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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
The Moons Mission.

Some partisans of final causes have
imagined that the moon was given
to the earth to afford it light during
the night. But in this case nature
would not have attained the end pro-
posed, since we are often deprived at
the same time of the light of both
sun and moon To have accom-
plished this end it would have been
sufficient to have placed the moon at
first in opposition to the sun and in
the plane of the elliptic at distance
from the earth equal to the one hun
dreth part of the distance of the
earth from the sun, and to have inn
pressed on the earth and moon par
allel velocities proportional to their
distances from the sun. In this case
the moon, being constantly in oppo-
iition to the sun, would have de-
pcribed round it an ellipse similar to
that of the earth. These two bodies
would then constantly succeed each
other, and as at this distance the
moon could not be eclipsed its light
would always replace that of the sun.
-Ldp1dce.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Early Rising.

A person should never be walked eX-
cept in cases of urgent necessity. When
man falls asleep he is in shape for
repairs. All the intricate machinery of
his body is being overhauled and put in
order for next days work. Nature
knows what the tired body needs. She
lays it on the bed, surrounds it with the
refreshing air of night, covers it with
darkness and let's the man rest. " Tired
NATURES sweet restorer, balmy Sleep"
visits him, and as the hours pass by his
energies are renewed, his strength
comes back, and when the daylight
steals through the window, he opens
his eyes and feels like a new man. If
he is early to bed, he wakes correspond
ingly early. Now, who will go to that
mans side an hour before he opens his
eyes and say to nature: Stand aside
and let him get up. He has had enough
rest" Nature will say: You can take
him if you will, but / will charge him
with an hours loss of sleep, and I'll
collect it out of his bones and nerves
and hair and eyesight. You can't cheat
me. I'll find property to levy on"
Nature is the best bookkeeper in the
world. You may overdraw, but you
must pay back, even to the "pound OF
flesh. "-JenneSS Miller Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
The December Magazines.

THIS number of Good Housekeeping
closes the seventeenth volume of that
popular and valuable family journal.
1t is Christmas number, filled with
matter appropriate to the occasion, but
not neglecting the numerous interests
of everyday life. In modestly referring
to its success in the past, the magazine
promises even better things for the flu
lure, naming some of the attractions
which it will offer during the coming
year. 1t is emphatically, as its title in
dicates, ga family magazine, conducted
in the interests of the higher life of the
household" Sample copies are sent
on application, and the subscription
price is but 50 year. Clark w. Bryan
Company, Springfield, Mass.
THE Blue and Gray opens with a
handsome and artistic colored frontis-
piece, showing the old Liberty Bell in a
Christmas wreath of holly. How Unc'
Eph' Bought Heself" is an excellent
Christmas story in choice dialect, by
serial, " With Farragut on the Hart
ford" is accompanied by four splendid
illustrations, by Xanthus Smith, de-
scriptive of the fight at New Orleans.
This serial is growing more interesting
each month, and Mr.. Smiths special
skill in naval technique gives unusual
value to his pictures. The Patriotic
Youths Department is very strong,
giving biographical sketch of Mr.
George w. Childs, and most capti-
waiting illustrated paper on "The Old
Liberty Bell and its Home" besides a
number of shorter articles of patriotic
character. This magazine has now
completed the first year of its existence,
and enters its second year we'll estab-
lished in the hearts of our patriotic
citizens in all sections. Patriotic
American Co., Philadelphia.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Horace Greeley and His Bride.

"When he was first married and
brought his bride home on a visit"
said an old acquaintance, ga sugar
party was given in their honor on
neighboring farm. All the guests had
arrived and we were looking out watch
ing for the belated bride and groom.
At last we saw something approaching
in the distance. AS this same object
came nearer we discovered it was the
old white horse of Greeley's slowly
picking his way through the mud. On
his back sat the bride in brilliant yell
low frock with green velvet belt, and
behind her, wrapped in his famous
white overcoat, sat the editor of the
New York Tribune 1t was the fun
niest sight ever saw and set us off in
fits of laughing. l remember" con-
Guided my informant, laughing again
at her recollection, " that simply lay
down and rolled upon the floor in a
spasm of mirth." Mr.. Greeley came
home every year, and after day or two
on the farm would start out to walk
miles to call on people. He was never
known to knock at farmhouse door
No matter whether he knew the in
mates or not, he would push open the
door, walk right in, sit down by the
fireplace and fall to discussing crops
and other topics dear to the farmers
heart. Everybody was glad to wei
come this gentle, brusque intruder
Press and Printing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Christmas Table Decorations.

