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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15
Free Silver and Sixteen to One,

The Washing ton Post editorially re-
marks that it "had suppose ed that the
meaning of : 16 t. L. as the term is
used in discussing the Coinage ques-
ton, was understood ty al readers Of
the daily newspapers, but it appears
that this assumption was un arranted.
An intelligent correspondent OF the
Post assures us that there are great
differences of opinion among the peo-
pie as to the meaning of the phrase,
and asks for a clear statement OF it.
Since our correspondents request was
received we have seen mentions of a
similar lack of information in various
parts of the country"
Quotation is made from the Spring O.
field (Massachusett } Republican in
which a collection of . opinions ON this
subject in a manufacturing city in New
England " are given and commented
upon. One man of large business in
terests said that "the term '16 10 /
meant that it took sixteen silver dol
! tsER FIFTH COLUMN
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Some New Inventions,

The president announced that he
hoped to perfect the following improve
ments to the bicycle:
An attachment which will lift q
mans cap off his head when he meets
a female and replace it again after she
has passed on. 1t will make no dis
tinction between homely and good
looking girls, and there will be no color
line about it.
An attachment 10 cast a moose over
a dogs head and swing him in behind
the bike. When be has been dragged
100 rods, and has made up his mind
that it is alive and dangerous, the
moose opens and he is allowed to go on
suspended sentence.
An attachment to hold and operate a
squirt gun containing at least one gal
lon of water. This is for offensive and
defensive operations against the small
boy who wants to shove a broomstick
between the spokes to see how quick q
bike can stop.
An attachment to be fastened to the
front wheel, which will go ahead and
look for tacks and pounded glass, pick
up lost wallets and diamond pins, and
sound the depths of all mudholes not
over ten feet deep.
NERVES ON EDGE.-"I was nervous,
tired, irritable and cross. Karl's Clover
Root Tea has made me well and happy"
Mrs. E. B. Worden. For sale by W. E.
Terrill q Co., Montpelier, Vt.
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What More Definite 2

Society Editor: Mr.. Willis tells me
that his family will spend the summer
in the mountains, aud his wife says
they will go to the seashore. Had L
better defer mentioning the matter I'M
til l get more definite infOrmation?''
Managing Editor: 81 don't see what
more definite information you want.
She told you they were going to the
seashore, didn't she?'-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED by
the use of Shiloh's Cure. This great
cure is the only known remedy for that
terrible disease. For sale by w. E.
Terrill & Co., Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

Great drops of perspiration stood on
the young mans brow. 81 have itl'
he exclaimed suddenly as a way out of
his p%erplexity seemed to open before
him. "But mol" he added despair
ingly a moment later. "That will not
do, either" He rose and walked to
the window. The gay, thoughtless
multitude passing and repassing out
side, intent upon its own pleasure and
oblivious of the suffering, the heart
ache and the ~desolation that blight so
many human lives, seem merely to
mock his misery and deepen the gloom
that pervaded the apartment. He
turned away from the window with a
groan, threw himself into a chair,
leaned YEARLY on the little table in
front of him, and buried his face in his
hands. 81 cannot! Oh, L cannotl"
be murmured in a broken voice. 81
give it up!" He was a campaign poet
tying to find a rhyme for Mckinley
and Hobart."-Chicago Tribune.
PILLS Do Nor CURE.-Pills do not
cure onstipation. They only aggra-
vate. Karl's Clover Root Tea gives
perfect regularity of the bowels. For
sale by W. E. Terrill & Co., Mont
pelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The July Magazines.

A woMAN's account of her own ex-
p%erience in climbing to the very top of
the Materhorn "a feat which few
women have proved equal to; an il
lustrated article by Cleveland Motfett,
indicating tNe revolution that is al
ready beginning to b. wrought in travel,
traffic, aud war by the horseless car
riage; Il paper OF reminiscences and
anecdotes from personal associates Of
Abraham Lincoln at the bar, showing
Lincoln's life and methods rs a lawyer;
and q paper by Mr.. Will Fl. Low on the
present state of painting in Germany,
with reproductions of recent celebrated
German paintipgs,-are other note
worthy features of this number of
McClure's.
THE Ladies Home journalism artis-
tically attractive and interesting issue
opens with a s%umptuouslY illustrated
Article on Joan oi AIc aud her home,
by Emma Asbrand Hopkins, who en-
~tertainingly writes OF the childhood and
religious life of the Maid. ApropOs of
the approaching centenary of Burns,
Arthur Warren presents THE other
side of Robert Burns revealing the
better side of the poet. Hezekiah But
terworth tells, in his engaging way, a
Brook Farm story, The Wife Of Ben
Bow and Alice Wellington Rollins
humorously romances of "A Town
Bicycle" No feature of it will appeal
10 lovers of the beautiful more strongly
Than the cover-by Maxwell Parish
printed in rich tones of brown and
green, on buff paper. BY The Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia; one
dollar per year, ten cents per copy.
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Pebbles.

