try
ing to hide, not caring to do duty that
night. When L glanced at the copy
from which Slug Al was composing it
said:
"' Death comes like a thief in the
night, and so it came to -
In that sentence there are several
'e's,' and 1 felt that 1 would be called
and sure enough up went the words,
one after another
"' Death-comes like "a - thief
in-the-night-a nd-so-it-cam'-
Il felt Slug A grip my body, and l
was flashed in the word 'came,' the
final sc in came
"Just then there was a commotion
in the office, and some one cried out
that Slug "A was fainting. He fell over
his case, his stick in his hand, the let.
ter { e. under his thumb, and that let.
ter e myself.
"And now l know how death steals
up like thief in the night, for in such
fashion was it that it came to
g Poor old Slug 44l"-New York
| RecOrder.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Fastest Train in the World.

The fastest train in the world leaves
New York on the New York Central
road at nine o'clock in the summer for
Albany. Not many days ago, Just be-
fore the train pulled out, bystanders
noticed an iron box just in front of the
cylinder on the right side of the engine.
This box was about three feet high,
open at the top and rear and Just about
Just as the train started a man adjusted
a gauge on the front of the locomotive
and, doubling himself Hp, took his place
in the box. 1t was Angus Sinclair, the
editor of Locomotive Engineering, and
his object was to find out the locomo-
tive's power and steam distribution,
and to determine how great speed it
could make. AT Albany he was helped
out, rather stiff from his cramped po-
sition, but feeling all right. After
wards, when talking about his ride, he
said: " Seventy-eight miles an hour
is, believe, the fastest recorded time
made on level by locomotive draw
ing train, and we ran four miles at
that rate. How did l know this? Be-
cause | counted the revolutions of the
driving wheels. At the fastest the
drivers made $40 revolutions minute.
The counting was done by ear and by
feeling. To any but trained ear the
sound from the smoke-stack of loco
motive travelling faster than sixty miles
an hour is like continuous blast, but
an old engineer can detect distinct pull
sations. 1t is an acquired faculty and
comes only with long experience.
There are four puffs to every revolu-
ton of the drivers, and one of these is
a trifle louder than the others. This
serves to divide them into tours. A
trained engineer can count these puffs,
and, by grouping them into twenties,
which he che cks off on his fingers, ar
rive at a conclusion regarding the num-
Der of revolutions a minute. Then, the
circumference of the drivers being
known, it is simple matter to reckon
the rate of speed. Besides this, there
is sort of shock throughout the loco
motive on the down stroke of the driv-
ing-rod which aids in the counting.
This counting has become, through
practice, a mechanical act with me,
and on my ride yesterday l was count
ing, looking after the machinery of the
gauge, and supplying the gauge with
paper on which the diagrams were to
be marked, at the same time. So you
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Where Life Lasts Long,

81 observe that when a man dies in
this country at the age of 100 years or
whereabouts, the papers elaborate on
the occurrence in their news columns as
fit were something wonderful" said
Ramon Casanova of Guadala lara, Mex
leo, who was in this city, recently. 81
know score or more of people in Mex
leo considerably more than 100 years
old, and who give promise of living
many years yet. There is a limited
area in the state of Tamaulipas, whose
climate, water and general condition
seem especially to induce longevity. L
visited the neighborhood few months
since, and saw five generations of one
name living in the same house. The
eldest male was said to be 132 years old.
He is shriveled and weazened, blind
and almost dumb, but in other respects
all OF his vital functions appear to be
strong and normal. There are perhaps
fifty people in the neighborhood whose
lives have spanned century. They
are a pastoral people of Spanish and
Aztec blood, and for generations have
intermarried contrary to all the ac-
cepted laws of consanguinity. Their
constitutions are not particularly ro-
bust, and none of them is over five
feet six inches tall. They are cut off
from the rest of the world, and are ig-
norant as to the great population of the
globe, nor do they seem to have the
slightest conception as to the mode of
life of other people. They live in the
most primitive way, and perhaps it is
this absence of the tremendous pres
sure of modern civilization that largely
conduces to their marvellous longev-
ity.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Everybody's Garden.

