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The advocate., 1894-07-25
A Republican Effort,

An effort was made to give Mr.. Kirk.
pstrick's campaign in the Third district
q good start by firing off several big guns
at FredoniR last Saturday. The politi-
clans from nine counties and some from
outside the district were there, and to-
gether with the unregenerated Of VIII
son they made up q respectable sized
audience.
Major Morrill,, r. W. Blue, Bernard
Kelly and ex-senator Ingalls, were the
four speakers who dispensed as many
kinds Of doctrine to the tired audience.
Morrill, blamed the democratic admins
tration for the hard times, and tried to
explain that the republican platform was
just what the silver advocates of Kansas
wanted. Then he looked very wise and
said "ths republican platform demands
that there ahRll be q maintenance oe the
The advocate., 1894-07-25
ANOTHER CHAPTER
Containing Declarations and Confessions of
Men Who Progress.

VVHOSAAAAuS UoOA@k@OAOnS anu OOnIeSSAODS OF
Men Who Progress.
The ADVOCATE has published letters
Of W. P. Hackney, 7. L. Bond, DR.. T. j.
Rude and David Martin, all republicans,
each giving his reasons for refusing to
support the republican ticket this cam
psign, and has also mentioned the con-
version Of J. B. Hindman, republican. of
OlRthe, and Grant w. and W. P. Hsr.
rington, democrats, publishers OF the
Hiswstha Democrat. We now have the
confession Of F. w. Frasius, a Cloud
county ex.democrst, and those OF E. B.
Whsley Of Topeka and M. A. Wilson Of
Atwood, both ex-rspublicRns. Mr..
Whaley WGS recently a member Of the
republican state committee:
F. W. FRAsrUs.
EDITOR CLYDE VoIcE:-Permit me
through your columns to give my rea.
sons why I refuse to longer affiliate with
the democratic party under it's present
leadership. Coming into power two
years ago, it was in a position to give
the country wholesome legislation; but
it has violated every pledge it gave and
every promise it made in the platform
which secured for it the grand victory
OF 1892.
In its platform the democratic marty
recommended the prohibitory 10.per-
cent tax on state bank issues repealed"
But the democratic congress killed,
without debate, q bill introduced for
this purpose.
The platform denounced republican
protection as q fraud" But after the
jugglerB in congress complete the tariff
bill, it will require q powerful lens to
discover where democratic revenue be-
gins or republican protection ceases.
Tho platform demanded "ths use OF
both gold and silver az the standard
money Of the country, and the coinage
Of both gold and silver without discrim-
mating against either metal" Never.
theless, the democratic congress dis
criminsted against silver by the uncon-
ditionRl repeal of the Sherman law, and
the president, by vetOing the SeigniOrsge
bill, finally completed its overthrow.
TheSplatfORm denounced "ths trusts
and combinations which are designed to
enable capital to secure more than its
Just share Of the joint products of cspi-
tai and labor" And yet q democratic
permits the agents and repre-
,entatives Of trusts 10 dictate the sched-
nles and shape tariff legislation.
Having repudiated its platform, I can
not see how the party, with it's record
oe broken promises, and with the presi-
lsnt's settled financial policy becoming
ihe policy Of the party, can again 60
before the people and expect them to
The advocate., 1894-07-25
The Topeka Press In Lime.

The Topeka Daily Press has hauled
down the democratic ticket from the
head Of It's columns, and placed the Pso-
ple's party ticket instead. In explsnR-
tion Of this move the Press said in its
last Sunday edition:
'The republican party in Kansas to-day
stands for the corporations against the
massea. II stands for the rich against
tho poor. 1t stands up for Kansas when
it possesses the Offices and 10 ashamed Of
Kansas when it has been driven from
power by the just indignation OF the
people whose rights it has outraged and
whose interests it has ignored. This
party 10 now attempting to regain tie
power Of which it has been justly de-
prlyed. The methods is q using are
|hose Il has empleyea Ii the past tol
The advocate., 1894-07-25

