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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29
DUN M ERSTON.

The meeting of the town auditors
will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 10, just
one year from the time of meeting in
1903.
About eight inches of snow fell on
Tuesday afternoon ana evening and great
ly interfered with attendance at the
meeting of the state board of agriculture
held here next day
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29
Kidney and Liver Trouble

UIey commonly go together) attack the
t t"n III thelr palaces the poor in their
tenements, the lawyer, the doctor ~
Judge the preacher, the woman AT her
housework, the sailor on the sea IN.
DaNld Kennedy prepared his new med
iclhe' Cal-cura Solvent, to cure it, and
IL does Write to the Cal-cura companv
leonuput ~ Y, for free booklet and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29
GUIlEORD.

Miss Annie Jacobs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Jacobs of this town, was
married in Brattleboro, Jan. "a, to Rupert
Wardner of Brattleboro Mr. Wardner is
employed in j. +. Manns dry goods store
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29

There are many forms of nervous de-
bility in men that yield to the use of Car
ter's Iron Fills Those who are troubled
win nervous weakness, night sweats, etc,
should try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29

What is the price OF Dobbin's ELECTRIC
soap?"
six cents bar, full size, reduced from
ten"
why that's the price of common
brown SOAP Send me a box l can't
AFFORD to buy any other soap after this
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29

Derangement of the liver, with con-
stlpation' Injuries the complexion, induce
plmples, sallow skin. Remove the cause by
using carriers Little Liver Pills. One a
dose. Try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29

DEANS Rheumatic Pills absolutely cure
rheumatism and Neuralgia. Vegetable. Safe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29

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peen tar sighted. strong
end wise president.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

Graham Pudding-Melt one-fourth
cup of butter; add half cup of mo
lasses, one egg, half cup of milk:
put in bowl one and one-half tea
spoonful of sifted graham -four, half
a teaspoonful of soda. one teaspoonful
of salt. one cup of raisins seeded, and
cut in pieces; turn into buttered
mould; cover and steam two and one
half hours; serve with sauce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
NAMES OF FABRICS.

1t Is an interesting study to discover
the origin of the name from which the
articles of clothing with which we COW
er ourselves comes. Many of the fab
RIGS worn by women are named for
the place in which they are manufact-
ured, or perhaps the maker is espec-
tally patriotic and christens his hand
iwork afte rthe town of his nativity
Others go still further andl abel their
own wares with their surname.
For instance, the name damask
comes from Damascus, while satin IL
a corruption of layton, a town in
China
Cambria is an abbreviation of Cam
bral, and gauze from gaze; baize from
Bajae; dimity from Dimietta, and
jeans, the old fashioned jeans, comes
from Jean.
Calico is named from Calicut. in In
dia, where 1t was first printed. Vel
vet is from Italian 'vellvute," mean
ing woody, or from the Latin vellus. a
hide or pelt.
Serge comes from Xerga, the Span
ish for a particular kind of blanket.
The name blanket was from Thomas
Blanket, the famous English clothier.
who was influential in the introduc-
ton of wooden into England in the
fourteenth century.
Bandana comes from an Indian
word meaning to bind, or to tie, and
the Indians in the West wore this
headdress long before the negroes of
the South.
Shawl is from the Sanscrit. sala,
which means floor. They were used
as carpet tapestry long before women
wore them as adornment or for
warmth.-New York American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Elephants on the STAGE.

Elephants have been used as ad-
juncts to stage pageants, as acces-
series to dramatic effects, and there
have been trained elephants in me-
nageries and circuses, but it has re-
manned for the Hippodrome people OF
London, England, to use these great
beasts as part of the list of characters
in melodrama.
The piece in which the elephants
appear is entitled 1.-THE Golden Prin.
cess and the Elephant Hunters" and
was written in collaboration by Ru.
dolph de Cordova and Mrs. Alicia
Ramsay. There are all sorts of ex-
citing scenes in the play, and the eli
max is reached when fifteen ele.
plants, each weighing over three
tons, in order to escape from their
pursuing hunters, plunge over river
bank into the waters below.
AS may be imagined, the splash
made by forty-ive tons of elephan-
tine flesh is prodigious, and so is the
effect on the audience. The river
scene is produced by a gigantic tank
set up in the floor of the Hippodrome
and surrounded by tropical growths.
while a peep behind the scenes shows
an inclined plane leading up to a
chute set at an angle of forty-five de-
grees and also masked with verdure.
The elephants are driven up the in
clined plane. whose only outlet is the
chute. and down this they have been
trained to intrust themselves and
slide. 1t is. of course. shooting the
chutes" on a gigantic scale. but is
none the less startling innovation
in melodrama-New York American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
WHY ORANGE BLOSSOMS?

