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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
Cruelty.

There is no more refined torture to a
sensitive person than to be a stranger
guest at table, or in the parlor, and be
excluded from the conversation. TO in
troduce topics in which he cannot share,
to discuss in his presence matters that
are purely personal, or to provoke
laughter by jokes which he cannot ap-
preciate because of local hits, is to exhi-
bit the manners of a savage. Yet in
some of the most cultivated homes in
our land strangers sometimes sit apart
in this painful isolation. A young girl
once visited place where she was a
victim of this form of thoughilessness,
not to say cruelty. When asked if she
enjoyed her visit she replied, "Thev
were all very clever and brilliant people
but they made me feel like fool" The
hospitality which leads guest thus to
depreciate himself is surely not of the
New Testament type. 1t indicates
either lack of sympathy or else an ig-
norance of those larger interests outside
the narrow circle of ones own affairs
which form the basis of general CONVEX
satiOn.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
Tested Recipes.

GOLD CAKE-SMALL LOAF-YOlks of
four eggs VT beaten, One-half cup Of
butter, one cup sugar, one half cup of
sweet milk, with One-half teaspOonful
soda dissolved in it, pinch of salt, two
cups, even full, Of sifted flour, with one
teaspoonful of cream tartar sifted in.
DoUGHNUTs-One egg, one even cup
sugar, one tablespoonful melted lard,
heat well together, add scant cup Of
milk, even teaspoonful of soda, two Of
cream tartar. three heaping cupfuls Of
flour, or enough to roll out, not very
stiff, pinch of salt and little nutmeg.
TWELVE CUP CAKEs-One egg, one
cup of sugar, one and One-half table
spoonfuls melted butter; beat thorough
ly, then add one and one-half cups of
flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; flavor to taste, or add one-half
cup of currants, or chopped seedless rails
ms.
SILVER CAKE-SMALL LOAF-Whites
of four eggs, beaten stiff, one heaping
cup of sugar, One-half cup of butter, one
half cup of milk with one-half teaspoon
full of soda dissolved in it, two even cups
of sifted flour with scant teaspoonful
of cream tartar sifted in. Flavor with
vanilla.
SMALL LOAF BROWN BREAD-One
teacup of cake crumbs, which have been
well soaked in warm water, one and one
fourth cups of sour milk, one-fOurth cup
of molasses, one teaspoonful soda, two
cups of Indian meal. one cup OF flour
Steam Cor boil in kettle) in covered
dish OF pail for four or five hours.
GRAHAM GEMS (EIGHT OR TEN BEAT
linh cd rob
full of sugar, one of melted butter, one
half cup of sour milk with one-half tea
spoonful soda dissolved in it, one-half
cup flour and one cup graham flour.
Heat gem pans before putting in mix
ture, have hot oven and bake fifteen min
uteS.
FRIED POTATOEs-The French method
of cooking potatoes affords most agree
able dish. The potatoes are peeled,
wiped and cut into thin slices, and
thrown into frying pan containing an
abundance of hot lard. AS soon as they
become brown and clispy, they are
thrown into G. lander to drain them
then sprinkle with salt, and serve hot. N
POTATO PIE-Peel and CRATE one large
white potato into dish, add the juice
and rind of one lemon, the beaten white
of an egg, one teacup of white sugar,
one cup of Geld water; pour this into a
nice under crust and bake, when done
have ready the beaten whites of three
eggs, half cup of powdered sugar, flavor
with lemon, spread on the pile and re-
turn to the oven to harden.
| EXCELLENT CHOCOLATE CAKE-Two
cups of sugar, One-half cup of butter
one cup of milk, whites of six eggs,
three cups Of flour, and two teaspoonful:
of baking powder; bake in three LAYERS
Filling-Yolks of seven eggs, three
fourths teacup of sugar, one teacup OF
sweet milk, one and one-half squares OF
choce late; boil in double dish till thick
as custard, when cool add vanilla.
Frosting-Boil one teacup of sugar In
one-fourth cup of water till in strings.
then pour over the white of one egg and
stir till cold.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
gelln,us falls Rnstnfftrs.
OFFICE HOURS q. m. to 8. p. m. SundA
$50 m. to 0.30 a. m.
BARNEY CANNON. JR.. P. M.

