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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11
cRlsrrs FrRM GRIP.
why His Return 90 Power Picases
Germany.

Germany
lcopyrixht isss b. ths Cnissd Prsss-l
BEELIx, Dec. i0-The reappearance
Of Crispi In Italian politics with IN alb
solute grip upon the frst honors. 10
hailed with delight in official as well as
financial circle& Crispi recently made
q secret visit 10 Berlin and dobtained there
the assurance that. IL he should return
TO power. a loan Of 450.000.000 marks
would be raiscd here for Italy. Whileit
10 somewhat premature toannounce now
the plans ripening in the higher official
circles here. II is certain that the Ger
man politicians OF cabinet rank hope TO
reform the Italian army without dimin-
ishing its normal strength, to make a
large addition to. the Italian navy and
10 hasten then tho completion Of plans
70 fortify several Italian ports Chan
cellor Won Caprivi probably win meet
Crispi at Milan early in 1894. TO talk
over with him these matters
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

His string Earned Him $4,000.
lie Now Owns Alfx.

CHrcAeo. Dec 1o.--Four % the fastest
horses on the trotfing turf arrived over
the Pennsylsania railroad in an express
car last night There were other fleet
footed ones In the car. bat the palm Uas
carried OF by Directum f205i4l Flying
Jib. PAGER, f2oil Alix f2:0s = and Liftle
Albert t2.iOl The string viii leave Tor
California tomorrow. Monroe Salisbury.
the owner. said tonight: Il made about
10000 this year. | am satisfied with
the work of my string When ! passed
through Chicago last November I had
almost the same string with me.
Since then .Directum has cut hrs
time from 3li4 down 20 e:W..
and ! expect 4 he stays IN my charge.
70 have him chip II ssiil further. Flying
Jib, too. has cus his pacing record from
295A 70 20l. and Little Albert has
chipped OF ~ sccond Ahs has
just come int5 my hands sold Di-
rector's Flowes I think the records
will be lowered next summer, and pro
pcsc % DO my ishare 81 a. ] may again
send Directum after Many Hanks mark
AZ the Oakland meeting
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

NKw YoRk. Dec. io-~Dr. Parkhurst.
whose crusade upon the 'tendsrloln dls.
trict~ hs. caused widespread notoriety,
IN threatened with assassination The
doctor - daily ip receipt of eommaniea.
tions ~ the nature snd has taken ex.
traordinary precautions 10 Illustrate
thes@ srhomea
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

u,estirx here nexs Friday is the elzssi-
hcztion of eonsieis ~ per insifpcisons
q the last le< e<lslaturs Wardsn Chau-
beri2in says the construction u the
prison - such a. 20 make the task of
classifying the esnvicfs hard one. bat
that II can be done In . nsasura
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11
MISLEADING FIGURES.
Billion Dollar Cangrsss Viii BE Dis
tanced This season.

WASHINGTON. Dec lo.-The statement
published that the estimate for appro-
priations by congress. af this session.
atc s9,00o0O0 short of those asked last
year. Is misleading. This apparent re
duction is made by the omission of sll,-
0e0.0oo for payment % sugar bounties.
which should not havc been omitted. as
the bounty law is stilI on the statute
bookS and proposed 10 be retained by
the Wilson bill Had this been included.
as IL should have been. the estimate
would have boen greater than last year.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

EiatS, III. D.c. "a John wsstssfth.
the LILY Lake fssmsr who.e circular
calllng foF lnooD armed nsrn o. meet on
Tho ls.se ffpnt Ia Chiesxo on riessiay.
Doren4t,sf Il. 10 redress the wrFnss ~
The poaf. ess sFfess.st yestsfday ard
placed Ia tsa - s~slt sssin sassisa ~ so
his ssuity,
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BuESos AyREs. Dec 1Q-The latest
advices from Rio Janciro are that Presi-
dent Peixoto's forces attacked Fort Vii
legainon and were repulsed II is stated
that the insurgents are preparing for a
decisive attempt 10 capture Santos, and
that fresh attack upon Bage is immi-
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f.e<nn<. Dc % rh~ snsfehiss dsai.
enafratssn a TrsfslEsf sqasfr hsisy "a.
: fszls Hsln fs1 dufine M dsy SD
fsa spe<fsfns <~fs - The effafs. Th@
suasebias isasisra faiipl - sDpssfs
psetaeiy ssFsnx ssmsassy trssta.sst
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YpsILAsTI. Mich. Dec. 10.--Lillie Cas-
sidy. who was so seriously burned with
gasoline some time ago while cleaning
her gloves. died yesterday after terrible
suffering.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

