The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-05
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AuB hd obOuliNt WIFI lllt OILY species OF
fresh water shark known to scientists.
Books kept in ordinary bookshelves.
ana thus exposed to the air will keen
much better than those in bookcases
with closed doors.
The chief tools of the old time shoe
maker consisted of his hammer, his anvil,
his lapstone, his knives and his harness
for setting up" his boots or shoes.
Every boy expects to be eaten up by
panther or painter" which is the or
binary mountain lion. These lions are
the only sneak thieves in the mountains.
There is curious example of repeat
ing crossbow in the United Service mu-
scum, taken from the Taku forts, at
which place the Chinese archers caused
us heavy loss on the first occasion of
the attack
Cutting the ears of children is wicked
and dangerous practice. The concus-
sion of the air in the ear passage is ex-
tremely likely to fracture the tympa-
mum of the ear and thus render the
child permanently deaf.
1t is settled that liquor inficts more
mischief and misery upon the people
than come from all other sources of evil
combined That more than all other
influences it debauches and degrades
all who come under its influence.
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt will probably
hold an exhibition of her works of
sculpture next winter. The great ac-
trocc' Dariciop II IL Cfafa1 hos
sent numerous applications to the own
ers requesting the loan of works in their
possession and permission to send them
to London.
By being little careful and thought
full you can preserve the beauty of form
in your shoes; running them over at the
sides and heels is a matter of pure care
lessness only and habit that is rather
expensive one, as it makes the shoes look
worn and old long before they would if
properly cared for.
An extraordinary number of young
ladies are now turning missionaries. At
the Church Missionary society's head
quarters, in Salisbury square, one day
recently, no fewer than twenty who
have been accepted for service were in
troduced to the committee. Never be-
fore, it is said, have so many recruits
been welcomed in one body.
A minister of the Gospel must be pre-
pared to submit to all kinds of criticisms.
One leading" member criticised the
minister for saying, when Adam was
born" and remarked to a friend: amy
Kan who will say, When Adam was
born, instead of When Adam was Gre
ated,' is unit for his position. | call
such remark an egreg-rious blunder."
There is no limit to the audacity of
the London private detective. One of
the most enterprising of these worthless
acknowledges III an advertisement the
many Invitations he has received to
stand as Il parliamentary candidate"
and says he has been unable to acknowl-
edge same individually in consequence
of the many delicate matters requiring
his personal attention"
The supreme court of Michigan has
decided that married woman cannot
collect the money she earns unless she
can prove that she is her husbands
agent. The earnings of wife belong
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with them. viii another rebellion be
necessary to free slaves in Michigan?
This nation can never succeed with
such laws on the statute books f any
state.
Perhaps the most interesting war relic
m Maine is Union flag made from the
undershirts of the prisoners at Salisbury
prison. The prisoners had set a day
upon which they intended to rise and
overpower the guards. The flag was to
be used as rallying signal. But before
the day arrived orders came for them to
: be exchanged. The flag was brought
home by Lieutenant George B. Kennis-
ton, of lBoothbay, member of the Fifth
Maine, whose property the flag now is.
A professional swimmer named Tay-
lor attempted to swim from Folkestone
to Dover with his hands and feet tied, a
somewhat difficult performance seeing
that the distance he sought to cover is
six miles. This novel attempt natural
ly attracted good number of specta-
tors. He started at o'clock in the
morning, but made very slow progress
for two miles, after covering which he
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shortly after he was taken out of the
sea in an exhausted condition.
Until the present century the peculiar
difficulties offered by the structure and
texture Of cats had hardly been sur
mounted. When the old masters drew
a cat they made it solid and hard-it is
probable that the varieties they knew
were less beautiful than those which we
now delight in-but also there was a
conventional neglect of the furry char
acter of the surface. In painting cat
now the danger is in avoiding false
solidity, to lose all sense of the osseous
forms in securing softness and light
ness.
Mrs. Beecher Stowe wrote pleasant
note of thanks to neighbor for bunch
of beautiful roses received on her recent
eighty-frst birthday. my pilgrimage
has been long," she wrote, "and will
surely end happily surrounded by such