In planning for Christmas festivitied
the question of table decorations is Of
real Importance, therefore, uggestiond
for a unique and artistically- arranged
dinner-table may be of service, writes
Mrs. M. l.. Barber in an article on
Christmas Day Decorations in thd
December Ladies' Home Journal. Tho
covers may be laid for as many as may
be desired. In the center have squard
bed of holly, from the middle of which
there may rise a small Christmas tired
suitably decorated. AT either end 81
the table stand the candelabra, which
for this occasion should have red CAM
dies aud red shades. AT each lady'|
place have ascorsage bouquet of brigh|
red flowers tied with red ribbon, and
for the gentlemen boutonniereS of mistleI
toe. Have suspended over the table
little above the tree large bell of red
flowers, from the top of which, reach
ing to each plate, may hang red ribbon|
about an inch wide, held in place BY
the weight of the dinner. card, which
should be perforated near the top, al
lowing the end of the ribbon to pas
through and tie in bow. On tn,
upper side of the card should be writer
the guests name.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Burdette Gees Shopping.

/ am constrained to admit that wo-
men may shop more advantageously on
the cash system, but it is not in the
way of man, writes Robert j. Burdette
in an article on My Christmas Shop
ping" in the December LADIES' Home
Journal. cling to the good, easy old
way where you hand your transfer''
over the heads of everybody in the line,
and say in one breath, Purchbysame-
neutrality-suspicious. - charge, !"
which by Interpretation is, g These
goods have been purchased by the same
person whose name appears hereon
will you be so kind as to send them to-
this address, in care of the baggage
master at Broad Street station, land
charge them to the account of the pur-
chaser? Thank you; good afternoon
And that's all there is of it fortheS a
thirty days; then it clouds up and b.
gins to rain; there is a great deal Of
thunder, attended by atmospheric dis
turbances, with mean temperature and
local cyclones.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Beecher on Heredity.

1t seems hard that when man does
wrong his children should be put under
an almost irresistible inclination to do
wrong; it seems hard that when man
drinks spirituous liquors his children
and his children's children should
find themselves urged by burning
thirst, which they can scarcely with
stand, toward indulgence in intoxicat-
ing drinks; it seems hard that diseases
should be transmitted, and that because
a man has violated the laws of health
his children should be sickly and short
lived-these things seem hard so long
as we look at them only on one side
but what power of restraint this econ
omy has when every man feels, {"
stand not for myself alone, but for the
whole line of my posterity to the thirt
and fourth generationl"-Ladies' HON.
Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
A Serpent's Tongue.

l have on numberless occasions oh.
served the common pit viper of
southern South America, which is
of a sluggish disposition, lying in the
sun ON bed of sand or dry grass
coiled or extended at full length.
Invariably on approaching a snake
of this kind | have seen the tongue
exserted. That nimble, glistening or
gan was the first and for some time
the only sign of life or wakefulness
in the motionless creature. If l
stood still at a distance of some
yards to watch it, the tongue would
be exserted again at intervals; if l
moved nearer or lifted my arms or
made any movement, the intervals
would be shorter and the vibrations
more rapid, and still the creature
would not move. Only when J. drew
very near would other signs of ex-
element follow.
AT all such times the tongue has
scarcely seemed to me the mute
forked flash" that Ruskin calls 1t,
Dul bOuSut ulldJ Sulu SOlltblllIS,
which, although not audible, was
clearly understood and easy to trans
late into words. What it said or APP
peared to say was: Il am not dead
nor sleeping, and do not wish to be
disturbed, much less trodden on.
Keep your distance, for your own
good as well as for mine" In other
words the tongue was obtruded and
vibrated with a warning purpose.
Doubtless the venomous serpent
of sluggish habits has more ways
than one of making itself conspicu-
Gus to and warning off any large,
heavy animal that might injure by
passing over and treading on it, and
l think that in the ophidians of this
temper the tongue has become Incl
dentally a warning organ Small as
it is it's obtrusion is the first of a
series of warning motions and may
therefore be considered advantageous
to the animal, and in spite of its
smallness / believe that in very
many instances it accomplishes its
purpose without the aid of those
larger and more violent movements
and actions resorted to when the dan
gcr becomes pressing The Fortnight!
| ReDielD
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
CURRENT LITERATURE.
New Books.

