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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-23
Cuban Insurgents.

The first attempt Of the Cubans to
throw off the Spanish yoke was made
in 1923, when Simon Bolivar offered to
aid the disaffected party in putting an
invading force into the island. Another
was made in lS2j and third in 1928.
Under the leadership of General Lopez
a conspiracy was developed at Glen
fuegos and Trinidad in lSiS to estab-
lish Cuban independence, but the ma
tives We're timid. and after two years
of desolutOry fighting, Lopez was over
powered and executed in 1850. The
island was in a chronic state Of civil
war from 1868 to 1875, fact which so
attracted the attention of President
Grant that, in the interest Of American
and Cuban commerce. he proposed an
neXation. These outbreaks were led by
Cespedes, an able lawyer and wealthy
planter of BayamO, and during the eight
years of hostilties Spain actually sent
to Cuba li5, 900 enlisted men, of whom
only a few hundred ever returned
Since 1876 rowing bands of insurgents
have caused the authorities more or
less serious trouble, and the mountains
and half-inaccessible forests of the
eastern shore still serve to secrete
many armed and disafGected people.
Former Troubles Over Cuba.
Tn the revolution Of 1878 the COM
manders of the little guard costa gun
boats. probably in utter ignorance of
international law winterfered with Amer
lean shipping, and the Spanish Govern
ment had to pay for their rashness.
In one year three of our vessels were
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-23

or INTEREST TO WOMEN:
The wife of Prime Minister Crspi smokes
cigarettes.
Miss Helen Gladstone wants the hair
combed pompadour.
Queen Victoria dislllScs the "cmanci-
pated woman" She has gained quite q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-23

On Twelfth street, near Sixth avenue.
New York, there Is little restaurant
that is known as "Maria's." 1t Is fre-
quented by men and women of bohem-
Ian tendencies. A table d'hote Is served
for 30 cents. The quality of the food IL
just about what one can imagine 30
cents will buy. The people sit at one
long table. They elbow each other as
they eat, and half dozen languages
are talked simultaneously. 1t Is a
place, says the Journal that one would
probably forego IL he could afford TO
pay more than 80 cents for dinner.
Yet to this place goes almost nightly one
OF the most celebrated women New
York has known. great songstress-a
women whose fortune was at one time
estimated TO be In the neighhorhood of
100000. This is Clara Louise Kellogg,
whose name in private life is Mrs.
Strakosch. Not long ago a large part
of the second fortune she has earned
was swept away by the failure OF
publishing house In which her savings
had been invested 1t was branch of
the English firm OF Cassell & Co., and
had been considered prosperous con-
Germ. The confidential man of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Women and Letter Writing.

With all the educational advantages
which the girl of tho period has had, it Is
an undeniablo fact that those who can
writo an attractive, gracefully expressed
note are few and far between. The hur
riedly written, awkwardly expressed
scrawls which arc sent out by these girls,
who, IL any arc to be found, ought to have
time enough to do better, are really dis.
tressing Invitations and gifts are &C.
knowledged in the most conventional
form, with no trace Of individual grace OF
feeling-the whole thing lacking in what
should be a mark of culture and wit. Note
writing should belong particularly to mod.
ern times and ought to reach its highest
perfection in this age, when brevity, the
soul of wit, marks all things.
1t is hard to say what has brought about
this state of affairs. 1t may perhaps be
reaction from the labored, stilted style OF
our grandmothers. Letter writing in
those days, when the mails were carried
by hand, was an art which the bellies OF
the period prided themselves upon and
made every effort to perfect And in com.
parison the careless notes of today seem
coarse and uncouth.
And the worst of it all is that nobody
thinks much about it, and consequently
nobody makes any effort to remedy the
evil. Facility of expression and readiness
of diction are not considered a part Of oui
modern school curriculum. So little are
they thought of and taught that as q mat
ter of fact when the modern girl really
wishes to express her pleasure and graft
tude on the receipt of gift or to write o
letter of coincidence to a bereaved friend
she doesn't know how to give voice to heI
own feelings, except perhaps when she
feels like the little girl who did not want
to go to her friends party. With honesty
and frankness certainly, but without
much appreciation of the requirements,
she sent her regrets in this form: 81 do moi
want to go to your party; thank you."-
Kansas City Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
The Girl OF Thirteen.

