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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Domestic.

THE race for 1000 guneas at Newmarket,
England, last week was won by " Banquet"
owned by M. F. Dryer of New York.
MORE than LOO taismen were drawn
before jury could be secured to try In
spect)r W. w. Mclaughlin of New York,
who is accused of bribery and extortion.
THE French foreign Office is firmly con.
WINGED that the United States government
is secretly supporting Japan. This belief is
shared in the Russian and German embas-
sizes at Paris. This feeling is causing the
French government good deal of anxiety
concerning the possible outcome of the joint
protest of France, Germany and Russia
against Japanese occupation Of the Chinese
mainland territory.
JUDGE MEYERS of the federal court of
Leavepworth, Kan, in granting the petition
of F. f. Johnson of Topeka, who sued DR..
Leslie e. Kelley for 100000 damages, rules
that Dr. Kelley must make known the in
gradients of his bchloride of gold com
pound The court holds that the compound
is not a property right nor trade secret,
being unprotected by patent, and having
been in use more than two years. johnson
alleges that he was made physical wreck
by the gold treatment.
A LONG and bitter fight appears to be on
between the iron manufacturers of Pitts
burgh, Pa, who are operating their mills
with non-union men, and the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
Inc oUD employees Vi bub LOCkudrI lrOu anu
Steel Company have struck for the restora-
ton of the amalgamated wage system. This
is only the beginning of the fight. Carne-
gie's Homestead works will not likely be
affected, as their employees at that place are
under contract. Between 5000 and 1000
workmen will be affected if the plans are
carried out.
A CYCLONE struck the vicinity of Patter-
son, Kan, last Thursday, and left ruin and
death in path one hundred yards wide
and sixteen miles in length. Ten persons
were killed outright There were numer-
Gus narrow escapes from injury and death.
Many residences were demolished and lam
aged. Barns, out buildings and orchards
were destroyed, while the pathway of the
storm is lined with the carcasses of dead
horses, cattle, hogs and other animals. The
loss will be great, as the district visited
was settled by well-to-do farmers A west
bound passenger train on the Santa Fe rail
road was held at Halsted until the storm
passed. Where the storm crossed the track
the telegraph lines, poles and all were
swept away. The train would certainly
have been wrecked had it gone ahead.
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A Farmers StOry.

A grizzled and gray Montgomery county
farmer formed one of a group of men who
were discussing weather signs Il always
know when there is to be II wndstorm, "
he said, "by watching the turkeys and
chickens go TO roost each night. In cain
weather the fowls roost on their poles, with
their heads alternating each way-that
is, one faces east the next west, and so
on. But when there is going to be high
wind they always roost with their heads
toward the direction from which it is com
ing. There are reasons for these different
ways of roosting, | take it. When there is
no wind to guard against, they can see
other danger more readily if they are head
ed in both directions, but when wind is to
arise they face it because they can hold
their positions better But the part | can't
understand" he concluded, sis how the
critters know that the wind is going to
rise, when we mortals lack all intimation
of it. ''-Philadelphia Record,
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Sir Francis Head.

Another Quarterly Reviewer of the early
days was Sir Francis Head, and well do
remember his CHEEKY face and kindly man
ner The last time l saw him he was hob
bling about on pair of crutches, for he
had recently been suffering from severe
attack of shingles. His feats of horseman-
ship across the pampas Of South America,
as well as with the Quorn and the Pytch-
ley, are mattsr of history.
On this occasion he said to me, For SO
years l never missed one day getting Oh
horseback until this malady attacked me,
and attribute my wonderful good health
to this constant practice" In order to OBJ
tain exercise while thus crippled he set up
a swing in his garden on Duppas hill and
was swung by his old coachman.
ut is the next best thing to going across
country" he said, land L can smell tho
sea when the wind comes direct from the
South Downs"
l believe he had his tombstone all
ready, prepared after his own design, SOW
eral years before his death and used to
keep it in his coachhouse until it should
be required. 1t now stands at the head If
his grave, in the pretty churchyard of
Sanderstead, near Croydon. Murray
in Good Words.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
The Trials of BabyhOOd.

