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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
Residence Destroyed.

Special to the Globe.
SLEEPY EYE, Minn.. June 27.-Fire
destroyed the residence Of Fred Crum-
let, Stark township. Theloss is nearly
$4,000, and only $500 insurance on bo th
house and furniture.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
Julia Force Acauitted.

ATLANTA, Ca, June 81. = In the
Julia Force trial today the jury, after a
very brief deliberation, brought in
verdict of not guilty. She will be at
once sent to the state lunatic asylum.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
JonesKe-EIected

BosToN, June 27.-At meeting of
the Boston & Maine road today, Hon.
Frank Jones was unanimously chosen
president, and the resignation Of Vice
President Niyer was accepted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED CONNECT ONS.

road to another. He holds that Drac,
tical merger is invalid, as it was not
made with the unanimous consent OF
the stockholders. From financial statel
ments made in court, the road is ins
solvent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
RAILROAD WARFARE
That Looms Up With the New
Transeontinental Con-
nection.
President Van Horne's New
Through Line West Via
st. Paul,
Connecting the 500 With the
Canadian Pacific at
Moose Jaw.
An Interesting Situation Over
the Fight for Minnesota
Business.

If the few cards shown by the Cana
dian Pacific road furnish correct clue
to the strength of its hand, there may
soon be state of affairs more serious
than has ever yet confronted transcon-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
RAN IN A CIRCLE.
Il Prisoner Who Escaped Is Easily
Recaptured.

Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, June 27.-Edwin Porter, a
colored convict at the state reformatory,
brake away from the guards yesterday
afternoon while at work in the field and
made good his escape. Several shots
were fired at him, but the bullets all
missed him. A vigorous search was at
once instituted and at noon today he
was recaptured in a corn field near the
reformatory. He had wandered all
circled around and this morning he
found himself within few miles of the
prison he had been seeking to get away
from.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28
Movements OF steamshiDs.

LoNDoN-sighted Dresden. Baltimore.
PHILADELPHIA = Arrived: Pennsylvania
Antwerp.
BREMEx-Arriged: saaIe, New York.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28

named Bennett also burned before the
flames could be checked. About 1000
bushels of wheat were in the elevator.
The loss was fully covered by insur ance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Taking OFF Gloves.

As there is a right way and many
wrong ways to put on gloves, there is
also right way to take them off.
They should never be drawn off by the
finger tips, unless they are old and very
loose. Taking them eff in that way
soon stretches the ends of the fingers
so that they can never afterward be
made to give plea ing fit. Instead q,
take the glove by The wrist, and draw
it gently back over the hand till the
second joint of the fingers is reached.
1t can then be drawn off by the finger
tips, without damage. When it is thus
take n off, the very best way to treat it
is to leave the fingers distended, just
as they came from the hand; when 1t is
next wanted, it will fit the hand much
ore easily, and look better, than if it
were smooihed and flattened back into
the form of new glove.-Good House
keeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
How to Make Buckwheat Cakes.

The old fashioned rule for buckwheat
cakes is undoubtedly the best, and it
calls for cupfuls of buckwheat, small
cupful of Indian meal, an even table
spoonful of salt, half cake of COM
pressed yeast, 2 cupfuls of water and 2
cupfuls of milk, mixed together and
added when lukewarm. These cakes
must be mixed up over night and left to
rise till morning. In the morning they
should have risen and fallen back. This
condition of the batter may be told by
inspecting the sides Of the dish, where
the mark to which the batter has risen
will be found.
This would not be o desirable state Of
things in the case of any other batter, as
it would indicate that it was sour, but
the slight acidity which would exist in a
properly raised buckwheat batter if it
were not corrected by soda is complete
ly done away with when an even tea
spoonful of soda stirred in half cupful
of lukewarm milk is put in in the morn
ing just before the cakes are baked.
When the soda is added, the cakes
should foam up like yeast.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
A Lover Of Fresh Air.

