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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
NO EARLY CLOSING.
Two Firms Would Not Sign the Eight
O'clock Agreement.

Two Firms Would Not Sign the Eight
O'clock Agreement.
The early closing movement among clerks
employed in establishments of Helena in
the gents furnishing goods and boot and
shoes lines has been indefinitely postponed.
A league composed of statesmen in these
various business houses took up the agita-
tion few weeks ago in quiet manner. A
paper WAS submitted to their employers
which read, Each and every employer who
favors the O'Clock movement is respect
fully requested to affix his signature; the
movement not to be binding unless it is
unanimously agreed to. The following
firms affixed their signatures: Levy md
Elias, Cans and Klein, j. Il. Drew & Co.,
j. p. Woolman d Co., H. Barnett, Fred
Gamer. Ben Harris, Wildbahn d Frank,
A. l.. Smithers, Simon Marks The Boston
Clothing Store Scheyer Bros. Loeb a. Bro
j. Feldberg, Il. G. Babcock g. Co.. Klein
schmidt 81 Bro. Marcus Lissner and Green
wood, Bohm d. Co. did not sign the agree
ment,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
WHERE Is THAT SURPLUS?
Treasury Oficlals Exercised Over Its AL
most Certain Eisnppearance.

Treasury Ofiiclals Exercised Over Its Al
most Certain Disappearance.
WASHINGTON, April Retrospective large
payments on account of pensions, public
works, maturing bonds, ETC., and the rather
low ebb of receipts, with the resulting pos
sibiiities of the disappearance of the sur
plus, Ia causing some uneasiness among
financial officers of the treasury. Besides
endea7oring to put in circulation subsid-
iary silver coin, Secretary Foster has In
view another plan concerning ~ per cent.
bonds, amounting to $50,000,OO0, which
mature next September. The secretary
believes that the national banks, which
hold 81, 100000 of these bonds, would be
glad to retain them as basis for circula-
tion, even at a reduced rate of interest. 1t
these bonds at two per cent. The secretary
finds precedent for the plan in the action Of
Secretary Window in 1881.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
Six Mail Clerks, Two Engineers
and One Fireman Killed in
a Collision.
Going at Full Speed, a Fast. Mail
Crashes Into an
Express.
Terrible Sccne mt Kipton, Not Far From
Cleveland, Ohio, on the Lake
Shore Road.

CLEVELAND, April ia frightful wrock
occurred on the Lake Shore railroad at
Kipton station, about forty miles west, this
engineers were killed. Fast mail No. IA.
bound east, collided with No. 2l, Toledo
express, just as the latter train was about
to pull on siding to let the fast mail pass.
The fast mail was running at full speed and
the force of the collision was so great that
both engines, three mail cars and ono bag
gage car were completely wrecked.
1t was the custom of these two trains to
pass at Kipton, the Toledo express taking a
side track for the fast mail, which usually
went through without slackening. The
express was few minutes late this
evening and had just come to a
stop at the switch when the fast mail came
in sight. The engineer on the fast mail ap-
piled the brakes when he saw collision in.
evitable, but the speed of the train was not
checked materially. The engine of the
Toledo express was knocked squurely across
the track, and that of the fast mail reared
in the air, resting on top Of the other. The
first and second mail cars were telescoped
and smashed to kindling wood, and the
third crashed into the first two and rolled
over OH the platform. Two baggage cars
of the Toledo express were knocked from
the track, but did not turn over.
Passengers we're thrown to the floor and
badly shaken, but none seriously injured.
They at once began the work of rescue and
with a corps of physicians from town, ad-
ministered to the few who were injured.
All but one of the dead were beyond human
assistance as soon as the collision occurred.
The bodies we're all horribly crushed and
mutilated, arms and legs being torn of,
and the corpses almost beyond recognition.
The poor postal clerks were Gagged like rats
and the telescoping of the cars crushed the
life out of them without moment s warning.
The debris is piled in heaps higher than the
station. 1t is difficult to locate the bla me
for the accident. but it is said the EXPIRE ss
was ordered to stop at Oberlin but went on
to Kipton and had not sufficient time to
make the side track.
The following is list of the dead: En-
gineers Edward Brown and Charles Talliff.
Postal Clerks F. j. Nugent, Charles Ham
mill. f. +. Clemens, John j. Bowertine,
James Mckinley, @. H. Mcdowell, Fireman
Staley. Injured John Danzig, son of the
section foreman, None of the passenger
cars left the track and none of the passen-
gers received serious injuries.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
Its Rules Arc Lo-nl.

