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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
A Woman Screwmaker.

New York has woman screw manufac-
turer Her name is Mary Cleary. She
lives in cozy Bleecker street fat and
would rather prowl around big hardware
stock than go to the grandest opera that
ever was sung or the finest collection of
pictures that ever was hung.-New York
News
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

CAREFUL experiments prove that
hens inclosed in clean yards, with sufli-
cient room, and clean food, water. and
gravel, do as we'll or better than when
they have unlimited range. The result
is also beneficial to the garden and
hoed crops.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

The timber line in the Rocky noun
tains runs as low as $500 feet and as
high as 12,400 1t has been observed
that on the south slope of Mount Nc
Clellan, in Colorado, pines two feet in
diameter and thirty feet high live and
increase in size at an elevation of 12,400
feet. The winter at that elevation is
long, the cold intense. and the snow
storms are OF terrific violence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
How to Make Beds.

One of the rules impressed upon the
mind of the chambermaid brought up in
France is in making beds, the under sheet
must be well turned in at the head of the
bed and the upper sheet well tucked in at
the foot This rule is thoroughly sensible
New York Mail and Express.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

Moorish women have one custom that
commends itself to womaukind in enlight-
ened lands. 1t is point of honor among
them never to know their own ages. They
have no birthday celebrations.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
statesmen WANTED!

To solicit orders for nursery stock. Salary
or commission. Cash advanced for ex-
penses. Write us for terms and secure good
territory, X. q. CHASE g. Co,
Maiden, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

Miss Dittweiler, who was for many years
one of Queen Victoria's personal attend
ants, is always invited over to spend her
Christmas at court. She retired a few
years ago to Carlsbad, her native place,
but is never overlooked as the season of
Christmas comes round.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

Do you live in room that has window
, only two feet from cheerless brick wallf
Have that wall painted white. In the gu N
mer have window boxes with vines on the
outer sill. In winter have a few blooming
plants on the inside.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

To the child his play is an experiment
THAT leads to knowledge, and by playing
the child may acquire habits Of industry,
perseverance,, order and regularity.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
THE HOUSEHOLD.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DR.. T. II. HosKINs, Newport. Vt, or d.
rectly to THR WAToHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

" | WOULD as soon be without -four
IN the house as to be without Hood,
Vegetable Pills. "-Henry S. Smith
Bristol, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

Chinese women are said to regard the
hairpin much as American women do the
[Fing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoris.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
A RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN.
A Page From Her History.

The important experiences OF others are
Interesting The following is no exception:
II had been troubled with heart disease Is
years, much OF that time very seriously For
hve years was treated by one physician CON
tinuously. Twas In business, but obliged to
retire on account of my health ply
sician told my friends that could not live n
month. My feet and limbs were badly swol-
len, and was indeed in a serious condition
when gentleman directed my attention to
Dr. Miles New Heart Cure, and said that his
sister, who had been afflicted with heart dis
ease, had been cured by the remedy, and was
again strong, healthy woman. l purchased
bottle OF the Heart Cure, and in less than
an hour after taking the first dose / could
feel decided improvement in the circulation
of my blood. When l had taken three doses
could move my ankles, something L had not
done for months, and my limbs had been swol-
len so long that they seemed almost purified
Be1ore L had taken one bottle of the New
Heart Cure the swelling had all gone down,
ana was so much better that did nv own
work On my recommendation six others are
taking this valuable remedy."-Mrs Morgan,
6Bg Harrison St, Chicago, Ill.,
Dr. Miles New Heart Cure, n discovery of an
eminent specialist in heart disease, is sold by
all druggists on positive guarantee or sent
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart Ind. on
receipt OF price, 81 per bottle, six bottles foI
70, express prepaid. II Is positively free from
ali opiates or dangerous drugs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
lrregularity,

Suppressed or Painful transformations,
Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion,
Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostra-
tion, Headache, General Debility. Also
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
Dizziness, EaintnesS,

Extreme Lassitude, "don't care" and
want to be left alone" feeling, excl
liability, irritability, nervousness, Sleep
"blues," and backache. These are
sure indications of Female Weakness,
some arrangement of the Uterus, or
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21

WESTERN AUSTRALIA BECOMING THE EQUAL
OF CALIFORNIA IN 1894 FIELD THAT NOW
PROMISES TO BE ANOTHER ELDoRADo A
LETTER FROM PARKWAY COUNTRY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
4 GREAT cocoon CAMPAIGN.