Queen Victoria seems almost imper-
vious to draughts and cold, and no
doubt this makes her somewhat incon-
siderate to those around her. Her sons
and daughters frequently complain of
The coldness Of their mothers home.
She is quite unlike most old ladies of
her age in many of her tastes; and
while they enj)y the cosy arm chairs
before the fire, the queen is taking her
daily drive. 1t has to be very bad
weather TO stop this regular outing /;
for, though rain and snow may clos e
the carriage, her majesty is always very
10th to give up her drives. And they
are drivesl The pace at which she
likes to go is another instance in which
the queen differs from most of her sex
and age. They are, as rule, content
with, and even anxious for, very slow
and digpified manner of progres sion.
But not so for her majesty. Twelve
mile an hour is the pace at which she
insists on bling driven when she is in
the country, and, as she knows the dis
tances of all the drives in the neigh
borhood of her different homes, she at
once detects if her commands are not
carried out. Directly horse is unable
to go this pace he is no longer elil lille
for her majesty's use. - Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
GOunOd and " Faust.v

A few of Gounod's masses are still
popular in the choir lofts, but his ora
torios have been shelved, and it has
long been recogniz, that he will be re-
membered solely as the composer of
Faust" With that opera he reat he'd
the elimination of his achievements
and the zenith of his popularity. Only
one other of bis dramatic works has
been associated with it as possible
rival in the critical mind, and that,
Romeo ct Julittte," has enjoyed only
small Fl action of the popular favor be-
slowed on Faust" The career of
this work is, indeed, without parallel in
the annals of the lyric stage. Nearly
two years ago it celebrated its six hun
dredth performance at the Grand Opera
in Paris, into whose list il was accepted
in 1869. Ia the ten years during which
it belonged to the repertory of the
Theatre Lyrique il was performed four
hundred times. None of its COM
papions, save Romeo ct Juittte," can be
said to be living io.cay. "Philtnlon ct
BauciS," "Sapho," and "Mlreile"
have been remodelled and revised, but
all in vain. The vital spark is not in
them, and galvanism does no GOO d.
Under the circumstances it is easy to
understand how it came to pass that
the g ssips of Paris once professed to
doubt Gounod's authorship O" Faust"
and told pretty fable to the effect that
the opera had been composed by
monk, whose contempt for the wicked
and frivolous world was so great that,
to escape the burden of glory, honor
and fame which be knew the opera
would bring him, he gave the score to
Gounod, with the injunction to copy it
and announce it as his own. Of course
this is the veriest and foolishest fiction.
The style of composition which char
acterzes Faust is present in all of
Gounod's operas. He wrote none of
them if he did not write " Faust"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Vaults OF the Bank OF France.

The treasures of the Bank of Fran ce
are said to be better guarded than those
of any other bank in the world. At
the close of business hours every day,
when The money is put into the vaults
in the cellar, masoDs at once wall up
the doors with hydraulic mortar. Water
is then turned on AID kept running
until the cellar is fl oded. A burglar
would have to work IN a diving suit
and break down a cement wall before
he could even start TO loot the vaults.
When the officers arrive the next morn.
ing, the water is drawn off, the m :
sonrv torn down and the vaults opened.
Philadelphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
MISCELLANY.
A Curate's Epistle.

