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Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03
FEAR OF GERMAN INVASION
Not Warranted by Number of Kaissf's Subjects at Present Residing in
 South America.

German migration to South America, and especially to some of the southern states of Brazil, is periodically a cause of com. ment and concern to some who think they see therein sinister scheme of imperial conquest. For two or three strong reasons, says the New York Tribune, such fears seem to us to be not well founded. One such reason is that the number of Germans in Brazil Is not, after all, ominous. ly large. The total population of Brazil, according to the census of 1890, was 14,333,915. No later census returns are available, but careful estimates now place the total at more than 100000, of which number less than 3,O00,OO0 are Indians and negroes, leaving certainly more than 14.OO0,0O0 whites. Of these, in 1901, only 2,700,000 were immigrants, and of the latter number only 300,00O were Germans.
 The latest and highest esti. mate of the number of Germans in Brazil is only 450,O00, or a lit. tie over three per cent. of the whole. Really, we cannot regard that as a dangerous percentage. Nor does it represent the largest foreign element, by any means. Portuguese immigrants into Bra gil are twice as numerous, and Italians three times as numer. ous, as the Germans. Nor yet are these Germans so massed in certain states as to form a ma. jority of their population, a some have imagined. Germans are most numerous in Rio Grande do Sul, where there are 200, 1000 of them, but the whole population of the state is 100000, so that the Germans are less than one-fourth. In Santa Catha- rina the Germans are 100000 in a total of 300,000, or one-third, the largest proportion in any state. In Parana they are 47,00O in 2SO,OO0, and in Sac Paulo 3O,. 900 in 1, ,430,000.
 1t is pointed out as ominous that these Germans continue to use their own language, to pub fish newspapers in German and to demand the official use of that language in courts and schools We'll, the same may be said of Germans in New York, and in Milwaukee, and in many other parts of the United States.
 The conquest which Germany hopes for in Brazil is not polit. ical, but commercial. The profit she looks for in this migration of her subjects is to be found in in. creased commerce. In that Ger many reckons shrewdly. Every shipload of Germans landed in Brazil creates a demand for many shiploads of German man. ufactured goods. Every so-called German colony in Brazil means a market for German trade. Upon this feature of the case too much stress cannot easily be laid.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03
A Lapland Crime.

fn Lapland the crime which is pun ished most severely, next to murder, ia the marrying of a girl against the ex- press wish of her parents.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03
In the Same Business.

Most of the geniuses who formerly invented fourteen-fifteen puzzles and pigs-in-clover games have gone to in- venting new languages.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03
Newport Laundry,
 SAM LEE. Prom.

All kinds laundry work done neatly and promptly.
 Also clothing cleaned and dyed. Prompt service and rea- sonable prices.
 Laundry in L. B. Harris old stand, near Chastain's grocery.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03
Visiting in Mexico.

In visiting Mexico one should have good letters of introduction. No mat ter what may be your rank, it is expect ed that you make all the advances.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03

Leap Years in Twentieth Century.
 The greatest possible number of leap years will occur in the twentieth cen tury, the year 1904 being the first one, and every fourth year following up to and including 2000. In the same century February will three times have five Sun- ays--in 1920, 194a, 1876
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-03
Qualify Tells!
100000
 | |KimbaHS' Have Been Sold

400 900 KIMBALL Pianos and Organs have been sold; think what it neans4O0 900 people have selected and bought KIMBALLS because they concluded 1t was tbf best to buy This number includes tens of thousands Colleges, Schools and Musicians and hundreds of4 Greatest MUSICAL ARTISTS the world has ever
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15

gardens" Now, of course they have
time. And having a flower garden,
will do wonders in your enjoyment
and ever so much in improving the
value of your property. Life on a
farm ought not to be all just working
for the ugly things. Once a flower
garden is started and put in right, the
greatest part of the labor is done
Have the beds sixteen inches deep.
Put in rocks and broken crockery and
some aches first for drainage, then
sand and loan and manure, each one
third mixed well and let the soil settle
a little, adding more in a week or So
Get lot of hollyhocks growing about
the place. 1ney are so pretty and at
tractive and require no care. Then
there are the phloxes, and ragged
robins, verbenias, canterbury bells,
feverfews, pansies, sweet peas, pop
pies. And don't forget mignonette-
there never was anything sweeter!
If you have laundering after their
finer sisters, there are carnations,
roses, dahlias and peonies, which can
always be added.
But the main thing is to get the
garden started with something that
will produce flowers the first year.
You had better send right away for
seeds.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
Please mention The Ranch when you write to advertisers