AsrwERr. Dec. 10. The Maison Han
saeta. famous granary. caught IRE at
2o'clock this morning and was totally
destroyed Loss 100000 marks
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ksot. lnd. Tee 10 The kses M
tsal Fifs fs.ussaea essn p-sy has ed
iapasa The rfseli~at. tiss.sss 4 eseagt
% iaiaslhs ssd fssuD a he ssapsay >
faa.ls
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

Ne hess flef ia iiasasfH ieha
Kslfs has assllf decided g. sslsses the
tsssssli Aneesii hsnt
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NV Ycnk. Dee. 10 William SEXTON
viii till The p1st % -sferes in the billiard
tourney between Ives Sohseses and
Slneson. which opens tornnfrDw night IN
the Msdisoa Square Garden cssnceft
hail Sexton vas agreed upoE festef-
dsy sfternccn ~ csapromise
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-11

Lawyer Kissane Will Die OF His
Wounds

IRoSwoop. Mich. Dec. 10-An un-
known assaiIant made Q murdcrous at
tack upon Attorney Thomas Kiseape
last evening, and he is not expected to
live. Mr.. kissane has represented the
water works company In the bitter legal
fight it has been engaged in with the
city and which resulted in great hard
ship 10 many people here. II was sup
posed the legal contest was the cause OF
the attack
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Ismses, lsss 10 ths t@ssl o. -
saassisksa - shs fslssa ta@ai - ils
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to The
medical fraternity. Catarrh, being "a
constitutional disease, requires con-
slitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. aud giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they have offered One Hundred Dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send Tor
list of testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
CO Sold by Druggists, seventy. five
cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

in which | used TO roam and hunt when
q boy. They had almost entirely dis
appeared. A wood-lot back of the house
bad been spared, but there was not one
young tree or shrub in i,--notbing APP
parently less than thirty years old. Ca
tie, pigs and sheep were ranging through
it. All over the country the woods had
simply faded away. 1t is rich coun-
try, partly old coax opening" and
partly prairie land. Farmitg land is
worth two hundred dollars an acre, here,
being very convenient to Chic g and
Mi waukee. Around the old farm
houses are some magnificent white and
burr oaks of the original growth, which
are well loved and respe cLed by the ex-
celont farmers who own them; but The
people said TO me, "These old trees are
dying off all the time. Every year one
of them has 10 be taken down. We act
all our fuel from trees that die, and we
have plenty Of it,"
The case seemed to me very simple.
A country which was, less than fftv
years ago, well wooded-as well prob
ably, as any part of the country east
of the Serras - has been completely
stripped of It's woods; and where the
apples which thrive in New York once
throve well, no apples now do at all
well, and every native tree is disap-
pearing. l should add, by the way,
that the people plant many sugar ma
pies, Norway spruces, and other such
trees, tor shade trees, and that in most
cases they seem to do very well, There
are m my beautiful rows of these
Il hi a.
country is exceedingly pretty. l asked
one OF the mo t intelligent farmers
here-a man who Las done very well
in every way - whether Russian ap-
rles had been tried here, and be said
thlt they had, but that they had
proved worthless" This seemed to
be everybo ly's verdict in Wisconsin,;
though / must say that | met no really
expert orchardist. In northern Wis
consin | saw not single apple orchard,
though | Travelled about there for two
weeks. They do not seem to try to
raise even pluns. They asked me in
several plsc s, when the talk fell upon
trees, Why is it that our wild trees,
even the back oaks, are all dying off,
IS If they were basted?' l answered
them, You are drying your land out
by destroying the woods, and not only
drying to .deas&AAbut freezing 10 death
The trees, 49, and old, which re-
main." Was#fighl? The northwest
is an'excelleN field for horticultural
ana forestry mi sionary work
| spent some time in the logging
camps in Washburn county, sixty miles
north Of Eau Claire, and if can fad
time shou d ike to tell you about the
work of licking up" the pine-that
is, going around and taking the timber
that WAS left by The more careless lum-
bermen OF ten TO fifteen years ago
and Of the apparent results on the
county there. J. E. CHAMBERLIN.
Boston, NJ ss.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Fruit and Fruit Trees in Wisconsin.

