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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
AUTHORHERNE' 'SVIEWS
The American Apostle of Real
 ism on Plays.
SHOULD REPRODUCE NATURE.

Our People Are Firing of the slelsly, Un-
 wholesome Imported Drama-They Want Contemporaneous Native Plays Now. Why "Shore Acres" Has Succeeded.
 Give me a downright good American play, full of pathos, merriment and real ism and not one of those mawklsh, sick ly, sentimental, sensuous dramas, abound ing in impossible situations, which for eign playwrights are continually tossing over to ns and which many of Our leading
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
The Villains Critic,

"The test of success of the villain on the stage," says Frank Carlyle, who plays the wicked man in "The Sporting Duch- ess, ;" lis the peanut chewing, coat lacking gallery boy. It is far easier to play the vii- lain in real life than before the footlights when the gallery boy is watching out. Once the bad man in the play lets kind ly note into his voice he is queered for life up aloft."
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
Too Busy.

Snipleigh-I say, Poorpeigh, how is it you have not paid that bill of minep
 Poorpeigh-My dear fellow have been so busy on that new book of mine that had forgotten all about it.
 Snipleigh-What are you writings
 Poorpeigh-A treatise on memory.-Al- bany State.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning and stiffness of phraseology, pro- ceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men. n.-Mac- kenzie,
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
PARSONS, THE AUSTRALIAN.

He Is Famous Just Now as the Cyclist
 Who Defeated the Great Zimmerman.
 The great American public that idolizes Arthur A. Zimmerman, the swiftest cy- olist that ever sprinted for the tape, is not at all discouraged because Zimmerman was beaten by J. W. Parsons in his first race on Australian soil. As a usual thing when Zimmerman visits new country he races before he has become accustomed to the climate and the result is that some speedy native finding him sadly out of
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

greed The "boom'' which has struck the coast is to make him rich beyond the dream of avarice. Ho forces to flee from his home in fearful storm the daughter he worships because she would not aban- don the man she loves to marry the man who tempted him.
 Tie good brother gives the young couple every dollar he has in the world to flee and lirsont murder, for the father is savage :soid hungry and determined. The bubble bursts. The land" company fails and tho speculative brother is ruined. Wher his skies are canopied with darkness ant despair, when all hope has fed, the goot brother turns over to the arrinn ona a1.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

Louis the Great paid so much attention to his manners that he took dancing les son every day but Sunday for ss years.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

coat, chalk onc's feet and send a big wooden ball down the So foot alley for a strike" is a proceeding W @ II calculated to send a thrill of pleasure through tho heart of the veriest mis- anthrope. If the melancholy Dane had belonged to a bowling club and had stuck" Polo nius or his fathers ghost for the price uf a game or two  a night, he could n ev CT h a V 0 ought himself to believe that tho world was out of joint. A single ''break'' would have led him to forget tn 6 b a d
 break" of is mother, a spare"
 would havo caused
 hin, fO Cnarp pua1a
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
SUSAN STRONG.
An American Singer Who Has Earned .
 Fine Reputation In Europe.

Susan Strong Is the woman, barely 2e years old, who has set the music critics of conservative old London by the ears. She recently made her operatic debut in that city as Sieglinde in "Die walkure." As that is one of the most difficult roles in Wsgner's great trilosy it was considered that Miss Strong would be exceedingly fortunate to pass through the ordeal with. out meeting with positive disaatan That
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
FIDDLER PALMER, THE PueILlsT.

He Whipped Billy Trimmer Recently and
 Is Looked Upon a World Beater.
 Ever since Billy Trimmer succeeded in getting the decision over George Dixon, tine featherNeight champion of the world, in four round bout in New York, Plim- mer's stock as a pugilist has been away up above par. Fair minded people are in- elined to believe that he received more
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

Bowling is now one of tho great winter sports, and there is hardly club of any size in tho United States that does not pos eess one or moro alloys, To lay aside one's
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
CHECKERS AND CHESS.

