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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31

EY-SEYATOE FAIR HAD BHIOHI" DI""""H'
San Francisco. Dec. So.-The autopsy on the oooy
OF ex-senator James G. Fair revealed the 'ac' Ina
death had been caused by Brishts disease OF inc
kidneys. This confirmed the diagnosis previously
made. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN \ MAINE TowN.

Ridleford Ne. Dec ~ A FIRE In IN" cry o"''
ing early this morning completely destroyer u "'""
% tho first story. Tn building contain"h TWO
hanks the police station. four stores "a" "l'''
courtroom. CITY Council Chamber. muh''pr O"
49,, - oocr, harse and Masonic Han As
,..,.. o. s,,rnconci from Sacp and Portland
nm, the Portland steamer was noi "7''' i vas
with considerable difficulty that four prisoners W.
rescued from the cells Of the pole" station Nv
total loss = estimated at f'""" IN" pi',',K
s,.oo over thirty years dgD, ana mas D'cn 49,
i,n,,oved since II was insured ior s""n " Ths
~ the municipal court documents "rts ioa N IN
os,nni,e was completely burned out, ana some man
80 Ics.roved Tine city is ~ totai hat hh'ss ~, -.
mn, in consequence u breaking "' the '7''''N
Ilnht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31
y,peS THE WORST CASES

Mr. HOMER CLARK. Of No. 7os!fra
Jb,,J Syy>rf .Sionx Criy. a.. writes /:
!, ~ wife was troubled with female
weakness and ulcers of the uterus.
si,e had been doctoring with every
GDotor OF any good reputation, ana
i,ad scent lots Of money in hospitals;
hut but 10 no purpose. She continued
10 get worse. She was greatly pre-
iudiccd against patent medicines :
IN, az a last resort we tried bottle
Of DIR. Pierce's ravorite Prescription.
Ne had seen sonic OF your sdver-
-isemeu,s. and Mr. Cummings, "a a
bottle we tried it with the ,ol !.
loving N results: The first bottle ..t did
her 80 much good that We bought!
another. and have continued until
she has been cured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31

.~:,.;o-u of DR. Pierce All the aches, pains and
,osses Of wou,anhood vanish where It is faith
jx epIoyed d. Perce Favorte Prescription
lust the medicine for young girls just enter
mo- won,anhood and for women at the critical
change of life"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31
Practical Results-!3 Years work

ITdCIICGI IVOOUfuO 30 ,,,, ~,
NINETEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED tho
DOLLARS ALREADY PAID TO WIDOWS
AND oRPHAN3
Forty dollars already sayen Thousand
are Inv reduction premiums. rdgnty uunn Dol
cavng Members Two Hundred and seventy , Mill, and
payis .na 4, force Three Million Seven fundI a,
TT Tho,ssrd cash surplus Reserve-Emergenry ,hs
~. ,han sxtv-fonr Milton Dollars new CUISINES AZ re
Ma,r ,sat Thcse are practical results a'rea"' w.
corded 70 tho credit OF the
,,r.rr-,r RESERVE FUND LIFE AssociAiiO-''
T. r. HARPER. President
uome Once Mutual Reserve Bund'hs.
p-ooaw,v corner of Duanes, New-io'H
Send for circulars and rates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31

upright when their supporters are not. rms
Matchmaking and corruption were nrst inspired
f,y the sbrewder and craftier men, well up IN
ofIicial stations in the department inc ract
that they got their money without detection IN
mont can be purified but the remedy will need
10 be a drastic one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31
A HAPD-WORKING WOMAN

! vi tsAaNi SohNs' ttohA O8(Ks
ervous, worn-out feelings, Of
of weight in the abdomen.
IL down sensations and dizzis
S. II will all come to an end
h DR.. pierce's Favorite Pre-
iption for it's woman's spe-
tonic and ncrvine ; it re-
res her strength, regulates
promotes all the natural
functions and makes a new
woman of her Uterine de-
,bility, irregular;ty and in.
flamniation are most often
the cause Of the extreme
nervousness and irritahlity
Of some womcn-the imedi.
cine 10 cure il is the Pre-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31
THE FIGHT FOR CHEAP BREAD
TRUST" BAKERS STILL GRABBING THEIR
BIG PROFITS.

