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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
Mississippi State Warrants.

Frank Riddle. a prominent lawyer OF Chi
cago representing the Western Bank Note
and Engraving Company. called n Secre-
tary Carlisle today with reference 10 tie
suits to be brought by the United States
against the company he represents for ,:c-
lation of the law in engraving and printing
the mississippi warrants, which hav.. re-
Gently caused the arrest of several Miss:s-
sippi state officials. The company realizes
that II will have to 1efen.i these suits hut
desires TO make an arrangement to bunch
the cases and defend single test suit NJ,
carlisle referred MIR. Ridile ID the Attorney
General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
THE FREE ALCOHOL QUESTION.
Secretary Carlisle VIII Decide the
Matter Before Long.

Secretary Carlisle will decide an important
question connected with the enforcement of
the free alcohol provisions of the tariff bill
in few days. The ten days allowed the
committee of the Wholesale Druggists AS
sociation to submit a plan for the execu-
ton of the law under prevailing conditions
will expire tomorrow. Secretary Carlisle
invited their cooperation in the framing of
regulations that would insure a proper ad-
ministration. of the law and at the same
time afford a reasonable degree of protec-
ton of the revenue against fraud. Congress
made nc provision whatever for the super
vision Of alcohol after its withdrawal, free
of tax, for use in the arts, and II is said
that the department would be entirely at
the mercy of dishonest dealers who chose
to use such alcohol as merchandise or for any
other purpose. The Secretary recently ex-
pressed the opinion that the free alcohol
schedule was impracticable of execution as
1t stands, and the impression is strong that
he will make no further effort in that di-
rection until Congress provides the means
necessary for its proper enforcement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
A Surveyor's Clerk Wanted.

The United States civil service commits.
sion will hold an examination on September
p to fill vacancy in the position OF sur.
veyor's clerk in the general land Office, a,
2 salary of 81, 40 per anpum. The subjects
OF the examination will be ortnography,
penmanship. letter writing, elements OF the
English language. arithmetic and survey
ing. Those intending to apply should OBJ
tain application blanks from the civil sery-
ice commission at or ce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
MINISTER BRECAINRIDaE.
He Received 1IiseFInal Inrtructions
From the State DepartmeTt Today.

Mr.. c. Z. Breckinridge, the newly ap-
pointed minister to Russia, has nearly COM
spleted arrangements for assuming the
duties Of his new Office. He had an inter-
view with Acting Secretary Uhl at the
State Department today and received his
final instructions as to diplomatic questions
pending between the United States and Rus
sia. He left Washington this afternoon for
New York, where he has some private busi-
ness to transact prior to his departure on
the Goth instant on the steamship Augusta
Victoria of the Hamburg Tine. He will
dsembark at Southampton for the purpose
of spending few days with Ambassador
Bayard in London, and will then proceed
by easy stages across the continent to St.
Petersburg. Mr.. White, the retiring min
lister, expects to leave the Russian capital
in few days fer home, and has arranged
to meet his successor at n convenient point
on his trip across the continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04

Among the pensions granted today were
the following: District of Columbia--Origi-
nal. James Ycarback. Soldiers Home Mary
lsnd-Supplemental, Thomas Angel, Taney-
town. Carroll county; original widows. &c,
Frances A. Weaver. Kate Lang and Susan
A Towble. Baltimore. Eirginia-Original
John Wright. Hampton. Elizabeth City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
Won't Pay Sugar Bountie..

Secretary Carlisle, although he has not
yet written a formal letter to that effect.
authorized the official announcement today
that he would not pay any sugar bounty
earned. but unpaid. when the new tariff bill
went into effect August -. The Secretary's S
refusal to pay these sugar bounty claims
will be based upon the clause in the new
tarin bill repeating the sugar bounty pro-
vision OF the Mckinley Law, which con-
cludes as follows:
And hereafter II shall be unlawful TO is
sue any license to produce sugar or to pay
any bounty for the production of sugar of
any kind under said act"
The Secretary will write an Official letter
to Senator Manderson embodyiny his de-
csion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
Treasury Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, s143,S53. Government receipts
From internal revenue, $219,339; customs,
$722, 2,697; miscellaneous. $13. .256.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04

He Has No knowledge of an intention
60 Send Him 60 Sen.

