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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
French Barbarity at Yafa.

No French victory was ever marked
by such unbridled license as that which
the victorious troops practiced at Yafa-
But what followed was worse, for the
prisoners of war were too numerous for
the ordinary usage. For some days they
were treated according to the terms of
quarter they had exacteG On the 18th
a council of war unanimously voted that
the old rule under which no quarter is
given to defenders III an assault should
be applied to them. For three days b.
naparte hesitated, but on the goth his
decision was taken. A few Egyptians
were sent home and the remainder of
the prisoners, together with the 800
militia from Ell Arish, were marched to
the beach and shot. In the report to the
directory the number was put at 200
Two eyewitnesses estimated it--one at
$1,000 the other at 4 1000.
II have been severe with those of your
troops who violated the laws of war"
wrote the author of the deed to Jezzar.
No mention of the fact or excuse for it
was made i'll any of his other CORE
Bpondence at the time. All winter long
he had been dealing as an oriental with
orientals, and this was but a piece of
the same conduct. The code Of Christian
morality was far from Is mind. In Jan
uary, for instance, he lad ordered Mu-
rat to kill all the prisoners of hostile
tribe in the desert whom he could not
bring away, and in the same month
identical orders were issued to Berthier
concerning another existing horde.
The plea which is made by the eulo-
gists of Napoleon and by some recent
military writers for this wholesale exc
cution is that among these slaughtered
men the garrison Of Ell Arish, which
had surrendered, had been found again
with arms in their hands that they
were deserving of death according to all
the laws of war, and that, as to the rest,
there were no French prisoners for whom
to exchange them and no provisions to
support them, consequently tlAtr pres
ence with the army would jeoptrdi2e its
success, and it was therefore justitiable
to diminish the enemy's resisting power
| by their execution Those who believe
that war, whether just or unjust, justi
fies any barbarity which will lead to
speedy victory will agree with that
opinion Professor W. NJ. Sloane's
Life of Napoleon" in Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
Frittering Away Time.

Every girl has desire to play the
piano, and every girl who can makes
the attempt to learn the art, writes Ed
ward W. Box in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. But how many succeed in becom-
ing good players? Take any gathering
of girls, either in winter company or
at summer resort, and the case is rare
where girl is found who really plays
we'll. 1t is more frequently the case
where not girl is found who can play
even fairly. They can all drum on the
piano and play few popular melodies.
In fact, one is forced to believe that
this latter is the sole end of most of the
girls who study piano-playing. The
real reason is, however, l think, that
girls, for the most part, take up piano.
playing simply because they consider
that they must know something about
it, be it ever so little. And, for the
most part, it is ever 80 little. They
consider it necessary to be able, at least,
to sit down and play a waltz perhaps
and play it badly and out of time as a
rule-or one or two melodies of the
day. But beyond this they do not go.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
The Sweet Girl Graduate,

The sweet girl graduate is gradually
becoming extinct. There are still gradu
ates and there are still girl graduates, but
the triple combination of "sweet girl grad
uate" will soon be thing of the past.
The reason for this is obvious. The triple
combination had come to mean-well, not
a term of reproach, but of satire at least.
1t implied a frail personality armed with
nothing more practical than pretty scroll
of parchment tied with blue ribbon, who
was utterly unfit to cope with the world.
The graduate of today is in many cases. a
maturcd woman. She steps from the college
campus sheathed in the most invulnerable
armor the world has yet been able to forge
"a good education. She is equipped for
the fray ut many points. She has not
squandered her opportunities, nor has she
simply gained smattering of many
things. She is equal to the occasion.
Whether she can cook or sew matters but
little. She will be but the quicker to learn
of discipline in other directions. She is
well qualified to earn her livelihood, or if
there is no necessity for that she is "a use
full instead of "A useless member of society.
In face of all this, it is curious to now
and then encounter the old threadbare
question, "Of what use to woman is a
college education?" 1t might better be,
"Of what use to the world is college ed
ucationY" The ISSUES are the same. What
the world at large depends upon for its in
tellectual and moral vigor is the home.
And what the home depends upon for its
intellectual and moral vigor is, largely,
the mother. The value of a college educa-
ton to women consists in its value to the
home ana to society at large. The passing
of the 'sweet girl graduate" is therefore,
not Il matter for regret.--New York sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
Steaming the Face.

