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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Pension Points.

1t is duty our comrades owe to
themselves and especially their families,
and it is but reasonable, also, that if
they contracted or incurred any disa-
bility in the line of duty while in the
service they should make an application
therefor, whether they receive their
pension or not, as it is much easier in
such cases for widow or the minor
children of the soldier to prove up a
claim where a portion of the work has
been put in by the soldier who believed
himself entitled. Many veterans of
the late war are well provided for, per-
haps, to-day, for fortune has sometimes
smiled on not few of our comrades;
but adverse winds may blow, and pros
perity may be of short duration, and
then monthly stipend, be it ever so
small, is friend indeed. Many COM
rades neglect to start their claim think
ing it may be uphill work and long
job, tiresome and expensive, and they
will wait few weeks and then make
application, but that time somehow
never arrives, and they never take into
consideration that the longer they
delay the more difficult it becomes to
furnish the evidence required.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
A New Violet.

A new violet has just been discovered
by Mr.. A. p. Gordon Cummings on his
place near Sykesville, Maryland. The
foliage leaves of this violet are longer
than those of the ordinary wild or cul-
tivated violet. The flower leaves of
the new violet are a soft white, striped
or notified with light and dark purple.
Unlike the other cultivated violet, the
new one is a single violet. All the
cultivated violets have hitherto, with
out exception, been double. Single
violets, until this discovery of Mr..
Cummings, have been without per-
fume, but the Sykesvlle cultivated
single violet has wealth of rich per-
fume that cannot be surpassed. Those
sweet plants, Daphne Odora and Cleo
Fragrans, do not give off more delight
full odors than this new violet.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
A War Incident.

Shortly after dinner the band of the
Union troops tuned up their instru-
ments and began playing some of the
national airs, which were received with
hearty applause by the boys in blue
and sepulchral groans from the boys in
gray. The johnny Rebs, not to be
outdone, also called out their band,
which played the melodies so dear to
the Sou herner, and which were re-
ceived with acclamations of joy on one
side and shouts of derisio' on the other.
Finally the Union leader, placing his
cornet to his lips, began playing the
strains of " Home, Sweet Home" in
which he was speedily joined by the
other members of his band This was
too much for the boys in gray. Tney
might fight to the bitter end with the
men across the stream on political mat
tiers, but when it came to the question
of the home circle, of wife and children
awaiting their return from war, they
were brothers with the boys in blue,
and soon the Confederate band joined
in with that of the Union forces and
for the time all thought of hate and war
was forgotten. Seattle Post.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

A good story is told on Judge II G.
Strive, one of the prominent citizens
of Seattle. While the great fire was
raging he rushed up into his office to
save some of his most valuable books
1t is well known that he had accumu-
lated a vast amount of material which
he purposed working up into history
of Washington. This material and some
of his books were very precious to him.
So, as the fire came sweeping down
toward his Office, he rushed upstairs
and began to select the books most
valuable. "Ah, this one l will save.
No, guess this one is more al
liable" Thus he hesitated, and
among his many books, all of which
were dear to him, he was unable to de-
eide which ones to save. Just then
the cries of firemen were raised, and
the Judge was urged to come down
and save his life. Being thoroughly
alarmed and still undecided, he turned
and grabbed the first book in reach
and rushed out of the building. Reach
ing the pavement, he found he had
saved-the city directory.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
To Make a Home Out of
a Household.

The tendency of women to self-sac-
rifice and self-effacement is something
to be, in domestic life, resisted rather
than yielded to and continued. The
mother who acquires a reputation for
being " so devoted to her children" or
" so wholly absorbed in attention to
her mily,' is by no means the ideal
mother or the ideal mistress of the
household. She is not living high
enough to catch the outlook and see
the true perspective of life. She misses
its relative values. She is oppressed
by things, and misses her better life,
and thus fails in that higher influence,
that power of stimulus and inspira ion,
which is her best gift to her family. 1t
is far better that many routine details
of successful housekeeping should be
omitted than that patience and exhilara-
ton of spirit should fail. And the
Christian virtues, or at least their eX-
ercise, do greatly depend on physical
conditions. Exhilaration, magnetism
are largely the result of good sleep and
good conditions of bodily health. 1t is
the plus quality of energy-that which
is left over after actual demands, that
goes to make the sunshine and cheeri-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Useful Hanging Pocket.