agricultural Editor:-I am going to
send the paper containing Your notes
on Russian fruit 10 friend of mine
whom have just visited In southern
Wisconsin-a large farmer, who COM
plains that he cannot raise apples there,
in c, untry which once produced ex-
celent fruit. When | was boy, in
1857, my father removed to Wisconsin,
and took farm in Walworth county,
which already had well-planted young
orchard. 1t lay on sunny slope, and
was sheltered to the noithward and
westward with woods-no. primeval
forest, hut sturdy second-growth tim
Der. The orchard contained all the
standard varieties of apples, such as
the planter had been accuso med TO
raise in New York state-Baldwins
Seek-no-farIhers, Gilifovers, Toman
Sweets, Bellfowers, Northern Spys,
Golden Russets, Fameuse, and some
others. Close by this orchard, nearer
the buildings but with less protection
from the woods, stood a smaller and
O der orchard of seeding trees, plan ed
in a very early day Of the settlement of
southern Wisconsin. For the ten
years that we lived on this farm, the
two orchards continued TO bear very
abundantly, though the new orchard
lost part of is trees. The Baldwius,
and some others, seemed to disappear
gradually; but the Northern Spys, the
Russets, the Tolman Sweets, the Bell
flowers, and particularly the Fameuse,
ihrove and grew and bore well. The
old seeding orchard always produced
many bushels of fruit, which we used
for cider, stock, and often for apple
sauce. We always titled the ground in
the young orchard.
In 1867 my father left the place. The
man who bought it cut down the WOODS
10 the north of The young orchard.
left the country altogether. After many
years in the East, ! went back to the
place this present fall. looked for the
old orchards with some emotion. | had
heen in uorthern Wisconsiu-around
Eau Claire aud Chippewa Falls, where
they tell me they would a's)on think of
planting palm tree as an apple tree
and had been told that apples wouldn't
grow in Wisconsin. / discovered that
the young orchard" of my youth, from
which il used TO be our rule 10 get two
to four hundred bushels of apples, W q
almost gone. Only a few struggling
trees, not perceptitly larger than they
were twenty. i've years ago, remained
The old seeding trees seemed TO be all
there. visited the farm, and asked
them how many bushels of apples be
had gathered this year. "None,"
WAS told" we can't raise apples here"
"Not even from the seedlingsp
asked. "No,' he said.
went around looking for the woods
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Concerning Grapes.

