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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
STOOD MUCH WEAR AND TEAR.
A Northwestern Miners Life One of
Accidents From Childhood Up.
From the Nelson (B. O. Tribune.

From the Nelson (B. o. Tribune.
There is a man now working on Toad
mountain, British Columbia who is
highly respected by all who know him
His has been life of accidents. Some of
his experiences he related TO reporter
as follows: 81 was sliding on the crust
when a boy and slid over fence, running
a stake into me and making bad wound.
Once, when my mother was making soap,
| saw a dipper of what / thought was
water, and drank three swallows. II
proved to be strong I've. My mother
melted some I've and gave it to me, and
the doctors said that was all that saved
my life. Four times ! came near getting
drowned, twice breaking through the
ice into the river, once fall
ing from a raft into the mill pond
and once fell out of boat into the river.
/ was nearly killed twice by being thrown
from horses, fell from a loaded team to
the frozen ground and was picked up for
dead, and fell out of wagon and had
leg caught between the spokes of one Of
the wheels. Once | was drivinga COW
cred wagon when the stanchion bolt came
out, letting the body down. The rein
hook caught me in the forehead, tearing
a great cash, and when fell out / struck
my head on the axle. Twice fell twelve
feet from staging; once / fell down
trap in a carriage house on pile of
boards below and started rib. stepped
on a scythe and cut my foot badly and
cake of ice fell on my foot and burst open
one Of my toes; cut my ankle very badly
with an AK; broke a needle in my heel,
which was not removed for two months;
stepped on a tenpenny nail and drove il
into my foot, making a bad wound from
which pieces of the shoe and stocking
were removed, and which had to be cut
open and the bone scraped. ] had wind
less rope break when trusting up a
bucket, and it broke out two OF my teeth.
have been blown up once when firing
shot and badly burned three times. My
hand was caught in the feed roll of
picker. was badly hurt once with cir
cular saw and again with buzz planer;
fell on an 1s-inch belt when it was run
ming, and on top Of 4-foot gear when it
was running, twice have fallen down
stairs in a mill the second time starting
three of my ribs. In the summer Of 1890
had tree fall on me and 1 have not re-
covered from the injuries yet"
Wife What kind Of cards do you think
make the best calling cards,
husband absent mindedly)
chester Democrat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
AT A MANAGES MERCY.
Rev. Mr.. Curnick Tries the Effect of
Prayer and is Rescued.
From the Philadelphia Press.

!. Springfield, o., Jan. 15.-Rev Paul Cur
nick, of St. Paul Nj. E. church, was
called to talk to w. L. Douglass, who was
ill in his room. When arrived at the
house he found two men guarding the
stairs who told him he would find Doug
lass upstairs. When he stepped into the
room Douglass, who was in his stocking
feet, rushed to the door and locked it.
He then exclaimed Il am going to kill
you have been called to do so. Before
| do want to tell you the secret of the
Odd Fellows
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
that swims low with its head under wa

that swims low with its head under wa
ter.
Z. The great killer or gladiator (Orca-
orca). This creature is a water mammal,
allied to the porpoise and dolphin. II is
very swift and strong, and of so savage a
disposition that 1t is the terror of whales,
'SealsIBarks, sword fishes, and of large
18shesg entrtily. 1t reaches length Of
twenty TO thirty feet 1t is ordinarily de-
tested by fishermen, but this summer it
served them a good turn by rounding up
in Monterey Bay the shoals of salmon
from the neigh boring ocean.
In its spiteful attack on the whale, and
it will kill even the biggest of them, it has
been taken for sea serpent. Its sword
shaped dorsal fin some six feet high,
helps on the Illusion All the sea serpents
which attack whales, choking them in
their gigantic folds" and flashing the
water for rods into bloody foam," are
doubtless killers.
8. Venomous little sea snakes exist in
the Indian ocean. These are we'll known,
and are never taken for sea serpents."
The above record includes all the sea
serpents of which have seen records up
10 date. DAVID STARR JORDAN.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

Rev. Curnick realized that he was in
the presence of crazy man. He said TO
Douglass, "let US pray" But the latter
would not kneel and kept prancing around
the reverend gentleman. who was asking
God to free him from this maniac. After
a few minutes Douglass laid down on the
bed, whereupon Rev. Mr.. Curnick made a
break for the door and escaped. Doug
lass is now in the Dayton asylum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

Because a Washington farmer could
not marry a particular girl he willed her
his money. and then blew his head on.
Evidently he thought her excellence Of
Judgment entitled to recognition.-San
Francisco Examiner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

A drum-maior can't get up half as big a
racket as a ten-year-old minor.-Lowel
Courier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

tiny brilliants Among the
folds of the white gauze were placed more
of the stones, and she was a perfect
glitter or light as she moved in the dance.
EVA A SCHUBERT.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

President Dole Of Hawaii has as remark.
able a beard as Senator PETER, but II seems
10 work better as ballast than the latters
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Pretty COnceitS in Skirt Trim
milgS.