Admiral Walker. who has returned TO the
city. disclaims all knowledge of the re-
ported intention Of the department TO put
him in command Of the Asiatic squadron.
He says he never asked for such an as
signment. and does not expect II 10 be made
He has been ordered TO the Naval Acad-
emy, he says. and he fully expects to 60
there, and nowhere else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04

@ proof Of @e paeeins e
in fife eating. Tesferoap'g
Star contained 3S columns
Of aeoerfisemenfs. maoe up
Of is separate announce
menfs. t6ese advertisers
Boas8f pu6&eifp-nof merefp
space.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
PenuriOus.

Lord Chancellor Eldon was cncrgctical-
ly aided in his parsimonious habits by his
wife, of whom it was said that she and
her daughter had but one bonnet between
them. The Rev. h. II. Barham, author of
The lngoldsby Legends" records in his
diary an amusing story of Lady Eldon' S
penuriousness
June /, 1S22-The chancellor is very
fond of shooting. One morning last year
his lordship, intending to enjoy a few
hours sport after a rainy night, ordered
Bob, the pony, to be saddled Lady Eldon
told him he could not have 1t, but com
pany being In the room gave no reason.
In few minutes however, the servant
opened and announced that Bob was
ready.
"Why, bless mel' cried her ladyship,
"you can't ride him, Lord Eldon. He has
got no shoes on"
ooh, yes, my ladyp" said the servant;
"he was shod last week"
Shameful" exclaimed her ladyship.
"How dared you, sir, or anybody have
that pony shod without ordersP John, 3"
continued she, addressing her husband,
you know you only rode him out shoot
Ing four times last year, so had his shoes
taken off and have kept them in my bu-
reau ever since. They are as good as new,
and these people have shod him again.
We shall be ruined at this ratei"- Youth
COrnD0niOn
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Decadence In Art.

The great bugaboo Of art that chases us
half way around the globe is decadence 1t
dogs our footsteps in the National acad-
envy, in Burlington House, in the French
salon, I'm Munich, Rome, China and
Japan. 1t induces us TO question of every
International exposition, Is this indicative
of progress or declineY And after we have
forgotten the good works and remember
ed the bad ones we are disposed to favor
the gloomy suggestion of decline Then
we hear periodic regrets expressed about
the present work. and sad tales told of the
good old times, just as If time were ever
SO old or so good as today, and presently
we come to believe that the age of art has
passed, and that modern painting is mere
| ly the final splutter in the socket.
But the specter of decadence Is largely
a specter, and the bright star Of progress
largely a will -the-wisp. Their appear
ances are more local than general. The
law of art is the law OF the running
brook, and it's character is not so much
progress or decline as change. There are
rapids In the brook where the water breaks
in brilliant light and color; there are pools
where 1t lies in deep, somber silence; there
are places where it disappears from view
under tangled brush or sinks into the sand
only to reappear farther on in some new
land. 1t is ever shifting Its position and
changing It's depth or hue or quality, but
1t does not go out in utter darkness When
art disappeared from Greece and Rome, it
rose to the surface in renascent Italy;
when it ran out in Italy, it appeared in
| Spain, Holland and Flanders when they,
too stagnated or ran shallow, the stream
suddenly showed In France. II art Is now
ebbing away from France, as some Of our
writer's are prone to believe, we have only
70 look for It's appearance elsewhere. 1t
may not show soon, but 1t will surely rise
again In some new FORM In some new
land In fact, there were indications in
tho Worlds fair exhibition that 10 Is even
now rising In two places at once-America
In the west and Scandinavia in the north
| John G. Van Dyke, IN Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Digging Kauri Gum.