CUSTOMER: "What can you give
me for a modest lunch?" Waiter:
We'll, there's veal with dressing"
THE BEST COUGH CURE is Shiloh's
Cure. A neglected cough is dangerous.
sale by w. Z. Terrill q Co., Montpelier.
VI.
do you think that it is ladylike for
a woman to ride a bicycle?" she in-
quired. Eyes, he replied, "unless
she insists on riding like a gentlem an"
A BABY's LIFE SAvED.-"M My baby
had Group, and was saved by Shiloh's
Cure" writes Mrs. j. B. Martin of
Huntsville, Ala. For sale by W. E.
Terrill & Co., Montpelier, Vt.
WE now have girls of every kind;
TIL bloomer girl so pert,
The golf girl and the horsey girl,
Who wears her brother's shirt;
We nave the giddy summer girl,
The winter girl as well;
But where, oh where's the ~girley'girlY
Can anybody tell?
philadelphia Record.
A GREAT GERMANS PRESCRIPTION.
Diseased blood, constipation, and
kidney, liver and bowel troubles are
cured by Karl's Clover Root Tea. For
sale by w. E. Terrill & Co, Mont
pelier. VT.
WE learn from that impoccable au-
thority, Harper's B0zar, thft the latest
fad is to have petticoats ard corsets to
match. The effect must be very charm
ing, but under ordinary circumstances
it is unfortunately lost upon the general
public.
HALLER says that a siugle female
house fly will lay 2O,0S0 800 eggs in one
season. He doesn't tell us how many
the married house fl laws; but it does
not matter. The wonder is that a fly
finds time to lay one egg, considering
that she is all the time buzzing about a
fellows head.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

Before the fifth ballot a great Bryan
demonstration was made and it was
apparent that the boy Orator of the
Platte " had stampeded the convention.
After the vote had been aken and he
lacked the necessary number for a
choice, Illinois, Ohio and other states
in quick succession changed their votes
to his column and William j. Bryan Of
| Nebraska was the democratic candidate
for president.
Connecticut declined to vote; Maine
was divided, four votes going for free
silver, eight for geld; twenty-four of
Massachusetts, votes were among the
"not voting," three for free silver and
three for Pattison; New Hampshire's
six were among the "not voting";
Rhode Island was mainly for Patti
son; Vermont gave four votes to free
silver and four were among the "not
vo,i7g."
New jerseys answe to the roll-call
was eve respectfully decline to vote
in this convention"
Governor Flower thus spoke for the
Empire State:
In view of the platform adopted by
this convention and of its actions and
proceedings, | am instructed by the
New York delegation to say that we
will not participate in the selection of
a candidate for president or vice-pres-
idtnt, and therefore decline to vote.
Wisconsin was instructed by a ma
iority of her deleg ties not to vote. A
contest arose over the vote of this state.
The chair ruled that unit rule instruc-
tions did not contemplate the refusal
of delegations 10 vote. He ruled that
silent votes should be considered alb
sentees, but that every delegate pres
ent who desired to vote had a right to
have their votes registered. This rul-
ing vas loudly cheered, as it blazed the
way for an ultimate ruling that the
two thirds requirement for nomination,
within NV HCahlhS Vi IL idit, 40
two. thirds Of the vote cast, according
to the precedent of 1874.
We have attempted to Gull out the
leading and important facts and events
of a convention, a full report of whose
proceedings, its incidents, its turbu-
lence, lis developments of anarchy and
anarchism, of revolution and ~repudia-
ton, could they be shown in print,
would occupy many pages of this paper.
The convention was a sort of Wild
West show and western cyclone rolled
into one. The proceedings epitomized
above occupied the time of the conven-
ton till Friday afternoon. A short
evening session was held, which was
adjourned to Saturday without trans
acting any business of importance
Senator Hill and Mr.. Whitney had left
for home and there were vacant chairs
in the spaces allotted to New Jersey
and other sound money states. The
final proceedings will be found else
where in his issue.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15
FACT AND FANCY.
The Little Birds.

The little birds that gayly fit
In swelt'rin' days o. June,
Don't fan 'emselves, cept p'raps with wings,
Don't whistle out o. tune.
Thay amt a-swiggin' soda down,
Or lemonade-with stick
An never say; "Ef this holds on
Wen all be dead or sick"
An see 'em on a winters day
Fly round in slosh an sleet,
without no " sweaters " round thare thr oats,
No arctics On thare feet.
Ell you an / 30 keerless ware
Wed half the time be i'll.
A takin' lie, a soakin' feet
An gulpin' liver pill.
Them little things amt got much brains
To reason or to plan,
Yit thay hev got tn bulge on me-
Yis, sir; a" godlike man."
e. Bradshaw, in Boston Transcript.
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BE sure you are right and then go
all ad. If your blood is impure, your
appetite failing, your nerves weak, you
may be sure that Hoods ~Sarsaparilla is
what you need. Then take no substi-
tute. Insist upon Hoods and only
Hoods. This is the medicine which
has the largest sales in the world.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the n true
blood purifier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