During the first two years of our pill
grimage through life our troubles are al
together of physical nature. \ helpless
baby in the hands of an ignorant mother
or nurse is often the most to be pitied of
all dumb animals, but its trials are those
of the flesh. 1t is only after it has been,
as it were, pushed out Of place by an in
terloper-in short, when there is newer
baby-that it begins to know what it is to
have a troubled spirit. When it is no longer
Baby" but Harry, - or Jane, " or per-
haps even that child, then beginneth
its first lesson in the mutations of earthly
things. Talk of dethroneq monarchs and
passe beauties of poets whose popularity
has waned, and painters whose pictures
no longer sell! These have, like Tony
Weller's VERY old turkey, the oonsola-
ton of being tough.
1t is different with the little creature
who only few short months ago, ruled
the roost in the nursery, and now must
make way for-what? a little bald, red,
toothless object who, when seen at the
best, can do nothing but double its mot
tied fists and sInile idiotically. But little
and insignificant as it may look, its com
ing has made the world very different
place for tho old baby, who now no longer
htcpS lls Duu III us tAcuESlOlio
abroad must trudge along on ITS little feet,
sometimes having hard work to keep up
with nurse, who, while she has only fond
words for the carriage occupant, too often
has cross ones for the stumbling little tod
dler at her side.
But, worst of all, the old baby has been
ousted from its mothers lap and stands
unnotced ly her side, while visitors rush
at the new baby as though they would eat
it and are then entertained by accounts of
its remarkable precocity-what an aston
ishing baby it Is for its weeks, how won
derfully it takes notice, etc. Guardians
of the nursery, what you need is an invad
ing host of Susan Nippers to put an end
to this state of affairs. A brand new baby
Is all very well. but that Is no reason why
its predecessor should be treated as IT, in
its own language, it wasn't nothing."-
DR., Clara Marshall, in Babyhood.
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The Need of Cushions.

Whoever heard of a house with too
many cushions? The chairs need cushions
and SO do the hammock, the sofas, lounges,
divans, while generous, sturdy cushions
for the feet are among the luXuries of rest.
Always cover cushions first with unbleach-
ed muslin or bedticking and then put over
1t the outer covering. This will prevent
the stufling from working out and the
pretty cases from wearing out too quick
ly Delicate tinted coverings for cushions
ought To be made of materials that may
be Numbered.
There is wide range of cloths to choose
from, even under this condition. China
silks, pongees, plain and fancy linens,
dainty ginghams, chambrays and lawns
are some of the fabrics. Chintz, cretonne
and yelours make suitable coverings for
those cushions that will see hard service,
while grass cloth is specially adapted to
cover veranda or hammock pillows, rs it
is not injured by rain. There are also sew
eral materials for filling cushions. Excel
sior or hay will answer to put in cushions
for the floor or doorstep when curled hair
cannot be had Hair cushions ought to
be tufted and when so made are the best
for chair seats, But hair, as well as wool,
which is an excellent stuffing, mat and
Pdoh uoWh, anu oushlohs hilou WIN eititr
of these substances will need to be made
over occasionally.
Goose down is not as desirable as the
costly cider down, because it works
through the cloth, Goose feathers are the
best filling for sofa and lounge cushions,
while an outer coat of hens feathers will
form fair stuffing for cushion, with
excelsior or hay for the mass of its filling,
Hens feathers alone would make cush-
ion too heavy. York Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
A Trick in Tidiness.

Some masculine critic has said that a
woman is untidy who, upon removing
her dress, places it on chair instead of
hanging it in the closet. This mistaken
individual evidently overlooked the fact
that it would be great lack of refinement
to shut away garment dust laden and
damp with the heat and perspiration Of
the body without first giving it an airing.
Therefore the fair one, with regard for
the niceties of life, if she has no clothes
tree in her room, places her bodice across
the chair back, with the sleeve protectors
turned outward, and gives it a thorough
airing before consigning it to close quar-
ters.-Famiiy Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Diamond Cutting,