per. Pour over potatoes and sprinkle
with Drowned crumbs.
By the way, always keep in a fruit
jar a supply of these Drowned crumbs.
Put any stale pieces of bread on hand
IN a dripping pan and brown in slow
oven. Pound fine in chOpping bowl
with the potato masher and sift
through the colander. You will find
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
Some New Simple Recipes

Is it not discouraging when you have
exhausted everything you know to
have for meals, and think perhaps you
will get fresh idea from somebody's
cook book or from the lists of recipes
published from time to time in hints
to housekeepers," etc., to find all kinds
of elaborate things, with ebay leaves"
in them and touch of this or that,
which, of course, is not to be had in
the country? Or, if you do happen to
have it there are SO many things to
do in the way Of peeling, and chopping,
and straining, and setting on ice for
so many hours, when everybody knows
that ice and ice boxes are just about
the most impossible things anyone
could think of out of town! There
doesn't seem to be a single suggestion
that is practical or different" 1t gets
to be awfully monotonous, does cook
ing-and it is very welcome to have
somebody else think of change. So
| have planned for each issue of The
Ranch some simple recipes, that may
not all be new by any means, but
maybe you have not thought of them
for some time.
Now, this was new to me, and just
the easiest thing to do:
Canned Peach Pudding: One cup
tapioca, soaked over night. The next
morning cover with boiling water and
cook till clear. Line baking dish
with canned peaches, add the juice to
the cooked tapioca, sweeten to taste
and flavor with lemon extract Zone tea
spoonfuD. Uemon extract seems to be
just what it needs to give it the proper
fiavor). Pour the tapiOca over the
peaches and bake slowly for an hour.
In that time the tapioca will disap-
pear, forming a thick sort of syrup.
Serve with cream when it is cold.
And then we can have the old fash
toned pork and fritters. Roll slices of
salt pork in flour and fry handsome
brown. Lift the pan and place on a
not platter. While the pork is cook
ing make fritters in the following way:
One egg, well beaten, two tablespoon
fuls of milk, one teaspoonful baking
powder, sifted with sufficient flour to
make a batter of moderate thickness,
and two tablespoOnfuls Of fat from the
pan. Have the pan hot when the frit-
tiers are ready and drop into it by
spoonfuls. When done arrange on the
platter around the pork. This is very
palatable on a cold day
Here's a nice way to make Queen
Potatoes: Cut cold boiled potatoes
into nice little pieces and lay them in
baking dish. Now put pint OF milk
in sauce pan and while it is warm
ing on the back of the stove beat to-
gether one tablespoonful Of flour and
one tablespoonful of butter, and add
them to the milk. Stir until smooth
and be careful not to burn. Add a
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
Flower Gardens.

This is the time to get the soil READY
for YOUR flower beds. Don't say: on
dear me, there are so many other
things to attend to on the place the
men have no time to stop for flower
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
HOUSEHOLD
Comfortable Outfit for Homework.