VIII you marry curate. Miss Ethel9
Will you wed with a reverend man,
With n hundred and twenty pounds yearly
And glad to get that If he cant
viii you never miss vespers or mathis?
Will you visit the poor In the rain2
VIII you give up your sllks and your sstins
Aud wear glnghams and mousselines de laineY
You have very nice ankles, dear Ethel,
And figure with scarce any faults.
Can you bear. then, to give up the lancers
And only look on at waltz2
VIII you lay by Mozart and Beethoven
To teach Sunday school children to squall.
And instead of your painting and sketching
Draw maps OF the Journeys Of aul?
Can you please the entire congregation
Keep all the societies hot
Barely praised II you're Ht for the station
And rouudly abused II you're not2
Can you disregard sneeriug and scorning
Cause at home you're to work like bee?
VIII you help to make the beds in the morning
Aud cut bread and butter for tear
Can you drudge all day without pity?
Can you darn. sew and stitch and not tire2
VIII you sit on the ladies' committee
And MARBLE your best In the chor2
viii you stand by your husband when sighted
BY men who make light of his palms.
who have far more than ten times his income
And far less than half of his brains?
Married bishops may easily mingle
Worldly wisdom with warning so dour,
But I've taken no vows to keep single,
Though p'rhaps may always be poor
Then II as the wife of a curate
You could live dear, say Yes" without fuss.
Don't be daunted by prelates obdurate
And gladden. your own Glorious.
London Tit. Bits,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Putting on Gloves.

If glove il of the right size and cut,
much of its subsequent tractibility de-
ponds upon the way it is first put on.
II should be perfectly adjusted to the
hand, with every seam straight and
true, each finger pushed down to its
proper place, aud the whole fitted
smoothly and carefully. This will re-
quire little time, but it will be min.
utes we'll invested, for the glove enter
ing upon its usefulness in this way " i'll
ever after be found ready to the hand,
flexible when hexibiity is require d
and in every way pleasing. OF course
If the glove is not Of the proper shape
and cut for the hand, it can never be
made to fit well, and all the time spent
in the effort will be wasted. No at.
tempt should be made to button the
glove till the hand is perfectly fitted
then begin at the bottom and proceed
gently-do nothing with gloves in o
hurry. A dress glove for visiting OF
evening wear should fit closely and per
fectly; but at all other times those
which have more room il side should
be employed. For walking, driving
and other service where protection O
the hands is the object in wearing
gloves, they should be sufficiently large
to give the hand entire free dom, anC
allow it to be used with vigor, if nee
essary, without danger of rupturing thu
covering.-G0od Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
How to Reduce In Weight.

A young English girl afflicted with an
undesirable amount of adipose tissue has
succeeded in Kidding herself of a large
amount of it without injuring her health
by following the regimen given below.
She began by getting up at o'clock
every morning and taking three mile
walk before breakfast without consider
ing the weather. At 8 o'clock she had a
large cup Of coffee, with very little
sugar, and slice of dry bread. Then
she occupied herself as she liked until 2
o'clock, when more bread and some vege-
tables composed her meal. AT 4:30 she
was off for another long walk, followed
by a cup of tea and a few dry biscuits.
Ninety days of this regimen reduced her
weight from 1875 to 145 pounds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
LOwell's Habit OF Work.

Lowell was wont to complain Of the in
dolence of his disposition, and to this ex-
tent he was right, that his natural habit Of
work was not continuous, but, on the con-
trary, spontaneous, rapid, with long breath
ing spells between the periods of exertion.
Yet he was never idle And these intervals
were not periods of self indulgent inactivity,
but were occupied in accumulation accord
ing to his liking and in assimilation Of
fresh stores OF observation and Of learning.
He was an immense reader. When the
occasion came, no man could work harder or
with more intensity of energy and steadi
ness Of indus ry than he, and such were the
command he had over his faculties and his
facility of expression that his performance
was often a feat of marvellous rapidity
Thus in 1913, "Sir Launfal" was written
at white heat within week
Almost 40 years later considerable part
of his discourse on Democracy" delivered
at Birmingham in October, 1884, was iotted
down in the train on the journey from Lon
don. And yet so compact aud we'll consid-
cred is this discourse that it seems as
though no care in its preparation, no DELHI
Grafton in its statement, had been wanting
Nor, indeed, were they, for this address,
which has been well called an event, and
an event without precedent, was the out
come of the reflections of "a lifetime, and
the expression of convictions matured by
experience, and of character based upon
the rock of firmly established principles -
Charles Eliot Norton, in Horper's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Wanted Mere Faith.