A Dainty Costume or Two For the
rsa-satin Bands and Rufies-Fancy
Drass and the Prsttiest of Them
Described.
Copyright, 1s94)
New York, Jan. 2O.-''And then there
.or,e a pause and it has come to US
now We have settled the winter fashions,
Init are scarcely ready to take up with
the spring. In the interim, we can but
tnrn our interest toward trimmings and
fnrbelows. The modistes are vieing with
zach other in creating new forms of skirt
decoration; some of which are odd to the
verge of grotesqueness; while many more
are charming and pretty.
noted the decoration on the skirts
that walked along fashionable Fifth
avenue last Sunday morning. In one
blocl, noted the following:
A fine, pale gray, with double ar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

Wife-What kind Of cards do you think
make the best calling cards?
Husband absent mindedly) -Aces.-kle-
chester Democrat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21

For primary, secondary and tertiary
syphilis, for blood poisoning, mercu-
rial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and
in all blood and skin diseases, like
blotches. pimples. old chronic ulcers.
letter, scald head, boils, erysipelas,
contradiction that p. p. P. is the best
blood purifier in the world, and makes
positive, speedy and permanent cures
In ali cases.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
Rheumatism
and ScrofuIa

P. P. P. purifcs the blood, builds up
the weak and debilitated, gives
strength to weakened nerves, expeis
diseases, giving the patient health and
happiness where sickness, gloomy
feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
SOrOsis Among the Quakeresses.

To the cultivated and gentle Quaker Ia
dies of Sandy Springs belongs the honor OF
having woman's organization which was
founded in 1857. 1t is called Woman's
Association For Mutual Improvement, and
with few exceptions this society, without
a president, constitution or bylaws, has
met the last Thursday in every month
since it started. Its purpose is to bring To-
gether the women who live on neighbor-
ing farms and have not sufficient opportu
mites for social intercourse. Each member
is expected to bring some contribution to
the entertainment, and an apostrophe tc
the dying year may be followed by new
method of making soft yeast and an ex
tract from Huxley by question as to the
care of young chickens. During six months
Of the year the vegetable and flower gar.
dens are generally inspected at the club
meetings, which convene at noon, and aft
er luncheon and an early supper the mem
bers, cheered by this break in a quiet life,
wend their way homeward before dark
The Neo York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
FavOrltes OF the Queen.

Lady Southampton is the brown eyed
beauty who constituted one of the prinoi
pal ornaments of the court of Dublin dur
ing her fathers tenure of Office as viceroy
of Ireland. She was known in the days
prior to her marriage as Lady Hilda Dun
das, and her father is the Marquis of Zet-
land. She is Of medium height, of pale
complexion, aquiline nose, luxuriant brown
hair and very pleasing manner An Off.
Ger of the Prince of Wales regiment OF
hussars, Lord Southampton, is particular
favorite of the queen, just like his mother
and sister. OF these two ladies the former
Is a lady in waiting to her majesty, while
the latter, now the Hon. Mrs. Crutchley,
was until the time of her marriage a maid
of honor at court. 1t was Mrs. Crutchley,
by the bye, who was the first of the society
women in London to inaugurate the fash.
ionable craze of skirt dancing, her debut
being made at the burlesque entertainment
given by the guards In behalf of the regi-
mental orphans.-7he London Queen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
Literary Teas.

Every club worthy Of the name has its
tea hour, even if this precedes the home
dinner hour only by short space of time.
There are the League teas, the Press club
teas, the Cambridge club teas, the Brock
Ign Woman's club teas and many, many
others. The Women's University club teas
are held at the Berkeley Ladies' Athletic
club parlors on the last Saturday afternoon
of each month from October to May and
are noted for the number of celebrities
present on these occasions. College teas
are new phase of the fad, but cultured
Cambridge has nothing more delightful
socially than the Wednesday afternoon teas
at the Fay House, where Mrs. Agassiz re-
ceives, assisted by some Of the annex girls
The main use Of table decorations at most
of the teas is to start conversation. For
this purpose gold and white china plate
has the portrait of some famous beauty, as
that of Nine du Barry or Nine. Recamier,
or the teapot has an inscription, or the
spoons are from many foreign Cities
The Brooklyn Eagle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
Life on a Light.Ship.