The girl of ID is the future woman and
a very important parcel of humanity. Sh,
Is child and just growing into woman.
hood and this transition, which to grown
ups means only sudden shooting up be-
You'd all bounds and a tendency TO stoop
shoulders, is much more to the girl who
leaves childhood behind and is not yet
young lady. Fast growing is n very great
drain on any childs strength, and as at IL
she usually has considerable work al
school, both mind and body are called up
on to do double work. That is why she
needs care.
Good food, rest and congenial company
are some of the things necessary for the
girl of 3. She should not have too much
excitement or books to read which tax her
thoughts too much, as her mind develops
only too quickly at this age and everyday
life and lessons arc enough to occupy her.
She should go to bed early and sleep ten
hours For breakfast she should eat
strengthening, bonomaking food-oat.
meal, oranges, brown bread, eggs and
milk. For her midday meal she should
have something more sustaining than
bread and butter lunch if she is 20 grow
up into IA strong woman. Hot soup and
chop and baked potato every dug foI
three months will make her stand up
straighter than braces Will.
She should have Al walk in the open all
every day. If she does not get this, she
will grow nervous and slccplcss, have fan.
tastio notions about an early grave and
running away from home, or, worse still,
grow sentimental and write morbid little
verses and weep over the poor. These are
all true symptoms of the girl of 10. She
begins to think she is very old as soon as
she gets into her teens, and the RESPONSE.
bilities affect her sensitive new mind To
an appalling degree, if she is given the
time to think of them.-Philadelpb
Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Domestic.

GENERAL ERASMUS ID. KEyEs Of San
Francisco, who was a volunteer brigadier-
general in the War of the Rebellion, died
last week at Nice, France, where he was
sojourning for his health.
THE grand jury OF the District of Column
bia has indicted Miss Elizabeth Flagler,
daughter OF General d. W. Flagler, for
granddaughter, in having killed Ernest
Green, colored boy, who was treSpassing
on General Flagler's premises on August 2
last.
SMITH & WEssoN the revolver msnufsc-
turers OF Springfield, Mass, have notified
all their help that after November / next
their services will not be required. After
that time all the work Of this firm will be
done by contractors. Several months ago
the firm, which has been paying its help
monthly, was threatened with suits unless
it complied with the weekly payment law.
The new arrangement will place the firm
beyond the provisions of that law.
MRS. JOHN LANGDoN of Delta, Ohio has
presented her husband with five bouncing
boys. The little fellows are all we'll
formed and seem likely to live. Under the
laws of Ohio the state furnishes free main
tenance and education for the additional
child or children when more than two are
born at a single ACCOMPLISHMENT, and from
present appearances Mrs. Langdon has
| given three charges to the state. The
children averaged three pounds each.
The Mississippi river is at its lowest
| point in the memory Of residents along its
| banks. At st. Louis there is barely suf-
ficient water in the river to enable the ferry
boats to cross between the Illinois and Mis-
souri, shore. Only slight hopes are enter
tanned that navigation will be resumed this
season, and nearly all the boats have dis
charged their crews and are making prep
aration to tie up for the winter Millions
of bushels OF fruit are rotting along the
| Ohio river between Cincinnati and Evans
Vile because Of the close of navigation
This is causing great damage in portions OF
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia. A water famine prevails in many
places, and the loss to produce-raisers is
estimated at fully 81, 100000. The continued
drouth in Central Kentucky is interfering
seriously with the distillers. Glens Creek
which is the only source of water supply
for several distilleries, has gone dry and q
large nu nber Of men are out of employment
IT'S just as easy to try One Minute Cough
Cure as anything else. It's easier to cure 8
severe cough or cold with it. Let your next
purchase for cough be One Minute Cough
Cure. Better medicine; better results; bet
ter try it. w. e. Terrill Il Co.. agents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Foreign.

