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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
WHAT A "PlKERu IS.
Full Directions For the Discovery of
This Sort of Individual.

l read n fable some time ago. 1t was
about "piker." But 1t seems to me that
the writer did not understand the nature
of the prehistoric but recently classified
piker. He says a pker is a man who
has all his goods in his show window.
The statement Is faulty In three respects.
A piker is on no occasion man, he has
no goods and no window.
A piker is a fellow who plays q two
call five sort Of a game and frequently
edges a nickel to change his luck. He is
the fellow who says, Put up for me-"
and along in the stretch of the same
breath reminds you that you are his debt
or In the sum of twenty odd cents.
adam was the first piker. He would
not steal the apple, but he very willingly
helped poor Eve to eat it, and it's a safe
bet he split the fruit)
He will regale you for hours with opin-
Ions formed upon Denver on a one day
stop over ticket. He gets a severe head
ache when he takes lady to a Euro
pean plan" restaurant. 1t is he from
whom you first learn that standing
room only" tickets to the opera company
are oil gone. He thoroughly enjoys a
week stand minstrel show with ladies
night" but honestly lacks conception of
classical music of high histrionic art. lie
can't see why he shouldn't be two time
winner when he entered the 2:20 class
with a straw collar and chain tugs.
A piker is a fellow who's been up
against tina; who's seen things-with
pa; who's been around some-around
home.
The fellow who is always waiting for
something to turn up is piker. He's
afraid to turn over rock looking for an
opportunity for fear that he might f
something injurious never once consider
ing the effectiveness of a rock under
such circumstances, nor does he figure
that he would at least he one rock ahead
There are pikers in every line of bust
ness and every place of pleasure. The
fellows who beat the water with fishing
pole and want to go home because fish
won't bite; who get the hack fever on
a rainy dance night; who tell you they'll
see you through; who Stag" it; who
drop in while you are doing the good
to q number Of friends at a soda fountain
and remind you Of something you wanted
to forget; who tell you that they don't
need the money just now; who wonder
how Jones lives and where Higgins gets
his money; who are conservative or com
mon, according to the financial thermom
eter; who lose n game of billiaJls and
tell you they did so purposely to Tighten
your EXPENSE who will borrow, but won't
lend in a game; who won't advertise. be
cause every one knows they are in bust
ness; who won't support the ball team
nor the churches-they are all pkers.
The first step which Identifies this indi
vidual is telling the teacher" next he
reveals your condolences; then he knocks
on you. A knocker is a mossback, and
mossbacks are pikers.-Kansas City Jour
nal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10

into the millions of little ducts or pipes
and give the sufferer the complexion of
daffodil; CHASTITY tint which means pre-
sent disorder and serious i'll health.
The bile poisons search out and attack
every weak spot there is about you. They
make rheumatism and govt, if you have
them, SO much worse that you often scream
with added agony. They increase and in
tensify kidney and bladder troubles. They
kill the appetite and spoil the digestion.
They make the head ache and destroy the
action of the heart. They depress the
spirits and cast the gloom of premature
night over life's brightest day. A bilious
man may possibly be a Christian but he
cannot be happy.
The sure cure for all liver and bilious
disorders is Calcura Solvent, the new medi-
cine, preparedby the well known physician,
DR.. David Kennedy. Calcura Solvent is
for sale by all druggists at 81 bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
Saved by n Trick,

"The funniest thing ever saw happen.
ed to young man in Arkansas. He was
fresh in politics and was making his first
run for the state legislature. He was
running against a man who had been
there for two terms consecutively. AT
one of the meetings the young man ac'
cused his opponent of supporting meas.
ure that was very distasteful to the con.
stituents of the county. And he said
grabbing the house journal on the table
before him, Il have the record on the gen
tleman and can prove what l say Il
deny it, said his opponent, and l assert
that the gentleman can find no such rec
ord in the journal The young man
laughed and began to turn over the
pages. He fooled and fumbled for some
time and became very much embarrass-
ed. He never found the record, and as
this incident was on the eve of the cam.
paign he could not recover from the mis-
take.
"After the election was over it develop
ed that the old stager in politics had
while fooling with the journal on the
night of the meeting torn out the three
leaves which contained the Objectionable
part of the record and the trick saved
him."-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
COMING INTO TOWN.
Many Early RIsers See the Circus
Unload. One OF the Best
Parts OF the Show.