A clergyman who was settled some
years ago in southern town was In
great favor with the colored brethren
and was frequently called upon TO "sit
in council" with the members OF one
Of their churches in neighboriDg town.
Among these members was an old
darby, with grizzed hair, who had in q
high degree the gift for "responses
80 much cultivated by the people OF his
color. He was always ready with
"AmeDr' and more than ready With
"Gloryw but his particular fondness
was for the fervent ejaculation, DE
Lord glib us more faithp On one oc-
casion, when the clergyman IN ques-
ton bad been called upon to discourse
to this congregation, he illustrat ed his
"practical talk" with the story of an
occurrence which he himself had wit
messed not long before. AS be fin
ished it he said earnestly: Now, my
brethren, you would hardly believe,
would you. that any man could have
wltnt ssed such scene IS that, almost
at your very doors2' AS lie paused
there came tremendous groan from
the cd dai ky, aud with great iervor he
ej ,culated. DE Lord glib us more
faith p'- Youths Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
The Care of Apples.

There is no question about the impor-
lance of 30 far as possible preventing the
bruising Of the fruit. 1t may be safely
assumed that germs of decay are lurking
about everywhere, ready to come in COLI
tact with any substances. A bruise or
cut in the skin is therefore even worse
than a rough place caused by scab
fungus as lodgment provided by the
minute spores of various sorts. If the
juice exudes, it at once furnishes the
choicest Of conditions fer molds to grow.
An apple bruised is the fruit for the de-
cay of which germs are specially in
vited, and when such specimen is placed
in the midst of other fruit it soon be-
comes point of infection for its neigh
bors on all sides. Seldom is o fully rot
ten apple found in bin without several
others near by it being more or less af-
fected. A rotten apple is not its broth
er's keeper.
The surrounding conditions favor or
retard the growth Of the decay fungi.
If the temperature is near freezing, they
are comparatively inactive, but when
the room is warm and moist the fruit
cannot be expected to keep well. Cold
storage naturally checks the decay. The
ideal apple has no fungous defacements
and no bruises. If it could be placed in
, dry, cool room, free from fungous
germs, it ought to keep indefinitely until
chemical change ruins it as an article OF
food
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
How to Make a Library Attractive.

A good cartridge paper, in a soft, light
olive, a clear gray blue or gray, is one Of
the best medium priced coverings that
can be selected for library wall. Red
which is ideal as an evening color, and
also for its daytime warmth--can only
be safely used in very sunny or a well
lighted room. Otherwise it absorbs too
much light. Certain shades of old red
and old pink have not, however, that
drawback. The dull colored tapestry
papers with much blue and green make
a quantity effective background in IL
brary, but they, too, require bright
room. If library is little used as a
daytime workshop and is well lighted
in the evening, any color that is not too
delicate may be chosen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
A Young Grips ROmp with Napoleon.

In the November Century, in the
diary of the voyi sc of Napoleon to
st. Helena, occu mis- description of
scene in the Emperor's life while await
ing The alterations at Longwood House.
In the evening he generally invited
himself into the cottage, and played
cards with the family for two or three
hours. Mr.. Balcombe's family consists
of himself (a truly good-nalured and
most hospitable, liberal man of plain
manners), Mrs. Balcombe, two Miss
Balconies (women grown, although
the one is but ilfte en- and the other be-
tween thirteen and fourteen), and two
boys, the one about seven and the other
five years old. Nei her Mr.. nor Mrs.
Balcombe understands Frerch, but
both the Miss Balconies speak it toll
erably well, and Bonaparte appeare d
much deligt ted in their society. These
young ladies in a few days became per-
iectly familiar, and the general seemed
highly pleased with their naivete, par
ticularly that of the younger Ga pretty
girl, and q most complete romp when
out of sight of her father. He occa.
sionally so completely laid aside his inn
perial dignity as to romp with these
young ladies', who during such diver
sons as Blind-man's Buff" etc. 9,
called him by the appellation OF
Boney" indeed the younger, who
appeared his favorite, said anything
and everything to him Ler Lively mag
inaton dictated, asking every possible
question, and he answering without the
slightest apparent reserve.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Pawnee Magic.