EVERYTHING USED IN THE BUSINESS COSTS LESS
THAN EVER BEFORE. BuT THE PRICE or
BREAD Is MAINTAINED AT THE OLD
RATE BY THE ''BARONS.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31

The Rev. Or. Joseph Silverman lectured AZ len"
NJ. Emanu- Eel yesterday morning on Bribery ana
rorscienc, in Private and Public Life lie SAID
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-31
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
,o,,,xc CHANGES or PERSONNEL IN
BOTH ARMS OF THE SERVICE

PHI, FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE IN
,.~,v rorp NEW VESSELS TO BE
READY FOR SERVICE BEFORE SPRING
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-10-03

1000 Yards Calico at 81 to cents.
1000 yds good Dress Ginghams-all
styles-4tc. per yard.
1900 yds Checked Homespun &c.,
worth sc.
1900 yds Riverside Checks, best on
earth, sc. per yard.
1000 yds Sea Island 5 to &c. per yard.
5000 yds Ticking ST to SC. per yard.
Ladies' Suitings, all wool, 2 yds wide,
at Soc, worth $1.OO.
1000 yds Worsted at &C., worth 15c.
1000 yds doubIe-width, yrd-wide wool
Cashmere at only 15c.
Inclusive of finer dress goods is the
choicest. most varied and best selected
ever brought to this market, and prices
are in proportion with the above.
HATS bought direct from the mautac-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
As to Textbooks.

Mr.. Editor Will you allow me to pre-
sent in your columns the following objsc-
tions to the bill favoring the adoption of a
list OF Textbooks by state board: ~ Such
an adoption W iuld furnish the occasion for
attempted bribery on the part of the
wealthier publishing houses. The state
adoption for term of years Of set of
arithmetics, Biographies, or readers, would
signify profit of tens of thousands of dol
lars, and house to secure such adoption
could afford to place thousands of dollars
where they would do the most good. (2)
Grant that the members of the board are
absolutely incorruptible. Even in that
case il would be almost impossible for them
to entirely free themselves from the inhu.
ence of previous preiudices as to the merits
of different text. books. Probably every
member would have a favorite publishing
house, and it would honestly seem TO him
that the books of this house must be of so
high standard that it would be unneces-
sary for him to closely examine the publi-
cations of less prominent houses (0 DIFF
ferent books are needed under different
conditions. The best book for Burlington
is not necessarily the best book for Balti-
more. The book best suited to the elab-
crate school systems Of Brattleboro and
Ru land may not be adapted to the sur
rounding ungraded schools.
AS opposed to this system, | would pre-
sent the following arguments for the
Massachusetts system, system under
which each town selects and pays for its
own textbooks: a. 1t is a cheaper system.
The town of Hartford can now purchase
text. books at the same price as the city of
Boston, and at the price that would be paid
by the state of Vermont. But the state
would be subject at stated intervals TO the
expense OF a change of books, while under
the town system there would be gradual
substtutions without one cent of added ex-
pense. Moreover. under the town system
there would be saved the salaries and ex-
penses OF the state commission. ~ There
would be no attempt at bribery. A town is
too small game for publishers to shoot at
with expensive ammunition. (9 Teachers
would have direct influence in the selec-
ton of books. (4) A half dozen more sets of
readers, by simple system OF interchange,
could be furnished the schools OF town at
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
Free Textbooks.
Very truly
W. p. ABBOTT

