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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
Aesop's Fable Over Again.

From IRE san Frsucsoo Wave.
A mischieyiOus yOungster a. the Mission
amusing himself with vase manage
after several attempts 10 get his hand
through the narrow neck and Was fh.a
unable 20 extrieate IL. For half an hour
or more the whole family ID lts be-. O.
withdraw the fist OF the luckisss young
offender. hut in vain. IL was very val
liable vase. and the father Was l0ath 10
break Il. After a mai attempt be gave
up his efforts IA despair. but tried a las-
suggestion. open your hand. ~ com
Handed, and then draw u forth -
can't open IL. father" declared the boy
I've got my penny in ms hand. VOC
young rascal" numbered hts father
drop Il az oneer' The penny faJtlsd in
the bottom OF the vase and out came iae
hand
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
Why 1t Didn't Suit Her.

From the Chicago Times-Herad
NO" said the widow Of the waiter. ad-
dressing the tombstone man; II will not
accept this monument / do not care 10
advertise my poor, dear Henry's business
over his grave"
why. madam" the man asked, WHAT
wrong with the stone? It's one OF the
best We have in stock for the price"
Il don't care" she declared. II wont
have 1t. with that lamb on top and under
It them words. Well done. thou good and
taithtgi servant. person might link
ne had Just taken an order for a mutton
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

| they can be dealt with IN accordance with
their VARYING conditions and objects with
cut adopting that exploded hsresy. II an
oppressive trade combination Is found TO
BE- sheltered under a tariff wall. the wall
can be lowered ar that point. All good
things are Halle to be abused. but It Is
not customary to abolish them in order 10
get rid OF their abuse
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

ticn- AL the examination really needed for
ordinary clerical positions in the depart-
msnts could well he limited 10 writing and
arithmetic. Ability 20 compose and write
correctly On any given subject carries with
Il all the learning required for the best
clerical work except that which ean
be found in a school arithmetic Aside
from specisIties. such as typewriting and
stenography. the entire civil service ex-
aminstions might well be limited 10 an
original letter or essay Of four hundred
words and arithmetic as far az percent
acc
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
Which?
From the Indianapolis Jogrp.

From the Indianapolis Journal
l. said one candidate. shifting his
breast In conscious rectitude. shall man
age my office in the interests OF rich and
poor alike"
l., shouted the other candidate for the
same JOB, am going 70 run things so the
Can there be any doubt as 10 which ore
IN our age OF perfect adherence 10 an
stract justice, received the overwheImine
majority?
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

From the CAiesso TizssHsrzl1
lAttle H0rsee-Papa. what are silent
watches Of the nighi7
Pspz-The ones people forget 20 wind
wnen they 20 to bed | zless
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
The corBfed Phiio,opi,e.

From the Indianapolis JozFnsL
Those Kansas girls" said the carnfed
Philosopher. who have vowed 10 marry
none but heroes. should remember that
the hero attitude Is mighty hard 10 keep
up when man has gone back 10 work
al dollar or so day"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
Hlsua,hauntn Dais.

Thus departed III A. weiaz
To he land n The Dzkaszs.
To the land q migsiy biizzsrdf:
TbFse msfIks later he. rsgsrning. n
Carried siih Ain : klssfeelsi.
And aEto bis e1-wife Mianis
he Ga sirsighixsY give TIE hs-ss.
A she went bach hone 10 mamma.
Ia the village G. 81 Louis
-Csiexxo Nexa
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
Heading nIna ON.

Fran ftt-Bsis
First Man-why did you ask glibbs tis,
now 10 lend you Eve shilllpgs7 You had
plenty Of money this moTnlns.
Second Mani have plenty now. but 1
Knew Biiobs Was going 10 ask me for
some.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
Have q Care, Yousg Man.

Prom Tess Tosies
Ola Gentieman-Don't sou think you've
been coming 10 see my daughter lous
enough?
Young Man-Toe long. fear. sir. WY.
che wants " marry ms.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
The Old. Old srnrr-

From the Boston Traveller.
There is one story which every woman
has told so often that she believes II her
self"
What is that?"
The story about some rich man whom
she could have married"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The New York Suns hilarity over strikes
in opposition establishments didn't lose
much time in going home for a roosting
place Yet the Sun gives some very good
reasons for presuming to conduct its own
affairs in its own WAY
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The Post warn(d the Ohio Democrats
that they were doing a very foolish thing
when they wrapped the Sam Jones guber-
material boom in cotton and tried 70 de-
post Il on the Republican doorsteD.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The next time the administration has a
batch of explanations 10 Lake IL viii
hardly assign the task 20 Dir. Gage. The
Secretary of the Treasury has Leen ever
worked
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The Civil Service C5mEiissio1 seems to
be stirring up some nasty little spats in
the small post-offices throughout the coun-
fry
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Mr.. Wanamaker passes up his plate and
clsmors for more Cabinet changes Mr..
Wanamaker's present appetite in that par
ticulsy line is abnormal.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