Talk about rolling and pitchingl No
vessel rolls, pitches, and plunges like
light-ship. Its anchors hold it firm to
the shock of the waves. There is no
yielding, no graceful swaying to the
swelling of the seas. There are days,
too, when a fierce fog-horn torments
her angriest moods never invented.
There is always glare of light at night.
There is no constant expectation of
reaching port, and life soon becomes o
dreary monotony. In case the light
ship should be cast adrift, it has been
fitted with sails which will enable it to
hold its own in storm and stress. The
hold is fitted with spacious storerooms
and sleeping-quarters, and machine
for COMPRISING the air which blows
the fog-horn. These fog-horns are
what are known in this country as
"siren" whistles. They are called
sirens probably because that is what
they least resemble. They begin their
noise with very low note, and rise
rapidly in sliding scale to very thin
high note that distresses the ear. Then
they descend to the low note, and up
and down in rapid succession the
shrieking demonlike noises race. One
French writer has said that the posi-
bilities of this fog-horn are such that
he wonders that some music-leader has
not introduced it in the orchestra when
the Wagner operas are played. A
compassionate trumpet, he thinks
and it is just possible that there may
be little national prejudice in his
opinion-would go we'll with mytho-
logical characters and dragons and un-
earthly storms and noises. The writer
says the fog-horn is simply terrible
instrument" and therefore in time the
Wagnerians must adopt it. A big bell
is placed on the ship for use in case the
fog-horn should break down or scare
itself useless.-Harper's Young People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
A Blind Beggar's Faithful Dog.

A very curious story of canine mu-
steal ear is told of London organ
grinders dog. The organ grinder was
blind and aged, and the dog used to
lead him about. One night, after q
hard days work, the old man and bis
faithful companion lay down to sleep
with the organ beside them. They
slept soundly, and when they woke the
organ was gone. They were in despair.
Their means of earning living was
gone. But the dog led the old man
through the streets where he had been
accustomed to play, and persons who
had given him aims before continued
to befriend him. Weeks went by.
One day the old man heard hand or
gan played few feet from him. 1t re-
minded him of his lost instrument, but
he paid no special attention to it.
Hand organs were common in London,
and he heard them often. Not so the
dog. He showed signs of excitement,
barked violently and led his master in
the direction of the organ. He sprang
at the robbers throat, dragged him
away from the stolen organ and led his
master eagerly up to it with expressions
of recognition and delight. Youths
Communion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
On the Way to Dixie.

Our route was via Elizabeth city and
Harrisburg to Baltimore. Fruit trees
were in full bloom, and the country
looked beautiful-beautifu enough to
fight for. At Lebanon, Pa, we had to
wait an hour or more on account of
break in one of the engines. 1t was
flashed from house to house, and peO-
pie flocked to the station, many of them
bringing the dinners from their tables
that they had prepared for their own
families. We ate until we could eat no
more. l never saw such hospitality to
strangers before, or more generous
people. The last scene that met my
eye as our train moved away, was that
of beautiful woman, who said she had
a son at the front, standing upon the
depot platform with basket of eggs,
and crying as if her heart would break
because no one would take them as a
gift. We could not take them-we
were overloaded already with what the
people had given us-but we gave her
a God bless you and parting cheer
that doubtless sent her home thought
full and happy. Just this side of Balti-
more we loaded our muskets, and am
munition was distributed, but we had
no occasion to use it. We were bound
for Washington, but orders reached
Colonel Webster here to proceed to
Harper's Ferry. We finally reached
Sandy Hook, opposite the scene of so
many stirring episodes, on the morning
of the 9th, and went into camp in
beautiful Pleasant Valley. The boys
were weary after their long ride, and
they settled down for rest and sleep
and dreams of those they had left be-
hind, while the lovely Potomac flowed
peacefully on, unconscious of the part
she was thenceforth to play in the now
opening drama.-Boston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
The Old Dominion After the War.

At first the news of Lees surrender
came borne, so to speak, by the winds,
so vague was the whispered rumor, then
taking palpable shape, as it were, as
weary stragglers passed along the coun-
try roads, stopping in at the naked
farms to get meal, if there were
enough left to feed a hungry man.
Then little parties passed by with de-
tails of the surrender that no longer left
any room for even the faintest doubt.
And after weary days--it might be
fewer or more-days in which it was
not have been captured or killed in the
last engagement, they came home foot
sore and broken, dragging themselves
along the cannon-worn roads they had
marched down 80 bravely four years
before, and 6inging themselves into the
arms of weeping mothers or wives or
sisters gathered to receive them, sur
rendered for the first time to despair.
The soldiers returning from the army
found Virginia almost as war-worn as
they were themselves. In many Sec
tions the country was swept clean, and
the disorganization of labor and the de-
pletion of teams had prevented the
proper preparation of a crop. The
horses which the soldiers had brought
home from Appomattox were not infre-
quently the chief dependence for new
crop, and before the huzzas over the
returning armies of the Union had died
away in the North, the. soldiers of the
other army which had held them at bay
so long were working in the fields, try
ing to build up again the waste places
OF their states. There is scarcely pro-
fessional man over the age of forty to-
day who did not work at the plough
during those first years after the war.
The complete prostration of Vir-
ginia-indeed, of the whole South-at
the close of the war has never been
fully apprehended by the outside world.
1t was not only that property values
had been swept away, but that every
thing from which property values can
be created had been extirpated. The
entire personal property of the state
had been destroyed; the laboring class
of country dependent upon its agri-
culture had been suddenly changed
from laborers into Migrants, with no
property to make them conservative
and no authority to hold them in check.
Their dependence was suddenly shifted
from their former masters to strangers,
whose indirect if not direct teaching
was hostility to the former owners. The
country was overwhelmed with debt,
with nothing remaining from which
the debt could be paid. 1t is difficult
to conceive of this even as applied to a
small section, but when it embraces a
great territory covering dozen states,
with their entire population of MANY
millions, the mind refuses to take it in.
Yet such was the case at the South
Thomas Nelson Page, in Harper's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
Phil the Fighter.

