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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

Bark: How did you like the play?
He; Not so bad as to color, but th'
ribbon was cheap stuff, and the fcath
ers looked as though they'd done ser
vice before. 10
She What are you talking about!
asked YOU how you liked the play?
Ho on. tho play! Thought you
wero asking me about that hat IN ironl
If me, That's all | saw there.
His First Impression.
"That umbrella you lent me yestef
,,said the man who had JUST
com. into the ONCE.
YesI' =. >,
Here it is | came to return IT,
..Door mes was the absentmlndeu
81, I had no idea it was in such bad
eoppGition as all that ~ Washington
Star .,
oheervation on the Comet. JOSH -
~ meyer could see that them astrono
mers was much use any way
Hiram Why not Josh
We'll there telln' us there's a comet
comm flyin' toward the earth, ana
NOT a blamed one of them IL dom
ANYTHING to prevent it. Puck.
No, unreasonable.
TEACHER Tommy, what do you un-
derstand the author to mean when ne
saws that riches and poverty are merely
relatives? Tommy guess he means
that some has rich relatives aGd some
has poor oneR. indianapolis Jourhai'
Boys View oft.
Bow looming home from school -
son, mamma ] am so glad.
Mamma Why"
Boy-"The boys in our school have
got the measles. ="
Mamma - You naughty boy, how
can YOU be glad at thatt'
Boy-"Well, mamma | am not glad
they have got the measles, but / am
glad we got the vacation = Texas
SiftNr.
Old Maid-"Is this the newspaper
Officer" Clerk -" Yes, maa m. 3" Old
Maid blushingly -" see the Mayor
has advertised for proposals, and |
would like to advertise, too. ''--Phlla- I
delphia Record.
The corn fed Philosopher = = why
asked the Youngest of the neophltes,
why should truth always rise again |
when crushed to earthy' Because
IF its elasticity, Of course, answered [
the corn fed philosopher. . Don you
know how easy it is TO stretch, the /
ruth?"-Iudianapolis journal.
"Your verses are very good Miss, =
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

Thou can7t not tell how rich a dowrs
sorrow gives the soul,
When knees grow weary of bending
hands must grow weary of serving.
A little knowledge inclineth men tc
atheism, but depth of learning bring
eth them back to religion.
Seeking first the kingdom of God
I and his righteousness, is the way tc
/ obtain all we need Of everything else,
Influence is inetfaceable. You can.
not rub out that cold word, that un
| handsome deed SO you cannot rub out
that kind smile and that blessed act.
Rev. Carlos Martyr.
| If any work is really of Gods giving,
and He puts it into our hearts to de-
! wise or into our hands to do, 20 fear
but He will provide stuff sufficient.
/ whether metal or mental
1t is not surprising that Christ died /!
/ Who could feel the worlds sorrow and
sin, and live; If Christ felt for men
as a mother feels for her child, the
cross was inevitable. Rev. Armory II.
Bradford.
Each has rights that are bound to
respect. Among the rights is that of
personal liberty. But liberty is per
sonal only so long as its exercise works
no inquiry to others. Then it becomes
license Rev. S. Giffard Nelson.
Take your needle. my child. and
work at your pattern; it will come out
a rose by and by" Life is like that
one stitch at time taken patiently.
and the pattern will come out all right
like the embroidery. Oliver Wendall
Holmes.
There is rest that's beyond measure
restful; there is peace that passeth
all understanding, and there is a JOY
that is unspeakable and full of glory.
And these strange sweet blessings are
offered here and not only offered, but
urged upon us, and we are warned
against the sin of neglecting them.
4 miser is a prodigal son, though he
boards every golden eagle. The selfish
man is prodigai son, though he never
spends an eNtravagant penny. 4 man
so absorbed in business or in STUDY
that he has no time for Christ or
Christlike acts is prodigal though he
may be a leading merchant or great
scholar. For these men are wasting
time and character and opportunity, |
ind there is no spendthrift worse than |
c spendthrift of these priceless posses !
sions
1t is the joy of service that makes
the life of Christ; and for us to serve
him, serving fellow men and God-as |
lie served fellow man and God
it brings pain or Joy, if we
can only get out Of our souls the
thought that it matters not if we are
happy or sorrowful, if we are only duti-
ful and faithful, and brave and strong,
hen we should be in the atmosphere
We should be in the great company of
the Christ. Phillips Brooks
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
FORTUNE TELLING

