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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

The police authorities of Berlin have is.
sued strict orders prohibiting the socialistic
clubs of Berlin from attending the theaters
in body or in considerable numbers dur
ing the holidays. This action is taken upon
the pretext that the presence of the clubs
would injure the business OF the regu ar
theaters. but the order was really issued
with the idea OF preventing demonstrations
in the theaters against the anti-revolution
bills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
The Reasons Why.

In answer to the WATCHMAN's query
as to "why it is necessary to change
the system of banking in this time of
business disturbance and uncertainty"
the Brattleboro Reformer answers,
" First, the absolute necessity of
doing something to retire the I'M
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

THE Armenian refugees who have been
driven into Russia are in wretched and
starving condition. 1t is said that several
conspicuous Armenians in Moosh have
been forced to embrace Islamism to save
their lives and property and the honor Of
their wives and daughters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

THE pope has named committee to ex-
anime into the propriety OF priests riding
bicycles, and the hygienic and moral aspects
of the practice. Some of the bishop, In
Rome oppose bicycling because the riders
cannot wear their clerical gowns.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

THE sultan of Turkey has positively de-
clined to allow Mr.. Jewett, the United
States consul at Sivas, to accompany the
Armenian commission of inquiry. This
action will probably prevent any participa-
ton by the United States in the investiga-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

In the matter of the schools, the
legislature invariably makes work for
the lawyers and the courts. Four years
ago the supreme court was called to-
gether to exercise legislative functions
in patching up the school laws passed
at the session of 1890. The legislature
of 1892 wrought confusion by emitting
to make it clear what disposition the
districts should make of funds in their
possession. Its successor of 1894 now
clouds with doubt the matter of the
length of the school year. The WATCH
MAN recently directed attention to the
conflicting laws, Nos. II and IS, on
this point, and an esteemed correspond
ent shows in this issue that the muddle
is somewhat more extended and serious
from the fact that Act No. 10 also un-
dertakes to say what shall constitute a
school year for the purpose of drawing
the public school money. Acts No. II
and IS are identical, with the single ex-
ception of the specified length of the
school year. Each aims to amend the
same section of the same act of the laws
of 1892, and each contains the same sub.
ject matter, expressed in language that
is identical in word and letter, with the
single exception noted. 1t is clear
enough that Act No. IS by implication
repeats Act No. II. Does it also repeal
30 much of No. 10 as is inconsistent
with No. IS? That is to say, the in
consistency in the length of the school
year.
The WATCHMAN sends out this week
the long-delayed law supplement pro-
vided by the state. Interest in this
document has been discounted by the
publication and distribution, somew
more than two weeks ago, of the
WATCHMAN's popular "Pocket Edi-
ton" of the laws. The value and con-
venience of this neat, compact publ
cation never appeared to better advan-
tage than when compared with the
bungling, ill-arranged and somewhat
outlandish state supplement. The lat
ter is very bulky, without an. index,
and is printed on paper that will not
stand the test of usage. The bulk of
these, for which the state will pay con-
siderable sum, will be out of existence
before week has passed. For kind
ling fires, wrapping purposes, and other
domestic uses, they will serve better
purpose than in publishing the statutes.
The states last effort in this line is
worse than any of its former labors.
The WATCHMAN particularly desires to
disclaim parentage of this il-favored
supplement. Meanwhile the demand
for the WATCHMAN's pamphlet con.
tinues. The first edition has been ex-
hausted, and the second is out. Peo-
pie rather pay the small sum charged
for this little pamphlet than to receive
the clumsy supplement without money
and without price.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

