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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
ExaggeratiOns About Russia.

l heard only few days previously
from an Englishman born in Russia that
the worst of Russian criminals were
put down in quicksilver mines in Siberia,
where they were speedily killed by I'M
healthy fumes. Like many others | at
once believed the story, but little
thought l should one day have the
satisfaction of kicking the bottom out of
it by prOclaiming, after crossing the
country myself, that there are no such
things in Siberia as quicksilver mines,
and challenging any one to bring proof
that there ever have been. AS an in
stance, however, of the pertinacity with
which false idea continues to spread,
and be believed, l may mention that
after my return l was speaking with the
editor of leading Petersburg journal,
taken in supposing there was no quick
silver mines in Siberia. Upon my
maintaining the contrary he declared
that he could bring me proof on the
spot, which accordingly he left the room
to do, but returned begging my pardon
and saying they were silver mines.
Thimblefuls of argental mercury have
been found, no doubt, here and there
in Siberia, as at Kolyvan; and a re-
leased political exile told me that
he heard, many miles distant, that
there was small quicksilver mine at
Nertchinsk, but too poor to be worth
working. When, however, he was de-
ported to four places in succession
about Nertchinsk he heard nothing
more of the said quicksilver" mine,
and neither he nor another released
exile who had worked there in the
silver mines, and whom l questioned,
perceived, they said, any Objectionable
"fumes." Another point on which
false information has been spread re-
lates to the manner prisoners wear their
chains, which some, like the author of
Called Back, would have us believe
is under their trousers. But this is
purely hoax. have in my possession
pairs of Russian handouts and leg
chains, and prison suit which l OBJ
tanned in Siberia, where also / saw
scores, not to say hundreds, of leg
chains. The last consist each of two
rings, to be riveted round the ankles,
and attached by chain thirty inches
long, which, for convenience in walk
ing, is suspended in the middle by a
strip of leather from the waist. Be-
tween the rings and the prisoners skin
there is worn, first, coarse wooden
stocking, and over that piece of thick
linen cloth; then come the trousers,
over which is bound round the skin a
leather gaiter. How, then, could these
chains be worn under the trousers?
The chains in my possession weigh
five and quarter pounds, the hand
cuffs two; but of these latter should
observe that in going across Siberia
and through its prisons saw only one
man manacled, and he a desperate,
who, to the crime for which he was
judged, added that of murder in the
prison.-Cor. Harper's Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
The Danger Of Being a
Human Being.

Heredity is a puzzle. 1t seems to be
easier in this world to inherit bad quail
tiles and traits than good, but both sorts
make such leaps and jumps, and are so
inclined to 90 off on collateral lines,
that the succession is difficult to calcu-
late. The race is linked together in a
curious tangle, so that it is almost i'm
possible to fix the responsibility. De-
fects or vices or virtues will not always
go on in straight line. The children
of deaf-mutes, for example, are not apt
to be deaf-mutes, but the cousins of
these children may be deaf-mutes, show
ing, it is said, that some remote ances-
tor of both had some mental or physical
defect, which has been transmitted to
his posterity, though not in the form
in which he was afflicted. In most
cases we can not do anything about it..
The older our civilization becomes the
more complicated and intricate are our
relations, so that it has already become
a dangerous business to be human be-
ing at all. 1t is not always certain that
if man eats sour grapes his children's
teeth will be set on edge, but the effect
of the sour-grape diet may skip genera
ton or two, or appear in collateral
line. We try to study this problem in
our asylums and prisons, and we get a
great many interesting facts, but they
are too conflicting to guide legislation.
The difficulty is to relieve a person of
responsibility for the sins of his ances-
tors without relieving him of RESPONSE
bility for his own ins.-Harper'S Maga-
zine for May.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
How the Thistle Travels.

