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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20
Abraham Lincoln.

The following is an extract from the
speech of Hon. John d. Long, deliv-
cred on Lincoln's birthday before the
Mddlesex Club, Boston.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
WAR MONUMENTS.

Various States are dedicating State monu
ments and marking spots of special in.
terest upon the old battlefield OF Chicka
mauga to-day, and Tomorrow the formal
dedication of the Chickamauga National
Park, purchased by the Governments, will
occur, and divide with Atlanta and Knox
vile the interest of the country, which
is now SO peculiarly conferred On the South
1t is a great occasion not only for Chatta
nooga and Tennessee, but for the whole
country.
The erection OF numerous monuments
upon this battlefield calls to mind that
the greatest figure of the war has no for
NAL memorial at the National Capital
Even that statue OF Grant which was CHS
eled for Statuary Hall has not been ac-
cepted, and IL it had been it would not
have been a worthy monument or such a
life
While, therefore, on far Chickamauga's Is
field tatues by the score are being erected,
steps may well be taken to remember ap-
.propriately at the National Capital the
two greatest minds OF the North in the
days of the rebellion.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
ATLANrA,s GREAT DAY.

The International a nd Cotton States EXPO
sition, which was formally opened at At
lanta to-day. may well be said to be red
letter day in the history of the develop
ment of the great southland of the United
States. It has not had its counterpart in
any exposition of the development of that
section of the country, and nothing here
tofore said or done has given even a sug-
sestion of the progress made under the
the war that can be offered in comparison
with this object lesson, which is now put
before the people of the whole world.
While the location and title of the fair
have somewhat sectional complexion, the
project has been cordially recognized as
international. Every progressive foreign
country has placed itself in evidence. Art,
invention, science, in its multifarious eX-
preston; industry, in every field, are there
exemplified in the best form, and the At
lanta fair will only fall short of other
great displays of its kind IN quantity,
rather than in quality.
The speeches delivered at the opening
to-day were fervent and eloquent. Judge
Emory Speer's address was a fine effort,
and that passage expressive of sympathy
for the Cuban struggle for independence
will not be the least effective of his many
glowing periods in stirring the popular
heart. The representative of the coIored
population, who bears the suggestive name
of Washington, rose to the occasion in a Ju-
dicious and striking manner, which is u
compliment to himself and his race. Alto
gether the occasion is grand one for At
lanta, for the South, for America and for
all civilization, and a congratulatory hand
is stretched out to the projectors whose
genius and untiring efforts have been SO
splendidly crowned with success.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
TIE TIMES: OVER $500 COLUMNS FOR 50 CENTS

ceptance of defeat. Platt did not think
itgood policy to approve of the dry Sunday.
and thus embrace the prohIbitionists, and
lie has many personal reasons for oppos-
ing the formal act Of committing his party
in New York to support the nomination
of Morton for the Presidency.
Morton will not be controlled. Platt
cannot own and use him. A boss has no
love for such man and only accepts him
upon compulsion.
The act of the New York convention
really makes Mr.. Morton formidable
candidate for -the Presidential Romina-
Kinley aud Harrison and Allison as little
as it does Platt.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
NOT AN ABSOLUTE BOSS.

1t is really bright SPOT on the political
horizon beclouded by boss rule in several
ofthe great States ofsthe Union-this failure
of Boss Tommy Platt to carry through all
ofhis schemes in the New York convention.
Platt had control Of the convention in as
far as the nominations were concerned,
but unlike Quay and German and Brice,
he could not control every breath the con-
vention delegates drew.
Platt desired 10 avoid the Endorsement
Of New York's dry Sunday, which must be
a virtual Endorsement of Teddy Roose-
velt, and he would have preferred TO let
any plebeian politician tweak his nose
rather than have sufferel the putting for
ward of ex-Vice-Prcsident and Gov. Levi
p. Morton as New York's candidate for
the Presidential nomination.
The New York boss was shrewd enough
to recognize that .he was powerless -
prevent these distasteful Innovations upon
his plans, and one Of the cleverest phases
OF political eleverness u graceful 40
The evening times., 1895-09-18
OF COURSE THEY WILL FIGHT

