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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20
Obituary,

BLISS Mr.. Caleb Bliss, Jr., life long
resident OF the town OF Calais, died at his
home and birthplace, March 6, aged eighty
eight years and six months. In 1885, he
married Orrilla A. Cove, whom he had for
companion for nearly fifty-five years-s
woman Of high character and whose sus-
tanning aid was OF great comfort. Mr.. Bliss
was unassuming no seeker after place. OF
untiring industry, he labored more or less
up to within few years Of his death. He
leaves an only son, Albert G.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

Hon. JOHN w. FOSTER accompanied Ii
Hung Chang on his mission to japan.
These unsuccessful Chinese envovs, who
have returned from japan, report in the
most favorable terms Of the courtesy of the
Japanese officials, but declare that while In
Japan they were virtually prisoners. A
Gordon Of police at all times prevented them
from having any outside communication.
The Japanese populace were intensely hos
tile to them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

THE incident of exciting national
interest the past week is the firing upon
the American steamship "Allianca,"
by Spanish gunboat, off the east coast
of Cuba, on the 9Th instant. An ex.
PLANTATION and reparation was promptly
demanded of the Spanish government.
The president was away duck-hunting,
and Secretary Gresham was sick at his
hotel. The presumption seems to be
that the Office boy at the state depart
ment, imbued with the spirit that ami
mates Young America, took the matter
in hand and framed the ringing de.
mand that was sent under the waters
to the throne of ancient CASTLE and
Aragon. AS matter of respect to his
seniors, he would, of course, sign his
message "Gresham," but it is very
different Gresham from him who has
been discrediting America in his man
agement of foreign affairs for two years
past. His demand was couched in the
real lingo" spirit Framed by repub-
lican, it would, on that score, have
been Historically denounced by the
mugwump press, which is still bewil-
dered at the spectacle of the name of
the revered Gresham masquerading in
"jingo" togs. Very likely the firing
will turn out to be a case of zeal over
coming the discretion of hot-blooded
Spanish naval officer. Spain will make
the amende honorable, as the United
S ates did in the Trent affair of a past
era of national history, and the Incl
dent will end.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

THE subscription price of the WATcHMAN
is S2.O year. For cash, strictly in advaace,
q reduction Of fifty cents is made. Subscrip-
tions are reckoned by the month To be en-
titled to the S1.50 rate, arrears must be paid
at the rate of So 90 year to end Of month in
tohich settlement is made.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

WITH substantial unanimity and an
appreciative feeling that do its stock
holders honor, the Montpelier Public
Library has voted to accept the propo-
sition of the artist, Mr.. Thomas W.
Wood. Whatever may have been the
personal sentiments or convictions of
individuals on any collateral matters,
they were held in subsection to the
spirit of Pinkney's patriotic epigram.
Millions for Montpelier's future wei.
fare, not one cent for personal or self
ish considerations was the ruling
sentiment. There was Cancellation in
the counsels and an augury of good
will and cooperation in the action
taken. This Montpelier community is
deeply indebted to the library as
ISOLATION, and to individual men,
bers in particular, for their public
spirited course in this matter. Good
fame and great benefit must accrue to
the Capital City from their wise coun-
sells and considerable labors. Not the
least of the good "that must follow as
the night the day." the action of the
meeting of Monday evening is the
happy repression of any opportunity
for creating and perpetuating schism
among people that has always found
that in union there is strength" On
every good ground that man can appeal
to his fellowman, Let us have peace"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

SOME of the facts and figures relating
to Great Britain's alleged claim upon
the United States for damages to Cana
dian vessels engaged in the Behring
Sea sealing business are set forth in an
article on page three. Over against
these facts, deduced from Senator Nor
gan's statement, is placed Secretary
Gresham's to pay $425,OOO to settle
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20
SUPREME COURT OF VERMONT

81 have examined the cyclopedis with
great interest. 1t is the best work OF its
class, and unequaled for general use. The
Britannica, on some subjects, may contain
more learning, but, for practical purposes,
Johnson's is far superior. r. S. TAFT"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

