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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

While endeavoring 10 save money
secreted in his house Mt Vandalia,
Ind. which was on fire, Martin Dow
ell. a wealthy citizen, was burned 20
death.
FIERCE forest fires were raging in
the vicinity of Meadville. Pa, and al
ready a large tract had been burned
over
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
Ilyrir Id q Trout

Ia the Individual who after a long siege finds
himself liberated from the close blockade OF
the enemy, constipation. Many persons OF
A bilious habit are troubled with construction
OF the bowels. They always md relief, and
TINT speedily, without gripping or trouble OF
any sort, from Hostetter's stomach Bitters,
a remedy also for malaria, dyspeptic, rheu.
matte or kidney affections.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
Pure and wholesome Quality

Commends 20 publicapproval the California
LIQUID laxative remedy, Syrup OF Figs. 10
is pleasant 10 the taste and by acting gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system effectually, IL promotes the
health aud comfort OF all who use H. and
with millions Il Is the best and only remedy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

"NEw BLoopn will be continued every
night al McVicker's Theater, Chicago, with
matinees Wednesday and Saturday until
futher notice. Seats secured by mail.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

Hr-'1f should propose 70 you what
would be the outcomem she-"lt would
depend entirely on the income"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

SUNDAY Is a good day for writing letters,
ana Monday lisa good day 10 forget TO mail
them. -Pieayuno.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

THE young man who has no aim IN life
Will sooner or later fan into the ditch
RAMS Horn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

THE man who always does his best can al
ways do better next time. -Presbyterian
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

PRANK IN COLLEGE,. New Athens, O. Total cos,
Ahnhhbih siSS per yrI Courses cstaiog free
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
The "Sunken ROadO at Antietam,

The conspicuous points on the field
OF Waterloo were Hogomount, La Have
Salnte, and the sunken road of Ohaine.
The latter, however, is some what hid
den in the mists of the past, and its ex-
istence even largely dependent upon
the tradition due to Victor Hugo's ref
erence to it. The two similarly con-
spicuous points on the field of Antietam
are the "Sunken Road" and the bridge
now known as the Burnside Bridoe.,,
The former was sort of blind road or
lane, sometimes called Bloody Lane"
The confederate troops occupied this
roadway, and used the low but steep
banks through which it was cut as a
sort of breastwork, piling rails up on
them to make them higher. Many
times during the progress of the battle
these men would have been glad to be
safely out of it, and sometimes they
were so cut off as to be willing to sur
render. But it was impossible to get
out. Occasionally a man, more hardy
than wise, would make the attempt, and
the moment he appeared crawling up
the bank or over the fence that stood
between the roadway and a cornfeld
back oft, he would be literally riddled
with bullets. Several men got partly
over the fence, and there hung across
the rails, their bodies being actually
made into sleeves. Once, apparently by
unanimous consent" they concluded
to try and surrender, and so hung out
on the points of their bayonets any sort
of a cloth available, that had once been
white, as flags of truce; and before the
Union troops could get down to where
they were reinforcement came up in
the corntield back of them and COM
menced firing over their heads. AT
once down came the tokens of surren-
der and out went the whizzing, deadly
bullets again. Finally, however, in a
charge of the Union troops that swept
up to, over, and beyond the roadway,
all the occupants that were still living
were captured. After the battle was
over no spot on that field presented
more horrible appearance than the
"Sunken Road" and its immediate vi
cinity. The roadway was bankful of
dead with the men, and the slopes that
approached it were covered windows
of the harvest of death. Blue and
Grdy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
A Clever Stategy.

