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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-12-31
Crushed Foot Made Whole,

Hancock, VT, Sept. 10, 1899. While
working drawing timber in 1894, l had
my foot so badly crushed under the
wheel of a loaded wagon that the
flesh was almost reduced to jelly,
and the doctor said my foot would
have to be amputated; but l would
not permit it, and the doctor dressed
the wound as best he could, after
which used nothing but Henry and.
Johnson's Arnica and Oil Liniment
until the foot was entirely cured, and
is now perfectly sound. 1t goes
without saying that l recommend
Arnica and Oil Linimeut to all my
friends. w. S. WHEELER, Blacksmith
@B~Ask your dealer for the House
hold Almanac for 1901, free
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-12-31
LIKE APPLES OF GOLD
AN APPROPRIATE WORD MAY DECIDE
ONES DESTINY.

Dr. TaimnGe Calls Attention to the
ROVER of Little Thin5S-The Door
OF Usefulness is Open TO AII-VaIue
? OF Sympathy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
PREcAoTIoN IN POWDER MILLS
Pocketiess Clothing for Employes and Trousers Must Not Be Turned gp

The danger buildings of powder not nail head or iron ia any shape is exposed, and the roofs are made slight, so as to give easy vent to ex- plosions The garments of the work CTS are pocketless, so that they cannot carry knives or matches, or indeed, anything, and are made of non-infiam- mable material. Even the buttons must not be made of metal. No one is allowed to go about with trousers turned up at the bottom, because grit is collected in that wa, and the mer- est hard speck of foreign matter in charge of gunpoWder is fraught with danger. The entrances to danger buildings are protected by boards placed edgewise, So that when the door is open nothing in the shape of dirt can work in. This also serves as check to any one who might thought lessly enter without having first re- moved his boots and put on the over alls that are kept just inside the door Doors are made to opea outward, so as to enable them to escape the more readily, and on the approach of thun- derstorm the works are stopped and the operatives repair to the different warehouses scattered over the 300 acres covered by these extensive works. Every week the machinery is inspected and the reports as tc it's condition are printed and filed. In the case of dan- ger building needing to be repaired it must first be washed out before d hammer or other iron tool is admitted to it. When artificial light Is required, as when working at night or in dull weather, the lights are kept outside, being placed on the window ledges. h the case of the works magazine, which is surrounded with water, no light of any kind is ever permitted near 1t. These are only few of the precau- tions against accidents at the works. They are sufficient, however, to show how lively must be the sense of dan ger. Men in powder houses usually have an arranged plan of escape in their minds and at the least unex- peeted noise have not hesitated to plunge into the canal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
How to Make a Fernery.

An uns1ghtly or dark corner of back yard or garden may, without much difficulty, be converted into quite an attractive spot by the construction of fernery. This can be done by re- moving the flags, if any, rearing them on edge as kind of border line, filling in behind with good garden soil, if leaf mold and sandy peat are not ob- tainable for mixing it. See that there is plenty of drainaee by placing thick layer of brokel stones or bricks at the bottom, then add the soil in the shape of gently sloping bank, stud ding it with rough stones (the rougher the better) from a sandstone quarry. In gathering wild ferns do not attempt to bring home large specimens. Be content with small plants with plenty of root. They will make a fair show in. themselves if properly attended to.
 Death Rate of Various Lands.
 From recent statistics it appears that the annual death rate in the United States is eighteen per one thousand; in Great Britain it is 19.4; Ireland, 182; France, 225; Germany, 24.4; Aus tria, 29.4; Hungary, 32.4. In Norway and Sweden it is less than eighteen. Out of one thousand deaths in the United States during the year. 100. .93 will be in January.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
THE CHILD'S MIND.
Let Him Look Into Every Phase of In-
 dustrial Life.