When Phil Sheridan was eighteen
years old the congressman of his dis
trict, in Perry county, o., the place of
Phil's birth, had an elephant on his
hands in the shape of a West Point
cadetship to give away. The demo-
cratic chairman of five counties each
had applicants to urge and to each the
congressman was under equal obliga-
tions. But to recognize one was to
offend the other four. One day the
congressman was walking along the
country road near Somerset, revolving
the problem in his mind, when he met
Farmer Sheridan, with whom he was
slightly acquainted. Gcod-morning,
Congressman said Mr.. Sheridan.
o Good-morning," was the reply. When
he had gone a few PAGES he stopped
suddenly and called out: By the way,
Mr.. Sheridan, how many boys have
your" CT have two fine boys, your
honor" was the reply, I" Mike and
Phil" Glow would you like to have
one of them sent to West Point for a
military education at the governments
expense?" "Well," replied Mr.. Sheri-
dan, slowly, "they are both help, but
wouldn't mind" Gall right, which
one shall take2" Depends" was
the reply. mikes the smartest, but
if you want fighter, / reckon Phil's
the one you want" And that was how
Phil Sheridan got his education at
West Point.-ETchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
Peter, the Mint Bird"

If you have a silver dollar of 1886,
1888, or 1889, or one of the first nickle
cents coined in 1856, you will find upon
it the true portrait of an American
eagle which was for many years famil-
lar sight in the streets of Philadelphia.
" Peter" one of the finest eagles ever
delphia Mint, and was generally known
as the Mint bird" Not only did he
have free access to every part of the
Mint, going without hindrance into the
treasure vaults where even the treas
urers of the United States would not go
alone, but used his own pleasure in
going about the city, flying over the
houses, sometimes perching upon the
lamp posts in the streets. Everybody
knew him and admired him, and even
the street boys treated him with respect.
The government provided his daily
fare, and he was as much part of the
Mint establishment as the superintend-
ent or chief coiner. He was so kindly
treated that he had no fear for any
body or anything, and he might be in
the Mint yet if he had not sat down to
rest on one of the great fy-wheels. The
wheel started without warning and
Peter was caught in the machinery.
One of his wings was broken, and he
died few days later. The superin-
tendent had his body beautifully
mounted with the wings spread to that
extent; and to this day Peter stands in
glass case in the Mint's cabinet,
where you may see him whenever you
GO there. An exact portrait of him as
he stands in the case was nut upOn the
coins named.-Obseruer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
TEMPLEToN's ESTATE.

v .
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, In and for
said District, the 10Th day OF February AID 1884;
Hiram l.. Sparrow Administrator of the estate of
William Templeton late of East Montpelier in said
District deceased, makes application to said Court
with the consent and appreciation in writing OF the
heir of said deceased residing in the state or Yer
mont for license sell all of the real estate of said
deceased situated In East Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, to wit; Home farm, consisting of about one
hundred and tifty.hve acres OF land and buildings
thereon 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 heir of said de-
ceased and those interested IN his estate in order to
upon, it 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 18th day of March, A.; D. 1894,
FOR hearing ana decision thereon; and. IL Is fur
Their ordered. that all persons interested be
notified hereof, by publication of notice OF said
application and order thereon three weeks success
sfvey in the Vermont ,Watehman 4 STAFF Jour
nal. q newspaper published at Montpelier, In
this state, and which oirculates 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,
1851 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
WILLIAM TEMPLET0N,s ESTATE:

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington, Commissioners to receive, examine and ad
Just all claims ana demands of all persons against the
estate of William Tempeton, late of East Mont
pelier, in said District, deceased, and all claims
that we will meet for the aforesaid at the
residences of Rosilla Tempeton in the town Of Eas.
March and nth day OF August next, from
one o'clock P; M. until four o'clock P. M,
the nth day of February, A. d. 1894, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to for examination and allowance
Dated at East Montpelier this Gath day of Febru-
airy, AID. 1894. G. L. PARMENrER, Commissioners.