General Putnam, a brave officer in the
war between the French and English in
Canada, is the hero of an interesting lit
tie story. General A amherst marched across
the country to Canada. Coming to one of
the lakes over which he intended to pass
with his troops, he found a French vessel
armed with II guns upon the lake, This
greatly distressed the general, as his small
boats We're no match for this vessel in the
situation in which it was placed. While
he was thinking what had best be done
Putnam addressed him.
General, said he, that ship must be
taken"
Eyes, said Amherst. II would give the
world were she takcn.''
IN take her, said Putnam.
Amherst smiled and asked how.
Give me some wedges "a beetle Ca large
wooden mallet) and Il few men, and I'll
take her, answered Putnam
General Amherst was puzzled as to how
this was to be accomplished, but he grant
ed Putnam's request and gave him the
wedges, beetle and his choice of men,
When night came, Putnam stole quietly
under the vessels stern, with his wedges
and hammer and five men. In an instant
the wedges were driven behind the rudder
in the cavity between rudder and ship.
This was done without attracting the enc
my's attention, and then Putnam quietly
came back to shore. In the morning the
sails were seen fluttering about, and after
awhile the vessel was blown ashore and
the enemy captured.
Having lost control of the rudder by
General Putnams act, the course of the
vessel could not be regulated.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Ships Named Resolution.

No fewer than four warships named
Resolution have come to an untimely end
by battle, fire or wreck The first bore
the flag of Blake in his great victory off
the North Foreland over Van Tromp
Sept. 2S, 1862, and in Monks equally
great success off the same headland July
25, 1866, she was burned by n flreship, the
only one lost, as against 90 sail taken or
sunk, Forty years later the Resolution
engaged squadron of six ships off the
Spanish coast and was run ashore and
burned by Captain Mordaunt, son of the
famous Earl of Peterborough, to save her
from falling into the hands of the enemy.
only four years aftorward, ITO, near
tho same spot off Barcelona, II third ship
of the name was driven ashore by storm
and became II total wreck, Finally, in
Hawkes. great victory off Quberon, when
the French lost four ships of the line de-
stroyed and two taken, the Resolution
and Essex ran upon a sand bank and were
lost, together with n portion Of their crows.
we should, however, put to the credit of
the name the success that attended her
under Captain Cooks command on his
second voyage, when he explored the Ant
arctic continent and New Zealand and dis
covered New Caledonia, Georgia and other
islands.-Bldckburn England Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Blair's Opinion of Lincoln,

The war governor of Michigan, Austin
Blair, once told a correspondent how
his feelings toward President Lincoln
underwent change. He said al
was greatly opposed to his nomination,
and it was long time before he won
my entire confidence. He was not
only strong, wise man, but he had a
great faculty of knowing how to bide
his time. /, as we'll as others, believed
that a proclamation emancipating the
slaves should have been issued months
before it was done. Finally, weary of
urging and waiting, we called con-
vention to meet at Altoona, Pa. The
very day We met the president issued
his emancipation proclamation, leaving
us little else to do but send him DEL
egation thanking him for what he had
done. 1t was hard to get the start of
him, and he seemed to know just when
the opportune period had arrived to
perform public act."-Troy Times
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
One Of HawthOrne's Letters,


In the Duyckinck collection, as shown
at the Lcnox library, may be seen the
manuscript Of Hawthorne Moses From
an Old Manse," with the following letter
bound with it:
"SALEM, Feb. 22, 1886
"MY DEAR SIR-At last l send you the
copy for part second of the proposed col
lection. 1t will make, as near as l can
calculate, just about 175 pages I hope
and fully believe that it will soon be fol
lowed by the contents Of part first.
81 have bestowed much and solemn con-
sideration upon the title of the book
Wall Flowers From an Old Abby oc-
Cured to me- but it is too fine Moses
and Lichens From an Old Parsonage, that
does not go off trippingly enough Moses
From an Old Manse, suits me rather bet
ter, and, if my wife agrees with me, SO
shall the book be christened. l will tell
you in the postscript. All the titles, you
perceive, refer to our old Owls Nest at
Concord, where all but two or three of the
tales were written, and to which the in
troductory article will refer
Have you looked over the Dartmoor ~
papers, and do you reject themp They
certainly have spirit and novelty. Truly
yours, NATH HAWTHORNE.
up. S.-We decide on Moses From an
Old Manse '"-Neao York Critic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Electric Light as Disinfectant.