Sherburne preached for the Congregation
alists last Sunday. - Donal W. Nc.
Donald and Miss Kate Nicholson were mar.
ried last Thursday evening. Miss
Grace McCorrison Of Appleton, Me-, is Wis.,
ting Mrs. g. W Melchior, her sister. Go
e. l.. Smith returned from Buffalo, N. Y,
last week, where he has been for several
months - Buel Lamb has been at home
from Concord, N H., for several days.
- j. ID. Smith, Of the Empire Granite
Company, is in Philadelphia on business
trip. - Principal o. d. Mathewson, Of
the high school, spent Sunday at Dart
mouth College. - Lucy K 4stman has
returned to Green Mountain Seminary at
waterbury Center: - j. N. Hamilton,
OF the state board OF health, was in town on
Monday. - Rev. G. ii. Wells occupied
the Universalist pulpit, Sunday. - Mrs.
y. b. Boyce has been appointed district
deputy of the Daughters of Rebekah. -
Augusta LaFountain, trimmer for Miss NJ.
A. Miles, is at her home in Springfield
- John W. Gordon and Judge w. K.
parp in ri
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Electricity for womon

A -"w electric device for women's use
Is al artistic little heater By which
crimping irons and curling tongs may
be heated without the dangers that
often result from using kerosene or alco-
holic lamps. Electricity Is also soon to
displace the hot water
The means employed will be a flexible
wrap Of silk that can be applied to any
part Of the body and heated at once
with current Of electricity to any
temperature desired. Instead Of the hot
water and steam Turkish baths, we are
to have a down comforter charged with
electric heat, and Turkish towel
charged in the same wa u which to
dry the hair after 1t h washed.
In any house where Ell, lights are
used these conveniences are available.
Inside Of each is an arrangement of
extremely flexible wires that will con-
form to any folds given the material in
which they are placed. They are con-
nected by silk-cove- wire, also hex-
ible, at the end of '. nich there Is a
metallic plug to make electric contact
with the lights In the room. There is
said not to be the slightest possibility
Of receiving q shock or of fire from their
use. as all the details have been care
as4I WvekeS out.-New York Post
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Literary Lunat,cs.

Are literary men more prone to in
sanity than others? Dr. Toulouse, the
celebrated Paris alienist answered this
question after the suicide of Hippolyte
Raymonds, the French writer of COM
edy. Mental disorders among men of
letters" said DR.. Toulouse, always ap-
peal more forcibly to the imagination
THAI ordinary cases of insanity But
we st not conclude that madness
is L.. frequent among them than in
other walks Of life. The English have
saying that great geniuses are all
madmen. but 1t would be going too far
to assert that a man goes insane be-
cause he becomes a passionate follower
Of art or literature. There is no special
form Of insanity which attacks artists
or writer's. but the celebrity which the
successful ones achieve fascinates a
great many men who have talent. but
who also have abnormally emotional
temperaments
The active brain work. the feverish
Impotence with which they seek to
rain fame. and often the privations
c.lat they endure-alI these favor the
development of the germs Of madness
which lie dormant in many brains and
which would never have made them.
selves manifest II these persons hat
adopted a calm and more vegetatiye
mode Of existence. It is my opinion
that the life led my most artists and
writer's Is Of a sort that is especially
favorable to the bringing out in full
force Of any tendencies to insanity
which may exist in embryo in the bra n
The slightest thing may then unbalanc.
the mind. and it is that which too often
happens" {
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
TRICKS OF A DRUGGIST.
lie Prevents Slavery to Morphine by Sim.
pie Deception.