It is probable that more requests were left
in the city for early calls Friday morning
than at any one time during the past year
The American public get es much enjoy.
ment out Of witnessing the unloading OF
the circus paraphernalia aud setting up the
tents as from the performance itself. The
highw Us and by-wsys bordering on the
circus grounds swarmed with sight seers at
an early honr. Three long trains bore the
circus from Burlington to this city, the first
arriving at about four O'Clock. Even at
this early hour several booths had been
erected and were doing business along
Langdon avenue. The circus Is the "same
old thing, nothing new," but by the time
the parade was formed the city streets were
thronged with people from the outlying
districts who we're not to be deferred from
this annual pleasure by the threatening as
pect OF the weather In the early morning.
Good order existed and was made impere'
tive by the presence of an increased police
force. The pink lemonade man and the
girl in the white dress, with the pink sash,
holding hands, were just as popular as in
years past
The street parade was we'll up to previous
events OF the kind, comprising cavalcades
OF men and women ri iers gaily capar-
isoned, gilded chariots, wild beasts In open
cages, elephants, "the hairy scary DON'T"
etc. Four bands made the air vocal and q
steam cslliope dispensed heroic music
clown band diverted the crowds with rag.
time airs on battered and antiqusted instru.
ments.
Two hundred and twenty-five horses were
in the procession. The "hsyseed" clown,
in a dogcsrt, drawn by a diminutive dom
key, created the usual sensation by his in.
reference with the parade, raising the old
laugh over the old ruse. A special Coop
came near making break at the head OF
State street by arresting the fellow, but
Officer Wood saved his comrade the en-
barrsssment. He had himself been caught
on the same string few years ago by pull
ing his prototype from his wagon. Tho
officer got the laugh and the clown the S2t
prize offered to him by his employers as q
reward for each occasion he succeeded In
getting arrested.
After the parade the crowd. ipcree sing
with the arrival Of every train, wendell its
way to the circus grounds to see the free
show and other side attractions There are
more people in town today than have been
present at any circus In years, 1t Ia said, and
the day turns out to be one OF comparative
comfort for visitors and showmen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
Dog and Kitten.

A correspondent sends to the London
Spectator the following anecdote:
The servant man Of family took kit
ten to a pond with the intention Of drown
ing it. His masters dog went with him,
and when the kitten was thrown into the
water the dog sprang in and brought it
back to land.
A second time the man threw it in. and
again the dog rescued it, and when for
the third time the servant tried to drown
II the dog, as resolute to save the little
helpless life as the man was to destroy it.
swan with 1t to the other side Of the
pool, ran all the way home with it and
deposited it before the kitchen fire.
From that time the dog kept constant
watch over the kitten. The two were in
separable. even sharing the same bed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
CONCERNING DIRT.

What Is 1t and How to Get Rid of 1t.
House Cleaning without Soap or Water,
Not only the desire to be comfortable, but
the need of being healthy, obliges us to
make a constant fight against dirt.
Now, the human body is like house.
with this difference. The body takes itself
down and builds itself up continuously. AS
fast as the materials composing it are worn
out, nature tries to remove them imme-
diately.
A torpid or incompetent liver fails to
take the bile acids from the blood and to
expel them from the body by way of the
bowels. 1t leaves them in the blood and
tissues and there they are dirt, they are
filth. They discolor the skin; they make
mischief wherever they 60. They crowd
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
BEFORE NIGHT.