About this time look OUT for a large
crop of small politicians who will claim 10
be the Administrations candidate for Of
fees in the several States.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

IL is difficult 10 und sFstand why Boston
should be so seriously sfe.ted By the aa
vance in the price OF nest- Had there
been jump in the bear. tariff there would
be valid excuse
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

p We believe the Washington basel al
team can be improved by the trading pro-
cess as long as the dickering is not done
with the Chicago Club
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

II John Bull is in the mood, We will
gladly take Sir Julian Pauncefote in ex-
change for Mr.. Astor anu give something
to boot
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Col. Watterson should knock of apollo
giving for his return 10 the Democrats
Party and devote little more time to in
specting the door checks Of tie other
prodieals.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Hon. Bill Goebel, of Kentucky, seems TO
be placing considerable confidence in the
political ingratitude of Hon Bill Bradley.
Of the same State
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

With that abnormal demand for harvest
hands in the West, we are unable to un-
derstand why some men persist in trying
10 p,aY baseball understanding
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The free-siiyer editors are constantly re
minding US that Ar. Bryan draws iarse
crowds wherever he speaks. But this was
the case IN 1886.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Perhaps Jiminez is waiting for a little
Boston encouragement before inaugural
ing his campaign Cor freedom and en!ight-
eminent.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

A Chicago woman has been declared in
sane because she PERSISTED in punetlring
her husbands bicycle tire with her hat
pin. Women take great chances when
they try to keep their husbands al home
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Dick Croker will be the recognized head
OF Tsmmany until somebody gives him
hard fall, and then he will drop into the
Jim COrbett class
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

We trust the anti-expansionists viii not
carry things so far as 10 turn the sold
shoulder 20 the Hon. PefIar Palmer
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Mr.. Bryan will be very foolish Il he per-
mits the Van Wyck boom &c give him any
corcern, but ii will be we'll for him to
keep an eye on the cards behind the Van
Wyck movement
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Before proceeding with his antitrust
convention, Gov. Sayers should vindicate
himself on that charge of golf playing.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

II is intimated that Mr.. Bryan nay
have to do little paramounting in Mr..
Bland's old district in order 10 prevent
the election Of a Republican.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

After long dGawn-out suspension of
public opinion. the Mayor of Atlanta was
finally compelled &c Throw up the sponge
and retire from the Official ring
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

So far as we have been able 10 observe,
not single municipality made arrange
ments to welcome Mr.. James Cree!man
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Europe is showing an Indifference TO the
presence Of Admiral CroYninshield which
the Bureau of Fabrication will be sure to
resent
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Whenever the administration finds a
man who is almost persuaded, it turns
him over TO Vice President Hobart.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The thing for Mr.. AsIor % Go is b keep
quiet and place few repairs or nis redi-
gree
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

William Waldorf Astor's great-grand-
father was Dutch butcher who saved
MS choice cuts for his favorite customers.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Senator-eiect Beverage is accommodating
some powerful advance notices. put the
Indiana statesman may be able to live I'D
TO them.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The Gomez Presidential boom hovers
betw cen Cuba and Santo Domingo
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

The successor of Pension Commissioner
Evans will doubtless outpolnt all his pre-
decessors in unpopularity.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

Every official cablegram carries infor-
nation concerning the needs of Gen. Otis.
but none of them mentions the word
"Vigor"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15
The Washington Post
WEEKLY EDITION.

FssfiaAed evsry Tz=ssay q, ne Pest Bsiiins
CEalsss4 az tie Pest-oes at waazlEsioA a. sscoas-
class zsttsrl
TERMS OF wEEKLY-POsTAGE PREPAID
siass sstsasiies, sss ess''
III Np-tas " e-nss
Laersl easA ceznissisa eth b paid sooa vork-
~ sai special privileges wiu - allowed 70 post
Ezftsfs
TERMS or DNLY-FosTkGE PREPAID
DAILY. s,EAt pagsi oss yeAr..-.----.........-ss %
Biii.f s1t SUNDAY. oas yssr-.-.-.....-..-.... 20
DAILY anf SUNDAY ak zorfts............... y
DAILY snd SUNDAY. ere zsath.....---...-...- 20
Rs-it b. dra:t Or ros,-o-os noney order. whsa
neither q tbs-s bs procured sens 20 rozsy IN q
registered letter. Per snsu ansants 7-ossi postage
stamps vii b received. AL zosey RENTED At risk
q scatter Ia ofesr 20 iEssrs attention ssbserib -
staaiag tseir address changed mgst 1end tselr cid
a. vel - thsiE rev stfr,ss We viii always stop
fesfag tie paper when ne tine for zhieh !; Is paIs
sas expired. - that 70 avoid missing any numbers,
al saosia Fsass pronp,iy Address in ali eassa.
THE POST. Washington. D. c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-06
CHRONIC LOSER OF TICKETS.
A Profitable scheme Worked by an
INDECENT Old Woman on the
Travelling Public.