Face steaming has been greatly abused
in this country of late years, As matter
of fact, face steaming should be most care
fully done or it will have often a most in
furious effect upon the eyes. / recommend
in its place the application of hot cloths
wrung out in water as hot as can be borne
Renew the hot applications as often as re-
quired, for, say, an hour then apply the
emollient (there are number of excellent
ones). Do not go out for several hours
after.
l have seen dozens of cases where wom-
en- have had their faces steamed and have
suffered incredibly from coming out imme-
diatcly afterward. In one case erysipelas
developed in consequence and the patient
was confined to her room for three weeks.
Any number of women have applied to me
for relief from swollen faces produced by
face steaming. Let these facts be warn
ing to you, and pray use the hot cloths
with proper care-FNew Orleans Times
Democrat.
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Orderliness and NeatnesS.

Some one who was reading book about
travel in Holland, not long ago, looked up
from her book to exclaim. =" It Is n most
singular thing, and one which l never
have seen explained-and never have seen
refuted by examplc-excessively orderly
women arc not really neatl l mean, 1
have yet to see the woman who kept ev-
erything about her spick and span, and
never suffered "A pin out of place, who had
not Objectionable tricks, and did things
which | considered far from nice. What
makes me speak of 1t is that this writer
described the superlative washings and
scrubbngs of the Dutch housckccpers, till
l thought, Can it be that they are an OK
ception TO this general rule?' And then l
read further where she says that her pbser
walton would go TO show that this was or
derliness, not all around neatness And
then I said to myself, Just as 1 supposed
after all 7 "-Philadelphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
The Color in Irish Verse.

OF course there is no deficiency of To-
cal color in such book We hear much
OF the "Suggarth aroon," the "Tubber-
na-Scorney," the "Cushla Macree" and
other things prominently Irish. Now,
the "Suggarth aroon" is a capital fish,
especially when served with "sauce
Hollandaise, " and all the world knows
that the "Tubber ma -Scorney" is one of
the most picturesque of ancient sym
bolic Irish customs. Still the merely
Saxon reader, who is not familiar with
the Irish language, is sometimes "maire
bhan astorred" when he comes across a
poem plentifully sprinkled with Irish
expressions, with the exception, Of
course, of such universally understood
remark as "Begorrah, " or that touching
phrase of endearment, "Faugh a bal
lagh. Nv. l.. Alden in Idler.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
An Amusing Incident.

Although the French courts are CON
Quoted with more ceremony than our
own, they are occasionally enlivened by
amusing incidents.
Maitre Caseneuve, famous advocate
Of Toulouse, now dead. had pet dog,
of which he was very fond One day he
ventured to take this dog, which was
small, and named Azor, into court with
him. He seated Azor at one end of the
bench assigned to the counsel and be-
gan an argument.
Maitre Caseneuve had high pitched
voice, and as he warmed up with his
plea he raised it to loud tone. Azor
could stand it no longer. He stood up
on the bench and howled-wow WOW
WOW
Maitre Caseneuve moderated his voice
and cuffed the dog aside, " whereupon
Azor subsidized into silence. The lawyer
argued ON, and by and by, forgetting
himself in his earnestness, raised his
voice once more to high pitch and
loud tone.
"Wowl WOW! wow" howled the
little dog once more.
This time the lawyer stopped short
turned to the dog and eyed him severely.
"See here, Azor," he said aloud,
"this can't go ON. If you are arguing
this case, you'd better do it alone, but if
am then you we got to keep still"
After that Azor held his peace.
Youths Companion
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
Reading Aloud.

