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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
Drying Curtains.

Fortunate are housewives who still pos
sess the quilting frames of their grand
mothers, for these serve admirably to dry
curtains upon Two or three curtains can
be dried on them mt once. One curtain Is
stretched over the others and each held in
place by pins or tackled with coarse stitches
to the lasting or cloth that is bound over
the quilting frame Indeed so much more
convenient are these frames than the tedi-
Gus methods Of pinning the curtains to the
floor with sheets spread out to protect the
carpet that every housekeeper who has her
curtains Numbered at home should have
one. Some large furnishing stores have
them for sale, and where these stores are
not accessible any carpenter can make
frame 1t will not be expensive as it is
extremely simple in design and takes little
material Four boards, each about inches
wide and inch thick, are all that Is need
ed. Two Of the boards should be 8 or 8
feet long, and the other two feet. Hav-
ing measured the longest curtain you have,
let the carpenter bore several holes in each
board so that the four pegs he will turn for
you may faStcn the frames into an oblong
the size of any curtain in the house. While
the curtains are drying thc.vcan be laid on
the grass or against the fence in the back
yard or, in stormy weather, stood up in
any convenient room.-New York Tele-
gram.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

The art instinct of woman never
comes out to clearer advantage than in her
clothing, says the woman's column Of the
New York Sun. She may not have
achieved success with brush or pencil, but
II she possess the true art instinct 1t will
unconsciously but none the less notice
ably betray itself in her choice of ribbons
and the arrangement of her hair. For in
stance, one woman will wear blue ribbons
upon pink gown-she lacks the art in
stinct. But another woman will pin blush
roses upon her sky blue gown, for she has
the art instinct Each wears the combina-
ton of pink and blue, but it is the art in
stinot that decides how it shall be worn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
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.
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 a family in
two minutes, without touching your
hands to dish or putting them in hot
water. | made the first day So, and
everybody wanted Dish Washer just
as soon as they saw me wash their
dishes. Since then l have made as
high as $1S day, and believe that
can get enough money to keep my
brother at school next winter and have
money in the bank, too. Any lady or
gentleman can do as well as am doing,
l am sure, as l had no experience.
When everybody wants to buy, it is not
hard to sell. Any one can get informa-
ton by writing the above firm, and l
am glad to add my experience, because
/ think it is my duty to others to help
them over the hard times.
MARTHA FRANCIS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
Spots Cleaned by Chalk.

French chalk, tooth chalk, chalk pencil,
any chalk is an agent for cleansing in
an endless variety of ways. Rub it into
grease spots on dresses wall paper, any
thing; it may be rubbed into food Spots
say molasses, with excellent effect. 1t
disintegrates the dirt, so that it can be
scratched or brushed out. Even on wash
dresses this easy remedy is well worth ap-
plying. Not only spots, but the hand rub
bed soiled part, may sometimes be restored
or at least improved. Rub on the chalk
and hang the garment away overnight or
for days to be brushed clean when used
again.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
Woman the Creator of Society.

M, i,,l-,a,,a-, ~, ,,,,,,,o,, o1,o,t m tho
me Iiiluenoo .naV wGnnen 49, o1 - 'i ho
nanlers oi VIZ 1tth dbn roG,,in5, CONTACT nt
VERY sroa tio , ",rv Wv, mann vii nevey
, Mi1 ~ oI inpoto rongbness With which ma.
80 80 I has ondoyod him
'' Hi ai, birth and good breeding are the
rriviieges Of a the fcw. but the habits and
manners Of a gentleman NAV be acquired
nv al IT. is Of no u.n 70 assert that their
ACQUISITION &c attended with little difficult
tv for a nerfect manner in society is the
res,lt of n Succession of small sacrifices
NJ ono can he nerfact1v we'll hammered
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
GENERAL MISCELLANY.
Our Two Languages.

