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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Effects of Punishment Upon Children.

A few samples tell, in different Ian
guage, the almost uniform tale of the out
come of the appeal to force in correcting
children. Il rebelled with feeling of
hatred and of desire for revenge. 1t
seemed to me unjust imposed by sheer
force-not reason" One tells the story
of being coaXed by older boys to steal
some tobacco from his father Il was
caught and given whipping no ques,
tions being asked and no explanation Civ
en-, The result was certainly fear of
punishment in the future, but no moral
impression. / thought my father whipped
be because he wanted the tobacco him
,elf, and so objected to my having any of
it,"
Another reports that the impression left
by punishment was mixture OF feel
ing of personal indignity suifered-a feel
ing so strong as to blot out the original
offense-and belief that she was pun
ished for being detected. Another thought
she was punished because her father was
the stronger of the two another that
fear of harm to self induced people to do
right things; another tells that he longed
for the age of independence to arrive, so
that he might retaliate.
One upon whom fear of punishment
from God was freely impressed formed the
idea that if he could put off death long
enough, lying was the best way out of
some things One child 8 years old went
in the front part of the house after she
had been forbidden, and, falling, hurt her
self She was told that this was punish
ment from God, whence she drew the not
illogical conclusion that God was a tyrant
but that 1t was possible to outwit him by
being more careful next time and not
falling down.
One popularity of the method of Undue
ing morality by creating fear is that some
parents, in order to prevent lying, deem 1t
advisable to lie themselves-e. g., talk
about cutting off the end Of the boys
tongue or making him leave home etc.
But there Is hardly any need Of multiply
ing Incidents. All the reports REINFORCE
the lesson which moralists of pretty much
all schools have agreed In teaching-that
the appeal to fear as such is morally harm
full. OF course there are q number of
cases where good results are said to have
come from punishment, but In such cases
the punishment was incidental--not the
one important thing. 1t was the emphasis
added to an explsnation.-From Chaos in
Moral Training, by Professor John De,oey, IN
Popular Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Garden Of Eden Breakfasts.

Before Eve dishonored paradise and
came into n world where face powders and
beauty lotions are advertised on every
street corner, she must have been the en-
viable possessor of radiant and peerless
complexion. To her less fortunate daugh-
tiers of this later day Edmund Russell adj
vocates, as in measure calculated to
remedy such distressing drawbacks of skin
color and texture as they may suffer un-
der, what he calls garden of Eden break
fasts.
This is merely fruit breakfast, such as
the first woman must have partaken of in
Eden's bowers. Not bite of bread-hot
rolls were not known in Eden Nor sip
of coffee-Adam did not learn to grumble
at his coffee in paradise. But wholly and
altogether fruit--and fruit only.
In orange season, two glasses Of orange
juice; in berry season, all the berries you
care to eat. When other fruits are reign.
ing, let the other fruit alone constitute
the breakfast
Under the new regime of garden of
Eden breakfasts" you will not DO found
mysteriously dead before lunch, as one ap-
prehensive maiden predicted but you will
thrive, your disposition will be suave and
lovely, and your complexion the envy and
admiration of the uninitiated. -Ne,C YorI
World
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Girls and Exercise.

In reply to question as to how much
talking should be undertaken daily, DR..
Albert Westland, a recognized authority,
says that 1t is impossible to give an answer
that will apply to all persons. Much de-
ponds upon temperament, strength and
nervous energy as well as upon the cir
cumstances under which the exercise is
taken. 1t is u matter Of daily observation
that one can walk much farther with less
fatigue if one has pleasant companion
or special object in view. 1t may be said
that most girls and women would be bet
ter for walking three or four miles day,
while some are able to enjoy and be bene-
fitted by daily walk of six or eight miles,
but the latter number is comparatively
small in this country. If no special mo-
tive for walking exists, it is often we'll to
invent one. Dealing with stores at some
distance from ones home Is sometimes ad-
visable or paying frequent visits to friends
who do not live near at hand may serve
the same purpose. The main point is to
avoid what is called taking a constitu-
tional, a proceeding which is unlikely to
promote health.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Wrinkle Banishers.