There has been tradition that the
medicine men of the once famous
Pawnee tribe were peculiarly gifted.
That this is any thing more than ira
di ion | do not believe, for at time
when the Sioux and Cheyenues, Grows
and Backfeet in the north, and the
Comanches, Apaches, Navahoes in the
south, were the most famous of the
aborigines and showed, as they still
show, The most pow erlullv developed
types, the horse-slealiug Pawnee who
liv, d along the valleys OF the Platte
and the Arkansas, whose hand was
against every man and whose treaties
were only made to be broken, had
already begun to dwindle into that in
significance in which we find them to-
day in the ir traDsplanted home in the
Indian Territory. James BeckwOurth,
the famous scout, who became war
chief under the name of Medicine Calf
among the Crows, has related TO
friend an extraordinary feat of levia-
ton which great war chief OF the
Crow Indians performed in his pres
ence on the eve of leading his warriors
to battle. The chief was an aged man
and professe ed to have pre- moniIion of
death. For many moons he had lead
the Crows success sfully against their
hereditary fots, the Blackfeet. 1t was
not his heart that failed him now, but
his medicine had lost its potency. In
The dusk of the gray morning he led
his braves out on the open prairie, and,
setting his shield on edge some fifteen
or twenty feet in front of them, pointed
to it with his lance. AS the eyes of the
fighting men rested upon the embossed
surface OF The buckler it appeared to
rise slowly from the ground until it
reached a height corresponding TO the
head of the chief; it then, by the same
Invisible means, passed through the air
until it obscured his face and bid it
from his warriors. A thrill of horror
pervaded the assemblsge, but no word
was spoken. 1t was taken as an en-
blem of his approaching eclipse, his
Punishment from this world, his jour
ney to the land of the Great Spirit. to
which all Indians, good end bad alike,
went with unhesitating faith. The
great chief was killed that morning.
| North american ReUie,O.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Cracking Shoes.

The creaking of soles, which is al
ways such a nuisance-both to the
wearer and to all Others within hearing
may be cured by the application OF
linseed oil. A good plan is to turn a
small quantity of the oil upon a dinner
plate, and let the sole rest in it. The
leather will absorb the oil, and in addi-
ton to stopping the creaking will make
the leather proof against water. An
other method of making soles water
proof is to slightly warm them, rub
over with copal varnish and allow it to
dry. This treatment, two or three lines
repeated, will be found thoroughly es-
fective.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Little Pigs In Blankets.

They make delicious dish for enter
tainm ents, and are made as follows /:
Take nice breakfast bacon, trim off the
rind and ragged edges, and slice as
thin as possible. Be careful to keep
the lean streaks whole, as they repre- :
sent the borders on the blankets. Next,
take large oysters and l'y one on the
borderless end Of each blanket; fold
the border ends over the oy ers, max
ing both edges of the blankets met t,
and pin together with wooden tooth
picks. Broil in butter and selve hot
Farm and FireSide.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-15
Our Daily Bread.

81 solved the dry bread problem"
said friend the other day. "When
at the fair saw some wooden plates or
bread boards among the Swiss carved
wood in the manufacturers building,
and, mbering hint given by Aunt
Lucy some time ago, l bought one.
We use it every meal. The bread
(part of loai) is laid on it uncut, and
covered with napkin. 1t is cut at
the table as wanted and rassed on the
board on which it is cut, which is quite
ornamental with its carved border. We
like the custom very much, and have
not / ad one inch of bread dry up or
thrown away since we adopted this
wovD