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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
"RiddIe of the Universe"


A woman says she'll call on Sunday
You stay at home and wait all day
And get postal card on Monday
That tells you why she stayed away.
A woman says, do come to dinner!
I'll look for you on Tuesday night.
You go-and how you'd like to skin
her
The house is closed up snug and
tight.
woman says, 81 wish to give you
A little token of esteem!"
She'll let that wish of hers outlive
you
Or else twill vanish like dream.
A woman says, yes, play poker!"
And when she loses 40 cents
You feel as if you'd like to choke her
For it's on you her rage she vents.
A woman hurries to the races
And bets the smallest sum allowed.
Her horse is last. OF all the faces!
She simply weeps before the crowd.
A woman goes to do some shopping
And sends the goods home c. o. D.
They all go back-the man just stop
ping
To hear her say, mo cash! Dear
mel"
A woman is a curious creature
The riddle of the universe.
A man is different-but the feature
OF difference is-he is worse.-Ex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
Peach Sherbert.

Boil one quart of water, ten peach
kernels and two cups of sugar twenty
minutes; add one teaspoonful of gela-
tine softened in two tablespoonful of
cold water and strain. When cold add
one and one-half cups of peach pulp
(peaches pared, stoned and the pulp
passed through a ricer or sieve), the
juice of two oranges and one lemon.
Freeze as usual and serve from the
freezer or mould.
Strawberry Souffle Frappe--Cook
the yolks of three eggs beaten with
one-half cup of sugar in one-half cup
Iof strawberry juice and pulp and one
half a cup of orange juice, scalded
with one-half cup of sugar; add one
tablespoonful of gelatine softened IN
one-fourth cup of cold water, strain
and cool in ice water; when the mix
ture begins to thicken, fold in the
whites of two eggs beaten dry and one
cup of double cream whipped solid.
Turn the mixture into souffle dish
surrounded with paper band that
comes up about an inch above the
edge Of the dish, Turn the souffle into
the dish, smooth the top and pour
over it strawberry jelly made of the
ingredients given. Surround the dish
with ice and salt and let stand four
or more hours to become chilled and
partly frozen. ~h
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
What About 1t!

A local young woman of tender
years whose father is not unknown,
to say the least, in insurance circles,
was heard to remark recently that
she wasn't going to put any more
pennies into her mite box for the
heather.
"Why?" asked her chum.
Cause" said the MINK. IF God
wanted the heather to know about
Him, He'd have told EN-"
Many a man has refused to con-
tribute to the support Of the poor
heather" on worse arguments than
the foregoing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

women as does the private concern.
There is always plenty of bread and
butter for such a man. The other kind
will always be in danger of being dis
gruntled at some time or other be-
cause his bread and butter has been
snatched from him. The cry of the day
is for honest men, from ditch digger
70 head of railroad interests or steel
corporations and honest men we must
have, making an oath for purposes of
keeping it and a promise for reason
of fulfilling it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
The Demand for Honesty.

William ]. Gaynor, Mayor OF New
York, lies in a New York hospital with
a bullet in his head from the hand of
a disgruntled ex-employee of the city
whose quarrel was that his bread and
butter had been taken from him when
he was dismissed from the city pay
rolls on a charge of incompetency. In
commenting upon this insane attempt
at murder, the Boston Traveller says:
1T was for doing what he made
oath to do that he was shot. He took
away my bread and butter, and ! got
him. exclaimed the assassin and
it appeared that in the proper dis
charge of employees who were not
giving the city service for salary, the
would-be murderer has been one of
the first to go. His is the viewpoint
of the machine politician of the cheap
sort who possess a distorted perspec-
tive. A city job is job in payment
for political service. Faithful work is
not required. They should be sup
ported because they helped this or
that man to get elected If they are
discharged for incompetency or in
efficiency they are the victims of in
justice. The chance of such dastardly
deeds as this will be lessened when
the people have been educated to the
knowledge that the city as an employ
er demands the same quality and
quantity of work as the individual
and that to give it any less is to cheat
all the people"
The time is at hand when wire pull
ing avails little if the man in whose
favor the manipulation is achieved
has not the ability or the willingness
to return service for salary. The fact
that he is favorite nephew, a weak
| ling son of a former friend, an in
efficient brother-in-law who cannot
very little ground today in the hon.
est, imperative and necessary demand
for earnest workers. The city and its
employee stand in the sama moral re-
/ lation as the merchant and his clerk
| the mistress and her maid. In no case
should it be necessary to hold gun
over the one or the other to ensure
the performance of obligations. The
sense of honor which maintains a
bold front oi jy while under inspec
ton is no sense of honor at all and
/ the man or woman who does not ac-
complish as faithful service when
there is no eagle eyed monitor obser-
want as when every moment is not
ed is not capable or worthy of hire
The. attitude of the New York assas
sin is of the same root as the conten
ton of the mean minded man who
robs the trolley companies of nicke
on the ground that they can afford t
lose it better than he can afford Il
spend it, The city and the State maxi
the same demand for honest men ant
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
In the Matter of Stains.