II IL the hour when faints the long gold day,
That hour when all the spent world sigbs u
rest,
The low wind sleeps, the lilies idly sway
And drops the bee into the roses breast.
Now the last weary swallow wheels on high,
A fash Of silver on the rosy light;
Boon the first star shall CLEAN in the still sky
And earth be clasped by the cool arms Of night
Now the round notes Of restless birds are dead,
Peace on the scented land and shimmering sea;
Now sorrow fades as fades the sunset red,
And with the tender night comes peace to mel
Eleanor Norton in Harpers Magazine
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT.

case of Capital Granite Company against
Charles G, Gloekler. The defence desired
little more time and the court took a re-
cess until Monday afternoon at two
o'clock. All the jurors were excused until
that time.
The case of State against Johnson, the
Planfield liquor agent, for mslfesssnce in
office, is set TO follow the case now on trial.
JS. Viles against the Barre & Montpelier
Traction and Power Company, is assigned
to follow [ he State case.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
THE FOURTH In TOWN.

The Fourth as observed in this city was
remarkable for its Sabbath quietness. The
night before there was the customary I'M
bottling OF corked up patriotism on the
part OF young America. The tin horn, tin
pans, fire crackers and other things neces-
sary we're mixed in the usual proportions to
make the night hideous, During the day
however, everything wss quiet, the best OF
order prevailing In the evening modest
but pretty displ US OF fireworks we're made
by private individuals in different parts OF
citv
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
THE OTHER WAY.


started on the Way Of Life, ~.
And II was broad and fair,
And wickedness was carried on
In spired temples there,
And over every arching door
That led to shame and sin
Were carved the Words IT'S free for all
Who care to enter in.
And Grace and Virtue darkly hid
In foul, forbidding lanes,
Where doors were locked and curtains drawn
Across the gilded panes
And they that sought to enter there
We're called upon to pay,
And preachers at the corners cried
To men to keep away.
And as journeyed there l saw
That where the doors were wide
Few sought the wicked pleasures that
Were free to them inside,
But everywhere were skulking men
Who went to kneel before
Sweet Grace and Virtue where they sat
Behind the guarded door.
s. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
THE FOURTH ABROAD.

LONDON, July olive hundred per-
sons attended the banquet OF the Amer
lean society in London last night. 1t
was remarkable gathering. Across
the upper end OF the great ball and in
terspersed between the members of the
United States embassy and prominent
Americans sat members OF parliament
and representatives of Great Britain's
colonies.
The chairman toasted King Edward,
the toast meeting with warm response
from the audience who sang the Brit
ish national anthem.
DIR. Joseph Parker, minister of the
city temple, who proposed the toast TO
President Mckinley, said in the course
of his speech:
"Despite the traditional prejudice,
which happily has been weakening dur
ing the past century, it is now we'll
recognized that no other nation can
sustain the relation to Great Britain
which the United States now holds,
aud, fortunately for the world, Great
Britain and the United States now hold
the worlds peace in the hollow OF theil
hands"
Three cheers were given for Presi.
dent Mckinley, and these were thrice
repeated, after which an additional
three was given for Old Glory.
Mr.. Choate, the American ambassa.
dor, reminded his British hearers tha
at the inception of the American repub
lie the best parliamentary friends and
defenders Of the struggling colonies
Chatham, Burke aud Fox, enunciateC
principals that had ever since aideC
Great Britain in dealing with her col
onies.
PARIS, July 5.-The annual banque,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
Can Tell Something.
Colebrook, N. H., Ap

Oolebrook N. H., April 1S. 1901.
can tell you something but am not at
liberty to mention names. A gentleman
who boards in our family sprained his an
kle badly, A friend came to see him who
was using Arnics and Oil Eminent for
rheumatism, and had bottle in his pocket,
He recommended the Liniment so highly
that our bosrder procured some and used 1t
and now his ankle Ia as well as ever. We
all know the Arnics and OIL Liniment is
good.
E.F. LEWIS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
Frienda No Longer.

