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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
The Magnetic Pole.

No one knows and therefore no one can
explain the precise reason why magne.
tiled needle does point to that mysterious
spot on the coast of Bootha Felix, and
strange as it may seem there was in 1881
no visible trace of anything by which that
spot could be recognized, not even so much
as a small hillock in the immediate neigh
borhood, and the only means of proving
that the magnetic pole had been reached
was by the total inactivity of the compass
at that spot, coupled with the almost verti.
cal position of the dipping needle.
On this most interesting point the very
words of Sir James Ross himself shall be
given: 1.-THE amount of dip as indicated by
my dipping needle was 80 degrees so min
utes, being thus within one minute of the
vertical, while the proximity at least of
this pole, if not its actual existence where
we stood, was further confirmed by the
action, or rather by the total naction, of
the several horizontal needles then in my
possession. Thee were suspended in the
most delicate manner possible, but there
was not one which showed the slightest eff
fort to move from the position in which it
was placed, fact which even the most
moderately informed of readers must now
know to be one which proves that the cen
ter of attraction lies at very small hort
zontal distance, if at any C'ornhW Mag
OzjDp-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
A Man OF Unique Usefulness.

Professor Charles Sprague Sargent is the
son of Boston banker, and his first eXpe-
rience in gardening was gained in managing
his fathers handsome estate in Broo'lline,
where he showed so much skill and taste in
landscape gardening as well as knowledge of
botany that he was invited to become the
head of the botanical garden at Cam
bridge. There, being full of ideas, he at
first dismayed DR.. Asa Gray by the decisive
changes he undertook to make, but the
elder botarist was soon convinced that
everything the younger one did was for the
advantage OF the place, since from the first
he showed unusual breadth of view and
ability. His thoroughness and success in
this department suggested him as the most
desirable, indeed as the only competent,
man to manage the arboretum.
He was thel rfore made Arnold professor
of arboicul,-re in Harvard university.
Since then his fame rs dendrologist has
increased, uutil he is even better known
and quoted as an authority in the old world
than in America. Owing to his high repu-
tation and the acknowledge acquired by
him in his direction of the arboretum, in
1880 the United States government put him
at the head of the forestry division of the
tenth census, the result of which was his
remarkable report of its proceedings, pub
lished by the government in one of its
quarto volumes. Century Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
A Costly Fifteen Seconds.

1.-The greatest transformation scene ever
saw" said railroad engineer, was on the
Pennsylvania railroad near Rohrerstown,
Pa. 1t was lightning change, too if there
ever was one A long train of loaded jun
DO coal cars was going east and running at
a high rate of speed. Suddenly brake
rigging on one of the cars near the head of
the train came loose in some way and
dropped to the rails. The collision of the
wheels of the car with the obstruction
snapped an axle, which threw the car from
the track. Instantly car wheels, brakes,
timbers, rails and coal were flying thick in
the air, as car after car went piling upon
the first one and on one another.
Ten cars were torn to splinters. Two
Others were hurled over on the other track,
and two tumbled down an embankment
Not truck or bit of brake apparatus was
left on a single one of these cars, and the
ten Others We're simply piles of stove wood
and scrap iron. The rails were completely
ripped from the ties for distance of 400
feet on the east bound track and for 200 feet
on the west bound track. The road bed for
that distance was covered two feet deep
with coal. The whole thing was done in
less than 10 seconds, and it cost the com
pauy over $4,000" -NeW York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
All For a Cent.