Alcohol or molasses will remove
grass stains.
Boiling water poured through fruit
stains will be found efficacious.
Cold soap suds to which little
kerosene has been added will remove
blood stains.
Boiling hot or soft water will take
out tea, coffee and chocolate stains.
Diluted ammonia will remove lemon
and orange stains.
Kerosene, machine oil or vaseline
should be first aid to the injured in
the case of fresh paint following with
soap and cold water.
Lemon Juice, salt and sunshine will
remove iron rust.
A solution of one teaspoonful chlor-
ide of lime to a quart of water will
remove mildew stains. SO also butter
milk and salt. Cover the spots with
this mixture and lay in the sun for a
few hours. Wash out the paste and re-
new the application if the first was
not successful
A paste of starch and water will
remove iodine stains If deep, a second
application may be required.
Sunshine will usually remove
scorch if not too deep. For bad
scorch, try a mixture made by adding
the juice of large onion and two
ounces of Fullers earth to cupful of
vinegar. Boil in a porcelain lined ket-
tie for five minutes, strain, cool and
bottle. Apply With a soft rag.-Ex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

Junot, of France, when asked as to
his ancestry, replied proudly, II am
my own ancestor" Voltaire voiced
similar thought when he said, He
who serves well his country has no
need of ancestry" A bit of wealth, g
noble lineage a drop of blue BLOOD
excellent as they are, are false and
insecure foundations upon which to
base ones claim upon the recognition
of ones merit Worth is the only true
standard by which man or woman
can be honestly judged. If an individ-
ual be worthy himself, it need not
matter that his father was drunk
ard or his mother washerwoman Or
that his blood was of noble origin.
The only claim that can be made upon
the world is the claim of individual
service, individual efficiency, and l.
dividual achievement.
1t highly natural to be proud OF
what nobility of ancestry a man may
possess but it is unAmerican to carry
this generation of ancestry to point
of snobbishness or intolerance. If a
man rise from the ranks of the hum
BILE from practically unknown parent
age and is upright and honest he is
deserving greater recognition of his
merit than the man who has no such
stupendous obstacles to surmount in
establishing a similar claim for the
respect of other men. If man is his
own ancestor he may at least satisfy
his yearning for noble kindred by
living a life that will give to his des-
cendants an upright ancestor y
whom they can take pride. If his own
ancestry has been guilty of crime and
shame, he can at least forget the past
and offer a clean record upon which
his posterity may build it's hopes. An
cestry is nothing except as an adjunct
of individual industry and integrity.
Pride in ancestry is the cherished
possession of him who can point to
men and women of sincere honesty
among his kindred but he who makes
no effort to add to family laurels or
to establish a new record for honesty
and worth, has no more claim upon
the self respect of his fellows than the
ditch digger who works his six days
a week, abides by the law and brings
his family of children up in fear of
God and love of country.
1t is a shrewd, deliberate soul
which can discern the man under
Meath the trappings of gold and tinsel
and the woman beneath the finery and
feathers, unprecedented by glitter Or
lack of it and making an honest esti-
mate of honest worth aside from its
trimmings" This is strikingly IL
Illustrated by the incident related of
a great lord who entered the apart
ments in which a valet was unpack
ing his masters possessions prepara-
tory to a visit as the guest of the man
of title. The latter offered several
suggestions and was repulsed much to
his rage and he withdrew in hot
anger requesting an attache to repair
to the room in which he had been in
suited and inform the valet whom he
had been addressing. The man did
so and returned to the lord.
We'll" was the test query, what
did he say when you told him l was
So-and-So?"
"He said, my lord, as how he didn't
say you wasn't"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
To Cure Damp Walls.