The prize contest conducted 10y the Gcnesee Val
ley Forestry Association in the matter OF gypsy
moths was embarrassing 10 the society In It's re-
ton offered prizes the school children last March
looking the destruction Of the cocoons Of nOxous
Insects. The three scholars gathering the largest
number 20 receive each. the three gathering
the next largest number 50 each, and the three
gathering the third largest 81 each. IL was also
proposed 10 Offer capital prize Of SO 10 the scholar
who might succeed In beating last years record
OF A. 800 cOcoOns. The circular vaguely wOrled
and instead OF single so prize. was intended
II appeared 20 offer that sum TO every pupil who
exceeded last years limit This set the children To
work. and when It was too late 10 rectify the mat
ter It discovered that the association would be
liable for several hundred dollars worth OF prizes
Millions OF cocoons destroyed. one public
school alone had forty-seven pupils who had ex-
ceeded the limit. one boy gathered &jO.Sn. another
AZ 49, third 1866 and fourth &.32S The figures
give evidence that the children formed syndiCates
in order TO pass the 1880 mark
The association has made tis best OF the
II calls for subscriptions and has issued state
mont promising 10 reward the cocoon collectors as
far It may be able beyond the amount OF tho
prizes first contemplated, Insisting. however. that
this Is TO he considered gratuty" and that the
expense may have been caused by the mistake In
the wording Of the circular. the money Is we'll spent
Walls fences. trees. parks cemeteries every place
whore cocoon might be hidden has been searched
again and again by the sharp eyes OF children
Thousands OF dollars worth OF benefit has been
done TO fruit and shade trees. The work which the
Rochester children have accomplished, II carried
out on a wider scale. would mean the extermlna-
ton OF many OF the pests which now aflict man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20

for the marketing and ran up Dig plils VIII a.,
the tradesmen. keeping them quiet by preseHssiIe
them with complimentary tickets for the Iheatre
Francais Each OF tho members OF that famous
comnany has a certain number OF passes sent 10
ber FOR every performance, and Mile Rechem-
berg was accustomed 10 leave hers lying ahout
on her toilet table and in her bOudoir. The COOK
took ADVANTAGE Of this, explaining to the trades
mon that her mistress was temporarily enDar-
raised and that they would have 10 wait niue
for their money. which they wore perfectly COZ
tent to do In this manner the butcher. the frult-
erer the milkman. the grocer me WOOD Her-
chant nav even the druggist Of Mile. Kelchem-
berg. have been figuring together win tnelr re-
specfIvc families in the audiences Of the 1heatre
Francais even on the most arlstocrauc HgniH'
their peculiar appearance attracting afternoon
h,. reason Of the strangenesS OF the contrast
with their surroundings II was only by mere
chance that the fraud discovered the otner
day and since then there has been a many-slded
0gbt between the Coincide and Mile Reichemberg
on the ground of her carelessness with regard 70
tho nosees: between the actress and the cook. on
account of the laters thefts and frauds, and be-
tween Mile Rechemberg and her tradesmen
who now threaten to sue her for the amount or
their big bills run up by her dishonest cook.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
PAWNBROKIYG A HABTT.
From The Buffalo Express.

"Pawnbroking is n habit" said my friend who
sits under the shadow Of three balls. yes. most
ly a habit. The patent medicine habit Is nothing
Il. After anybody has hung up something with
me a few times. he's pretty sure to become rcgu-
lar customer. lie does business with me just Ike
clockwork after that; always goes broke just -
long before pay day.
1.-TWO Of the best people have husband and
wife, and neither knows that the other heard Of
such thing hooking watch. | know that from
the way they acted. and / was pretty much sur
prised one day when the woman brought In the
pawn ticket for her husbands watch She ddn',
look as II anything unusual had happened. and /
sized up the situation and gave her her own watch
instead Next day the husband came IN with the
ticket for his wifes watch / gave him his
and he never knew the difference
you see they had hidden their tickets In the
same place. They have brought the watches
around promptly since. which they wouldn't
have done by any manner of means II hadn't had
my wits about me. Now one OF those church
pawnbrokers down IN New York wouldn't have
known enough to do that, and would have lost two
good customers, as well as made trouble in an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
IN THE GAS COMPAyrs OFFICE