81 cut his acquaintance" she remark
ed, because he paid such poor compli-
ment to my taste and judgment"
What did he do?"
He wanted me to marry him. "-Phil-
adelphia Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10

III owe my whole life to Burdock Blood
Bitters. Scrofulous sores covered my
body. 1 seemed beyond cure. r. B. B. has
made me perfectly we'll woman" Mrs.
CHARLES Hutton, Berville, Mich.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10

A househ, Id nee ssity. DIR. Thomas Ec-
lee rio OIL. Heals bur 8, cuts, wounds of
any sort; cures sore throat, Group, catsrI h,
asthma; never fails.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10

DR. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sam
pie free Add. sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or MY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-10
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
VITAL WEAKNESS

and PrOstration from Over
work or other causes.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific
No. 20, in use over 40 years, the only
successful remedy.
81 per vial or special package with powder, for S.
Sold by Druggists, sent postpaid receipt OF price.
HUMPHREYS MED. co., Cor william John Sta, New York
The broad ax., 1901-08-10
SABBATH THOUGHTS.

Home is the truest interpreter oI
life. What one is AZ home is what be
VIII be in eternity. There character
reveals itself. and the real man Is az
he seems.-Presbyterian.
He Who contracts debts which be
knows he cannot pay is just as dis
honest and less honorable than the
highwayman who holds up citizens on
street corners.-Catkolie Universe.
The song Of the whip-poor-will out
OF the darkness Of the evening twilight
Is sweeter than the song OF the robin In
the early dawn The sweetest of all
songs is the song in the night-Lyman
Abbott, D. D.
There are some lessons which can
only be learned in the Garden and be-
meath the shadow OF the Cross. The
most deeply taught Christians are
generally those who have been brought
into the searching fires OF deep soul
snguish.-Rev. +. B Meyer
/ ind the greatest thing in this
world Is, not so much where We stand
e. In what direction we are moving.
To reach the port Of heaven we must
sail sometimes with the wind and
sometimes against it-but we must
sail. and not drift-nor lie at anchor
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The broad ax., 1901-08-10
Rsasoa to D. N.rvouL

A nitrOglycerin factory stands near
the city Of Marion, and its dangerous
product Is carried through the streets
Of Marion, whenever Il can find a mar
ket As a consequence, the timld-mind-
edpeopleof that community are dread
ing lest some day an electric car come
In contact with a nitroglyeerine car
90, after which the Mississinewa river
win turn aside from its course long
enough TO an. a great, Jagged hole.
and then resume its hoW, while the
city Of Marion win be wiped on the
map. This q cheerful view Of the fu-
ture confronting these timid people.
and 1t is causing the local press 70 rise
up and demand a quarantine. There
have been frequent explosions Of this
substance in the gas bait and of re-
gions Of Indiana, and the city Of Mex
rion has cause 70 feel somewhat ner-
vous when a big load goes joltIng
through the streets.-Indianapolis
NoWR
The broad ax., 1901-08-10
TERsELY TOLD.

Montreal has over a hundred miles
Of electric road.
Belgium, according to the census
lust taken. has s.SOO,OOO inhabitants.
This weather is what the lamented
General Sherman described war to be-
The average weight OF wool from a
sleeps fleece is Eve and one-half
pounds.
Munich's Red Cross hospital has for
a visiting surgeon the crown prince Of
Bavaria.
The number Of Protestant Chris
tians in India and Ceylon has in If
teen years grown from 44s.7sO to $751;
64I.
The Earl OF seaheld holds Great
Britafn's record as tree planter, with
eo.000.e00 trees planted on 10000 acres
in InveTness-shire
Edward VII wants a higher title
than king Why not call him high, low,
Jack and the game and be done with
dt.-Atlanta Journal.
The plan Of having a session OF the
legislature once in four years has been
seriously considered by the constitu-
tional convention in Virginia.
King Edward has established a new
decoration. the Conspicuous Service
Silver Cross, for warrant ohicers and
subordinate ofacers in the army.
King Alfonso XIII is rapidly ap-
preaching his legal majority. He has
been allowed to see in state his FIRST
bull tight which interested him keenly.
The only difference between the man
Who thinks women can't fool him and
the nan who knows they can Is that
be gets fooled a little oftener.-New
York Press.
The broad ax., 1901-08-10