Professor II. NJ Wards researches on
the influence of light on bacteria have
brought out some remarkable facts. Pro-
fessor Ward demonstrates conclusively
that the naked arc light may be used in
hospitals or railway cars most effectively
as disinfectant, by reason Of the effect
of its rays upon bacteria. He has allowed
the various rays of the spectrum to fall on
inns of gelatin or sugar containing spores
Of bacteria and finds that whether the
spectrum is got from sunlight or electric
light there is no perceptible action on the
spores of bacteria by the mira red, red,
orange or yellow rays, while all the spores
are injured by the rays of the blue and
violet region. Broadly speaking, the in
furious action begins at the blue and di-
minishes toward the ultra violet With
the electric light, quartz lenses and prisms
had to be used in forming the spectrum,
as the results with glass were feeble. This
injurious influence Of the blue rays ex-
tended far into the ultra violet. The in
tervention of u thin piece of glass resulted
in cutting off large proportion of effect
i've rays
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Monuments to Honorable Women.

Great merit and lasting fame are ascrib-
ed in China to widows and maidens de-
prived by death of aflianced husbands who
have devoted their sorrow stricken lives to
the service of their parents at law Sad TO
say, such mourners are yet more highly
esteemed where they signalize their be-
reavement by suicide. This Chinese suit
teeism is never as in India by fire. but
by opium, starvation, poison or drowning.
In honor of these women and girls me-
mortal arches are sometimes erected and
may be seen, usually near the highways,
all over the country. They are of stone,
about go feet high, more or less deliberately
carved, with inscriptions engraved on the
upright and cross pieces in praise of flial
piety and chastity, which virtues are OK
pressed by the two large characters "hiau"
and "tsieh." The inscription also gives
the widows name and the place of sepul-
cher Near the top are always found two
characters denoting that the monument is
raised by the emperor's permission. The
cost of such structures varies from tens to
hundreds of dollars, toward which small
contribution accompanies the imperial
sanction, When the ediflce Is completed,
some mandarin of inferior rank goes to
worship before t.-L0ndon QuiUer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Found after Twenty Years.

Comrade F. G. Trip of Dorchester,
Mass, has just undergone successful
operation, by which was removed a
mimic ball which entered his body over
thirty years ago. Comrade Trip was
born near West Harwich, on the cape,
August 6, 1874 At the breaking out
out of the war he joined the Forty third
Massachusetts, helping to fill the quota
of Dennisport, and was soon in active
service at the front. General Foster
being besieged, volunteers were called
for to run the blockade of Little Wash
ington, N. c., to relieve him. There
were two squads of sixteen men each
detailed to do this work, and Trip was
one of the number. While reconnoiter-
ing cotton battery on Richmond's Point
the rebels opened fire, and Trip fell,
supposed to be MORALLY wounded. The
boat having run the blockade, and Gen
eral Foster successfully relieved, Trip
was at once put in the hospital, and his
wounds examined, He had been shot
between the two lowest ribs on the right
side, point identical with that of Pres
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Overreached Himself,

An old farmer in Waldo county had a
choice lot of cows, and neighbor seeing
the herd In the pasture, asked for how
much he could have his pick Of one.
"Twenty-five dollars" said the owner.
IAN right. I'll be around tomorrow and
select one" The next day The owner Of
the COWS told his hired man to drive the
only poor COW in the lot t. the barn. Soon
the buyer put in an appearance to buy u
COW He missed one, However, and was
suspicious. How is thisY You said
could have my pick of the lot. Where is
that other cow" "Oh, that COW you don t
want, " said the owner. She is old and
no good, SO l placed her in the barn. You
don want her, But the buyer insisted
on having that COW lie suspected she was
the best one of the lot. 'All right, then,
said the seller. Drive that COW out,
John" The COW was driven out, and the
buyer would not look at the rest, but pur
chased her at once and drove her home.
A day or two aftcrward he came back and
accused the seller of cheating him and
wanted him to take the COW back. But
the old fellow refused, saying that the
buyer had had his pick.--Lewtston Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
What War Costs,