81 should give up housekeeping or fami-
ly keeping, | believe" laughed woman
recently, 'if it were not for the little
penny store around the corner What did
our mothers do without them, | wonder?
The personal peace of mind and the con
tentment of my small fry which have pur-
chased with tie outlay of a single cent are
little short of colossal. | had to draw the
line at the penny candy of the good ma
tured German woman who presides over
the treasures of the establishment and in
sist upon the children buying their occa-
siOnal goodies at the drug store, where only
two caramels or three marshmallows CON
stitute penny's portion. 1t is a trial to
pass their favorite, who gives II bag full of
sweets more or less adulterated for the
same money, but am firm.
And there is so much else to attract the
coins that they are reconciled to the high
class if 'so-lttle-for-a-c bonbons of the
druggist. Twenty evenly cut squares of
beautiful satiny paper in every color and
tint for IA penny That means 90 pins from
my toilet cushion, an hour of cutting and
folding, and 20 beautiful pinwheels stuck
on board. A penny will buy besides a
supply of lovely tissue paper n tin horn, n
false face, n miniature rake, shovel, hoe or
Ratchet, a ladder, dozen marbles, n top,
a small ball, a hoop stick, u card of paper
dolls or soldiers or sailors-unlimited pos
sibilities of occupation and interest for the
small fingers and glorious respite for the
mother. Take my advice and don't move
into a neighborhood that hasn't u penny
store around the corner " -iNeto Yorh
Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Old Virginia Taverns.

Here in Virginia we have had some IL
nous hostelries. The old Raleigh tavern
at Williamsburg lives in romance ard his
tory. 1t must have been well kept, for con.
temporaneous writers speak of it so We
respectfully They could not have writ
of it as they did had the proprietor f."
nished them with tough beefstakes or h i
bread, or sent them to shabby chambers, OF
hired a man with kohinoor in his friled
shirt bosom to give them short answers Il
civil questions.
Tavern was once the great name here
The Bell tavern, which preceded the pres
ent St. Charles, was a famous place of re-
sort when Byrd's tobacco warehouse stood
on the opposite side of Main street, and it
had worthy contemporary in the Wash
ington tavern, which is now the St. Claire
The Eagle tavern was of later date
was a grander house than the other t,
In it Lafayette was entertained in Il
The Eagle stood on the south side of Ma. ,
street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
and had an archway-the port cochere OF
the present day-into which the stage
coaches drove and landed their passengers.
Fire destroyed it early in the forties, and
from the city's need for another good hotel
the Exchange arose
The Exchange, the Ballard House, the
Columbian hotel, the Powhatan Cords 81
hotel, the Monumental (St. Claire and the
st. Charles and the Spotswood were all in
operation here at Que time Richmond
UiSD1tch
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
An Instance of Thought Telegraphy.

One morning recently while at work !
saw in my minds eye little wicker basket
containing five eggs two very clean, of a
more than usually elongated oval and of a
yellowish hue; one very round, plain white,
but smudged all over with dirt; the re
manning two bore no peculiar marks
never think of similar Objects but that bas
ket remained fixed in my mind and occu
pied it for some moments. About two
hours later | went into another room for
lunch and was at once struck with the re-
markable similarity between the eggs
standing in the eggcups and those two long
ones l had seen in my imagination. 1t
caused my wife great establishment to learn
from me how many eggs had been sent by
her mother half an hour before.
She then brought up the remaining three
there was the one with the dirt on it and
the basket the same / had seen. found
that the eggs had been kept together by my
mother-in-law, that she had placed them in
the basket and thought of sending them to
me, and to use her own words, II did of
course think of you at that moment" She
did this at 10 in the morning, which, as
knew from my regular habits, must have
been just the time of the impression.-
NATURALIZATION.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Ironing FIanneIs.

Flannels should be ironed as little as
possible, and never with a very hot
iron, as it shrinks the goods and spoils
the finish. 1t is much better for most
iiannels to simply press the bands,
facings, and other cotton or similar
parts, folding the wooden part smoothly,
and putting away for use. White
clothes are to be ironed on the right
side, but calicoes, ginghams, embroid-
cries, stockings and the like on the
wrong side alone, or at most with a
light passage of the iron over the right
side. A very excellent effect is OBJ
tanned on fine embroideries by ironing
upon the wrong side with the fabric
laid carefully between two thicknesses
OF flannel.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Proper Time to Eat Fruit.