d. APPLETON & Co., New York,
have just published "The Recipe for
Diamonds" a copy of which has been
received. 1t is an original and brilliant
story of incident and adventure, told
with a zest and spirit which renders the
book one of the most entertaining of
recent works of fiction. g. j. Cutcliffe
Hyne is the author. Price, fifty cents.
FROM the North Publishing Com
pany, Boston, has been received None
SUCH" by Rev. Emory j. Haynes. Mr..
Haynes remarkable ability to write
stories which are entertaining, and at
the same time instructive, has never
been better illustrated than in this
work. The principal figures in these
pages are shown in light that will be
sure to enlist the interest of the read
ers, and the plot of the story is not en-
numbered with superfuous details.
FROM Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Bos-
ton, has been received Photog-
raphy Indoors and Out" by Alexander
Black. The author is an expert anna
teur, and has written on the subject of
photography for the Century and other
magazines. In this book is found a
clear, reliable and convenient manual
for the host of amateur photographers
who are in search of information. 1t
is based on full scientific knowledge,
supplemented by long-continued ex-
pertinent, and it will interest and aid
in the most direct way. Price, $1.25.
FROM Estes e. Lauriat, Boston, has
been received 6 Miss Parloa's Young
Housekeeper," by Maria Parloa. 1t is
plain book for plain people, and
solves the often puzzling questions of
how to cook economically and we'll,
what to do with food left over from
any meal, and how to preserve vegeta-
bles and fruit. Aside from the culin-
airy department of the volume, there
are instructive chapters on the care of
the sick, furnishing the house, the
easiest and best way to do laundry
work, and many hints for housekeep-
ing time. The book is treasure for
those for wnom it is designed. 12mo;
cloth, $1.00.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
A Puzzle in Pronunciation.

The following rather curious piece
of composition was recently placed
upon the blackboard at a teachers in
stitute in Vermont, and prize of a
Webster's Dictionary offered to any
person who could read it and pro-
nounce every word correctly. The
book was not carried off, as IL was
the lowest number of mistakes in
pronunciation made.
A sacrilegious son of Belial who
has suffered from bronchitis, having
exhausted his finances, in order to
make good the deficit, resolved to
ally himself to comely, lenient and
docile young lady of the Malay or
Caucasian race. He accordingly pur
chased calliope and coral necklace
of a chameleon hue and securing
O suite of rooms at a principal hotel
he engaged the head waiter as his
coadjutor He then dispatched a let
ter of the most uneXceptiOnal calig-
raphy extant inviting the young
lady to a matinee. She revolted at
the idea, refused to consider herself
sacrifcable to his desires and sent a
polite note of refusal, on receiving
which he procured a carbine and
bowie knife, said that he would not
now forge letters hymeneal with the
queen and went to an isolated spot,
severed his jugular vein and dis
charged the contents of the carbine
into his abdomen. The debris was
removed by the coroner.
The mistakes in pronunciation
were made on the following words,
Sacrilegious, Belial, bronchitis, ex-
hausted, finances, deficit, comedy,
lenient, docile, Malay, calliope, cham
eleon, suite, coadjutor, caligraphy,
matinee, sacrifcable, carbine, hyme-
neal, isolated, iugular and debris. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Wire as a Strengthened.

The method Of strengthening copper
steam pipes by means of cooled metal
wire has been quite generally adopted
in the Italian navy. The practice is to
serve the tubes with one or two layers
of wire wound under tension. The
method is not considered applicable to
other than straight tubes. The wire is
of sufficient strength to carry the full
load of steam, and the tension used in
winding is about II tons per squareinch.
The wire is put on in two or three indie
pendent spirals, and the ends of each
are independently fastened to the Hanges.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Simple Christmas Decorations.