OFFICE HOURS Ia. m. to 8. p. m. Sunday
$50 m. to 1880 a. m.
BARNEY CANNON. JR., P. N.
MAILS TO AND FROM
boston-Close at SIS a. M, 30 and 8 p. m. Ar
:, rive at II 80 a. m, TOT and 055 p. m.
rev fork-Close at $40 a. M, 1.l5, $3.50 and
pm. Arrive at 1900 a. M, 402, 7.l5 and II 81
pm.
Western States-Close at s.15 a. M, LIS. 8.45
lnew mail, $50 and 8 p. m. Arrive at IL m,
lao, Ito and II 55 D. m.
southern StatesClose at 10 a. M, 1.15 6.55 and
up. m. Arrive at IL m, 4. 0, 7l6 and 1875
p. m.
sullivan Way-Close at IL 80 a. m. 6.55 and p.
~ Arrive at 4.40 and S.2n a. M, l.25 p. m.
North way over Central Vermont and Passump-
Hc@Close at 80 a. M and 8p. m. Arrive at
44O a. m. and ]. % p. m.
vermont Valley Way-Close at $40 a. M, 1.16
and p. m. Arrive at II m and 7l5 p. IA.
hutland WayAClose at IL 80 a. M and 6.55 p. m.
Arrive at S.25 a. m. and 20 p. m.
cheshire Way-Close at S.l5 a. M and 10 d. m.
Arriv. at l1.5O a. m.
south AcWorth. Drewsville, Alstead and Lang.
r oon, n. H.-Close at u m. Arrive at 800 q. m.
IoWnshend, Grafton, w. Cambridgeport, West
mlnster west and Athens, Vt-ClOse at II m.
Arrive at IL a. m.
saxton's River-Close at s.45 and 70 M, 7.20 and
40 p. m. Arr at $40 and IL a. M. l 10 p. m.
Waipole-Close at S.l5 a. M, lis p. IN. Arrive at
l.5O a. M, 7.07 p. m.
Brattleboro, Vt, closed pouch-Close at 3.45p.
m. Arrive at 4.02 pm.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
,,z.,4IGEs;SS & lkZlE|.s
80 ~ !lgs'Sa3s
sUNsETTlNG.

You say-and sadness dims your eye
THE while YOU say it-that the light
OF morning and OF evening sky
Is strangely different to your sight.
You tell me that your folded hands -,
Are shorn of pow + to work our VIII,
Although you feel that lifes demands
Press as approximately still.
You sigh that since creations birth,
When time sc measured course began,
Never upon this peopled earth
HAD il,.,n So much to do Tor man.
And with clear vision reaching round
Its spheric whole, SO vast, so broad,
Laid open to Its Outmost bound,
Had man so much to do for God.
Content you-so you did the task
The Master set at mornings PRIME
With zeal that never paused to ask
Space for needed resting time
You fain would overtask your powers
And overstep wise Natures laws;
Be sure this tender Gcd of ours
Knows when and where to make you pause.
Some toiler waits your place to fill;
his day that dies with yonder light
Another day will follow still
With room for radiance just as bright.
You grieve to think you may not see
FULFILLED all purposes begun.
But does 1t matter who shall be
The workers, SO the work is done?
Turn your full gaze, then, to the west,
That time its golden luster may
Crown with the aureole of It's rest
The evening of your perfect day
Margaret Preston.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
]WHI7E[
SEWING MACHINE

as they are easy to get acquainted with,
always obedient to your will, capable of
doing what none other can do, and so
quickly and easily that you can hardly
realize that it is done. No other friend
will serve you so long and faithfully.
Somehow they have way of winning
your favor where others fail, as record
of 16 years in this field has proved. In
fact they are better than ever, and as ever
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
HOUSEWIVES AND PEDDLERs.

The Times Receive S the Sensible views Of
X One of the Former on the Latter.
~ VERY housewife has become more
or less familiar with that sudden.
Il 4 peculiar twaag of the door bell
that imperatively says: "Come
at once; business of importance. :
But, Just at first, before you had
come to know it, you hurriedly took
your hands from your cooking. rolled
down your sleeves, took hasty peep in
the glass, smoothed down your aprf n
and passed through room after room 60
the front door. "May | step in; won't
Getain you but minute" was your re-
ward. You asked what for, perhaps. 81
have something | would like to show
you. 1t is new article, and | think if
you will look at it," etc, etc, aud by
that time he has reached your parlor,
you meekly following. Undoing his
pack he exhibits photograph album,
may be. Your thoughts fly back to your
kitchen in disgust, for the flying hours
will not wait and your morning was
already full. When you get chance
you tell your yaluble visitor that you
have everything of the kind you care for.
but it is some time before he can be made
to realize it, when his suavity vanishes
and he at least departs in very evident
estate of mind,' ostinsibly at your lack
of taste in declining his article, but real
ly at your firmness in refusing it. Pos.
sibly he tells you of your album, as one
told me when he spied mine-the gift OF
q friend-on my table, that he 'swouldn't
have it kicking around his kitchen"
There are peddlers and peddlers
Some are ill-mannered and show it
others attempt to conceali it under a sar
castle politeness, while others still ar
quite pleasant, and would make rar'
good conversationalists if one only had
the time to spend or any interest in wha
they have to say. There is still anothe
class that happens in your back door lik'
one Of the family, and thrusts his ware
in your face ere you are quite consciou
of his presence, and in his way consume
time valuable to you. One in long
long time, peddler has something on
cannot get at store; something reall.
new, that is worth buying. But in tn
great majority of cases, they carry 10
Of cheap, worthless stuff, gotten togethe
for that short-sighted woman whom
little soft talk and great deal of famil
isrity would f1atter into buying sod
fountain if it were brought to her door
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18