deep suspiration OF relief will be
ing. Chief Justice Hurt, of the court
OF criminal appeals OF the sovereign State
of Texas, has delivered an opinion that
there is no law of the Commonwealth
which will place the least obstacle in the
way of pulling Off" the Corbett Fitz-
simmons prize smuggling match at Dallas.
There really has not been serious fear
at any time that Texas morality would
stand in the way OF this battle, but the In
Docents have been alarmed on account of
the bluffs OF Gov. CulbersoD and the
sheriff OF Dallas County, who have ap-
parently been trying to persuade them
selves that they were holier than the re-
mainder of Texan humanity.
The opinion of Chief Justice Hurt will
relieve the terrible tension from a legal
point of view, and nothing now can pre-
vent the conclusion of the great con-
test except the trick or the disability
of one or both of the sluggers.
There are grave and disturbing reports
OF a Corbett game knee, of undue indul-
gence in the persuasive and poetic cock
tail, of Indifference lin regard TO training,
diet ana so form: Dur ,nese a-e n.-reiy
schemes to give more universal no.
toriety to the mill and to ensure a sale
Of tickets which win result in filling ev-
cry seat Of the vast amphitheater which is
being especially erected to ensure a profit
able and appreciative assembly OF spec
tators.
Truly this is an age OF exalted intellectu-
ality, and it has been left to Texas, Of Al
the States of the Union, to give that in
tellectuality its highest expression and
most perfect immunity from interference.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Her Great Scheme.

Father-Now, see here! If you marry
that young pauper, how on earth are you
going tn live?
Sweet Girl-we have figured that all
out. You remember that old hen my aunt
gave ME?
yes"
''well, I've been reading a poultry cir
cular, and 1 find that good hen willra
twenty chicks In season. Well, next sea
son there will be twenty-one hens, and as
each will raise twenty more. there will be
420. The next year the number will be
3,4O0, the following year 16s,0CO, and the
next $3.50 COO. Just thinkI AT only
twenty five cents apiece we will have over
S590,OOO. Then, dear old papa, we will
lend you some money to pay off the mort
gage OH this house"-Boston Traveller.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Cars Used as .smokers." /"

Editor Times: I am subscriber TO your
morning and Sunday editions, and have
nothing but congratulations to shower upon
you for the steady .go" that is always prev
alent in thscolumns of your paper. Every
thing you have undertaken To fight against
has been done with will and success has
followed.
Now, wish, as citizen OF the District.
to ask that through the columns OF your
morning edition you attack the Metropoli-
tan Railroad Company Ninth street line)
for maintaining as as a rule of the Company
that the forward car is tn be used as a
''smoker." Every person that rides in the
rear car enjoys the most disasreeable odor
of bad cigars and the smoke frum very rank
pipes, and worse than all, the cigarette
fumes. 1t is barbarous custom, and why
not force the company to allow no smoking
except on the rear seats of the trailers,
as is the custom on all other well-equipped
roads of the District.
Iknow The Times is capable of bnlisbing
this nuisance. Why not add another victory
to your already very long list?
A SUFFERER.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
ARMoR AND PRoJEcr1LEs.

1t should be quite reassuring to the
marines who expect to do naval fighting
in case of war of the United States with
national or International enemy, to read
OF the test yesterday of Harveyized armor
plate, which, with its wooden backing,
represented the side of the battleship Iowa.
The projectile cut through the plate and
wood and buried itself in the sand, or
went on an exploring expedition in the
picturesque region of Indian Head.
Numerous tests of this character have
proved that every armor plate, NO matter
how tough it be made, with marvellous
process of modern science will have its
conquering prOjectile. The marine warrior
may stick a pin into history right here
that he will be no safer, and will probably
be less secure in his steel-clad. Harveyized
wonder of these fin de steele days than his
progenitor was in the wooden tubs of the
period of the nld Constitution, Id those
which succumbed to the toy caIInnn and
round, solid shot of Perry's famous en-
xagement.
One is led to ask, therefore, whether
tnere is any sense IN all tnlS increased
expenditure. Nations might as well come
to an agreement to gu back to the antique
wooden vessels and let skill and pruwess
win the day, as in those immGrtal engage.
ments, which now sound more like romance
than history. One country keeps astride
with another in producing improved ma
chinery for warfare. No advantage is
gained by one another. The projectile
keeps exact pace with the armor it is
hurled against, and with naval appliances
SO it is with the infantry and cavalry
inventions for killing.
Only one good can be expected from this
refinement of Continuance for wholesale
murder, and that Is that machinery of all
kinds intended for this purpose will soon
be made so destructive that nations will
no longer dare to war with each other, and
the great armies and navies of the earth
will be disbanded because fighting will
simply mean mutual annihilation, either
upon the land or upon the sea.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
The Vineyard.