Checker Problem No. 852.-For beginners. Black-3 (lSing), (king), Il tking).
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
SPORT ON THE ALLEYS
Bowling Is Excellent Fun For
 the Winter Evenings.
A FEW POINTS FOR THE NOVICE.

He Should Try the Medinm Sized Balls First and Reserve the Eighteen Pound- CTS For tho Future-Fast and Slow Balls and the Very Difficult Twisters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
The Razor Grinding Trade.

1--WE get razors from all over the coun-
try " said the proprietor of razor grind
ing shop on Center street. The razor
gets worn down so that honing will not
suffice to put it in condition, and grinding
becomes necessary The razors get into,
the barber shops and the BARRIERS send
them to us-that is, they are sent by the
out of town BARRIERS. We have list of
regular customers in the city, and our
men visit the shops to get the razors in
need of repair. All the BARRIERS on Long
Island, up the Hudson in Connecticut
and part of New Jersey send their razors
to New York, sometimes by express, but
most often by messenger. We also get
them from the far northwest-Montana
and Washington state. 1t seems strange,
doesn't it, that barber in Wyoming or
Oregon has to send his razors from the
Pacific coast clear across the continent to-
the Atlantic to havo them put in orderf
But that is "a fact.
"Only the large cities can afford to keep.
the appliances necessary for the delicate.
work on finely tempered razors. The
principal reason for this is the high price
of grndstones and a thorough knowledge
of the craft. The only good grindstOnes
for use on raZOrs como from Germany.
Ohio has grndstones, but they are inferior
for razor sharpening purposes to the Ger
man article, no matter what Ohio manu-
facturers say. Up to ten years ago it was,
thought the reason that we could not tenn
per our razors as well as they do it in.
England was because of peculiar def
cheney in our water. That has been proved
to be fallacy, as we now manufacture
razors in Massachusetts and in Newark
fully as good as any made in England.
All English razors, you know, are sent to
Germany to be conceived. That is because
of the superiority of the German grind
stones New York World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
America a Nation of Whistlers.

The right of a person to whistle, to the
paralysis of other persons nerves, is be-
coming almost as burning q question as
the right of persons to smoke to the men
tai and bodily dotriment of others. We
Americans are probably, next to our own
,olored people in the southern towns,
whom we have educated in the art, the
whistingest people in the world There
are apparently two reasons for this. One
Is that we are the most nervous of people
we have got to be doing something, We
can't go down stolidly at our work like
Europeans or sit silent and contemplative
so we work off our fidgets with whistling
The other reason is that we are really
cheerful and expressive people, in spite Of
all that has ever been said to the conGary.
The national whistling habit has resulted
in the production of a great number Of
really skillful and musical whistlers.
With one consideration and another, there
Is tremendous amount of whistling. 1t
seems cheerful, and sometimes, to the
whistler, it is really cheerful. Now, I'M
doubleday this would be very nice if every
ones whistling was heard only by him
self. 1t would be blessed way of work
Ing off ones nervousness too. What about
that? An ordinary whistler's performance
gives absolutely no pleasure to any one but
himself Transcript
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

would lie awake nearly all night, and was
in constant misery. Previous to this my
c. mplexion was very healthy color, but
now it became very bad.
81 took three bottles of DR.. Greene's
Nervura blood and uerve remedy and was
entirely cured. My nervousness and head
aches left me, my good complexion re-
turned, and / slept perfectly. [ can safely
say to everybody who is suffering, just give
it trial, and you will be cured. L hope my
state ment will find relief for many people
who do not know the benefit of such a
wonderful medicine"
1t is thus evident that women can get well
can secure perfect health, strong nerves
and pure blood by using the great vital re-
storative, DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. If, therefore, women will
maintain their health and strength by this
remaI kable medicine, we will guarantee
them beauty Of face and form, the bright
eyes, pink cheeks and clear complexion of
youth, ard the rounded Jorm, graceful lines
and elastic step of vigorous bysical de-
velopment.
This remedy can be used without hesita.
ton by all, as it is purely vegetable and is
endorsed and prescribed by physicians; in
deed, it is the prescription and discovery Of
our most successful ply stefan in curing
nervous and chronic diseases, DR.. Greene.
Of "a Temple Place, Boston, Mass, who can
be consulted at any time, without charge,
personally or by letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
Plains Of Troy.