OMAHA, April lS.-A temporary injuno-
ton, granted in the district court restrain
ing the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange
from prohibiting parties not members of
the exchange from selling stock at tho
yards, was dissolved to-day by Judge
Wakely. The action was brought by the
American Live Stock Commission COM
pany. The decision holds that rules of the
stock yards company are legal and not con-
trary to public policy.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
PRINTERS WALK OUT,
Typos in the Office of the MissoulInn Quit
Work.

typos In the Office Of the MissouIIan Quit
Work.
MIssouLA, April 10. 49, Especial. - Tho
printers on the Missoulian went out on
strike and no paper will be issued to-mor-
row IN consequence. BY the union scale of
prices recently adopted job printers are en-
titled to pay at the rate of $25 per week.
Harrison Spaulding, manager of the paper,
would only pay $24, hence the printers
walked out. Spaulding is obdurate and
says he will shut down before acceeding to
their demands and says he will sue the
union for damages.
Daniel Woodman, an old-time Montan-
ian, formerly sheriff of Missoula county
and for twelve years assessor, died here
this morning. He was one of the most
substantial of the county's citizens.
Real estate transfers agRreQating over
$780, 900 were recorded here this week.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

DENVER, April Ex-senator Teller, State
Senator Warren and other prominent
citizens have gone to Galveston to
meet the presidential party and enter n
strong protest to Secretary Rusk against
tho establishment of the quarantine line in
Texas recently ordered bv him. These
gentlemen assert that the location of the
line whero he has designated is too far
north,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
A Premature blast.

ASPEN, Col. April ia premature ex-
plosion OF n blast in tho ArgeItun silver
mine to-day killed Ed. Reed, Thomas
Kennedy and Jack Mahoney and seriously
wounded two other mon.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
WILSON WILL BE HERE,
The West Virginia Congressman to Speak
In Helena SATURDAY..

President Il. b. Smith, of the Hendricks
club, has received letter from Representa-
tive William L.. Wilson, of West Virginia,
announcing thst he will be in Helena on
April 20. The invitation was extended to
Congressman Wilson ON behalf Of the
Hendricks club. His address was to have
been delivered at the opera house, but a,
the theater has been engaged for that night,
the affair will come off ut Electric hall.
Representative Wilson il one of the bright
est speakers in congress, and his address
will no doubt attract large crowd OF dom
ocrats, as we'll as those Of opposite political
faith.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
Soldiers Are Not Policemen.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 1s.-Gov. Patti
son wired Sheriff Mccormick tonight, in
effect, that it is not the duty of the mill
tary to do police duty and soldiers would
not be ordered out until civil powers were
exhausted. There appears to be feeling
in official circles here that the coke opera
tors are beginning to regard the national
guard OF Pennsylvania as an organized po-
lice force
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
Courtesy From Mexico.

Ell PAso, Tex. April 1S.-To-day Gen.
Randel, of the Mexican army, arrived in
Jaurez with full staff and an escort OF a
company of artillery, eighty cavalrymen
and a military band to participate in tho
reception to be rendered President Harri-
son on his arrival here Tuesday.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
Hot and short.

ST. PAUL, April lS.-Dick Moore, of this
city, middle-woight pugilist. knocked out
jack Stanley. of Philadelphia, in the first
round, in II fight tor II $500 purse tonight.
The fight was very hot while 1t lasted.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

Burglars fred "A small barn on the out
skirts OF Norwalk, Conn.,, and while the
police and others we're watching the blaze
entered Jackson's jewelry store and secured
$4,000 worth Of jewelry and diamonds.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19
VERDICT FOR HARRIS.

