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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
 { PLAYED IN GREAT LUCK.
Al Game of Bluff That Saved an Insurance
 Company a Fortune.


 Company Fortune. # They are telling. a story on travel g ing representative of leading insur- ance company that is good enough to S % on record. He was down in the cen Ntral part of the state on some business of trifing importance. In fact, the bus mess that took him thither was of such s trifing importance that he finished it in a few minutes, and then went into one of the larger cities of that section to spend few days with an old friend.
 His old friend made it so pleasant for him that week slipped by almost be- fore he was aware of it, when he real ized that the officials at headquarters would want to know that he was doing something. In order to make an ap- pearance of doing something, the tray- cling agent got aboard the train one day and stopped at the first good-sized village on the line There he got off the train and cancelled all the policies of his company in the place on the ground of insufficient protection against fire, and then got on the next train going in the opposite direction, return ing to his old friends for few more days of revelry.
 After leaving that city he spent a week in the southeastern part of the, state and then returned to Chicago, and without Inisgivings that his high old time and consequent neglect of busi- ness had been heard of and that his head might soon be i'll the basket. When he learned that the general 4f1 I,s, l., arrived he felt certain that it was all over with him. With wildly beating heart he sought ''the old man" in the innermost recess of his private office with the intention of resigning and saving himself the disgrace of dismis- sal. but once in the presence of the head of the department he lost his nerve and the power of speech at the same time.
 The old man greeted him cordially. even effusively--and bade him be seated.
 That was a great stroke of yours, ," said the general agent.
 The travelling agent hung his head in a shame-faced manner. The -4old man" attributing this to his modesty, con tinued:
 '.Yes, sir. d great stroke! Saved us at least two hundred thousand dollars. I called the attention of the directory to it, and they voted to present you with slight token of appreciation of yoilr perspicaeity and close atten- tion to business, and he took from his desk magnificent watch and chain. We have also decided to increase your salary twenty-five per cent.
 The astonished travelling agent ae- eepted the watch with stammered thanks. and then, making his escapes. sought one of the head clerks with whom he WAS on intimate terms
 Say, has anything happened down st Jayville9" he inquired.
 Yes" was the reply.
 What was it?s
 ..The whole town burned down last week Hadn't you heard of it9s
 He had not heard of it. but he had heard of an old proverb to the effect that only an ill wind blows nobody good Chicago Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09

According to the American Archi- tect, two chemists of Hamburg, NM. Foster and Nijland, have published some studies on the cholera infection. from which it appears that soap is one of the best known sterilizers of water suspected of infection.
 Augustus honaparte Uasar Dun- dreary Emerson Ferdinand Grant Han nibal Isaiah Jackson Knox Leoninas Meredith Nicholas Oscar Tate Ring is a resident of Martin. Tenn, and is vast ing all that name in race for the petty office of constable.
 Mrs. Waite, the wife of the governor of Colorado, is forty eight years of age. while her husband is sixty-nine. She was widow and he widower when they married. She is interested in the Wonan's Christian Temperance union, and thinks there is no one like her hus- band.
 Emanuel Lasker. who is contend. ing with Steinitz for the chess cham pionship of the world, is native ot Prussia, and is onis twenty-six years old. He began playing chess when he was only twelve years of age. His career as a phenomenal player began in 1889,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09

The Correct Expression. Teacher Her dress was plain.9 Can you express that idea in more polite
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
HUMOROUS.

Bradford .Binks and his wife make a good match. Robinson--s.Yes he's q stick and she's the birthstone. liar lem Life.
 Teacher What became of the chil- dren of Agamemnona Pupil after ma ture deliberation) .sI think theyr dead by this time Harlem Life.
 Quite Mountainous. Shesed- Us odd ahouta mountain, isn't ita' Hesed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
LOCOMOTIVE POWER.
4 Train of English Small Cars Versus One
 of American Large Cars.