To the Editorial bill is now before the
house providing for free textbooks and a
state commission to select all the books for
all the towns The sentiment for free text
books is strong and is likely to become a
law. But why ate commission to make
the selection, and why state uniformity Z?
All the argument ever advanced in favor of
uniformity-a saving of expense to parents
who change their resdence-does not hold
when books are furnished free.
The counties now have uniformity, and
this can well be preserved The county
board might be composed of the chairman
of the several town boards of directors this
county board to select the books and make
contracts Or the selec ton might be left to
the present directors. In either case the
object of free text books would be accom-
plished.
The objections to state commission and
uniformity are; 0) No state commission
can know the needs of the several towns
as do those who are in contact with them
(2 1t takes away from many competent
teachers all voice in the selection of the
books they are to use. (3) A book adapted
TO the we'll graded schools of the larger
towns may be a poor selection for the I'M
graded schools of other towns. az IL re.
quires towns to appropriate money and pay
for books in the selection of which they
have no voice. (5) IL is contrary to the GUS
tom of other states, CO. 1t requires towns
which have already adopted free textbooks
to make radical and expensive changes.
"a IL is going back to an old system which
tho state has once tried and repudiated.
CLAY
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
The War OF the Flowers.

The columns of the WATCHMAN bear
witness to the interest in the matter of a
state flower. Candidates for emblematic
honors multiply, but the clover seems
to be in the ascendency. In prose and
poetry our correspondents are main
tanning its claim to be emblazoned on
the escutcheon of the state.
Precisely why it is necessary TO have
state flower, we do not understand.
Probably it is sentimental, not prac-
tical, matter. But if the state is to
choose a symbolic posy, propriety
should be observed in making the
choice. II the symbol is to adorn the
escutcheon of the state, the arrange
ment SHOULD be in the hands a person
with an artists skill and eye; but if
the living flower is to adorn the lady's
corsage or the lapel of the gentlemen's
coat, the disposition will be subject to
individual taste.
Here are the candidates: The clover
by which we mean the white clover,
the red is too large and ungainly-the
may flower, the twinaower (for whose
candidacy we are indebted to true
Vermonter, resident in the New Eng
land metropolis, but whose good sense
and state loyalty impel him to maintain
good-sized foothold on the soil of his
native county of Orange, the buttercup,
the forget-me-not, the cantankerous
daisy, and, we dare say, under the
head of " scattering a large number
of others, will appear in the ballot
box's summary, among which, if it is
not too late, aud plural voting is allow
able, we would drop a ballot for the
blossom of the rock maple which, in
early spring, glorifies the valleys and
hilsides. The polls will be closed to-
day.
1t is evident that the voting has not
gone on under the kangaroo system.
We trust this fact will not beget con
tested election case, or inyalidate the
result. The effect might be to dis
gust the gentle flowers with politics,
excepting always the daisy and its
kindred weeds of whatever name.
Spring would find them up and ready
to renew the fight.
A waiting people is hearkening for
news Of the election.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
The Mugwump Editorial.

The mugwump editor is somewhat
addicted to writing long political
screeds. He has a decided advantage
over the conscientious writer on polit-
cal subjects. He has no regard for
facts. For these he draws upon a very
morbid imagination. He thus is able
to adapt them to any new stress of cir
cumstances in which he may be in
volved by the eyer-shifting current of
events, The more closely Tom Reed
or Governor Mckinley weaves a net
work of sustaining fact and reason
around the economic policy of the re-
publican party, indicating the past
and assuring the future, the louder
these political gulls shrek and proclaim
that the party has abandoned its
former economic g ,Ounds and is pre-
pairing to embrace the doctrines their
adversaries have been preaching. The
larger the majorities, the heavier the
condemnation, by the people, OF the
disastrous attempt to put these false
doctrines into practice, with greater
assurance the mugwump editors declare
that "if the Mckinley tariff and the
Wilson tariff could upon their own
merits be submitted to vote Of the
people, the Mckinley tariff would be
condemned and the Wilson tariff sus-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
Put Up the Bars.