Not only is diamond cutting not a
specially high paid occupation, but it
system of espionage to the worker Each
man is held strictly to account for the
stones he receives Oh going to work in
the morning, and the count has to be
carefully taken when the unfinished
work is turned in at night to be locked
up in safe against the return Of the
workmen the next day. The possibilities
of theft are great, though dishonest
workman knows that an attempt to dis
pose of an unfinished stone would bring
suspicion upon him wherever the at
tempt was made. New York Mercury
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08

the appetite and assisting the stomach
and digestive organs in their impor-
tant functions. The importance Of at
tending to this matter of health now
cannot be overestimated. Hoods Sar-
saparilla will make a vast improve
ment in your feelings. 1t will thor
oughly renovate your system and fit
YOU for the duties and pleasures of
the spring and summer.
The Wonderful Cures
of scrofula, salt rheum, eczema and
other diseases which have been accom-
plished by Hoods Sarsaparilla have
given it the leading place in the fed
Of medicine. When you take Hoods
Sarsaparilla to purify your blood you
are not experimenting. The facts all
prove absolutely that in Hoods Sar-
~aparilla you have a medicine tried
ind true. 1t has cured thousands of
others and it will do you good. Do
not be induced to buy any other.
Insist upon Hoods and only
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Nightcap Privileges.

Queen Mary's kindness took very odd
form in the yasc of the Earl of Sussex. He
was valetuOlnarian who had great fear
of uncovering his head lest he should take
cold. Accordingly he petitioned Queen
Mary for leave to wear his nightcap in her
royal presence
Her majesty, in her abundant grace,
granted his petition twice over. His pat
ent for this privilege is perhaps unique in
royal annals:
know We that we do give our beloved
and trusty cousin and counselor, Henry,
earl of Sussex, Niscount E'itz walter and
lord of Egremund and Purnell, license
and pardon to Wear his cape or night cap,
or any two of them, at his pleasure, as
well in our presence as in the presence of
any other person or persons within this
realm or any other place in our dominions
wheresoeyer during his life, and these our
letters shall be sufficient warrant in his
behalf. Youth Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Story About General Grant.

An incident is related to me by an
old friend of Mr.. Lincoln who was wit
ness to the occurrence. One morning
after President Lincoln's assassination
General Grant was carelessly riding
down Pennsylvania Avenue when he
saw group of gentlemen, all of whom
he knew. He stopped his horse and
found these gentlemen excitedly dis
cussing something that they heard An
drew johnson was about to do at the
White House. A spokesman told Gen
eral Grant that Andrew johnson had
determined to revoke the parole of GER
tain confederate officers. Grant lis
tened quietly, slowly smo king his cigar.
When his informant finished, Grant re-
mounted his horse, rode rapidly toward
the White House and went straight in
to interview Andrew Johnson. He
asked: MIR. President, l understand
you are determined to revoke the parole
of certain of he confederate leaders
who surrendered to me at Appomat-
toX." s. am considering the natter"
replied the president. "By whose au-
thority," asked General Grant, g do you
revoke parol signed by me?n by
the authority of the United States" re-
piled Andrew Johnson, with some as
perity. Grant quietly replied: d" By the
authority of the commsnder-in.chief of
the armies Of the United States that
parole shall not be revoked" and
turned on his heel and quietly left the
White House. Johnson knew Grant.
He knew the army of the United States
was at his back, Nothing more was
heard of the matter. - Washington
Capital
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
The C0chineal Crop.

