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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
SUPERSTITION IN HOUSE RENTING.
Janitors and Slow Payments Are MOI the
Only Woes of Agents.

Janitors and Slow Payments Are MOI 'ne
Only Woes of Agents.
Real estate agents tell strange stories
about the houses which are placed IN
their charge by the owners, who shl16
on them all care and responsibility, and'
for certain percentage of the recelpts'
expect the houses to yield the regulation
revenue But sometimes houses Will
yield nothing but worry and expense.
With everything in the way OF loca-
tion and architecture in their favor,
houses sometimes remain vacant for long
periods, and in many instances the own
ers blame the agents, but find later that
superstition and not la1ity on the part
of the agent bars the way to rents and
revenue.
Houses in which several people have
died within a short period are less val
liable for time on that account. "Of
course, an agent said, 'when deaths
have occurred because Of bad sewerage,
and where the sanitary conditions are
otherwise bad, no one would blame peO-
pie for remaining away. But houses
where couple Of people had died of old
age would be looked upon by certain
class as 'unlucky,' and there are thou
sands who could not be bought to go in
to such q house.
''The worst people in that respect, "
he continued, care the young mothers.
We have had contracts broken because
somebody said that babies never thrive
on that block and because the last
family that occupied the fiat had twins.
But the greatest trouble in that line
comes because of Friday and the number
10. When you find q man who will sign
a lease on a Friday, you may make up
your mind that he will be good tenant,
and that he does not possess any of the
qualities Of the dreaded kicking tenant.
As to the number 10, why, it is as hard
to rent house with that number as one
in which there is a cross eyed hallbOy or
from which a contagious disease flag is
flying"
To prove this, the agent told of
beautiful apartment house near Central
park, which had been completed recent
~ and for which, despite it's advantages
as to location and superiority of con-
struction, no tenants could be found, al
though its less attractive neighbOrs were
occupied. 1t took the landlord only
short time to learn the cause, and when
the number was changed from No. ID to
1115 he found that the home seeking
public appreciated his building.
There are hundreds of cases like
this i'll this city" the real estate man
said. "The strongest ID story know of
is the one which have heard told about
Arthur McQuade, who was in the Doodle
board of aldermen. It was said that
when misfortune overlook him his
friends-some of them-attributed it to
the fact that he had purchased a house
for $4,000 at 313 East Thirteenth
street. There are people today, " he add
ed, who Will tell you that that was the
cause of his trouble. New York Trib-
une.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
The Fatal SOW"
And that settled it.

The diphthong cow has long been
recorded i'll the names of two great bat
ties that resulted in a crushing defeat to
the forces of aspiring European nations.
It now occurs again in the name Adowah,
where befell the disaster to the Italian
forces i'll Abyssinia.
The first of these great battles was:
On dread Pultowa's day,
When fortune left the royal Swede.
1t was there that Peter of Russia, sur
named the Great, put an end to the ca
reer of the dashing and cratic Charles
XII of Sweden and brought Russia into
the ranks of European powers.
The next conflict that has been given
name with the fatal diphthong promi
nent in its pronunciation was Sadowa,
the battle in which the Prussian armies
defeated those of Austria, in 1866,
battle that gave the Hohenzollerns pre-
cedence over the Hapsbergs in the affairs
of Germany, that regained for Prussia
all that was won by Frederick the Great
and lost at the hands of Napoleon. 1t
paved the way for the formation of the
German empire with the king of Prussia
as it's ruler.
1t the defeat at Adowah means to Italy
what Pultowa did to Sweden and Sadowa
did to Austria, the omen is indeed evil,
and hopes of Italian empire in Africa
are ended. -Nashville Banner.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
FIRST PATRIOT KILLED.
Diary of the Daughter of John Hicks Dis
covered In Minneapolis.


