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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
Remember the Poor.

Blessed is he that considereth the
poor The Lord will deliver him in ev-
cry time of trouble. Lord, who shall
abide in thy tabernacle and who shall
dwell in thy holy hill? He that walk
eth uprightly, and worketh righteous
ness, and speaketh the truth in his
heart; he that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor,
nor taketh up reproach against a
neighbour in whose eyes vile person is
contemned; who putteth not out his
money to usury nor taketh bride
against the innocent-he that doeth
these things shall not be moved forever
md ever. --Scott's Commentary.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
Odd Mention.

There are many of earth's thought
less ones to whom the dying of year is
only the rounding up of an astronomical
period devoted to idleness or to the pur-
suit of pleasure, while the coming in Of
new year is the point Of view from
which to regard the possibilities for
ministering to the pleasures of sense for
another twelvemonth.
But to others the New Year opens up
another and a very different outlook
to those who realize the mistakes that
belong to the psst and who look anx-
iously toward the future and what it
may bring Christian Work
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
New Year $ TOasts.

1t is hoped that many will remember
on New Years day that it is better to
give than to receive, and that the relief
funds may be swelled accordingly.
Washington Star.
May the new year give us all good
health, good luck and plenty to do
With health one can be happy, with luck
one can prosper and with work avoid
temptation. Boston Journal.
May the new year from this morning
to its close be one crowded with peace
happiness and prosperity in your homes
May it be year rich in real blessings
for all people. -Washington Pest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
The Japan Sc woman's To let.

The japanese woman's toilet upsets our
ideas almost as much as the Australian g
Christmas. Her very clothes would lit a
European woman better back way fore
most. She has such ridiculously useful
little figure 4 Y feet high. Until she gets
her clothes ready made from Germany they
never vary. The wife of the fallen Damio
skulking in his castle town, with his eyes
as guarded from western innovations ms
the narrow lin its of Japan permit, cuts
her beautiful sllks and silk grapes as her
husbands ancostresses did In the days
when they spent half the year at Iyeyasus
new court in Yeddo, and she generally
does cut them herself The clothes of a
Japanese lady, even of the highest rank,
are homemade and handed down from
generation to generation.
Her silk skirt, or overpetticoat may be
rs gay as she pleases-as gay as her ire
prOachable taste will allow. So may the
broad ODE or sash of stiff and costly
brocade tied into n great butterfly bow be
hind. But her kimono, loose coat com
ing down to the knees, with deep coll ir
and wide, hanging sleeves, must be of the
softest fawn or gray, and her glossy hair
will havo none of the gay pins dear to the
soul of the bewitching little mousmee who
lllt vi lOnllDu anu ASK uSu.
Being great lady, she will have pallid,
ivory complexion, a swanlike neck, long,
thin nose, an exaggerated oval face and
beady eyes in narrow, oblique Sits.
To the European eye she is not half as
pretty as her humber sister, a rounder
eyed, roundcr faced creature with the soft
beauty of Greuze's Girl at the Foun-
tain, " red Tipped and damask checked
dressed most likely in a scarlet kirtle,
with scarlet ODE round her soft and by
no means slender little waist (the old fash
Toned japanese jar, with lid resembling
cooly's hat, was a conventionaization in
porcelain of the female figure divine), and
her hair adorned perhaps with scarlet and
white camellia blossoms, perhaps with
pins terminating in artificial butterflies.
coral, mother of pearl or white metal beads
of endless variety, gods and beasts and
fishes. London Graphic,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
The Girls that Are Wanted.