ana mas Mt moment 10 herself lOT
rest, recreation or Improvement from
Monday morning till Sunday night
and looks as worried and careworn
as the queen of spades-is wearing
her life away through not doing her
work by proper system. If you hap
pen to be one of them, l want you to
find some quiet place where you and
| can talk things over. Now, first or
all, what do you wear to work In?
With my experience l never could
work dressed up"-and l never work
we'll if have on an old wrapper with
my hair all scraggly and my shoes
half tied. l have tried both ways
and found that by starting right |
really kept my mind in better condi-
ton to do what l have to do.
So, when l made up my mind to do
my work while we were paying for our
farm, decided to be dressed for it
and everything from that starting
point seemed to go on smoother. Sum
mer and winter | wore an unl1ned al
paca skirt and petticoat, adding warm
wooden tights and long-sleeved knitted
shirts for the cold weather. The skirt
was made perfectly plain, with four
inch hem, and two inches from the
floor. The placquet | had at the side
of the front gore, where | had dear
old-fashioned dream of a pocket. Then
came the waist question and l found
pOngee the best and easiest to keep
clean. Three l found all l needed,
1.-TWO a week. supplied with draw
string at the belt-which made it very
easy to launder. The material went
three and a half inches below the
draw string so when | put my skirt
over it and put on the stout leather
belt with the little fastener that
wouldn't let it slip, my waist and
skirt did not part company. l never
had the waists tight but just COM
fortable-with a simple rolling or
turnover collar of the same material
fastened at the throat with fancy
pin-or if | Winted something real
nice, pongee bow or one to match
the skirt. The sleeves were long and
loose-and I ran one-half inch elastic
at the hand, so that when | wanted to
make them short all | had to do was
to push them up above my elbows.
love to work with short sleeves. Then
| had a good apron, generally white,
for | always make aprons from the
skirts of old nightdresses.
1t only takes five minutes to make
ones hair tidy-so l found it great
help to start right. In these articles
| want to help the woman who finds
homework uninteresting and burden
and in future numbers hope the way
| helped myself to make things easier
may make the way easier for some
one else If things are going in
very unsatisfactory way try first what
improving your personal appearance
will do.
Ferns and Their Utility.
There is a variety of pretty terms
growing everywhere in our Washing
ton woods and it is surprising now
few are transplanted for the beautlry-
ing of the home. Large SWORD ierhs
PLANTED in punches in shady places
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
Ferns and Their Utility.

There is a variety of pretty terms
growing everywhere in our Washing
ton woods and it is surprising now
few are transplanted for the beautlty-
ing of the home. Large sword ferns
planted in punches in shady places
near the home are very attractive
and if you have an empty butter TUB
stain it either olive green or dark
brown, and after placing some rocks
in the bottom fill with leaf mold ana
plant several roots Of ferns. They
flourish in a shady place and require
of course plenty of water.
The variety known as maiden mar
or five finger fern is very delicate and
pretty and makes a beautiful center
piece for the table.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11

"He wrote a very small, neat hand
and used slips Of note paper" said the
late John Hollingshead of London con-
corning Thackeray. "These he would
often gather up and put in his coat
pocket, leaving his secretary at work,
and stroll down to the Athenaeum club.
Here, if he could get comfortable ia
BILE and was not waylaid by any Cos
sip, to whom he was always ready to
give an attentive ear, he would pull
out his slips and carry his story few
steps farther. In an hour or two he
would again collect the scattered pa
pers and go on to the Garrick club,
where, if not interrupted, he would re-
sumo his writing. This habit Of COM
posing in public frightened many of
the old club fogies, who thought they
were being caricatured for posterity,
and no doubt helped to get him black.
balled at the Travellers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11
NEWARK.

The library social which was held at
Mrs. A. c. Burns, Wednesday, was quite
largely attended by old as we'll as young
people and the afternoon was quite pleas
antly spent. The next social will be held
with Mrs. Fred Corliss the first Wednes'
day in February. The young people are
invited in the evening. A supper will be
served.
Frank Laird of Cabot is working for
Leonard Lee.
Tohn Welsh is visiting friends and rela-
tives in Littleton.
Mrs. Frank Bruce is quite i'll, also Mrs.
Melvin Hartwel.
Mrs. M. w. Ball closed her fifth term Of
school in the Bean district, Friday.
Miss Minnie Washburne has finished
work in West Danville and is at home.
Mrs. Bernice George is quite i'll at her
uncle's c. o. Cheneys.
Several OF the farmers have already got
their required number of telephone poles
out.
Mrs. William Woodland was quite i'll
Tuesday and Wednesday.
o c. Woodruff was in town on bust
ness Wednesday.
Orlo Parks expects to put board saw
into his shingle mill this spring.
Mrs. Bertha Orndoff returned to New
York City, Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11

The universe is under the reign of
law, which is everywhere-in things
mean and minute as well as in things
noble and great. So far as we have
come into an understanding Of these
laws we have found none defective.
No sound philosophy can concede
that law Of nature can be out Of bal
ance or in any way less than true and
perfect. When we advance theory to
the point where it would prove that a
law of nature is out of balance and de-
fective, we should know that the con-
clusion is wrong; that it is our reason
ing, and not the law, that is out of
balance and defective.-From "Bal-
ance: The Fundamental Verify" by
Orlando ]. Smith.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11