Among the accomplishments which
girls may cultivate to advantage none
surpasses that of reading aloud to the
satisfaction of others. 1t is singular
that more of us do not acquire this de-
lightful art. l do not mean that we
should become elocutionists, or study
to be proficient in dramatic effects;
simply advise girls who wish to give
pleasure to their families and friends
to practice the art of reading intelli-
gently, in a clear and distinct voice,
pronouncing their words plainly, giving
each sentence its full meaning, and
being careful not to drop the voice too
suddenly at the end of paragraph. 1t
is so natural to let the voice fall too
much and too far at the close of para
graph, that those who wish to be heard
make point of learning how to use
the rising infiection-not to the degree
which implies interrogation, but, so to
speak, leaving off with tones on the
level, so that the voice carries well
across the room. During vacation you
will have opportunities 10 exercise this
gift if you possess it. Half a dozen
girls may enjoy the same story if one
reads aloud while the rest work. The
dear auntie whose sight is failing, and
who is hidden by the doctor to rest her
eyes, will be very much obliged to you
if you will read to her an hour or more
day at intervals, as she and you may
may find convenient.-Harper's Round
Table.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
The Kitchen.

1t is often the simplest details of kitchen
labor that are the most neglected. The
hot water kettle, for example-how many
cooks pay any attention to it? Stale wa
ter, simmcred and with all vitality cooked
out, is its perennial portion, with an occa-
sional filling up and sudden boiling as the
need requires. If every housekecper who
reads this paragraph should go straight tc
her kitchen, lift the kettle and carry it tc
the window, where a strong light will dis
close it's interior, nine out of ten of them
will find "a rusty layer of lime, iron and
dregs, that ctfectually prevents any good
favored water from issuing from it. The
kettle needs the same frequent and thor
ough care that any kitchen utensil needs.
Into such, having it already warm put
fresh filtered water, boil rapidly and use AZ
once, and one of the large aids to palatable
food is secured.-New York Times
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
The Right of Way.

At Park place and Broadway, New
York, as a mail wagon turned into the
latter thoroughfare to 60 up town, the
horses knocked down n pedestrian who
was hurrying into City Hall park. For
wonder the driver pulled up, and
though the man was at the horses feet
he escaped the wheels. He came crawl
ing out, covered with dirt and more or
less hurt, and the driver looked down
at him and coldly inquired:
"Do you know what you have been
doing, sir?"
81 do, replied the man as he brushed
away at the dirt, "but | couldn't help
it. I'm not the man to interfere with
the United States mails.
Better look out III future
eyes, will. "
followed him into the park, where
he sat down ON bench to get his breath,
and told him that mail wagon had no
more right to run over him than an ice
cart.
"Is that sop he asked in doubling
tones "Well, by gum, but this is the
fourth time I've been run over by them,
and next time they try it on I'll raise a
fuss. detroit Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
A Chance for Women to Make Money,

saw one of your subscribers tell in
your columns, few weeks ago, how she
made money selling Dish Washers. l
wrote to the Iron City Dish Washer
Company, 145 S. Highland Ave, Sta
ton A, Pittsburgh, Pa, and obtained
one of their Dish Washers and tried it
myself first. 1t is just lovely; you can
wash and dry the dishes for family in
two minutes, without touching your
hands to dish or putting them in hot
water. l made the first day IS, and
everybody wanted Dish Washer just
as soon as they saw me wash their
dishes. Since then l have made as
high as $lS day, and l believe that
can get enough money to keep my
brother at school next winter and have
money in the bank, too. Any lady OF
gentleman can do as we'll as am doing
| am sure, as | had no experience
When everybody wants to buy, it is no,
hard to sell. Any one can get informa'
ton by writing the above firm, and
am glad to add my experience, because
| think it is my duty to others to hell
them over the hard times.
! MARTHA FRANCIS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
Treatment of the Hair.

A girls hair is one of her points of
beauty, and it should never be neg
lected. Regular steady brushing of the
hair with a clean brush, fifty strokes
before going to bed at night, twenty
five in the morning when dressing, will
keep the hair thick, smooth, soft, and
lovely. Once a month at least the
tips of the hair should be clipped
off, just the merest tip-ends at the
edges, and once month the head
should be very carefully washed,
with tepid water and soap, thoroughly
rubbed, and well dried. If mamma has
time to take this sort of care of her
daughters hair, she will be repaid by
seeing rich and flowing tresses, or sis
tiers may easily do it for one another.
Do not cut your hair in bangs. 1t is
very much prettier simply parted and
combed back plainly, then braided in
one or two long tails, and tied with a
ribbon. Avoid essences, oils, and pig
ments; the hair needs only cleanliness,
and much brushing. Keep your hair
brush clean by frequently dipping it
into bath of hot water and ammonia
and drying it in the sun. Everything
used in treating the hair must be scru-
pulously neat. 1t is nice for girl to
have dainty toilet articles, if she can.
Silver, china, and ivory are beautiful
on ones dressing-table, but if one has
not these, she can still keep everything
that belongs to her in perfect order if
she will only takes pains, and order is
itself beauty. Have a linen cover
for your bureau or table prettily en-
broidered, and always add as finishing
touch vase of flowers. - Harper's
Young People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
THE HOUSEHOLD.
0ld-Time Days.

