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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
The Sense OF Touch.

The sense of touch is the silnllgaa. h3t
at the same time one of the most important
special senses of the human organism. 1t
is possessed by nearly all portions of the
general surface of the body, but finds it's
highest development in the hands.
The true skin contains multitudes of
nerve filaments arranged in rows of pa
pillm, about one-hundredth of an inch in
length. 1t is estimated that there are
10000 of these papillB in square inch of
the palmar surface of the hand. The Gu
ticle is absolutely essential to the sensa-
ton of touch, for when the true skin is laid
bare by burn or blister, the only feeling
that it experiences from contact is one of
pain, not that of touch. The cuticle shields
the nerve filaments from direct contact with
external objects. Touch is most delicate
at the tips of the fingers and the hand is
one of the most important organs.
Button declares that with fingers twice
as numerous and twice as long we would
become proportionately wiser Galen, how
ever, taught that man is the wisest of an
imals, not because he possesses the hand,
but because he is the wisest and under
stands its use the hand has been given to
him; for his mind, not his hand, has taught
him the arts. Exquisite delcacy of touch
is attained by practice. Without it the
skill of the paiater, sculntor and musician
would be rude indeed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Nisc"'' my.
Dickens Was Exact.

George A. Sala writes of Dickens as fol-
lows: "He was exact, even to the painful
stage of exactitude in every transaction Of
life, and he expected his guests to be as
punctual and exact as he was himself. In
November, 1868, on the eve Of my depar-
ture for New York, missed bidding him
farewell because / was ~ minutes late in
keeping an appointment which he had
made for a final handshake. When l was
at Gad's Hill / had come to know my
hosts ways better, and was as punctual as
the income tax collector. We kept mill
tary time at all our meals, but it was be.
tween breakfast and luncheon that Dick
ems love of method most strongly asserted
itself. He expected all and every one of
his guests who earned a livelihood by their
pen to do some kind of literary work in the
interval just mentioned.
"Our party during my stay at Gad's Hill
only comprised, in addition to our host and
the members of his family, Willie and
Charlie Collins, Andrew Halliday, the
dramatst, and your humble servant. We
were all told off to work 'at half past 10
a. M, and expected to keep at it till a
quarter to Q p. m. The day on which l ar
rived was Saturday, and l abominate
working on the last day of the week,
winch, THESE thlrty-lVe years, mas Deen my
Sabbath. Fortunately l had brought
down with me n double set of proofs of
book on the Paris exhibition, which l was
bringing out. One set l had fully corrected
before leaving London so during my three
hours and odd segregation from society
/ trined with the blank proofs and drew
skeletons of the 'Traddles' order on the
margins.
Dickens had put me in his own study,
preferring to work himself that morning
in pretty Swiss chalet in the grounds,
the gift of his friend, Charles Fechter, and
when tore up my spare set of proofs with
the bogus corrections l succeeded in more
than half filling that famous waste paper
basket you wot off. Where Willkie and
Charles Collins and Andrew Halliday were
lodged and what manner of work they
accomplished have forgotten"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
The Seven Golden Cities.

Early in the Sixteenth century, not later
than 1880, in the time of Nuno de Guzman
viceroy of New Spain MeXico), II remark,
able story was told to friar of the City of
Mexico by an Indian This red Joe Null
hatton said that directly north of the Mex
lean capital, about forty days journey,
there lay seven cities, each as large as the
City of Mexico itself where the inhabitants
did nothing but work in the various arts
in which gold and silver are employed
With the characteristic spirit of the in
vader Guzman sent an armed host in
search of the seven golden cities, but they
returned without accomplishing the object
of their mission.
Later on, about 1888, Mendoza, the then
viceroy of New Spain, sent Friar de MIA
in quest of the "Cities of Gold" After
his return to the capital Mia published a
narrative of his trip and adventures, in
which he says Il found Cevola, the larg-
est of the cities, to be place of very many
houses, all five stories high, all of the YES
sells and ornaments therein being of pure
gold. The people are white and use YES
sells of gold ana silver, for they have no
other metal in such abundance"
"Forty days journey north of the City of
Mexico" would mean somewhere in what
is now United States territory, probably
New Mexico. The United States govern
ment has made something of an effort to
find the lost "Cities of Gold" all of which
have proved failures.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Real Sea Serpents.