He Receivers $4,000 In the Big Tunnel
Salt.
BUTTE, April S.-ISpecial. lin the cnse
of Harris " Son vs.. Lloyd and the Boston
aud Montana company, to recover the sum
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

The same enquirer sends the follow
ing clipping, asking: "What was the
best ration mentioned, and how was it
made up2" Will Professor Scott of the
New Hampshire college kindly answer
this enquiry? A little experiment
carried out at the New Hampshire Ex-
pertinent Station showed that the aver
age cost of a quart of milk from the
best COW was 1.59 cents, while a quart
cost from the poorest COW on the same
ration 4.26 cents. When the best COW
was fed the best of five rations, the cost
of her milk was 1.32 cents per quart; on
the poorest ration it was 35 cents per
quart. To feed first-class ration gave
an advantage in cost of 4.03 cents per
quart. To feed the best COW gave an
advantage in cost of 2.65 cents per
quart"
(2) J. p. S. of Corinth, VT, writes:
Can you, or any reader of your paper,
tell how best to manage good land that
is overrun with witchgrass?" We
have never had much witchgrass, and
have pursued it in the most lively man
ner with the spade. More than this,
we know not how to cope with it, If
any reader knows, he can do many
readers besides j P. S. world of good
by letting his light shine on the sub
ject in these columns.
The same writer asks: Has any
one besides Mr.. Amasa Scott of Crafts
bury had success with cows without
provender. Some claim that their
cows do best on late-cut hay. Let us
have more light" One of the wonders
of Vermont farming has been why,
when no one who knows Mr.. Scott, dis
putes the truth of his statements in re-
gard to feeding cows on early-cut grass 4;
yet nobody in the state has ever
tried to follow his example. We wish
we had the funds to offer few big
premiums for competitive trials in this
line. If others can do what Mr.. Scott
did (and we do not see why they can
poD, thousands ought now to be en-
gagged in it. Why cannot the work be
attempted on our new State Agricultural
College farm? Nothing would more re-
dound to the credit of Vermont than
the establishment of the Scott methods
as successful, and generally practicable,
in New England and elsewhere.
(3) "Can you give any light on this
subject? A man claiming to be au-
thority in the matter states that feed
ing either cottonseed, gluten or linseed
meal TO cows has a tendency to produce
garget. Can you tell of any means of
warding off this troublesome disease
by proper feeding, or otherwise?" Will
some of our North Pomfret friends re-
ply to this?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
Some Overlooked Enquiries.

Those letters from esteemed SUBJ
scribers, which ought to have been
answered promptly, were laid aside and
overlooked in the hurry of springs
work. We can only beg to be excused
for the apparent neglect. We are well
along in our seventh decade now, and
with two farms, two miles apart, to
manage, we find that, little as we like it
in ourself, or others, we sometimes have
to make an excuse for apparent neglect
of duty.
o. sis the market for late celery so
good that it would be advisable in Yer
mont to grow it for a city market
having a good soil for the crop and
plenty of manure?" ANswER.-We
see no reason, when carloads of celery
are brought from Michigan to New
England cities, why it could not be
made paying crop in Vermont. But
the grower must be prepared to furnish
frst-class article. Middling or poor
celery is only grown at loss. AS to
varieties, about which advice is given,
we should ourself prefer to plant the
Boston Market celery. In regard to
directions for growing celery, having
never done much with it, we should
prefer to refer our friend to Hender-
sons " Gardening for Profit" or Raw
sons "Success in Market Gardening"
both valuable but not costly works,
which may be ordered through any book
seller.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
HOw'S This {!

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Proprietors,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST 81 TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and the mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price seventy
five cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
Telegraph Operators
ATTENTION.!
A Member of your Fraternity
Speaks.