For many centuries the recognized
thing for a birdie has been a wreath
of orange blossoms. The question is
the fact that in many countries the
orange blossom is entirely tabooed.
The German bride wears myrtle; the
girl of the Black Forest takes the
aower of the hawthorn-when she can
get it. The brides of Italy and the
French provinces of Switzerland use
white roses. Spanish brides go in for
pinks, carnations and red roses. In
Norway, Sweden and Servia the bridal
crown is of silver; in Bavaria and ST.
lesia glass, pearls and gold wire are
used; in the island of Greece, vine
leaves; in Bohemia, rosemary and so
on.
The Roman bridal wreath was of
verbena. Holly wreaths were sent as
tokens of congratulation, and wreaths
of parsley and rue were given under
the idea that they were the best pre-
ventiyes against an influence of evil
spirits. Why, then, the orange bios
som wreath? asks Woman's Life.
There is widely spread notion that
1t was adopted as an emblem of fruit
fulness, but there is doubt as to
whether this notion is well founded
The practice of wearing the orange
blossom has been derived from the
Saracens, among whom the particular
blossom was regarded as a symbol of
prosperous marriage. a circumstance
which is partly to be accounted for
by the fact that in the east the orange
tree bears ripe fruit and blossoms at
the same time. You will also read
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
$3.50 - BITS or - go
y 4 FEr\lNlNTYi 4;
49, Az SGaAss

Gorgeous corsets are on sale, made
of colored brocades. Three pair OF
elastics are sold with them.
Velvet and ermine are extremely
beautiful when combined.
A fancy of the moment is the Juliet
cap which the Parisians are adopting.
1t is pretty fashion to a youthful and
attractive face, but very trying to
others.
Braiding is apparently to have an
extraordinary vogue.
Dotted and sprigged effects in the
sheer silk and wool stuffs are to be
very fashionable.
Small plaids, particularly in the
blues and greens. promise to be a
leading material for the spring sea.
son.
The foulards will continue their
reign this summer.
While silk braid continues to be
used, gold braid is far more popular
but is chiefly confined to the coats
and is only occasionally seen upon
the skirts of suits.
The military mode of trimming
amounts to craze this spring and is
very effectively carried out by the
lew designs in separate motifs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
CRUSHED VIOLET GOWNS.

A favorite material for outdoor wear
s crushed velvet. This is velvet
which has been crushed, literally
crushed. When in its crushed state
is made up into whole gowns and
8 worn almost without other trlm-
ming.
The woman who wants to make ner-
self a crushed velvet gown, and VINO
loes not want to go to the troupie
md cost of buying the velvet, can
perhaps. do very nicely at home with
he materials on hand. She can make
,erself a crushed velvet suit that WIZ
rival anything she may see in tne
shops.
The manufacturers, in making this
velvet, wet it by special machinery
provided for the purpose, after which
hey crush it with other machinery
Ind finally stretch it out to dry.
But the amateur who wants to maze
Ter own crushed velvet can do so n
very simple fashion. Take the VELVET
and dip it in tub of water: Now
lake and wiring it around in the hands,
.wist it and wiring it, and keep on
Visiting it until all the water is
visited out of it. Then take the velvet
and pin it down upon something to
Try, but be careful not to raise the
lap. IT must dry in its crushed state.
Milliners and dressmakers who want
% quickly crush a quantity of velvet
will take it and wet it. Then they
will throw it over great hook in the
wall, just as candy maker throws
his candy over hook. They will
then take the ends and twist them
and twist them and keep on twisting
until it seems as Though every fibre
were broken in the velvet The whole
IS teen shaken out and dried.
If properly Crushed the velvet will
have the appearance of baby lamb and
will be particularly smart for the sea-
sons fashions. Panne velvet, on the
other hand, is made in an amateur
way by wetting the velvet we'll and
then ironing it until it lies fiat. This
gives a very good imitation of panne.
They make also miroir velvet, but
this is made by wetting the velvet and
ironing it on the wrong side. The
result is the half crushed velvet which
is called miroir.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Our Double Selves