The seas from Madagascar to Panama
and from Japan to New Zealand are thick
ly infested with marine snakes DIR. Stein
eyer, the reptilian expert of the Smith
sonian institution, says they are among
the most poisonous of all known serpents,
their venom being no less deadly than that
of the cobra and rattlesnak further
more, they are very fierce and agl ressive
and will commonly attack human beings
if they get chance. They do not frequent
the shadows unless possibly for br eding
but live in the open ocean. VIII full
grown they are from six to eight feet long
Fishermen in the waters where they are
found are greatly afraid of them. Their
bodies are fiat and the inside of them is
almost wholly filled 10y the lungs, which
are large in order that they may be en-
abled to stay beneath the surface for a
long time without coming up to breathe.
They have eyes modified for seeing in the
water, so that when they are taken out of
their native element they seem blinded
and strike wildly Their fangs, like those
of the cobra. are always erect
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Curious Cuttings.

A medieval writer on demonology places
the total number of devils at precisel,
A,335, $50.
AT Bombay all the ITindoo sentries 81.
lutte any passing black cat, thinking it
may possibly be the soul Of an English
officer.
When a child dies in Greenland the ma.
tive parents bury living dog with it, the
dog to be used by the child as guide to
the other world.
The ancient Egyptians believed that iron
was the bone of Typhon, the enemy of
Osiris, and for this reason it was consid-
cred impure. No one could make use of it
even for the most ordinary requirements
Of life without poluting his soul.
In Spain the poorer classes use no collins.
A mule with the dead body thrown across
it, or often two corpses may be frequently
met on the way to burial and, though to
us such a funeral seems insulting to the
departed, the natives reverently uncover
their heads rs it passes.
A letter was recently received at an Eng.
lish postollice with the following queer ad.
dress: '"To the Manager of the public
House with Walkers Sign up Corner OF
the Fair grounds and the stables are at the
back of the house and last Christmas Mr.
Davis's Switchback stood close to the
house Wolverhampton."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Observations of Jupiter.

Jupiter at all times is without doubt the
most interesting of all the planets, rot only
on account of his gigantic size and system
of satellites, but more on account of the
actual benefits derived from observation
of the movements of his satellites, which
for purposes of navigation double discount
for precision the finest of chronometers.
There are continuous transits, eclipses or
OSCILLATIONS which the national observa-
tory at Washington has predicted with alb.
soute accuracy for at least two years in
advance, so that in any part of the world
one may, by observation of the system Of
Jupiter, ascertain the mean time at Wash
ington, verifying or disproving observa-
tions taken by other methods. On account
of the great distance at which this system
is situated, the angle for paradox is So
slight that any observation taken from
any part of the earth will be virtually as
if taken from the center.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Powder and Ball.

A cannon ball was recently fired nearly
seven miles from an 80 ton gun in Dover
England.
Cannon have been in use since 1880. The
Turks were the first Europeans to utilize
them in 1853, at the siege of Adrianople
and it was "A century later that England
began to manufacture them.
The largest turret ship in the world
perhaps the largest batteship in existence
lis the British battleship Hood, which
was launched at Chatham on July 80, 1891
The Hood has a displacement of 14,l5C
tons.
The Prussian army is said to contain but
one Laicer raised from the ranks-Colone
Lademann-who was promoted for acts of
exceptional bravery in the Schleswig
Holstein campaign in 1854 He has Just
been gazetted commander of the Sixteenth
infantry.
The Swedish government has adopted a
new smokeless powder which is said to
have the following advantages: 1t is easy
to manufacture, produces no fame and
does not heat the rifle. IL gives the ball
an initial velocity of 300 feet with a
pressure of $3.50 atmospheres.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
SuwarOff's Peculiarities.