Girls that wanted are good girls
Good from the heart to the lips;
Pure as the lily is white and pure,
From its heart to its sweet leaf-tps.
The girls that are wanted are home girls
Girls that are mothers right hand;
That fathers and brothers can trust,
And the little ones understand
Girls that are fair on the hearthstone,
And pleasant when nobody sees;
Kind and sweet to her own folks,
Ready and anxious to please.
The girls that are wanted are wise girls
That know what to do and say;
That drive with a smile and a soft word
The wrath of the household away
The girls that are wanted are girls of sense
Whom fashion can never deceive;
Who can follow whatever is pretty.
And dare what Is silly to leave,
The glris that are wanted are careful girls
Wh6 count what thing will cost
Who use with prudent. generous hand,
But see that nothing is lost.
The girls that are wanted are girls with hearts
They are wanted for mothers and wives;
Wanted to cradle in loving
The strongest and frailest lives.
The clever the witty, the brilliant girl,
There are few who can understands
But OH for the wise, loving, home girls.
There's a constant, steady demand.
- Washington Ratchet.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
To HING In Your Kitchen.

Here are some measures worth framing
to hang in your kitchen: -Four teaspoon
fuls of liquid equal one tablespoonful; ono
pint of liquid equals one pound; two gills
of liquid equal one cup or one-half pint;
two round tahlcspoonluls of flour equal
one ounce; four cups of bread flour equal
one quart, Or one pound; one cup of butter
equals one half pound; one pint of butter
equals one pound one tablespoonful 1T
butter equals one ounce; butter size of an
egg equals two ounces ten eggs equal ono
pound; two cups of graduated sugar equal
one pound; 2 y cups of powdered sugar
equal one pound.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
Various Notes,
Furniture.

Let no piece of furniture be bought that
is not solid and of honest strength and
durability. The parlor table may be plain,
but let it be so genuine that when pros
porous days come, and it is RELOCATED to
the sitting room, nursery or sewing room
to give place To its more elegant successor,
it may yet be useful and substantial. AS
nearly as possible buy every bit of furni-
ture with the idea that it is to last your
lifetime and try to choose such pieces as
will be comfortable and satisfactory -
years hence. Scratches and marks that
use always brings can be dressed out Of
good wood, but i'll shaped pieces will be an
Annoyance. - Decorator and Furnisher
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
The HOUSEHOLD.
Little Mary.

Loi & after the other children
Had ~ own up out of the way,
Another little fairy thing
Came into our home one day
little, cooling, winsome sprite,
Always happy from morn till night,
Always singing sweet, low tune
AS she busied herself about the room.
Always following in my tracks,
Coaxing for sugar and knickDacks;
Wherever go, her pattering feet
hear behind, aud her voice so sweet
Says as look in her ey es so blue,
Mamma me wants to be viz 'oo."
Although I suggest another room,
She demurs and sits right on my broom,
Until declare I'll sweep her away
II she doesn't go off by herself and play.
But all my words of no avail
Follow ng, following in my trail.
All along without one stop,
Till my work is done and down drop;
Then the wee midget climbs up in my lap,
Lays her head on my arm for a good. long nap,
Nor dreams that the safest place to rest
Is fast asleep on her IN theirs breast.
Louise Long Christie
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
Children's Hour.

Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes pause in the Gays occupations
That is known AS the childrens hour.
hear In the chamber above me
The patter Of little feet.
The sound of door that is opened
And voices soft and weet,
A whisper and then silence.
Yet know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise.
A sudden rush from the stairway,
sudden raid from the NALL
By three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle wall.
They climb up into my turret,
Ger the arms and back of my chair.
II | try to escape, they surround me
They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devbur me with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine,
Till I think of the bishop OF Bingen
In his mouse tower on the Rhine.
Do you think. oh blue eyed bandltti,
Because you have scaled the wall
Such an old mustache as am
Is not enough for you all2
have you fast in my fortress
And will not let you depart.
But put you down in the dungeon
In the round tower of my heart.
And there will keep you forever
Yes, forever and day,
Till the walls shall crumble to uin
And molder in dust away. -LongfeH
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
The Roman New Years.

