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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-12

The panic is blessing in disguise,
explains contemporary. If that is SO
the disguise is perfect.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
HOUSEHOLD.
CLEANING DAYS.

Ia house cleaning one of the prin-
cipal cares should be the pictures.
Each picture as it is take doWn
should be carefully busted ard the
cord or wire wiped. Then Law 1t on
tab, wash tie glass and polish it until
II Is perfectly clear. Wipe the frame
with q soft clafh: wet it in warm
water and rub of all hY speeks and
other dirt Ii the picture Is framed
with glass, paste paper smoothly
al over the back TO keep dust from
SIT ing through the cracks. Alcohol
and beTzine are good things for clean
ing glass. Gilt picture frames may be
cleaned by mixing thoroughly one
tablespoonful Of melted soap with
half pint of boiling water; add TO
these one wineglassful of spirits of
hartsborn and mix well together
Apply with a small, soft brush and
after allowing to remain on for
minute wash carefully off with clean
water. Dry the frame in the sun
shine.
Clean fingermarks, etc.. from paint
ed furniture by using a weak solu-
tlon OF dry soap powder, or else use
a clean damp cloth dipped in whiting.
Rub bad discoloration with a slice Of
freshly cut lemon, followed by the
damp cloth dipped in whiting. In
washing red or scarlet curtains, put a
little borax in the water; it prevents
them fading. Colored articles should
be washed very quickly and then
rinsed through two cold waters. A
teaspoonful of vinegar in the rinsing
waters brightens the colors. Clean
bamboo furniture with a small brush
dipped in salt and water. This will
bleach as wellas clean. Rub all en-
ameled articles with kitchen salt on a
flannel and then rinse well.
In dust there turks the deadly bac-
illus and the woman who wraps her
head in handkerchief or cap, arms
herself with a feather duster, and
proceeds to whisk it airily over or
namehts and pictures, is not only doing
an unreasonable thing, but is actually
doing harm. Here is recipe for hy-
genie busting: When you go to dust a
room have three busters. One must
be damp and perfectly clean. Pass
the damp buster over the furniture
when the dust will cling to it, and not
float in the air. Make a beautiful
polish with two dry busters; the damp
buster can be rinsed out of water and
wrung tightly as often as you please
Mirror and Farmer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
nTHE LINE IS BUSY"

One of the my steries of Central" to most
telephone users is how the operator can tell
so quickly when s'the line is busy" There are
still few people, perhaps. who believe thai
she does not know, but simply reports num-
Der as busy to save herself trouble But any
body who uses the telephone very much is
perfectly well aware that the circuit is not re-
ported as being n use unless it really is in
use. It is ''good business" forthe telephone
company to establish conversation whenever
it is in any way possible to do so; and nobody
questions but that he telephone company is
getting all the business it can.
When you call up Central she connects
herself with your line by means of cord
on the end of which is brass Plug that fits
closely into the "jack' or switch socket in
which your line terminates in the switchbo
The connection cords are arranged in pairs
and when you give the opers tor the number
of the telephone with which you want to talk
she takes the second cord of the pair she is
using for your call and touches the tip of the
brass ping at the end of it to the Jack" OF
the line you require. II the circuit is already
connected up in some other part of the board
the operator hears Ia clicking noise in hel
head telephone; then, of course, she report:
| to you that the cline is busy" If there is NJ
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09

warning click when shel tou ches the "jack'
she pushes the connecting plug in and rings
The telephone is frequently used in a great
hurry, and sometimes person whose mind
for the n oment is distracted negl ects to ring
eff when he is through talking. The result is
that Gee tral' does not get a signal to dis
connect the call, and it may be q minute
more before she finds out that the circuit is
no longer engaged-which, failing to get any
signal she can do only by connecting herself
with the line so she can hear whether or nof
anybody is talking. Meanwhile, if anybody
else calls either of the lines that were used in
the conversation they will naturally, be told
that it is busy. Such a state of affairs is un
doubtedly the of quite percentage of
the f'busy reports in some exchanges.
commoner cause of "busy reports" than
most people realize is the large number of
subscribers who take party line service, espe-
cially at their residences. The particular
person you want to reach may not be using
his telephone when you call for it, but il there
are other subscribers on the same circuit the
line may be busy just the same and
your friend may not know that it is
That is why sometimes when Central
tells you ''the line is busy your friend will
say afterwards that be doesn't understand
how that could be, because he wasn't using
the telephone at all at the time you tried to
call him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09