A useful hanging newspaper pocket
can be made of large sheet of birch
bark, lined With soft red silk or satin
and bound with ribbon of the same
shade. The lower end is bent forward
and tied by ribbons at the corners to
the sides about half way up, thus form
ing large hollow tube, into which
papers can be easily slipped. A bold
spray of flowers, branch of fruit or
flight of birds painted in the right
hand top corner is an improvement,
with the word " Papers" or the mono
gram of the owner below it. Should
the birch bark not prove sufficiently
stiff for the parpose, sheet of paste
board can be inserted between it and
the lining.-MrS. Broom.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Soldiers &uooet.


The following order from the pension
Office is the first in its history requiring
communications with it to be i'm print
and on prescribed size of paper: "The
great number Of claims pending in this
bureau renders il imperative that claim
ants and their attorneys should observe
the greatest care in making applications
for having cases placed upon the com
pleted files. When a claim is placed on
the completed files and it is found to
have been rejected and not reopened,
or that calls upon the claimant for evil
dence remain unanswered, the claim
will be returned to the proper files with
out further action. Where an attorney
is found violating the orders relative to
the completed files, the chiefs of divi-
sion will return the slips with a state
ment of the facts to the law division for
proper action under the order of the
secretary dated September 26, 1890, as
follows: 1t is hereby ordered, that
any agent or attorney
who shall have or attempt to have any
claim put upon the list or docket of or
among the completed files that is OBJ
viously or clearly not complete, or other
wise defeat the just operation of the
laws and regulations, shall be disbarred
from practice in the department. 1t is
ordered from and after January /, 1891,
all app LEGATIONS to place cases on the
completed files shall be printed on slips
four inches wide and eight and one-haf
inches long, and shall be substantially
in the forms herewith submitted"
The form referred to is net of the
required size. Will every claimant de-
string to place his case on that wonder
full file be obliged to print the rt request?
1t would seem so. An attorney recently
sent a request printed on paper eight
and one-half inches long and five inches
wide, which the commissioner refused
to receive, and returned it, calling the
attorneys attention to the regulation
width. Following is The
FORM OF APPLICATIONS:
Hon. Commissioner Of Pensions: Sri
have the honor to request that the invalid
claim described below be placed npon the
list of completed files.
No of claim. ....,.......,.......
No. of certificate. ........,...........
Nature of claim, additional increase or
restoration). OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
| Co........., ......... .Reg't, ..........V ols
~ That the declaration has been made
| in due form, stating the proper service OF
! the soldier and the facts as to inCurrence of
the disability in and his discharge from the
! service.
(2) That the proof establishes that the
disability alleged in the declaration was in
cured in the service and line OF duty.
() That the proof connects the present
disability for which pension is claimed witt
wounds or diseases incurred in the service
and establishes the fact of disability during
any past pensio able period.
az That the claimant has with the au
thority of the bureau of pensions, had {
regular medical examination in respect tC
the disability described and claimed for il
the declaration.
certify upon honor that after a careful
consideration of the case | am of the opinion
that the case is complete. Very respect
fully, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

A. w. STRANGE, ESQ Lynchburg,
Va, writes: - use DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup regularly for tickling cough at
night. 1t gives relief and puts me to
sleep. 1t is much used here" Price
twenty-five cents.
ADAM might have been the "good-
Hest man of men since born" but it
doesn't appear that he ever did any
especial good for his family. What a
blessing he might have left behind if
he could have made Salvation Oil and
kill pain.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