There is one simple answer to the
general trend of the communication,
elsewhere in this issue, respecting the
examination of teachers. If the bars
have been lowered at certain points in
the educational field, this fact is no
good reason why there should be such
widespread demolition of these safe
guards as is proposed by the measure
in question. The bars that have been
let down may not be at once put up
again, but the evil will not be remedied
defends. 1t is time to call halt in
this business of admitting young men
and women to teach without an exami-
nation of their qualifications.
1t is presumable that candidate for
teacher il high school has taught in
schools of lower grade, has passed an
examination and has demonstrated his
fitness to teach; and it is a fact that
the managers of a high school scruti
nize closely the qualities of the person
they engage as its principal. That
person is accepted on entirely other
grounds than the fact of the possession
of diploma or of having passed
through a specified course of study.
The high school will take care of itself
every time. 1t is the common
school" that needs protection from
novices, with their immaturity and in.
experience.
With all due Difference to the college
graduate who has not proved by prac-
tice his fitness to teach, we are inclined
to think we should, on general princi-
pies, give our preference to a likely
appearing normal school graduate.
Special training and special study of
the su ojects the law requires shall be
taught in the common schools, shou' d
weigh decisively against the general
studying of college course, which car
ries the student high over the heads of
the pupils he may yearn to instruct
Our correspondent is principal of a
high school, and college graduate, we
assume, and yet we find in his commu-
nication evidence of the need of rudi.
mentary culture that strongly confirms
us in our judgment in this matter,
But we heartily agree with him in the
demand that there shall be no favorit-
ism in this matter of examinations.
Let the graduates of colleges and minor
schools of any name, and the graduates
of normal schools also, be required to
give the countersign before they are
allowed, as teachers, to enter the sacred
precincts of the common schools. Re-
peal all laws that make invidious dis
tinctions. Down with favoritisml
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
Free Text Books.

A correspondent has something to
say in this issue of the WATCHMAN on
the matter of selecting text books,
which, if the state is 10 adopt this sys-
tenn, is worthy OF consideration. There
are many good reasons given by the
advocates of the free text book sys-
tenn for its adoption. If they are
deemed conclusive of the whole mat
ter, the legislature should by law make
the system general, and provide for the
selection of books in such manner as
shall secure wise choice, free from
the appearance, even, of collision with
publishing houses. But there are some
deductions to be made from the aggre-
CATION of blessings the jealous advo-
Gates of the measure see descending
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31

upon the present and coming genera
tions of school children. A measure
Is before the legislature for providing
free Libraries. The free text book
bill will take from thousands of fami-
lies the only library of useful literature
they possess or are likely to possess.
The school readers distributed among
the families iu the state bave for gener
ations stirred the patriotic impulses of
youth and created love for good and
substantial reading. They have incul-
Gated good morals, religious duty, the
precepts of good citizenship and have
been treasure-house of instruction
and entertainment. Men of the older
generation, cherish as their most
valued literary treasure, their old
Rhetorical Reader" With its choice
selections of prose and poetry, it became
a classic among the scholars of former
generations. The arithmetcs, geog-
raphies, grammars, ETC., are desirable
reference books in families, and indis-
pensabe for those ambitious boys and
girls who pursue their studies, or burnish
10 their former schooling, in the inter-
walls between terms.
Objection on sanitary grounds is
made to this proposed method of
furnishing text books, and this OBJ.
lection is not without reason. Books
in the hands of the children of family
10 which contagious disease has ex-
listed, are returned to the custodian and
distributed again to other children.
These books may have become the
lodging places of the germs of diph-
iberia, canker-rash, and other diseases,
and so be made the vehicles for dis
tribution throughout the school dis
trict. These are considerations vitality
affecting this question. Oilers exist,
but whether singly or combined they
are greater than the adv antages of free
text books, is for the law-making power
to determine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
AS to Newspaper Subscriptions.


If the legislature proposes to regulate
the details of the general business of
the state, it should be impartial and ex-
tend its foste ring care to every branch.
IF it is proposed to destroy news
papers credits, 1T should also wipe out
the credits of 81 the butcher, the baker,
and the candlestick. maker" If it pro.
poses TO say that, if the newspaper pub.
Usher allows his paper to go on credit,
he shall forfeit the legal right to collect
mis- debt, it should say also that the pro-
vision dealer who suffers a barrel of
hour to go out on credit, or the tailor a
suit of clothes, or the dry goods mer-
chant gown-and so on--shall also
forfeit his right OF coll lection. 1t should
not make invidious distinctions.
The newspaper publishers credits
are as sacred as those of any other
class. 1t may be for the interest of the
publishers to adopt the advance pay
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31