From The Chicago Record
During these days OF spring moving tnsa mass
at che gas office IS tlred-out hl-tsnpe rsnt the
OF waiting patrons The people either ~ they
gas cut off or the gas turned on or pssnsrn thelr
wish 10 make final settlements ana Ieueee a ilry
deposits The men state their business ilssd hat
and get away The women get so oeiuuuu,' clerks
after two-mlnute conversation VIII ny h.hyish.
they can't tell their own names one =, ana 4
looking bit OF femnnly in new spriis n@ window.
tabernacle gown awaited her turn az rs slbows %
After half an hour or so she planted het y, where
the sill and said: We've moved away ..nnd 20 TIE
we used 10 live and won't you please a'''"
gas?" ~ ,,., cha clerk
She gave II, then added: But haNe ius,er.n-laEs
to do about the gas bills; It's my s's'e'
house"
What's her name?" .so Anybcdy
why. the same as mine, OF course: rrsi ~
with any sense would know that She "'"''
brother. John Henry ~ next a.tf
A long battle about addresses came me, hrssSmnarks
which the nearly fagged-out cierk le s% ,,
Have you the receipt for your oePosnna
The girls face showed blank lehofa"'
THE what?" she asked.
''The receipt for the deposit 49,, oa,sr with
"Oh, you mean that piece OF yellom p1ifh haven't
gas company on the top No. or c9u, fS nv hang
il. I'm not a desk Besides l think dld NY
up on that last night ., % found an
Some benevolent individual ought ,a 70 cas- clerks
institution FOR overworked ana dlsaoeu eioss ther
It's not surprising that they occasional; admit corr
minds-lt would be surprising II they u''"
sderng what they have to endure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
HOW Grant WAS HELD Up FOR TOLL

From The Plttsburg Dispatch.
"pu never forget how old Bile Oliver w ys.. ny,
the tollgate az Washington on the Ola "T NJ ~
nike held up General Grant for toll saI1 "oysd
ineton County man yesterday bIe "as sa aver
a great deal BY the college boys VINO uIV,s ,ors.
the pike They worked upon his crei9n.y' ir,rss
ing 10 nay toll on their way BACK Many ,as A
has been lost 10 the old tol-keper, LOT ne - hs.
kind-hearted fellow and often Ia the taee ,nrrsi
fer Judgment RENTED the toll untA they .. hsy
Rut the boys Ike that letter never cdn Ii tais
took another route home. thus eIudlhs ~. ,nJng
I'pOn one of Grants visits 70 NaShlis 'on IA va
his Administration a young Mr. smith "aS drive
then in college, took him out one Ga! \" uhssIluz
AS they came near the toNgate on w ~, mi oT
nike old Bile caught sight Of them ne Nc, md ths
az his house took hold of the rope ana p''., ,ss,I
pole down obstructing the road sinlI - Tiie
bite in A familiar way and said; LOOK ne.., IA
we want to 20 on. You see I've Genera vi az smile
me here Bile looked up with sarlQ3n,s ~ M
He had just begun to see through the Wl oi hnssY
college boys and was not goins 20 a ..g" I don't
10 be gulied any longer. 50 he repl n, with yoa
give a darn II you have General Grant W., W." hsrs'
you'll have 10 pay toll or you can Se' avS with
Then he added In n most sarcasilc Nes va for
leer: General Grant. You must axe ,h ne "a Gen.
fool Really persisted young smith tss annaren.
eral Grant But Bile got angry az NE ~ Grant
impudence and said. angrily Grant OF OF. ~ genera
YOU pay toll Seeing that he was adalts, 80 after
Grant put his hand down into his p9che, :, ne Incl
tossing him a coin. drove on, Laughing AZ s,d and
dent He often related the incident ai'ei"aN
II seemed to amuse him greatly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
LIFE THAT rs HARD on GLOVE"