.t-t-l. n O~icanH fe hc'd a. Newport. in
a. district. on ths N.h Gay OF August A. IT,,
o-. .s.,...-.,t
~, 7...ta.-rrt oil ffftt Davis. late of Cor waT,-
81 to ,git. partouil sis District cor ased,
,.r- prrfrrtef o. the Court BY W fiam
thouu. custodian thereof Tor D r3oeie
-r-srre8 therein be notified 60 app ar o. q
rs.lor of ssid court. % De held az tie u oplte
|1mre az Ncwpcrt, IN said district, on
81 rsh dav of sfp'emter, D.. 1857
rf show cause. 20 any they may hsve
I-..,.t fhp Probate % Faid Will;
81, rh.el purpose, it is fur. her ordered that
.-,s WOOL successively SRI the orleans Coun-
y Monitor % newspa er prioted az SAID bar
,r. ~. rJeyious 70 said time appointed for
earring.
F.E.ALFRED Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09

Never positively never poison your lungs. uyou
oough-even from p simple cold only-you should
always heal soothe. and ease the irritated bron-
chiAl tubes. Don't blindly suppress 1t with
Supplying poison. It's strange how some things
finally come about. For twenty years DR.. Shoop
has constantly warned people not to take cough
mixtures or prescriptions containing Opium,
Chloroform, or similar poisons. And nova little
late though-Congress says Put Il on the label,
~ poisons are In your Cough Mixture" Goodl
Very good II Hereatterfort hisyery reasonmothers.
and others. should insist on having DR.. Shops
Cough Cure. No poison marks on DR.. Shops
labels-and none I'm the medicine else 1t must by
law be on the label And It's not only safe, but 10
a. said 70 be by those that knowt best. truly re-
mArkable cough remedy. Take no chance then,
particularly with your children. Insist on having
DR.. Shops Cough Cure. Compare carefully the
Or. shoop package with others and note the
difference. No poison marks therel You can
always DO ON the safe side by demanding
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
AUSTIN'S PHARMACY
ARTHUR 0. AUSTIN, Pharm. D.
Registered Pharmacist.
Post Office Block, Barton Landing
A Savings Bank Which
Never Lost a Dollar on a
Poor Note.

The Vergennes Enterprise
q Vermonter thinks that the
good luck the Hyde Park
Savings Bank has had in plac-
ing its loans is due to the
policies of this Bank in in
vesting its money at home.
1t says:
TIE LAmoiue County Savings Bank and
Trust Company Of which Carroll :. Page is
president, passed the uillion dollar mark in
lts assets July II. This bank has never lost 8
dollar on poor note and makes all its in
vest nents in Vermont. This fact may be one
OF The secrets Of success Of this financial in
stitutiou. IL has been noticed before that
everything that ex-governor Page is inter.
ts.ed in Is successful.
This Bank pays 4 per cent
compounded semi-annually OF
deposits of 500 or more.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
EMBROIDERY.