Plenty of material for Christmas dec
Grafton of the home and church can be
found in most parts of the country.
Autumn leaves can be used with good
effect in the construction of wreaths,
festoons and crosses. If these are used
in combination with ivy leaves or some
of the lighter evergreens, contrast
will be secured which will bring out
the bright colors of them wildly. Dried
ferns can be colored and combined with
them finely. A very pretty and artis-
tic cross can be made of ivy leaves
mixed with berries of the mountain
ash, dogwood or euonymus. Ears of
wheat or oats can be worked in with
good result, especially if they are first
dipped into solution of alum, strong
enough to leave a deposit of crystals on
them. One of the most charming
crosses l ever saw used in Christmas
decorations was made of ivy leaves
with a wreath of crystallized wheat and
red berries thrown over its arms. In
most localities in the country, ground
pine can be found. This is rich green
in color, and works up well in most
any design. Running pine can be gath
cred in long strings, and is very useful
for light work where a simple tracery
of green is required. Bittersweet ber-
ries combine with it charmingly. The
everlasting flowers, such as helichrism,
xeranthemum and gomphrena, can be
bought very cheaply in natural colors
If desired for use in that condition, oil
they can be had in most bright cOlors
and in pure white, but they are really
no prettier than berries, though valua
BILE for the sake of variety.-Ladies
Home Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
A Walk in Alexandria

What a wonderful scene is that
presented to our view as we draw up
alongside the quay at Alexandria!
The fine broad wharves built by
Englishmen and identical with those
of their own seagirt land are crowd
ed with a mass of humanity differ
ing in face and dress from anything
experienced beforein European tray
Ell. The eyes wander over the great
congregation of men-no white faces
seem present, or else they are lost in
the multitude of those of Asia and
Africa. What a mixture of races
and appearances as well as of char
acters meet you upon this Alexan-
drian quayl
To those who have never been out
of Europe before it is a sight never
to be forgotten You there meet for
the first time that grave, impassive
face of the easterner, bearing himself
erect and nobly, with his graceful
fall of robe and ample turban.
His bright black eyes seem full of
calm intelligence and repose, but
you feel yourself unable to read
them as you can those of your own
race. Arab and Copt, Turk, Jew,
Nubian, Syrian, Negro, Soudanese,
Berber, Albanian, Armenian, Indian,
you can see them all commingled in
this ever varying crowd, with eyes
conferred upon the ship. Well might
it be said in classic lore that Proteus
had his home at this place, for pro
team indeed are the diversities of
costume and type which we can see
around us.
1t is just the same as when Dion,
the golden mouthed orator, was here
1900 years ago, and when the same
sight saluted and astonished him,
| (Orat. XXXII, Italians, Syrians,
Mbyans, Cilicians, Ethiopians, Ara
bians, Bactrians, Persians, Scythians
and Indians hementions.) You feel
for some days that you never shall
be weary of simply watching these
1.-the, spare and graceful men, and
that you never shall be able to dis
tinguish between them or feel at
ease with dark faces everywhere
about you.-Nineteenb Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
MARTHA w. HUTCHINs ESTATE.

N1SIAIE OF VERMONT, washington District. SO.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict on the I'd day of December, A. D. 1893:
Curtis n. Arms, Administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate of Martha w. Hutchins,
late of Waterbury, in said District, deceased,
presents his administration account for ex-
animation and allowance and makes appli.
cation for decree of distribution and parti-
ton of the estate of said deceased. Whereupon
1t is ordered by said Court that said account and
said application be referred to session thereof
to be held at the Probate ONCE, in said Mont
peler, on the ed day of December, A. d. 1898
for hearing and decision thereon: And il is further
terested by publication of the same three weeks
eesslyeiy IN the geimon WaShman 4 state y9arnal
said time appointed for hearing. that they may ap
pear at said time and place, and show cause, IL any
they may have, why said account should not he al
lowed, and such decree made.
By the Court.-Attest.
1875 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
Christmas Carol.