From FItIu WuSIIIIIbNO''' fxs
Gloves figure largely in the list OF rnsrs as upon
penditures by the wives OF Cabinet onler with the
each officiai entertainment when they. receving
President and his wife constitute me sscrnced.
party pair OF white gloves must reception doe:
The fact that the function Is caro- re- worn ne
Fight hand. which is extended 70 the f,o,e Of me
stream OF guests becomes before ns Ar cleansing
is OF the slightest avail The glove y"
hand OF course, remains spotessi, On her ngnt
hand NJ recentions. as her experience a susht her
first occupancy OF the Executive Man snse pain thss
that Sy 20 f aSos she great q
ing the glove was kept omit G s. %
at times 81 50 swollen with rheumatism sss
the slightest pressure mater lem o The most - ~
sible thing to omit entirely the hanossths Wp1o
ure Of public and card reception >
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
INTERPRETING w III A CHINESE custom

From Inc san francisco GAIL
A case of peculiar interest will in al probability
occupy the attention Of one Of the police judges In
on Friday the Society for the Prevention OF
old Chinese girl the daughter OF Chung Say. No.
Custom in use ~ among the Chinese For maksg ther
women have small feet Two OF the Officers OF the
Chung Says place yesterday afternoon and found
the child sealed on a lounge with her feet and
legs above the "a, ankles tightly bandaeed
make the child's feet small but. declared that she
aa oe %h sn he d we S the PAIR
feet small enough to fit her mothers shoes. The
shoes scarcely large enough for an ordinary one
point that Would scarcely admit mans finger
much less grown woman's toes.
ent. and It. would take years OF untold suffering
to reduce them to the size desired by her father.
the little girl her father to Receiving Hos
ptal. DIT. Somers examined her damaged feet lie
did not think that she then suffering much pain,
ana she seraay S SG not sRpear as II she But
officers, said that in three four weeks she would
suffer excrucatng torture If the bandagng
The feet bound in such a way that the toes
were forced inward and the instep had the appear
circulation OF the blood the would rot of and
there would be nothing but a sort Of stump But
tocrats; In other, words her rnsrEetsbie value
OF a natural size she would virtually be a slave.
Chung Say said that the girls godmother and n
Chinese woman with small feet who lived across
the street from his house. had done the bandaglng
The Chinese woman's feet are small that she had
be carried across the street, being unable walk
over the cobbestones.
AS the child was not suffering any pain DR. Somers
said he could not interfere with the but the
officers might get expert testimony 4 they intended
to make test case Of II. After Wells and Hol-
brook had talked the matter over they allowed
Chung Say to take his daughter home again, bur
warned him not to again bandage her feet other
wise they would send her to the mission. Mean
time they will take legal advice as to further pro-
cedure. a. II Is the first case Of the kind brought
TO the attention Of tia sociAtx.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
Practical Results-13 Years Work.

EIGHTEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND hI"hii
THOUSAND DOLLARS ALREADY PAID ~
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
Forty million dollars already saved living policy mold
ers by reduction premiums. Eighty Thousand paying
Members Two Hundred and sixty Million Dollars ihsur
nnce in force. Three Million Six Hundred lhousau "a"
surplus-Reserve-E Emergency Fund More 'han 7'Ny
>ion Dollars new business FOR 1898 These are
few practical results already recorded to the cred' OF
the
MUTUAL RESERVE Fund LIFE ASSOCIATIONS
F. T. HARPER President.
Home Once. IS Park Row. y. Y
Send for circulars and rates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
AZ OrTRAGE ON JUSTICE.

From The Boston Globe.
There IL an innate sense OF Justice in human be-
ings which rebels at seeing one person punished
for anothers fault.
A. little girl who made too much noise In the
early morning In her sick mothers room was put
out into the hall. and soon after miserable rag
doll. Of which she was very fond, tossed out
to her.
This the last straw.
Snatchng up her beloved and hugging IL tightly
In her arms. with streaming eyes she sobbed out
to her grandmother:
81 wouldn't "a tared but what had Judy done?''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20

THE ENTRANCE GATE TO POLITICS.
From The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
What is the gate success In politics?" asked
the Horse Editor.
Popularity, suppose" replied the Snake Editor.
"Ciuees acain."
"Qive Il up"
dsie9aka-"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-06
TO HAVE 4 JUMPING CONTEST.
This substituted for the Proposed 'enerai
Military Drill.