A writer in The Educational Rcview
prefaces an extremely interesting article on
English literature in the college by tho
declaration; at is now, l think, generally
admitted that the first principle of rhetoric
Is, write US you speak. The pedantic, DO
clamatory, Latinized diction that prevailed
| In literary circles 100 years ago is no l"n-
| ger the standard kings English In ordor
| to write we'll it is necessary first to STEAK
| wCl-that is to speak naturally, correctly
and strongly"
| This is clever and cunning as well ~
complete begging of the whole question.
| The assumption that we, English pnd
| Americans, speak as we WRITE and that
the ordinary rules of rhetoric and gram
mar run through and undcrle oral rs
well as written language, is an assumption
which cannot be verified Ivy evidence The
man who says don't ana can't" and
isn't, and who talks about Chin and
me" when he means mo Rdd |, or who
says "done" for "did" or "seen" for
"saw, " can take his pen or pencil In hand
and write English which Is unexceptiona-
| ble from the standpont of person. mood
or tense, the fact beil,g that written Ian
guagc is refinement and possibly an i'm
provement on spoken language but at the
same time as different from it M the dia-
lect of Yorkshire from that Of Cornwall
or the talk of Yankepiand from the patois
| of the uplands of North Caronua or the
lowlands of Louisiana.
| The writer of the article in question has
fallen into the rhetorical error of, rs the
vernacular has It, putting the cart before
the horse Every written language, pro-
tected and fenced in as it may be by rhe-
torical fences ana hedges, each of which is
| bristling with rlles and safeguarded by ex-
captions to those rules, is only develop
ment from a sDoken language, and wheth-
er it be an i'm provement or not is an open
| question. A. all events 1t must be appar-
ent to every student of language or philol-
| ogy that we have at least in English, two
separate AMI distinct languages, and that
If we should attempt to follow the dictum
of the writer in The Educational Review
and write as we speak our contributions
| to current literature would be speedily
side tracked into the EDITORS vase paper
basket. 1t might be better for the genius
of the English language and for the pres
ervation of its integrity that we should
speak as we write, but to adopt the con-
verse proposition and write rs we speak
seems the very climax of absurdity to
those who know and appreciate the dis
tinction between English "as she is
wrote and "as she is spoke. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
How to Make a Pin Box.

A pinbox is an invaluable addition to
ones dressing table 70 make it, cover six
small square boxes, which have been filled
with curled hair with one shade of silk
and fasten together at the sides. Sew a
valance around the outside of all, of the
same silk On one put black pins, anoth
or white another the German colored pins,
another safety pins, another hatpins and
keep the last for stickpins.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
The Cars Hound.

Let your letter be written as accurately
as you are able-I mean with regard to
language, grammar and stops-for as to
the matter of it the less trouble you give
yourself the better it will be. Letters
should be easy and natural and convey to
the persons to whom we send them Just
what we should say TO the persons If we
were with them. Chesterfield.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

SURELY woman should bring the
best she has, whatever that is, to the
work Of Gods world. 1t does not make
a thing good that it is remarkable that
woman should have been able to do
it; neither does it make thing bad
which would have been made good if a
man had done it if it has been done by
woman. Oh, leave these jargons and
60 your way in simplicity and single
ness of heart.-Florence Nightingale.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
Letter Writing.

The largest Danish hound in existence
Ia said to belong to the car, who has made
house pet of the dog and keeps it in his
own apartments. The czar is stated to
place great confidence in the animals in
telligence and devotion and has often dis
missed new attendants toward whom the
hound has shown dislike. The explana-
ton assigned is that the dog had recog-
nized in them secret foes to its master.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
Lincoln Fountain Pen.

A $3.50 pen, gold, sold for S1.O0. A first
class pen in every respect In use in this
Office and its excellence proved. Every
pen. guaranteed By mail, postage paid
Montpelier, Vt. For full particulars, see
advertisement on page six.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

Between 1860 and 1870 the abolition of
slavery destroyed nominal wealth of
$3.50 600, 900. During the same period the
northern states gained enormously in
wealth by the establishment of many new
industries.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
BOVinine

of the greatest service. 1t restores
the mothers strength, produces
new, rich milk For years the
best physicians of the country
have prescribed BovININE in all
such cases. 1t never fails them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

mans profundity may keep him from
opening on n first interview, and his eau
ton on "A second but | should suspect his
emptiness if he carried on his reserve to a
third.-Colton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

In Switzerland there is law by which
railway and steamboat companies, factory
establishments etc, are liable to indem-
Nifty their employees in case of accidents,
or their widows and children in case of
their death
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
The Amy Proctor Sanat0rium!
BURLINGTON, VT.
DIR. L. M. BLNGHAM, Mun0ge9
An abiding place for the sick needing special
nursing, and those requiring surgical treatment.
DIR. L. M. BLNGHAM. .