CaGO0Ab CUuEbS bu9 uLlubu company bQSU
began to settle with the different coun.
ties and to pay the taxes due each.
There was some question about the 50
per cent penalty, and one case has besn
continued since that time in the federal
court here. In 1892 the comp any settled
with forty OF the counties. In 1893 the
company settled with eighteen Of the
counties. In 1894, prior to April, the
company settled with seven counties,
and on the 18th day Of April, 1894, the
company settled with the last county,
which was Sheridan county, and paid
to that county $145S, the full amount
due, 80 when this last settlement was
made with Sheridan county last April
there was not q single dollar due from
the Pullman company 70 any county in
the state.
~ find in Attorney General Ives re-
port the following statement concerning
this case: During my term Of Office,
the supreme court of the United States
has passed upon the right Of the state
OF Kansas to tax property belonging TO
the Pullman Palace Car company, and
hold that the state had q right to levy
and collect such taxes The Pullman
Palace Car company RcquiesCed in this
decision and last spring made q return
Of property, and as I am Creditsbly in
formed has adjusted satisfactory the de-
linquent taxes in almost all the counties
Of the state wherein they were due. My
attention had never been called to this
case and l had NO knowledge that such
case was pending. Rightmire says he
called my attention to this case. This is
absolutely false. I never talked with
Rightmire about this case in my life,
and the statement made by him that I
told him that it was none Of his business
and that we were running the state and
would run it in our way, is absolutely
false and RightmiEe knows it. The
truth is, that just as soon as the United
States court decided the case the COM
psnY began to settle with the counties,
and on the 9th day Of last June, when
Rightmire wrote this letter there was
not farthing due from the Pullman
Palace Car company to any county in
the state and Rightmirs could have
easily acquired this information if he
had had an honest desire to do so.
"This old case No. 6l18 is still pending
on the docket of the United States
court here, but at the next term the
company will dismiss the case and judg-
ment will be rendered against it for
costs, and / was assured by Mr.. Dallas,
Of the firm Of Rossington, Smith & Dal-
las, that the court costs will all be paid
by the Pullman company. just why it
was that Rightmire wrote such an in
famous letter, when in q few moments
he could have discovered the whole
truth, one can only imagine. Very
truly yours, JOHN T. LITTLE,
Attorney General.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15

BoNNY EAGLE, Me. Gentlemen -
Your Sarsaparilla has been of untold
value to me. For twenty-six years have
suffered from acute rheumatism; have
had rheumatic fever eight or ten times,
and have hardly been free from rheumat-
ic pains for many years until about sew
en- months ago. For the last six or
eight years / have suffered terribly. l
have spent hundreds of dollars for doc
tors and medicine, but could get no ben
eft. l tried all the remedies known, in
Guiding two kinds of sarsaparillas, but
continually grew worse, until l was I'M
able to do even the lightest work. 81
could hardly move around. l was in
this condition, and had been so for over
year, when | began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. / have now taken six bot
ties, and have hardly felt twinge of
rheumatism for seven months, during
which time l have been doing a mans
work every day. l can now do as much
hard work in day as the majority of
men, all of which is due to Aliens
Sarsaparilla. ELLIS B. USHER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Daguerre's Process.

The process devised by Daguerre
was substantially as follows: Asheet
of planish copper, plated with silver
and well cleaned by treating with di-
luted nitric acid and washingwith wa
ter, was exposed to the action of the
vapors of iodine By this exposure
thin film of iodide of silver was
formed on the surface, certain me-
chanical precautions being taken to
insure that it should be uniform in
all parts. The sheet thus prepared
was then placed in camera substan-
TALLY the same in principle as the
Photographic camera in use today
and was exposed to the object for
from eight to ten minutes. The plate
was then covered and removed from
the camera to dark room, where it
was exposed to the action of the va
por of mercury, aided by the applica-
ton of gentle heat, by which the i'm
age was developed. 1t was then fixed
by immersion in a solution of hypo-
sulphite of soda, VII h dissolved out
all the unchanged silver iodide.
Washing with water followed, and
the finished picture was protected by
a cover of glass and suitably inclosed
in frame, one that could be closed
to protect it from fading under the
action of the sunlight.-Man,ydcturer
and Builder.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
Central Vermont Railroad,
Commencing July 80, 1894.