There is no weed weedier or more
ubiquitous than the common thistle.
1t has managed so to diffuse itself over
the habitable globe that there hardly
now remains spot on earth without
its own local representative of that
ever-intrusive and conquering genus.
Wherever civilized man goes there the
thistle accompanies him as a matter of
course in his various wanderings. 1t
adapts itself to all earthly environ
ments. Close up to the Arctic circle
you find it defying the indigenous rein
deer with its prickly wings. Under
an equatorial sky you may observe it
accommodating itself most compla-
Gently, with sardonic smile, to tropical
existence, and battling with the prickly
cactuses and the thorny acacias, to the
manner born, for its fair share of the
dry and arid uplands. Even nettles
are nowhere in competition with it,
Garnered and harvested yearly with
the farmers corn, its seeds have been
gratuitously distributed by its enemy,
man, in all climates, and when once it
gains the slightest foothold its winged
down enables it to diffuse itself ad
minimum through the virgin soil of
yet unconquered and unthistly CONT
nents. A field of thistles in England
itself is beautiful sight for the enthu-
siastic botanist (who has usually a low
opinion of the agricultural interest), but
in the fresh and fallow earth of New
Zealand they attain yet more prodigi-
GUS and portentious stature that might
well strike awe and dismay into the stout
heart of Berkshire farmer. The fact
is, the thistle is one of those bellicose
plants which specially lay themselves
out, in the struggle for existence, for
the occupation of soils where they are
compelled to defend their leaves and
stems from the constant attacks of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
The Mistral.

The mstral is the northwest wind
which is the scourge of France in win
ter and spring. The mountain ranges
of the Cevennes being covered with
snow and the shores of the Mediter-
ranean being many degrees warmer,
the icy-cold air rolls down the slopes of
the mountains with terrific violence,
and, invading Provence and Langue-
doc, destroys the vineyards, uproots
trees, throws down buildings and is so
intensely dry that it withers every green
thing. According to Strabo the melam-
boreas precipitated men from their
chariots and stripped them of their
arms and vestments. Locally the say
ing is that the three plaques of the
country are the parliament, the mistral
and the durance. Like our own east
wind, it does some good as well as a
great deal of mischief, as it renders the
air more salubrious by dispelling the
noxious vapors from stagnant waters
and marshes. In ancient times it was
personified as the most dreaded of the
gods of the district. The conditions of
atmospheric pressure favoring the mis-
tral are high barometer over Europe
and low barometer over the Gulf of
Lyons. The bise is similar and ex-
cessively cold northerly wind in the
Swiss and French Alps.-LOngman'S
Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
A Remarkable PensiOner.

Mrs. Mahala Hoagland of Buncombe
county, n. c., draws a pension of S12
month from the government as the
widow of soldier of the revolution.
She is seventy-eight years old. Mrs.
Hoagland says she married John Hoag-
land in Buncombe county when she
was not quite twenty-one years old.
Her husband was then eighty-siX years
old. She had two children by him.
He died at the age of ninety-nine years.
He was born in New York, but removed
to North Carolina when quite young
man. Hoagland was Dragon in the
revolutionary war. Mrs. Hoagland,
who is remarkably sprightly for one of
her age, gives the following account of
her wooing and wedding: " But l
come mighty near not marryin' him.
You see il was this way. John, he
lived clost to our house, and one day
he came over to see my daddy. l was
a little baby then, lynn in my cradle,
and l was kickin' up an cryin' at a
powerful rate, maybe because l had the
collie. John, he stopped down and told
me to shet up. SEES he: You'll be my
wife some day. and then he laughed.
Well, sure enough, when | was jest
between twenty and twenty-one, Johns
wife died, and in six months, sure
enough, here he come after me and
asked me to marry him. l slapped
him in the face and told him I'd die
first. Then he went off mad, but came
back in a week or two and courted me
again; but l drove him off. thought
he had gone for good, but 'twan't
more'n a month until he come again.
This time he was cryin' and carryin'
on. Well, he seemed so powerfully sot
on having me that told him, SEES L:
John, jest stop cryin' and go and
wash your face, and I'll think about it,
But bless you, he galloped off to town
and got license, and Esquire Brawley
Oates went his security. Then, when
he come back with the license, he
looked so happy and triumphant-like
that couldn't go back on him, and
that's how come to be revolution
airy widow"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16

WoMAN's MoDEsTY.-Many women
are prevented by feelings of delicacy
from consulting a physician in those
disorders arising from functional de-
rangement of her peculiarly delicate
organism, and the most serious results
are often caused by this neglect. To
such persons DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is an especial boon, as it
offers sure and safe cure for all those
distressing disorders to which women
are peculiarly subject, while it saves a
modest girl or woman from the en-
barrassment of personal consultation
with physician. Favorite Prescrip-
tion y is the only medicine for woman's
peculiar weaknesses and ailments sold
by druggists under positive guaran-
tee from the manufacturers that it will
give satisfaction in every case or
money will be. refunded. See guarantee
on bottle-wrapper
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
Mistsllanp.
The Little White School. House.