Make a varnish of one part of shell
lac and two parts of naphtha and COW
er the damp part thoroughly with it.
This varnish has a disagreeable smell,
but it soon wears off, and the wall is
rendered perfectly impervious TO
damp. The wall paper can be applied
in the usual way when once the wall
is dry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

the above mixture, alternating d
small quantity of the -four with n
portion of three-fourths of cup of
milk until all is used add to this mix
ture the stiffly beaten whites of two
eggs to which has been added a pinch
Of salt, flavor with three-fourths tea
spoonful of lemon or orange extract
bake in three layers in round tins
about twenty minutes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
Woman.
sls

Untamed and forever the tameless,
The frail yet forever the free,
Unshamed and forever the shameless,
The top of creation is she.
All civilizations have passed her
And left her barbarian still.
And the man who had dreamed he is
master
Is simply the slave of her will.
~
She shippers and glances demurely,
And looks like saint as she goes;
AS sweet as lily, yet surely
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
And There Are Others.

No girl of good character and good
looks, who could skilfully manipu-
late frying pan or skillet, ever
came to Texas and remained single.
Texas hungers and thirsts after girls
who can yank a symphony out of a
cooking stove.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
Horse Sense.

During a heavy downpour Of rain an
Irish farmer sent his boy to distant
field to bring home horse. Some time
elapsed, and the messenger returned
without the horse. SEE,c.lxnlzSssss--
Fatber-Didn't OF send ye for the
horse, We gamoch? Is your head III
your brogues?
Little Boy (drenched to the SKIM
Sure, he was standin' in shelter as dry
as ye !oike. Bedad, he knows more
than the two of us.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

Guion Layer Cake-Cream one ta
blespoonful of butter with one cup of
graduated sugar, add the beaten
yolks of two eggs; sift two scant cups
of pastry flour Ito which has been adj
ded two scant teaspoons OF baking
powder) three times Stir this into
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
Laundry Lines.

When dampening clothes for IRON
ing use water as hot as the hand can
bear and shake it on to the clothes
with a clean whisk broom kept for
this purpose. The clothes can be IRON
ed in a very short time after sprink-
ling with hot water, consideration in
hot weather when it is not always
wise to sprinkle them over night.
To smooth fiat irons, sprigs of
spruce, hemlock or cedar will be
found equal to or superior to wax. 1t
should be on the end of the ironing
table and the hot iron passed quickly
two or three times across the leaves
taking care not to touch any of the
gum that may eXude.
Colored wash goods will keep their
color if immersed for three hours be-
fore washing in a gallon of cold wa
ter to which has been added a table
spoonful Of ordinary turpentine.-Ex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

Imitation and emulation break up
homes without number. The woman
whose husband has $1,000 a year is
trying to do the same as the woman
whose husband has $4,000. Of course
the result is failure. Don't initiate.
What the world hungers for is orig
inality. There's no other me, there's
no other you. Be like the flowers.
Each goes along in it's own little line
of business and the daisy doesn't try
to be rose.-Mildred Manly Cald-
well.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

Everyone knows the pleasure of re.
ing, hand held out to help in dis
tress a difficulty solved, a higher
hope revealed for this world or the
next. BY that pain and by that pleas
ure, let us judge what we should do
for others.-Dean Stanley.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25

Jorrnal want ads pay best-try one
and see.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
woMEN's BEAUTY.
Imperfect Digestion Causes Had
Complexion and Dull Eyes.

Tic color IN your checks won't
fade the brightness In your eye
won't vanish. n you keep your stom-
ach n good condition.
This was the advice Of a promi-
uent'physiclan 20 a woman's club IN
Bost,n and Il g. good advice.
Bechlng OF gas. heayincss, sour
taste In mouth. dizziness. biliousnoss
and iausca occur simply because the
stomich is not properly digesiing
the hOd
Tn, blood needs nourishment 20
carry vigor vim and vitality to
every part of the body and when
food f'rments I'm the stomach enough
.uouriihment Is not supplied.
Mi--na stomach tablets give in
.stant relief TO upset stomachs. but
they 90 more; they put strength
into tie stomach and build Il uE so
that { can easily digest a hearty
meal Without giving It's owner hours
.of misry.
Ml-ona Is sold by druggists every
where and by Gilberts drug store at
30 Gems a large box. II IS guaran-
teed tocure Indigestion or any stom-
ZACH distress or money back.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
SAFE AND SANE
NOTHING BUT RAIN FOR THE
GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Picnics and Inil Games. Races aud
Al. same story tn Tell az the
Fourth.