ment system. Each should be allowed
to judge of the wisdom or expediency
of that way of conducting his business.
The country newspaper publisher finds
it difficult to apply the rules of bank
ing institutions to his subscription list.
His subscribers are, for the most part,
in the country or farming regions. To
the bulk of them the task of RENTING
by letter the amount of years sub
scription is a burden, or is more dreaded
than days work in the shop or on
the farm. The subscriber prefers to
wait till he goes to town and trans
act his business in person. Mean
time, If his subscription has expired,
he doesn't care to have his paper
"stopped." In his view of the matter,
the publisher should wait till he goes
to town, or till he sells his wool, butter,
or other produce, and not shut off his
paper the week the time for which he
has paid has expired. And the pub
Usher, like any other reasonable NOR
tai, takes this view of the matter.
Now the legislature is asked to inter-
fere and break up this time honored
custom of mutual trust and forbearance,
and to say to its greater beneficiary, If
your newspaper man, to oblige you,
and, conf1ing in your honor, continues
to send you, beyond certain time,
the newspaper, which, to you and your
family, is meat and drink and clothes
to wear, you shall be absolved from all
legal obligation to pay for the paper 80
sent, and your administrator or execu-
tor shall not allow any claim for such
paper in the settlement of your estate.
The assembled wisdom and virtue will
be guilty of no such outrage upon human
liberty, or so gross violation of the
Constitution and Bill of Rights. 1t would
be far more in harmony with modern
progress and civilization to strike out all
after the enacting clause and substitute
a proposition to compel every house
holder to take at least one paper pub
lished within the state, and TO pay for
the same strictly in advance cash,
not truck.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
Useful and Beautiful Clover,
BY D. A. KNEELANn, wA1TsF1ELD.

BY d. A. RNEELANn, wA1TsF1ELD.
What carries from air. to enrich sterile ground
The nitrogen? Nothing like clover
The very best honey that ever found
Was gathered from little white clover.
Vermont glt-edged butter, as all will attest,
Gains prizes galore the world over.
What gives it such flavor and makes it the best7
The sweet-scented red-and-whte clover.
While idleness drunkenness, discord and hate,
Run riot, our fair country over,
The prosperous people of our little state
Arc happy living in clover.
THE daisy is a pusher."
Yes, indeed; so is the devil,
And we often meet such pushers our way;
They're pushing out the goodly wheat with ugl
tares of evil,
And we'd better push such pushers right away.
o. Green Mountain men,
With pillow and with pen,
Turn daisy and butter.cGp over
And sow not the seeds
OF contemplate weeds,
But honor the beautiful clover.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31
Tubercul0us Cattle.

To the EdtOr:-l notice under the head
of Legislative Notes in the last issue of the
WATCHMAN, Mr., Winslow of Brandon, sec
rotary of the state board of agriculture, is
reported as introducinga bill giving the
Estate board power to act in the suppress
sion of tuberculosis" which l think would,
if it becomes law, be very damaging to the
dairy interests of the state. The bill or act
may be all right so far as the disease il con-
cerned, but will be disastrous in its effects
upon the farmer, or dairymen. If correctly
reported, the law will give unlimited and
arbitrary power to the board of agriculture
or any of its members; for. without any
knowledge of the fact that an animal has
any symptoms of having the disease, they
can upon mere suspicion order the
animal slaughtered and order payment
therefor at one-half its value if diseased, and
at full value il found TO be sound and not
diseased, not TO exceed thirty dollars. Now
there are many cows in Vermont that are
valued and would sell for much more than
the sum named for damage, and in fact the
income from them is many times the sum
named.
Now is it just and right to permit any
organization or member thereof to say to an
individual that he must give up this prop
erty from which he derives an income, per.
haps living, and for aught he knows is all
right and sound, merely because he suspects
there may be something injurious to health
about them, without full compensation for
its value as may be easily shown?
What is equally Objectionable is the pen
atty to which one is to be su objected II not
ying with all orders from the board of
agriculture, without even allowing the o wn-
ers OF the prope 'ty the right to appeal from
such decision. | do not know of any law
upon our statutes that gives TO an organ
ization or individual such unlimited and
arbitrary power. A. ID. ARMS.