THE first annual meeting of the Yer
mont Veteran Bandmen will be held
in Burlington, February 3, at haf-past
seven in the evening. All members
and those who wish to join the associa-
ton should call upon the secretary at
the Van Ness House, Immediately upon
their arrival in the city.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

BUCKLEN'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. For sale by c Bakely,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY,


FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
E, j. CHENEY & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
catarrh that can not he cured by the
use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
~ in my presence, this 9th day of
g.. s, December "a A'p D, 1856 nssou
~ Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly upon the blood
and mueus surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
#, j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Ca Sold by druggists. Price sew
enty-fve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Gbr 3ousebulo.

Contributions to this department may he sent
either to DIR. T. H. HosKiNs, Newport, VT, or di-
rectly to THR wATCHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

MAKE yourself an honest man and
then you may be sure that there is one
rascal less in the orld.-Carlyle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Gourational.
The Randolph Normal School
Two Terms a Year of 20 Weeks Each.

The terms begin the Fourth Tuesday in August and
the First Tuesday in February.
Instructors. - EDWARD CONANT, Principal.
Ella L; Fsrrp' Mary s. PHfndm Nay Y EHabro0k,
Mary l.. Gates,
The First Course of Study
Extends through two years and includes Four Lines
of Work;
1,-English, Reading and ElocutiOn. Grammar
aud Composition.
Mathematics, Geometry, Drawing Algebra.
Arithmetic.
3, science, Botany Physiology, Geography,
Civics and Physics.
4 ,,Pedagogics School Discipline, Education.
Psychology, Pedagngics.
Text books furnished at Al a term, TO be paid
az the beginning. For rooms or for further ia
formation apply to the Principal.
Randolph, Vt. January, 1891,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
The Grant Collection.

The Grant collection at Washington
is alone worth a fortune. In one case
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
Duluth Elevator Men Say the Dakotas
and Minnesota viii Harvest no..
100000 Bushels.
Encouraging Reports Received From
All Over the Great Wheat
Belt.
Kansas Farmers Said to BE Holding
Back Their Wheat as Advised by
the Alliance.

DULUTH, Aug. Reports from the
West continue to bring the most favor
able advices as to the hard wheat crop.
The Van Dusen- Harrington company
says: 'All our correspondents send MS
encouraging reports. At Lisbon. N. D..
where they had a drouth last year there
Is plenty Of moisture, the wheat in filling
out well and the largest crop in years Is
promised. From all parts of the Red
River valley we hear the same story. as
well as from the region between the
Red Liver valley and Devils lake. "
Spencer, Moore, & Co. say: I'VE have
the best Of reports from all over the
Northwest. We hear of the promise of
nothing but enormous crops. The grain
is late and harvesting will not be gem
eral throughout North Dakota until the
18th or 10th of next month. The only
things that may be feared are too much
rain and an early frost. We think Min
nesota and the Dakotas will have 110.-
10000 to $4,000, 900 bushels. Nearly
every other report received here is of q
similar nature, whether from elevator
companies, agents Of grain firms, farm
ers or crop experts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
Eloped with . 14-Y.ar-Old Girl.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug. l. "A spec
ial to The Morning Herald from Me-
dina, N. Y, says: Stephen l.. White,
Of Shelby, who iE 75 years of age, and
little Ella Bissell, who is ID, are the
characters ina little romance interest
ing this vicinity, and they are now man
and wife. The Bissell girls parents
claim that White persuaded the little
girl to elope with him, and driving to q
neighboring village, had the knot tied
by claiming that the girl was over IL
years of age. White was promptly ar
rested on the charge of abduction but
was released on his own recognizance
and escaped, and no trace of him can be
found.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
Two BAD Breaks.

