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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-10-05
Rather Embarrassing.
Exchange.


 young EnglshmAn, while paying diplomatic visit to Malietoa, reigning monarch of Samoa, upon whom he was anxious to create 6 favorable impres- sion, had little ex perienoe which could not have been altogether pleasant. He was met few yards from the house by three of Malietoa's chief men, who ushered him into his majesty's presence with all formality.
 MAlietoa received me In a very friendly manner. He rose, bade me welcome, and requested me to take seat by his side on the mat. He was an intel lectual, pleasant looking man, of about forty years of age. He had an agreeable and subdued manner Of address, and there not the slightest suggestion of the savage about him. He was surrounded by fifty dignifed gentlemen, not an unhandsome face among them-nothing of the Papuan; they were really as fine body of men as one would wish to sec. Nearly all of them were pufiing away at their selUis-short cigarettes of tobacco wrapped in a dry banana leaf,-duplcates of which were to be seen carried behind the ear handy for future use.
 KavG, the national drink was soon offered me. l dared not refuse to drink, though 1 wished they had kept the stuff away, for I had unpleasant rec ollections of it's taste. So l dubiously swallowed the nauseous draught. But this was not all.
 While we were awaiting the appearance of the interpreter, who had been sent for, young girl appeared before mo. Prom behind her pretty ear she produced selUi, which she lighted, pulled into Ia glow between her own lips and then presented to me. felt constrained to accept, for knew not what importance these people might attach to my smoking, or not smoking, with them
 If there is one thing more than another that cannot do with impunity, 1t is to smoke It has most b2neful effect upon me- And what would be the result of the mixture of the two abominations in my system7 began to have horrible imagin- ings.
 l took two pulls at the selUi, and that was enoughl On top of the previous atrocity had swallowed, the sensation was simply dreadful. Not even the presentation to the exalted position of heir -presumptive to the Samoan throne would have induced me to take another whif-and position was my object in appearing there.
 could usually stand puff or two at the British tobacco without exposing my weakness; but had not calculated on the powerful properties of this native article. The presumption to pass myself off as a practiced smoker was taken from me in instant. There was terrible nausea upon me. 1 felt myself grow pale. My whole organism rose in rebellion Resistance was impossible, and the next moment became the exposure of all eyes. When recovered my breath and wiped the tears from my eyes, found that my position as center of interest had increased in extent, but whether for better or worse could not gather.
 The king, however, seeing my embarrassment, signed me to put away the deadly selui, and was not long in obeying his majesty's first command. Fortunately my first embarrassing visit to Mali etoa did not operate against the success of my mis- sion No one ever seemed 90 remember 1t other than never to offer mo 6 second selui.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-10-05
A Cheap Pair of Pictures.

For 4Oc we will mail, post paid, to any address the splendid colored engravings, the "ArkansAw Traveller" and "The Turn of the Tune" also with out extra charge, the original story of the "ArkAn- saw Traveller" told by Col. Sandy Faulkner, and the music of the "Arkanaw Traveller" arranged for the piano. The pictures arc gotten up in the highest style of art and possessing such historical interest they should have place in every house hold. Postage stamps taken. Address the ArkAn- saw Traveller Publishing O., Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-10-05

Judge (to police oficer)- )-"Are you sure, air, that the prisoner was drunk7"
 Oficer-"Is 1t dhrunk, yer honor? Sure af he ud shpoke through the tiliphone the brith uv i'm ud ~ made the poles shtagger. Ennkeepeys Jour n0l
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-10-05

The aMonon" route is the shortest, speed'ests Afest and best between Louisville and Chicsgo.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Some Good IDEAS from Quebec.