Suwaroff, Russias great military COM
mander, was little man, insignificant in
everything but that intangible power of
mind and character with which physical
strength is never to be compared He had
been sickly in his youth, but became hardy
under the stimulus of cold bathing and
the benefits of plain diet. Buckets cf
cold water We're thrown over him in the
morning, and his table was served with
fare which guests would fain have refused,
but dared not, lest he should think them
effeminate. He despised dress, and de-
lighted in drilling his men in shirt sleeves,
sometimes with his stockings literally
down at the heel"
But his hardihood of life and action had
its effect on the men he commanded He
was often up and about by midnight and
would salute the first soldier whom he saw
moving with piercing cockcrow, in com
mendation of his early rising. During the
first Polish war he had given orders for an
attack at cockcrow, and a spy in the camp
carried the news to the enemy. The al.
tack, however, really took place at o'clock
on the evening when the arrangement had
been made, for Suwarotf, suspecting treach-
cry, had then turned out his troops by his
well known growing. The enemy, expect
ing the event in the morning, were entirely
unprepared, and fell easy victims to his
forethought.
Tomorrow morning." said he to his
troops on the evening before the stormina
of Ismail, IAN hour before daybreak
mean to get up. | shall wash and dress
myself, say my prayers, give one good
cock crow and then capture Ismail"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Carefulness About Water.

1t is difficult to make everybody careful
in regard to the use of drinking water, but
comparatively easy to make the principles
of hygiene generally known. Some per
sons dislike pure water because it is insipid.
Others find it inconvenient TO boil the
water they use, and troublesome or ridicu-
lous to employ filter. In some industries
impure water is preferred, as in that of the
baker-the bacteria in the water uniting
with those in the yeast and producing rap
idly the desired lightness. Does any one
in America ever trouble himself about the
quality of water used in making his bread,
or of that in the so called mineral waters
he drinks, or is he strenuous in regard to
the quality of the ice furnished him, which
even when comparatively clear often
abounds in microbes? Bad water is often
the cause of epidemics of typhoid fever.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
About African Snakes.

The African cobra is regarded somewhat
reverently by the natives Of that country,
who once u year kill cobra de capello and
hang it's skin to the branch of tree, tail
downward. Then all the children born
during the last year are brought out and
made to touch the skin This the parents
think puts them under the serpent's pro-
lection. The cobra de capello divides with
the horned viper of Africa the question
able honor of being the ''worm of the Nile"
to whose venomous tooth Cleopatra death
was due
The Kafiirs use the venom of this snakes
cousin-the puff adder-to poison their ar
rows and when they have any small guam
tity left they swallow it, having a theory
that it will protect them from the bad eff
ects of future bites. The snake tribe of
the Punjab say that the bites of snakes do
not hurt them, and if they find dead SER
pent they dress it in clothes and give it a
superb funeral
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14

The parish kirk of Driechton had been
rather unfortunate in its ministers, two of
them having gone off in decline within
twelvemonth of their appointment, and
now, after hearing a number of candidates
for the vacancy, the members were looking
forward with keen interest to the meeting
at which the election of the new minister
was to take place "Weel, Marget," asked
one female parishioner Of another, as they
foregathered ON the road one day, "wha
are you gaun to vote for" Pm just
thinkin I'll vote for none o. them. Pm no.
muckle o. judge, an it'll be the safest
plan" was Marget's sagacious reply.
"Ioots, woman, if that's the way OF. vote
wi me-" "An hoo are you gaun TO vote"
"I'm gaun to vote for the man that think
has the soundest lungs, an III mo- bother
us VII deein again in a hurry"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Explosive Force of Lightning.