THE published story that British troops
were marching into Venezuela is pro-
nouuced canard. The foreign officials at
London declare that they know nothing
about such movement and do not believe
there is the slightest foundation for the
report.
THE body of the queen of Corea, who was
killed during the recent attack on the pal
ace by the kings father and his followers,
has been found. The Japanese minister to
Corea, M. Komoura, has been ordered to
punish her murderers if it shall be proved
that the Japanese killed her.
THE British ship Parthia," Captain Car
ter, from Liverpool for San Francisco, was
burned at sea during the early days of this
month. Part of the crew have landed at
Valparaiso, but the captain, first officer,
and nineteen of the crew, who left the
burning ship in boats, have not been heard
from.
THE rioting at Agram was renewed last
week, Emperor Francis Joseph having or
dered the replacing of the Servian flags
which had been removed The rioters, who
are Catholics, attacked with stones the Ser
Wan Orthodox church and the bank which
displayed the Servian flag. Gendarmes
cleared the streets at the point of the bayo.
net wounding several.
ASTONISHING revelations have been made
during the past week in the smuggling
scandal at st. Johns, N. r. Four of the
prisoners who were brought from Placentia
Bay turned queens evidence and revealed
all the secrets OF the syndicate which prac-
tically controlled all the smuggling into this
port of liquor and tobacco for the past four
years. The scandal is certain TO be among
the greatest ever exposed here and will i'm
plicate many prominent officials and nearly
every saloon-keeper in the city. The ramh-
cations of the gang are most extensive, and
the work was pursued with surprising au-
dacity.
THE proposal submitted by the repre-
sentatives of Russia, France and England
for reform of Turkish administration in
Armenia has been accepted by Said Pasha
and is now awaiting the approval and sigma
ture of the sultan. before whom it has been
laid. The sultan's reply has not yet been
sentatives of the powers that in the course
of week an imperial decree will be issued
embodying the provisions OF the new
scheme, which stipulates, among other
things, that the imperial deputy commits
sioner charged with the execution of the
reforms shall be Christian.
AMBASSADOR BAYARD has officially denied
in London the report that the United States
had sent an ultimatum to Great Britain in
regard TO the latter arbiirating her difficulty
with Venezuela. He explained that since
the rupture between Great Britain and
| Venezuela there had been anxiety in the
United States TO procure friendly settle
ment OF the dispute, and to this end the
United States had offered her good offices TO
Great Britain and had repeatedly tried to
devise means to arrange the trouble. This,
he added, was the present position. The
| longer the question was allowed to drift
the more anxious the United States became
to see it settled finally
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Moreto wn, Vt.

ALL FREE.--Those who have used
DIR. Kings New Discovery know its
value, and those who have not have
now the opportunity to try it free. Call
on the advertised druggist and get a
trial bottle free. Send your name and
address to III. e. Bucklen & Co., Chi
cago, and get sample box of DR..
Kings New Life Pills free, as well as
a copy of Guide to Health and House
hold Instructor free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing. Go to G. Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

ITERATION NOTICE.-This is to give
/ notice that have given my son, Otis r. Law.
renee his time during the remainder of his minor.
ity and that shall claim none of his wages nor pay
any debts of his contracting after this date.
PAULINE NJ. RICHARDSON.
Middlesex, Vt, October 7, 1895.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
The HOUSEHOLD.


"over peck of dirt" they cay;
"over peck"
Aye. there's a speck,
which must ieck,
with my buster away.
cover peck2"
A peck the worlds all dirt.
And woman must work,
And never may shirk,
Or smile OF smirk,
But the busting rag flirt.
"Over peck"
am so tired of It all.
The constant hurry,
The endless worry,
The eternal furry,
The dust and dirt from spring till fall.
over peck"
From fall to sprngit's snow.
Snow makes a slush,
Snow and dirt like mush.
Makes woman rush.
For all is dust and dirt below.
over peck"
cover peck" yes, over.
The earth's all dirt, and man,
And woman too with pan
And broom III rout 1t while can.
Then down I'll lie beneath the sky,
While peck OF dirt and over,
My mortal frame shall cover,
And dust to dust" I'll rest under the clover.
Rose Seelye-Mler, in Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