:, =, -. ..,..,,. IN,
IN tne NIUE "niee Jus' unuei ,"' NM
nan ma oy 'he nap,es anu ciose u 'le nun,
whose Wiue'spre"u'ne orahcnes ""oi"o" '"'''
shaue' ,.
With its buzz and whrr its catter and din,
II marshaled us out and ushered us in.
pleasah'er resuhg-phce eou'u "e Ut nave 'ee"
iounu ,,
lnaii ths rooriy anu airy ou pieasui es'ou"u'
WIN rs carpet Oh green anu vans VI o'u nooS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16

larger herbivores. On open plains and
wide steppes, much browsed over in
the wild state by deer or buffalo, and
in the degenerate, civilized condition
by more prosaic cows and donkeys, one
may always note that only the prickliest
and most defensive plants have any
chance of gaining livelihood.-Popu-
lar Science Monthlv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-16
FEW mercies call for greater thank
fulness than friend safe in heaven.


Smiles will supersede many frowns
and many discomforts will be unknown
when DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets entirely supersede, as they bid
fair to do, the large and less efficient
pill of our forefathers. Every day they
gain new laurels. Most popular when
most ills abound.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12
DENNIS BEGINS WORK.
Trying 10 Make = Newspaper
office 81 the Mint.

Yesterday John Dennis assumed the
duties and responsibilities of Meter aud
Krfiner of the U. 8. Mint, and imagin-
Ing that he WAS once more in a printing
Office, kept rushing round telling the
men to pull out" Finally he rushed
up to the place where they were melt
ing silver, and shouted out:
Look here, don't get that metal
20 - ------ hot. You can t
stereotype with the meal SO hot
stereotype. who is going to stereo-
type2"
"Ain't you going to press this after.
noon?"
''rhe coinage press amt RAINING"
WAS tue reply.
"Oh. that's co." said the Major, wax.
ing up to realizing sense of his posi-
ton, "bog everybody's pardon, 1
thought WAS in big newspaper Office,
10 natural, you know" And utter fill
ing his bond ngain he went out to stroll
in the fresh air and figure ont the differ
once betw on silver aud bnbbit metal
(Carson Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12
NOTICE TO STAR CLIO
YER and RUBY VAL
LEY HORSEMEN.
The following Stations will stand at
Oasis Ranch, season of 1888:
GAMBETTA.

A full blood Norman-Percheron No.
1,9G6.
Description Gambe:t is II
hands high. dapple gray, proud spir-
tied. rangy stallion, girts z feet, weighs
now 1875 pounds, has full expressive
eye, proud arch neck, strong high back,
high in front, good breast, broad, fiat
bone in leg and fine action.
AInbetta VAS sired by
Keno No. 1920, dam Piciola No. 1904,
and was bred by F. M Adams, of Nor
NAL, Illinois, is recorded in Vol. 3,
page 44O, National Register of French
Draft Horses.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12

SPECIAL MARKET REPORT.
YOUNG MEN Unsteady.
G NGHAMS-Sming patterns very
chenp Mt Reinha,t's.
GIRLS-Lively, in great demand.
PANTS Loose, but very low in prices
ut Remnants.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, waiting higher
bids.
NECKTIES Much ked for. new
and stylish line just received ut Rein
harris.
ADVICE--Good,b but no demand.
II ArS-Not so high as Inst Spring.
Great reductions in them ut Rein.
harris
WHISKEY-Steadily going down.
BOOTS md SHOES-All Doled, but
still some great bargains at Rein
Eart's.
ONIONS-Strong and rising.
DRY GOODS-Eot in demand by to-
pers, but very cheap ut Reinhart's
IRON-Very firm.
WALLPAPERS--Hang firm; gorge
Gus stock ut Reinhnrt's.
| OPIUM-A drug OH the market.
CURTAINS-Market quiet; beautiful
line Of fancy dndo shades just re-
ceived at Remnants.
FEATHERS-Light md going up.
CARPETS-Down, very low down al
Remnants.
MONEY Close, but little Of il goes n
long way at Remnants store. &c
and convince yourself. 40 1-w
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12
Wonderful