THE March number of the monthly
magazine, The Spirit Of '76, devoted
to the principles, incidents and men of
1776 and colonial times, quotes the
following from Colonel G. G.. Ben
edict's speech before the Vermont So
ciety of Colonial Wars, at its annual
meeting on the 22d of February: at
became desirable to have patriotic or
ganizations which should cut across the
lines of division resulting from the
Civil War; which should touch the
mystic chords of memory stretching
from battle-felds and p ,triotic graves,
antedating the war for the Union, and
recalling only memories and associa-
tions in which men of the South and
North have an equal patriotic interest. !"
Colonel Benedict's address has been
extensively noticed, in whole or in
part, by the publications of the country,
and has been highly complimented.
The object of these col )nial and revo-
lutionary societies, as set forth above,
is very commendable, and their infu-
enc should be salutary in reuniting the
North and South, and in soothing the
bitterness engendered by the Civil War.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20

COLONEL GEORGE T. CHILDs, editor
Of the st. Adams Messenger, has been
chosen to fill the vacancy in the ma
tional republican committee caused by
the death of Hon. M. S. Colburn.
Colonel Childs is an active political
worker, good speaker, and will be a
competent successor to Mr.. Colburn,
whom the WATCHMAN had the pleasure
of supporting at the time of his election
in 1892.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
Impromptu Maps.

The ''cat" and the "pig" books, de.
signed to record peoples impressions
Of those interesting animals leach per-
son to draw his own without being al
lowed glimpse of any one else's
work), has an amusing companion in
a geography sketch book.
In this ones friends are to record,
in a rapid, off-hand drawing, their
best recollections of certain very fa-
miliar outlines, such as the coast of
Massachusetts,, or Italy, or England,
or North America. To be even fairly
correct is difficult and rare, if one is
long past daily geography lessons.
The five great lakes of North Amer
ica is one of the best tasks to set, this
to be drawn in outline with at least
the larger bays and connections indi-
Gated, all to be done without seeing,
first, any other sketch or map. A cor
rect map should accompany the book
for easy reference and comparison
with the amateur work. The curiously
vague, droll, mental maps that ones
friends carry about with them, thus
revealed, are funnier than even the
sea serpent's portraits in the ''sea SER
pent His Album"
have known more than one person
to stop short at mere Ground o" for
the first lake which seemed to lead
nowhere, the other four having
neither shape nor substance in the
puzzled artists vision. ashington
Star.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
james NJ. Glenn, President of the

Jnmes NJ. Glenn, President of the
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
writes in the North American Review:
''The South this season has been fa-
vored with an enormous crop OF cot
ton and an exceptionally large pro-
duction of corn, with also an excel
lent yield of tobacco, and although
marketrprices may be low, especially
as to cotton, the fact remains that the
cost OF production, taking into con-
sideration not only the question of
labor, but recognizing the complete
utilization of the by-product which
was formerly wasted, is now greatly
reduced, and the net result is favor
able one. The sugar interest, it is to
be hoped, may steadily continue in
advancement, accompanied ultimately
with remunerative results. The pro-
duction of rice in the South is extend
ing, and will undoubtedly assume
very greatly enlarged proportions in
the near future. The lumber re-
sources of the South are being
brought more and more into promi-
nence, attracting capital for its prepar-
alton for market, widening the en-
ployment of labor, and adding to the
available wealth of the community"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

The San Francisco Chronicle feels
that Alpine climbers will read with
disgust of the proposed railroad and
elevator to the very summit of the
Jungfrau. Time was, and it was not
SO many years ago, that this mountain
was regarded as dangerous peak and
the feat of climbing it was noteworthy.
Since then the Matterhorn and other
Alpine peaks have taken its place in
the ambition of mountain climbers.
With railroad to the summit and q
hotel perched on the topmost point
of this historical mountain much of
the romance will go out of Alpine
climbing The Cooks tourist is fatal
to the enthusiasm of travel.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
Reformed His Mustache.