The explosive power is one of the fore
most qualities exhibited by the electrical
discharge. When the fluid happens to
meet with some obstruction in its course it
frequently evinces its dissatisfaction by
SCATTERING the remembering object, eXer
cising radiating force like bombshell
and bursting substances asunder as if they
had been charged with gunpowder Many
years ago the southwest pinnacle of the
church of Breog, in Cornwall, was demol-
ished by stroke of lightning, and one
stone weighing three hundredweight was
hurled southwark over the roof to the dis
tance of sixty yards, while second was
sent to the north for the space of 400 yards
and third was projected in southwest
erly direction
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14

THE Young street armory in Cincinnati
was burned Thursday afternoon. A large
quantity of powder and fixed ammunition
flames reached these terrific explosion oc.
Cured. Fortunately no one was injured
The loss to property exceeds $4,000, with
little insurance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

wastes the flesh. weighed 100
pounds when 1 began drinking
1t, and 1873 when 1 quit. Yet, if any
reader thinks of seeking fortune there,
say go, by all means. You will be glad
to go down shaft or crawl in a tunnel in
the day time, but you will learn 10 adore
the night. The moon, whether crescent
shaped like the buclzler of Pentheslea, or
round like the shield that hung upon Lu-
cifer's shoulder, viii seem more vitreous-
bright than she ever seemed before, and
win become a much more conspicuous
object in the heavens than it ever oc-
Cured to you 10 think she was. You
viii notice how she brignteus the vol
canic hills-how, also, ner light seems to
have lost its mellow quality, and to have
grown cold, and colorless, and ghostly,
like the light of magic lantern; and you
may imagine, as I did, that presently a
picture will be put into the slide and pro-
jected aoainsr the mountains, which are
its background.
The rattlesnake viii introduce himself
and go straight to his object. Both as in
FAINT and adult you will find him striking
in his attentions, and he will do all he
can to insert himself in your recollection
also in the calf of your leg. The taran-
tula Will leave mis- carte de 0isite the first
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

day, and you will very soon grow to
know his private mark-especially
when you see it on your hand or
arm, or wake with mixed, painful and
burning sensation in your big toe. Nor
viii the scorpion be behindhand in eX-
pressing a polite regard. You may not
have come into his neighborhOod until
after shutdown; but the lateness of your
arrival will only serve to show how cheer
July he can put himself out to attend to
your personal comfort. You will be made
aware of his presence by a timid scraping
or scratching-an apology, as it We're, Tor
having permitted his zeal to disturb your
rest; for he generally comes when you
have gone to bed. When you raise your
pillow-for ii was beneath that that you
heard him-you will find that he has
brought along his boys and girls and near
nelghbors so as to give you regular old
fashioned house, warming. The black
snake, half as big as a medium South
American python, will be a little more
select-will stand upon ceremony, as it
were-aiso upon his tail. He will not
come upon you precipitately, but one of
his lnfrequent calls Will make up for a
great deal of neglect, by reason of the
gush of intensity of his manners. | once
saw an interesting and almost ludicrous
combat between miner and one of these
desert constructors. The miner was
AL DOy AS VI duQ, On COlliLuS
home, he had found the snake twined
around the tent-pole. Phil stepped reso-
lutely forward and grabbed his nobs by
the tail. Then began the tug OF war
pull miner, pull python. For nearly
minute it was hard to tell which would
have the better of it-though, from the
muscular power that snake exhibited, it
was pretty evident that he could easily
kill a man by getting a coil around his
neck. Finally the hide began to crack,
and then Phil literally skinned or
'fshirted' that python from head to tail.
Nor was it until he had reduced the rep
tile to this condition of undress that he
bethought himself and killed it with
club. It was very wrong to kill it. 1t
should have been Gagged and watched "in
the interest of science.'' Peradventure
it would have grown a new overcoat!
wish the HERALD had not set the limit
at twenty-five foiios for miners recollec-
lions. | would like to tell how many
times l "struck it, and how many times
the boys struck it, and how many char
liable and semi-publlc institutions the
millionaires of "Buckhorn City proposed
to build for posteritv: how the white tents
melted away one by one, like big snow
fakes in q rain; how the boys stayed on
till they could stay no longer, and finally
went out son their uppers,' and hun
bred other things which are forbidden.
But one thing l will tell-how blue we
felt, the corporal's guard of US that were
hanging on by our eyelids in the late fall
of 81, waiting for railroad, and how a
heavenly but transient CLEAN of sunshine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
A MODEL STORE.
The BarIow-Thompson Grocery Com
pany.