Tie Prevents Slavery to Morphine by Sim
pie Deception.
"a good deal Is written about the i'm
prudence Of physicians in prescribing
morphine, but not half as much as
should be-" said veteran Wabash
Avenue druggist. 1.-THE slaves of that
drug are on the increase. They have no
trouble in procuring it, if they have the
money to pay for it. 1t Is a safe propo-
sition that a large proportion Of NOR
phine users, especially women, have
been led into the habit by the bad judg-
rlent Of their physicians. Let me give
lou an instance: A woman in this
neighborhood was Ill with an exceeding
y painful disease. Her doctor wrote
her prescription containing morphine.
She Is a sensitive, nervous woman, Of a
type common enough, and readily re-
sponded to medicine. / thought she
was WELL when in the course of few
days, she sent the prescription to me to
be renewed. A week later it came again.
and in less than a week after that the.
servant brought it a third time. I had
her leave 1t and sent for the woman's
husband. Why did his wife require the
prescription so often? I asked him. He
didn't know, but she had told him she
couldn't do without it. Did he know it
contained morphine? He did not, and
was horror-stricken. He was confident
his wife was ignorant of the presence
Of the drug, to whose effect she was be-
ginning to yield. I am satisfied, also,
she knew nothing Of it. I fixed up a
little scheme with the husband. I pre-
pared the prescription, leaving the NOR
phine out. It was sent back once after
ward, and that was the end Of it. That
woman was rescued without knowing
now near she had been to slavery.
Another case: filed a prescription
for pills containing considerable per-
centage of morphine for young mar
ried woman. She experienced the
effects Of the drug, not knowing what
It was, and, of course, sent it to be re-
newed several times. got hold Of her
husband, pledged him to aid, and sub
quinine pills. The core was
There are many other instances, how
ever, where women learn the nature Of
the stuff they are taking, and before
they realize 1t are it's victims. Chs
cago Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
The Vanderbilt Men,

Cornelius and Willie K. Vanderbilt
are opposites.
never heard any one speak Of the
elder as Corny. Cornele or Nele, while
every one speaks invariably of the
younger as Willie K. Those names tell
the story. Cornelius is tall, spare, as
celtic in appearance, with little, make
believe whiskers by his ears, an eye Of
pleasant keenness, good teeth, manners
pleasant but reserved. He might be
taken for a fairy we'll dressed Metho-
dist minister. He never speculates,
kc 20 fast horses, has no yacht, Is
H.. interested in church matters,
gil l.; with discreet liberality and at
tends to the business of his Office with
the intelligent interest and methodical
regularity Of q man of affairs Willie
K. is a born Spectator, takes big risks
and Of late years very successfully. He
has long been a yachtsman. I doubt If
any man could teach him how to play
cards. He knows little about horses,
but Is now investing in them. He
stands about the same height as his
brother. but with a stockier build He
looks younger, jollier and, in spite of
his divorce, happier. Both men are par
ticularly fond Of children and anxious
for their welfare. The present genera
ton of Vanderbilts uphold the name
worthy. Cornelius is regarded as a
frst-class man Of business Willie K.
as bon yivant, with serious interludes.
Frederick Is as yet q small investor,
without much care for the pleasures OF
society, and George considers himsel1
fayorably as fair promiser along the
line Of literature.-Chicaeo Times-Her.
aid.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Ledger of Ideas.

One of the greatest elements in sue
cesSful business management is method
The judgment Of rich and poor man
is not so widely apart as their wealth
besides, often the smarter is the poorer
business man. The whole world of COM
merce depends upon the practice of
bookkeeping, and all that bookkeeping
is can be reduced to this: A record of
business transactions kept so that they
can be readily grouped and understood
as a concrete whole. Bookkeeping Is
usually confined to a record of money
transs etions. A friend Of mine carries
the method still further; he keeps
books for his ideas and Information
picked up at odd moments. In his vest
pocket he carries little book which he
calls his day book.
In that he records everything he
wishes to remember, whether it is to
buy bottle of liquid glue to mend his
little girls doll or a social engagement
for the following week. Everything
goes into the day book. from the name
Of a man who wants job to a scheme
to make a million that may go fitting
through his head. In addition to the
day book. my friend keeps a ledger of
ideas" Into this are transferred all
suc' "atters as are likely to be needed
for re reference. like addresses, sug-
gesl.o..s in connection with his bust
ness, all grouped in such a way that
they can be turned to in a moment.
When a matter has been disposed of
pencil mark is drawn through II and
that ends 1t, except that 1t serves as
memorandum Of the fact and the period
of time when entered. for these items
are divided by date lines indicating the
period when entered - Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Our American Girls,