The cochineal insect is a fat, dark,
spherical little creature, looking like q
black currant, and with neither head, legs,
nor tail to the casual observer In fact,
he is so inanimate that any one may squash
him between finger and thumb without
any qualms of conscience. He is nothing
but Il black currant sure enough, though
the bright carmine or lake eXusiOn from his
body, which serves him for blood and us
for dive is a better color than the juice of
the currant.
1t was the cultivation of these pleasant
little individuals which, more than II score
of years ago put no less than 40 per cent
per annum upon investments into the
pockets of the cultivators. Such prosper
ity was too good to last,
The insect was not introduced into Ten
eriffe until 1925, and for "A time it could
not be encouraged to propagate successfully.
A priest h the honor of being the dis
coverer of the right method of nurture,
and to him it is due that from 1915 to
1866 an annual crop of from 1000 600 to
5000, 900 pounds of cochineal was pro-
duced
A cochineal plantation has a singular
aspect. The Larvae being very delicate and
rather thick witted, have to be tied upon
the cactus plant, which is to be their nurs-
cry and thew nourishment at the same
time. Thus one sees hundreds of the
shoots of the prickly pear-the cactus in
question-all bandaged with white linen.
In this way the insects are kept warm
and dry during the winter and induced to
adhere to the plant itself. When they are
full grown they are ruthlessly swept from
their prickly quarters, shaken or baked to
death and dried in the sun. The shriveled
corpsrs are then packed in bags and sold as
ripe merchandise at about s25 hundred
weight.-Pearson' Weekly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Furnishing the Bedroom.

1t is well to remember that in times of
Illness your bedroom is either your prison
or your plaisance. Cheerfulnoss and ab.
solute comfort are the requirements here
The room should not be incumbe with
much furniture 1t is far better whenever
possible to have the furniture fitted and
fixed Recesses such as frequently occur
right and left of the chimney breast should
be fitted as wardrobes. Their simply paint
ed panel doors add much to tho appear
snco of the room Pictures are of doubt
full advantage in "a bedroom.
There is just now happy reaction in
favor of the so called chintz papers of bold
flower patterns. They give delightfully."-
cheerful look to "a room, and with them
pictures are quite out of place Papers
with cold gray grounds should be avoided.
They are always dull and cheerless 1t is
a good plan and clean and wholesome
one to paint the margins of tho floors for
about Is inches from the walls. Paint is
better than stain. 1t is easier to renew
when worn ana can be applied to any old
floor where stain would mako bad job,
1t also offers a variety of coloring that
helps in the decoration of "a room.
With painted margin less carpet is
wanted; the carpet need not be elaborate
~ planned TO Ill recesseS ana proJec-
tions, and being Of rectangular shape 1t
can be changed end for end when one part
gets a little worn. The modern brass bed
stead Is surely an ugly object, with its
hard, unsympathetio glitter. How much
better to have bedsteads of hard wood we'll
designed or with head and foot paneled
and painted. Surely, taking into consid
Grafton the greater attention now paid to
matters of cleanliness and sanitation, the
old dangers that led to the disuse of wood
en- beds need scarcely be feared. National
Review
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A Plea for Soups.

A learned doctor pleading for soup on
every dinner table says: "A person comes
to dinner weary and hungry and needs,
first, something to stimulate the secre-
tions of the stomach. The first course
hot soup-does this by its action upon the
nerves which control the blood vessels.
Taking the soup slowly is an aid to d.
gestion, and if not favorite dish hot fish
or oysters can be substituted, serving the
same purpose. The joint or roast can then
be taken with benefit to the system, and
the game, vegetables and sweets should
follow in their order, not necessarily in
courses for the plain family dinner"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
The MilliOnaire's Eagle Eye.

Another story illustrative of the daily
life of Chicago millionaire may help
to explain why some people have more
money than others.
This millionaire invited visitor
from another city to meet him at GER
tain hour and accompany him to the
stockyards, where he has large interests
The millionaire rode up in sidebar
buggy somewhat the worse for mud and
wear, drawn by shaggy but active
horse. He explained that before starting
for the yards he would have to go to one
of the large banks down town, as he
was on the board which regulated loans,
and he had to pass on an application
for loan of $500, 900.
They stopped in front of the bank,
and the rich man hurried in and re.
manned several minutes. He camo on.
on run, and they started ratlcly / 80
for the stockyards and Packingtowl
When they arrived and were t, I'm,
the packing house, they saw an old l3ar
sorting out into barrels a heap Of bole
and fatty remnants The b-res YER
trimmed aul put into one l-.t.l 5u'
the flesh aAI fat into Gmothcr b.r,ei
The millionaire owner OF the p'.C
walked over 10 the workman aud bc,g.
asking questions, Then he drew Off hi
coat, rolled back his shirt sleeves to III
shoulder and began rummaging anon;
the bones. Fe found several which hal
not been properly stripped, and the
workman received scolding which he
will remember all his life.
The stripping of those bones was just
as important as the loaning of $500, 600.
Chicago Record
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
RainsFrOm a Clear Sky.