Among the ancient Romans the
"stren@, or New Year presents, were
not only exchanged between relatives
md friends, but were eXacted from their
subjects. Under the Caesars these New
Years gifts became such source of
profit to the sovereign and so onerous
burden to the people that Claudius
limited their cost by decree. Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE
Mr.. G. .Caillouette, Drugpis', Beavers
vile, H., says: "To DR.. Kings New
Discovery l owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the physi-
clans for miles about, but of no avail,
and was given up and told | could not
live. Having Or. Kings New Discov-
cry in my store sent for a bottle and
began its use and from the first dose
began to get better, and after using
three bottles was up and about again.
1t is worth its weight in gold. We
won't keep store or house without it.",
Get free trial at c. Blakely's drug
store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

lT ia only possible for February to
have five Sunday three times in each
century, unless through some chrome
logical freak the century comes in with
leap year, with the first day of Fe bru-
airy Sunday. The five Sunday Feb.
ruaries OF this century have been those
OF 1924, 1852 and 1880. The next time
this oddity will occur will be in the
year 1920.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

THE heaviest charged words in our
language are those two briefest ones,
"yes and "no." One stands for the
surrender of the will, the other for de-
nial; one for qualification, the other
for character. A stout "no" means a
stout character, the ready "yes means
a weak one, gild it as we may.-T. j.
MUNGER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
BuCKLEN,s ARNIoA SALyE.-Th,

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheun, lever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corne
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t lie
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price TWENTY-FIVE
cent? per box. For sac bv C. Blakalv,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
MISCELLANY.
npathy.


Into the bruised aud bleeding heart It steals,
When life seems crushed by some great blow,
Like sweet perfume from howery fields
Soothing the sense of angulshed woe,
Binding with soft and tender touch,
Healing the wounds with balm
Lulling the weary. suffering soul,
Into repose and calm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
VIOLIN onat of the Early Saxons.

The Anglo-Saxons called New Years
the Wolfmonat because the wolves We're
more ravenous then than at other times,
and the Scandinavians also called it
Aefter Yule. In old Illuminated missals
and calendars January is depicted as
an old man, carrying woodman's ak
and bunch of fagots, shivering and
blowing upon his fingers, Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
scrutiny Night.

Another curious local name for New
Years eve century and a half ago was
Scrutiny night. In Merton college,
Oxford, all the college servants then de-
livered up their keys to the warden and
fellows, and the worthy servancs received
them again with Latin address Elk
rhanrn
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

The way to make prosperous year is
10 make it. Quit borrowing trouble
Quit conjuriug up hard times Remem-
bei that the sun will shine, the rains
will fall, health and strength are yours,
and that your fortune is with yourself
and not with the stars. Louisville
Courier Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

How many women there are who, sensi-
bic in every matter, belong to theeXtremcly
silly class of femininity which fears to tell
it's age! There is far more glory in being
a girlish looking woman of 80 than an
elderly looking woman of 25.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

A student of Horace wrote as n motto
for his granddaughters simplex mundi-
tis'-an untranslatable phrase which
means, among other things, that the best
dressed women wear no diamonds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

II you don't believe oyster or clam shells
put against the bricks Of furnace or
range are IA remedy for clinkers just Try
them once, and you will be convinced IT
the truth of the oft repeated statement
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

THE only way to cure catarrh is to
purify the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla
purifies the blood and tones up the
whole system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

CHILDREN Crv for Pitchers Castoria,
CHILDRRn C-v for Pitchers Castorls
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14