HELENA, Ark, Aug. 1.-Isha White
was executed in the Jail yard here at
1880 p. m. The condemned man made
short speech on the gallows in which
he said he believed he would shortly be
In heaven. Whites neck was broken
BY the drop and he was pronounced
dead In ten minutes.
HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. L. William
Caldwell was executed at 11:30 a. m. in
the county Jail. He died without max
Ing q statement but expressed the belief
that he was going to heaven. He
walked upon the scaffold without assist
ance and in eight minutes after the trap
fell he was pronounced dead. His neck
was broken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
HOLDING THE WHEAT.
Kansas Farmers Said to Be Selling Only
What Is Absolutely NECESSARY.

Kansas Farmers Said to Be Selling Only
What Is Absolutely Necessary.
CHICAGO, Aug. LA special dispatch
from Topeka, Kan, says: Although
cars have been generally distributed BY
the railroads, but very little wheat is
flowing eastward from this state. Alli-
ance leaders attribute this to the circu-
lar sent out from Washington advising
farmers to hold their grain. Grain
dealers declare this is not SO, but insist
that the reason is that the wheat is still
in shock, drying up, and the little that
has Come in ID damp and musty, and
unit for -four. In the southern part of
the state, where the yield was greatest,
wheat has been threshed, and lust
enough has been sold TO pay pressing
debts, while the bulk of it has been put
in storehouses to await higher prices.
1t appears probable that the Washing
ton circular has had its effect and farm
ers are holding back their crops.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
RECIPROCITY GOES.
A Commercial Alliance Agreed Upon
between France and Russia.

A Commercial Alliance Agreed Upon
Between France and Russia.
LONDON, Aug. Lit is understood
that the terms of q commercial alliance
have been practically agreed upon be-
tween France and Russia whereby each
country win give preference to the
product Of the other. As Russia. in years
of favorable harvest, is largely food
exporting country, this arrangement
will initiate against the United States
rather than England. although British
manufacturers receive severe blow
from the new French tariff, as it Is. In
return for French concessions, Russia
will, 1t Is said give preference to French
manufactures, while maintaining a
stringent tariff for imports from other
countries. The advantage thus given to
France enhances enormously the value
of Russian alliance, irrespective of any
motive of hostility toward Germany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
The Archbishop OF st. Paul Has an
Interview with Commissioner
Morgan.
The Assurances Given Him He Says
Were of a Very Satisfactory
Nature.
Cardinal Gibbons, in an Interview,
Expresses Himself as Pleased With
the Settlement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. - Archbishop
Ireland, of st. Paul, had q long and
pleasant interview with Commissioner
Morgan in regard to the late controversy
between the commissioner and the
board of Catholic indian missions. The
archbishop expressed himself as salts
fed with the commissioners plan Of
contracting direct with the Catholic
schools for the education of the Indians.
The commissioner assured the arch
bishop that no discrimination would be
made against Catholic schools during
his administration and that they would
receive large increase in the appiopri-
gtion for those institutions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
First Payment ON the Canal.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The Portage
lake canal viii be accepted by the gov
ernment without further delay and in a
short time vessels passing through the
canal will be relieved from the necessity
of paying tolls. The second comptroller
of the treasury has signed two certifi.
Gates, one for $4,000 and one for $780,
600, being the payment to the two canal
companies for their separate interest in
the canal. The action of the comp
troller is the authority desired by the
secretary Of war to accept the canal,
and within few weeks United States
engineer officers will be IN charge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
"A Family Row.