The plains of Troy, so famed and flour.
ished in ancient days, are now barren and
desolate. The sculptor sees no statues, the
architect no remains, and the painter any
thing but a picturesque view. 1t is fit only
for the collegian or the moralist The
classic Scamander is but muddy stream,
winding through an uncultivated plain,
covered with stunted oaks, underwood
and PUSHES At the opposite extremity of
the plain stand the tombs of Hector and
Achilles that of tho latter near the Hellos-
pont, where the Greek fleet was moored
Near Is the grave of his friend, Patroclus
All their glories are now reduced to few
tumuli, about 30 feet high. The Seaman
der is between 200 and 900 feet broad and
very muddy, having the appearance of be-
ing much flooded.
Farther up the plain its course becomes
undistingushable among the marshes
After passing II smaller river, you arrive
at an ancient tumulus, not far from tho
shore. What is most striking in this
monument is tho existence of an arch
which forms an entrance to the center
Above are tho remains of square base
ment, ON which the column of the tomb
may have formerly stood. On your return
you see the tombs of Achilles aud Patro-
clus and some others. -Pittsburg Dis
patch,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
Whittier's BOyhOOd.

To illustrate the fact that children sur
fer intensely from causes which their ed
ers regard as trivial and which they therl-
selves are inclined to laugh at in later life
Mr.. Whittier once told this story of his
boyhood to friend: 1t was at an ancient
hillside farmyard near Haverhill. In
ascending this hill his father was in the
habit of relieving his horse by walking,
and Greenleaf was expected to walk also.
1t was terrible trial to the boy, for
gander would begin his warlke threats as
soon as he saw him. and in later life
Whittier declared he could have marched
up to a hostile battery without such
sinking of the heart as he felt whenever
he approached this harmless but noisy
fowl. If he had dared to cell MS father of
his agony of dread, he could have remained
safely in the carriage. But the fear of he
ing laughed at prevailed over every other
consideration. Mr.. Whittier thought this
was the experience of many children, and
that parents should treat their apparently
petty troubles with more seriousness than
Is their custom.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
The Dukes Offer.

Persons who are envious Of those whom
they are pleased to call the fortunate rare
ly count the cost of success. Apropos of
this, an amusing story is told of General
Lefevre, duke of Dantzic. One day the
general had visit from a friend of his
youth, who commented, not without feel
lngs of envy, on the dignities and riches
which the duke, who was born in peas
ants cottage, had acquired in many bat
ties and by his faithful services.
ooh, am prepared, " was the rejoinder,
ito hand them over to you at the very
price l paid for them. We will proceed
together into my garden. There you shall
walk up and down for the space of half an
hour while l command a company of in
fantry to fire on you. There We're more in
my case, but you shall have the benefit of
altered circumstances. If you are not shot
in 30 minutes, all that is mine shall be
yours. '-Philadelphia Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
Southern init Z the Snow Belt.

The landed surface of the globe is so sit
uated that snow never falls upon more
than ono-t third of its area. In our country
snow falls every winter in four-1fths Of
the states and territories and occasionally
in the others, the southern point of Flori-
da being the only section of the whole
country in which it was never known. On
the west coast snow has fallen as far
south as the southern boundary of Cali
fornia. This has occurred but once since
the signal service was established in Jan
uary, 1882. The farthest south on tho
east coast that snow was ever reported was
at Punta Rosa, Fla, about 100 miles
from Key West, on Dec. /, 1876. Along
the gulf coast it has been known to fall
from Pensacola to Brownsville, Tex.--.5t.
Louis Rcpuhlic
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
The poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo
Emerson. SAWS,
eft eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty Is its own excuse for being"