laps the revers. and completes the mag
pie effect.
\ frock OF delicate chene silk in pale
corn Hover blue IS pointelle with black.
and has trimmings OF white canvas
edged with scarlet silk cord. Frocks
OF batiste are wonderfully chic, and
when combined with the now favorte
embroidered muslin and sparkling
paste buttons, the effect is lovely, and
su utuutn.us TO all luCes. There is
perfect rage here for Numbered frocks,
Some OF the sweetest and freshest OF
morning frocks are In hair striped lawn
or dimlty. of a beautiful tineuess and
finish, made most simply and bearing
the smart gloss OF the iron.
Miss Virginia Fair who by the way,
u as fair as her name, gowns herself
knowingly In soft blues and grays; al
ways with a decided chic peculiar to
her, a most delicious French importa-
ton worn by her has a ten yard Octa-
gOn skirt OF mouse grey crepe de chine,
hanging as fun and soft as cloud
about her The bodice Is OF mouse
gray velvet In beautiful quality; the
sleeves Of the same rich stun are of
abnormal fullness, and almost entirely
oyerlapped by widely spreading
sailor collar of cool, creamy linen
broadly hemstltched. broad cuffs OF the
same fresh material finish the wrist
and set on her wonderfully perfect
hand
Miss Lulsettc Boneparte. with her
strong NEpDlelni1 characteristics, IS
creating especial Interest here, both by
her beauty, which is OF an indlsput-
ably hlgh-bred order. and her stunning
French frOck, not 10 speak OF the spe-
cial glamur surrounding her at present
AS the reat-graudniece OF Napoleon
She looked wonderfully sweet and chic
IN a fruck OF soft piukish lavender
crepe. which fell about ner straight
limbs with all the grace Imaginable.
\ deep circular nuuuce gave u the
proper amount OF flare. and was caught
up at intervals by lunches OF purple
orchids Of a rare order
The bodice was royal purple velvet
overlaid with n soft web Of Mechln
lace, very much yellowed; about the
| dccolette shoulders was swathed soft
lavender tullc caught with sprays OF
orchids and diamond stars.
a dancing frock OF yellow mousselne
| de sole Is entirely oVerlald with glitter
/ ing spansirs In silt.
But l might write chapters on the
/ beautiful frocks l have seen here and
/ stlll leave dozens unspoken OF.
The prCmenades of an afternoon are
| like one great rainbow OF color and a
sight worthy the brush OF great ar
| list; and the beach on bright morn
| ing when the surf is caressing with no
| very gentle fingers the falrest buds on
! Americas shore, what a sight Is there;
blues, reds, yellows, black and above
and beyond all. the aoftenlng, mellow
| Ing (among so much That rs garishl
| white, which Is par excellence for the
1 water gown as for everything else.
| ELIZABETH PEITON.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14

1 crowd would rush on him, kick him
and stone him, but as soon as two or
three Of the other boys made rush to
rescue MIN the crowd went back like
sheep"
\ petty officer of the cruiser Baltl-
more substantiated the story told by
Shields in the following language: we
had been advised that the Chilians mad
no use for Americans before going
ashore that morning. Captain Schley
had received assurance from the au-
| thorities that we would not be molest-
ed. When we landed. however. several
sailors belonging to British man-ot-
war In the harbor warned us to be
very careful, for they had heard the
/ Chilians making threats all the morn
! ing against the Americans.
The charges that we were drunk
! were false. for after the British sailors
had warned us, we took good care not
to frequent saloons and drink too
much, for we knew that we were not
on safe ground. We got scattered
| tack was made.
The mob was an angry one, and
| whenever they sighted one of us fell
lows they howled like mad men and
Immediately gave chase, flourishing
/ their knives and bayonets. You see,
the mob was composed of men who had
Just returned from the war. and most
/ OF them were in uniform, so that we
could not tell them from the police.
They did not treat us any worse
than the police did, however. for the
| latter would rush upon us with
charged bayonets, and If we could not
escape they stuck them into us. Had
1t not been for Minister Egan, we
/ would all have been slaughtered. He
mad us all, or as many as he could
IND put in Jail to protect us from
There is no doubt that the Chilans
had 1t all arranged before we went
| ashore. They let us walk about the
city until night before they began the
attack. y very significant fact about
| tne attack was that mobs assembled
IN Inherent places, but only where our
men were supposed to be, and they
began the attack in all the different
places at the same time.
| They did not come out and fight us
Ike men, although they knew that we
We're not armed; but they would single
out n man and stab him in the back.
| The scenes We're bloody ones, but our
men fought their best. They We're out
numbered however, and were easily
| overpOwered.
"A dozen men would jump on to one
man with their knives. Why, the first
man carried to the ship had 1--WE stabs
in his back. That was Jerry Anderson,
the colored coalheaVer. Poor Riggin
was the first assaulted by one armed
Sllildi1 WIN uStu bulll kIllle ana pistol.
First he shot. and then he pulled his
knife.
| "Riggln died in Johnson's arms; and
even after he was dead the Chilans
persisted in attacking his body. The
Chilians easily Identified us by our
uniforms, and 1t was almost useless
to try to escape. If you ran, the whole
street would join in the chase, and be-
fore man had gone very far some
one would head him off. At no time
did the police show US any mercy. They
beat our men while in Jail and robbed
them OF everything they had"
Poor Higgins body was brought
home and he was buried with naval
honors. The next year a monument
the result OF a popular subscription
was erected in his memory. The in.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14