There lives today in this city a grand
son of John Hicks, the first man killed
in the war of the Revolution, and one OF
the first minute men awakened form his
sleep by the warning given by Paul Re
we're on the night of the latter's famous
ride. This grandson of John Hicks,
George Pierce Hicks, lives with his SON
in-law, Holman r. Drew, at Girard and
Summit avenues, and is now in his
eighty eighth year, though still erect
and i'll full possession of all his facul-
ties. A reporter called on MI. Hicks and
found him very pleasant, white haired
old gentleman, who was pleased to give
the reporter all the information he
could. He produced a voluminous diary.
kept by his mother, and which contained
much information Of value concerning
the times Immediately succeeding the
great war. At one point in the diary the
connection Of Mr. Hicks grandfather,
John Hicks, with the incident of Paul
Revere's ride is related. The Hicks Of
Revolutionary times was one Of the first
minute men to be awakened by that ia
nous messenger. With the others he
sprang into his clothes, took up his gun
and ran to guard the bridge at Licking
ton. He was the first man killed and is
none other than the person immortalized
by LongfellOw in his poem, Paul Re
vere's Ride, thus:
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead
Pierced by q British musEet bail.
Zacariah Hicks was son of that John
Hicks and an uncle to the present George
Hicks. At the time Of the breaking out
of the Revolution he was just IS years
old. He, too, took up arms with the
revOlutionists and did valiant service
for his country. He also fought at the
famous battle Of Lexington, where his
father died. He was afterward promoted
to the position of marshal and entered
Boston with General Washington, when
the great leader was escorted into that
city in 1889
An interesting historical note is made
to the effect that Revere was q copper
founder, and i'll the scrapbOOk, supple
mentary to the diary. is a reproduction
of newspaper cut made by Revere, rep
resenting the massacre of the patriots in
Boston by the British soldiers in ITO.
1t is a very creditable piece Of work,
surprisingly so went the incipient con-
dition Of the art Of making newspaper
cuts at that time is taken into consider
alton Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
rngland,s Flag as He Saw 1t.

A delightful story from Johannes
burg, which is peculiarly timely amid
the present insane worship of DR.. Jane
son and his freebooters, has just reached
London. It desert hes Il dispute among a
group of Beers over the color of the
English flag There was great ignorance
and much difference of opinion on the
subject until an old patriarch, clad in
blue shirt and soiled yellow moleskin
trousers, arose. His rife was slung over
his right arm, his beard was long and
white, his face was yellow with 70
years exposure to the sun, and his eyes,
once keen, were dull. He knew nothing
about the English, was Ignorant of their
language, their ways and their griev-
ances, but he was solid Oh the color of
the flag that the sun always shines on.
When he stood up, there was murnur
of Dom Peet and q respectful pause.
'The English flag" he said, with
an air of placid certainty, 'is white. y
There was general cry of expostula
ton, which had no sort of effect on the
old warrior.
Don't I know" he asked gently.
81 have seen it, seen it three times.
Once at Majuba, once at Bronkerspruit
and once at Doornkeop. Each time it
was hoisted and each time it was
white. -
And that settled it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
How Much Is a Waltz Worth?

At a beautiful villa near Paris was
lately given a charming fete. Pretty
women by scores were present, and the
loveliest among the party was Nine. T.,
always eminently "the fashion. "
At the commencement of the ball a
young gallant hastened to be the first to
ask her to dance
"With pleasure, SIR" replied she;
ego francs"
MADAME! exclaimed the puzzled
cavalier.
81 said 20 francs, monsieur. a"
81 beg your pardon, madame, re-
piled he, smiling; There is a misunder-
standing. l had the honor to ask your
hand for waltz"
"Ah you are right, replied the lady
quickly, "there is some misunderstood
ing. 1 thought you asked me for quad
rifle, but since it is waltz it will be 40
francs.
More puzzled than ever, the gentle
man waited an explanation, which she
gave him with gracious smile:
.Do you understand, sir, that am
dancing for the benefit of the poor? 1t is
1 louis for quadrille, 2 for waltz, and
no reduction in price.
At this rate Nine. 7. had no lack Of
partners, and bravely and charitably
danced to the close of the ball. Who but
a Frenchwoman would have dreamed of
such source of revenue Exchange
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
An Old Greek Hymn Writer.