The American girl has been discussed
and analysed until one would think the
subject had been exhausted, but a new
development in England lends to the
discussion revived interest. 1t Is one
Of the amusing signs Of the times that
the British matron, after having for
many years utterly disapproved of and
loudly condemned everything connect
ed with our young countrywoman, is
now endeavoring to find out the secret
Of her attractions, and to teach her
little ways" to her own somewhat
stolid brood. To tell the truth, she is
fairly frightened at the influx of Am
orleans into the peerage and the coun-
try families, and since she finds she
cannot kill with disapproval, she seems
inclined to initiate.
But here comes a difficulty, an in
seperable obstacle Of race. What an
American can do, with a sort of airy
audacity quite her own, is apt to be-
come rather heavy horse-play with her
English cousins. The explanation Of
this seems to be that the American
type is more spirituelle Our women
may be eccentric, unconventional and
even sometimes what might be called
y u.
An innate refinement and GOODNESS OF
temperament saves them from vulgar
tty, and gives to their manners the OAR
Ing courage of originality that for
eigners admire. One of the happiest
and most satisfactory of diplomatic
marriages in Washington was the out
come of a ridiculous practical joke.
whereby pretty western hoyden sent
a new French secretary up to his host
ess with an absurd speech, which he
had conscientiously and seriously learn
ed in English from his tormentor, she
assuring him it was ''the thing to say
on taking leave. How impossible such
a childish trick would be in a London
drawing-room, or from an English
"Mees," and yet the result in this case
was a wedding.
thought we would find you alto
gether English" said a friend to Her
Grace" on her first visit to her native
land after her marriage.
No, indeed" answered the latter in
mock horror. II consider my American
accent and manners my most cherished
possessions. They are my greatest
cards over there! We had a fire at
Castle. where was stopping last year,
and lost a lot of my clothes. I hope
you saved your pretty gowns said
the prince to me afterward I saved
nothing but my American accent, sir
1 answered. Well, then. you are all
right he returned, laughing.-New
York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
While He Slept.

Archibald Clarke, a farmer living
near Grump, Kentucky, is withou,
doubt the most remarkable Somnam-
bulist in Kentucky. He has actually,
during the past summer, cultivated -four
acres of land while asleep.
For long time Mr.. Clarke suspected
mis- neighbors of stealing into his truck
patches after night and doing the work,
but finally one night while mailing some
boards on his back yard fence he struck
his thumb with a Ratchet and awoke,
thus realizing for the first time that he
had been working in his sleep.
Among Other things that he has done
while in the somnambulistic state was
to lay worm fence for a distance of
200 yards. One night he fell asleep
thinking he would arise early on the
following day and cut small ditch to
drain a pond, but great was his sur
prise when the next morning he found
that the pond had been ditched dur
ing the night.
On one occasion he got up shortly
after he had fallen asleep, and putting
several pounds of butter in basket
took it to a nearby grocery store and
traded it for coffee and sugar. For a
long time he was at a loss to account for
The missing butter. Neither did he know
whence came the coffee and the sugar.
However, since realizing that he is a
confirmed somnambulist. he has ques-
toned the grocer, who recollected the
occurrence Of Mr.. Clarke's strange con-
duct at the time.
Mr.. Clarke lived alone, but since he
has discovered his condition, has en-
gagged the services of a young negro who
takes care that his employer does not
get out Of the house during his sleep
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Sir JulIan's Proposition.

Washington. D. c., Nov. 4-Sir Jullar
Pauncefote, the British AmbassadoI
had a conference with Secretary Olne'
and his purpose was to propose In DC.
half Of the British Government JONI
action to a limited extent in TURKEY
to insure the safety Of citizens OF GreS.
Britain and America resident IN lna
country. It is believed that SecEelA' I
Olney has not yet returned an ans"e'
to the proposal.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Spent on National Cemeteries.