Killed-charles w. Riggln, boat
swain's mate.
Wounded-willlam Turnball. coal
heaveri J.; w. Talbot j. IL. Davidson,
J. A. Milton, j. Anderson, George
Painter, and Patrick Shields
Patrick Shields, after his return to
the United states, told the writer the
following story OF the trouble: at was
all put-up job. Those fellows hated
US IKE poison, not only the sailors of
the Baltimore. but all Americans and
anything that Is American. There were
a lot OF us ashore that day, the 10th of
October. enjoying leave. and not one OF
us was molested during the day. There
| were thirty-four OF the boys still on
, shore when 1t grew dark.
Some OF them were told that the
Chillana were going to Jump them and
they had better get aboard the vessel.
Those that We're told this went to
work TO dig UP the rest of the boys and
| get them on shore. Before half Of them
got wind of 1t, though. the row began
IL started in one place where there
were three OF four hands hut 1t spread
like wildfire and wherever sailor with
the American uniform was seen, he
was pelted with stones and dubbed
| and bayoneted.
THE boys fought as best they could.
hut what could they do against such
fearful odds? There were about thirty
| - NbehAAAsN ANAA9 Alift NHbukanu.
1t had not been for the American con-
sui, | suppose they would have been
| killed. As soon as he heard OF the row
| he asked the intendente to arrest all
OF the Baltimore's men who were on
land.
HE did this to save the men from
the mob, but the police were as bad as
the mob. They charged on the crowd
with bayonets, but when anybody was
| hurt Y was one OF our boys, you can
| bet They finally gathered ali the boys
up, and took them t. the lookup.
'Riggin was stabbed TO death with a
| bayonet through the back and Turnbull
syas cut in dozen places and had a
bullet through his neck. The first we
heard OF the trouble was when Jerry
| Anderson was hauled up on deck with
Ave stabs in his back. one Of the bav-
onets pierced his right lung. That KIND
/ Of thing don't look much like a row.
| does 1t?
1T was Just an expression OF Gillian
feeling toward Americans. When one OF
our boys would be knocked down the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14
AN HONEST PRISONER.
Gives Valuable Information in Pay
mcnt for False Teeth.

mcnt for False Teeth.
A well known firm OF bankers have
Just made a profitable Investment
Some time ago n man who had de-
frauded them OF large sum OF money
was taken into custody. convicted and
sentenced to u long term OF penal sery-
itude.
Az may be imagined, the prison fare
did not agree with a man who had by
means OF fraud lived on the fat Of the
land The change affected him in
many ways, but he complained more
particularly OF the eject the food had
upon his teeth. They were not numer-
GUS or in good condition when he was
sentenced. and az they rapidly became
worse he applied to the governor OF
the prison for new set
He was told that the state did not
supply prisoners with artificial teeth,
and at the first opportunity he wrote
TO the banking firm in question offer
Ing, II they would send him a new set,
TO give them some valuable Informal
ton.
Thereupon the bankers. thinking the
offer might be n genuine one, sent the
governor Of the prison IL check for SIS,
and asked him to provide the convict
with a set OF artificial teeth.
In due course the convict kept his
promise, and sent the bankers certain
Information, by means OF which they
were enabled 10 recover no less than
$500 OF which they had been defrauded
They naturally regarded this as tho
best Investment they had ever made,
but II proved even better than antioi.
pated, for they have Just received from
the prison authorities a remittance for
90, the teeth having cost only $50.