When J. G. s. Blackburn, the Ken
lucky Senator, came to Congress,
writes Moses P. Handy from Wash
ington, twenty years or more ago he
wore the greatest mustache, except
General Logan's, ever seen in this
country. Now he has one of moderate
dimensions and keeps it we'll trimmed.
The transformation was effected somo
years ago by his daughter. She was
very much annoyed by the caricatures
in the newspapers which made her
honored father all mustache. Seeing
one of these caricatures in Chicago
newspaper one day while they were
riding on a train en- route from Gin
cinnati to Chicago, she TOOK pair of
scissors and, against his protest,
clipped his hirsute adornment to the
conventional proportions. The SEN
ator caught bad cold, but when no
came to look in mirror he liked him
self so much better that he hiss never
gone back to the old style of mus.ache.
New York Mail and Express.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
LOVES PARTING.

HFarewell, farewellw We breathe the word
That tells US where our paths must part.
Our breasts with deep distress are stirred,
And fondest tears unbidden start.
But though the world shall roll between,
With boundless seas and mountains high
Though death itself shall intervene,
Our hearts can never say ''good-by.".
We have 80 twined the sigh and song,
So closely wreathed the thorns and How
ers,
That to our souls conjoined belong
The shine and shadow Of the hours.
So welded we in sight and sound,
In dread and dream, In earth and sky
Each life has so the other bound,
Our hearts can never say, good-by."
The happy fields, the brooks, the birds,
The lilies white and roses red,
Alb they have listened to our words
AS from our eyes the truth has sped.
Aud now we reach the moment when
Our heavy hearts in anguish sigh
Farewell until we meet again I"
But they can never say ''good-by."
Nixon Waterman.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
Submarine Torpedo.

Seymour Allan, resident of Sgd
ney, has invented submarine torpedo
boat, which, he claims, is capable of
sinking to any depth, and of travelling
rapidly under water without revealing
its presence. A working model of the
boat was tried in the public baths at
Sydney, New South Wales, in the
presence of the Earl of Hopetoun, the
governor, the naval commandant, and
q number Of naval and military officers.
The experiments were complete sue
cess. the model rising, sinking, turn
ing, reversing, or remaining stationary
in obedience to the electric current by
which it is worked. The inventor
claims that full-sized boat would be
capable of remaining under water for
three days. 1t would carry torpedoes
on the bow and stern decks. .-Scien-
tific American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
Dancing by the Mile,

An average waltz takes one over
three.q quarters of mile, square
dance makes you cover half mile,
and galop equals good mile. Count
up for yourself how much tho girl
with q weil-filled programme traverses
in an evening. Twenty dances is the
average, you know. or these about
twelves are wales. There at once are
nine miles. Three galops and she has
gone twelve miles. Five other dances
at q half mile apiece bring her to
fifteen miles, to say nothing of the in
termission stroll and the trips to the
& eressing room 10 renovate ones gown
and complexion. Appleton Post.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Schnebile, the new explosive, is
somposed chiefly of chlorade of pot
ash.
Hiram s. Maxim has already ex-
pended $S5, 200 upon his flying ma
chine.
Astronomers claim that there are
over 1850, 900 comets in the solar
system alone.
A bat can absorb and digest in one
night three times the weight of its
own body. Bats never have more than
two little ones at time.
General Mercier, French Minister
of War, has authorized the use in the
French army of the recently dis
covered anti-diphtheric serum.
The width of the Atlantic could be
reduced one-half by lowering its depth
1854 feet. By lowering it three miles
one could walk from Newfoundland to
Ireland.
A scientist proves that typhoid and
cholera bacilli or germs will live many
weeks in a vacuum, and can endure
some five or more months of complete
dryness.
There are ten miles of pneumatic
tubes in the streets of Chicago. They
are used to deliver messages from the
telegraph offices and Office of the As
sociated Press to the newspapers and
City Hall.
Simultaneous photographs at points
distant from each other have already
yielded information as to the height
of meteors above the earth's surface,
this being shown to be from sixty-five
to forty-6ve miles.
According to DR.. Chalmers's re-
searches, the mean duration of life at
birth-based upon the mortality ex-
perience of Glasgow during the ten
years 1861-'90-is 1914 years, 35. 2 for
males and 37.7 for females.
Professor Agassiz indicates the
growth of reefs at Key West, Fla, at
the rate OF six inches in one hundred
years, and adds that if we doubled
that amount it would require seven
thousand years to form the reefs in
that place, and hundreds of thousands
of years for the growth of Florida.
OF the hundred thousand plants
catalogued by botanists only one.
tenth part have appreciable odors. OF
ffty specimens of mignonnette, that
of our garden is the only scented one,
and, of hundred varieties Of the
violet, only twelve have the exquisite
perfume that is 80 popular. In gen.
eral the proportion of fragrant to
odorless flowers is about one per cent.
Any one living exclusively on pota
toes would consume forty grammes OF
| potash salts per day, which explains
why we always require salt whenever
we eat potatoes. All vegetable foods
are rich in potash; and it is fac'
that people in the country districts
use more salt than the inhabitants o1
towns and cities. where more meat il
eaten. In France the country peopl'
use three times more salt than tn
town people.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