NHIS Sanaorium pleasantly quiet part
Burlington few minutes walk from the railway HOME
for the SICK with the advantages weconduced
spacious furnished heated souhey
exposure
areob
resident physician and trained sick
and treatment have the personal the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
A MOTHERS DUTY
TOWARDS HER DAUGHTERS.
Suggestions Which Bear Repeating, as
Their Importance is Unreasonable.
ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERs.l

Only few years ago even the medical
profession secuted the idea that young
girls could suffer from the misery of uterus
troubles.
That form Of disease, it was claimed,
came only to married women.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

If there is anything on the orb of sin
more fidgety than a man with two cigars
and no match, it is boy with unbrolen
legs in the house ON rainy day
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
OXYGEN

for the of
curative
Cylinders charged with physicians
at aboutha he n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

"NEvER bear more than one kind of
trouble at once" Some people bear
three kinds-all they have had, all they
have now, and all they expect to have.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

The ancients entertained the idea that
the dew was distilled upon the earth by
the moon and stars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

81 WAS tired, run down and had no
appetite, but Hoods Sarsaparilla helped
me Immediately" - Miss Agnes Z.
Carly, Shoreham, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
Nursing
* Mothers

who are run down, and whose
appetites have failed, and milk
diminished in both quantity and
quality, will find
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
HUMPHREYS

Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
1t Cures PILES or HEMoRRHo1Ds, External
or Internal, Blind or Distinguishing and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate cure certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
1t Cures Tors, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures Bous, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Security or Scald
Head. 1t is Infallible.
1t Cures 1NFLAMED or CAKED BREASTS
and Sore Nipplcs 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Security
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chat Feet, Sdng' of Insects.
Three Size. 25c., SOC. md sI.oo.
Sold by Druggists postpaid receptof price.
HUMPHREYS MED co., III 1Ia william ST., New York.
WITCH kAzTL OIL
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

The Arkansas river was named from
nation Of Indians also called Quappas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

When Lydia E. Pinkham first sent out
the news of her great discovery, there
was no lack of harsh speech from those
whose practice and opinions she set at
defiance.
But when young girls by the hundreds
were absolutely cured by Lydia e. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound, then the
tongues of the traducers were stilled, and
faith was allowed to live in the hearts of
the people.
Young girls are subject to this trouble.
1t robs them of the buoyancy of youth.
1t makes all effort distastefu.
1t causes retention and suppression of
menses leucorrhpa, severe headache,
waxy complexion, depression, weakness,
loss of appetite and interest.
Certainly mothers ought to know that
these are all symptoms of the one cause
of nearly all the suffering that comes to
women; and to save their daughters
ought to begin treatment at once.
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the surest and most natural
remedy for women ever compounded. 1t
will accomplish its work with certainty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

RUBBER STAMPS made to order by the
Watchman Publishing Company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

BETTER IN EVERY Way" My
husband was feeling tired all the time
and could not work. He had no appe-
tite. l induced him to try bottle of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and before he had
finished it he was around doing his
work and feeling better in every way"
Mrs. George F. Sade, Box 10, Bond
Vile, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07
SEND FOR CIRCULAR

giving full particulars of terms etc.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-07

HOODS PILLS cure sick headache,
biliousness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-16
A Few House Notes.

Representative Benedict has gone
home because of being i'll.
The duties of the house superinten-
dent of ventilation are to draw his pay.
s'Topeka is Jerusalem for US wicked
fellows" said Mr. Beekman in the house
yesterday.
Mr.. Glenn, as chairman of the COM
mittee yesterday, got to pass on other
peoples points of order.
The house amended the senate appel
late court bill by changing one of the
seats of the court from Kansas City to
Topeka
The house in committee of the whole
yesterday considered Senator Dillard' 9
appellate court bill instead of the bill by
Mr.. Robinson.
Col. Tom Jackson, journal clerk of the
house, was one of the applicants for ad-
jutant general. He had recommends
lions of General Rosecrans, minister to
China, and others. He would make q
good assistant adiutant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-16
A GRAND TREAT.

Tho Benefit Concert to be rendered to Miss
Wallace to be an Event of Rare Interest
The complimentary benefit concert to
be given to Miss Stella G. Wallace at
Library hall next Tuesday evening will
be one of the most delightful musical en-
tertainments the people of Topeka have
attended for many months Miss Wal
lace will be assisted by the best musical
talent of Topeka and other cities. The
programme is especially good, aud will
be appreciated by all who attend. The
object is a worthy one. For several years
Miss Wallace has contributed to the
pleasure of the church people of Topeka
by singing in the churches without
charge. She now intends to go east,
where she will complete her musical ed
ucation. Before her departure it is fit
ting that her legion of friends should re-
member her in substantial manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-16
PIECE OF SENTIMENT.