Mr.. WILCOX has for years held the re-
sponsible position of operator at Rochester
Union Depot, which is a junction for fowr
railroads.
ROCHESTER, n. H., Nov. IS, 1890.
DANA SARsAPARILLA Co..
MesSrs. i wish to tell you what DANA'S
SARSAPARILLA has done for me by taking
months vacation, and using the Sarsaparilla three
times day.
When | went away the first of October l
couldn't sleep nights or work days. | was
nervous, had no appetite, and felt all tired out
from morning until night. Had no ambition to
work. My kidneys were swollen and ached so
that | unable to sit down, or lie down, and
take any comfort. So / thought II about time to
take a rest and see if / could obtain help.
| bought two bottles of DANA'S SARSA-
PARILLA, and three weeks from the time | com
menced to take it, had gained ten pounds. My
back was greatly improved, and my nervousness
had left me. l could eat as much any well man
ought to eat. And best of all no ache or pain
comes to disturb my nights rest. | take DANA'S
SARSAPARILLA every day, and 1t has done
wonders for me, and saved me lots of expense
from doctors.
| remain, hastily,
CHAS. A. WILCOX,
". L. Telegraph Operator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

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 G. Blakely,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

Rheumatism and Chills and
Fever. The Indian says dis
ease is the beginning of death.
Very true. How many die
from their own neglect just
because they are too penuri-
Gus to spend a dollar to put
themselves in perfect condi-
ton to meet epidemic or ex-
posure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
advertisements.
WIZ AT rs
SCROFULA

1t is that impurity in the blood, which, ac-
cumulating in the glands of the neck pro-
duces unsightly Jumps or swellings; which
causes painful running sores on the arms
legs, or feet; which developes ulcers in the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which is the origin of pimples, can
cerous growths, or the many other manifesto
tons usually ascribed to humors;" which,
fastening upon the lungs, causes consumption
and death. Being the most ancient, it is the
most general Of all diseases or affections, for
very few persons are entirely free from it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

wa cures
Constipa-
ton, Liv-
plant, In
digestion,
Los S of
Scrofula,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.

SOMETIMES the best way TO increase
the herd is to increase the feed, in
stead of adding three or four cows to a
ten-cow herd, give the ten the feed de-
signed for the thirteen or fourteen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

DIR. G. d. SMEAD of Logan, N. Y,
writing upon sheep, in the Mirror and
Farmer, makes the curious statement
that previous to 1870 scarcely flock
of any of the English breeds could be
found in this country" Is this mis-
print, Brother Curtis? 1t is curiously
wrong, any way. There have been
focks of English breeds of sheep in
New England for fifty years, to our GER
tain knowledge. The New leicester,
or " Dishley" sheep, were imported in
the zoos, and considerable fiocks of
them were not uncommon in Maine
long before the civil war.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
,farm arro Garoen.

Address all inquiries or communications in relation
TO agriculture to DIR. T. II. HosKINs, Newport, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
Administrators Sale !

mansard roof twotenement house; one pitch
roof two-tenement house built six years in good
repair one new two-story house, with twenty eight
rooms, suitable for two families, with running water
and closets The above property is situated on
Barre street. Also twenty building lots small
pasture near Plainheld village, Wheeler farm In
Marshheld, lot Of land In Peacham, small farm in
Orange, lease land six hundred feet inch steam
pipe, two building screws. The above property
must be sold to close estate.
ALBERT JOHONNOT, Administrator.
Montpelier VT, December s, 1870
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

snug little fortunes have been made at
work for Ms, by Anna Page, Austin,
Texas, and .ho. bonn, Toledo, Ohio.
lsee cut. Others are doing Ms well. Why
pot you2 Some earn over S5OO,OO
0month, You can do the work and I've
)nt home, whereveT you are. Even be-
Rinners are easily earning from 70 to
$40 day. All ages. We show you how
and start you. Can work In spare time
or all the time, Big money for work
eTs, Failure unknown among them.
NEW and wonderful. Particulars free.
f, Box $50 Portland, Nj aine
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