"My father" said Wellington's son,
deemed Washington the purest and
noblest character of modern time-pos-
sibly of all time-and, considering the
raw troops with which he had to op-
pose the trained and veteran soldiers
of England, also great general"
Another interesting statement which
the second duke made to General Will
son, who writes to the Cornhill, was
that when his father was assigned TO
the command of an expedition to be
sent out against the city Of Washing
ton and New Orleans in 1914 he de-
clined the command chiefly on the
ground that he would not fight against
Washington's countrymen. And when
his government asked for the names
Of three officers from whom a COM
mander could be selected Wellington
wrote, "Sir Edward Pakenham, Sir
Edward Pakenham, Sir Edward PAX
enham," and so poor Sir Edward, his
brother-in-law, was sent to New Or
leans to meet bis death in the most
disastrous defeat ever sustained by a
British army.-St. James Gazette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11

The dinner was in progress. 1t was
a dinner given in honor of some very
important new acquaintance. Just
before the guests arrived the master
Of the house had been intensely rude
and annoying to his wife, and she had
not forgotten it. There was a mo-
ment's pause in the buzz Of CONVERSE
ton round the beautiful table, gleam-
ing with lights, blushing with roses.
Then the wife leaned forward and IN
a voice soft, but loud enough to at
tract the attention Of the whole COM
pany, said sweetly, "By the way,
James, what was that story you told
me to lead up to in the middle of the
AinnAr2'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11
A Queer Food.

A most singular food Is the larvae
Of q fly common in certain portions
of California and known as ephydra.
This insect is found in such vast guam
titles in Lake Mono, Cal, that 1t is
washed upon the shores in vast wind
rows and can be collected by bushels.
The water Of Mono Is very singular,
seemingly very heavy and smooth, like
oil, so much so that it resists ordinary
wind and refuses to become ruff1ed.
When the larvae begin to appear the
Indians gather from far and near and
scrape them up, place the wormlike
creatures on cloths and racks in the
sun and dry them, when they are
beaten up and husked, looking then
like rice The Indians call the food
koo-chah-bee, and many bushels are
collected at his time. That larvae are
nutritious is shown by the condition
of the Indians, who soon grow fat on
the rich diet. Many birds are attract
ed by the larvae and gorge themselves
with the singular food.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11
GREENSBORO.

Frank Melvin and wife spent New
Years in Glover.
G. M. Cuthbertson and ]. W. Campbell
were in st. Johnsburv on business last
week.
Roy Young has job at the creamery
in Glover gathering cream, and moved
his family there Friday.
The w. T. U. will hold a public
meeting at F. S. Melvin's next Tuesday
evening at Z 80. The subject is one of
special interest to every one, Physical
Culture" A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all, old and young.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Barr of Cabot
were at ]. H. Barrington's over Sunday.
Miss Mary McCree returped to North
field, Monday.
About 20 from town attended the con-
cert at Hardwick Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard of
Craftsbury visited at ]. W. Campbell's
the first of the week.
George Hussey is sick with the grip.
w. A. Jackson, Lila Jackson, and F. A.
Goodrich and wife are all sick with the
prevailing distemper.
Mrs. Theresa McCue of Craftsbury Wis
tied at F. J. Chase's over Sunday.
Seletn Gooden, an old man living alone
in the north part Of the town, was found
by the neighbors to be seriously i'll Satur-
day and medical assistance was sum-
noned.
Rev. John Hood has returned from
Cambridge, Mass.
George Silver has bought a barber
shop in Brandon and is now doing bust
ness for himself in that town.
There was severe northwest gale Sat-
urday morning with snow turning to
rain, which continued through the day.
Sunday was colder with blizzard from
the northwest.
Mr.. Carter from Eden has bought the
M. McCue firm and moved on to it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11
SOUTH WHEELOCK.

Frank Stone has moved his family from
Lyndon into the Emerson House. Mr..
Stone is at work for Harlie Keough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Weed returned
hone from their visit to their children at
Lyndon Center last week.
Dan Lunny spent Sunday at his home
in Victory.
Edd Mcpherson has so far recovered
from his recent illness as to be out OF
doors.
Clarence Wilmoth has finished his
school at the mountain and returned to
bis home at Lyndon.
Riverside Grange will install their Off
GERS Saturday.
There will be donation and oyster
supper at the church Thursday evening
Ian. 10. Everyone is invited.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11
NORTH DANVILLE.