1t is really surprising to see how
much money is spent for every man
killed in war on the field or sent away
to die of his wounds or of some sickness
in the camp. In the Crimean war,
where vast number of men were got
together at very close quarters, there
were more than 100000 men killed
each of them at the cost of $3.50. The
maximum of cost was reached in the
American civil war. Each one of the
2S1 900 deaths, though this is small
estimate we should imagine, was pur-
chased by an expenditure of SIC 1926
The belligerents in South America did
the business more cheaply, not spend
ing more than 81 500 per man. Small
wars are generally costly. The Danish
war extinguished $500 lives at an av-
erage cost of about $4,000 The cam
paign which ended at Sadowa must be
reckoned, considering its brief duration,
to have been expensive. Every life
cost nearly $500. 1t is strange ne
cessity which makes civilized societies
expend what would be comfortable
maintenance for three or four men in
the destruction of ne.-L0ndOn Tit
Rifc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
In GENERAL.
Behind the Mask.

" II was an old distorted face.
An uncouth visage, rough and wild.
Yet from behind, with laughing grace,
Peeped the fresh beauty Of a child.
And so, contrasting strange to-day,
My heart of youth doth inly ask
If half earth's wrinkled grimness may
Be.but the baby In the mask
Behind gray hairs and furrowed brow
And withered look that life puts on,
Each, as he wears it, comes to know
How the child hides, but is not gone
For while the memorable years
To saddened features fit their mould,
Beneath the work of time and tears
Waits something that will not grow old
The rifted pine upon the hill,
Scourged by the lightning and the wind,
Through bolt and blight doth nurture still
Young fibers underneath the rind,
And many storm blast fercely sent,
And wasted hope and sinful stain,
Roughen the strange integument
The struggling soul must wear in pain;
Yet when she comes to claim her own,
Heavens angel happily, shall not ask
For that last look the world hath known,
But for the face behind the maskl"
Mrs. A. D. z. Whitneg
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Not Like His Mothers.

Beautiful scenery here, is it notY' asked
the young man of a solitary traveller whom
he found pacing along the seashore.
"Well, no" replied the stranger, II
can agree with you. / think the ocean
IS too small. 1t is no such ocean as my
mother used to have"
"Your mothers ocean was superior,
them"
ooh, yes, vastly superior What tum-
bling breakers What magnificent
sweep of view What amplitude of dis
tance What fishing there was in my
mothers oceanl'
''But the sky is magnificent here, is it
not, STRIP
TOO low and too narrow across the
top, replied the stranger
Il hadn't noticed it, said the young
man.
Yes, " said the stranger, lit is too low
and there isn't air enough in it either
Besides it doesn't sit plumb over the
earth. 1t is wider from north to south
than it is from west to east. l call it a
pretty poor sky 1t is no such sky as my
mother used to have"
Pardon me- but did your mother have
a special sky and ocean of her own"
Right here an old resident came up and
drew the young man aside.
Don't talk with him. said the old
resident. "He is hopeless lunatic. He
is a man who always used to tell his wife
about the biscuits my mother used to
make, my mothers pies, my mother 5
puddings' and my mothers doughnuts. ,
The habit grew on him so much that he
became a confirmed lunatic. 50, Louis
Post. DiSDatch
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
Our Blue and Our GRAY,