There's new way of making those
troublesome eyelets discovered by
girl who is locally famous for invent
ing labor saving ideas. 1t consists in
running the eyelet around and then
cutting it from end to end and button
hoiing it, making the usual buttonh ole
but reversing the stitch SO that the
edge stitches back upon the material
instead of around upon the open edge
of the eyelet. 1t is about one fifth as
hard to do as the usual way, and the
difference in length of time is even
more marked.
Fillet work is now fashionable. A
| great deal of this lace is made at the
Azores islands by hand. Tablecloths
have deep borders of this work, and
doilies and certerpieces are often
made entirely of the net. Bureau
STARTS and stand covers usually have
alternate squares of the lace and linen.
Nordica work is new in needlework
and has but recently made its appear
ance. This is similar in effect to the
Holbein, except that the colors en-
ployed are green, black and yellow in
combination with red and blue, and
the material on which it is done is
not as fine quality of linen as seen
in Holbein. The work is called Nor
dica because of the Norwegian de-
signs which it shows. The designs are
embroidered in cross stitch on buff
colored material and they are SYM
bolic of picturesque Norway. These
show the varied costumes and ami
mails peculiar to that far-of country,
making an extremely interesting
study. It's beauty and simplicity is
splendid for house decorations. The
Nordica portieres are extremely hand
some, something which will please
the most careful housewife.
A stitch which combines admirably
with satin stitch or fills in well be-
tween outlining is fine seeding
This is popular for sheer lingerie
blouses, where entirely solid work is
! sometimes too heavy, and is also
much used in flmy handkerchiefs.
.. In working a delicate flower, fol
, Instance, it is much m ore attractiv
; with the petals worked alternately il
: satin stitch and seeding than if dom
entirely in satin stitch.
r Seeding is nothing more than fine
running stitch. Its beauty, however
u depends on it being worked evenly
1t is run in straight rows, with al
= stitches the same size. Those in eacl
h row alternate with those in the roy
|. above. If this is not done, the char
;. acter of the work is quite spoiled.
4 Dots, while the simplest, can b.
2 made one of the most effective form
of embroidery. A few dots put on b.
woman with an artistic eye vii
= often transform a plain waist int
: quite an elaborate blouse. 1t is
kind of embroidery, too, that doe
y not need to be specially designed
d Anyone can add dots in places wher
;. they are going TO tell. But remembe
e in doing it TO be careful about th
n spacing. Be careful to have the ur
- derlaying very smooth. AS good
way ag~ any to pad a dot, large c
: small, is to follow the outline in
chain stitch, narrowing until the Ger
ID ter is filed. Work over this with
I'd smooth satin stitch, making tt
e. stitches horizontal rather than PEI
<. / pendicular. Be sure that the outt
at edge is kept very even.-Boston Hel
aid.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
PETITION FOR DIVORCE
ORLEANS COUNTY COURT, March
term. a. q. 1905.
Auua l.. Patch, Libellant
vs..
Alden Patch, Lbellee.

whereas. Anna L. Patch, OF Albany, in tie
Comfy Of Orleans has file In the cfhce o, the
clerk % Orleans County Court her libel Ior
divorce, setting forth. In substance, that she
WAS legally married 20 Alden Patch formerly
az Eden in the County Of Lamoille ana Ststsot
Vermont. That during the coverture she on
her part hath faithfully kept the marriage
cryenaut. and performed al the duties sp-
peftaing theret .; that the said Lioellee on MS
1art the marriage covenant hath not Kept:
kut hath Violated the same: for that the said
IbeIIee hath refused ami neglected TO pro-
vide suitable maintenance for said petitioner,
ard hath wiliully and without asst cause de-
serted her, and praying that for the
causes aforesaid said marriage might be de-
solved and a bill of Divorce granted unto her.
And IL being ade TO appear that the SAID
alden is without this state, so that cita-
lion cant OF be served upon him. Ihereftre,
A. is ordered that notice of the pendency OF
said libel be given him by publication OF the
fuhstApce thereof, together with this order,
i'm the orleans County Monitor, a newspaper
published at Barton, in the County OF orleans
three weeks successfully, the last OF whlch
publications to be at least six weeks prior 10
IN. irst day OF the next term OF orleans
County Court, to be held at Newport, IN the
County Of Orleans on the 4th day OF Marcn,
A. ID. 1908, at which time the said Alden PatCh
Is ordered to appear. and show cause;
70 any be may have why the prayer OF said
petitioner should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Newport, In the
County Of Orleans the 23rd dav of August, A.
D., 1907. II. Is. CUSHMAN, CLERK
n. E. ALFRED, Attorney for Petitioner
Ss-3S
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
TELEPHONE TALKS

Believing that exact knowledge promotes cooperation the
Passumpsic Telephone Company publishing series of
expositions of some phases of telephony, for the
benefit of itself, and, as it hopes, for the
benefit of all telephone users.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
What the HYDRA Was.

There have been many strange
things in English history. One of the
most curious was recently mentioned
by a little schoolgirl.
THE hydra said this much inform
ed young person, was married to Hen
~ VIII. When he cut her head off,
another one spraRg right up.-Youth's
Companion
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-09
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts viii Re held az the proesi
go in Newport each Monday. ki the one
81 W. BALDWIN IN nartou OF TIE fe,Nn
|riaav 90 each month - the once oI i,
N ravpenter 81 Barton Landing tn tEe lof
- 81 enc third Friday OF each month,
Pc. ALFRF .. JuaEe o. Prot az.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Many Color Lines In Cuba.