According to we'll known complexion
specialist in New York, few simple pre-
cautions in youth would defer wrinkles
many years Women should avoid tears
above all else. There Is lining to the
mem brane of the muscles around the eyes
which contains water. BY crying this
water is lost. The supply is not equal to
the exhast, causing dryness Of skin
which produces wrinkles.
A passive expression of countenance
should be cultivated. People who call
Into action the muscles Of the face while
speaking wrinkle early in life. browning
and laughing also produce wrinkles 1t is
better never to sleep on the face. Use
down pillows when possible.
Gentle massage is an excellent thing,
but one should be careful to always rub
the same way. Even the lines in the fore
head can be rubbed away if one is patient
enough to do it.
All face lotions and powders having a
tendency to dry the skin will produce
wrinkles. Pure soap, containing no al
kali, is noninjurious and should be used
daily. Excessively hot water dries the
skin and wrinkles it, while cold water
stimulates and refreshes it,
The first lines usually appear between
the ages of 20 and 20 years. If they come
before, they are usually brought by i'll.
ness or mental distress At the period
mentioned the natural secretions of the
flesh begin to recede, leaving the skin too
large for the space it covers. This is what
causes wrinkles
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Women in Gardening,

Gardening is destined to become a part
of the general education of women. Its
value in the kindergarten system cannot
be overestimated. Already in many kin
dergartens Towering plants are kept in
the schoolroom, and the children are
taught to properly care for them. The re-
suit of this innovation Is said to be highly
satisfactory, since the work develops traits
and talents not acquired by other means.
Not only for kindergarten teachers is a
knowledge of gardening valuable, bat
also for instructors of the higher grades
Recently the thorough understanding and
proper care of the human body has become
a branch of education of the utmost inn
portance. The serious and often fatal re-
suits of ignorance in this direction have
been too openly manifest, so physiology
has been coupled with elementary hygiene
in our public schools.
just SO also the plant culture is destined
to become part of botany, as it is now
taught lnasmuch Us entomology may en-
courage cruelty unless carefully guided so
also botany may encourage ruthlessness
unless coupled with careful training in
the care of plants and flowers,
That woman with "A knowledge of
flower gardening, fruit culture and kitch-
en- gardening will make more efficient
wife for the farmer suburban resident or
counry mechanic needs no explanation.
The influence of this branch of cduca-
ton upon the youth of both sexes is very
powerful. During the earlier years of life
children are most perceptive, and the in
born love of nature can be either stimulat-
ed SO as to exert healthful influence over
the whole life or blunted and lost by neg
lect.-HOne and Country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Something Worth Knowing.

Every little while, writes CORE
spondent, we read in the papers of some
one who has stuck rusty nail in his
foot, or knees, or hand, or some other
portion of his person, and that lock Jaw
has resulted therefrom, of which the pa
tient died. If every person in the
world was aware of perfect remedy
for all such wounds, and would apply
it, then all such reports must cease.
But although we can give the remedy,
we cannot enforce its application.
Some will not employ it because they
think it too simple; others will have no
faith in it when they read it; while
others often think such a wound of
small account, and not worth fussing
over, until it is too late to do any good.
Yet all such wounds can be healed
without the fatal consequences which
follow them. The remedy is simple,
almost always on hand, and can be ap-
piled by any one; and what is better, it
is infallible. 1t is simply to smoke the
wound, or any bruse or wound that is
inflamed, with burning wool or wooden
cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke
of wool will take the pain out of the
worst wound, and repeated once or
twice, it will allay the worst case of in
fammation arising from a wound we
ever saw. People may sneer at the
cold mans remedy" as much as they
please, but when they are afflicted Just
let them try it. 1t has saved many
lives and much pain, and is worthy Of
being printed in letters Of gold and put
in every home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Absence of Mind.