A. A. OLMsTED, the representative from
Newbury In 1892, has been appointed post
master at South Newbury.
DIR. II. NELSON, assistant physician at the
Brattleboro asylum, has gone TO Burling-
ton as assistant to DIR. l.. M. Bingham, at
the Amy Proctor Sanitarium.
WASHINGTON O'BRIEN of Fair Haven be-
came violently insane one day last week.
He armed himself with a revolver and clubs
and defed arrest. He was finally captured
by the local police and taken to the Brat
tleboro retreat.
PATENTS have recently been granted to
Vermonters AZ follows: Albert f. Davis,
Rutland, fodder.mill; William q. Farnum,
Arlington, kaleidoscope for advertising and
exhibition purposes; Hawley @. White,
North Bennington, stereoscope, 1.-TWO pa
tents)
MRS. 8. BUSHNELL, Mrs. John Cockrell
and Mrs. Kingsley of Starksboro were the
victims OF runaway accident last Thurs
day. All three were thrown from the
buggy and badly bruised. Mrs. Kingsley,
who is seventy years old, had several ribs
broken.
NOTHING so distressing as hacking cough
Nothing so foolish as to suffer from 1t.
Nothing so dangerous IL allowed to con-
tinue. One Minute Cough Cure gives inn
mediate relief. W. e. Terrill & Co., agents,
Montpelier
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

COULD Nor EAT" Before | began
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla l felt tired
all the time aud could not eat anything
that would not hurt me. Since taking
this medicine / have been better than
for long time. My brother has also
taken Hoods Sarsaparilla for loss OF
appetite and it has cured him. Miss
Cora e. Arnold, Hortonville, Vt.
HOon's pIIJs cure all liver ills
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

HOOPS PILLS cure all liver ills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

possess durability the cat
durable ready
They
and business offices all of Mont
Money refunded not satisfactory BY mail, postage paid
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

A. A. OLMsTED, the representative from
Newbury in 1892, has been appointed post
master at South Newbury,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

ORDER your envelopes, note heads, bill
heads statements, etc, OF the WAToHMAN
job office. Stock and workmanship always
the BEST prices the lowest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Bilionsness, Indigestion, ii cad ac h o +.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Once More Tanner,

DR.. Tanner, M. p. for Cork, has dis
tinguished himself in more ways than
one. Some days ago he sat down in the
hair-dressing saloon in the House of
Commons at a quarter past to have
his hair cut. The barber had barely be-
gun when the division bell rang. and the
member for Mid Cork had to rush up
stairs. The operation was resumed after
delay of twenty minutes, and the bar
Der had half finished the task when the
bell rang for another division. Off dart
ed the doctor once more; and when he
returned the Embarrassing was resumed
da capo, but only to be again interrupt
ed. When the third division bell rang
there was another occupant of the hair
dresstrs saloon in Mr.. X. G. Webster,
who had just been lathered previous to
shaving. DR.. Tanner proposed they
should pair and they did so. And by this
expedient the doctor was able to get his
hair cutting finished by o'clock. which
he thinks is q record in Its wav-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
BODIES AS MEDICINE.
The Chinese Have a Firm Belief In Their
Efficacy.


That belief the Chinese have in the
remedial qualities of substances form
ing a part of the human body seems
to be irradicable, says the New York
Times. Thinking that Europeans still
held the same ideas led as much as any
thing else to the Tien-TSin masSacres of
twenty-five years ago. Prehistoric man
drank from a human skull. believing
that the uncanny goblet had a certain
potency. Not so long ago the skull Of
suicide was used in Caithness
drinking-cup for the cure of epilepsy.
Cases have been cited where supsrsti-
Nous people, within the last thirty years.
have dug up bodies so as to possess
themselves of skulls for the same pur-
pose. AS late as 1878 in the official phar-
macopoeia of London College of Physi-
clans mention is made of the skull of
man who had died a violent death"
For centuries in the past. for the manu-
facture of certain auack nostrums.
notably an ointment. ground skulls were
used. The medical books Of Nuremberg
OF 200 years ago always cite mumia-or
the embalmed flesh of mummies-as a
sovereign cure for certain diseases. The
Egyptian mummy was specific for one
malady, the Tene.iffe mummy for an
other. Excluding all the other strange
substances employed in early medicine,
there is a trace of cannibalism In the use
of these mummied substances. 1t has
been shown that cannibalism does not
arise in all cases from hunger, but that
to eat human flesh is a religious rite and
favored by the gods. In some remote
manner it has something to do with
sacrifice. Describing superstitions. the
fact is cited that to-day Irish peasants
use skulls to hold water in under the
belief that the water thus becomes cura-
tive.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
y COOL EETREAT.
Has Every Desirable Facility for an
Enjoyable summer Sojouru.