a especially dressed old woman, APP
parently in deep distress, was noticed
standing at the foot of the steps of an
elevated railroad station the other day
just at the hour when the rush was at
its height. The woman had apparent
ly lost something of value. She
searched her pockets, shook out her
skirts and scanned the ground on every
side. OF course, ii was not long before
her distress attracted the notice of
passersby. 81 have lost my ticket" she
said, in answer to the query of a man
who stopped for moment in his rush
for the train. 81 don't know what TO
do, for l have not nickel with me and
l live away uptown"
The man, says the New York Sun,
pulled string of tickets from his peck
ct, tore off one, handed it TO the woman
and resumed his rush without waiting
for her thanks. But the woman did not
follow. She merely moved across to the
flight of steps on the other side. Here
she resumed her search, with the result
that a nickel was transferred to her
pocket by passing woman. Next she
crossed the avenue and gathered some
more nickels and tickets from the pas
sengers going in the opposite direction,
finally returning to her original stand
where her plight attracted as much
compassion as before. While the OBJ
server was looking on, the woman made
two rounds of the stairs, each round oc-
cupying about ten minutes. Sometimes
she was able to conduct three or four
successful operations without chang
ing her position. tits probable that her
average earnings were at the rate of
two dollars In nickels and negotiable
tickets an hour.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-06
Stowe.

Miss Lily Mayo is in Burlington.
j. M. Downer is in the hospital at Bur.
lington.
Leo Straw was at home from Hardwck
for Thanksgiving.
#. K. Smith has purchased the mill prop
erty of the G. b. Smith estate at Moscow.
Town Clerk Mrs. Alice A Raymond and
son Paul are visiting her brother in Albany.
e. N. Adams and Mrs. A. b. Pattrell
were married Tuesday. "Uncle Nate" is
renewing his age.
George e. Burnham and Walter Cheney
were at home from St. Johnsbury for
Thanksgiving. IN
Union Thanksgiving services were held
Thursday evening at the Methodist church,
Rev o. l.. Barnard preaching the sermon.
The masquerade promenade Wednesday
evening was a success Over fifty couples
were in attendance. quite number coming
from Waterbury and the Center.
f. B. Thomas, one of our Stowe boys
now of Montpelier, and Miss Eta Goodale
were married Thanksgiving evening at the
home of the brides parents in Morristown
Congratulations.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-06
EAGLE AND LOBSTER.
Rider HnEgard's Brother Tells of
Most Remarkable Battle
in the Air.

Lieut.. Col. Andrew C. P. Haggard, an
elder brother of Rider Haggard, the
novelist, recently returned from a trip
to Newfoundland, and tells of a re-
markable sight he saw while sitting on
the seashore with guide with whom
he had been fishing for salmon in the
Terra Nova river. They had been
watching for some time the evolutions
of a white-headed eagle, called by the
observation-disclosures grip" After soar
ing round in several circles above and
in front Of them the eagle suddenly
dashed down into pool of water near
them on the beach and reappeared hold
ing an enormous lobster in his talons.
1t was an old lobster, with a huge
claw, white with barnacles. The eagle
had him clutched firmly around the
back, and at first the huge claw hung
helplessly down, the barnacles shining
white in the sunlight. This was only
for a second, though. The ripples on
the recently disturbed pool had not yet
died away when the captive lobster sud
denly awoke to the seriousness of the
situation, and to think was to act. Up
moved the great white barnacled claw
until it seized the eagle round the neck
There was furious futtering and beat
ing of the eagles wings, a melancholy
squawk from his choking throat, and
then, tumbling and rolling head over
heels in the air in a confused mass,
down came the eagle and lobster again
splash back into the pool.
The two spectators of the scene
rushed forward, thinking that they
could perhaps in some way secure both
combatants, for the splashing Of the
conflict continued in shallow water.
But they had hardly time to pick up
stone api"ae to throw at the eagle
before the lobster, feeling himself at
home again, let go his hold. With his
neck all torn and devoid of feathers,
away flew the bedraggled eagle, in most
melancholy guise, to neighboring
cliff, while the lobster, to give Col. Hag-
CARDS own words, still brandishing
his enormous claw in defiance, re
manned smiling at the bottom of the
pool
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-06
BURLINGTON INJUNCTION CASES.