Mr.. Editor;-I have just read your
article on Dairy rs. Creamery Butter"
1t is question to which have given
considerable thought. We happen to
be herein the Province of Quebec
in position even more unfavOrable
than are your less favored farmers. Our
climate, bush roads, distance from rail-
ways, and want of facilities even where
the railways pass, etc, make it very diff
cult, if not actually impossible, for the
small farmer, or even the richer farmer
in the newer settlements, to place him
self in direct communication with the
consumer. Your affirmation that dairy
butter, other things being equal, must
necessarily be superior to creamery,
seems to me unassailable and your rea-
soning perfect. That the creamery has
come to stay, and must of necessity
gradually raise dairying and its patrons,
is equally certain. But private diaries,
as well as thanksgiving, must also stay
to the end of time, most likely. What,
then, must be done to place the product
of private diaries in distant settlements
on the best markets and in the best
mercantile conditions is a problem
which deserves thoughtful attention.
You object to the country merchant,
and so do |. And yet it strikes me that
a middleman is here needed more than
anywhere else, provided he be supplied
with ample brains and sufficient hon
esty. A middleman in dairy produce
can represent from 300 to 900 dairy
cows, no matter how scattered. But he
can not do ample justice to himself and
to the cows unless he be an expert in
butter-making, packing and selling. If
he knows how to sell, he must know
what his customers want and how much
they are prepared to pay for the article
they want. His business is then to
supply such want. If / remember
rightly, the success of the Normandy
butter on the best markets in the world
is due to the dairy mddleman. He paid
the highest price for the best butter,
no matter how small the quantity He
then made it his business to keep that
butter in the best condition. He placed
it before his customers as soon as posi-
ble-even if it had to travel in cans TO-
600 miles-and in the most attractive,
paying form. Is that not also the history
of the Danish butter on foreign mar
kets? Again, if my remembrance is
correct, in both these cases creameries
had noting whatever to do with this
success. 1t was the combined effort of
private diaries, assisted by butter eX-
perts acting as middlemen, which gave
the dairying of those two countries a
worldwide reputation. If this has been
the best practice in Europe, why should
it not be good practice in Vermont OF
in Quebec? QUEBEC.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
To the Farmers.

An intelligent farmer from Essex
county, writing on the subject of a farm
paper devoted to Vermont's farm in
terests, says what | wish is that
DIR. Hoskins could have one whole page
to himself, every week, to fill with his
writings and selections, My reasons
for this are that DR.. Hoskins is hard to
beat in either of these lines, and that
page would be appreciated by farmers
in all parts of the state, while local items
and advertisements are not appre-
ciated by people at distance. l like
the WATCHMAN best, but can't you
give the page?"
The above is published in this depart
ment unbeknownst " to DR.. Hoskins,
both as a well-merited compliment to
the doctor and to give the publishers
an opportunity to explain that they are
perfecting arrangements to do just
what our worthy and appreciative cor
respondent suggests. A little time may
be required TO carry our plans TO the
full extent contemplated, but hence
forth, week by week, we shall endeavor
to give more and more space to this de-
partment of the WATCmrAN, under
DIR. Hoskins' efficient editorship. Space
may not always be used on this page.
1t may not always be convenient to use
it here. Articles may, and probably
will, be found frequently on the fifth
page, and they will be none the less
valuable or welcome for appearing in
the department devoted to affairs in
general. We intend to make the
WATCHMAN better and better all
round " paper, and good things may be
expected and found on any page.
THE PUBLISHERS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

of the Ne,c England Farmer says.
" According to our experience, winter
is much the best time for butter-makng.
With dairy of twenty-five cows no
farmer should expect his wife to do the
heavy part of the dairy work in addi-
ton to her other house cares. A dairy
of that size, well managed, will pay for
the services of strong, intelligent
man-iust what the farmer should him
self be. During the winter a farmer
can well spare the time for doing the
dairy work, and it really gives him
twelve months of useful occupation
instead of the usual six or eight in
summer. With fire heat the tempera-
ture can be controlled quite as easily in
winter as by the use of ice in summer.
Having the dairy in winter. the busiest
summer months can be fully occupied
with ordinary farm work while the cows
are running dry and neither milking
nor churning to be done There is no
better time to raise calves than in the
fall and early winter. The flies are
gone and the calves can be stabbed in
comfort. When spring arrives they
will be in good condition to turn off to
pasture
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Farm Notes.

THE infertility of many soils is due
more to their mechanical condition
than to lack of plant food.
THE "know how" is the thing
but it is not the only thing. Will, en-
ergy, perseverance must 90 with it to
insure success. Where you see a read
ing and observing farmer, there you
find the successful farmer. Neither,
singly, is enough; both together are
not too much.
4 Ew words in the ears of the hus-
bandman: When you have been plow-
ing, narrowing, haying or threshing all
day, and take off your boots or shoes at
night, please empty their contents on
the ground instead of looking to see
just how much there is inside of them
and letting it all fall on the kitchen or
sleeping-room floor for your wife TO
sweep up.
THE only ingredients of plant food
which we need to consider in CONNER
cial fertilizers are potash, lime, mag
nesia, phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid
and nitrogen. OF this list, magnesia is
generally abundant even in "worn-
out " soils. Sulphuric acid and lime
are more often deficient. The remain
ing substances-the phosphoric acid,
nitrogen and potash-are the most i'm
portant ingredients of our commercial
fertilizers, because of both their scarcity
in the soil and their high cost.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
White Specks in Butter.