The proper time for eating fruit is in
connection with meals, especially at
breakfast and dinner. 1t should be
supplied in generous measure with
those two repasts, either in its natural
state or simply cooked. In either of
those ways it will be found easy of di-
gestion, agreeable to the system, a
corrective of many demoralized condi-
lions, and most highly relished by all
appetltes of normal condition. There
has come into vogue in late years what
may be termed almost fad for the
production of strangely compounded
things, in the form of sauces and rel
ishes of one name and another, of
which fruit forms the foundation, but
which are so disguised by the addition
of spicings and other foreign ingre-
dients that the original fruit is practi-
cally lost to sight and taste. Let it be
understood, once for all, that these
things are no longer fruits, and are not
to be considered such, and can in no
manner or degree yield the beneficial
results to be derived from the use of
fruit.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
The Solution of the Problem.

WANTED.-By young man, Ger
man, to do general homework in a
first-class private family; best reference.
The above advertisement appeared in a
Sunday issue of one of our great dailes
recently. Now there is hope for the
housekeeper When the domestic labor
market is not limited to sex, demand
and supply are brought to more natu-
ural level. The student of political
economy will be startled by this limo.
walton, but it is the logical result of the
invasion of women in the fields of la.
Dor that for centuries were occupied by
men. We may expect the next gener-
alton to read long treatises, accompa-
MED by carefully prepared tables, show
ing the decrease in wages in the one
field of labor where woman's wages
eXcelled, because in the latter part Of
this century men crowded themselves
into their ranks. 1t will be shown that
domestic service was the one field of
labor that did not demand training, the
spending of time and money, to acquire
knowledge of the work for which
wages was paid. Any degree, any
kind, of ignorance was paid for at high
market rates, until man, with the ag-
gressive spirit that has made him a
force in civilization, cut down the false
barriers and entered the field of labor
hitherto held sacred to women. The
intensely truthful investigator will ad-
nit that it was the one field where the
demand was greater than the supply,
but it will take more than one genera
ton of writer's to admit that even this
condition was justification for mans
act in driving women out of this COM
mercial Eden. True, it is only one
man who thus offers himself, but when
his fellows see him on Sundays and his
days out, Bridget, Dinah, Mary, Ann,
and the rest of them will realize that
their triumph is over.-ChriStian Union.
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the walls hard finish, but will make
them as waterproof as a china cup.
Some day, when we know great deal
more than we do now, all the plaster
on our walls will be made of this sort of
material, stuff that water cannot get
through; then we will have no further
trouble with paper falling off and grow
ing damp and discolored. More peo-
pie die from carelessness and stupidity
in the world than from any other
cause. 1t is too much trouble to keep
things clean, and because the enemy
doesn't come with roaring noise and
brandished weapons, nothing is thought
about it. A stitch in time saves nine,
and little care early in the season
may save doctors large fees, and not
infrequently undertakers' larger bills
Jenness- Miller Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Sanitary Precautions.

The sanitary condition of the house
hold is subject on which one should
never weary OF eXpaliaiing. At this
time more than usual care needs to be
exercised, for as the warm days come
the disease germs propagate with great
rapidity, and before long will get the
upper hand of the careless house keeper.
Look to the cellar, see that there are no
vegetables or fruit in a half. decayed
state, clear out odds and ends of all
sorts, sweep, scrape, scrub if neces.
sary, brush out, dust all ashes from the
heater that have accumulated during
the winter and hang around on the
cobwebs, for they are nurseries of dis
ease. Dark spots on the wall should
be cleaned off and whitewashed. Lime
is great purifier and copperas water
is Invaluable for killing disease germs.
Two or three pounds of copperas dis
solved in half a barrel of water and
ustd with sprinkler around drains and
low places where the water settles out
of doors, may save doctors large bill
or break in the family circle. Pour a
few pailfuls of copperas water down
the sink and through the pipes, deluge
water-c!osets with it and scatter it in
all places where there are bad odors.
Keep can of potash on the shelf over
the Kitchen sink, drop few crystals
into the sink, and let the water dis
solve it and lun away through the
pipes; watch all damp corners; if the
walls are water soaked and paper falls
off, leaving colony of well-developed
fungus growths in various shades of
blue and black, scrape the walls, get a
little Portland cement, mix it with water
and put it on with a whitewash brush.
Work rapidly, mixing small quantity
at time, and this will not only give
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Scandinavian Carving.