In form of experience which is
almost as common as ordinary dream.
ing we see that the semi-somnolent
self possesses a faculty not always
given to the waking self. Compared
with my own waking self, for in
stance, my half-sleep self is almost
a personality of genius. He can Gre
ate visions that the waking self can
remember but cannot originate and
cannot trace to any memory of wax
ing impressions. These apparently
trivial things thus point to the ex-
istence of almost wholly submerged
potentialities in a mind so everyday.
commonplace and, so to speak. su.
perficial as mine.-Andrew Lang. IN
"Voice of Ioanna dare"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

face and picked up lantern that
swung steaming from the rail. Rails.
ing it up ne scanned the faces that
surrounded him. Slowly the lantern
fell with his arm. He threw out his
hand and caught the lever of the tel
egraph. With jerk he threw it back
and then forward to full speed ahead
The clang of the bell came up from
the half drowned engine room and
tinkled, fading echo, in the fog
San Francisco Argonaut
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
California Oranges in italy.

Two hundred and fifty cases of
small orange trees, of the variety
known as Washington navel. have ar
rived at Naples from Saint Dinas
tSouthern California;. They were or
dered by the Italian government for
the purpose of being sent to the agri
cultural institutes in Sicily and to the
Royal Villa at Castelporziano. near
Rome. in order that experiments may
be made in their cultivation and an
opportunity given of studying the
question of introducing that variety
OF orange in large quantities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
ROBBED A WOLF OF HIS PREY.
Lumber Clerk Sees the End Of the
Brute's Chase for a Deer.

While travelling along the Ouita
cougar Lake, in the Northern pine
country, writes the Lachine (Canada)
correspondent of the New York Sun.
Oscar White, clerk employed by a
lumber firm, saw the method and the
end of murderous deer hunt.
At right angles to the provision
road on which he was travelling ran
the well-beaten way along which the
saw, logs were drawn to the river
side. Down this icy track came a
beautiful deer, followed by single
gaunt gray timber wolf.
The deer would bound along for a
few score yards at an amazing rate
OF speed, and then stop to listen and
iCnk about, whereas the tiraless pur.
suer kept up the same steady pace
in the nest confident and business,
like manner.
When about a quarter of a mile
from the side of the lake the deer
slackened his pace to a trot before
coming to a dead stop. The crafty
wolf had made q tremendous squirt.
The deer seemed neither to see nor
hear it's pursuer, owing perhaps to
winding of the road and to the fact
that the wind was dead against it.
In an instant the wolf seemed to
spring some dozen feet or SO through
the air and fasten upon the deer's
flank. A moments gallant struggle
and the deer was dragged down and
its butcher was devouring its hind
quarters without waiting TO destroy
it's life,
White had reached the intersection
of the roads just before this, and
rushed his horses to the scene. He
was without firearms. but the wolf
sneaked off on one side through the
snow from the still breathing body
as the team approached. With
blow of his axe White put the suffer
ing creature out of it's pain. Then he
managed to drag the carcass on to
his sleigh.
The wolf, which was squatting dog
fashion within ten yards of him, lift
ed up it's ugly muzzle and set up a
tremendous howl as White did this.
but made no attempt to come to close
quarters with him. White, enranged
at the impudence of the brute, swung
his axe around his head and let it
fly at the wolf. His aim was true,
but the wolf was wary and lodged in
time, although the axe handle struck
its hind leg with sufficient force to
send it away yelping.
After recovering his weapon the
man went on his way. The wolf paus-
ed long enough to devour the blood
covered snow where the deer had
fallen and then made after the sleigh,
which he followed, jogging along like
coach dog, until the depot buildings
were reached. Then he sat down and
for ten minutes gave vent to his in
jured feelings in a series Of hcwls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