Trains Going South and East toM Leave Mont
pelier as follo,os.
9:OOA. M. MAIL. for Fitchbnrg, Boston, Spring
field, New London and New York
I2: rs p. M FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Lo~
ELL and New York via Springfield
500 y. M. PASSEN GER, for White Rive
junction and Windsor
.12:4O A. NJ. EXPRESS, for Boston via Lowell
and all points In New England, New York and South
Trains Going North and West.
$3.50 A. NJ. EXPRESS. for Montreal, ogden
IO:I6A. VI. PASSENGER for Burlington, s.
Adams, st. Johns Richford and Ogdensburg, max
Ing come tons for Troy, Albany and New York.
80 p. NJ. PASSENGER fer Burlington,
Adams, Montreal. Ogdensburg and the West.
3:55 r. NJ. PASSENGER, for Burlington, con.
meeting with steamer for Plattsburgh-arriving at
g 90 p. NJ. FAST EXPRESS. Pullman Slice,
ing Car to Chicago.
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West H.
sale at the principal stations
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at 1915, e'l5. 1850. A. N ;03,
$3.50, 1900 p. M. Arrive at Barre twenty minutes
after leaving time.
$3.50, p. M. Arrive at Montpelier twenty min
Trains leave for Wlliamstown at 10 80 A. M. and
3:50P.M.
Daily Sundays included. Sundays only.
All passenger trains will stop at the Pioneer Work.
to take or leave passengers when sgnaled.
K. W. THOMPSON, Agent.
#. w. BALDWIN, General Superintendent
=. W. CUMMINGS. General Passenger Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
How Names Grow Up.

We have become SO accustomed to roll
ing the proper names in our biographies
over our tongues as glibly as we do our
own that few of us ever stop to think how
much Of history, political, natural and re-
ligious, is wrapped up in few syllables.
How many towns do you know that end
In berg" burg, ""burgh" or " borough"
Take for the first one Edinburgh, for in
stance. How came it by that name in
stead of Stumptown or HardscrabbleP Let
us take the 'burgh" out of the name first.
"Burgh" means in England and Scot
land corporate town. All the English
towns that end in berry, " "burrow,
"bury," borrow" etc., have that ending
from "burgh.' In the German it means
a castle or fortified town. So much for
our "burgh" Then, in Edinburgh it
means the castle or town of-whom or
what? Here "Edin" is only Edwin"
shortened, and Edinburgh the town of
Edwin. Taking this one as model, the
study becomes easy and interesting.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.

ENoC S. SMALL, of Windham Centre,
Me-, writes For some time l have been
very sick with kidney disease and was
given up to die; in fact did not expect
to live muc.i longer. l was all bloated
up to nearly twice my usual size, and
had continued pain in my kidneys and
liver. l tried doctors medicine in vain,
took two bottles of very well-known
sarsaparilla, without receiving any BEN
eft, and at last began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. The first few doses made
me feel worse, and I thought should
have to give it up, but ! continued its
use and had not taken half bottle before
began to feel very much better. con-
tinued to improve and now l consider
myself cured. have no pain, the sore
ness and weakness are all gone, and
am gaining strength every day.
think Aliens Sarsaparilla saved my
life, and am glad of an opportunity to
speak in its praise and to recommend it
to others.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
IN GENERAL.
His Wife.


She sewed the buttons his shirts with marvellous
rapidity,
And took the spots from off his clothes with pleas
urable avidity.
She creased his trousers every day till they were no
creasable,
And when he growed her patient smile was some
thing more than peaceable.
She cleaned his russell shoes him. with Joy quite
unmistakable
And took his cuffs and collars out-that Is, wheh
they were taxable
She put his money in the bank with such great
regularity
That other women eyed her dress with eyes that
looked disparity.
When he got blue she braced him up and gave him
something drnkable
And talked about that ship of his that she said
unsuitable.
She let him buy his own cigars with tact quite in
contestable,
And thought up dishes that he liked that were not
indigestible.
She listened to the Jokes he sprung and gggled at
the best of them,
And when she couldn't giggle she approved of all
the rest of them.
She did not drag him off to call when he was quite
undragable,
And when he had nervous fit her tongue was quite
unwagsbe.
She brushed him up she brushed him down, and
kept him spick and spanable,
And showed him why the schemes he planned were
not always quite planable.
But she had for music and her mind was
quite unbookabe,
And when it came to beauty, why, she wasn't very
lookable.
She did not care to go out much, She not in
society.
She had no time for heathens, and she could not
talk on piety,
And every neighbor said of him. with laughter quite
satirica:
How did he to marry her? 1t really is
miracle" -Brooklyn Life
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
The Only Phrase He Knew.