From earliest times carving has received
great attention in Scandinavia. One sees
evidence of this in many Swedish churches,
both in wood and in stone, dating back
many centuries In Stockholm are many
to be found, now safely cared for in a well
known museum. Some of these northern
churches, notably those of Borgund and
Hitterdal, are quite covered with such
quaint ornamentaton.
Beyond such public expression of pains
taking labor one may see, in almost any
comfortably furnished house, wooden
forks, spoons, salt boxes and platters, but
still more attracting attention are huge
wooden tankards, and these will often beal
close study both in design and in execution
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Headache from Eye Strain.

The symptoms of attacks of sick head
ache are always paroXysmal and peculiarly
explosive in character indicating the APP
proach of trouble. Upon awakening in the
morning ones head feels heavy and a sense
of extreme langour is present, with an aver
sion to eflort-even to eat. Sudden move
ments of the head or body are followed by
pains in the head. STOPPING causes very
unpleasant sensation - makes the head
swim, as a poor sufferer describes it, As
the day advances a pain of very decided
character is felt in the head, and as the day
wears on absolute rest, quiet and darkness
become imperative. The pain becomes more
intense until the patient begins to vomit.
This often closes the attack, and heavy
sleep follows; generally several fits of vom-
iting are experienced, accompanied by
retching, sweating, pallor and great phys
ical exhaustion. Megrim is usually re
lieved in "A hours, although it may last two
or three days.
For treatment during the premonitory
stage it is best to take an emetic or a good
purge. Warm water with a little mustard
added (half teaspoonful to glass lukewarm
water makes an excellent emetic Often
copious drafts of very hot water will cut
short an attack. If the pain becomes intol-
cradle, dimensions of the entire body in
very hot bath will nearly always give re-
lief
After the bath put the patient to bed in a
darkened room, shut out all noises and
place bag partly filled with hot water at
the back of the neck. Usually one will
need no further treatment to induce sleep.
In the intervals between attacks benefit
may be derived from out of door exerciee,
touics, regular and mild diet and atten.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Self-cOntrOl i'm a Nurse.

DR.. Weir Mitchell, lecturing to school
of nurses upon the necessity of self control
in emergencies, told the following incident:
One of his patients, while in low, nervous
condition, swallowed by mistake dose
from the wrong bottle. She shrieked out
that she was poisoned. One of the nurses
screamed "Aconitel" and began to cry hys-
terically.
The other nurse, seeing that the patient
was going into commissions from terror,
when relief would be impossible, said cool
ly: Don't be frightened. Look here"
taking mouthful of the dose herself
She then went outside to rid her mouth Of
it, procured an emetic and sent for doc
tor and stomach pump. Her calmness
saved the life of the patient Washington
Ne7re
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16

Now TRY THIs.-It will cost you
nothing and will surely do you good, if
you have a cough, cold, or any trouble
with throat, chest or lungs. DIR. Kings
New. Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds is guaranteed to give
relief, or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from la grippe found it just
the thing and under its use had
speedy and perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself just how good thing
it is. Trial bottles free at c. Blakely's
drugstore. Large size, fifty cents and
$1.00.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
The Mouths of Leaves.

The botanst, the real Investigator who
has got down to making real explorations
for himself will talk to you about the
thousands of minute "stomates" on the
surface of a leaf. These invisible "stomates"
are really the mouths through which the
leaves take in carbonic acid. They are most
abundant on the upper surface of leaves.
Each is an oval opening guarded by pair
of lips which open and close according to
requirements. They vary from less than
1000 to more than 10000 to the square inch
of leaf surface.-,St. Louis Republic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
A Cosmopolitan Woman.