IT is curious fact of human nature
that so few controversialists are willing
to state the position of their opponents
fairly. "Poor human nature" shows
at her poorest in this. Many disputed
points of farming have been discussed
in this spirit, which, to say the least, is
very unfavorable to the development
of truth. We see too frequent illus
trations of this unhappy fact in the
agricultural papers. We, for instance,
have been repeatedly charged with be-
ing opposed to the Dutch breed of cat
tie, called " Holsteins," because we are
pecuniarily interested in the Jerseys.
The fact is constantly ignored that the
Dutch cattle were introduced into Ver-
mont many years ago-in fact, their
first American debut was made in Ver-
mont. But they have never spread
much, or become popular, because,
though often deep mixers, their milk
as a rule is poor, This was well known
and understood among farmers long be-
fore it was demonstrated by chemical
analysis; but, even now, it is not
spoken of freely by the agricultural
press, for no apparent reason except
that the " Holstein boomers are large
advertisers.
For ourself, as most of our readers
we'll know, we have never been a dairy
farmer; and if we prefer the Jersey to
the Dutch COW, it is only that, like the
vast majority of Vermont farmers,
we have been compelled to see a very
plain fact, taught by experience, even
against considerable prejudice. 1t is
not so very long since the Jersey was
laughed at as mere pet or fancy beast,
of no practical value to the common
farmer. What dairyman in New Eng
land now has that feeling? Without
any booming at all, and against much
belittling prejudice, the Jersey to-day
takes her unchallenged place in almost
every dairy herd in New England.
Like our neighbors, we have been
forced to admit the worth of the
Jerseys as butter-makers; but person
ally our experience with them has been
limited to the owning, for the last
twenty-five years, of from one to three
grade Jerseys at once. Now, for the
first time, we own four thoroughbred
Jersey heifers, and as many grades.
BUT it was not to speak of this that
we began to write. We were moved
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
MOAN, MURMUR, MUIR
DER.

What a Robbery you are
kicking up to be sure. All
you need is Kickapoo Indian
Sagwa that will put new life
into you and purify your
blood and act on your stom-
ach, kidneys and liver. Sag
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08
Editorial NOtings.

The RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Times Building, New York, has
started a series of thirty-to-forty-page
pamphlets on practical subjects con-
nected with the farm and garden which
will, we think, be found very useful.
No. 2, for May 10 1--WE are yet looking
out for No. y, is received for notice.
1t processes to tell "How to rid build
ings and farms of rats, mice and other
like characters" in the most effectual
manner, and does it. Now, if you are
troubled this way, send twenty cents to
the above address, and get the book by
mail. 1t is worth the money, just to
read, for the writer, " Pickett" is agen-
uine humorist of the rural type.
OUR General Editor says he takes
issue with us on the sugar bounty.
We hardly see how he can, since we
gave no advice, and merely called on
our readers for their opinion about the
matter. 1t is true we said that we
should not bother about it ourself, if
we only had few hundred trees and a
common rig-which is just our situa-
tion-but it would be different with a
large number of trees, and first-class
set of tools. With the first, one might
not make sugar good enough to get the
higher rate of bounty, even if any; but
with the last it would be easy to make
the best sugar in large quantity. We
are glad, just the same, that our chief
has given the matter his attention, and
printed the necessary details for the in
formation of our readers. He is a
good deal interested in farming HIM
self; and if it were not for the risk
of impairing the efficiency of first
class general editor, we might wish
him more 80. He is always more
than ready to second all our eff
forts to make this Agricultural Depart
ment effective-which is far from be-
ing the case, we fear, on some other
leading country newspapers. The stu
alton which we have now held on this
paper for almost twenty years is made
very agreeable one to us by such I'M
failing support.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

BUT it was not to speak of this that
we began to write. We were moved
by noticing, in late issue of the Rural
Ne,o- Yorker, a communication from