All along the wayside is everybody's gardenl
There the wild rose blossoms through tho
summer days.
Bounded by field fences, and ever stretching
onward,
1t is Gods own garden. For it, give him
praise
'Tis gay with goldenrod,
There blooming grasses nod,
And sunfowers small and yellow turn ever In
to the sun.
QUART darky heads are there,
And daisies wild and fair.
In everybody's garden each flowers the love-
lest one
all along the wayside is everybody's gardenl
Come out and gather poses; the very air Is
sweet.
Come out with hearts of gladness, ye big and
little children,
Into our Fathers garden, made for our stroll
ing feet.
The fitting butterfly,
The fragrant winds that sigh,
Tho tiny clouds that hover above us in the
blue;
The birds song high and clear
Make heaven draw more near.
In everybody's garden the world once moro is
newt
Christian linton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
A Convincing Argument.

Johnnie is imbibing politics from his
democratic father, but he may be all
right yet. The other day he asked:
"Say, pop, amt the democratic party
mighty old?" Eyes, my son." replied
the o father At proudly older der, than any
clear back to the food or Whereabouts"
d" Well, Noah wasn't democrat" dis
scented the youngster. Glow do you
know he wasn't?" "Because he lived
on water for forty days and nights"
And the argument was so convincing
that the father sent Johnnie to bed
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Getting Even.

The story is told of Professor John
Stuart Blackie that on one occasion he
chalked on the blackboard in the lecture
room at the University of Edinburgh:
" Professor Blackie will not meet his
classes to-day" An audacious student
rubbed out the in classes. Professor
Blackie discovered the change and mod
flied it further by the removal of the |.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Mistellanp.
Die Ere Thou Deceive.

o trust the eyes that win theei
And trust the lips that smilei
And let no doubt within thee
Trouble thy JOY the whilel
Seize and enjoy the present,
'Tis all the wise can do.
Could 1t make thine more pleasant
To know thy love were true2
II she prove true forever,
Can that increase thy bliss
Today? Nay, thou wilt never
Know truer Joy than this.
And If she turn deoeiver,
Why should thy strong heart grievef
Weep only If thou grieve her.
And die ere thou deceive.
Robert Bridges, in New York .Snu.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale by G. Blakely,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13

HOODS SARsAPARILLA absolutely
cures all diseases caused by impure
blood, and it builds up the whole sys-
tenn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Campaign Waterman !

Beginning with the issue of July 20,
The Waterman Publishing Company
will issue Campaign Edition of THE
VERMONT wATCHMAN and con-
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including Wednesday, November 80.
This will make twenty issues, cover
ing the period of the Political Cam
paign, state and national, the Elec-
tions, state and national, and the
Session of the Legislature.
This Campaign Edition will consist
of four pages of the size of the regular
WATCHMAN pages. 1t will con-
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and national questions, with the news,
local, state and general.
The Political Campaign of the sum-
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interesting and exciting, and the vot-
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of the issues discussed, and a larger
amount of general political news and
discussion than ever before; and they
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Trial bottle mailed on receipt of IS cents
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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-03

Tic height Of person with u ''l,e,'-
feet figure should he exactly equal
to the distance between the tips Of
the middle fingers Of either hand
WHEN the arms arc fully extended
ten times the length Of the liar l.
Or seven and Il half times the lengrl1
Of the foot, III five times the diameter
of the chest from one ar1npit to tho
other should also give the height Of
the whole body.
The distance from the junction of
the thighs to the ground should be
exactly the same as from that point
to the crown OF the head. The knee
should be exactly midway between
the first named point and the ground
at the heel.
Tie distance from the elbow to the
tip Of the middle finger should be the
same as from the elbow to the mid.
die line Of tho breast.
From the top Ut the head to tho
level of the chin should be the same
~ from tho level of the chin to that
Of the u11nrits. and from the heel to
the toe. -St. Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-03

An ingenious trick which the slb~
Rams employ in capturing bears IL tn
snspendlng Of very heavy block e.
wood by Il cord from II bougl direct
III front Of II beehive in tic ,oll.'
trunk Of Il tree
When the bcar cou,es to rob the liIv.
he pushes away rle block FROM the door
Of the hive. and Is surprised To tl,.l ti,at
it colnes buck a,nl strikes him in the
neck. This nwal<enS his rage Anxious
to gtt tie honey, lie gives the bl@cl1
terrible push. and Ut course it returns
with all the more violence aud SOME
ti.nes breaks his skull or knocks out lli>
teeth.
1t Is said that bears sometimes fight
with these swinging blocks for halt al
hour at time. At last the block ut.
in q good blow. Tile bear is thrown to
the ground, where lle Is speedily dir
patched by the peasants concealed and
awaiting tue result of the singular tres
duel. Boston Globe.