She went around and asked subscriptions
For the heather black Egyptians
And the Terra del Fuegians,
She did;
For the tribes round Athabasca,
And the men Of Madagascar,
And the poor souls of Alaska,
SO she did,
She longed, she said. to buy
Jelly.cake and jam and pie
For the Anthropophagi,
SO she did.
Her heart ached for the Australians
And the Borriobooli Ghalians,
And the poor, dear Amahaggar
Yes. 1t did
And she loved the black Numidian
And the ebon Abyssinian,
And the charcoal-colored Guinean,
oh, she did
And she said she d cross the seas
With ship of bread and cheese
For those starving Chimpanzees,
Sure, she did.
How she loved the cold Norwegian
And the poor, half.melted Feeieean,
And the dear Molucca Islander,
She did,
She sent pie and canned tomato
To the tribes beyond the equator,
But her husband ate potato,
SO he did;
The poor, helpless homeless thing
my voice falters as sing
Tied his clothes up with a string,
Yes, he did.
IS. ". Ross, in The Jadge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
An Optimistic View.

Let Journalism have fair play. have
no apology for its imperfections, but |
must plead in extenuation of it's errors the
common infirmities which prevail among
men who are teachers as well as we.
Let me tell you that, bad as journalism
is, bad as politics is, bad as your churches
are, bad as society is today, bad as COM
merce is, there never was time in the
history of this or any other land when the
church, religion, society, politics and jour
nalism were rs good as they are to-day
Colonel A. X. Mcclure.
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MISCELLANY.
The Lighthouse.

Oft shall heavens sentries sleep,
Lodged in cloudy donjon keep;
Dark or bright yon starry host,
Still the ncspcr of our coast
Watches over wcltering miles
Set with treachcrous rcefy isles.
When the seaman on black nights
Has 10 cheer from heavens lights,
He UNCLAIMED shall heed its ray
Constant thrown upon his way.
Earthly hands the beacon trim,
But it shall not fail to him.
VIVA; if sailing from afar
Without grace of moon or star,
! at length withdraw mine eyes
From the masked, unmoved skies,
Turning from the blank above
Toward the star of human love-
All the light the night vouchsafes
To the wild seas driven waifsl
-Edith W. Thomas, IN LippmcoH,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
Willard Remedy Co., Boston, Mass.
For Sale!

will sell at bargain TO aIIy one in want of the
whole, part, of the following described prop.
erty, situated the line of the Wells River rail-
mostly timbered The railroad passes through II
the center, with good side-track at the lum.
Der she'd near mills. large boarding house and
an extra fine barn for horses. Three tenement
three mills is In good fair condition. and comprises
three water wheels, circular saw mill. two hand
edgers tlaU saw, planer and hatcher, board plaper
single machine clapboard mill and all attach.
ments, etc. etc, bowl mill also one traverse sled.
Might exchange a portion for other property.
ALBERT JOHONNOTT
Montpelier, VT, January 10, 1893.
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THE HOUSEHOLD.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DR. I. II. HosKINs, Newport VT, or di.
tectly to THE WATcHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY,
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viii Cure You
pronarod hy Dr I ~ Avpr & Cn nwou I,sa
Your Wife's Watch
ought 10 be equal TO yoys; at least.

ought TO be equal TO yOnrs; at least.
Her minutes cost her more than
yours and bring her less. You see
that at dinner time, at supper time,
at breakfast time, and-well, all
the time. Haven't you learned her
needS2 She needs a watch that
she can risk anywhere; accurate,
stylish and genuine-and not ex-
penSive: the new, quick-winding
Waterbury. Handsome as a hun
bred dollar watch, though it costs
only SIS down to 81.
It is cased in gold, filled, coin-sil-
yer, ETC. 1t is winding
and setting, eweled move
ment 1t may costlier
one. Every jeweer keeps
this watch in all styles. AZ
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16

NOON, from none, means the ninth
hour, which among the Romans was the
time of eating the chief meal of the
day.