Devotion to the old Shinto faith is
not extinct in japan, and great tenn
pie at Kioto, on which ten years and
many millions have been expended, is
still incomplete, and work upon it not
suspended even in the time of the
greatest war which the country has
ever had upon its hands. The women
of that country give sign of their pi-
Gus zeal in this work by contributing
portions of their hair, which are
braided into cables and used in the
transportation of material to be en-
ployed in the construction of the
building. Of these large number
have been worn out in the work ac-
companying the structure at Kioto,
but more are forthcoming, showing a
spirit of zeal and sacrifice among the
women there which the New York Tri-
bune believes not to be outdone by
any of the missionaries among them,
or by the builders of shrines and
temples anywhere. Shintoism is the
old faith ofJapan before the introduce
tion OF Buddhism and the Confucian
philosophy, and does not now absorb
a large part of the religious inspira-
ton of the country, but still preserves
O measure of vitality enough to build
a new temple now and then amidst
the ruin OF its old ones, and supply
testimony that in spite of the infiltra-
ton of newer faiths the lamp of its
older one is still trimmed and burn
ing. II has no theological scheme
and specific code OF morals, inculcat-
ing in general obedience to and rover
ence for tho Mikado, who in that
country is the direct representative OF
the gods; and as religion really
amounts to little, not enough to junti-
fy the erection To il of sach n spacious
aud costly tabernacle. japan is go
ing ON ut such pace in the adoption
of modern usases that she will ne
doubt have u President before Ions
after the American pattern, and thet
there will be nobody lor the new kio
To altar 10 bura its incense 10,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

Competition between Eastern and
Western farmers is yearly growing
less, declares the New York Tribune.
In years past the Western man had
the advantage of cheap lands; but the
Eastern farmer has the advantage Of q
nearby market.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
country.

More than 600 plans have been sent
in for the construction of the Paris
exposition of 1900, and it is proposed
to have them exhibited in the Palais
d'Industrie, which is the only gallery
large enough to contain them.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
DON'T FRET.

Are your enemies at work?
Don't fret.
They can't injure you whit;
II you heed them not a bit
They will soon be glad to quit.
Don't fret.
Has horrid lie been told? e,
Don't fret.
It will run itself to death, ef@-
As the ancient adage saith,
And will die for want Of breath. ia.
Don't fret.
Is adversely your lotP
Don't fret.
Fortunes wheel keeps turning round
Every spoke shall touch the ground,
All in time shall upward bound.
Don't fret.
Ram Horn.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
Wheat Cheap, But Bread Dear.