that the flower was introduced into
the wedding customs of our country
by French millinery, having been Sc
lected for its beauty rather than fol
any symbolical reason.
LET THE CHILDREN HAVE PETS
Nearly all children love animals
and should be allowed to have one
of some kind for pet wherever pos
sible. One of the hardest things tc
exercise in the bringing up of chill
dren is foresight, and yet it is the
most important and imperative of ne
cessities in the mother who consciene
tiously tries to do her duty. How of
ten do you hear: "Oh, what's the use:
We may all be dead year from now!'
| This is both true and trite, yet is
more pernicious mode of reasoning. A
child who cares for helpless kitten
is unconsciously fostering the instinct
of motherhood. The fact that he OF
she is needful to the little creature
produces the same glow which we
experience in after life when we min
lister to the wants of the tiny little
toddlers who have not yet learned tc
do for themselves. Seldom will
child forget 70 feed pet if he is once
given the responsibility, all of which
cultivates thoughtfulness and diverts
from self. They do not know that
the sweetest thing in life is to be
needed, that we need to be needed
above all else, but we know and should
not rob them of this keenest and
most innocent of pleasures. Instead
Of enumerating the disadvantages and
drawbacks of having cat or dog
around the house when the desire is
wistfully expressed by the little folks
look ahead and remember that you
are here given the opportunity of
planting tine seed of better, stronger
and more unselfish solicitude for the
care of those little human pets with.
out which no life is fully lived.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
AUTOGRAPH TABLECLoTHs.

An autograph" tablecloth is the
latest craze. You go about owning 1t
in this wise:
Take a fine linen cloth-an after.
neon tea cloth is a good size-and
present it to your intimate friends
when they call. together with lead
pencil and the request that they write
their names on the linen. Then en-
broider the autographs in outline with
silks, either white or in different col
ors, occasionally varying the monot-
ony by spray of flowers.
This device is quaint record of
ones friends. Probably it is the fur
Their evolution of the Autograph
quilt"
Some people go in for the auto
graphs of dramatic or literary celeb
rites. but those of ones friends are
so much more easily obtained that
this scheme is the most popular.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
SOMETHING NEW IN GLOVES.

There is not only a new glove this
For some time the tailor made smart
girl has been wearing her glove unbut'
toned and with the top part turned
over, showing the lining. There mas
been nothing particularly attractive
about this method of wearing glove
until right now. But the new glove
has been purposely made to be worn
with its top turned over. The upper
part of the glove which turns over
in a cuff is lined with either black
kid or some attractive shade which
harmonizes we'll with the gloves col
oring. If the smart girl would wear
her glove with the upper part turned
over, then the manufacturer decided
that that portion of the glove should
add to, rather than detract from, the
gloves style. The turnover cuff now
matches in color the stitching of the
glove, and the effect is extremely
smart. Many times, when the gloves
IRE made to order, the turnover cuff
portion matches some special color
note in the gown. With black cloth
costume having a touch of baby blue
at the collar and cuffs black gloves
are worn with the turnover cuff lined
with the same shade of delicate blue.
These gloves fasten with one big but
ton and are decided fad of the mo-
ment.-Woman's Home Companion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
TABLES TURNED.

TABLES TURNED.
{ have never been whaling where
the foaming pillows sweep;
{ have never cut the blubber from the
monster of the deep;
But I've tender recollections of those
days in boyhood's spring
When mother did the whaling and l
'NSe numbering.
The Tyre.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

Long engagements are rather ex-
pensive in Russia. An engaged man
is expected to lend a present. TO his
intended every day.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-26
Use. OF THE SHOE HORN. y
implement by No Means Devoted
Solely to the Pullinu on of Shoee,