Kauri gum digging is an industry Pc
culiar to New Zealand, though copal gum,
the product of an African forest tree, Is
procured in q very similar manner. The
gum Is the hardened sap or rosin Of the
kauri pine and Is found imbedded in the
earth of moorlands, where the soil is light
and clayey. Such soil contains pieces of
hardened gum, varying from mere frag-
ments TO blocks as large as a mans body.
1t is just below the surface of the ground,
or at a depth of from to ~ feet. The
land which contains 1t Is usually poor and
bleak, though the gum sometimes occurs
In growing kauri forests, especially around
the roots Of old or dead kauris. Curious
ly the sap or rosin Of the living trees is
not Of any value, being too soft. 1t must
be buried underground for many years be-
fore it acquires the hardness necessary to
6t it for the market.
The gum, as it is dug up Is In semi
fossilized condition and is found wherever
In past ages kauri forests grew, and of
course the existing kauri forests are max
ing deposits which will be useful in years
to come. 1t is very like amber in appear
Anoe and in general qualities, though 1t
Is not SO beautiful or valuable. Clear or
prettily marked peices are often made into
brooches, earrings or other small orna-
ments, but they are too brittle to be of
much value. In color the gum varies from
o pale yellow TO brown or even jet
black and, like amber, is clear or clouded.
Naturally enough, a substance so like am
Der is often fraudulently passed off as am
Der or used in the various compositions
made to counterfeit that beautiful product.
The clearer it is the more highly 1t Is es-
teemed. Small insects. bugs and flies are
sometimes found imbedded in it.
Kauri gum came into the market In the
years 1910 and 1S41, when New Zealand
was first colonized by the British. The
Maoris used to collect 1t and sell 1t to the
storekeepers at $25 to $50 ton. For many
| years the amount exported was very small
not more than 100 tons per annum. Most
Of the gum that Is produced Is sold 70 the
United States, New York and Boston buy.
ing two-thirds Of the whole annual out
put. The gum digging industry employs
constantly fuotuating, and at times as
many as 1000 people have been engaged
| In 1t. In the three years from 1870 TO 1871
inclusive, the amount exported was very
large, being about 16, 900 tons, valued at
81, 500, 900. From 1853 to 1880 inclusive
| tho total output was about 20, 600 tons,
valued at moro than $40, 600, 900. The
price Of gum varies considerably, accord
ing to its density, clearness, hardness and
other qualities, but the average price is
about $e16 ton.
The land, which is now covered with
ferns, was once clothed with kaur forests,
but how long ago the forests died, and how
old they were when they died IL very hard
to tell. The work of gum digging is ar
duous, and the hours Of labor, especially
in summer, are long.-St Louis Globe
| Democrat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
IN GENERAL.
Maid of the Legion of Honor.

Jenny Creek, of Milford, o., has received
from France a gold medal with the insignia
of the Legion of Honor, tribute for her
heroism in saving Worlds Fair train last
summer. Details were published in the
New York Tribune of May %, 1891.
Did you happen to hear the other day
How France had sent to little maid
Her gift of gifts for which brave men pray;
child of ten, who, unafraid,
Ready and steady, and full of nerve,
Faceda danger and did deed,
One day last summer, that well may serve
As a lesson of valor for all to heed7
This dear little Jenny was bv herself
Picking the berries that. ripe and sweet,
Grew high on the rocks which shelf on shelf
Made steps for the nimble and fearless feet
Down below were the narrow lines
That marked path for the rushing cars
Speeding along, with many throng,
Under the sky, by sun and stars.
Oh, but the berries were ripe and sweet,
And the small brown fingers stained and red,
She picked them merrily, paused to eat,
The sunbonnet slipped from the curly head;
Something futtered the little heart.
stir, a rustic, puff of smoke!
The treste on frel With sudden start
From her holiday pleasure the child awoke
1t time for the train and far away
Its faint, fine whistle her quick ear caught
There wasn't second to lose, to stay.
For the hesitant process of slow'paced thought.
The treste on fire the coming train,
Packed with people, would plunge beneath
To the yawning gulf The child's quick brain
Leaped to the sword from sheath.
Swift as the fash of the fiery death,
Jenny of Milford took her stand,
Tore her petticoat of in breath,
A scarlet flag in her sturdy hand.
Round the bend the engineer
Eye on watch. would see 1t foat
Hers was the chancel She lifted clear
Cry on cry from her shrill, young throat
Well, this is the rest of 1t! just in time
The train was stopped by the length Of Itself,
And women and men poured out to climb
To Jennys perch on the rocky shelf.
Rugged her, kissed her, paled to the lips
As they saw the woe of the might have been,
And some went home on the ocean ships,
And remembered our bit Of heroine.
The great Worlds Fair is over and done,
The pure White City we see no more,
But Jenny. taller, twelvemonth gone
Runs to open her fathers door
A messenger waits, with packet sealed;
The medal that, won at the point of a lance,
Men wear as a lily upon the shield,
THE Legion Of Honor" tits hers, from France!
= Margaret E. Sang'ter, in Hdrper's Young People
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Mrs. Stoves Childhood.