The day was one OF tho quiotcst
national holidays cvcr spent m Podu-
ah Many outing parties wcrc
pooled Dos che rains. and the races
were called on. A large crowd
hayoi the elements. but thc cou'iu-
ned raius made 70 impossible Co run.
A number of amateur baseball gaines
wcrc called on. TOO. At Wallace park
an elaborate celebration OF fhc Fourth
was planned. but the weather iuior-
forci with che Attendance The die
play of fireworks was postponed uu-
90 tonight
Ch.of Interest OF The day conferred
70 the Jenries-Johuson nght. and the
newspaper Offices were ike bee
aives with the anxious sports who
were eager to obtain every inkling OF
.he biz aorap.
Jupiter Piurius lent holplnf
hand in aiding Pnducah IN isiing
safe and zane csiehraton Of ne
Fourth OF July. T,h1nehant the day
scarcely a soand OF az exploding Or
'crackaf,. too cannon or pisioi vas
heard and last nNssis the ieiutful
display % the Roman candles and
kyrockcts was seldom wiiacssod
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

A colored woman, native OF the
South. had been working for a flat
dwelling family Of moderate means
in the East End, but resigned re-
Gently 70 accept place bringing
h igher wlges With a wealthy family
who live ~ a large house on Enc q
Heights ana have their dinner
served in courses every night just as
Iif there was company. says the
ICleveand Plain Dealer.
This colored woman had been
brought mp to put everything on the
able al once, with the exception pos
rbly of the desert and did not
take kindly 10 the course system.
\ few davs ago her former mis-
.tress meet hor cu the street AMI in
quired how she liked her now place
ooh. not ve'y we'll, she replied
"I don't like this hyah way Of SUI
win" things I'm courses. Khe's too
much sh.ftin o. the dishes TO- the
o. the vittles Savannah
News.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

One morning a popular young
minister was presenting his view up
on an important subject under dis
cussion and insisting that he held
certain things TO be true. the conn
mentators Notwithstanding. He con-
tended: 81 hold this to be true even
though the commentators disagree
with me-and again. say even
though the commentators disagree
with me"
At this point an old lady was
seen to leave the church. on his
way home from the service the min
lister was met by this old lady bear
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
TUBERCULOSIS
TENT COLONY
WILL BE READY FOR OCCU-
PANCY AUGUST 10.
Work ON Plant u Progressing and
sanitary Equipment Is
Growing.
PLANS OF THE LOCAL LEAGUE.

Rarrng gnforsoon delays the
camp OF the anti-tuborculosis league
VIII be opened about August 10.
The building az Jackson's Hill has
been ordered for the building. 10
will require month 60 secure the
equipment. and the directors feel
certain that all OF the details can
be arranged and completed In time
for the opening.
The entire building Is about l50N
40 feet. and Is on the crest OF the
hin. The administration building
will be equipped with the office and
lounglng room for the patients while
on each end there Is wing for
sleeping quarters. The building
fgccs the south and the sleeping
uuaucrs are opoa 50 that the
patients may have an abundance Of
fresh air
sunlight and fresh air are rccog-
Iizcd as the greatest remedies for
the patients IN the inclpicnt stage OF
tuberculosis. and the sun room is
constructed so that the rays OF the
sun VIII strike L az any hour OF
the day Hhe patents Mil lounge In
'the room. and take the sun baths.
While the building Is not erected
,amid the trees only a short dis
,tancc away is the pretty grove.
'wherc the patients may rccline IN
tho shade duung the hot DAYS and
where a constant breeze is stirring.
4 The furniture of the camp viii
De- plain ana substantial. but In
every way adequate 20 the nccds Of
tho patients Regular hospIta, bcd-
,have been ordered Tor the slccpins
Quarters. and every precauton MI
lbc taken Co insure the camp being
sanitary. Easy reclining chairs have
been ordered FOR the use 81 The
u ati,nts wh'lc lounglng around the
camp.
10 is the intention Of the lolguc
Ito issue tracts. educating tho peo-
ale or the dangers Of mbcrculoa.a
land the simple precautions that VIII
.prcycnt its spread The state board
lof health sends ont literature. bu'
1.-The local League viii further che
work in this vicinity. 70 is Planned
to have wceklN lectures IN the pub
lhc schools instructIns the pupils Of
the dangers bf the disease. Loca'
physicians are expected 10 ASSIST bs
ie,vng the lectures.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