Miss Ethel Blodgett is working for A.
M. Mcfarland.
A. !. Russlow of Randolph is visiting
relatives in this vicinity.
Yesterday was as severe winter day,
as far as the wind was concerned as we
have bad this winter or any other
winter.
R. S. Davis and L. W. Smith will attend
the State Dairymen's meeting at Mont
pelier, Thursday and Friday.
There will be a promenade and box
supper at Weeks Hall Saturday evening,
Thomas Blodgett, who has been con-
fined to the house for two weeks by ILL
ness, is still quite i'll.
F. D. Hubbard of Hardwick is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Hub
bard.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Hubbard visited
relatives in Burke the past week.
The North Danville creamery associa-
ton held it's annual meeting Jan. 5 and
report shows that for the II months
from ian. 1, 1904 to Dec. 1, 1904 the
following business was done: Amount OF
milk taken in 248,348 lbs; amount OF
cream, 395 .435 lbs. This made los, O64
lbs. of butter. Average price paid
tor the II months % eli per Id. The
following directors have been chosen
for the ensuing year; H. B. Ward, Will
liam Clement, F. E. Bickford, Fred Gada
pee, c. B. Stevens, 0. N. Drew. The off
GERS are Fl. B. Ward, pres; Fred Gada
pee, vice pres c. B. Stevens, sec. anc
treas, o. N. Drew and Fred Gadapee
auditors.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11

Adulteration laws were quite as nee
essary in the good old days as in the
sophisticated twentieth century. Even
the adulteration Of feather beds and
holsters had to be provided against.
Oct. IA, 1895, is the date of statute
prohibiting the sale in English fairs
or markets of these articles or of pill
lows, except they be stuffed with one
manner of feathers" 1t expressly de-
nounced the use Of such unlawful and
corrupt stuffs" as "scalded feathers, or
fen down" The last substance is the
same as cotton grass and was evident
ly in great demand as a substitute in
bed stuffing. In the eighteenth cen
fury again there were complaints
against people who bought fen down
at a halfpenny a pound and sold it
among feathers at sixpence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Odessa Whitcher returned Saturday
from a visit to her mother, Mrs. G. P.
Blake, in Woodsville.
Rev. W. S. Wallace preached at Rye
gate Corner, Sunday.
The Ladies Aid society of the Reformed
Presbyterian church will hold their
annual meeting Friday afternoon with
Mrs. W. 7. George.
Charles Thomas, Dick and Roy Oar
ling returned to their school work at
Barre, Monday.
Gordon Smith goes today to Pough'
keepsie, N. Y, to take a business course
The schools opened Monday after a
two weeks vacation.
The annual meeting of the Ladies Aid
society of the Presbyterian church has
been postponed one week, and will be
held Jan. 20, with Mrs. c. M. Libbey.
Adna Terry left last week Tuesday for
Hartford, Conn, after spending two
weeks with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Terry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-11

Goldsmith often raised money on
some projected work, then put it aside
and started another. He once drew up
a prospectus for Dictionary Of Arts
and Sciences" and obtained promises
Of help from his friends, Johnson,
Reynolds and Burke, but the booksell-
ers were too wary for once, and tie
scheme fell through. One of his last
proposals was the Survey of Expert
mental Philosophy" which met with
the same fate.
The more practical DR.. Johnson could
himself devise and not undertake. He
once thought Of writing life Of Oliver
Cromwell, but 1t is as well perhaps
that he changed his mind. His constl-
tutional Incidence was too great to adj
NIT of his undertaking many great lit
erary enterprises, and, unlike Cole
ridge, he was well aware of the fact.
He dawdled over his edition of Shake
speare for nine years, although he had
promised it in a year, and only finish
ed it in consequence of the attack of
Churchill, who accused him Of cheat
ing his subscribers:
He for subscribers bats his hook
And takes your cash, but where's your
book?
No matter where; wise fear, you know,
Forbids the robblng Of foe.
But what to serve our private ends
Forbids the cheating of our friendsf
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