Expand the child's mind by showing from time to time scenes from all sides of life. Take him today to studios and let him see how pictures are made; next week to silk factories, to learn the poetry of labor, and afterward to a brick yard and an iron foundry, not forgetting the claims of great churches and monuments upon an elevating edu- cation. The attenuation of city and country is delightful stimulant. When travel is possible we should give the child glimpses of mountains and sights of the sea. and let him become ae- qua1nted with mountaineers and fisher men, even as he ought in town to know something Of the ways and thoughts of the workmen, so that he may come to feel sympathy with all sorts of people and understand the merit of labor. Experience of this kind is worth far more than theoriz- ing in school books. It is not particu- larly interesting to a child to read that he should be grateful to all the people who supply him with his daily com forts-to the farmer, the baker. the manufacturer and the builder. But when he sees how grain grows and is converted into flour; how furniture is wrought from blocks of wood and thread woven into cloth, the whole history of the objects about him is re- vealed. The different parts of life be- come connected and he gets a sense of the thread of harmony that runs through it all. And he has a moment of satisfaction, coming through a feeling of kinship with the world, which is more useful than gratitude upon general principles.-Florenc Hull Winterburn in the Woman's Home Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
 For Poor Children.

Richard Smith and his wife, of Phil adelphia, will erect building in that city designed to furnish shelter and play-rooms flor such children as may be brought there seeking recreation, by parents, guardians and other caretak- ers" The building is to be seventy-six by fifty-two feet, and is to contain a play-room for bad weather, reception and toilet rooms. room with cots for tired or sick children, 8 dispensary with trained nurse, diet kitchen and a room with mattresses on the floor for babies to tumble about in.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
HATS OF OUR ANCESTORS.
Changes That Have Taken Place in
 Manufacturing Headgear.

Speaking of the hat business. :. said veteran of the business to the local historian, most wonderful changes have taken place since 1850. Tn olden times soft felt and derby hats were not known, and it was as late as 1S43 when silk dress hats were first intro dueed in this country, this being French invention, and all silk plush used for hats in the world was. up to this time, made in France. When Kos auth came to America he introduced the soft felt hats, wearing one him. self. It did not take American hatters long to take up the idea, and in less than one year old and young Ameri- cans covered their heads with kossuth hats. They were in shape nearly the same as tourist hats now. only being trimmed up with nice, long ostrich plume. Along about 1858 an English tourist came along with the derby hat, and in very few years they became the general headgear in the country, and up to the present
 eta tho demand for soft hats and =z--g $ is nearly evenly divided. In those days all the best class of soft hats were imported from France, and stiff derbies from England. This, how ever, has taken a material change, as American hats are now sold in all parts of the globe, and it is a known fact that we produce the most tasty and best hats made Before the ar rival of Kossuth and the Enolish tO11r- ist, however, the Americans did not go bareheaded, but contented them selves with mapped otter and mapped beaver hats, for the more expensive, and the so-called scratch-up or brush hats for the cheaper. Brush or scratch up derive their name from the fact that nap was raised on them by means of stiff crush constructed of whale hones.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
Not Asking Sympathy.

T can't help feeling sorry for the farmer" said the young man who owes for summer board.
 "Why?" inquired Mr Corntossel, abruptly.
 why-er-because his back Is bent with toil"
 "Mebbe you're right. Me5be it's harder to bend your back with toll than it is to bend it riding a bicycle. And yet, I can't see but what it amounts to the same thing in the end" !" Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03

report on the precious stone indus- try of the Cnited States in the year 1898 has been issued by the Geological Survey. Some of it's salient features are: The finding of rock crystal at Mokelumne Hill, Cal. of such purity and size as to almost rival the Japan csc, and the successful cutting of these in the United States up to over seven inches in diameter; the increased out put of the Fergus county, Mont, sap phire mines and the yielding of fine blue gems up to two carats each, and the discovery of new locality where the stones are more varied in color than those of any known locality; the continued output of the new Mexican turquoise mines and the opening up of mines in Nevada; the finding of mag nifeent green and other eolored tour malines at Paris Hill, Me, and Had dam Neck, Conn.,; the increased sale of Australian opals; greater use of all the fancy or semi precious stones; the greater importation of uncut diamonds and the increase of the diamond cut ting industry in the United States; the unprecedented increase in the impor- tation of cut diamonds and the revival of the precious stone industry in the United States. The value of all the precious stones found in the United States in 1898 was S160,920, as com pared with $13G,675 in 1897.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
COST OF THE CUP DEFENDER.
Racing Yacht Has Cost a Handsome
 Fortune to Its Owners.