The above hymn was written by a
Greek priest, John Damascene, for his
great Easter canon, sometimes called
the Golden or Queen canon. It is still
sung by the Greek church Immediately
after midnight on Easter morning dur
ing the symbolic lighting of the tapers
in the church. He was the greatest theo-
Logan and hymn writer of the ancient
Greek church. His theological works
are still used as textbooks among her
clergy, and his hymns in the original
language Or in translation are found in
the collections of nearly every Christian
sect. He is held in high honor in Greek,
Roman and Protestant denominations
He was born A. D. 676 and died A. D.
754-707. He lived mostly in Jerusa-
lem, though a native of Damascus. IN
the whole range Of hymnology there is
no finer Easter hymn than this one,
which he composed so many centuries
since. DIR. Neale has succeeded better
than any other English writer in catch
ing the spirit and expression of the an
cient Greek and Latin hymns, which
are among the finest ever composed in
the Christian church.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
SERVANTS BALL IN PARIS.
q Splendid Affair In Which Six Thousand
Domestics Are Interested.


One Of the great halls of Paris is that
of the so called "Bal DIES Gems dc Mai
son" at the Sale Wagram, which has
just been held. The "Gens de Malson
are an association comprising some
5000 Of the superior servants, the cream,
in fact, and the aristocracy of the l5O,-
900 domestics employed to wait upon
the we'll to do citizens Of Paris. The
union is rich and eclectic, in SO far as 1t
will permit no servant to retain his or
her name on it's rolls who has been
guilty Of disgraceful conduct.
The president is M. Picard, butler,
OF imposing presence, who, with a
broad, blue sash Of Office crossing his
capacious white waistcoat, as the rib
bon of the Legion of Honor crosses that
of President Faure, received the guests
at the ball with just as much dignity
and stateliness as if he were the chief
magistrate Of the republic in person.
The demeanor of the guests was ire
proachable, and the attire of both men
and women compared favOrably with
that of the people present at the MUM
cipal ball a couple of days previously.
The men were in fullevening dress, while
necks, the arms and the coiffures Of
many Of the women gave evidence of the
fact that their mistresses had allowed
them for the occasion free access to their
caskets.
These gems, however, and the costly
laces may be said to have constituted
the sum total of the borrowed plumes,
for it was manifest from the perfect fit
of the gowns that they had been made
for their wearers. This is by no means
surprising when it is borne in mind that
to the lady's maids, the Wallets, the but
lers and the private cOachmen in Paris
this Bal des Gems de Maison constitutes
the principal social event and festival of
the entire year, the one for which they
reserve all their fnery and all their
economies as we'll as their best manners.
Masters and mistresses seem to take
pleasure in helping the members of their
household to cut a good figure on
this occasion, and many lady's maid
can boast Of having had the finish
ing touches given to her toilet and the
Jewels fastened into her hair, around
her throat and wrists and into her ears
by the hands Of her own mistress. The
only feature of the entertainment cal
culated to cause 2 smile and to create
some amusement was the precedence ac-
corded to the servants of dukes over those
of marquis2s, and to those of marquises
over those of counts, the domestics Of
ordinary untitled citizens being content
to follow meekiy in the wake of their
betters. Paris Letter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
A Story Sol Smith Russell Tells.

Oliver Optic and myself were called
to lecture in a New Hampshire village.
A committeeman called and said,
''Wantin 10 save expense on printin
programmes, I'll announce the pieces eff
you'll tell me how they come in"
I explained that Optic and myself
would alternate in our readings-Optic
to begin, [ to end with my sketches of
character. He stood at the side of the
stage and said: ooh, yez; oh, yezi The
entertainment for the benefit of Dodge
post will begin by readin an original
story by Oliver Optic, otherwise Will
liam T. Adams. Ice cream at the back
of the hall 10 cents dish. 7"
After the reading the committee said ::
eve will now have Mr.. Sol Smith Rus
sell in his comic doin S. You have all
heerd Of comical Brown, but Mr.. Rus
sell lays over Brown on the comic. And
while the audience were laughing over
my efforts the committee came to my
dressing room and said, "They'r re takin
Off their rubbers. -
And SO he announced each selection
On our programme, saying just before
the closing piece:
'Oh, yez; oh, yell Thankin the au-
lience on behalf of the Dodge post for
their liberal patronage, the lecture for
this evenin will conclude with Mr.. Rus
sell in some more comics. Ice cream at
the back of the hall reduced to cents
dish. ''-Philadelphl Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
The Ethiopian Skin Changed.