The Police Court Reporter Weaves = Pref
~ Story Around an Ordinary Incident.
VIM. Britt is no longer on the city rock
pile. He has been rescued by friend.
Old, ragged and black as q newly pol
ished stove is William. He lives with
his aged wife and their grown up daugh-
ter in the colored neighborhood west of
the Santa Fe shops. They came from
Tennessee, where the old people were
slaves before the war, and William was
raised as honestly as Uncle Tom was.
Poverty has fearful influence, how
ever, and the other day when William
saw his aged wife shivering from cold
and he was shivering himself, and he
had nothing to build the ire in their
broken down kitchen stove with, necessi-
ty became the ruler and William took an
old sack on his arm in the night time and
called on the coal cars in the Santa Fee
yards.
That part of the story is an old one.
He was caught at it by the Waterman
and was in police court the next morn
ing.
He did not plead guilty; neither did he
try to frame an excuse. If you are sem
timentally inclined you may find pleas
ure in thinking he was too honest to-
The fine was SO. 1t was accepted
without murmur and William went to
Work on the rock pile.
1t was a glad faced woman, not young
by any means and yet not so very old nor
more than half colored woman, that call
ed at the city Jail with q much darker
! companion and said triumphantly to
Jailer Dlsbrow:
ave want our man"
| In her toll hardened hand was q five
dollar bill and ten silver dollars.
"It's almost my fortune" she said, SIM
ply 81 saved it from washings."
! The jailer took the money as though
! he half wished he didn't have to, and
| went to bring out the old colored man.
(Which way will he conner" asked the
woman.
'EThis way" said the jailer, and the two
women waited.
The darker of the two women stood in
the background.
sPoor old man." said the lighter one.
Che never did a thing. like that before,
and / bet he never will again"
"Relative of yours?" was asked her.
mo sir" she replied "He used to
cob dollies back in Tennessee, and this is
just the time he needs friend. This is
his daughter" pointing to the woman be-
hind her. "They are very poor"
The old gentleman. came out of the
cell with his rag of a coat on his arm,
just then, and there was a happy light
in the darker woman's eyes, though she
did not rise to meet him.
The lighter woman turned half round.
"Hello dearie," she said softly. His
eyes avoided her as he put on his coat
"Arn't you ashamed of yourself, now?"
"Shamed O. myself? Humph. Shamed
o myself" he said, in an apologize sort
of way. "Reckon I am"
"YeIl never do it again, will you
dearie?"
"Humph. humph," said the old mar
without looking at her, and the three lef
the Jail together.
The old man was really ashamed O
himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-16
.FENCING MASTER COMING
CIeve1and's Big Ainstrels TOnight-Eight
Bells and Colorado.

C1eve1and's Big AIinstrels Tonight-Eight
Bells and Colorado.
Marie Tempest's great success "The
Fencing Master" will be at the Grand
the latter part of the month, but Miss
Tempest is not with it The new star is
named Dorothy Morton, and is highly
compared to Miss Tempest.
Mr.. W. s. Cleveland's minstrels give a
very good street parade at least, and if
they do as well with the show tonight,
they will please. This is the first min
strel company that has ever been to
Topeka and carried two bands. The
white band came first in the parade
today, and it was followed by the Arab
performers, and they in turn were
followed by colored band and one of
them was playing all the time. There
are really more than fifty people in the
organization and it is as big one of its
kind as Topeka has seen.
The next attraction at the Grand will
be the Brothers Bryne, four of them, in
their pantomimic, acrobatic farce
comedy, Eight Bells" They will be
here only one evening and are very we'll
known. 1t is said they have spent $751;
600 in new features for their production
this year. They still carry the stage
coach and rolling ship effects
A very scenic melodrama entitled
Colorado" will be- at the Grand on
Saturday night next. 1t deals with Col
orsdo mining life more particularly at
Cripple Creek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-16
TIMES OUGHT TO KNOW.
1t Is the Only Republican Paper Published
in LeaVenWorth.


in Leavenworth.
A number of eastern papers state that
the Republican victory in Kansas was
won last year on the platform in which
prohibition was not mentioned and that
the governor elected has appointed bitter
enemies of prohibition as police COM
missioners. From these assumptions
they conclude that prohibition will soon
be repealed. These papers do not know
Governor Morrill, They evidently regard
him as an enemy to prohibition, whereas
he is the friend of the principle and will
do all he can, we understand, to enforce
it. If the eastern papers would read
Governor Morrill's inaugural message
they would know more of what they are
talking about.-Topeka Capital
In saying this of Governor Morrill,, the
Topeka Capital deliberately tells false
hood. Governor Morrill, does not intend
and will not enforce the prohibition law
in the city of Leavenworth. In this as
sertion we are sustained by the entire
board of metropolitan police commits
Eioners in this citY.-LeavenWorth Times