When on the grain was sumner. ga.
ANA blue WAS summer .Ir s'1'
We went to have our fOrtuue-to Id
witching maid and /,
The gypsy -ibyi seemed upc3ub
And weird TO look upon.
And yet for each OF Us, In sooth
a merry tale she spun.
Mine was kindly horoscope,
heard my birth above
Had hung the happy star Of Hone
The lambent star Of Love.
The star Of Love that brlnge,l bli..
learned, still she'd its glow
Much more the sibYl said int mi.
Was all ! cared 20 know.
Then into Sylvia's slender hand
| saw the gypsy peer,
And words | .onged to understand
Were whispered in her ear.
While ON her cheek a blush b4l Ijr,,
That spread in rosy FIRE
Ar when the winter Weakened e,r,b
Feels Springs divine desire.
We left behind the gypsy old,
And meath dusky pine
Again was that fairy story tod
That ended, sweet. be mjnen
Theg sylvia, the roguish evel
Laughed In her winning way,
THAT'S what triumphant.u .be rria4
The gypsy said you'd -av,1
-LClinton scollard in Harper. glys
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
I'M MORTAL LOLE,

The frost Of years
MAY blanch the gold from out thine b4,.
Lies gilefs and fears
May rob thy cheeks Of roses fair;
The ylOlets blue
May fade from out thine eyes, dear one
The morning dew
May cease to sparkle in the sun,
Roads meet and part,
And golden clouds soon turn to yray
But, love, thine heart
VIII keep its lovciiness for ave-
William II. Gardiner, in Mub.47
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

tellers this is April
April, soft and sweet:
April from her bright ewes
10 the roses round her feet.
Feilers, this is April
Git out in the air!
teel her swift, sweet fingers
namplin' up your hair,
teilers, this is April
In her cap an curls:
seems TO me you'd know il.
by tile red lips o. the girls.
Huntin' wild flowers with ,em
Aud May is sweet to see,
But April an a violet
is JOY enough for met
= Atlanta Constitutio
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

Every man having beard should
keep 1t an even and natural color. and
If II is not SO already, use Bucking
hams Dye and appear tidy.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

Blood purified, disease cured. sick
ness aud suffering preyented-this is
the record made each year by Hood s
Sarsaparilla.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

but wc CANNOT possi5IV nll
Or colmns are too crowded HS'' lheS'
you leave out some Of thai 9. uaa't
publish under the head Of ''W v;un i ysa
suggested the poet,ss. 81" altedS'
uninteresting. - Chicago irib Is Very
Young lawyer: | claim ,b1 u'
of my client on the ground u' s release
He is a stupid fool, ana Is moi , .ologg.
sible for any act he may hsye w. ~ ieSpa.
tel. ~ coamit
Judge; He doesn't appear co...
me. ''Opl1 b
Prisoner: (interruptinpl -.
or, look at the lawyer I've bir oII loo
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

papers left by the father and son, whicf
cannot but be valuable contribution
to the history of Vermont
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

The great favor in which =.
Pills are held all over the wa.i aiye''s
been well earned. The are o o.. bag
even pleasant to take and for .ial'! AID
paint of the stomach, liver and ~ CON-
are the safest and most 'v Il ooHtIs
medicine in pharmacy. Eys,o o'qIgb
effective. ''! lo4
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
What is

is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregoric Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and alays
feverishness. CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Cmd,
Diarrhea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teethng troubles, constipation and hatulency.
Casoria assimilates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
toria is the Chldren's Panacea--the Mothers
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
.ELY'S CREAM BALM

Opens and eleanses the Nasal Passages At'!'
Pain and Inflammation, Heals the Sores fiO
tects the Membrane from Colds, Restore: H'
senses of Taste and smell The Balm is qaichI
absorbed and gives relief at once. Price @''
at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS. ST Warren Street, New loA
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

al'" pupuIurIy. rur ssIr al - ana
- cents per bottle 10y G. L. Greene.
Druggist
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

WIS., Ne'iinS the slime. When and where nh
persons Interested NAV aprcar ANA sb',,, ~
against granting surh license. ~ rIiry Se,. n,
W STnIIn.nF. n
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17


your friends. For sale at p and a
rrnis pr hottie ty G. +. Greene.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
CaStoria.

"castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
Sren. Mothers have repeatedly told me OF its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. c. c. OscooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant VIXEN mothers will consider the
real interest Of their children, and use Castoria
instead Of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their Threats, thereby
sending them to premature graves
DR.. J. F. KINcHELoB,
Conway, Ark.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

Ioi business men. Graduates furnished WI
so"u positions. Car fare free to students 9"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
Castoria.

"castoria Is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, y.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

"our physicians in the cbiid-ens depart.
ment have spoken highly Of their ezpsri.
ence in their outside practice with casioria,
and although we only have among oar
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that The
merits OF Castoria has won US TO look with
favor upon it"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY
Boston, Mass
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres.
,ssau S<raax N.x., Vo.L Fitv
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03
BITS AND BREViTIES.

Of the IS counties in Arkansas As
voted no-license in 1S94.-Union Signal.
The temperance cause is essentially
a Christian cause.-National Temper
ance Advocate.
The Transvaal Folksraad has enacted
a new liquor law embodying total pro
hibition of the sale of liquors to natives
Statistical inquiries in Paris prove
that 100000 francs are annually eX-
pended there in the consumption of al
cohol.
Of Gil paupers in the Edinburgh poor
and 4O7 admitted that their poverty was
due entirely to intemperance.
Nineteen of the leading railroads of
the states report that liquor is forbid
den to their employees when on duty,
and IS require total abstinence of their
trainmen.
The grand lodge of Good Templars OF
Pennsylvania which met a short time
ago at Reading decided to ask the legis-
lature to pass an anti-treating law, and
to make it a misdemeanor for person
to offer intoxicating beverages to an
other.
Prof Morse, at a recent meeting of
the Alumni Association of the Medico
Chirurgical college in Philadelphia,
said: I'VE are rapidly becoming a ma
ton of beer drinkers, and the insidious
hold gained by that incurable kidney
affection known as Brights disease
threatens in time to decimate the ranks
of the beer drinkers"
The worst thing in the world is sin.
It is not suffering, or sickness, or loss
of property, but sin. Concerning the
worst sin which affects ourselves, one
sin is as bad as another. Sin is poison
to the soul, and sin kills the soul
Which is the worst sin which affects so.
ciety? The worst or very nearly the
worst sin which affects society is in
temperance. Gambling is bad, murder
is bad, stealing is bad, but intemper-
ance combines them all.-Rev. A. f
Newton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03