Then beauty IS lts OWL eNcuse TOT beInB,7
Beauty of feature and elegance of form
have ever been the desire Of the feminine
mind And it is a perfectly laudable and
natural ambition. Women are born to sway
the hearts and minds of men as much by
theit beauty and attractiveness, as by the
subtler charms OF goodness and purity
And yet, how few women attain the
beauty which should be theirs, and in those
few who are beautiful, how quickly their
beauty fades This is wrong Women are
naturally beautiful-at least of pleasing and
attractive appearance-and in nearly all the
cases where women lack these physical
charms, the fault is their own.
Good looks and beautiful forms are en-
tirely dependent upon good health. One
must have strong nerves and pur9 blood to
be beautiful. Failing to have these, is to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23


aljze this, that moment
will they understand that physical beauty
is matter within their own control And
Lytle of Hunter A re., Rochester. n. y.
"I was very pale and delicate" she says,
"and had no color, and had f. ale " eak.
ness with leucoril oa, and suffered great
pain at my periods. / am now well, thanks
to Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and eve
remedy. My face is plump and my cheeks
red, and my &C mplt xion pure. When |
began the use of this remedy only weighed
81 pounds, and now l eigh 115 pounds and
am still gaining. DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy is wonderful
medicine. l have not had any trouble since
1 began taking it,"
Miss Emma Marlatt OF Oxford, N, j.,
gays:
II have been sufferer for ten years, and
the victim of large tumor weighing 2C
pounds, W hich / bad moved, and l suf.
fered untold agony for many months after.
II tried the skill Of many physicians, all
of whom utterly failed to give me any relief
81 then used that wonderful medicine,
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood ard nerve
remedy, and after using few bottles / was
entirely cured.
"To those who have been suffering from
various di eases, ard have failed to find any
relief, am to day living testimony and
witness to the wonderful and marvellous
curative powers Of this great medicine. TIC
persons suffering from various diseases,
earnestly recommend the use of this rem
edy if they would he cured. For further
information I will willingly, cheerfully
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

KEEP your blood pure and healthy
and you will not have rheumatism.
Hoods Sarsaparilla gives the blood
vitality and richness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

SEVERAL knives, evidently intended
for table use, have been found in the
catacombs near Memphis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

LAMoILLE river, in Vermont, was
at fret called La Monette, "the sea
gull" from the great abundance of
these birds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

THE ground has only been lightly
covered with snow al NJ bile, Ala, five
times during the last seventy five
yeas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
WHAT THEY ALL SAY.
Beautiful Women Give Some Wonderful
Information Concerning Female Beauty.
We do not Think it Will Take Women
Long to Act Upon This Idea.

and promptly respond"
Miss Della T. Shea of 210 Lexington
Street, East Boston, Mass, makes the fol.
lowing statement:
bout seven years ago began to feel
very uncomfortable after eating, so much so
that found it impossible to keep the light
est food on my stomach. | grew worse for
three months, so I was obliged to give up
work and go to the hospital.
I" tried many remedies and doctors, but
they did me no good. A friend advised me
to try Dr.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy.
GO began using it, and after a week felt
much better. When had taken four bottles
the weakness in my stomach was all gone,
and l could eat anything without distress,
while a short time before 1 found it impos-
sible for weeks at time to even drink a
glass of milk and keep 1t in my stomach.
CT was unable to wear anything but a
loose dress, and 1 did not go out Of the
house for months at a time. | am now
strong. My cure is wonderful. Dr. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy has done
what the hospitals, doctors and Other medi-
cines could not do,
at is splendid medicine, and l urge
every suffering person to use it. | love to
to thiuk OF the good it is doing,
ESA and wish every one who is not
!: \. i: ]. !! ::
Esss& perfectly well would take ii"
s1VEM Miss Rose Mccarthy of BAT
A5$XA East S7th St., New York City,
~ writes as follows
80 IA For long time 1 was
~ SB - troubled with nervousness
B z8agssT L 49, and violent headaches |
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
The Amy Proctor Sanato[iu|n
< = BURLINGTON, vt.
DR.tL. NJ. BINGHAM,
An abiding place for the sick needing special and
nursing, and those requiring surgical treatment.

delightful Of
railway station HOME
all the weconducted hospital Th
nicely furnished heated and have ouher
windows delightful of Lake Chsmpan and the
Adirondack Mountains obtained
resident physician and trained attend the sick All matters OF
and have the personal supervision of the Manager
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

for the attached the Sanaoum
benefited by
furnished physicians and druggists
at charged the cities.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
SEND FOR CIRCULAR

Have always borne the reputation of being d
vertised thus, Why is it so? 1t is because the
& Son have made them for sixty years. The
dctory. for thirty years.. They are
Smyrna times., 1895-12-25
Vim, B, SHARP
& co.
Fourth and Market StS.,
WILMINGTON. DEL.