 A correspondent of the Army and Navy Journal having applied to it for information on the subject, that paper answers that the cost of the building of the Columbia has been variously estimated at from $100,000 to St50,000, and for the Shamrock at from S150 900 to $200 ,000. It then adds: A sum- mary of the cost of the Shamrock, based on estimates from various sources, is as follows: Construction and rig, S200,000; pay roll officers and men, including sailmakers and earpen- ters (eight men), for four months at average of $40, $f2, 2,S00; provisions for men and officers, at S5 week for eighteen weeks, s7,200; clothing for crew, $1.000; for dry-doeking twice, $500; tender at $50 a day, for sixty days, 5000; tugooat at $60 day, for sixty days, $3.61e; derrick and lighter services, $500; lighter for storage of spars for six weeks, $500; freight for spars and sails by steamer, $500; pas sage for thirty workmen, triggers, etc, $5, ,000; total, $242 GOO. If the special services of the designer, Mc. Fife, and of Sailmaker Ratsey, who came to this country, are charge against the ac- count, the sum would, of course, be so much augmented Recapitulation shows that the Erin and Shamrock represent a first cost of $725,000. The cost of running the Erin increases the expenses to $S75,000."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-03
Diamonds in Pretoria.

The area of the Pretoria diamond fields continues to be increased by discoveries in almost every direction, and the yield from the extensive wash is reported as highly encouraging, the yield from some of the mines for the first three months of the year ranging Ss high as 5000 earats.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08

ored admirer is being put through his
Irritation PAGES and pedal the automatic
piano playing machine when necessary.
OF course il stands to reason that
chaperon who fills to perfection oil these
requirements is something of a rare BIRD,
yet she remains the summer girls ideal,
while as a matter of fact chaperonaSe IN
this present year of grace threatens to he
practiced by specialists only. There is
for instance the golf mstron who knows
how to sit on a shady club house balcony
brew tea and mind dog and young man
at the same time that she effectually
keeps her eye on her charge by means of
a powerful field glass. Then there is the
yachting duenna and the coaching and nu-
tomoble cha peron, every one quite per-
feet in her own way and at a coast re-
sort these seasons one chaperon added to
her laureIs and possibly to the onerous du-
ties of her sister professionals by plung-
ing in and rescuing from the greedy waves
the pretty girl who was under her care
After all" remarked one handsome
matron who inquired anxiously whether
life saving would hereafter be one of the
requirements of a chaperon, "chaperonage
is not what it once was and there prom
of matrons this season unless the summer
girl and her young man follow the fashion
recently set at Newport and Bar Harbor
Of literally compromising with gift the
woman who is strong and brave enough to
undertake the difficulties and dangers
such a position entails"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
WHO METCALF is.
a Young Man Who Thinks a Great
Deal of Mr.. Bryan.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Il notice the press dispatches from
Kansas CITY are burdened with the name
of Mr.. R. L. Metcalf," said Mr.. Wing B
Allen of Nebraska, at the Arlington last
night. 1T is announced that he is Bryan's
personal friend: that he is the personal
representative of Mr.. Bryan in the con-
Vention; that he has held long-diStance
telephone conversations with Bryan at
Lincoln; in fact, it would appear that Mr..
Metcalf is the agency through which Mr..
Bryan is in control of the National Con-
vention of Democrats. In view of his sud
den prominence, it may interest your
readers to know who r. L. Metcalf is.
"Metcalf is nothing but boy; at least,
he was no hing but boy about ten years
ago, when I first knew him. 1t was in
1889, when Nebraska elected her last full
set of Republican officials. Young Met
calf came down to Lincoln, the state cap
ital, as a reporter for the Omha Bee. He
was very slight. about five feet five inches
in hight with mild gray eyes and blonde
hair. He wore a cowboy hat and dressed
very plainly. He looked to be about TWEEN
ty-one years of age, and If he drew $50
month as wages he was probably We
paid. Two years later, when the Populists
and the followers of other isms had over
thrown the Republicans and were in con-
troll of the Legislature, Metcalf bscane a
reformer and made his mark as a report
er for the Omaha World Herald in expos
ing official corruption, and as a leader OF
the unmanageabe farmer-legsator he
was great success.
He discovered William Jennings Bryan.
He doomed him first for Congress, and
later for anything in sight. Since then he
has talked Bryan, written Bryan, ana
preached Bryan. He induced Bryan to be
come a stockhoider in the Wor dHerald,
and later to pose as its editor. When b y
an was nominated for the presidency.
Metcan became the editor. Since then he
has had bur one motive in life-to elect
Bryan President. He is Bryan's most init
mate friend and adviser He has gone
with the Democratic leader everywhere
and comforted aided, and enthused him
when Bryan wou q no doubt have given
up the battle If William Jennings Bryan
should be elected President, do you tn nix
that young man would be likely to have
any influence over the destinies OF the
country"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
WANTED A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
This Advertisement Is the Outcome
of the New Tea Drinking Habit.