The celebrated Interrogation of the
sacred writer, "Can the Ethiopian
change his skim" can be truthfully an
swered in the affirmative-that is, if
present prospects and recent accomplish
ments are a criterion to what may be
expected in the near future. Several
years ago, in 1890 or 1891, one DR.. John
Edge of Reading, Pa, experimental III
skin grating science, using patches Of
a negro's black skin to cover an ugly
wound on a white mans leg. The ebon
hued patches "set' all right and were
soon adhering as firmly as the adjoining
epidermis, bat it was not many days be-
fore they began to fade, and by the time
the wound was completely healed were
as white as the cuticle which the injury
had removed from that portion of n
mans anatomy. This of itself was Il
revelation to the scientists, who had, TO
that date, cOntended that negro skin,
wherever transplanted, would retain its
original color.
An ocular demonstration that the col
oring matter in the negroes cuticle was
not as permanent as had been supposed
caused radical change III scientific opin-
ion as to the cause of difference in color
i'll the different races and makes some of
the statements III the medical and surgi-
cal textbooks sound somewhat strange.
But the discovery was one Of value to
science, even if it did disprove as much
as it proved. Lately vice versa skin
grating experiment has been made in
Berlin on negro who had his face and
neck badly scalded. Six square inches of
white skin have been transplanted, and
the negro now has one-half of his face
white and the other black. The surgeons
in charge declared that if the patient
will submit they will give him whole
face as white as that of any German
maiden. st. Louis Republic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
Lesson For the Week Beginning April Ga
Comment by Rev. w. j. Yates
A. M.-Topic, Easter.

scripture READING.-Mark xvi, rs.
The gladdest festival in all the cal
endar OF the church Of Christ is that Of
the resurrection anniversary. Christmas
IS a time Of good cheer. It's gifts en-
phaslZe and commemorate the greatest
gift Of God to His creatures, that of
His only begotten Son. But Easter has
even deeper significance, pointing to
the completed life task of the God Man
and his victory over death. Through all
ages the earth has been familiar with
death. Since the death of the first man
at the hand of his brother down to the
present time pain Of body, anguish of
soul. sorrOw and bereavement have been
the lot Of the race. Brave souls have
dreamed and hoped and sung of better
world, a happier time and place, but
out Of the silence and darkness of the
grave none has come back with unseal-
ed lips to tell US what lies beyond this
world s horizon line. None has parted.
the veil and given us glimpse of the
tomorrow after death.
When Jesus, the whitest, bravest,
truest One who ever lived, ends life SO
tragically, it seems as if hope died.
What chance for sweetness and purity
to live in this world and among men
when He has been rejected and slain?
His resurrection is the new birth Of
hope, the triumph of life, the victory
of righteousness. Into new existence
He leads the redeemed as the irstbOrn
from among the dead. new type of
creaturehood has appeared. His resur-
rection is the prophecy and promise Of
the resurrection Of all His followers. In
anticipation of this fact He has already
said to His disciples, "Let not your
hearts be troubled. : I go to pre-
pare place for you. - Now the angels
give charge to the women to tell the
disciples that He has risen. Whoever
hears the message is to spread the glad
tidings So Christ's last command to
His followers is, eco ye into all the
world and tell the good news to every
Cne''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
Easter Offerings,

Christmas presents have become an
institution in all Christian lands. In
many churches the Easter offering for
the benefit of the church is as we'll es-
tablished. A few years since it was sug-
gested by Chaplain McCabe that it
would be an excellent idea to ask the
Sunday schools of Methodism to set
apart the day for special collection for
missions. This plan met the approval
Of the general conference, and has large
~ been adopted. Like the Children s
day Sunday in June, which originated
in the Methodist Episcopal church, and
has spread into many others, this Eas-
ter collection for missions is being used
by several denominations. There is spe-
ciaI need this year of emphasizing it
and making it as effective as possible
Several excellent programmes with mu-
sic and recitations have been prepared.
Special devices for collecting coins have
been provided, and if our children and
young people can have wise and live
leadership, the results i'll the diffusion
of information, arousing interest and
collecting funds will receive such an
impulse as will bless the whole church
and quicken spiritual life in every quar-
ter of the globe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
What 1t Signifies.