Agricultural EduOr:-I am very fond
of grapes, believe them to be health
full fruit, and would like to raise enough
at least for family use. The trouble is
in get ing kinds that possess merit and
are sufficiently early for our locality.
My first venture, Years ago, was the
Dracut Amber. This is strong and
prolific bearer, but it is hardly early
enough, and the gu ity not quite what
it should be, as it is too sour. | link
l can do better with some other kinds.
A few years since L set Brighton
vine that came from your nursery. Il
has grown well, is hardy and produc-
tive, but it is little late. This year,
the season being favorable, il ripened
fairly well; but, if the frost had come
as early as in some years, it would have
been a failure unless it could have been
protec II in some way. 1t does not
ripen much before October l. The
fluit is excellent, one of the very b s.
kinds IS to quality for this part of the
country, should say, and it seems a
great pity that it is 80 late. Nov |
wish TO inquire if there are any m TIL
DDS of trea meDt that would tend to
produce eariuess in ripeniug with this
otherwise excel ent variety. | did not
know but that a certain method of
pruning, training 10 vines or ferli IL
ing, might help the m utter somewhat.
You will understand what | mean.
| have Young vine of the Green
Mountain variety that bore a few Gus
tiers this year. Thi9 certainly promises
to be a valuable Kind for nor hern We
mont, opening the last half of Septem-
Der. The fruit is just bout the siz9 of
the Delaware, and of as good quality, l
should judge. l also have vine of
the same age as the Green Mountain,
the Worden~and which has bJrne two
years. but he quality is not what l
have been led to expect. 1t is a strong
aud rank grower, bears early and
abundantly ripeus little later than The
Green Mountain, but O, it is so sour,
r al, sharp aid.
Hills, in his "Small Fruits" says the
Worden is Of better quality than the
Concord, and is becoming very popular.
What Is Your experience with this
variety? II mine is fair sample of the
kind, then | should say there must be
something better. If the quality was
right, it would be real acquisition.
Al the last Franklin county fair, G.
r. X it'll of Sheldon showed samples of
the Wyoming red grape. Although not
quite the middle of September, it was
very well ripened and appeared to be Of
good quality. Ishould judge this mi sht
be good variety for this part OF Yer
mont. Mr.. Keith 30 had Moore's
Early, another good grape, and OF about
the same season as the Wyoming.
Hoping we may hear something from
you in relation to growing grapes here
in Vermont, l remain, yours respect
fully, E. r. TowLE.
Franklin County, Vt.
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lieve the situation. Why could not
simple manual, of perhaps one hundred
pages, be prepared TO guide the coun-
try teacher? Let IL show the amount
and kind of work required in each
study, the rate of progress to be ex
pected, describe methods of conducting
r, citations, give a system of clas silica
ton, state the equations necessary for
good order, sugA est ways of arousng
interest in study, of appealing to the
moral sentiment and of building charac-
ter. Let it be widely disseminated and
rglrded as an authority. Let begin
ners be required to read it and pass an
examination on it. Such work would
necessarily be narrow, and the ex
perienced teacher need not be restricted
by il; but it would be great help to
beginners. would have similar
manual for the pupil (best incorporated
in his readers devoted 10 his school
duties, telling how to study, how to
conduct hlms If so as not TO interfere
with the rights of others and the wei
fare of the school, how to lay the
foundations of character and to make
the most of himself. There should be
still another manual for parents, show
ing them how to start beginners in
reading, how to help their children at
home, Low TO cooperate with the
teacher, and advising them as to the
best reading for children, which the
school library should contain.
j. M. MosEs, Superintendent.
Northwood, N. III.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
he liushin' Bee.

The huskin' bee wuz over, ez the sun wuz goln
down
In yaller blaze o. glory jist behind the maple.
brown,
The gals wuz glttn ready n the boys wuz standjn'
by.
To hitch on whar they wanted to, or know tho re..
son why.
or all the gals what set the pile Of corn the,
day,
A.twisun of their rustlln' husk, e. eff ,twa, oDl,
play.
The peartest one Of all the lot-'n they WIZ pptt,
too
Wuz Zury Hess, whose lafn eyes cud look We
through AN through.
Now it happened little zury found a red ear !, the
Afore we finished huskin n ye orter seen her
smile.
Fur o. she held the priverlege, eff .h, uud
only dare,
To choose the Teller she liked best n kiss him then
N there
Myl how we. puckered up lip, N tried to look
best,
Each f'ller wished he'd be the picked out fross
all the rest;
It'll Zury, arter hangiu back leetle spell OF so,
Got up N walked right over to the last one in the
row
'iO J'"N 'S"NhOu uoNh II tecHeu DerD lips onto the
OIL white head
o. Peter Sims, who's eighty year eff he's day, tbs
said;
She looked sweet oil Peter tho't an angel cum to
say
As how his harp wuz ready in the land o. tarnaI
day.
Mad2 Wall, should say l wuz; n I toll her goin'
hum
AS how the way she sighted me ed made me so,ter
gum.
N that didn't think she'd shake me right afore the
crowd
| wuznt gointer stand tn I said so poorly loud
Then zury dropped her lafln eyes n whispered to
Inc low,
a. didu't kiss ye fore the crowded. use-'cause-
love ye so,
N thought ye wudnt mind 1t eff kissed OIL Pete
instead,
Because the grave is closn' list above his pore Oh
head"
Well-wmmen's ways is queer, sometimes and We
don't allus know
Jist what's a.throbbn in their hearts when they
act thus N o.
All know is that when bid good night to zury
Hess,
loved her n ever n I'll never love her less
- Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