Into the vineyard 1 went with Bill,
Blithe as youth can be,
As the sun declined beyond the hill
And drowsed in the western sea-
And under the arching vines We sat,
And we sampled this and We sampled that
Till we didn't know where we were at,
Nor the devil a bit cared We.
Out of the vineyard came with Bill,
Just in time to see
The sun peep over an eastern hill
And grin at Bill and me.
And Bill remarked, I've quit too soon;
Let us sit in the light OF that silvery moon
And list to the nightingale's plaintive
tunei'
So back to the vineyard went we-
Eugene F Field, in the Chicago Record. :
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Brief But Interesting.

The recent census figures show that in
ten years 143 townships in Massachusetts
have lost in population
The maximum age assigned 10 tie pint
is 700 years; TO the red beech, 245; to the
oak. 40. and TO the ash. 145years.
AT recent fashionable wedding in Chi
cago, the bride, a widow. was given away
at the altar by her son, whose age is ten
years.
A Minnesota girl of fifteen can distin-
guish no color, everything being white to
her. and she is compelled 10 wear dark
glasses to protect her eyes from the glare
Eighty four members of the London Stock
Exchange have died within the past seven
or eight years. worth, one with another,
no less than f95,6s5 on an average
Ohio has the greatest number of farms,
251 ,43O, having "a, ,352. .4OS acres IIli-
nois is second, with 24O. .6s1 farms and 3O,-
49s, ,277 acres; Missouri being third, with
23s. s.O43 farms and 80, $50, ,29O acres.
Illinois has the greatest value in fences
and buildings, s1,2e2, ,s7O,5 ,5s7; the second
place belonging TO Ohio, which has 81 ,05O,-
O31 1928, and the third to New York, whose
fences and buildings are valued at $685.
127 1856.
A monster chain, 40 kilometers, twenty
five miles long, is being made for Germany
at the Wattelar works, Jurnet, Belgium.
the total weight being $50 tons, so that
sixtyeight ten-ton wagons, or a whole
train, will be required for its carriage.
Experiments have been made in Australia
in order 10 test the likelihood of a balloon
being hit when fired at. A captive balloon
at an altitude of 4,266 feet was fired at
from distance of 4,4OO yards, and was
struck nine times without being brought
down. t.2.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
A Remarkable Pig.

A newly-married lady who recently grad
uated from Vassar College is not well
posted about household matters. She said
to her grocer not long since:
81 bought three or four hams here a
couple of months ago and they were very
fine. Have you any more like them?"
eyes. ma'am," said the grocer; "there
are ten of those hams hanging up there"
''Are you sure they are all on the same
pig?"
"Yes, ma'am"
"Then I'll take three Of them."-rexas
siftlngs.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

Subscribers to 1.-THE Times" will
confer favor by promptly reporting
any discourtesy of collectors, or neg.
lect of duty on the part of carriers.
Complaints either by mail or in per.
son will receive prompt attention.
The Morning Edition should be de-
Hvered to all parts Of the city by $50
o'clock a. m. including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be In the
hands of subscribers not later than
$50 p. m.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Points, About Pilgrims.
Mr. Williap st. John. of Atlanta, and
Mr.. Henry Harrison, Of Virginia, are stop
ping at Chamberlain'a