Alike to the infdel and the believer
the crucifixion is the boundary instant
between ancient and modern days Nor
ally and physically no less than spiritu-
ally the faith of Christ was the Palm
genesia Of the world. 1t came like the
dawn of new spring to nations "effete
with the drunkenness of crime. - The
struggle was long and hard, but from
the hour when Christ died began the
deathknell 20 every satanic TYRANNY
and every tolerated abomination. From
that hour holiness became the universal
ideal of all who name the name of
Christ as their Lord and the attain
ment of that ideal the common heritage
of souls in which His Spirit dwells.-
E. w. Farrar.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30

Dr. P. Ritter says the mouth is the
starting point and breeding place of
germs. He has frequently seen
workmen and workwomen lose their
places on account of the want of in
cisor teeth or foul breath. Continu
Gus toothache frequently led steady
men to the brandy bottle for the re-
lief of pain. On the basis of many
years. experience, he held the follow
ing to be demanded: The appoint
ment of experienced dentists to ex-
anime the mouths of all school
children at stated intervals, the par
ents to be informed of the result of
the examination, and left to have the
treatment required carried out pri
vately or through institutions; the
appointment of dentists for the poor;
delivery of addresses in the public
schools on the Importance of the
masticatory apparatus and the toilet
of the mouth, and the dissemination
of printed instructions on the toilet
of the mouth to the poor population.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
To Stop Tipping.

AT one of the up town hotels in New
York the landlord has taken decided
Stand against the obnoxious tipping"
system. On the first of the month the
wages of the walters were advanced 40
per cent, the object being to abolish, if
possible. the system of tipping walters,
SO detrimental alike to patrons and man
agement. Notice of the increase. with
all explanation of the object, has been
printed on the back of the menu cards.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30

A celebrated Belgian physician says
that yawning is an exceedingly
healthy function generally, besides
having a very salutary effect in COM
plants of the pharnyx and eustach-
ian tubes. According to the results
of late Investigations, yawning is the
most natural form of respiratory ex-
ercise, bringing into action all the re-
spiratory muscles of the chest and
neck. 1t is recommended that every
person should have good yawn,
with stretching of the limbs, morning
and evening, for the purpose of VEN
tilating the lungs and tonifying the
muscles of respiration. An eminent
authority claims that this form of
gymnastics has a remarkable effect in
relieving throat and ear troubles, and
says that patients suffering from dis
orders of the throat have derived
great benefit from it. He makes his
patients yawn either by suggestion,
imitation,o or by a series of full breaths
with the lips partly closed. The
yawning is repeated six or eight
times, and should be followed by
swallowing. By this means the air
and mucus in the eustachian tubes
are aspirated.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30

IT'S the day of resurrection
Earth, tell it out abroad
The passover of gladness,
The passover of Godl
From death to life eternal,
From earth unto the sky,
Our Christ hath brought us over
With hymns of victory.
Our hearts be pure from evil
That may see Alright
The Lord in rays eternal
OF resurrection light,
And, listening to his accents,
May hear, so calm and plain,
His own, 'EAll hail!'' and, hearing,
May raise the victor strain.
Now let the heavens be Joyful
Let earth her song bcgini
Let the round world keep triumph
And all that is therein
Invisible and visible,
Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord hath risen,
Our joy that hath no end.
John of Damascus, Translated by J. II. Neale
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-30
An Exception.

Miss Passee (demurely bonneted)-
Nothing accentuates woman's age like
a hat.
Miss Pert-Except bonnet. -Detroit
Free Press.