OF the New Tea drinking HuD1t.
New York, July Cuisines men are
not willing to admit it, but the fact re-
mains, that the employment of SO many
women clerks. cashiers. stenographers.
etc. In Offices has brought about many
curious social changes in the downtown
district.
For instance. one sees fewer masculine
feet hoisted on top of desks than of old
and hears much less strictly unscriptur-
al language.
But the most curious development,
probably, is the conflict between the tea
cup and the cocktail glass. with the odds
at present in favor of the former. Hyson
is crowding both Manhattan and Martini.
Afternoon tea is a far from unusual
thing now in business offices-especial-
~ among lawyers and literary men. To
brain workers tea is a sedative to over
excited nerves, and when the strain of
the day is over a hot cup of "Oolong" or
English Breakfast isn't half bad. IL
induces a sweet consciousness of inno-
cence and keeps one out of mischief.
For some time it has been the habit
of a man at the head of a big news
paper to have his pot of tea every after
noon at 4 o'clock. He uses a coquettish-
ly pretty china tea service brags of his
special blend of tea, and one of the office
boys fetches regularly a fresh supply OF
cream.
The process of brewing this tea is one
of great ceremony, and no matter what
happens, is never neglected. The small
japanned tea-caddy is in silver holder.
The silver tray is covered with a napkin
of Mexican drawn-work. The water is
boiled in shining brass kettle, and the
cups are fine and delicate as egg shells.
1t is brought into his office by a colored
attendant whereupon the great man meas
ures out just so many teaspoonfus mot
forgetting one for the poO, pours the prop
er quantity of water over the aromatic
leaves, and allows them to steep just so
many minutes by the watch. In solitary
state he drinks his customary number of
cups, and then prepares to leave his Of
flee for the day.
Contrasted with this idyllic picture is
the tea drinking in a very famous pub
fishing house. Here, as the clock strikes
T. the heads OF the departments. men and
women. congregate in one of the rooms.
ready for their social half hour Of gossip
and tea The equlpage here is not as
elegant as that of the great editors but
the women present give an agreeab BILE
me-likeness absent from the solitary
tea drinking.
The women take turns presiding at this
o'clock tea. The men sit around and
are waited upon, and they secretly enjoy
the sensation as men always do, and many
book has been made or annihilated at
these informal functions.
Here is a want notice. which appear
ed the other day in a morning paper:
'Wanted-A stenographer who can cook"
Evidently the tea movement is leading to
greater things. A typewritng machine
with an oil stove annex is a glittering pos
sibility in the business career of the new
woman OF the future
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
WHEN THEY ARE MARRIED.
Old Fashioned Bridal Customs That
May be Effectively Revived.