The Barlow-ThOnpson Grocery Com
A neat, model grocery store is the Bar
lowThcmpson Grocery Co. IS store in the
Mccormick block on First South. 1t is
such q store as any person would like to
do business in. The stock of goods is
very complete and for any one who desires
clean, well selected groceries of every
kind, courteous treatment and the best
goods obtainable here is the place.
There are many ways to keep a store
but only one right way. There is only
one way to keep customers and that is by
prompt, courteous treatment. When once
& person begins trading where he receives
such trs Gtment there he win stay. In
this model grocery every one is treated in
a manner that cCmpels admiration and in
a way that makes him feel kindly towards
the proprietors. Messrs. Barlow &
Thompson are both young and energetic.
Long experience in their business
their customers the best goods at the low
est prices. Here you can buy everything
IN the grocery line necessary and many
things that are Injuries. The finest
canned fruits of Utah, California and the
east, together with canned goods OF all
kinds ana only the best are kept in stock.
Choice teas and aromatic coffees of the
best brand. The famous Colima coffee is
kept by this house and is finding favor
among their patrons. They make a
speciality OF all kinds of dried fruit,
raisins, dates, prunes, etc. Foreign and
domestic cheese, among them the cele-
brated club house. Many special lines of
goods are carried and pronounced by their
customers as being the choicest. By
strict attention to business the Barlow,
Thompson Grocery company is building
up trade among the best families in the
city. Everyone likes to do their buying
there and greater success surely awaits
them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
The Cullen Hotel.

Among the fine hotels in Salt Lake
city which by career of popularity has
become part and parcel of tn city is the
Cullen. The present host, Mr.. S. c.
Ewing, opened this house in 1887, and
by his uniform courtesy has made the
Cullen favorite with the travelling pub
lie. It is provided with all modern aD-
planes for safety and comfort. The
cuisine of this hotel is too well known to
need mention. The entire building is
heated by steam and lighted by electri-
city; in fact it is furnished with every
thing conducive to the comfort of its
patrons. a picture of its popular pro-
prietor is given herewith.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

lighted up the desolation. When the
gloom was deepest, and winter was at the
door, there came along a distinguished
friend of humanity, with great capital
ISL hidden in each of his pocke6s-the
much promising. the redoubtable, the
all but immortal Canadian colonel, who,
after taking a few lessons in magic, was
going to build a broad-gauge railroad
from Salt Lake to the mountains. 1t is
known, suppose, that East India Jug
glers viii plant seed before the specta-
tor, stamp on the ground, say presto, or
mumbo-j jumbo, and have twenty foot
tree growing, with ripe fruit on it, all in
two minutes and a half. We were to
have the railroad in the same way, and,
what is funnier, we almost believed il,
and signed contracts to ship our ore at so
much per ton. sacked three tons my
self, but never could get the colonel to
sidetrack car for me. The car may be
waiting by this time, for it is seven
months since l ordered 1t.
H. V. a. FERGUSON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

cause of their being directors, but from
the fact that they are regarded as pillars
on which little Chicago" rests the
larger portion OF her weight.
The Nephi Cooperative institution IS
probably the first established in the city
and under the management of Superin-
tendent Parks and President Charles
Sperry it is still among the leading insti-
tutions.
Credit is to be given to the Excelsior
Mercantile company for erecting the finest
business block of which the city can
boast, as well as for equipping the apart
ments handsomely and furnishing a
splendid stock goods. j. w. Paxman,
the present uperintendent, is looked up
on as business man of great ability.
Adams & Sons do an immense lumber
trade. Since the incorporation of the
company they have met with unbounded
success, and have extended their trade to
adjoining cities and towns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

and the amount of stock carried, they
must be doing a rushing business. The
people there are generally prosperous and
contented, and the newcomer will have
the hand of friendship extended to him
by everyone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
To Advertisers.

@ THE HERALD has the largest circu-
lation in Utah. 1t is visitor to more
homes in this territory and the surround
ing region than any other newspaper
published. Its constituency comprises
more heads OF families than any other,
and it IS therefore the best advertising
medium in Salt Lake.