cures OF Scrofulous diseases continually
ndd to the reputation Of Ayers Sarsa-
parlla. John Mcdonald, III Suffolk ST.,
Lowell, Mass, says: For q Number Of
years was n great sufferer from Scro.ula,
which manifested itself il carly childhood.
So virulcnt and offensive were the sores
which appeared on III? body, that my
parents kept mo from school most CT tho
time. I became c:aacia:cd, pa,c, languid,
and feeble, ard E,y friends sad /. was
Consumption. a p'!"s!c!ca IN ;;cw York
state recommended treatment with
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12
SHEER NONAENNE.

The Carson APPEAL. in m nrticle
urging the election of Republican
President In order that the Supreme
Court of the United Stutes shall lemain
Republican, snys:
"The Court as it new stands has six
Republican members and two Demo-
cratic, with one vacancy. sure to be
filled with Democrnt. So it is for the
people of the United States t. decide
whether MeFsrs. Bradley, Miller aud
Blatchford shall be succeeded by Re
publicnns, ensurinS construction of
the Constitution and its nmendment>
that will not change the results Of the
war and the legislation which followed
it, or whether thy shall be succeeded
by Democrats, whose construction Of
the constitution and amendments would
be sure to differ widely from those OF
the Court for 26 ye .rs past."
Justices Miller and Bradley are al.
ready past the age at which Justices
are entitled to retirement, and Justice
Blathford is within two yenrs of TINT
age, hence the probability that in the
event of the election of n Democrat
President this yenr, three new Demo-
cratic Justices Of the Supreme Court
will be appointed within the next four
years. Bat when anyone is 80 polt :
cal!y hide bound AZ to cuntead that "a
construction OF the Constitution and its
amendments TINT will change the re.
suits of the war or the legislation which
followed IT, will be the result of n
change III the polili'n complexion of
thu Supreme Court. he is preauming on
Che intelligence of the American people,
and belongs t. TINT cllss Of political
nlarmists who predicted dire disns ter to
Republican inst tutions in the event
Tint Democrat should be elected to
the position OF chief mngis trntc of the
United Suits. These predictions have
NIL fallen to the ground in the succe So
f II administration Lf tie government y
a DemogIat Prcsid 1t during the past
three ye.rs, aud til" pcollo who for.
merly we've exercised over the prophr.
cies OF their poIit cal leaders hive
learned that I'LL such bal lertiush as the
Appeal gives them is simply bait
thrown out to catch votes, and hns no
foundation in fact.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12

Silver State;- The attention Of Semi
tor Stewart having been called t. the
arrest Of several wood.ch"pl 'rs in Ian.
dor county for cutting full for mining
and dom site purposes un t q public
domtin, he writes 10 n gene an of
this town TINT tops Will be tux IN mt
In % to op I'll ii persecution,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12
ROLLO,

Who took Diploma at Nevada Stnte
Fair, held at Reno, Full of 1887, as
best full blood Norman colt, will be
three years old Sept. 20, 1858, and will
serve limited number of mares.
DESCRIP FION:-Rollo is II heavy
set, powerful draft colt, nice clean head.
proud arch neck, heavy name aud tail,
good limbs aud buck, has form with
out defect. is bright strawberry roam
and is descendant of daplle grny stock
of the largest and best strains in the
Uulted States.
PED GREE:-Rollo was sired by dap
pie gray Almedn No. 2,429, whose
weight was 800 pounds. His dam
was Pima, q grny mare weighing 1900
pounds. Pima by imported dark dupple
gray Loriet No. 487, weight 900
pounds. Dam of Piua was Halle, a
gray mare weighing 1900 pounds. Hal
lie by the famous imported st. Laurent
whose weight WAS lilo pounds. Dam
Ol nuIlle was ANTRIM, HeIBuL l,OUU
pounds. Amelit by Louis End, import
ed by Gilmore Il Houser, Of Marion Co.,
Ohio, and sold Feb, 1868. to E. Dillon
& Co., Normal, Illinois. Dam of Anne
lin was Carrie Louise, q gray mare of
1900 pounds weight. Carrie Louise by
the historical Old Louis Napoleon,
weight, 1000 pounds, imported in 1851.
Rollo's ancestors trace the very best
draft blood for the pnst 2, years.
TERMS.
BY the season, $35. All mares who
foil this Sc .son will have the use of the
horse the following season. We also
have one full blood stallion of l $50
pounds weight, and n number of choice
colts that will serve mures until sold at
SIS for the season. Grain t.ken ut
market price on board cars. Clubs of
mares taken for share Of colts. Pastm-
age for mares free. Correspondence
solicited, and visitors welcome.
L. G. HARDY, Mnnas r,
Oasis Il .uch Company
Toano. New April IL, 1888.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-04-12