Judge Rowell gave his decisions Wednes-
day forenoon on several of the Injunction
cases against parties in Burlington that
were argued before him last week.
La regard to the Van Ness House case he
said The concession of Gov. Woodbury.
is of somewhat doubtful construction. A
decision now might not be in the line of
justice. a line of cases has been decided
in which d club has the right to furnish
liquor TO its members, it being no violation
OF the law lie spoke Of an Orange county
case, where party "chipped in" bought
liquor at drug store and drank it, the
clerk pouring into the drug store glasses
The court disagreed az to the liability of
the clerk. So in the Van Ness house case,
which resembles it, there are not all the
eleme nts OF direct Judgment"
Several OF the guests OF the Fish and
Game League banquet were summoned
Wednesday by the States attorney TO tes-
tfy III the Van Ness House case, but Gov
ernor Woodbury. not being present the case
was not completed, and it was agreed that
the testimony should be taken by affidavit
ana submitted to him. All the witnesses
thus summoned received the usual fee.
la regard TO the other nineteen cases
Judge Rowell said; IN these cases the par
tles TO the suits do not take the stand and
tell the court how the matter really Is. The
only legal and reasonable inference is that
che reason these men do not take the stand
ID that they think their truthful testimony
would be taken against them. Taking into
consideration the evidence now in, and the
Inference to be drawn by the parties not
taking the stand IL does not lead me to
think that nuisances are not being kent and
maintaiped. / feel entirely warranted in
granting these injunctions against the keep
ers.'
The court held that it was not shown
shat the "owners" had knowledge of the
maintenance of the nuisance, but hereafter,
from this time on, it is to be presumed that
they must have knowledge, and no decision
would be made in this class OF cases until
the matter had been decided by the Sup.
RENE court in the St. Johnsbury cases.
The court therefore ordered injunctions
in all the cases to issue against the keepers,
including the Burlington Drug Company,
which stands like the rest OF the drug store
cases. y
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-06

A household necessity Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil Heals burns, cuts, wounds of
any sort; cures sore throat. Group, catarrh,
asthma; never fails.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-06
THR WEEKLY WASHING.
Much of the Labor Is Dispensed with
When 1t Is Properly
Done.

The weekly washing is problem that
eon4ronts every household, and va
rious are the devices and subterfuges
resorted to in order to lessen the labor.
Modern invention has been rife in pro-
ducing substitutes for the rubbing
board, but with Indifferent success, and
the older fashion of the rubbing board
remains. 1t was, indeed, itself a great
invention in its time, taking out the
dirt. Before the pounding barrel was
invented this was done in primitive
times between stones, as the washer
women Of South America and other
countries still wash their clothes.
Those who have put out washing in
foreign countries where such methods
prevail will testify to the destructive
ness of the process. 1t is only second in
its injurious effects on clothes to the
various alkali washing fluids used to
bleach out the dirt in more civilized
lands. The various picturesque wash
erwomen of history, who even won the
hearts of monarchs while engaged in
humble toll, were no doubt pounding
their clothes in this way in pretty coun-
try brooks, where formerly all the
washing was done.
The labor of washing consists large
ly in the cramped position which the
worker must assume in bending over
the rubbing board. The labor of rub
bling on the board is considerably less
ened and the position relieved by US
ing rather stiff brush TO scrub the
soiled edges and other places which it
was formerly supposed necessary to rub
with the hand. The use of the brush
also lessons the wear on clothes If
the clothes are thus thoroughly rubbed
the chief labor Of modern washing is
over, When a thoroughly good mod
ern soap is used the necessity of boil
ing clothes seems to be entirely done
away with. At most the laundress
scalds her clothes by pouring boiling
water over them. This assists in re-
moving the soapsuds. After this scald-
ing the clothes should be put through
at least three rinsing waters to remove
the last vestige of soapsuds before they
are blued. The most careful laundresses
have returned to the use of the old in
digo bag. 1t is a triAe more expensive
at first than the more convenient bot
tie blue" but much more satisfactory
IN the end If IL is carefully used. The
most important step in washing
clothes is the first one. Before clothes
are put in water they should always be
looked over and all fruit stains
extracted by pouring boiling water
over them. Other stains, such as ma
chine oil, that yields to cold water and
soap and are set by boiling water
should be properly treated. In this way
all stains should be removed each in
the proper way; then the most soiled
spots on the washing should be soaped
and the whole put to soak in clear cold
water until the next morning, when the
clothes are ready for rubbing, There
is no great labor in this work with mod
ern soap, and certainly none TO speak
of with abundance of water, modern
laundry and wringer. 1t is thus one
of the greatest bugbears of woman's
housework has vanished. - n. Y.
Weekly.