Among the personal anecdotes tolc
OF Peter Bulrowes the celebrated
barrister and one of Ireland's "wor.
thies," is she following remarkable
instance of absence of mind: A friend
called upon him one morning in his
dressing room and found him shaving
with his face to the wall. He asked
him why he chose so strange an atti-
tude. The answer was, ITO look in
the glass"
why" said his friend, "there is
no glass there"
"Bless mel" Burrowes observed, 81
did not notice that before"
Ringing the BELL he called his serv-
ant and questioned him respecting
his looking glass.
ooh, sir" said the servant, "the
mistress had it removed six weeks
ago."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
A Darning Machine.

Once more woman has covere her.
self with glory. 1t may not be the same
sort of fame that the summer girl or the
| bachelette yearn for, but it will be good
sound glory just the same, for she has
invented regular household angel.
When one thinks of the millions of
hours that are wasted by women trying
to fill up the holes that small boys and
grown-up men bring out of the heels
and toes of hosiery, and then look at
the invention, it makes one wonder
why nobody has been inspired before
this to invent darning machine. This
one, which a New York woman sug-
gested and her husband carried out, is
regular little loom. 1t will darn any
hole up to two and a half inches one
way and five the other. There is fat
wooden piece that is inserted in the
stocking under the space needing darn
ing. Then the loom shuts on over it.
The holes should be first surrounded
as in darning by hand. A needle
threaded with the darning cotton or
yarn starts at one corner of the space
to be attended to and the warp is put
on to the little loom with this. There
are two sets of teeth, just as in silk
VI COIlOu lOOulJ WLlCu are WOThtu ny
simple little thumb lever, and the nee
die thrusts the width of the darn under
one set of the threads of the warp. The
lever is then pushed down and the al
ternate set of threads is lifted for the
needle to be passed under again. 1t is
done in no time. Anybody can handle
it, and, really it is more fun than knit
ting, while it is so smooth thatahe men
folks can't object to it with any sense
or say darns hurt their feet. A great
many left-handed people do not know
that left-handed scissors ale manu-
featured for their benefit. Also for
cooks who have this physical peculiar
ity there are left handed frying pans
with the clip" on the side opposite I o
the one where it is usually found, and
sometimes these utensils have both
right ard left lips. The enthusiastic
horse woman generally owns side
saddle arranged for the left side instead
of the right, and uses ii occasionally,
but there are in this country few women
who ride enough to incur any crooked
ness of the figure caused by persistent
occupancy of the ordinary saddle, or
for whom it is worth while to obtain
the command of ones self and ones
horse involved in the ability TO ride On
one side of the animal as well as on the
other. So the special saddle and Il e
riding skirt generally hang up unused.
Troy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
A Beautiful Bird.

In the Smithsonian building at
Washington is exhibited one partic-
ularly perfect specimen of the most
beautiful bird in the world. While
its coloration is as brilliant as that of
any humming bird, it's superior size
repders it more attractive to the eye.
This is the quezal of Guatemala. Its
pamage vies in brilliancy with the
minbow and shines with a metallic
iuster. Until within the last few
years it was unknown to science,
mainly owing to the fact that it is a
hermit among feathered creatures,
delighting III the silence of deserts.
1t dwells on mountain heights above
1000 feet in elevation. The quezal
was the royal bird of the Aztecs. It's
breast is a brilliant scarlet, while its
green tail attains a length of 3 feet.
Its size is about equal to a pigeon.
Its plumes were utilized anciently
for the adornment of headdresses
and for the famous feather pictures
of the MeXicans. 1t nestles in holes
in worm eaten trees which it Ell
larges with its bill so as to form a
comfortable and roomy residence.
The young are Matched totally naked.
1t is the hardest of all birds to pre-
pare for stutfing because the skin
tears like so much tissue paper, and
the feathers are implanted to SO
slight depth that they readily fall
out A specimen is very apt to be
spoiled by falling against branch
on being shot. Up to 1860 naturalists
did not know where the quezal was
to be found. The few specimens
which had fallen into their hands
were obtained from the Indians of
Guatemala, who kept the secret.
About that time, however, collect
or, visiting that country, got on the
track, went up into the mountains
and shot a number of the birds. 1t
Is said that in ancient times the skins
of all birds of this species that were
killed belonged by law to the king,
and nobody outside of the royal
family was permitted to wear the
plumes
The quezal belongs to the family
Of trogons. This genus includes As
species, 33 of which are American.
AL of them are very beautiful
Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
The Modern Grandmother.

Times have changed since the days
when the traditional grandmother sat
in the chimney corner, knitting socks
and mittens. Women who have mar
ried early in life have no more inclina-
ton at forty years of age for subsiding
into armchairs and giving up all inter-
ests in life except such as center in
their grandchildren than have the
young mothers themselves. There are
artists, musicians and writers among
the grandmothers of to-day, women
who are doing their part of the worlds
work and women who have chosen
careers for themselves while they were
taking care of their own children, and
who keep steadily on, with as much
love in their hearts for the little tod
dlers, who have just come on the stage,
as if their lives were given over en-
tirely to picking, darning and knitting.
Fifty years ago all the grandmothers,
except in few rare instances, were
fashioned after much the same type,
whose outward expression was hand
kerchief folded smoothly about the
neck, cap with white border and
pair of spectacles. To-day they keep
their own spirituality, dress as fash
ionably as their purse will permit,
travel in their own country and
abroad, entertain, are delightful COM
panions and friends-in word some
thing beside a" grandma. 1.-THE House
hold
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Children's Books.

A wise mother says that she never gives
any Of her children mere story book for
present except those which deal with his
torical events and personages. In this
way, she remarks, they obtain the local
color" Of those times and people, even If it
Is all colored by the authors prejudices.
She also finds that every such book inter
ests the readers in its characters sufficient
ly to encourage the bringing out of their
histories, the looking up Of other authori-
ties and the eager discussion Of what was
to be found concerning the heroes and
heroines whose adventures had been de-
scribed- There are plenty Of such stories
for every age. This method may mean
history and water" but it is that much
better than no history at all. And there
are children who will be inoculated with
informatk2n in no moro severe form than
some such gentle wise.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
The HOUSEHOLD.
Folded Hands.

Pale, withered hands that more than fourscore
years
Had wrought for others; soothed the hurt of tears
Rocked childrens cradles eased the fever's smart,
Dropped balm of love In many an aching heart.
Now stirless folded like wan leaves pressed
Above the snow and silence of her breast;
In mute appeal they tell of abors done
And well-earned rest that came at set OF sum
From the worn brow the lines of care are swept
AS II an angels kiss the while he slept
Had smoothed the cobweb wrinkles quite away
And given back the peace of childhood's day.
And ON the lips smile as If she said
None know lfe's secrets but the happy dead"
So, gazing where she lies, we know that pain
And parting cannot cleave her soul again,
And we are sure that they who saw her last
In that dim vista which we call the past
Who never knew her old and weary eyed
Remembering best the maiden and the bride
Have sprung to greet her with the olden speech,
The dear sweet names no later love can teach,
And Welcome Home" they cried, and grasped her
hands.
SO dwells the mother in the best of lands.
Margaret E. Sangster
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15

A HOUSEHOLD TREAsURE.-D. w.
Fuller of Canajoharie, N. Y, says that
he always keeps DR.. Kings New Dis
covery in the house and his family has
always found the very best results fol-
low its use; that he would not be with
out it, If procurable. G. A. Dykeman,
druggist, Catskill, N. Y, says that DR..
Kings New Discovery is undoubtedly
the best cough remedy; that he has
used it in his family for eight years,
and it has never failed to do all that is
claimed for it. Why not try a remedy
30 long tried and tested? Trial bottles
free at G. Blakely's drug store. Regu-
lar size, fifty cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
MISCELLANY.
The Wind Across the Wheat.

"You ask me for the sweetest sound mine have
ever heard2
sweeter than the ripples' plash or trng of a
bird.
Than tapping of the rain drops upon the roof at
night,
Than the ST. hing of the pine-trees yonder
tain height?
And tell you, these tender vet never quite so
sweet
As the murmur and the cadence Of the wind across
the wheat.
Have you watched the golden pillows in sunt sea
of grain,
Ere yet the reaper bound the sheaves, to fill the
creaking vain?
Have you thought how snow and tempest and the
bitter wintry cold
Were but the guardian angels, the next years bread
to hold2
A precious thing, unframed by the turmoil of the
sky,
just waiting, growing silently, until the storms
byl
oh have you lifted up your heart to him who loves
us all,
And listens, through the angelsong, if but a spar.
fa9
And then, thus thinking of his hand, what sym.
phony sweet
As the music in the long refrain, the wind across
the wheat2 Margaret Z. Sdngser
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Mother Goose.

" Tell me story, mamma.
One that is not very long.
am getting so tired and sleepy,
Or sing me little song
Something about the boy in blue
That watched the cows and sheep,
Who ought to get up and blow the horn,
But he lies In the hay asleep"
And answered with quick Impotence,
While he hung his sleepy head,
No, not story or song tonight,
BERTHE must 90 to bed"
But after the room was silent,
And the weary boy asleep,
And never a sound came on my ears
Save the lonely cricket's peep,
The voice with the tone of pleading
Kept coming again and again,
Tell me a story or sing me song"
Till could not bear the pain.
So went with stealthy footstep
To see how my darling slept;
Weak and foolish though 1t may seem,
Iknelt by the bed and wept.
To think that | had refused him
The song that he loved so well,
And refused the simple story
That none but a mother can tell.
-Sshcts
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Hungary's Splendid HOrsemen.

Picturesquely arrayed In a white
linen, wide sleeved smock or shirt,
embroidered in vivid colors, in loose
white zouave pantaloons, tucked into
high boots and with bunch of puz-
tas grass and a peacock's or heron's
feather in the band of his wide brim-
med hat, the Magyar Csikos presents
the European counterpart of the
North American cowboy, of the
South American gaucho and Of the
African Bedouin. His life is spent
on the vast 'puztas" or prair'ies of
Hungary in tending the great herds
Of semiwild horses, the breeding of
which constitutes one of the most
profitable and staple features of
Magyar industry.
While the summer lasts he often
suffers thirst-that thirst which is
one of the terrors of prairie and des-
ert life-while his food, which he
carries about with him in the little
two wheeled, canvas covered cart,
which is his only dwelling place, fire.
quently gives out, and he has to wait
for many days sometimes before the
purveyor of the Csikos comes on his
round to replenish the stock of all
the scattered mem bers of this strange
brotherhood. Courageous, robust, in
different to both extreme cold and
overpowering heat, the Csikos is, as
rule, of middle height, with well
cut features, dark skin, bright and
intelligent black eyes and the long
pointed mustache known through
out all Europe as la moustache Hon
groise."
He yields the lasso with just as
much mastery as does the gaucho,
and, to my mind, surpasses both the
latter and the western cowboy in
Craftsmanship. A perfect rider, he
breaks in the colts belonging to his
herd without the assistance of either
curb, saddle, rein, bit or whip. Simply
singing rope halter over the young
animals head, he conquers him by
the iron pressure of his muscular
legs and the hagical skill with which
he poises his Bdy on the back of his
fretting, curveting steed The en-
ployers of the Csikos are the en-
peror and the great mobiles. One of
the favorite pastimes of the Austrian,
and especially of the Hungarian,
aristocracy, is horse breeding on a
most extensive scale. About four
tfths of the horses of the imperial
cavalry come from Hungary, and it
is estimated that with the present
breeding stock that country could
export from $4,000 to 10000 horses
annually
These Hungarian horses are very
strong, with great stamina, and can
stand fatigue combined with short
rations better than most horses bred
elsewhere, while as cavalry mounts
they are unsurpassed The oldest
and largest stud farm in Hungary is
Mezzohegy's, which comprises 40, 600
acres. 1t was founded as a royal
stud in 1855, and here for more than
century various well established
types of horses have been formed by
crossing different breeds, by the eff
feet OF climatic conditions, food, etc.
In Hungary alone there are in all $50
private stud farms-a very good
proof indeed that the government
horse breeding establishments by no
means interfere with individual en-
| terprise. -NelD York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15

THE largest Sunday-school library in
the world is in Washington, ID. c.. 1t
is the property of the Assembly Presby-
terrain church. The librarian is j. c..
Strout of the senate library.