Persons desiring To combine recreation. enter
tainment. instruction AMI devotion with their
summer outing will find Eagle Lake. Oh the
Pennsylvania Lines. near Warsaw. Ind. the
ideal spot This pretty resort il the site of Win
ona Assembly and summer School. the Youngest
of the Chautauqua Assemblies. The grounds
have been well and fayorahy known a. Spring
Fountain Park. They constitute about two hun
lred acres of romantic woodland stretching
nearly two miles along the eastern shore of Eagle
Lake. Il beautiful sheet Of water. The grounds
have been plotted and pretty cottages constitute
the summer homes Oi persons VINO here hnd rest
and health giving recreation in inyigOrating air
amid attractive surroundings. Some desirable
cottage sites are Yet obtainahe. In addition Ia
the portion laid out for building purposes fine
park has been made. There j. also Il race track
with overlooking amphlthedtre furnishing SPLEEN
did facilities for outdoor athletic sports. The
hrge auditorium has a seating capacity of $500
and the several college halls are used for As
s,mbly purposes. \ good hotel. restaurants and
supply stores furnish II cans of living ut REASON
able rates. \ large fleet of row boats with two
steamers viii permit indulgence i'll boating. and
persons fond OF fishing may enjoy that pa>tme
10 satisfactory extent. as the lake teens with fish
The low tourist rates over the PENNSYLVANIA
Lines place these pleasures within easy reach
The rate will be in effect all season from ticket
stations on these lines. In addition Ia the sea
son tourist tickets, low rate Will also be III effect
for round trip tickets good fifteen days Ticket
agents Of the Pennsylvania Lines Will furnish
them. and they may be obtained from agents of
connecting lines. The Assembly Department
opens .EIIy 1st and continues four weeks. during
which time prominent speakers will discuss live
topics. During August there will be educational
work under Pre>t. John VI. Coulter. of Lake
Forest University. in connection with the As
sembly. For details regarding rates of fare
time of trains. etc. apply To nearest PennSy-
yanla Line Ticket Agent. or address J.. VAN
Agent. Pittsburg. Pa. Applications for inform
alton concerning the resort should he addressed
to Secretary r. ). Scott. Eagle Lake. Ind.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
THE CHECK SYSTEM.
Merchandise Gradually Becoming the
Basis of Redemption

Basis OF Redemption.
The large use OF instruments Of
credit In wholesale trade, obviating by
so much the need of actual currency,
has long been well known. What has
not been so we'll established is ths
growing extension Of the same system
to retail trade. Prof. David kinney
publishes in the March Journal Of Po-
Ntcal Economy some inquiries directed
TO this point. which yield most instruct
I've results. Through the comptroller
OF the currency questions were sent TO
National bank asking for the amounts
deposited on the nearest settling day
by retail grocers, butchers. clothiers,
furniture dealers, and fuel dealers,
with kinds of money and checks and
other instruments of credit specified.
Replys were received from 2,465 banks,
all over the country, and from the re-
turns a rough but sufficiently accurate
estimate can be made out showing the
part played by currency and credits
respectively IN retail trade. Prof Kin
ley makes out table covering all the
states and territories, and shows that
payments by check range from 81 per
cent of the total settlements in retail
trade in the north central states to So
per cent in the south central. The bear
Ing Of the investigation on present cur
rency discussions is thus stated by
Prof. Kinley:
while it is generally admitted that
the larger part Of wholesale business IS
done on credit, some have claimed that
only small portion of retail trade IS
SO conducted. The present investiga-
ton shows. however that credit plays
an important role IN retail payments;
its results are. therefore. on the whole.
in the line of former conclusions as 70
the Importance Of credit instruments in
payments and exchanges generally"