Commencing Monday Dec.
10 Onr store 7O1U be ObeN e0en-
lHgS.
Our Silk department pre-
SentS many beautiful and
useful things for holiday
giving and at remarkably
low prices made especially
for this time.
Peau-de-SOie Silk, one of
the luoSt pOpular-$l all
the year arOund-now Soc.
Black Satin DucheSSe,
always handsome and styl-
ish, 81 quality for 75c per
yard.
Flack Figured Silks in a
fine assortment OF the latest
patterns, at 85c, ST, $l.25,
and $l.50 per yard.
A very beautiful line Of
Persian, Dresden and Plaid
Silks for waists and trim
mings, from SOC to $1.5O
per yard.
Just arrived from Japan
two cases of splendid quail
ity Wash Silks in elegant
colorings and designs, for
25c per yard.
Strong, comfortable and
finely finished are our Rock
ers. No himsy or make
shift chairs find a resting
place here We are selling
a Rocker that is unsurpass-
ed for the money. They
come in oak, curly birch and
cherry, with either cobbler
or saddle seat, and at great
value at that price $3.50.
We have sold hundreds of
these chairs and this is the
last lot.
We have made great re-
ductiOns in our Children's
Coats, and tOokery for this
class of goods the prices
will be interesting. The
assortment is somewhat
broken and we give the
quantities as they now are.
Smyrna times., 1895-12-25
ARMENIA AND THE TURKS.

TURKEY continues, as it has for sew
eral months centre of absorbing in
test to the civilized world. Events in
relation thereto have been prepared for
the editorial columns of the TIMES, to
be crowded out by a press of matters
pertaining more to this locality, the
business interest incident to the holi-
day having it's share. The Armenians
of that country are reduced to the most
deplOrable condition through the
sword fire and general destitution. 1t
was thus described by telegram from
Constantinople last week:
armenia is in her last gasp. The
work of determination continues. The
massacred people number 100000.
Half a million survivors have taken
refuge in the forests and mountains,
where they are feeding upon herbs and
roots. Hunger and cold have begun
to ravage greatly. In the name of hu-
manity and Christianity, save usn'
Dispatches from Urumiyah, says it
is now certain that the Hamadich
Cavalry destroyed 200 villages in the
vilayet of Van, and that $4,000 home
less Armenians are focking to the city
of Van. According to these dispatches
the government is doing nothing to
prevent outrages upon Amenians.
The New York Tribune in discuss
ing the situation, says:
''The Armenian problem is rapidly
being solved, in the most conclusive
and permanent manner, by the practical
determination of the Armenians. The
best authorities report that 500 600 of
those unhappy people are now either
dead or dying. OF these, $4,000 have
been butchered outright, men, women,
and children, largely with accessories,
of outrage and torture. The rest are
starving to death All their provisions
and other goods have been DESTROYED,
and the Turkish military and civil au-
thOrities will not allow relief to be sent
them. Half a million dead within
three months. Even the Nepoleonic
wars saw no such slaughter 1t means
that One-half the Armenians in Asia
Minor, and One-fifth of all in the whole
world have been done to death bv
order of the Turkish Government.
The Turkish Government knew it
would have to grant that demand. But
1t delayed doing 50, on one pretext or
another, until ii could kill of enough
Christians to seduce them to hopeless
minority in every province and district.
That 1t has now done. 1t is quite pos
sible, and indeed probable, that the
Turkish Government will verv soon.
stop the massacres of its own accord
and put into effect the reforms for
which the six great Powers have been
vainly clamoring since May H."