Avoid going into the presence of any
contagious disease when perspiriDg or
when the system is not properly fortified
by food. An empty stomach and open
pores increase the susceptibility to take
the disease.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18

An English physician recommends
plunging the feet and hands into water
as hot as can be borne as remedy for
bleeding from the nose.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
Wanted at Once ! Homes for
$50 White
Sewing Machines.

Having just received a full carload
from the fac ;orv. we wish to put them
all out into families who wish or ought
to adopt one, for you can find no better
subject for adoption than
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
Dorothy.

People who use arsenical preparations for
their complexion, do at the risk of their lives.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is guaranteed free from any
injurious drug and is, therefore, the safest as
well as the most powerful blood medicine in the
world. 1T make the skin clear.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18

To keep the beard from turning gray. and thus
prevent the appearance of age, use Buckingham's
Dye for the Whiskers, the best dye made.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.

eastern" Standard Time. In effect SUNDAY
June 2sth, 1891: Trains will leave Bellows Falls
as follows:
GOING NORTH-RUTLAND DIV:
sos a. m. LOCAL EXPRESS for Rutlans, Bur-
ngton, st. Adams, Richford and Ogdensburg.
II .45 m. BOSTON MAIL, for Rutland, Bur-
llngton, st; Adams, Montreal; also, Ogdens-
burg, and the West.
2.05 p. m. GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER for
Chester. Ludlow, Rutland, Burlington, st. AL
bans, Montreal and Ogtensburg. Connects for
all points West via Montreal and via Nor
wood. Through Parlor Cars.
7.30 p. m. LOCAL EXPRESS for Rutland and
intermediate stations.
100 p. m. EXPRESS for Rutland, Montreal,
Ottawa, Ogdensburg and the West; Wagner
Sleeping Car to Montreal.
NORTH GOING via SULLIVAN RAILROAD
800 a. m. MIXED, for White River Junction.
II As a. m. EXPRESS MAIL, for White River
Junction, Montpelier, Barre, st. Adams,
Malone, Ogdensburg, Montreal. and all points
West.
20 m. FAST EXPRESS for White River
Junction, Montpelier. Barre, Burlington, st.
Albans, Montreal, Chicago and all Western
points. Pullman Palace Sleeping Car, White
River Junction to Chicago without change.
7so p. m. PASSENGER. for White River juno
ton.
II .O5 D. m. NIGHT EXPRESS, for White River
Junction, Montpelier, Burlington, st. Adams,
Ogdensburg, Montreal, Chicago, and p0ints
West Wagner Sleeping Car, Bellows Falls to
Montreal.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BELLOWS FALLS:
l.55 am. NIGHT EXPRESS, from Montreal,
| Ogdensburg and Ottawa, via Rutland.
| 4.40 a. m. NIGHT EXPRESS, from Montreal,
| via White River Junction.
1855 q. m. LOCAL EXPRESS from Rutland.
55 a. m. LOCAL EXPRESS, from White
| River Junction
1858 p. m. WHITE MOUNTAIN EXPRESS.
l.25 p. m. EXPRESS MAIL, from st. Adams
| and all points on Rutland Division.
l.3s p. m. EXPRESS MAIL. from st. Adams
and all points on Central Division.
400 p. m. LIMITED EXPRESS, from Montreal
and Ogdensburg, via White River Junction
AIS p. m. GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER, from
| Montreal and Ogdensburg via Rutland.
ITO Up. m MIXED, from White River Junction
7.15 p. m. MIXED, from Rutland.
&c. SMITH. Second Vice Prest
8. W. CUMMINGS, Gen. Pass. Agent.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-22