What means this glory round our feet"
The Magi unused, more bright than NORM"
And voices chanted clear and sweet
To-day the Prince of Peace was bornl"
what means that STAR" the shepherds said,
"That brightens through the rocky glen?'
And angels, answering overhead,
Sang, Peace on earth, good will to menl"
TITS eighteen hundred years and more
Since these sweet oracles were dumb;
We wait for him like them of yore,
Alas, he seems slow to comet
But round about our feet shall shine
A light like that the wise men saw,
II we our loving wills incline
10 that sweet Ltfe which is the Law.
So shall we learn to understand
The simple faith of shepherds then,
Rnd kindly clasping hand in hand,
Sing Peace on earth, good will to men"
For they who to their childhood cling,
And keep their natures fresh morn,
Once more shall hear the angels sing,
To-day the Prince of Peace was born"
James Russell Lowel
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
The Wealth Of the World.

Few people, even among professed
politicians, have much idea of the
wealth of the world or of the man
ner in which that wealth is grow
ing. Still fewer have any notion of
the potentiality of wealth to in
crease. M. Jannet quotes the elab-
crate calculation of an ingenious au-
thor to show that 100 francs, accu-
mulating at 8 per cent compound in
terest for seven centuries, would be
sufficient to buy the whole surface
of the globe, both land and water, at
the rate of 1000, 900 francs GAO, 000)
the hectare. The actual growth of
riches has not hitherto assumed such
inconvenient proportions.
NJ Jannet cites various authorities
to show that the wealth of the
United Kingdom exceeds 10000,
600, 900; that of France, $4,000, 000,-
900; that of all Europe, SAC, 900, 000,-
900; that of the United States, &14,-
600, 000,00 If we place the wealth
| of the rest of the world at f26, 000,-
600, 600 we shall arrive at an aggre-
gate of ESQ, 100000 We should
have, we may add, to multiply this
vast sum, which according to NJ
Jannets ingenious authority 100
francs accommodating at Per cent
compound interest for 700 years
would grow.
The figures we have given are so
vast that they convey no appreciate
idea to the ordinary reader. 1t may
assist the apprehension if it be added
that France on the average pos
sesses more than f200, the United
Kingdom more than $3.50 for each
member of the population. Just 200
years ago Sir W. Petty estimated the
entire wealth of England at only
$3.50, 900, 900. Two centuries, there
fore, have increased it fortyfold.
But the chief additions to it have
been made in the last so years, and
we believe that we are not far wrong
in saying that the sum which is an
nually added to the capital of the
United Kingdom amounts to $780,
900, 900, or i'll other words is nearly
equal to its entire wealth at the
time of the revolution of 1885,
Edinburdh Review.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20
ELvIRA ID. fuckers ESTATE.

Il STATE OF NEhMONI, washington District So.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, the 18th day of November, AID 1898;
George o. Davis, Executor in the state of Yer
mont of the last will and testament of Elvira d.
Tucker, late of the county of Los Angeles, in the
state of California, deceased, makes application to
said Court, with the consent and appreciation in
writing of the legatees and devisees of said de.
ceased residing in the state of Vermont for license
tc sell all of the real estate of said deceased sit
uated in Marshfeld, in said District, to wit Farm
consisting of about seventy-tive acres of land an
buildings thereon, being part of Lot No g of the Sd
Range, the same having come to said estate under a
mortgage representing that the sale thereof
would be beneficial to the legatees and devsees of
said deceased and those interested in her estate In
order to convert said real estate into money Where
upon it is ordered by said Court that said application
be referred to a session thereof to be held at the
Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier, on the 2lst day
of December, A. ID. 1893, for hearing and de
cision thereon; and, it is further ordered, thai
all persons interested be notified hereof, by
publication of notice of said application and or
der thereon three weeks successfully in the Yer
mont Waterman d State Journal newspaper pub
lished at Montpelier in this State, and which crcu
lates in the neighborhood of those interested, be
fore said time of hearing, that they may appeal
said time and place, and if they cause objec
thereto by the Court.-Attest,
1915 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge