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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Care of Cooking Utensils.

When you have a good stove, with
fair share of cooking utensils accom-
panying it, take care of them. 1t will
always pay to see that the wash boiler
is clean outside and in and thoroughly
dried before it is put away, and then
put it where it will keep SO. Kettles,
spiders, baking tins, ETC., all need the
same care. These things are generally
hard to wash and are apt to be sighted.
The outside of them should receive as
good care as the in, for while you do
not cook with the outside, you cannot
handle iron ware that is greasy and
smoky on the outside without soiling
your hands and clothing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
A Lullaby.

Flowers and leaves from the dreamland tree
Fail on the baby's eyes
What does he hear and what does he see,
As in my arms he lies?
Every leaf carries picture too fair
For any but babies to see.
Tales told by flowers are sweeter by far
Than any of mamama's can be.
Gentle sleep paints all the pictures SO bright,
Teaches each blossom "a tale;
Then on the little sweet slumbering eyes
Scatters the 1owery hail.
Smile follows smile over tender red lips
Breathing is soft and low.
How fair the stories and pictures are
Only the babies know.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

A QUARTER CENTURY TEsT.-For
a quarter of century DIR. Kings New
Discovery has been tested, and the
millions who have received benefit from
its use testify TO its wonderful curative
powers in all diseases of throat, chest
and lungs. A remedy that has stood
he test so 10 ng and that has given so
UNIVERSAL sat isfaction is no experiment.
Each bottle is positively guaranteed to
give relief, or the money will be re-
funded. 1t is admitted to be the most
reliable for coughs and colds. Trial
bottles free at G. Blakeley's drug store.
Large size fifty cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
A Story Of Jackson.

As an illustration of Stonewall
J ackson's belief in he matter of abso-
lutte ODE dience to the letter of an or
der, said confederate veteran TO the
Louisville Courier Journal, l have
heard a story told IF General Stonewall
Jackson during the Mexican war. He
was then lieutenant of artillery, COM
manding a section composed Of two
guns. In certain action he was or
dered to occupy a certain position and
open fire upon The enemy. His two
guns were started for the place, which
was very exposed, and before reaching
it he saw that he could not remain
there ten minutes without losing every
horse and man he had. AT the same
time he saw that by moving some 300
yards his fire would be more effective.
Blu: his orders to open fire must be
obeyed, so, reaching the designated
position, the two guns were fired. Then
they were limbered up and moved to
the new position, and Fl was opened
in earnest and with effect.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
A Siberian Custom.

1t is a custom among certain tribes
in Siberia, that when a woman is mar
ried she must prepare the wedding din
ner with her own hands. To this feast
all the relatives and friends, both of
her own family and that of the groom,
are invited. If the viands are well
cooked, her credit as good housewife
is established; but if the dishes are
badly prepared, she is disgraced forever
in that capacity. The result is, that a
Siberian wife is generally a very good
housekeeper, whatever else she may be,
and is thus competent for the practical
duties of life.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Mysterious Electricity.

To the metaphysical mind on the one
hand and to the confident ignoramus on
the other the mysterious nature of cleo
tricity offers fruitful subject of specu-
lation. To the latter especially it seems
q reproach that the true nature of cleo
tricity has not long before been made
manifest, and he is always prepared to
dash off an explanation with much more
confidence than Newton proposed his
theory of gravitation. 1t seems ineXpli-
cable to the public at large that the mvs-
terry surrounding electricity is not dis
PEELED. 1t does not seem to occur to
those who are impatient to have the
great question, What is electricity"
answered that we are in just as dense
ignorance as to the mechanism of other
phenomena. Gravitation, light, heat
and chemical action are in the same
category of scientific mysteries and have
had centuries more of thought bestowed
on them than has been devoted to the
we may be on the threshold of one of
the greatest discoveries of the human
mind, yet it is possible, and even proba-
BILE, that the knowledge of man may
never be permitted to extend to the en-
tire solution of the problem, for it is the
very problem of the universe itself.
Assuming what seems to be unques-
toned, that electricity, electrical action
or whatever we may call it, has its seat
in the atoms or molecules of matter or
of the hypothetical matter, ether, we
are brought face to face with the same
conditions that confront the cosmical
philosopher. AS the latter can never
hope to have his material vision extend
to the bounds of the universe, neither
can the molecular physicist hope to ma
terially appreciate the ultimate elements
of matter. Lord Kelvin has shown that
if drop of water We're magnifed to the
size of the earth one of its constituent
molecules would only be magnified to
approximately the size of cricket
ball. Bearing this in mind, the inn
mensity of the problem which is 81 often
fippantly referred to is evident. True,
we may demonstrate the exact relation
between electricity and magnetism and
may satisfactorily connect these with
working hypothesis that will answer all
scientific needs, but the ultimate solu-
ton may forever evade the human mind.
Whatever we do learn, however, will
not be through the speculations of meta
physicians or the guesses of tyros, but
through the physical investigations of
Hertzes and Teslas. While as mental
training metaphysical speculation may
have its use, the absolute lack of addi-
tons to our real knowledge during the
many centuries from Plato to Bacon,
when metaphysics held full sway, is con-
elusive that nothing can be expected
from this direction, and merely specula-
tive theories in regard to the nature OF
electricity deserve as little considera
ton as is now given to the metaphysical
vagaries of the schoolmeH of the middle
ages The Electrical World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

MISS JOSIE WILSON of South Walpole,
Mass, writes Il have been troubled for
a number of years with terrible disease
called eczema. My face was a terrible
sight, all red blotches. l tried everything
and was on the point of giving up in de-
spair, when someone recommended Aliens
Sarsaparilla, and | have only used one
bottle and my face is almost well, and
there are no pimples on it at all now. |
cannot speak too highly of it, and have
recommended it to great many of my
friends who now have great faith in it. [
shall get some more and keep on using it
as know it is doing me good.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
How to Dress on $50 a Year.

els it possible to dress on $50 a
year?" was one of the questions dis
cussed at the working girls club the
other night. One of the girls said:
I've done it-good reason why,
though-I've had to. I've had con-
siderable hustling at times to get even
$50 year since 1 came to Gotham to
take a course in technical designing.
The worst of it is, I've never got over
my respect for good clothes. Lots of
women who come from little towns
where clothes are badge of respecta-
bility, prosperity or disreputable pow
erty, fall into cosmopolitan ways and
say: @ Oh, pshaw, nobody knows me;
it don't matter how l look" But l
can't. / must have good gloves and
shoes or l feel that I've lost my last
vestige of responsibility; and honestly,
l believe if ever l get TO the point
where l can't have these things | shall
lose my self-respect. | believe in
clothes. | think new set of nice
clothes will transform the character of
man or woman.
How do l manage? Well, just like
everything else; had to. l studied it
up, made an exact science of it, Ifyou
think of trying it, the first thing to be
done is TO get little account book,
write few maxims on the fly leaf and
live up to them. Buy nothing but
standard goods for your dresses-cash-
meres, henriettas, flannels, serges in
solid colors are always in style. Your
dresses will have to last you three sea-
sons and be made over once at least,
perhaps twice; so you see if you buy
striking colors or plaids, however pretty,
they will be genuine antiques the third
season and give you hopelessly dowdy
look Be a girl of three dresses, one
for the street, one for the house and
one for nice. One new dress year
will keep you in three. Make up your
mind to skip bargain sales. Buy your
things between seasons; you can get a
winter cloak in December or January
much cheaper than you can in Octo Der,
A good, heavy, short black cloak,
which ought to last for two seasons,
may be had for SO or $l5; spring at
ditto only as to cost, which should not
exceed So. 1t pays to buy pretty good
shoes. That's an item that's hard 10
regulate. Some people wear out more
shoe leather than others. One pair OF
heavy shoes and pair of ties last me
one year. Gloves make an awful hole;
two pairs kid, at 81 20 pair; two pairs
silk, at fifty cents; wooden, Isle thread
lace mitts, S1.50. AS to hats, my limit
is four manage to get them all out
of $40, but | make them myself. A
supply of underwear will last me two
years at least. l hope you won't think
| put that question in the basket, bu
I've got little list of last years eX
pendiIures, which may be interesting
Here it is:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

F f. LANDERs, of Benton Falls, Me-,
writes Il had q severe kidney trouble,
and could not straighten up or walk. l
was advised to take Sarsaparilla. l took
two well-known kinds but got no benefit
and was at last induced to try Aliens. l
took two bottles and am today well man.
am now able to do hard days work
in the pulp mill every day, and have no
signs of return of my old trouble, nor
do l expect to. l would advise anybody
troubled with kidney disease to give AL
lens Sarsaparilla good trial. 1t saved
my life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Feet.

plump little foot white as the snow,
Belonging to rollicking, frolicsome Joe,
In a little red SOCK with hole in the toe
And a hole in the heel as well.
A trim little foot in trim little shoe,
Belong to sixteen-year.old Miss Sue,
And looking as if it knew just what to do.
And do IL in a way that would tell
very large foot in homely array,
Belonging to Peter who follows the dray,
SO big that 1T sometimes is in its own way
And moves with the speed of a snail.
All very big thing is the human foot
In danty.made shoe or in clumsy boot
So It's well there are various tastes to suit,
And that fashion can't always prevail.
The plump little foot-a beautiful sight
And the trim little foot, so taper and slight
And the very large foot, though much of fright,
Are travelling all the same road
And 1t matters but little how small or how great,
SO they never grow weary of paths that are straight
And at last walk in at the golden gate
OF the city whose builder is God.
-ErdRoeiist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
BOrax.

Berax is an excellent washing pow
der. The women of Belgium and Hol-
land are noted for their snowy linen !,
they attain this desired result by the
use of borax, handful to ten gallons
of water. Borax, being a neutral salt,
does not injure the most delicate fab
ric. Water in which borax has been
dissolved is excellent to wash all kinds
of lace, also all kinds of wooden goods,
flannel, cashmeres, and blankets.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

F. f. GLEASON of Lexington, Mass,
writes Il had an internal abcess and was
confined to my bed five weeks; was COM
pletely Frustrated and worn out with pain
l commenced taking your Sarsaparilla
and found my strength coming back, and
after taking two bottles consider myselt
well.
take pleasure in recommending your
Sarsaparila to all my friends and to the
public. My wife has also taken it for
consumption, and considers it the best of
any Sarsaparilla.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Exercise for Children.

Children should have several hours
of play every day in the open air if pos
sible. Vigorous and spontaneous ac-
ton of this sort is better than gymnas-
tics; and if girls were allowed by social
custom to play as boys do, they would
cease to be so subject to spinal deform-
ities.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

1t is inexcusable in persons to go to
church and disturb the public worship,
or to 90 to public meeting and annoy
the audience by unseemly exhibitions
of themselves in coughing, when few
doses of DIR. Bulbs Cough Syrup, that
peerless remedy for cough and cold,
will surely cure their cold. Try it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.--The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cent per box. For sale. bv G Blsheiy,
Montpelier, W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

ASK YOUR FRIENDS who have taken
Hoods Sarsaparilla what they think of
it, and the replies will be positive in its
favor. Simply what Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla does, that tells the story of its
merit. One has been cured of indiges-
ton or dyspepsia, another finds it's in
dispensable for sick headache or bill
iousness, while Others report remark
able cures Of scrofula, catarrh, rheuma
tism, salt rheum, etc.
HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
WATCHMAN PUBLISHING CO.

Write your name and address on
postal card, send it to Geo w. Best,
Room 2, Tribune Building, New York
City, and a sample copy of THE
NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE
will be mailed to you.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

READY sensitized postal cards are now
being placed upon the German market,
so that the Photographic tourist can
very easily dispatch prints of the pic
lures he is making in his travels to
his family and relatives at home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

ORDER your envelopes, note heads, bill
heads statements, etc, of the WArCHMAN
Job office. Stock and workmanship always
the best, prices the lowest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
AIN
Unprecedented Offer !.
GREAT VALUE for LITTLE MONEY
WEEKLY ~ EWS
OF the World for a TrifIe
THE
New York
Weekly Tribune

twenty-four page journal, is the leading
Republican family paper of the United
States. 1t is filled with interesting reading
matter for every member of country fam
lily. 1t is a NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER, and
gives all the general news of the United
States and the world. 1t gives the events
of foreign lands in nutshell. Its "AGRI-
CULTURAL " department has no superior in
the country. Its "MARKET REPORTS" are
recognized authority in all parts of the land.
1t has separate departT ents for THE FAM
lily CIRCLE" and "OUR YOUNG FOLKS"
Its HOME AND SOCIETY" columns COM
mand the admiration of wives and daugh-
tiers. Its general political news, editorials
and discussions are comprehensive, brilliant
and exhaustive.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
THE HOUSEHOLD.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DIR. 4. II. HosK1Ns, Newport W.T. or d.
recty to THE wAToHMAH PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
IN GENERAL.
Seasons.

one dream of thee, before we met,
wild winter charmed away
had not heard thy voice, and yet
The winds were sweet with May
1t was our wandering eyes alone
That first the secret spoke,
Then summer, like rose full-blown,
TREMENDOUSLY awoke.
-GodeV'S Mdgdsi
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
AYE, R RS 8
Sars apariIia

don't he induced to purchase any of
the worthless substitutes, which are
mostly mixtures of the cheapest in
gradients, contain no sarsaparllla,
have no uniform standard of APP
pearance, flavor, or effect, are blood
purifiers in name only, and are Of
fered to You because there is more
profit in selling them. Take
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoris.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Rearing-doWn Feeling

causing pain, weight, and backache, is
Instantly relieved and permanently
cured by its use. Under all circum-
stances it acts in harmony with the laws
that govern the female system. and
Is as harmless as water. 1t removes
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Dizziness, FaintnesS,

Extreme Lassitude. "dOn't care" and
"want to be left alone" feeling, excl
liability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lessness, flatulency, melancholy, or the
"blues," and backache. These are
sure indications of Female Weakness,
gonna dnra nnanant of the IIterua. or
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Irregularity,

Suppressed or Painful Menstruations,
Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion,
Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostra-
tion, Headache, General Debility. Also
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07
Womb Troubles.

The whole story, however, is told in
an illustrated book entitled "Guide to
HEALTH" by Mrs. Pinkham: 1t con-
tains over 80 pages of most important
information, which every woman, mar
ried or single, should know about her.
self, Send 3 two-cent stamps for it. For
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-30
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs OF physical being, will attest
the value Il health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Sy:up of Figs
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax.
a.ive; effet.ually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but i: IS man
ufacturci by the California Fig Syrup
60. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being well informed, you will 10,
accePt any Substitute if offered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-30
Through Car Service to Spirit Lake.

Commencing July the following
trains will have through Pullman
sleeping cars to Spirit Lake:
From Chicago c., r. 1. P. train leaves at 30 p
m. daily.
From burlington, B., C. r. Is N. train leaves
at s:i0 p. m. daily.
From Cedar Rapids, B.. c. r, & n. train leave.
atia:l5 a. M. daily.
From ST. Loais ST. L., X. II n. ". train leaves
at II 40 u. m, daily.
Arrive ut Spirit Lake from the
above points 8:O9 q. m. the following
morning.
From Omaha, S. C. & r. train leaves at b:i5 p
m, daily.
=, From sioux City. S. St. P. NJ. s o. train le.ve
Arrive at Spirit Lake from the
above points ut 7:45 a. m. the follow
ing morning.
b., e. X. & N. train leaving Ceda,
Rapids at $40 a. m. daily, excep,
sunday, has free reclining chair cars
to Spirit Lake.
Hotel Orleans at Spirit Lake ha.
been thoroughly repaired and ele
gantly refurnished. Rates have beer
greatly reduced, and will be sent or
application to c. S. Abel, manager
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
For rates of fare and other infor.
nation call on station agent or adj
dress j. MoRrON.
Gen. Tkt. & Pass. Agent,
s""ra- Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-30
COUNTY BUILDING.


21-Elizabeth Marshall to Silas W
simpson, sci sci 6. 10, Be, goa Ell
mel Z, 10. Be, $2.25O.
sc. +. Bladel to William Roth,
lots and 10. Paul w. Gallup's sub
div. Rock Island, $500.
Albert H. McCandless to W. H.
Whistler. lot 6, Mrs. E. Webster's
subdiv., So, IS, 2w, 81, $50.
20 Francis Black to JOSEPH
Hermes. lot 4. block %, Origina
Town of Hampton, $50.
Nellie Bourdeau to Charles Reese
part lot 2. block Is, Old Town o.
Moline, 81.
Henry Calenzky to Charles Reese
part lot ,, block Is. Old Town of Mo
lne, 81.
Probate.
21-Estate of Olof G. Edlund
Letters of administration issued t.
Emma l.. Edlund. Bond filed ant
approved.
Estate of Nicolaus Moves. Inven
tory filed and approved.
2S-Estate o! Jacob F. Schaible
Inventory. appraisement bill ant
widows award filed and approved.
@-Estate of E. NJ. Feaster. Claim!
allowed. ADMINISTRATIVE repor
filed and approved.
Estate of Charles f. Piper. Fina
report of Sarah Piper, former admin
istratrix, filed and approved, and or
der that she be discharged from al
further duty and disability as suct
administrators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-30

The usual treatment of catarrh is
very unsatisfactory, as thousands can
testify. Proper local treatment is
positively necessary to success. but
MANY, if not most. of the remedies in
general use afford but temporary re.
lief. A cure certainly cannot be ex.
pected from snuffs, powders, douches
and washes. Ely's Cream Blam,
which is so highly commenced. is a
remedy which combines the impor-
tant requisites of quick action. spe.
ciiic curative power, with perfect
safety and pleasantness to the pa
tient. The druggists all sell it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-30

John G. Luton. of lie Rov, n. Y,
a prominent grocer and G. A. X.
man, says: Il have been troubled
with indigestion and biliousness for
years. Tried Parks tea and it has
cured mel l recommend it to every.
body" Sold by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-30
Sustain
Home Industry
On Tap everywhere.
Only Union labor employed.

The Rock Island Brewing Company, success
ors to George Wagner's Atlantic Brewery, |.
Huber's City Brewery and Raible & Stengers
Rock Island Brewery, as well as Julius Junge's
Bottling Works. has one of the most complete
Brewing establishments including Bottling de-
partment in the country. The product is the
very best. Beer is bottled at the brewery and
delivered to any part Of the tri-cities, and may
be ordered direct from the head offices on Mo-
line avenue by Telephone