Artemls Gazing MO the orystalJ
II see rolling downs, crowds,
police. horses. They are racing.
The horses round the bend; the
Jockeys lash them. They near the
post: two lead. neck and neck-a
dead heat-no-one of them dashes
ehead and wins.
Chent-Yes, yes, but which?
What are the winners coiors?
Atemis-Alas, ! cannot tell YOU!
/ am color-biind Punch.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

About me only sound heard ali day
was the spashiug OF water as &c de-
seconded n sheets
Had me city dads not passed the
ordinance prohibiting tho safe and
use of fireworks 'n tho city. the
Fourth would have BEEN safe and
sane amy way. Not an accident was
reported. While the nrcmou enjoyed
n quiet day az che stations
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
Lev short Wool !.

Mr. J. s. Barten. EiwarlNiTc.
mr.. writes "a few months ago my
kidneys hcoamo cougored had
severe blcklctc and pain across the
kidneys and hips Foley Kidney
pills promptly cured my backlche
and corrected ne acton of my Kid
ueys This wa brought about after
my using them for only "a few short
weeks and I cen chccrlu,} RECON-
meud thor" Glbeft's drug Store.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

Mrs. Crimsoubeak-Td like TO be
a lawyer. Mr. Crimsonbeak-I guess
you'd rather be Judge "Why SOP
ooh. you'd have the last word, then!'
-Yongers statesman.
81 see stubb's will has been Med
."Wbv aid he leave an estate?" Eyes
one thousand tobacco coupons"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

? The naval, mercantile. marine and
general engineering and machinery
exhibition to be held at Olympia,
London. next September will, 1t is
stated. be the largest OF its kind ever
held in that city.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
as Life Worth saving ?"

Mrs. Noble McRaney, Prentss'
Miss, writes that she had severe
ease of kidney and blade trouble,
and that four bottles of Foley's Kid
ney Remedy cured her sound and
vel. she closes her letter by say
ling: 81 heartily recommend FOley's
Kidney Remedy 20 any sufferer OF
kidney disease. II saved my life"
/ Gubert's drug store.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
Mrs. w. ii. BU RGElti tuu CheIig
Jefferson, Iowa.
Another Woman Cured.


Glenwood. Iowa. -" About three
years ago | had falling and other fe-
male troubles, and | was nothing but
skin and bones. l was 80 sick ] could
not do my own work. Within six
months | was made sound and well by
Lydia f.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. will always tell my friends
that your remedies cured me, and YOU
can publish my letter" - Mrs. Z. W.
Dunn. GlenwOOd, Iowa.
II you belong to that countless army
OF women who suffer from some form
OF female ills, just try Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard FOR all forms OF
female ills. and has cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
such ailments as displacements, tbroid
tumOrs. liberation. inilam nation, ir'
regularities, baokache, etc.
If you want special advice write
fOrit to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass
IL Is free and always helpful
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

ing a basket. She stopped and
handed It to him. saying: Dear
brother. l heeied you say the COM
mon tators disagree with you so
I've brought YOU a basket OF Nir-
ginia vans ".-National Monthly
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05
MADE
WELLAND
STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Jefferson. Iowa. -"When my baby

was Just tWomontilS
o Id l was com
pletely run down
and my internal or
gans were in terri
Die shape. | began
taking Lydia T..
|Pinkham's Negeta-
BILE Compound, and
mother wrote and
told You just how |
was. / began 20 gain
lat once and now 1
lam real we'll"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-05

Prof. flabor claims 20 have solved
The problem OF the dircct synthess
Of ammonia from "a elements
niirosen and hydrogen. The pro
ccss has been purchased hy we'll
known German nrm.