When he awolle he passed his hand over
his face, and exclaimed: What is the
matter? Where am [? Where is my
boy?'
"'You cannot see him.
"'Stand out of the way! 1 will see
my boy!'
ITO prevent confusion I took him to
the child's bed, and as | turned down
the sheet and showed him the corpse
he uttered a wild Shrek: oh, my
child!'"
That minister said further to me:
Zone year after he was brought from
a lunatic asylum to lie side by side with
his wife in one grave, and attended the
funeral"
The minister of the Gospel who told
me that fact is to-day a drunken
hostler in a stable in Boston.
Now tell me what rum won't do! 1t
will debase, degrade, imbrute and damn
everything that is noble, bright, glori-
GUS and God-like in a human being.
There is nothing that drink will not do
that is vile. dastardly, cowardly, sneak
ish or hellish. We are united, com
rades. are we not, to fight this monster,
rum, till the day of our death?-Charles-
ton Messenger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Denmark allows every subject,
male or female, who is go years of age,
small pension.
About the thinnest thing in the
world is the film of a soap bubble, Of
which it would take 50,000,000 to meas
ure an inch.
THE Union of Peoples Kitchens
maintains IA kitchens in Berlin, where
laborers who live too far from their
homes to return at noon for a com.
Portable dinner can obtain such by pay
ing Sd.
The largest orchard in Great Brit
ain is at Tottington, in the county of
Gloucester. 1t is 500 acres in extent.
and in some seasons yields to its owner,
Lord Sudley, profit of $4,000. The
trees are chiefly apples and plums.
Cardinal Richard, the archbishop
of Paris, having learned that several
priests of the diocese had been seen rid
ing about the Bots de Boulogne on BIZ
cycles, sent for them, gave them lee
ture, and then formally forbade them
hereafter to stride wheel
A French chemist has discovered
that the eggs of certain species of fish
are enveloped in veritable silk cocoons.
Since the learned Frenchmau began his
experiments in this line in 1894, he
has found several different species of
fish that produce eggs from which
fine quality of silk n-ay be woven.
Nothing less than a 3O-inch di-
ameter top will do milady now for hsT
tea table. 1t has become a necessity
TO have small bread and butter plate
under each cup and saucer. 1t is an
everyday matter with her to dispense
high tea at five o'clock, and, after the
English fashiC I, she has small sand
witches, scenes, etc, and hence the
plates.
A Collection Among African Ma
tives.-The orthodox plate or bag will
not do for collection among African
natives. In an address at Cape Town
the bishop of Zululand stated that, i'll
response to one appeal, there were OF
fered 90 baskets of mealies. seven head
of cattle, one horse, some sheep, and a
number of chickens. Those who Of
fered the chickens put feather in the
plate, and brought the chickens at the
end of the services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03
PRUSSlAN AMBER.
The Specially of the Baltic Coast-Picked
Up on the Beach.

Up on the Beach.
Amber is speciality of the Baltic
coast of Prussia and the British consul
at Dantsic, in his last report, states that
it is a monopoly worked by a firm
which paid for the concession to the
government last year royalty OF about
4 b, OOO. 1t is calculated that the firm
has, up to the present, paid & 100000
in these royalties. Last year, in addi-
ton to the product of the mines, d good
deal of amber was picked up on the
beach at Pillau, In the province of East
Prussia, having been washed up with
the seawrack during the prevalence of
the northwesterly gales. The shore at
Pillau after a storm is sometimes Gov
cred with a layer Of seaweed three feet
thick, in which the amber is found en-
tangled. Men. women and children
lind easy and lucrative employment
in searching for the amber along
this part of the coast. After a
storm last year one man was
lucy enough to notice a piece of
amber the size of a child's head in the
weeds near the shore, and with some
difficulty secured it, having had to dive
for il, The people engaged in this pre-
carious work sometimes earn c los a
day. The raw amber that goes into
Dantsc to be worked up is nearly all
melted to make lac and varnish. The
larger pieces are made into beads,
which are sent all over the world and
are known as Leghcrn corals. There is
great demand for them. Amber
mouthpieces ard ornaments, especially
necklaces, SOM Of which are very
tastefully put together, are said to be
gaining in favor abroad. - London
Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03

In connection with the fitting of a
table, especially for the everyday use of
the family, there is one source of dam
ger which should be considered and
avoided. Nothing which can by any
possibility corrode should under any
circumstances be used for holding con-
diments or other articles which are IL
able to remain unchanged from meal to
meal. Solid silver is practically safe,
though under certain conditions it may
be affected by chemical action. But
the cheap plated articles, or those made
of cheap metal composition, are never
reliable. An intelligent housewife not
long since had occasion to take off the
metal top of pretty caster bottle, and
was Mortified to find it lined with a
coating of mingled salt and verdigris
from the metal. Salt is very liable to
create chemical action of this kind, as
it not infrequently is contaminated
with foreign substances.-Goc0 IaGse-
kceDinp
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03

An evangelist who lives in the mis-
sion is so devout that he never permits
himself to think secular thought and
his tongue cannot frame worldly
word. The salvation of souls in peril
is his single thought, his sole occupa-
ton.
The evangelist has a very bright lit
tie daughter, five years of age. The
other day she answered the door bell
and found the coal man there with a
bill.
Papa is not home" she informed
him, "but if you will come in, you poor,
perishing soul, mamma will pray for
you."-San Francisco Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03