In the meeting of the Board of Agri-
culture at Brooklield | notice that the
cause of white specks in cream was dis
cussed. Some contended that they
were dried cream, others chat they were
cheese or hard curd, while others de-
clared that specks are not found in but
ter made by the deep-setting process.
Now have found these specks-dried
cream, cheese or hard curd--in butter
made by the deep method of setting
milk. If milk is set in open pans in
a room whore a current of warm air
passes through it the cream dries on its
surface and causes white specks in the
butter. This is dried cream. In the
deep-setting process, in drawing the
milk from the cream there will be some
milk left with the cream This milk
settles at the bottom of the can. In
warming the cream for churning, if the
can is set in too hot water and the milk
is sour, this milk forms a hard curd
and makes white specks in the butter.
This is " cheese" Such is my expert
ence. l.. w. PGTKIN, Marshfield.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
farm ano Garoen.

Inquiries or communications in relation to agri-
cultural subjects may be addressed to DR. T. II.
HosK1Ns, Newport, or to A. MEssER, Rochester, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
advertisements.
Rheumatism

MHGOHEdklSaH
10 Is IN established fact that Hoods sar.
saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases of rheumatism, effect.
ing remarkable cures by its powerful action
in correcting the acidity of the blood, which
is the cause of the disease, and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid.
II Is certainty fair to assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others il
will do for you. Therefore, If you suffer
the pains and aches of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
81 was troubled very much with rheuma.
tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists.
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed a good deal Of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, l
took four bottles and am perfectly we'll
j cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparila
as one of the best blood purifiers in the
world" w. Il. WooD, Bloomington, Ill.
For Twenty Years
Ihave been afflicted with rheumatism Before
1888 / found no relief, but grew worse | then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it did
me more good than all the other medicine l
ever had" H. T. BALLOON, Shirley, Mass.
81 suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. l took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j. V. A.
PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, III.
We shall be glad to send, free of charge
to all who may desire, a book containing many
additional statements Of cures by
Hoods SaYSapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Made
only by c. l. HOOD 81 CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Home Investment.

There is limited amount of the capital stock of
the Standard Light and Power Manufacturing Com
pany for sale, and a subscription blank can he found
either of the banks at the office of the Com
pauy, where subscriptions will be received up to and
including January Is, lSsa.
STANDARD LIGHT AND POWER MFG Co.
Montpelier, VT December l5 ISIS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

KEEPING MISUNDERSTANDING an
independent thinker will burst in upon
US with a statement which affrOnts the
science" of the past woefully. A
few years ago such an audacious voice
bluntly affirmed that animal manure is
never again so good as when it is
dropped. This, in the face of all the
elaborate directions for making composts
with which farmers have been favored
in the agricultural papers, seemed very
audacious. Nevertheless, science now
backs up this assertion of plain common
sense. An exchange says: 1.-The care
full experiments of DR.. Voelcker, chem
list of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England, prove that manure gradually
depreciates by keeping, under the very
best management, gaining in water, and
losing in valuable organic matter which
is spent in the fermentation. How,
then, must it waste and lose under the
ordinary exposure in yard, subject
to excessive heating and washing by
rains?"
You CAN OvERFEED COws.-The
disposition to go to extremes has to be
met on all sides. One would hardly
have supposed, ten years ago, that any
agricultural writer would be so soon
obliged to make this cautionary remark.
But after painstaking experiments, run
ming through six months, with all kinds
of rations, Professor Whitcher of the
New Hampshire Agricultural College
found that cows fed fifty pounds of
silage and eight pounds of rye hay, cost
ing Hop cents per day, did as well as
they did when fed fifteen. pounds of
hay, fifteen pounds of cut corn-stalks
and eight pounds of meal, costing in all
twenty-siX cents per day. The silage
was made from thinly planted and cared
corn.
GRAIN HAYDN our lighter soils
where the grass seedlings so easily "rur
out" it is getting quite common among
our best dairymen to supplement Their
ensilage and common hay with sowing'
of wheat, rye and oats, to be cut in the
milk and cured as hay. This hay is
worth double the ordinary meadow hay
say those who are habitually using it
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Editorial NOtings.