90 the congressman. scientists and lit
terateurs who make Washington their
headquarters l called on Mr.. Spofford
yesterday and asked him to tell me the
extent of the library and give me the
condition of the copyright bill. He
talks most interestingly, and the revised
result Of his conversation is the follow
ing. He said:
I'VE have now in the national library
very nearly seven hundred thousand
bound volumes and two hundred thou
and pamphlets. This is an immense
amount Of literary matter, and we now
rank ss the sixth great library in the
world The five greater ones are the
national library of France at Paris, the
British museum library at London. the
royal library Of Germany at Berlin, the
Imperial library Of Russia at ST. Peters
berg. Tho Paris library Is the largest,
containing two and quarter million
volumes. The British museum library
yanhs second. with one and half mil
lion volumes
80 These foreign libraries are much
older than ours The library of con-
gress had q small beginning in the year
1890, when an appropriation of three
Thousand dollars was made 10 purchase
books for the use of congress. The
selections were limited to such works
as were needed by the members for
preference. As people we were then
almost unknown in literature. There
was evidently no thought of giving TO
the library its present wide scope. Ad-
ditions were made from time to timc
and the library gradually assumed q
more extended range.
Besides copies Of all books copy
yighted and published in the United
States. the library contains probably
9oo. 900 foreign books which are pro-
cured by both purchase and exchange.
About three-fourths of the whole num-
Dor are Of American and English Issue.
The remaining fourth represents all
civilized nations of tho world, with
France and Germany In the lead. There
ere books in all the languages of Eu-
rope, and limited number from Asia
and other countries Any foreigner
visiting Washington and wishing TO con-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-22

suit hooks In his mother tongue may
Gnd them here.
Docs ne library grow much from
yeag 10 years'
The yearly increase Of books in the
library 10 from 1s,oeo 81 $1,000 In the
sceuai number Of volumes tie Increase
n io.eoo 20 fa.ooo greater. IS the copy
right Law requires the fling of two
ecptes Of ssch publication. One copy
ls pisced In ire library and the other ia
deposited in the copyright archives.
From 5000 10 5000 volumes, chiefly for
eian- are added BY purchase each year.
md - many more by donation aud de-
posit-
Tell me something about copy
Wisrhss-
The fr~s COPYRIGHT law replied
Mr. spo6crf. Gin TIE Unitsd States
49, passed "a rec There ar- books
- eur shelves bearinx TIA. date. IN
these later DAYS of nsazinr bon<s there
= I'D end-' but AZ that tine The espy-
tight business was not hnndresth
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-22
ONE OF THE FINEST
THE ACTIVE AMERICAN BRAIN
Al About the New Library Building
Which Is 60 Cost SO ZOO. oco--The
Great National Library.

part OF what IL - now Last ycas shs
number OF entries for copyright Wa
%. ms. OF these there were: Books,
1&,ysss periodicals Tin round numbers).
1000, musical aud dramatic eompo-
sitsons. s,ooo; photographs. s.ooo; en-
cravings and chroElos. 2,o0o- The re-
manning $3.50 embrace prints. cuts, de-
signs. drawings. paintings. maps and
charts. Formerly business trademarks
The great American brain IS the
most active brain in the world The
gray matter which lines our Uranium
soena To grow IN power from year 10
year. and these are almost as many lit
erary inventions as there are meehan-
zeal oneA We are fast becoming book
ish nation. as web as worxing one.
and the day will come when our ma
sionAl library of congress viii surpass
IN size any OF the other great libraries
Of the world We have one Of tho finest
librarians of The world in Hon. Aims
worth Z Spofford. who for quarter
pf = century he been dealing out books
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16

sD-Uy0u io0nt a popcr h0i oions
itsoJ and int qtroid 10 tr1 nf
noi0s; that beiicucs ia rH'l'r
morality, and NE enforce W
the loCs against m0lgtdcfn Eos
has opinions, and isu't aJroid 10
cypress them, get THE Carbon
ADVOCATE.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16
uNoLE WILLIAMS PloIuRE.