Love to think of oldtime daysthe glory in the dells
Milk.white daisies blossomng, and chime of village
bells;
The birds were singing sweeter than these newtime
birds can sing,
And the maiden had the red lips, and the lover had
the ring.
Love to think of oldtme days going all too fast;
Life seemed always sweeter then. and more in
clined to last.
All the world was brighter-I don't care what they
say
Every heart lighter and beat happy the way
Love to think of od.tme days-all the skies were
blue;
Violets blossomed everywhere and twinkled with
the dew
But there's little good in thinking and dreaming day
and night
If the old times the brightest can make the
new times bright
Atlanta Constitution.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
MISCELLANY.
Sortin' the Mail.


I'VE ben sortin' Their mail at Jonesvile fer goin' on
fifteen year,
An know erbout what's comm fore they throws
Their sack off here;
Hev seen Their same handwritin' Their letters, big
an small,
Till kind NV feel familur like an friendly with em
all.
Lord bless ye yes, 1t Jest like theys speakn
out ter me,
A.givin' up the kindest words at g not fer ter
see.,
An get ter feelin restless It long ter wait
Fore Their mail train er.whstlln' as Their clock
is strikin' eight
Then Their neighbors come hurryn in, for fear
they may be late;
Most on em amt spectin', but they like ter stan
and wait,
Jest ter Their at lucky get letter once't
week;
Maybe watch em tear it open an Their holder take
peep.
Wilder Tomkins STAINS er.lookn' till they drop out
one by one.
Like she has, ter my bes' knowledge fer Their past
five years an gone;
When she says at last so wistfu; Is Their anythin'
frum Ned2"
Blest if kin git er word out, so only shake my
head
III.
Yer see her Ned was reckless like an run er.way
ter sea,
wus Jest ther Bkeliest lad in town an han some ez
could be.
That's FIVE years back an every night Their wilder
without fail
Comes erlong ez patient like with every evenin'
mail.
1.-THE Lord will send it some time" was what she
often said,
But when she asks, night after night on'y shake
my head.
somehow think like she does at her letter sure
to come,
But 8 ben so long time Their way my faith is
dwndlin' some.
Polly Perkins jest drops in " when all Their rest
hev went,
Then bushes to herself an me, pertendin' she was
Ter buy some rashers nv bacon ir er half er.dozen
eggs.
If she ketches glimpse NV letter. why then she
fairly begs.
Her Teller IS in Their city, an s dom first rate they
say.
80 we're aspectin' purity soon ter hev him name
Their day.
Jonesville sort dull like but yer hit it on Their
If yer say it's mighty int restn ersortin out Their
mail.
Walter s. Stranahan, in Chicago Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
Talking TO the Baby.