At a meeting Of the Amusement and
y,i,.ilsge committees Of the Virginia state
- ~~iciiltlral and Mechanical society,"
1t.s-re. Murphy chairman adu'y'
Nyatefns. Guy. Wichham, Wood, Lorraine,
ort Grant were present President N"'i
stated to the meeting that the OPP"
connective drill had not hiied. ana INA.
me limit Tor entries had expired; lie Se,l
Their, were (oUT entries. tl' Tr iiHii.
q.uia and one from " ~~f!illStoi' - ~,
the rulss OF the c9nlesl PiO't o,,i@s
there must b. n least Two '0iiiP"i ~,
fr1rn outside the State OF Virgin" an"
~ III. rgorTi,ty of holding the contest
ne Siscus~cd. and II was decided not u
a. SO. rs the NirEini4 coInpdii-s ~ CT ,-.1
had also entered ~ the ul'h i3i -,
~ The committee men mao. hIluH9St
,r4nts fc have Jumping contest uLTrL
a.. auspices # tho Deep-Run HUM N.up
"a Vv.-ir..dav. the second day OF tne TX
,,fes;,au and also arragEcJ 10 tN' ~
Ser Gun o. other suitable trophy TO m m
L.st i1dy Jumper in the conteS" nc
I.rnp viii take place ~ Vlp.N ~ III.
nesday afternoon, IN Ihs IN ,t. ',H''Iine mat
or 9ccouut OF the large number q eiltIter
IN the morse department ana u tne iS5i,,
N WA3 possible that mere Wou'u NJ ny
L. stall room enough 70 dCcoimoud'e al
a.. ho,ss, that would Ike 10 De merry
srt M.sSrs Wickhsm, cnei on w ~
,i.nry Eoaru in the horse depaItheh
and W8C1ey, chairman Oh w 'roirtoJ
ma puildtncs Committee. were htpuiht =, u
= committed 20 arrange Tor eNt" s'.pl.
room 10 accommodate all aihinA'S 'n"'
would log here. Iii, ,.iri,,ers
u the GOSPEL to the Exposition az n" ,.
Orice on an order signed by thv sec S St@i = .
ANY preacher who VIII cell upon HrC'
tarv Mn!ipm q. owens can se' ~ 80
tresa orders. which viii entitie tnem w
s,,,,nose "A ticket ~, ~ day DURING INC
t%Nositon' THIS was the rule In lSSS'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-06

fer public worship one nj II o'clock A.
Nj. and the other AZ s O'clock y. NJ. AZ
10 o'clock on Monday there vii, also be
a meeting for public worship. after which
consists mainly OF the reading OF the
answers 10 the queries which are sent up
by the monthly meetings: appointment OF
representatives 10 the yearly meeting.
about four weeks on, and any matters
which may come before IL. SeveraI MN.
listers from abroad are expected. amongst
them David L. Sampson, Of North Zero,
lima, commonly known as the phhd
preacher" and Mrs. Anna d. Stapiet, Vl
Maryland. Mrs. Stabler has V's'teu tnis s
city several times during the pas,, pus
not within recent years. she Is Iady on
fine power az a speaker. a very ueVoteu,
consccrated Christian. and breaches WIN
force and power. The meetings, 10 whiSn
all ara invited. VIII be he,u !" ,vo
Friends meeting house. Clay street. aoo'e
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-06

AIRS. MAY TALLEY. FIFTEEN
vi YEARS EXPERIENCE. VOICE CIl-
TURE, LAMPERIps METHOD, SIGHT slNG-
NG.-piauo. Nascns's systcm OF touch end
iechuic theory. analysis pedagogy ~ applied 10
instruction In music. muhic1l literature and
allied cub octs. Tneor7 and analysis gwen to
each student. History class tor students once
per wees. studio. 2.0 north Fifth street, Hith-
iuOul, Va. " lD-eodlocOl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-06

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Here is the most certain and POSITIVE
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Or. Greenes Ncrvura blood ana nerve
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