l Pah6 oo ObduiUCItdiu o.
Among the RaieIgh's latest arrivals are
Mr.. william staEy, of CinciHnati; Mr.. ans
Mrs. W. 8. Graham, of Forest City. Ark.
| Mr. E. W. Wells and wife, and Mr. 8. E
Bright. of Prescutt, Arizona; Mr.. William
]. Dutton, of San Francisco, and Hon. v
Bierbower, lieutenant governor OF Idaho
At WiIlard's are. among Others, Messrs
c. H. and @. A. Bingham, of westboro
Mass; Mrs. John W. wendeiken, OF Dallas
Texas, and Hon and Mrs Johns Williams
| Of Yazoo. Miss
Mr.. Williams was member OF the last
House of Representatives from the Fifth
| Mississippi district. He defeated W. P.
Ratcliff. the Populist candidate, by a ma,
:prity as large as his opponents vote.
Besides being a awyer of wide repute and a
| law author, Mr.. Williams isone OF the broad
est scholars In the South.
Mrs. F. B. Earheart and Mr.. Morgan
Earhart. OF New Orlea:s; Mr.. o. v. Ball,
of Philadelphia; Mr.. George F. Burke, Sf
Norfolk. Va; Mrs. Amanda Sawyer, of
Portland, Me-, ard Misses Anna z. Tucker
and Mary 1: Hamlen, of Cleveland, are
guests OF tue Metrop olitan.
Some of the latest arrivals at the Ma.
tional are Mr.. s. A. Lancher, OF the City
OF Mexico; Mr.. L. N. Terrell, of Atlanta;
Mr.. j. E. Sheenan and wife. OF Boston;
Mr.. w. 7. Patton, OF GAINESVILLE, Ohio;
Mr.. Albert Hanson. of Philadelphia; Mr..
j. A. Pattec, of Richmond, aud NJ H.
sechler. of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mr.. r. p. Troy, secretary OF the Demo
cratic State committee of California, is
stopping at the -ational. on the way to his
home, in Sau Francisco, after European
tour.
II was in Europe about four months"
said lie, land do cot want to go again.
America is FAR BETTER
The Ebbitt House register has among the
latest guests DR.. Charles Hill. of Pine
Island, MINI; Mcssrs. W. H. and George
II. Elliott. of New Castle, lid; MIR. j. F.
Page. Of Dpeleika, Ala, ard Mr.. L. u.
Wombwell, of Tallahassee. Fla.
At the Shoreham are Mr. John j. Hayes,
tr., and Mr.. Bartlett Harding, of Boston;
Conn, and Mrs. George W. Childs, wife
OF the late Philadelphia Journalist, who
has returned from short so1ourn in New
York's mountains
Mr. James, T. Hilbert, collector for the
port Of New York, is at the Arlington
Mr. George B. McClelland, son of the great
general. and wife, of New York: Mr.. Ed
ward N. Mckinney, DIR. Robert Scheller,
a tourist from Berlin, and Mrc Edwin Bale.
of London. Eng, have ali lately registered
at the Arlington.
Mr.. William K Porter and wife, and
Mr.. William T.. Porter and wife, of Boston,
are at the Norn.andie
''The sentiment of the Southerners is
stronger in fayor or Cuban Independence
than it Is among the people of the North"
said Mr.. L. b. wombwell, of ITALIA hassee
Fla, at the Ebbi,t. 1T is pure patriotism,
too. f'.r it would really be adverse to the
interest of FIoridians If annexation were
to follow. The tobacco industry in the
Peninsula State would be ba dIy hurt. But
the people are American, and they want To
see their fellowmen gain their liberty, and
VIII do all they can to bring it abIut.''
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Told of Kings and Things.

1t is curious fact that Ii Hung Chang.
who is not tobacco-smoker, has one OF
one of the finest collections of smoking
utensils in the world. He has pipes of
all ages and from all parts of the world.
He keeps adding constantly to his treas
ures in this line. Cigar-holders of everys
vaTiety-some of them exceedingly costly
form an interesting feature of his coIleor
ton.
Emperor william of Germany is said to
be absolutely unable to comprehend the
fact that all knowledge is beyond the
grasp of one human mind. He endeavors
to keep up with current events in every
part OF. the globe, to skim through the
important new books in all languages, t.,
keep in touch with the progress of in
ventiOn, and to refresh daily his knowl-
edge of history. He has a fine memory.
but his task is so gigantic that his educar
ton is really superficial.
capt Dave" Numana, chief of the
Piute tribe of Indians, was a visitor in
San Francisco n few days ago and Con-
spicuous object as he walked about in his
blue uniform. adorned with brass buttons
and red braid, and with the Governments
silver medal on his breast. Numana is a
stately specimen of a once powerful tribe
of red men. He is very old, but sturdy and
powerful, and more like the schooiboy's
notion of what an Indian should be than
most of his race.
Although the Victoria Cross was insti-
tuted nearly forty years ago, 1t has been
bestowed on only ia men whose bravery
was deemed conspicuous enough to merit
Il. Last year none was given, and only
one in each of the two preceding years.
Most of the crosses have been bestowed on
soldiers of rank, but on the list are the
names of nine corporals, eight sergeants.
and nineteen private soldiers swho have
won it. 1t is one of the fe w orders of merit
that have never grown cheap.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

The Times is not responsible for
to or left ut this office When ac-
companied by stamps such manu-
scripts viii be returned, although
any obligation to do so is especially
disa vowed.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Half a Dozen Oddities.