Referring to tho continued fall in
the prices of wheat, an English paper
remarks: "Both hero and in tho
United States large quantities OF the
inferior kinds will be used for feeding
purposes. Wheat has never been SO
cheap before within the memory of liv-
ing man. Tho odd thing is, wc do
not find our bakers bills my smaller"
New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

In golf society people think tney
have found the missing links. States
man.
A genius is man who does some-
thing that others say cannot be done.
RAMS Horn.
Most people eat as if they were fat
tening themselves for the market
Atchison Globe.
1t sounds rather odd to read in the
hardware market report that cutlery
is dull. Truth.
Woman is always pleased with the
last new wrinkle, provided it is not on
her own face.-Puck.
Cashier-"We never pay bills on
Saturdays" Shorts-s'But my name
is not Bill. ."--Chicago Record.
The trouble with most peoples
economy is that they don't save any
money by it.-Atchison Globe.
A man should have no secrets from
his wife except surprises he is getting
up for her birthday. .-Atchison Globe.
If some men wandered as much as
their minds do they would be great
travellers. Hartford Conn. Journal.
She looked perfect poem
With that witching face OF hers;
But, when 1 tried to kiss her, she
| Proved not at all q verse.
Puck.
There is certain kind of charity
that would attach balloons to birds OF
the air, that they might be saved from
fatigue.
A girl always likes to find man al
ter her own heart; because what is
the good of fellow who is after some
other girls heart?-Truth.
Caller-"Can I see Miss Snuggle?"
Servants engaged, sir" Caller
-"Of course she is, and I'm the man
she's engaged to-. o."-Vick's Monthly.
Tell US not in moarnful numbers
Lifeis but an empty dream,
When to pay the coal and gas bills.
All the winter we must scheme.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
It is more romantic and better for
the digestion to sleep with wedding
cake under the pillow than to try to
sleep with it in the stomach. .-Atchi-
son Globe.
Caller-'Do you notice any differ
ence since the doctor treated your
eyes?" eyes; I can see fifty
bill without my glasses now. '-Chl-
cago Inter Ocean.
''This is my first experience as a
steeple chaser" murmured the Kansas
farmer as he whirled through the air
Just behind the fragments OF tho VII
loco oburoh Vale Record
Friend-"Well, Ethel, how do you
like married life?" Ethel (enthuslas-
tically)-"It's simply delightful.
We've been married week and have
had eight quarrels, and 1 got the best
of it every time. Fun.
Mrs. Strongmind-sIfw women would
only stand shoulder to shoulder they
would soon win the suffrage" DR..
Gufy-s'But, madam, that is some
thing they can't do, with the present
styles in sleeves. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Employer-"How did you break
that vase?" Office Boy-"I had it in
my hand when I heard your bell ring
and dropped 1T, because you told me
yesterday to drop everything and
answer your bell whenever you rang. :"
--Harper's Bazaar.
Applicant for Situation as Zoo
logical Keeper ask why you
think it necessary that candidates
should be married men, sir?" Secre-
tary-''My good man, how on earth
do you expect any one else could
stand the continual row?"-Half-
Holiday.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
Elcctric Cooking ior Royalty.

Queen Victoria will uso electricity
for cooking purposes. The necessary
apparatus hes been installed at Os-
borne, in tho Isle OF Wight, II is,
however, only used for the most deli.
cate dishes. s.-Atlauta Constitution.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

- IL IL IL Wuo u
strange silence
everywhere, as is
not uncommon in
tn Q month of
August, for now
the promises of
summer have been
made good, and
the world is at
rest. Not q leaf
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

There is a steady decline In the
number and tonnage OF steam and
sailing vessels launched In Great
Britain,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

Awoman of Calaia. Me-. has won re-
nown by mending broken loorhinga
with Q hairpin.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

According to Printers Ink, it would
cost S12, $50 to put ten'line adver-
tisement in all the newspapers in this
country.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
It is said that Canada has never had
general panic.

Nearly million tons of butter are
manufactured in the United States
every year.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11

In Italy the Senate consists ofprinces
Of royal blood. and nm unlimited num-
ber OF members appointed by the King
for life. In 1890 there were $50 mem
bcrs
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-01-11
AN ODD NEIGHBOR.
BY CHARLES g. ABBOTT.

a--A H E r. E was a