There are social distinctions in Cuba
based upon color. There is not one
but several color lines, though these
are not eternal, hard, fast and I'M
changeable, as in the United States. In
Cuba social life is run largely by
social clubs. There are in almost ev-
cry town and village negro clubs, two
or three grades Of mulatto clubs and
white clubs. In one and at its func-
lions may appear the husband, exclud-
ing the wife; in another, the wife.
but not the husband; in third. their
children, but neither the father nor
mother. To the world this will appear
incredible, almost incomprehensible.
Here it is convention, fixed, settled, ac-
copied and operative. These distinc-
tons, however, run but for lifetime.
Army and Navy Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
How He Grew Youna.

One satisfied man returned from a
two weeks holiday. He spent it on a
farm owned bys,tir old aunt. and the
royal way in wAsSh She fed him. to
use his own tsesSliption. formed the
chief delight of his Holiday
You sce.' he remarked eentilential.
", my wife is Il sisitsNatc Of dict
and cooking school OF the most up to
date sort. She secs that We never have
Il meal which isn't perfectly balanced
as to food values The things we eat
are chosen with reference 10 that and
not with regard 10 whether we like
them especially Well. can tell you.
old Aunt Laura. With her table Just
grooming with forbidden. indigastible
articles, was mighty welcome change
to me, She never heard of carbohy.
drates or phosphates or cellulose, and
she wouldn't know proteid if she
met one in bean porridge, where, by
the way. believe they largely congre-
gate. But tell you her fried chicken
and fresh pork and biscuits were the
finest things I've had for years My
wife actually turned pale when she
saw me eat. and know she was wor.
ried. because we We're six miles from
Il doctor. was never i'll for minute,
though. and those two weeks of old
fashioned. unscientific cooking have
made me feel like new manor.
rather. like n boy again.
NJ A. p
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25

1t was just two minutes to when
John Ludlam entered the house and,
mwrapping n paper parcel, said to his
wife that he had brought her pres
ent of q clock. 1t was her birthday
and she had expected n brooch or a
ring at least. and so she said tartly,
You liked the look of that clock"
His face flushed. "a nice way to
speak about n present!' said he holly
well, it's the truth. wouldn't have
given couple of shillings for it," said
she in an eXasperating tone.
John Ludlam was quick tempered
man. The veins in his temples swelled.
and
Just then the clock struck 1.
What did it signify-that the clock
was running all right?
1t did not. The ambulance surgeon
said few minutes later that if the
clock had struck one inch nearer her
temple John Ludlam would have been
acknowledgements Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Where the Doa Is Valued.

In northern France and in Belgium
especially the dog is indeed the friend
of man. He is made to work He
gets little play except that small
amount deemed sufficient to prevent
canine dizziness, yet he is so loved and
so well cared for by his owner that
he becomes most important member
of the family. The farmer, the trades.
man, the householder. the guardsman
of the frontier worships his dog-one
Of the first things lie thinks of when
founding his little home. He takes de.
light in rousing the dogs intelligence
and loses no chance of pitting that ill-
telligence against others. Local farm.
ers vie with each other to improve a
breed. Dog clubs take up the work
holding exhibitions In villages and
towns. Cities challenge neighboring
municipalities to contests on the grand.
est scale.-Wide World Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Her Conversion.

When preparing his parishioncrs for
the solemn ordinance of confirmation
an old Clergyman found among them
one old woman so excessively ignorant
and stupid that for some weeks prior
to the time he was obliged to have her
come to his house every day in order
to instruct and catechiSe her. At length
he began to hope that his time, pa
thence and zeal had not been entirely
bestowed in vain, Il few bright flashes
of understanding having burst from
the old danes clouded intellect Now.
my good friend" said the worthy pas
tor just previous to the commencement
of the ceremony, las this is the last
moment III which shall have an op-
portunity Of conversing with you, let
me ask, do You thoroughly understand
and believe all the articles Of your
Christian faith:'
AYE, yes, sir, thank'ee," replied his
venerable pupil, with shipper and
dropping one of her best courtesies, 81
does indeed now. and, thank God,
heartily renounces them ALL
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Fish In lncIosed Waters.