One of Harriet Beecher Stowe's early
teachers was John Pierce Brace, who
excelled in teaching composition. In
"Stories about Favorite Authors" it is
told of him that he gave his pupils
thorough training in this art, and that
when Harriet was eleven years old she
was appointed one of the writers for
the annual school exhibition. The SUBJ
ject was difficult one, but she wrote
her composition. The compositions
were read aloud. Among the gentle
men on the platform was her father,
Rev. Lyman Beecher. "When mine
was read," says Mrs. Stowe, 81 no.
ticed that father frightened and looked
interested, and at the close heard him
say: who wrote that composition?'
'Your daughter, sir was the answer.
cit was the proudest moment of my
life," adds Mrs. Stowe. When she was
seven years old, her older sister, Cath
crime, wrote: "She is very good girl.
She has been to school all the summer,
and has learned to read fuently. She
has committed to memory twenty-se ven
hymns and two long chapters in the
Bible. She has a very retentive mem
DRY and will make good scholar"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Inf1delity in a Coal Mine.

The well-known evangelist, Richard
Weaver, tells the following story of his
early days: When / was a working
collier, l remember working alongside
a great boastful skeptic, who was en-
gagged removing the support from GER
tain parts of the workings. 1t some
times happens, as on this occasion, that
stone gets loose, and comes crashing
down upon the miner. This particular
stone was only small one, but quite
large enough to brighten my brave
skeptic. / was not Christian myself
then, yet always abhorred his brag-
ging skepticism. When / went up to
him he was lying under the stone and
moaning, Lord, help me- Putting
my hand upon the stone / pressed it
down 30 as to make it appear heavier.
What are you going to dop' / asked,
but his only answer was, THE Lord
help me- AS / pressed heavier and
heavier, his fears increased, and he re.
doubled his cries to the Lord whom he
had affected to despise. At length
took off my hand, and showed him the
size of the stone, saying, See there
What is the ,oorth of all your infdelits
when stone that size can drive it al
out Of you in half a minute?' Atheism
cannot stand the approach of DEATH"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
He Knew the Professor.

An amusing story is told Of the late Pro
fessor Henry Morley. Some years ago,
when the stunning" boom was occupy
ing general attention, he was acoosted one
day by peculiarly emaciated and ragged
individual, who solicited aid in moving
terms. Professor Morley, who was never
proof against such petitions responded
with a silver coin. "Thank you, Professor
Morley; I'm much Obliged said the man.
"You know me, eh'" 'Yes, attended
your lectures at Kings college in 1860. "
Dear, dear, I'm sorry to see you in this
state" Not at all, my dear professor.
am doing some articles for my paper and
the editor insists on my making my re-
searches In character. Will you dine with
me tonight" and he handed card bear
ing a well known Namely. Y. Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Thoughts.

PRAYER is the peace of our spirit
the soul Of meditation, the rest of our
cares.-Jeremy Taylor.
WHAT do we live for, if it is not 10
make life less difficult to others3-
George Eliot.
SHOW me the man you honor, and
by that, better than by any thing else,
know what kind of man you are
Carlyle.
HE that takes himself out of Gods
hands into his own, by and by will
not know what to do with himself b
Witchcote.
THE Christian that does not believe
in foreign missions does not believe il
the Great Commission. Repeat it ant
see.-Selected.
JESUS did not spend his life in trying
not to do wrong. He was too full O
the earnest love and longing to do RICH
to do his Fathers will. - Phillips
Brooks.
NEVER bear more than one troubl,
at a time. Some people bear tire,
kinds--all they have ever had, all the,
have now, and all they expect tC
have.-Hale.
If only for an hour, men get at leas
a glimpse of the larger, nobler life; tn
grind is taken away from life, ant
visions of peace stir the energies o
hope.-Berry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Lost the Point,