What Not talk to my bnbyl" exclaimed
the young mother who sat holding her
months-old baby and chattcring to 1t
with the fond foolishness of which young
mothers are capable
"No, my dear; don't talk to him 70
much not nearly so much replied the
older woman Dear us he is, you must
not forget how delicate in every way u tiny
baby u.s. ;"
The young mother was sobered, but not
convinced "EIow can 1t possibly hurt
himY" she asked "He cannot understand
me- and do so love to see him smile and
answer my talk with his happy look"
(Which proves that he does understand,
and in his way replies to your loving talk,
and it is that which is the strain You
take beautiful care to feed the baby with
the greatest exactness and to keep him
clothed daintily and comfortably, and that
is right His brains, however, are just as
weak and undeveoped as is his body.
What his small mind needs most is rest,
and when you talk to him the tax on his
mentality is beyond its strength. 1t is like
hurrying the unfolding of rose by pull
ing the leaves of the bud apart.
"Of course all babies are not so sensi-
tive, but | know of little months ba-
serious brain trouble wholly brought on
by the continued attentions of a large and
admiring circle of friends proud of an I'M
usually bright baby. Another baby girl of
Is months began to droop, apparently for
no reason Nothing helped her, though
much was tried The puzzled physician
instituted careful inquiry and found that
she had been coaxed to dance little each
day, because it was so cute to see her
An immediate stopping of the practice.
with rest and quiet, restored her to health
again A young babe cannot be kept 10
much like little animal Let him s,cri
and eat and eat to sleep again, Keeping
him in cool, well ventilated rooms and NOT
too much in strong light. either of the sun
or artificial light
Be advised early, and let your baby
alone Let him grow naturally, and not
by any forcing process. One more don't
Don't send him to ride on noisy streets,
under the elevated roads or along the troll
ley or cable lines. Those are not nerve
soothing places for an outing to an adult,
much less to tender, delicate baby"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
A Spider Web Dress,

The most wonderful piece of textile fab
r1c ever woven is n dress owned by Queen
Victoria. 1t was presented to her in 1877
by the empress of Brazil and is made en-
tirely from spiders webs. The webs from
which this curious fabric was woven were
originally spun by the large yellow spider
which is a native of the Amazon valley.
Each flament of web spun by this spider
Is very large and strong and of bright
yellow color Fabrics woven from them
have silky lustAr and are very strong and
durable
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31

CURE FOR HEADACHE.-As rem
edy for all forms of headache Electric
Btters has proved to be the very best.
1t effects a permanent cure and the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches
ield to its influence. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure a bottle, and
give this remedy fair trial. In cases
of habitual constipation Electric Bitters
cures by giving the needed tone to the
bowels, and few cases long resist the
use of this medicine. Try it once.
Large bottles only fifty cents at c..
Blakely's drug store,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Up Carrot.

What a world of fun we had,
You lass and a lad,
Up garrett
In the sweet mysterious dusk,
Redolent Of mint and musk,
With the herbs strung overhead,
And the peppers stiff and red,
And, half hidden by dangling corn,
Grandpa's flask and powder.hornl
Such store Of treasures rare
We were sure OF finding there,
Up garrett
Hats and coats of pattern quaint;
Dark old paintings blurred and faint;
Spinning-wheels, whose gossip.whir
Might have startled Aaron Burr;
Old lace capes of saffron hue;
Dishes splashed with villas blue.
You in trailing silk were dressed,
wore grandpa's figured vest.
Up garrett.
SO we stood up. hushed and grand
And we're married, hand in hand,
While the tall cased clock beheld,
As 1t doubtless did Of cid,
When at greatgrandfather's side
Stood his blushing Quaker bride.
Furnished ready to our hand
Was the coy home we planned
Up garrett.
Chairs that any modern belle
Would pronounce antique and swell -;
Chests and dressers that would vie
With the grandest you could buy.
Ali they didn't know it them
Save the little maids and men.
All day long in childish wise
We spun out life's mys teries,
Up garrett,
In the fragrant, spicy gloom
OF that dear old raftered room
Oh. that life in very truth
We're but sweet, protracted youth
And we all might play our parts
with unwearied, happy heartsi
james Buckham, in Harper's Ba Ear.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
Household Notes.


Hawthorne once said, Life within
doors has few plcasanter prospects than a
prettily and neatly arranged and properly
provisioned breakfast table, f" and in these
days of cheap and pretty dishes, inexpen-
sive linen and widespread ingenuity there
is small excuse for any other sort of a
breakfast table than that which recon-
mended itself to our great American nov
elist. 1t is really so easy to have even the
simplest things about table dainty and
pretty that one wonders they arc ever other
wise
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A Neat idea.

1t y the fancy of London woman to
have her favorite books, those treasures
which she keeps in her private boudoir,
where only her close friends may pene-
trate, bound in pieces of favorite gowns
Bits of brocade, satin, velvet and cmbroid-
cry thus clothe the well loved poem, essay
or story, happy combination of associa
ton to the We're de Ncres whose time
hangs "heavy on their hands,