Star Vallcy-At Schoolhouse: Inspectors;
l. stellar, NJ Hall. T + Brennan.
North Ruby-At Srhoolhonse: Inspectors;
I p Woolverton, WIN Griswold, 10 Smith.
South Ruby-At T wrights: Inspectors;
T Wright Il II Harrison. j b Moore.
DISTRICT NO. ).
WellI-At Bulls H. al Hot,l: Inspectors; ]
b Fitch, Al Fisher, VIM Conger.
II ID Ranch-No Appointments.
Toano-At Gobbers: inspectors; A W Cob.
bel, L Jaques.
Tecoma-At Brennan's: Inspectors; John
Brennan, II V Mundell, p Monahan.
Glover Vnlley--At schoolhouse: Inspectors;
Gins Lampman, Isaac wisenIsn, c SchUer.
Spruccmont--At O'Harra's: Inspectors: ID
ID O'Harra. r Hartley, II shelton.
Polls to open at O'Clock T.. NJ, and close mt
7 +. NJ, except Mt Tuscarora where they will
open Mt O'Clock 2. NJ. and close at p. NJ.
No further business appearing, on motion
the Committee adjourned subject 10 the call of
o Chairman.
GEORGE RUSSELL, Charm An,
6. W. GRovRR, Secretary, A-lO I'd
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-06
Notice OF Forfeiture.

To GEORGE NJ. PARSONS and F. A. ROGERS his ad-
illustrators, heirs, or assigns:
You hereby notified that I have expended
the sum of four hundred dollars $400t iu labor
and improvements on the
"GA FIELD"
Lode Mining Claim, situated in Mineral Hill
Mining District, Alturas County, Idaho Territory,
required by Section ?324, Revised Statutes OF
lows: 1888, 1884, 1888, and 1896, being four years
ending December 81, 1856; and If within ninety
t9o days after this notice by publication you fail
or refuse to contribute your proportion of such
expenditures as co-owuers your interest being
one-third Gs), amounting to one hundred thirty
three and 80 100 dollars (Sl3333 and costs of this
notice, your interest in said claim Will become
the property OF the subscriber. under said Section
1924, Revised Statutes of the United States.
First publication: November 10. 1897.
HENRY GUYER.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-06
Taken Up.

TWO dun or buekskin MARES. One with both
hind feet white to the ankles, star In forehead,
black legs, name and TAIL weight about $50 hs.
Brand: On left hip, being circle with bar across.
other has a hind foot white up to ankle, black
legs, name and tail. dark face and noe; weight,
about 800 HIS: collar marked. Brand: On ritht
shoulder, Is dim. and looks like II square.
The owner will please call, pay charges, aud
take animals away.
ia Pc. COLLIER,
On Deer Creek, three miles northwest OF HALEY.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-06
Strayel or Stolen.

A nice locking, large NEWFOUNDLAND DO0,
weighing l5O or l75 lbs. with heavy coat Of hair,
but not very curly, turned-up, bushy tail. with
dim flash Of whit, down neck and breast. OF PEI
culiar brindle with brown and dark colors. An.
swcrs to the name of "Monta," and on hearing It
will come and jump on person calling it, Had ON,
when lost, IA inches common leather collar.
with common ring q inches.
Any one returning the dog or stating his where
abouts to the undersigned will be we'll rewarded.
fl j. II. VAN NESS.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-06
Taken Up.
$40 Reward.

Strayed OF stolen from Croys Rulch. TWO
SORRRL HORSES, eight nine years old. Ono
is bald faced, with white hind feet, and branded
o. on right thigh; the other branded blurred,
and vented on left thigh.
The sbove reward will be paid for the return Of
the animals to the undersigned.
J. l.. CEDERHOLN.
HALEY, Idaho, November Is, 1887.