Last year, while certain distinguished
English lady was travelling in this count
try, she expressed establishment at the
vast fields Of corn presented to her view
during a Journey through Indiana and,
Illinois, and she wondered what the
Americans did with the enormous crop.
To this bright young American girl in
the party answered, 1--WE eat what we can
and can what we can't" The witticism
would have been lost upon her ladyship
had 1T not been for the friendly offices Of
others in the party, who, by dint Of labor,
diagrams, chisels, etc., finally got her
ladyship to see the point Of the joke Then
her ladyship was 30 pleased that she put
1t down in her notebook to spring 1t upon
her friends at home This is the way the
witticism sounded when 1t was let loose at
one Of her ladyship's dinner parties, I'm
America, you know, they have SO much
maize that they eat what they can and
tin what they can't"
When the knights Templars journeyed
to San Francisco, the most felicitous toast
offered at their splendid banquet was in
these words: THE ladies-God bless theml
What would our knights be without
them'" An Englishman present was SO
delighted with the pleasantry-for the
British adore punning-that when he got
back to Australia he attempted to perpe-
trate the toast at local banquet, and he
wondered why there was no outburst OF
hilarious applause when he arose solemnly
and cried passionately; THE ladies-God
| bless them What would our Knights
Templars be without them"
We have all heard Of the German who,
having been fooled by Joker who point
ed to church steeple and asked, How Is
that for highi" Immediately went home,
called his wife out into the yard, and
pointing to the neighboring shot tower
asked, with Ill suppressed mirth, "How
high vas dot2"-Chicago Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing August 10, 1884.

Trains Going South and East oiu Leave Mont
pelier as follotos:
900 A. M. MAIL. for Fitchburg. Boston. Spring
deld New London and New York.
1925 p. M. FAST TRAIN, fer Boston via Low.
ell, and New York via Springfield.
8 90 r. M. PASSENGER, for White River
Junction and Windsor.
sIe;4O A. M. EXPRESS, fer Boston via Lowell
and ali points In New England, Now York and South,
Trains Geing North and West:
'a;bOA. NJ. EXPRESS. for Montreal. ogdens
I0:IBA. Nj PASSENGER. for Burlington, st
Adams, st. Johns. Richford and ORdensburg, max
ing CONNIE, lions for Troy, Albany and New York.
$3.50 p. M. PASSENGER. fer Burlington. st.
Adams, Montreal, Ogdensburg and the West.
8: 80 u. NJ. PASSENGER, for Burlington. con-
Meeting with steamer for Observation-Disclosures 1T
500 p. NJ. FAST EXPRESS Pullman SLEEP
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West TO
sale at the principal stations.
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at 1915, eit5, l0;5O A. ~. ]: co.
$3.50, 1900 p. NJ. Arrive at Barre twenty minutes
Leave Barre at $40, $3.50 A. NJ, 1880 NJ, $685. $40
$3.50, p. M. Arrive at Montpelier, twenty min.
Trains leave Tor wiliamstown AT l;2OP. NJ. and
$3.50 p. N.
Daily. Sundays included. ! Sundays only.
All passenger trains will stop at the Pioneer Works
to take or leave passengers whom slgnaed.
E. W. THOMPSON, Agent.
r. W. BALDWIN, General SuperintendenL
b. W. CUMMINGS. General Passenger Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-22
DETER CRANES ESTATE.

Il Of washington DlStrlCt. !.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier. in and for
said District, on the lith day of August AID 1884,
Daniel ID. Nelson. Administrator of the estate
of Peter Crane, late of Moretown, in said
said District, deceased. makes application to said
Court with the consent and appreciation in writing Of
the heirs of said deceased residing in the state of Yer
mont for license to sell all of the real estate of said
deceased. to wit: Home farm, estimated to contain
about two hundred acres of land and buildings
thereon, situated in Moretown and Berlin in said
District; also about fifty-fve of wood and
pasture land, situated in said Berlin. except the
widows right of dover therein, but including the
homestead and reversion Of said dover representing
that the sale thereof would be beneficial to the widow
and heirs of said deceased and those nteresedn his
estate in order to said real estate into money
Whereupon, 1t Is ordered by said Court that said
application be referred to a session thereof,
to be held at the Probate once, in said Mont
pelier, on the 3lst day. of August, A. D. 1894,
for hearing and decision thereon; and, 1t is fur.
ther, ordered. that all persons interested be
notified hereof. by publication of notice of said
application and order thereon three weeks success.
sively in the Vermont Watchman 4 State Jour
nal, newspaper published at Montpelier, in
this state, and which circulates in the neigh:
borhood of those interested, before said time of
hearing. that they may appear at said time and
place, and, II they see cause, object thereto
BY the Court.-Attest.
0s.ll HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.