The annuel report of Brig Gen. r. N
Bachelor, Quartermaster General of
the United States Army, has just been
made to the Secretary Of War. Among
a great variety of statistical informa-
ton are the following points:
The contract system for the supply Of
horses continues to give general salts
faction, and the standard has been
greatly improved since the system was
adopted. The average cost of cavalry
horses for the fiscal year was 1854, and
for artillery horses s14S.04. The cavalry
mount of to-day excels that Of any pre-
vious time, and all information shows
it to be superior to that in foreign
armies.
The cessation of Indian wars and hos
tilities on the Rio Grande, rendering 1t
unnecessary to further maintain post
transportation on a field campaign
basis, the reduction in the number of
animals, wagons harnesses, teamsters,
hostlers. ETC., thus effected, together
with the forage and bedding heretofore
required for the animals, will affect
considerable saving to the appropria-
ton. The average cost Of team horses
during the year was $167.83, and Of
mules $114.84. Under authority of Con-
gress an appropriation made "for the
construction of buildings at and the en-
largement of, such military posts as in
the judgment of the Secretary Of War
may be necessary" had been expended
as follows:
Fort Creek, Neb., s7o.o5s; Preside, Of
San Francisco, Cal, 1874, 941; Fort Myer,
a., ,& r l. ~
Ark, S116,600; Jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
s14,6 $50; Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y, ST.
1888; Fort Bliss, Texas, (reconstruction),
50, 600; Fort Yates, N. D., $500; Phila-
delphia depot, Penn, $3.50; Fort Trum-
bull, Conn.,, $500; Madison Barracks, N.
Y, $119; Fort Wayne, Mich, $76; Fort
Thomas, KY, $108; Columbus Barracks,
Ohio, $133; Fort Harrison. Montana,
800; Fort Ethan Allen, VT, $61; Fort
ILL.,, 11,759.
During the year 1910 white marble
headstones were provided to mark the
graves Of soldiers, sailors, and marines
buried in National, post, city and viii |
Iage cemeteries, and the sum of $19,454.
3S was expended in necessary repairs to !
roadways to National cemeteries, which
were constructed by special authority
Of Congress. An examination of the !
records shows that the appropriation
made by Congress for the establish
nent, maintenance, and improvements
Of National cemeteries, including pay
Of Superintendent, headstones, monu-
nents, purchase of sites, and construc-
ion, and repair of roadways from their
to June 30, 1895, amounted In
he aggregate to So, 165 .636.47
The Washington bee., 1895-11-16
Remarkable Case.

An interesting fact which will
illustrate how money travels, was re-
lated to a Cataract representative few
days since.
Some seventeen years ago, Mr.. r. A.
Shuyler at present employed on the
local customs force received in change
a helf-dozen bright new Canadian half
dollars. Just previous to the time Mr..
Schuyler had had made a steel stamp
bearing his name and to test it, stamped
on each of the coins the word "Schuy-
ler." OF course he never expected to
see any one of them again, and he
gradually disposed of them until the last
left his possession. After that Mr..
Schuyler entirely forgot the occur
renee, but it was called to his mind some
five years ago by Mr.. Frank Lawson, who
at the time was running an elevator on
the Canadian side of the river One
day Mr.. Lawson asked Mr.. Sc y il
he had ever stamped his ma a
Canadian half dollar, MENTIONS the
date. and the latter's mind at once re-
verified to the occasion some twelve
years before. Lawson then told him he
lad that day received from an English
man half-dollar bearing the mark
Schuyler" The Englishman had re-
ceived it at Liverpool and Mr.. Lawson
valued 1t 30 highly as a curiosity that
he refused to sell it to the former pos
SCISSOR whose name 1t bore
Mr.. Schuyler thought no more of the
marked money until some days ago,
when he was quite surprised to find
among the money paid in at the custom
house a half-dollsr bearing his name
and without q doubt one of those mark
ed by him. This he received and now
prizes 1t very highly.-Niasara Falls
Cataract