A FARMER who has tried it finds a
small steam engine one of the most
valuable labor-saving implements IN
his dairy operations. 1t is always
ready and never tires. A little wood
i'll the summer gels steam up in twenty
minutes; in winter little fine coal
maiotains steady fire to keep the
dairy room and the ripening cream
at proper temperature.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

be fully and freely di cuss d, and our
columns are open TO such discussion of
the most important question of all in
connection with the improvement and
future success of New England agricul-
ture. We must have better schools.
Without them it is impossible to
make our agricultural interests prosper.
knowledge is Power" and without
knowledge the farming interest will
continue TO languish.
OUR confrere, Agricultural Editor
Towla, so long the esteemed and sue
cessfu conductor of The agricultural
department of the 81. Adams Messenger,
touches up the grape question, which
needs fuller discus ion. Near Lake
Champlain, nearly all the best-kuown
grapes of the Moth are grown success.
fully. But in the hills and valleys of
northern Vermont success in that di.
rection has been very m egre, until
lately, when the introduction of va
riety originating in Vermont-Green
Mountain Grape-has greatly cheered
the hearts of those who determined
never to despair of success in this line.
If one will fully succeed, then time
must surely give us more as the reward
of perseveriug labor and study. The
green hills of our state will yet be vine
clad, and grape growing become a sue
cessful industry,-at least so far as
supply ing the home demand for this
most wholesome and delightful fruit.
The Green Mount in Grape is an I'M
qualified success, even in the cool and
elevated region of northeastern Yer
mont, aud northward at least as far as
the st. Lawrence river. The " almost
successful kinds like those referred
to by Mr.. Towle, can now be laid aside,
though some of them will remain vau-
abe for jelly-making and other cui-
nary uses. But the Green MOuntail is
two eks earlier than Brighton, full Y
as good, and proiusely productive. The
only " out " we find in it is that the
fruit does not adhere very strongly to
the St m, which lessons its value for a
distant market. Otherwise, we know
OF no better or more desirable grape
anywhere. TIE Brighton Gpape is
su aces ,ful, fully 50, with us, on Lake
Memphremagog, ina long warm autumn,
specially when planted on the south
side of light board fence. But in a
cool season it will hardly color. Salem
the genuine, not the Agawam, which
looks like it and is often sold for it
gets almost ripe on the vine nearly
every year with us, and improves some
what after gathering. PAINTED as above
and covered with curtains of shee ing
to protect from early frosts, we can
get the Salem almost ripe, about every
year; and it is very eatable in this
stage, as we'll as b ing the best Ct all
grapes as keeper. Moore's Early will
not ripen as well "a any of the above,
in any season. But Green Mountain
gets dead ripe by the midi of Sep
TENDER, every gear, wi hout any pro-
lection. Grape growers should all
have some good book describing the
method of pruning, etc., such as are
sold by the Rural NeW Yorker Pub
fishing Company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

A FILTHY tail is very disagreeable
to the mixer, and is not less so 10 the
animals themselves. Those who prac-
tice the washing of the tails of the cows
know what pleasure the animals expe-
rience and express during the washing,
and how active and happy are the
movements of clean tail. The wash
ing should be done with soap and tepid
water.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

NOTHING is surer than that the
farmer whose fields are titled accord
ing to the hest methods, and whose
fl lcks are ordered with care and judy
ment, is safer for his share of the com
forts of hfe than the average man Of
any other calling.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
FL. Indigestion

DIR. w. w. GARDNER, Springfield,
M 49,, SAYS: ~ value it as an exec
lent prove. If indigestion, ano
pleasant acid, drink when prope''"
diluted with nd sweetened
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
FARM AND GARDEN,

Address all inquiries communications in relation
10 agriculture to DIR. 7. II. HosKINs, Newport, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Editorial Notings.

A CORRESPONDENT asks us whom we
regard as the three gre test men in our
country. 1t is not likely that any two
persons would answer this question
alike. But we have no objection to
saying that for intrinsic greatness, such
as the people naturally recognize and
honor, this country has no nobler or
wiser men than the late General Arm.
strong, of the Hampton, Va, negro and
Indian schools (who was alive when
the question was asked), our own ex
Senator Edmunds, and President Cleve-
land. But there must be many citi-
zens, quite unknown to fame, who have
quite as high qualities as the men we
have named. No country is richer in
this respect than ours.