of American Large Cars.
 One of the most important investiga- tions yet undertaken by an American railway has lately been completed by the New York, Ontario < Western rail- way in connection with the London & Northwestern railway of England. It had for an object nothing less than critical, experimental determination of the actual advantages. if any. of an American train, made up of a few large ears, over an English train of equal ca pacity, but made up of greater num- Der of smaller cars. The English test was made in July, the results were worked up and tabu1ated by the Lon- don X Northwestern engineers and forwarded to this country to be dupi- eated as nearly as possible by the New York. Ontario t Western. which the same length as that of English road. But while the length was the same, the other circumstances were quite different. The alignment of the English road was good and the grades low. while the American road abounds in abrupt changes of heavy grades and sharp curves. A general comparison of the results, according to the Railroad Gazette, shows that the American loco motive hauled slightly heavier train at higher speed on a grade of 24.6 feet d mile, with 13.9 pounds pull at the drawbar per gross ton, while the English locomotive exefted d pull of 28. z, LA and 12.S pounds per gross ton on l6.2-foot grades at successive points of the line. The coal consumption of the American locomotive was s times that of the English locomotive, while the water evaporated was as l to IA. and the total tractive work as to 1,2. This was what might reasonably be expected. The inferor coal used in the American locomotive would generate less steam than the better grade used by the En- glish engine. There is 10 getting around the fact that the American train. which as far as weight and load were concerned. was counterpart of the English train, was hauled over an equal distanee, at higher rate of speed, through twice the vertical rise, over greater curvature, by an engine of about the same estimated capacity, and carrying twenty pounds more boiler pressure Moreover, although more pounds of coal were burned by our loco motive, this coal was procured from the great chun heaps of the anthracite region at no other expense than screen ing, loading and hauling, and the actual cost of the fuel per trip was on ly three dollars and twenty-eight cents, against three dollars and fifty-one for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
And tbe Facts NYere Presented.

"As to the measure in which we hope to have the cooperation of the city council, said the agent and promoter of the scheme. there are some facts which I would like to present to you
 -
 The alderman from the 'steenth ward hastily led the way to a private room.
 Well, he said, T am ready for what- eyer-h' h'm--faets you may have to offer T -Chieago Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
If You Would Keep Young.

Regulate the diet.
 Take systematic exercise in the open air.
 Overlook the pin-pricks of life. Try a daily sponge-bath for several weeks.
 Ward of wrinkles with massage of the face,
 Preserve the teeth by attention with precipitated chalk.
 Forget that there are such things as birthdays Days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
A Quick Recoyerx.

she--I am surprised to see you out after your sudden illness
 He-W What do you mean?
 She Why, they told me that after dinner the other night you had to be carried home Truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
pr. John Waters, Physician and Surgeon.
DR. A. W. TROUPE.
PINE BLUFF, ARK.

Office hours-li a. m. to 12 m, to T D. m., to s. D. m.
 Telephone with office over Scull's drug store; residence, No. 9l7 West Fifth avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
Able rasters and Feastsrs.

The Jains of India are the champion fasters, or long distance do-withont. out-food sect of the world. Fasts of from thirty to forty days are very com mon among this curious sect, and once each year s'radalnf'' comes forward and undertakes the grand fastn-a period of seventy-fye days, during which time he allows nothing but warm water to pass his lips. When the fast is once begun the faster will carry it to the prescribed limit or die in the attempt In curious contrast to this startling feat is the religious eating contests of the South Sea islanders, where the competitors actually hoop themselves like barrels with ropes made of grass and bark to keep them selves from burstino through oyer-eat- ing. Q.--San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-09
The man who minds his own busi- ness can always be kept busy. Ram $ Horn.
 INTELLECT AND STATURE.

Criminals and Lunatics Have Less Than
 Average Height and Weight.
 The influence of different occupations on adults, of town and country life, of intellectual and physical exercises and athletics is we'll brought out by an-. thropometric inquiry. Measurements extending over twenty seven successive. years have been made at the school of the Society of Friends at York. Friends are largely commercial and therefore town-dwe1ling cinss, and
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
Estate of Simon B. Robbins.

CTATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ORLEANS
kCss. In Probate Court, held at Newportrin. said
District, the 18th day of December, AID, 1885,
George Il. Howard. Administrator. of the
estate Simon b. Robbins, late of Crafts
bury, in said District deceased, presents his
allowance, and makes application for decree
of distribution and partition OF the estate OF
said deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court,
that said account and said application be re-
ferred to a session thereof, TO be held at the
Probate Office, in said Newport, on the 10th
day of jan, A. ID. 1895, at O'Clock a. M, for
heaing and decision thereon:. And lit is furth :
persons interested, by publication of the
same three weeks successfully in the Orleans
County Monitor, newspaper published at
for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and shckxcause, if any they
may have, why said account should MT be al
lowed, and such decree made.
By the Court-Attest.
52-1 f. e. ALFRED, j. lge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

The nom sfickable postage stamps
which are provided by the United
States for its letter writer's have slip
ped off at such an alarming rate that
the New York post Office officials have
ordered clerks to stick on again those
that are found loose in the letter box
es. In view of the great delay in
sending letters which has been expe-
rienced since the non -stickable stamps
were adopted, a movement has been
started to make prepayment of post
age optional. This method obtains in
all of the larger European countries,
and is said to work most satisfacto-
rily; much better than our method of
holding unpaid letters and notifying
the parties addressed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
NO HASTY CURRENCY TTNKERING

| The democratic leaders of the House
have acted wisely in vetoing tn {
proposition to force the Carlisle cur
rency bill through before the holiday
recess. To have carried out this pro-
gram would have been dangerous tri-
fling with the most complex and deli
cate problem that now confronts the
country.
This bill has had no adequate con-
sideration in committee. Nobody in
congress quite approves it. Nobody
is certain what it's effects would be if
it were made law. All that is def
nitely known is that it would revolu-
tionize our currency system, and this
certainly is a thing that should be
done after due consideration and with
the guidance of expert knowledge.
That something ought to be done to
cure the evils Of our currency system
is certain. But it does not follow that
the first scheme formulated in bill
should be passed. We have pressing
need to place our monetary system
upon a scientific basis. The task is
one which demands thorough knoWl-
edge, calm deliberation and a minute
consideration of incidental effects
likely to result in the process Of
change.
For such work we need an expert,
bipartisan monetary commission to
formulate a plan for congress to
adopt. If congress will pass simple
bill to create such commission it will
do all that it safely can at this session
towards currency reform. = N. Y.
World
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
Trust Estate of Mary Ann
RI9ke.

CNTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT,
- SIS. In Probate Court, held at Newport,
in said District, on the 11th day of December,
A. ID. 1894.
III. P. Cook, Trustee of the trust estate of
Mary Ann Blake, of Barton, in said District,
deceased d, presents his first trustee account
for examination and allowance, and makes
application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is order by said Court,
that said account and said application be re-
ferred to a session thereof, to be held at the
ing on the 11th day of January, A. ID. 1895, for
hearing and decision thereon: And, it is fur
ther ordered that notice hereof be given to
all persons interested, by publication of the
same three wee ks successively in the Orleans
County Monitor, a newspaper published at
Barton previous to said time appointed for
hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and show cause, if any they may
have, why said accounts should not be allow
ed, and such decree made.
By the Court-Attest,
'6Ss1 F. E. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

Some of the new foreign warships
would appear to have been fearfully
and wonderfully constructed. The
French Brennus, it it recorded in the
RagI Mall Gazette, when heeled at an
angle of seven degrees, seemed to be
on the point of capsizing and the mo-
tors for the guns refused to work. She
was righted by sending all the crew
as a movable ballast, to the other
side. And yet such an angle OF in
cIination is generally produced, says
the authorities, by putting the rudder
'hard over" when at full speed. Such
a craft would appear to be it's own
worst enemy. Some of its top ham
per will be removed in hopes of
changing the balance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

Astounding stories of the cheapness
of horses come from the west. They
are said to be cheaper than good dogs
in the east. In many parts of the
west two or three dollars is said to be
accepted as a good price for well
trained animal. A hundred head of
unbroken ranch horses from Wyom-
ing were sold in Denver, recently, for
$50 and the freight, and in Idaho big
stock farm has turned $50 ponies adrift
for the winter. A splendid opportu-
nifty for big serum farm for the new
diphtheria cure appears to be open
ing in these distant regions.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