NEW YORK, Aug. LA family quar-
rel took place In the salooon of James
Liddy, the well-known lightweight
pugiiist. at Elizabeth, N. j., which 1t is
feared will result in the death of Will
lam N. McAdams, Liddy's brother-in-
law. McAdams demonstrated with
Liddy for ill-treating his Liddy's) wife.
A terrific fight followed between Nc
Adams, Jimmy Liddy, John Liddy and
James Tinlan. AL were armed with
clubs AMI bottles and fought like fiends.
McAdansss was pounced upon by his
three antagonists and dubbed into in
sensibilRty Physicians say he is suffer
ing wsstis 5zncussionn Of the brain.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01

Browns VALLEY, Mimi, Aug. L.
Payments to the Sisseton and Wahpe-
ton Indians has been suspended for a
few weeks, about $a00, 900 having now
been paid out. They are spending their
money freely but not foolishly, and
many Thousand dollars are deposited by
them In our bank. They have bought
hundred of horses and hundreds Of
buggies and wagons. Four self binders
have been sold to them, and forty NOW
ers and nearly as many hay rakes and
plows within the past month, and more
are ordered. They are now dispensing
to their farms and making hay and get
ting ready for harvest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
BARELY POLITE.
The French Not Enthusiastic Over Oar
Worlds Fair.

bSg kSnGn Nob OV8F VAE
Worlds Fair.
LONDON, Aug. LA Paris dispatch
says that the reception of the Chicago
fair committee was little more than po-
lite. The feeling there is very lukewarm
toward the American fair, owing partly
to the acsorbing~ interest of the Euro
pean political situation, and partly also
to the fact that the American display at
the late Paris exposition was considered
inadequate as compared with countries
vastly less important in wealth, popula-
tlon and industry. Again, there Is evil
dence that the historical attachment to
America Is gradually dying ont with
the advance of time, and that sentiment
Is supplanted by hard material inter-
ests. The move to repeal the pork pro-
hibition was only undertaken under the
apprehension of the loss of the wine
trade with America, and its success is
not yet assured. Even should it pass
the pork would have to pay heavy
duty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
Innoculation Knocks ,E,n.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 1.-Experiments
are now being made in this county with
inoculated chinch bugs from Kansas.
Reports have been received from the
operations on the farm of Frank Seink,
in Cottage Grove. There was brought
to town a box Of dead bugs picked up
near Q single stalk of spring wheat on
Seink's farm. The inoculated bugs were
placed in the field July Sand the insects
are dying by the million, but SO late
that although the experiment has
proved a great success, the wheat was
so far gone before the inoculated bugs
were put in that little of it can be saved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01

WIND AND RAIN.
Wi1liamsport, Pa, visited by Destruc-
tive Storm-At Other Points.

Wi1liamsport, Pa, Visited by q Destruc-
tive storm-At Other Points.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Aug. 1.-One Of
the heaviest rainfalls this city has
known occurred during the afternoon.
The sewers were unable to carry of the
water and the streets In the lower por-
tions of the city were flooded three feet
deep. A span of the New Mermaid
street bridge was blown down by the
wind, several mills were damaged and
several houses on the south side Of the
from their foundations. One house COL
lapsed over the heads Of the inmates
and Mrs. Frederacy, one of the occu-
pants. was badly hurt and is still un-
conscious. The aggregate damage was
very heavy. The area of the storm was
narrow.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
An Excursion Steamer ON Fire.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. las the
steamer Elm City was returning from
an excursion from New York and Coney
island with the st. Patrick's Total Alb
stinenoe Benevolent society on board,
the boat caught fire from an overheated
boiler abaft the port wheel house, when
off Norwalk. There were about 1900
persons on board, and for time panic
was imminent. Through the coolness
of Captain Tucker, and the crew of the
boat order was soon Restored, the hands
were ordered to their places and the fire
was extinguised.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-01
An unpleaaantIx CIose ON.

New YoRK, Aug. IA heavy thun-
der storm prevailed at Coney island,
creating considerable CONSERVATION
among the guests at the Manhattan
Beach hotel. A ball of fire followed by
heavy thunder, fell within foot of the
railroad station at Sheepshead Bay, just
g, as passenger train was coming in.
Inc engine and three cars were thrown
ON sne track Intense excitement pre-
valied. Women screamed and men lost
tneir presence of mind. The trainmen
restored order, however, and the passen-
gers proceeded on their journey in