Uncle William, last July,
Had his picture took.
"Have Il done, Of course" says /,
Jess the way you lookr'
(All dressed up, he was, fer the
Barbecue and Jubilee
The Old Settlors heltl So he
Last he had II took.
Lido she'd coaxed and begged and plead,
Senco her mother won't;
But he'd cough and shake his head
AZ all argument;
Mebby clear his throat and say
whats my likeness mount to, hey,
Now, with mother goneaway
From US, like she wentf"
But we'd projick'd round, tell we
Got II nggered down
How wo'd git him, Lide and me-
Drivin into to town:
Dragged how we'll he looked, and 1eshed
Up around the face, and freshed
With the morning air; and breshed
His coat collar down.
All 80 providentiall why,
Now he's dead and gone,
Picture pears 90 lifellke
Want TO start him on
Them old tales he ust TO tell,
And old talks, so sociable,
And old songs he sung so well
Fore his voice was gonel
Face Is sad to Lide, and they's
Sorrow In the eyes
Kisses Il sometimes, and lays
Il away and cries;
Ismooth down her hair, and low
He is happy, anyhow,
Bein there with mother now
Smile and wipe my eyes.
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16

We met our old friend, Mr.. Jesse
Eaton, on the street the other day, and
he told US Of a wonderful egg his daugh-
ter came across a short time ago. On
breaking Il she discovered another per-
fectly formed egg with a shell inside Of
1t. II was about the size Of a partridge
egg. Another gentleman standing by
told Of a curiosity in the shape of a
double chicken that had been Matched
on his place. The backs of the twins
were united, and while one would be
standing on his feet the feet Of the other
would be pointing upward. When
growing tired Of this position it or they
would hop over and stand on tho other
feet, the positions being reversed. He
said the chickens lived several days
Pennington MOI Times.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16
THE MENDED VASE.

A beautiful, delicate, fragile vase,
The fruit Of mold that was quaint and olden;
It flashed with the charm Of n subtle grace,
And CLEANED with light that was rich and
golden.
A blundcring hand and a careless blow,
And the fragile form is crushed and shat
tered;
Its charm and It's graccs are lying low,
In a thousand fragments scattered.
And mover again while the world shall stand
Can the wrong Of that reckless blow be
rlghted
Abb never, not cen by an artists hand,
Can the scattered fragments be united.
Go, paste them into their former shape,
Thescars on the surface will stu show traces,
And unjolned edges will stand agapo
Where once stood countless graces.
And what Is my life but a crystal vase
That an awkward blow has shattered and
broken2
It's former beauty no touch may retrace,
And It's wreck Of its richness is only a token.
The pieces are fitted together again,
But the tone and the color are all unblended;
l feel. with the pang of n nameless pain,
1t is only a vase that is mended.
William Rice Sims in New York World.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16

A shower Of a remarkable character
occurred In Sicily on April "a, 1881. On
the morning Of that day every exposed
place within an extensive district was
found covered with gray water, which
being evaporated left deposit nearly a
quarter of an inch in thickness. 1t was
determined that this solid matter must
have come from Mount Etna. 1t is eer-
tain that vast quantities of solid sub
stances are constantly afoat in the at
mosphere. The sunsets all over the
world are redder to this day on account
Of the dust from the mighty eruption in
the Straits of Sunda years ago, which
has not yet entirely settled.-Washing'
ton Star.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16

About s,OOO,OOO,O 900 pieces of mail mat
ter are distributed by postal clerks in the
country yearly.
French woman thus epitomlzes the
recipe for keeping Young: A smiling wo-
man, with an expression Of repose, always
appears years younger than her age.
In the city Of Berlin, with a population
Of /, ,3i5, ,6oO there are but 2G,sOO dwelling
houses.
Three women, now over eighty years of
age, are living within a stones throw OF
each other near Norwich, Coun,, wis have
each been struck by lightning at various
times.
Among the delicacies 10 be obtained at a
japanese railroad station are sliced lotus
roots, roots of large burdock, lily bulbs,
shoots Of ginger, picked green plums and
the like.
In Australia, where deadly snakes
abound, 1t has been discovered that strY-
CHINA is almost an infallible oure for their
bites. The antidote acts quickly, snake
poslon slowly Al physicians use H.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16

There are a number of commercial
women travelling with their husbands,
most Of them for Chicago business firms,
although a few represent houses in this
city and Boston. The lines of goods
they carry vary from stationery and
maps to hardware and jewelry. One
couple are travelling through the coun-
try with horse and wagon, dealing in
sewing machines, while another couple
are employing the same method to carry
lines of gloves, mittens, etc. One wom-
an said that the number of women who
had taken to commercial travelling with
In the last year was four times as great
as in the previous year.
"And why shouldn't women go into
this business as well as any other?" she
demanded. And why shouldn't they?-
New York Tribune.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16

As being the Greatest
Discovery Of the Age,
Positive cure when used
In accordance to instruc-
tions, In diseases here
tOfOrc so-called incur
able. Dlphtherla, asth-
ma, bronchitis, catarrh,
congestion Of the brain,
the result of sunstrOke,
apOpleXy, an Il limbs
paralyZed restored to
fhnir natural condition