Doa4 feed 3 year-oid BABY sausf
Don't take the baby cut In ne hea.
oi the day simply because you want e
rslzte q choice bit az gossip to Mrs.
Longt0ngue,
Don't take the little one to the
matinee and let him melt away ounce
~ ounce while be makes life miser-
able for those in the vicinity.
Don't sandwich baby and baby car
rage into a mob simply because you
want 70 set q glimpse at a street par
ads.
Don't dress the little one as though
be were a member OF polar expetli-
tion.
Here are 4 few things which you
ought to do:
Give the little one three or four
baths a day.
Give him nothing stronger than milk
(if he Is under year eld).
Take on nearly al his clothes, put
him in the coolest place in the house,
and watch him kick his heels in the
air.
Put his crib in the ARREST part Of the
house and put him to sleep at s
O'Clock.
Take him for his outing in the cool
OF the evening.
Put his comfort first In all things;
that's what your mother did for you
Give the little fellow a show, Babies
were born to live. Because so many
die is because of ill-informed mothers.
The baby Is a small edition Of your
self He is subject to the same laws.
He's human. Use a little horse-sense
and the baby viii get along all right
10 matter how hot 1t is.
The broad ax., 1901-08-10
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Nearly 10 per cent Of the recipients
Of the Victoria Cross are military doc
tors.
It Is estimated that the men Of Grea,
Britain spend R25O.OO0 a year on silk
hats.
The total output Of copper in 1900
vas 4se.os4 tons. against 42I21l in
The population Of the German en-
pire- includes 100000 who use the
Polish language.
frances new prison, at Fresnes.
some eight miles from Paris, Is the
larcel IN the world.
There have been 2.lo0 explosions IN
coal mines in the last hfty years, In
volTing loss Of $500 lives.
Abyssinia was converted 10 Christi
entity ia the fourth century. The eoun-
cry has now over 1900 monks
Holland has 1t.I0o wlndmIlls. each
Of which drains go acies Of land, AZ an
average cost Of 3 cents an acre a year.
The last pine grove IN AlIegany
county. New York, consisting Of 900
trees. has just been sold to q lumber
man for $500 Some Of the trees are
I'VE fsst N diameter and 800 years
cd.
The broad ax., 1901-08-10


Mixed metaphoF-pmehtaor.
there IS nothing rocky about the
cradle 81 liberty
Tae temperance Grafton is not necss-
sarily 3 dIy speech.
me heir Who aghts FOR his rights
q fighting Tor what another's left.
Love letters may NOS Be legal docu.
msutz. but they chronicle court pro-
cesfInss
TIE orchestra conductor should new
er Get - front 81 more musicians tan
- can shake a sIick a.
How e L that a bad beginning
makes good ending" when Il Is q
-'dT thar eets them bolhf
suppose thought TIE fher-
monster. 4that this changeable Esath-
q makes ne look aAccted7
Az ne asaEho-e swimming Is fash-
lonabie. therelore. % Be "a fzshion
you mugt Be Fin me swim
lthy lncrs Is d good name Tor
e perhups bat its something cl
H1'eh We don't care 60 wash oar
Aands.-Fhladelphia Bufetn.
The broad ax., 1901-08-10
PERSONALS.

Sir John Ramsden Is the richest Of
al English baTonets. His income &
estimated to foot up $4,000 a year.
The empress Of Russia operates a
typewriter and assists her husband b.
taking down many Of his letters from
dictatIon.
chekib Beg, the new Turkish min
lister 70 this country. Is a keen-golng
sportsman and extensive breeder Of
thoroughbred horses, in which he
takes q great interest
Oliver Stevens Of Boston has been
the county district attorney for twsn-
ty-seFen consecutive years. He is
democrat. but has been twice releleet.
ed By the republicans.
John ". Gates. the steel wire mar
nate. IS probably one Of the best ANA
tsuf Billiard players IN the country.
he is very fond Of the game and PLAYA
i nearly every evening.
II TIE performance q her duty ia
Hathaway. q nurse It tie Hartford
hospital. contracted ophthalmla from
q child patient and became blind.
Hartford people have raised q fund q
5000 fer her support