Sir Andrew Agnew, the last of the
hereditary sheriffs of Galloway, had
astrong prejudice against the French,
and though often thrown into the So
ciety of Frenchmen plumed himself
on his ignorance of their language.
Once, while journeying to Edinburgh,
Sir Andrew halted over Sunday at
his daughters house and attended
the parish church.
The minister, having given out his
text from the Old Testament, dis
puted the correctness of the author
lied translation. In enforcing his
opinion he quoted the text in the He
brew original, and the words sounded
to Sir Andrews ear as the French
salutation, Comment vous porter
vous2"
The sheriff writhed in his seat and
1t was with the greatest difficulty
that his daughter kept him from
speaking out his feelings. But as
soon as the benediction had been pro
bounced Sir Andrews wrath explod-
ed. To the amusement of the con
gregation he roared out:
1.-THE scoundrell Yet I might ha'
forgi'en him had he not used the only
French words l ever knew" p Youth s
Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
A Sufficient Reason.

The admission of a stranger who
had moved into the vicinity but re-
Gently into full membership in the
church bothered Deacon johnson
very much. He disliked the man and
felt quite convinced he was not
worthy to become a member, but he
could make no definite charge against
him. When the church session had
the mans application under consid-
GRAFTON, the deacon protested against
his admission. When pressed to give
his reasons, he said, oval, pahson,
de fac OBJ de match is l feels dat he
he's a wolf in sleeps clothing"
'Dat's a hebby chadge, Brudder
Johnsing," said de parson. IVY do
yo' t'ink so2"
II dun know, but it pears to me
he don't bleat jest like de rest OBJ de
flock. "-Ne,o York Telegram.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
The Spider Monkey.

Ny acquaintance with Mingo was entire
" accidental. l was standing one day by
the hous, of a large Newfoundland dog,
whose attention was evidently much taken
up by number of lusty puppies, when
eventually | noticed a slender snakelike
object gradually slip out of neighborinp
doghouse, and insert its tip into the door
Of the first doghouse. The shaggy mothc'
within blinked quite peacefully, and one
of the puppies galloped toward the intr'd-
er Evidently this was what was wanted,
for Immediately the object coiled around
the leg Of the puppy in gentle, friendly
manner and began to pull him toward the
door. The little dog protested after the
manner of his kind, but the visitor was
persistent, and slowly the puppy was
dragged out of his own house across the
foot of space between and after some little
scuffling disappeared into the other house.
A moment later along came a kitten
and stopped before the doorway of the sec
ond doghouse, and out came the long, in
sinuating object again, and before the kit
ten could object, even had she been so dis
posed, one of her hind legs was encirclca,
and she, like the puppy, moved toward the
doorway, dragged along tail first.
Ordinarily cat would have been thrown
into great excitement by such treatment,
but not this one. She uttered n single
plaintve meow which, understanding
something of the cat language, consider
ed more u sound Of passive acquiesence
than anything else.
My eyes soon again reverting to the
opening encountered "a pair of great brown
Ones pathetic and mournful to degree
peering from beneath gray eyebrows
For moment the eyes looked at me;
then seeing that ! was friendly the head
to which they belonged came out, and there
rose before me the inner Of the mysterious
serpentine object-a monster SO tall and
slender, SO completely given over to arms
and tail, that could only compare 1t to a
gigantic spider coming out of its den 1t
stood up, reaching one long, attenuated
arm almost to my shoulder, and then |
perceived that 1t held under the other the
puppy, whose blue eyes blinked at me in
amazement. Another step and out came
the kitten, the monkeys marvellous tail,
which was like fifth hand, still clasped
firmly about her leg.
This was my first meeting with Mingo,
the spider monkey, and the first of many
visits that ripened into good acquaintance
and fellowship. Upon leaving his house
Mingo assumed a perfectly upright posi-
tion holding one hand over his head, and
then occasionally dropping to all fours he
crossed the little grass plot and easily
swung himself into q tree. His long tail
stretched out to Its full length, and by 1t
he actually lifted the kitten until when
four or five feet from the ground she
scrambled at the limb and aided herself
up. Mingo finally settled himself on a
bouRh with the buddy which he held
closely in his arms.-C. r. Holder.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
A Famous Ride.