WARMING THE WATER.-There are
people who always to extremes.
Some farmers did so in gard to en-
silage, and many have done so in regard
to the cultivation of hops and other
special crops. In one Vermont town
the strawberry craze took hold of the
farmers; and each, fearing the others
would get rich ahead of him, rushed
along, "" out reason or judgment,
until they sWamped the business-not
only for themselves, but for all on the
same line of railroad. The result was
that last year it was hard to get hold of
a single basket of strawberries in the
villages along the Passumpsic line.
Are our Bradford friends Gin " any
thing by this craze? Now we think it
well to ask those who have put in heat
ers, for warming water for their stock (,
to remember that it can easily be made
too warm. The Maine Farmer puts it
about right, thus: " Writers should be
careful to express plainly what they
mean. There has been not a little con-
fusion of late in what has been said
concerning the warming of water for
stock. The raising of the temperature
from an ice.cold condition to a degree
that renders it the most palatable and
useful as drink does not necessarily
mean either hot water or warm
water for stock
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Assets Represented, S25O,OOOCOOOO'
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Both FOREIGN and American COmnanieS RenreSented.
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Commercial Union Assurance Company Assets,
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First National Fire Insurance Company Assets, 100000
Granite State Fire Insurance Company. Assets,
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Lancashire Insurance Company Assets, 100000
Niagara Company Assets,
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Peoples Fire Insurance Company Assets, 100000
Queen Insurance Company Assets, 100000
Sun Fire Company Oldest in the World
ACCIDENT COMPANIES.
New York Life Insurance Company New York Assets 85oOoOoO
National Life Insurance Company MonpelerV, Assets 100000
Travellers Insurance Company Assets 100000
Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company Assets 10000
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Attended to- Losses Settled and Promptly Paid at this Office
OFFICES:
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
100 Doses One Dollar.
ARREARS OF PENSION.

The new Pension Bill in Congress as reported by
the House Committee, grants pension to soldiers
from the date of their discharge on an application
filed in the Pension ONCE before its passage. Sol
diers must apply for pension before the bill be-
comes law TO obtain its benefits. slight disa-
bility, rated at only - a month under this act,
would give about ~ 200 on the first payment of pen
sion. Soldiers already pensioned If suffering from
army disability not included in their pension, can
apply for additional pension and arrears. Suspended
and rejected claims can be reconsdered. Write me
the particulars and receive application papers ny
return mail No fee unless successful. Circulars of
rates and blanks free. Address T, j. DEANITT,
Attorney, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

+ ITERATION NOTICE.-This IS to certify
IL that |, j. W. Sleeper of Waterbury, Vt. have
this day given my son. Walter II, sleeper, his time
during the remainder of his minority and that
shall claim none of his earnings nor pay any debts
i. W. SLEEPER.
Waterbury, VT December p, ISIS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

and especially where it is found that
the grass seedlings have not wintered
well, it is good practice to make such
sowings literally.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-01-10
Notice to Teachers.

W. @. Love, District Attorney, and
e1-officio County Superintendent of
Schools. desires to inform tue public
that no has appointed as members of
the Board of Examination, Mr.. w. w.
Booher and Mrs. Josephine Taylor who
will act as Committee of E Examination
for all applicants for teachers oertifi-
Gates, aud certificates will be granted
only to those found worthy by said eI-
aiming committee who alone will be
the judges of the qualifications of appli-
oants.
The first session of tho Board of
Examiners will be held at the school
house in Elko, commencing next Fri
day. jan. 11th. at O'Clock, P. n :, when
Miss Bruce, Hiss Plumb and Miss
Chaplin, as we'll az all others VIII desire
to apply. will be examined as to their
qualifications for tenchors' certificates.
All who desire to pass an examination
at TINT time will please be on hand
promptly at the time specified. At.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-01-10

During the year 1885 Recorder Van
Week has recorded thirty-two births,
thirty-seVen marriages and twenty. six
deaths which occurred in Elko county
during the past year.
It is evident that there have been q
number of births and deaths In the
county which have not been filed for
record, but the law is inst AZ stringent
in reference to recording them as it is
in reference to tho recotding of mn,-
riaSes. The law makes it the duty of
anyone officiating ut birth or q death
to make out certificate of the same
and forward 1t to the County Recorder
Blanks for this purpose are provided
by the county 30 that there il no OK
pensc whatever attached to making tho
certificate, but the law provides q fine
for failure to make such certificate ac-
cording to law. The law is a good one
and should be faithfully carried out in
every instance.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-01-10
COUNTY PRINTING.

Me Office IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BIDS
~ are now open for the printing for Elko
County iror the term of one year commencing
February l, 1889, and ending February l, 1890.
Said printing 20 include everything paid for
out of County fluids, such ~ publishing Of
Proceedings of Board of Commissioners, ad.
Vertisins, official blanks single, letter heads,
etc.
Bids must be filed in my Office on or before
the 4th day Of February, 1880.
L. o. HENDERSON,
Ex-Oficio Clerk Of Board of County
Commissioners In and for the coun.
ty of Elko.
Rlko, New, Jan. 7, 1889.