In England there are several wedding
customs peculiar to localities. At Stoke
Courey for example, a chain of flowers is
drawn across the street and the bridal
party are not allowed to pass on their
way home until the bridegroom has sat
isfed the demands of the holders for
money wherewith to drink the health of
the happy couple When the ropes of
flowers are held at several places the toll
mounts up to a considerable sum.
Silver sand Is spread on the pavement
in front of the BRIDES house after she has
set out for the church. The sand is ar
ranged In the form of wreaths of flowers,
half-moons and notices, and good wishes
for the brides happiness. Other houses
in the street are also similarly adorned,
and numerous flowers of sand and hearty
good wishes greet the bride on her return
10 her home. The origin of this is thus
explained King Canute after fording
brook. sat down to shake the sand out of
his shoes. While he was doing this
bridal party passed by, and he shook the
sand in front of them. wishing them JOY
and as many children as there were grains
of sand.
Mrs. Gasken wrote that when she was
married all the houses in the town were
sanded and these were the two fevorite
verses inscribed on the sand:
Long may they live.
Happy may they be.
Blest with content,
And from misfortune free"
Unpopular brides have chopped straw
scattered in front of their houses.
In Yorkshire. the home of so many old
customs which still linger, after we'd
ding is over, races are run in a field near
the church, the prize being ribbon pre-
scented by the bride. This ribbon is a
substitute for the brides garter, which
used to be taken off as she knelt at the
altar and offered as prize for the feetest
runner. Shooting the BRIDE is an Irish
custom. The bridal party are saluted
with shots from muskets and pistols in
every village through which, they pass.
This is supposed to drive away evil spirits.
Another custom is to pour hot water
on the door steps after a wedding. in or
der that other marriages may flow. The
idea seems to be 40 keep the threshold
warm for another BRIDE and not to sug-
gest any unpleasant prophecies with re-
gard to the future of the newly welded
pair.
On Taking Day" young men and maid
ems assembled in park the Sunday pre-
NLouS 10 the county lar anu SeAecteu SHelr
partners for that day. Many marriages
are said to follow. A lover is often re-
quired to pay his footing on commencing
counting. If he refuses to do so he gets
a dip into flour sack.
Friday evening is not considered a cor
rect time for courtship. The first person
spying a couple so engaged enters the
house, sezes a frying pan and beats on 1t
a tattoo. This arouses the neighbors, who
give a warm reception to the offending
couple.
When a lover is faithless the maiden
pricks the wedding finger, and with
the blood writes upon paper her own name
and that of the swain, underneath three
rings are formed, still with the blood.
Dig a hole IN the ground, bury the paper.
keeping the whole matter secret. This
is an unfailing charm.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
GRAY GOOSE TALES.
Gray Goose Camden, Tells About His
Marriage with Mrs. Goose.


If the ducklings and goslings and silly
geese have got through their sputtering
and clacking III begin my story. When 1
see how you go on all day long I wonder
if was ever as Eighty and foolish as the
most of you. In my young days no gos-
ling or duckling under year old was per-
mitted to state his or her ideas and put
on airs, and I can't get used to 1t.
1 am as you know, called Dandaddy
Gander. That is because l am the oldest
goose on the farm. AS near as l can
make out I'm ten years old and you may
guess that I've seen many changes in that
time. Bless you but when l came to this
place. only yellow Sosling and weak on
my legs, the farmer had only one child,
while now he has three sons and dauga-
ter. have seen Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years come and go ten times,
and If 1 should tell you of the number of
geese and ducks killed for those holidays
you'd look pretty serious for a day or
two. Let that pass. however while
tell you how ! found a wife and stole
goose at one and the same time.
When l was a year or more old be-
gan to look around for a mate. There
were only seven or eight of us then, and
the only goose without a mate was so
homely and ill-natured that I wouldn't
even speak to her when l could help IL.
1t looked as If should become an old