Col. Batchelder, the official histo-
rian of the battle of Gettysburg, died
in Hyde Park, where he had lived for
20 years, last Saturday. He was well
known the country over. He was
born in Chinatown, N. H., and was
90 years old. He had done a great
amount of literary work upon war
subjects other than Gettysburg, and
left vast amount of manuscript and
memoranda on the subject of the bat
tie which will probably be published
under government direction.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

large places do not wish to suppress
them? Whether things are as bad in
other large cities as in New York we
do not undertake to say, yet it is a
notorious fact that the criminal class
es which in New York have been pay
ing roundly for ''protection" are also
able in other places to induce the po-
lice to take the ground that it is i'm
possible to suppress them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
4 HOPEFUL VIEW.

We fancy that the closing Of the
1894 diary will bring positive relief to
many a weary soul. The records of
the year have been, in a large num-
Der of cases, written with painful eff
fort and the end will not be unwel
come. The old year with all it's ankle
ties is about to pass into history, and
the new year with it's possibilities is
before us. The depression in business
has sobered and aged many man and
economy has been rigidly practised.
Not for years has the strain been felt
all along the line from laborer to cap
italist as during the past twelve
months and never has there been
greater diligence in affairs of both
high and low. We remember these
things; there is no need Of looking
back or of writing at length Of them.
There is no question but what the out
look for the next year from business
standpoint is much more hopeful than
it was at the commencement of 1894.
The present congress is nearing the
end of its session and there will not
be time for many further blunders be-
fore it shall pass out of existence.
This is positively refreshing. The
auction sale of cotton goods in New
York last week disclosed the fact that
there was a good demand for staple
merchandise and large quantity was
disposed of at reasonably satisfactory
prices. 1t is the general opinion
among buyers that there will be fair
demand for spring supplies. From
reliable business men we find that
there is a steady increase in the vol
ume of trade and every Indication
points to more rapid recovery from
the depression than was thought pos
sible month ago. There has been
much learned during the past year
which will operate to our advantage
in the future. Some industries will go
slow for a time, but in all, there is
considerable ground for hoping for a
happy new year. 1t is not the time to
sit down and consider the hard work
dho IOoU WOIA VI ULlO E'dop; OUU JIDo OnC
occasion to commence a new and vi
gorous campaign in whatever occupa
tion we may happen to be engaged. If
we read the temper of the people
Alright there will be some splendid
work done in the year of 1895, and
that from time to time progress will
be reported from all parts of the
country. New England will take a
leading hand in pushing business The
south is already gaining ground. The
west will take it's medicine and in due
time get back it's usual strength. A
leading western man lately said that
they were simply getting their just
deserts; a stinging punishment, but
that, when the west once more took a
start, as she surely would before long,
that progress there would be more
marked than ever. From all sections
come similar reports of the deternli-
nation of the people to retrieve lost
ground. There can be no mistaEing
the signs of the times. We shall re-
cover our usual prosperity and that
within a year.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

The overwhelming revelations
about the police system in New York,
showing that it is corrupt, purchas-
able and bad through and through,
causes this inevitable question to
arise, says the Record: Is it not likely
that If the general attitude taken by
the police is true, that certain forms
of crime cannot be suppressed, it is
due to the fact that the police in all
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

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subscriber who died and left fourteen
years subscription unpaid. The ed
itor of the paper appeared just as the
undertaken was screwing down the
coffin lid and put in linen duster, a
thermometer, palm leaf fan and a
receipt for making ice-Erchanqe
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

The raEages of the malignant out
break of diphtheria at AshtabUia, Ohio,
have been checked by the use of anti
toxine This is the most marked sue
cess vet for the new remedy.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
a CLEAN SWEEP.

A revolution in winter stock is
even more necessary than a
change in politics.
There never was, and never will
be, more need for heavy raiment
than exists at present and new
er was, nor can be more of a
disposition on our part to clean
it out. We begin to-day, as we
are anxious to give our sales a
good start the first week in Jan
uary. Here are some Of the
inducements