Philadelphia has been losing trade to
New York owning TO the obstructions OF
her harbor The Director of Public Works
is going to remove some Of these with
$225, 900 now available for the purpose.
In 1892 Japan imported more dynamos
from Germany than from the United States
or England. Last year she got from Ger
many 1920 yens' worth; from Great
Britain, As, ,222 yens' worth; from Amer
lea, las, 200 yens' worth.
The Manx Government has built and is
ready to open an electric road from Laxey
to the summit of snaefell, 1000 feet above
the sea- 1t is the first Of the kind in Britain
Pumice stone is wholly volcanic The
great source Of supply is the Lipari Islands,
the best being the lava from Monte Chirica
One of the oddities of trade is that blood
is regularly quoted at Chicago as an ar
ticle of merchandise. "$1 65 to $1.s0,
(. o. b." It is used in making fertilizers.
NJ Hurant, of sarawak, Borneo, has dis
covered a method of getting gutta percha
from the leaves of the tree without injur-
ing it. The former wastefuI method was
to cut the tree down.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

The anti-Platt men say they have given
the old machine a severe Jog, and will
next year knock it off the track entirely.
and thus show that they, like Hastings and
Magee, of Pennsylvania, really don't know
a machine when they see it.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Getting Protection Down Fine.

An odd step In the movement for booming
localiDdustries, which has lately started uo
and attained much head way in the West. has
been made at Sioux Falls, 3. d. An ordinance
has been passed requiring all peddlers and
ha wkers whosen goods not otmanufactured or
produced In the State to pay q license of $40
day. =
The evening times., 1895-09-18

Reed Republican Associations are now
rife, but in christening such combines II
is said the members toss penny to know
whether to name them Reed, Mckinley,
Harrison, or Allison.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
Queer Dashes at Life.

An ukase has been issued expelling the
Jews from yladivostok, probably the last
place in the world where Jew or any one
else would care TO live.
The prisoners in one of the Oregon Jails
are being fed three times day at some Of
the town restaurants, filing through the
streets under guard like girls boarding
school. Local grocers had refused to bid
for the Jail supply contract
A young man in Brooklyn offered 10 bet
street peddler 81 that his cologne was hair
oil and water. The peddler took the dollar
and ran away. The young man caught him
ind got his dollar back, and then yelled SO
that he was arrested for making disturb
ance.
Two young men passing a schoolhouse In
Maine yelled in at one of the lightless win
dows: Where In hell is Deacon Randall?"
A chorus of indignant voices informed them
that the prayer meeting had been inter
rupted for lack OF lights, and that the deacon
had gone after more.
However successful her attempt to culti-
vate an abandoned farm may be, Miss Kate
Sanborn is at least preserving the proprie-
ties of farming life. When anybody comes
TO see her she drives out to meet her guests
In a farmers cart, and her dress and old
straw sun-bonnet look as II they might be-
long TO genuine tiller of the soil.
.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

The burly form of Warren Miller per
sists in getting in the way of Tommy
Platt, but Piatt comes pretty near to
stepping over when 1t is necessary for his
political health
The evening times., 1895-09-18

1t would have been proper and nice and
even lovely II President Cleveland had
got q move on himself and open ed the At
hnta Exposition in person instead of
touching q button indiffcrently and then
taking up his everlasting flaming rod
The evening times., 1895-09-18

II is to be hoped that the firm stand taken
by the Atlanta Exposition managers against
bull fights will result in repetition Of the
bridge episode.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

II 1t is not intruding, one may suggest
that flagman at every crossing of street
railways would be cheaper than damages
for smashing patrons of the cars.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

"Heads win and tails lose'' is the
proper way to designate yesterdays de-
capitntion of the seven Chinese implicated
in the massacre of the foreign missionaries.
The evening times., 1895-09-18
No. Never,

Mariey-I don't believe in running man
down behind his back.
Darley-No? You would never do for Q
sripman on cable car. then.-New York
World.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

Another capture of q filibustering ex-
pedition indicates that the United States is
doing more 10 suppress the Cuban insurrec-
ton than all the Spanish forces.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

triple handshake to Atlanta, Chattanooga
and Knoxville.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

Should the Morton boom make a success
full run Saratoga's reputation for racing
will be greatly enhanced.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

This Dunraveu business is quite bore.
'Tis really that and nothing more, doan
chew knaw.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

1t is reported that Corbett is busy study
ing the Dunraven letters preparatory to Q
flukc on the Dallas fight.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

The condition that now confronts US is
which viii first be closed, the Treasury OF
Gray Gables?
The evening times., 1895-09-18

Gen. Cambrenne did not say, "The
guard dies, but does not surrender" The
words were the invention of Paris jour
nalist, and attributed to him.
The evening times., 1895-09-18

The Lexow committee now might take
the New York convention in hand