Brown are the branches out there in the meadow,
Moaning and signing as mortals in pain,
Pleading for summer bird, blossom and shadow
Stirred with mem'ry of leaves in the rain;
Walked with the blue mist blown from the noun.
tans,
Sweet with promise of dews by and by;
Soothing our sleep with the tinkle Of fountains
And song of the hooking bird under the sky.
Airs from the Southland. whose cypress and willow
Touch the last tints OF the gray and the blue,
Thrilling the maple, whose musical biow
Sings " hail and farewell" then bourgeons anew
message of hope not a burden of sadness,
Though each has long cherished its blue and its
gray,
While bare branches wave in carols Of gladness,
And sweep the DUH mist OF our winter away
In harbors Of hate were wont to remember
we bury the canker of wearisome years;
Northland nor Southland keep not that December
That darkened the spirit once drowned in its
tears
Tears for the true friend, the father, and lover
Sad woe for the nation a-reaping its rue
Soon shall the house of the wild rose discover
The soul of the South wind among lilies of blue
harp in her hands from pine trees that murmur,
tear in her trumpetblooms, poured on the
sleep
OF the blue and the gray from manhood's brief
summer
Mnemosyne guardeth on valley and steep;
Yet bare boughs are sweet with the dreams of that
singer,
The angel of peace, with her preludes of song
sheaf from our harvest we hasten to bring her
To Danish hyenas of hatret and wrong
-Ddry B. Finch, IN Blue and GRAZ.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
That Familiar Song,

Henry G. Work, the author of
" Marching Through Georgia." was a
printer, who brought his first song,
" Kingdom Coming" to DR.. George F.
Root, then member of a music pub.
fishing firm in Chicago. 1t pleased the
latter so well that he induced the COM
poser to give up his trade and devote
all his time to writing songs. He be-
came prosperous business man in
Chicago, but lost all he had in the great
fire and never recovered his prosperity.
He lived the last years of his life in
Hartford, and died there; and, al
though he was not a soldier, the Grand
Army of the Republic decorates his
grave with flowers, and an effort is
now being made to erect a monument
to his memory.-1roy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
SOME INSIDE FACTS.
sUCH MATTERs A1wAYs LEAK OUT.
This Time IL Carried the Great News Far
and Wide-Many Families all Over the
Land are Deeply Interested In the Mat

There are many things in the lives of per-
sons and families which, when they are
known, become matters of public interest.
People always want to know those things
which personally concern them, which add
to their welfare, their looks or their COM
fort. Here is piece of news which, coming
from such high authority, makes it of more
than ordinary interest.
Mrs. Charles II. Heaton, residing at 143
State street, Montpelier. VT, is a most lovely
and accomplished lady. The family has
the very highest social standing. Her hus-
band has held many offices OF trust in the
city and in politics, and among the Masonic
fraternity stands at the head. Her hus-
bands father is president of the Montpelier
Savings Bank and Trust Co., the largest
bank in the city. Her father is prom
inent railroad man. She writes as follows:
Two years ago we had terrible ex-
perience with La Grippe, and by overwork
in taking care of my children and the re-
suits of the disease, was left in a very ex-
hausted condition, in fact was nearly pros
trated. was so weak that upon the least
excitement l would feel nauseated. I was
as near nervous prostration as any one
could be.
"Some one recommended DR.. Greenes
Nervura blood and nerve remedy to me
and 1 Immediately began its use. am
happy to say that it completely cured me.
l think it is the best medicine / ever knew
of for any form of nervous or chronic
disease. have recommended it to many
and shall do so upon every occasion"
The letter is of the utmost importance
to you for it tells you just what to do to be
cured. If you are nervous, weak, tired,
sleepess, if you have headache, indiges-
ton, kidney or liver complaint, poor blood
and weak nerves, you can surely regain
your health and be as well as you ever
were by taking DIR. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy.
The strengthening and curative powers
of this remedy are wonderful. Use it and
you will be made we'll and strong. 1t is
the discovery of DR.. Greene, the most sue
cessful specialist in curing nervous and
chronic diseases, He can be consulted by
all at his office, "a Temple Place, Boston,
Mass. free, personally or by letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
Queer Cases,

Two cases of bullet wounds becom-
ing active after lapse of twenty-four
years are reported by German medi.
cal paper. One is that of watch.
maker named Kleeman living at Dus-
seldorf, who was wounded in the
Franco-German war. Three years age
he had a bullet successfully extracted
from his right shoulder; and week
ago, after months illness, second
bullet was extracted from his left side.
The second case is that of station
master, who few days ago was oper-
ated upon at Bonn, and had French
bullet, which had pierced his right
shoulder, cut from his right side.-
Pioneer Press.