Most people not without education
and general knowledge of natural
history are mystitied by the presence
of fish in inclosed waters. For many
years there was open mouthed wonder
over the perch. Dream and craytish
found in the newly cut dams near the
Macquarie river, In New South Wales.
In some cases the water had scarcely
settled after the rain had filled the
dam than the fish We're observed. and
the Australian farmers started n the
ory of spontaneous production. This
obtained and gained wide credence I'M
til a Sydney professor Glanced to pick
up wild duck and found Its breast
feathers and webbed feet well dotted
with fertile and almost Matched fish
ova, on which the Spontaneous pro-
duction" theory was promptly with
drawn.-St. Louis Globe-D emocrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25

A horse which is better than a
watchdog, has speaking tube in
st,lled between his stall and his
owners bedroom. The horse be-
longs to Mrs. Wadham-Petre, of
Maidavale, England. AS conse-
quence of good treatment and pet
ting for several years he has devel-
oped a remarkable sagacity. The
horses stable is under part of the
owners house, and Mrs. Wadham-
Petre had trapdoor made in the
floor Of h er room on the second
story and speaking tube about five
inches in diameter to run straight
down to the stable, where the horses
end of the tube is over his manger.
The horse is often heard neighing
or whinnying in the night, and,
said Mrs. Wadham- Petre, there are
about thirty different calls he can
make. | go to the trapdoor and
say Hello, boy. l can tell by the
tone Of his response whether he is
disturbed by anything or is hungry,
or merely quite comfortable and
content. The horse is even better
than watchdog, because he knows
exactly who is approaching the
house by the sound of the foot
steps.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Wrecked hx a Whale

While cruising in the south seas the
whaler Essex was furiously attacked
by a COW sperm whale supposed to
have been the mother of calf which
had just been harpooned. The whale
had not been wounded herself, and her
attack was very determined. At her
first rush she passed under the Essex
and carried away great length Of her
false keel; then, coming to the surface
a considerable distance away, she ap.
peared to take bearings and deliber.
ately charged the vessel. again, ram.
ming her with such violence that she
stove in the bows, while the ship roll.
ed SO heavily that the captain thought
she must be dismasted. The case is
memorable because the crew had to
abandon the vessel, and one boat was
never heard of again.-Baily's Maya.
zine
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Postum,

Preferably possum should be cooked
over wood fire in log cabin and sea
soned with the odorous blue smoke of
hickory and ash as the lid of the
oven is lifted now and again to give
glimpse of the promised Wand to
those who wait with whetted appetite
for the coming feast. With the pos
sum and taters there should be served
either the ordinary Kentucky corn
pone-if such an adjective maybe not
Improperly applied to anything SO rare
or the Olympian cracklm' bread of
the hog killing season. In Justice to
the possum it must be said that nei
Their corn pone nor cracking bread is
necessary, but it serves well not only
to mop up the gravy, but also to pre-.
vent the possum and the vans from
melting III the mouth too rapidly for
the flavor to be enjoyed in the fullest
The finest possums on earth are found
In the woodlands of the Pennyrile dis
trict of Kentucky, and they reach per-
lection about the time the perfumed
pawpaw becomes so ripe that it falls
from the parent stem and reposes in
all of Its golden beauty in the orange
tinted leaves that the earth has first
claimed as tribute from the trees for
her enrichment. = Louisville Courier
Journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Wonderfully Good S;oh+

The Duchess Of Y. once went to
Greenwich to see the marvels of the
observatory. 1t was lovely night,
and for the fair duchess benefit the
great telescope was duly leveled at the
dazzling field of stars.
"What is that starY she said, point
ing to Il very bright one.
ooh, that's Aldebaran, n star of the
first magnitude
as it very far OFF," asked her grace.
"About six or seven light years, your
grace"
'What is light year?'
"AIereiy an expression which one
uses to convey an idea of the distance
which light travels in a year Rough
ly speaking, light travels al the rate
of 10000 miles in second, and there
are about 81 900. 536 seconds in year.
In one year. therefore, light travels
above 1891 ,Sl0,O0O,00O miles. The ex.
preston light year includes these fig
ures."
"And is that star ull those millions
OF miles away?"
Yes, your grace, us nearly as we
can calculate"
Then all can say" remarked the
duchess, sis that you must have won.
derfully good eyes to make out that
stars name ut that distance, even with
this big telescope. It's really most
marvellous" london Tit Bits.