Solely to the Pulling on of Shoes.
He would be but narrow minded
lfrson," said the salesman, "who
thought that the shoe horn was de-
voted solely to the pulling on of shoes.
why, have had persons come in
here who picked out shoe horn with
blade that would make it a con-
venient implement with which to eat
ice cream. They lived in a boarding.
house, maybe, where they hadn't any
spoons of their own, or not enough to
&C around, and where they might on
some occasion have friendly and ia
miliar guests and where they might
bring in ice cream
Lacking spoons enough, a nice
silver shoe horn of the right shape
isn't the unhandiest thing in the
world with which to eat ice cream,
by any means; and l suppose that
r1ore than one has been put to such
use.
And | have heard of such thing
as shoe horn being used to stir up
fudge, made in chafng dish And,
having no knife, what could you have
much handler than a nice thin -bladed
silver shoe horn for cutting up cake,
at an informal entertainment AMONG
frieLds?
"Oh, no. The shoe horn is inter J.
ed, primarily, no doubt, to be used in
pulling on shoes; but it is really put
lo many uses"
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-26
BOYS IDEA OF NERO,
Vot Entirely According to Teachings
of Historv

W. A-'e'ey ACCoru'n9 TO eachIn9S
of History.
Seven-year-old Franklin is one of
those bright and alert youngsters
whose fathers would like to tell all
about them if they dared, but who
fear the wrath of their fellows and
holo their peace. Franklin goes daily
to Camden school with his older
sister, who is in the eighth grade and
Enows a lot about ancient history
and things which make wonderful
stories for the lad to hear. She was
telling him the other day all about
wicked Nero, who fiddled while Rome
burned, and the boy was duly i'm
pressed. At dinner that night, in or
der to discover whether the knowl-
edge impaired had taken root, the Sis
ter asked the boy:
who did l tell you about to-day?"
Nero, readily replied the little
learner
Who was he?" was the next ques-
ton.
There was bit of hesitation, but
finally the answer came out with a
tWinkle
"Oh, he was bird.''
We'll, what did he do?"
Ate worms" was the unexpected
reply, which gave the tableful of din
ers something OF shiver.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-26
More Yard Room.

Where fowls are kept yarded they
do not often have the amount of yard
room that should be given them. On
our farms restrictions Of this kind are
not necessary, as land is worth too
small a price to make it necessary to
lessen the amount the fowls should
have. The small amount allotted to
the poultry is often due to the cost
of fencing. But the larger the yard
the less the cost of fencing. If no top
rail is used, four feet will be found
high enough for wire fence, if the
yard is of good size. The smaller the
yard the higher will the fence have to
be, as the smaller the yard the more
strenuously will the fowls try to get
out of it.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-26
Advantages of the AnqeIs.

A servant at Skibo castle, the resi-
dence in Scotland of Andrew Carne-
gic, one day called Mr. Carnegie's lit
lie daughter Margaret an angel. TO
tie nurse who was putting her to bed
that night she said seriously:
IF l am an angel, why don't / have
WiEgs?' adding "Perhaps 1 will have
when get to heaven" After a
thoughtful pause she inquired: !:
Nurse, do angels go to sleep?" The
attendant was unable to give the re-
quired information concerning the
habits of angels.
Il hope they do,'' said the little girl,
$50 that when I am an angel I can put
my head under my wing and go to-
sleep like a bird. New York Times.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-26
Model pairieS.

There are as yet few model dairies
in the country, but we believe that
more of them will come into existence
as the boards of health in the cities
press the Investigations that they are
making into the conditions of the
farms in the country that supply
milk. The Chicago inspectors have
been going out, as we have reported
in past issues of this paper, and they
have found good many dirty dairies
and few clean ones. Reports say
tat in other large cities the Boards
Of Health are taking the same steps.
Here and there they have found
dairies that were models in every par.
ticular. The barns were high and
dry. The light was abundant in the
stables. Cement was used wherever
possible and water was supplied to
every nook. The stables we're
washed out after each milking and
the COWS were kept in the ceanest
possible condition. Some of the own
ers of these dairies even insist that
the COWS be curried before each milk
ing, but most people will regard that
as perhaps unnecessary. Absolute
cleanliness does not require that un-
less the COWS are shedding their hair.
The appointments of model dairy
require that the ventilation of the
barns shall be of the best, and that
the windows be large enough and so
placed that light can reach to every
part of the building. The feed
troughs should be washed out daily.
The lack in this regard is one of the
causes of bad odors in the milk. On
out, and at every milking the scent
from them crosses the stream Of milk
that is falling into the pail. 1t later
reappears as a disagreeable taint in
the milk or butter.