None of the obituary writers on
the late Louis Kossuth seems to have
referred to an incident in his career
which must always have a special
interest for Englishmen. This was
one of the most famous record rides
of ancient or modern times, per-
formed by Captain Charles Townley,
a queens messenger, in the interest
of the Hungarian hberator. After
the collapse of his cause in 1849 Kos
suth and a crowd of his compatriots
had fed to Turkey, from which Aus
tria and Russia were menacingly de-
manding their extradition. But the
"great Eltchi," who was then our
representative on the Golden Horn,
made bold upon his own responsible
ity to back up the sultan in his re-
fusal to deliver up the fugitives, be-
heving that PalmerstOn, who was
then at the foreign Office, would bear
him out in his firm attitude of oppo
sition.
Knowing that life and death de-
pended on the speedy arrival of his
approving dispatch at Stamboul,
pam" selected Captain Townley to
be its bearer, with instructions mot
to spare himself or others" in getting
to his destination as soon, as possible.
Reaching Belgrade on Oct. 90, Cap
tain Townley there took horse, and
on the morning of the Goth he rode,
or rather reeled, into Pera, having
covered the distance of 820 miles in
131 hours-a feat which elected loud
applause when mention was made of
1t in the house of commons.--PaU Nal
| Gazette.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
yV,IMOTHY j, HUBBARD'S ESTATE.
II MONT Washinptnn niatrict. a

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis.
trict on the 9th day of August, A. d. 1894; go
Frederic j. Dieter Administrator de boRis NON with
the will anne OF the estate of Timothy Hubbard
late of Montpelier in said District deceased, presents
his administration account for examination and al
iowance, and makes application for decree
of distribution and partition Of the estate Q. 81
Court that said account and said application be
referred to session thereof to be held az the Pro-
bate ONCE, In said Montpelier on the 3lst day OF
August, A. D. 1894 for hearing and decision thereon
and 1t Is further ordered that notice hereof be
same three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Watchtnan g. State Journal newspaper published at
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and show cause, II any they may have, why
said account should not be allowed and such decree
made. By the Court.-Attest.
OSLO HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Why Mother Is Proud.

Look in his face, look in his eyes,
Reguish and blue and terribly wise
Roguish and blue and quick to see
When mother comes In rs tired as can be;
Quickest to find her incest old chair,
Quickest to get to the top of the stair,
Quickest to see that a kiss on the cheek
Would help her far more than to chatter. TO speak.
Look in his face and guess If you can
Why mother is proud of her little man.
The mother is proud-I will tell you this;
You can see it yourself in her tender kiss.
But why9 Well, of all her dears
There is scarcely one who ever hears
The moment she speaks, and jumps to see
What her want or wish may be.
Scarcely one. They all forget,
Or are not in the notion to go quite yet.
But this she knows, II her boy is near,
There is somebody certain to want to hear.
Mother is proud, and she holds him fast,
And kisses him first and kisses him last
And he holds her hand and looks In her face,
And hints for her SPOOL which is out of its place,
And proves that he loves her whenever he can.
That is why she is proud of her little man.
-Phren0loqicdl Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
First Suspension Bridge.

The first suspension bridge erected
in America was built in the year 1901
over a small stream called Jacobs
creek in Westmoreland county, in
the western part of Pennsylvania,
the engineer being the noted James
Finley. This pioneer suspension
bridge had span of exactly 70 feet
and inches, and it cost the county
$4,000 1t was warranted" to last
30 years. The English claim that a
suspension bridge was built in that
country in 1741, but it is known that
Finley's effort was the first bridge of
that character erected on scientific
principles.-St. Louis Republic.