Professor Russell, who has made scien-
tific inquiry into nearly 100 instances OF
rain and snow falls from the clear sky, says
that he has found that in the majority of
such instances the fall took place on the
southwest side of an area of low barometer
at q distance of about 500 miles from its
center. Two noted instances of the kind
under consideration, one of snow and Il
other of rain, have received much atten-
ton from the meteorologists. The first was
a snowstorm from clear sky at Blooming
ton, Ills, March 10, 1885, in which the
ground was covered to the depth of an
inch; the second, a heavy shower of rain
at Vevay, Ind, on the afternoon of JUNE
30, 1877 In neither case was there sim
gle cloud visibe.-St. Louis Republic.
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SUM MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

THE two.year.old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. A. Hanley of Brandon was fatally
burned last Thursday afternoon by his
clothes taking fire.
STEPHEN DICKINSON of Weathersfeld, a
member of Company X, Sixteenth Vermont
Regiment, died last Thursday at the Sol
diers Home in Bennington. His body was
buried at Weathersfeld
w. II. SHERBURNE of Rutland, one of the
Central Vermont bridge builders, was in.
stantly killed at East Wallingford last week
by falling from bridge to the river below,
a distance Of sixty eight feet.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Additional, Ed
win Estele of Rutland; reissue, Oliver Bar
rett of Burlington, Charles l.. Stacy of Brat
tleboro and Peter Lucis of Highgate Center.
WILLIAM CoNNoR, an inmate of the Sol
ders' Home at Bennington, but on fur
Tough, was asphyxiated by gas last week at
the Saville Hotel in Boston. He was fur
Laughed ninety days from April 81. He has
no known relatives living. Superintend-
ent Coffey had the remains sent to Benning-
ton, where they were inferred.
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Amenities of War.

Archibald Forbes says that the abb
stract theory of Z" the amenities of war"
is preposterous. You strain every eff
fort to reduce your adversary to impo-
teuce; he falls wounded, whereupon,
should he come into your hands, you
promptly devote all your exertions to
saving his life and restoring him to
health and vigor, in order that he may
90 home and swell the ranks Of your
enemy. This is, no doubt, humanity,
recounts in his memoirs perhaps the
most absurd application ever made Of
the theory of the amenities" In the
battle of Austerlitz a body of beaten
Russians, about 5000 strong, strove to
escape across the ice on the Satschan
lake. Napoleon ordered his artillery to
fire on the ice, which was shattered,
and men and horses slowly settled down
into the depths, only a few escaping by
means of poles and ropes thrust out
from shore by the French. Next morn
ing Napoleon, riding around the posi-
tons, saw wounded Russian officer
clinging to an ice foe 100 yards out and
entreating help. The emperor became
intensely interested in the succor of
the man. After many failures, Marriott
and another officer stripped and swan
out, gradually brought the ice foe
towards the shore, and laid the Russian
at Napoleon's feet. The emperor
evinced more delight at this rescue
than he had manifested when assured
of the victory of Austeritz. He had
no compunc ion as to the fate of the
unfortunates whom his artillery prac-
tice of the day before had sent to their
death. Selected.
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al have been taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla for six months. Before / began
taking it 1 had that tired feeling when
I got up in the morning, also a terrible
headache and my blood was very i'm
pure. Since have been taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla all that tired feeling is
gone, also the headache, and my blood
is pure again" WILLIAM GARDNER,
10 Tower St., Fall River, Mass.
Makes the Weak Strong.
"I had a tired and drowsy feeling
and my nerves were in bad condi-
ton and appetite was poor, SO con-
cluded l would take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. After l had taken the second
bottle began to feel much better and
| recommend Hoods to ALL" ELMER
j. WooLLEY, Jamesburg, New Jersey.