Phosphor bronze has long taken its
place in the industrial world, and now
the English manufacturers of this prod
uct report an alloy Of it, termed melloid,
which is a malleable phosphor bronze,
having the property of being forgable
at a red heat like steel. 1t is made of
the finest copper and tin, containing
no other metal whatever. It's resist
ance to corrosion is stated to be COM
plete, while the tensile strength is as
high as that of mild steel. These quail
tiles render melloid of the greatest
value for tropical climes, and
wherever combination of great
strength with maximum resistance
to corrosion is required, as, for
instance, in boiler stays, fire boxes
boiler tubes, condenser tubes, CON
denser plates, pump and piston rods,
bolts and nuts exposed to moisture,
etc. 1t has a maximum strength OF
2S.S tons per square inch when cold
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03
The Little Things.

Some very good people have singular
IDEAS" remarked well-known divine
to Star reporter. Il was talking to a
lady who is a member of my church, and
thoroughly conscientious, but who
neglects the amenities of life and there
by creates enemies. l thought l might
induce her to see how she was injuring
herself and took occasion to have a talk
with her, in the course of which l said {:
1T is the little things that make up the
joys and SORROWS of life Yes, doc
tor she replied, you are right. l
know all about them. l raised ten,
and there was "a good deal of Joy and
good deal of sorrow in it, and since
they have grown up, my ueighbors have
little things, and they are certainly the
worst to be found in Washington -
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03
Wisconsin's Lost silver Mine.

A Wisconsin Central engineer is try
ing to locate the lost silver mine in
northern Wisconsin by means of spirit
ualism. He has taken the medium and
his wife with him, it is said, and pro-
poses to have the spirit accomplish what
man has never been able to do. The
so-called lost mine hunt was based upon
the fact that as late as so years ago the
Chippewas on Chequamegon bay made
trips into the country, returning with
native silver, which they chopped out
of the rock with their tomahawks.
They refused to divulge its whereabouts
to any white man.-Chicago Chronicle,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03
TEMPERANCE.
THRILLING STORY BY COUGH.
Terrible Work of Rum Almost Beyond
Belief.

A minister of the Gospel told me one
Of the most thrilling incidents | ever
heard in my life. A member of his con-
yregation came home for the first time
in his life intoxicated, and his boy met
him upon the doorstep, clapping his
hands, eXclaiming:
'Papa's come home"
He seized the boy by the shoulder,
swung him around, staggered and fell
in the hall. The minister said to me:
81 could give you his name, if neces-
sary. | spent the night in the house.
l went out, barred my brow that the
night air might fall upon it and cool
it. | walked down the hill. There was
his child-dead! There was his wife in
strong commissions. and he asleep!"
A man but 90 years of age asleep with
a dead child i'll the house, having blue
mark upon the temple where the corner
of the marble steps had come in contact
with the head as he swung him around,
and wife upon the brink of the grave!
''Mr. Cough" said my friend, 81
cursed the drink. He had told me
must remain till he Swoke, and did.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-03


We are often wont to think that in
these days Of scientifically trained de-
signers there is less of the cut-and-try in
constructive mechanics and more of
scientific proportioning, but there are
some glaring examples of the very OPP
posite. Everyone can remember the
fearfully and wonderfully distorted
shapes of the earlier bicycles; and one
has only to pick up an old catalogue or
glance through the advertising pages
of any of the leading magazines of a
few years ago to be reminded of the
outrageous defiance of all rules, me-
chanical and artistic, which those We
hicles exhibited. One can scarcely be-
lieve that any attempt whatever was
made to ascertain the forces or analyZc
the strains upon either frame or driv-
ing gear, and the present light and stiff
frames and carefully proportional pro-
polling gear are the result of many
trials and failures-a survival of the
fittest" rather than an evidence of de-
sign" 1t is difficult to avoid the con-
clusion that large sum of money and
q vast amount of human energy might
have been saved had just little knowl-
edge of mechanical design been infused
into those early efforts, and, indeed,
there are wheels now on the market
making claims for superiority upon
points which, to the engineer, are OBJ
vious mechanical defects, so that the
cut-and-try stage cannot yet be con-
sidered as altogether past.-Cassier's
Magazine.