THE origin OF money is very remote.
1t is mentioned as a medium of COM
MERGE in the tw~enty-second chapter of
Genesis.
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rvOD's PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
~lousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 2oc.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

HOODS PILLS are prompt, efficient,
al ways reliable, easy to AXE, easy to
operate.
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speech for Bland, amid a wild tumult,
with these Homeric lines.
Give us Silver Dick and silver quick,
And we will make Mckinley sick,
In the ides of November next.
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stroys dependency, cures backache,
strengthens the muscles, restores the
womb to it's normal condition, and you
are changed from a physical wreck to
the Joy of your home and friends.
By the way-the leading druggists
tell us that the demand for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
simply beyond their power of under
standing, and what is best of all, it
does the work and cures where the
best physicians utterly fail.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid on
receipt of price, Csc, or 5 for 81.
DIR. Humphreys HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL
OF DISEASES MAILED FREE.
Humphreys Med. Co., Ill William St., N. Y.
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THis Is DITFEaEST.
Letter from Lord Aberdeen which Con-
nIct. Win aTr. NorInan's Showing.

Letter from Lord Aberdeen which Con-
fIets with Mr.. EorInan's showing.
fCopytEht, 1906. by the Associated PresLl
LONDON, Jan. Ia-The Associated
Press Is enabled to transmit TO Aneri-
can readers an important document
bearing upon the Venezuela question.
namely, the text OF letter from Lord
Aberdeen, the then British secretary Tor
foreign Affairs, to N Fostique, Who ~
that time represented Venezneia ~
London, which was written at the time
the posts which had been sent TO mark
the Schomburgk line were removed IN
compliance with the protest Of Nene-
zueIa.
Following Is the letter, the anthenu-
city Of which Is unquestionabfe;
@FOREIGN OFFICE, Jan. 81. lS4@
.'The undersigned, etc, has the honor
To acknowledge receipt OF a note ad-
dressed TO him on the tenth instant BY
Monsieur F'ostlque, ETC, representing
the alarm and excitement which mas
been created In Venezuela nn account
OF the marks fixed by Mr. SchomburSN
at different points By posut9 IN bis sur
vey near the mouth of the OElnoeo ana
renewing his bequest that Her Ma
testy's government VIII orueF the rs-
moval OF those marks.
THE undersigned beGg 70 INFORM
Monsieur Fostique IN reply, tha: In or
der to meet the wishes OF the govern
r1eut OF Venezuela her ma Iesty $ govern
rne1t will sead Instructions 10 the eov-
ornor Of British Guiana directing him
to remove the posts wh!eh have peeu
placed by Mr.. Schonourgk near the
orinoco. But the undersigned teeia y
his duty to distinctly declare - Mou-
sEeuF Fostldue that although IN order
to put an end 10 the apprehension
which appears TO prevail In Veaezreia
with regard TO the object Of AIr. Sehofn-
burgks survey. the undersigned has
consented to comply with the renewed
representations OF ". Fost.que upon
this affair. Her Maicsty's government
must nos be understood 10 lbandon any
porslon OF the right OF Great Britain
oynr the territory which was foruie-iy
held by the Dutch n Guiana
This letter, which Il signed "Aber-
deem" r. regarded here as IN answer %
the contentious cf ar. Henry Norman,
special commlssIonpr OF the Chronicle,
who hrst gave the Engilah puoie
through his paper cotlrlents whicn
seemed TO lnvalldatc TIE claims OF the
SchomoUrgk line as . true boundary
lire
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F0UR ARE MISSING
As the Result Of The sinking or the Steam
er Congo at CArathsEiIle.

a. the Result OF rhs Sinking OF the Steam
Er Congo at CNrathsEiile.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. la special to the
Republic from CarutherSviIIe. No.,
says: Tint as the result of the sinking
Of the steamer Congo in the Mississippi
river late last night four people are
missing and are supposed TO have been
drowned. Two others were injured but
not seriously.
The missing are:
Captain OF the deck crew, a barber.
The ash hauler and roustabout.
whose names are unknown.
The injured:
James Hayes, Pittsburgh.
W. F. Brothers, Clay City. Ills.
Last evening at II o'clock the Congo,
a Collar liner boat, landed at this place,
discharged some freight and took
aboard afteen head az hogs with other
freight. When starting 70 back out
there was brisk wind which swung
the beat down stream causing her to
strike barge loaded with lIIuSeT at the
landing. A -rsnt hole was torn In her
hr.L. The water rushed in rnpldlY, and
IN less than ten minutes the boat had
gone 10 the bottom. She sank about a
quarter Of mile below the city.
But FOR the timely arrival OF the tug
Kittie. OF this place. and the fact TINT a
barge was close at hand the loss OF life
would have been larger than II waA.
After theiF rescue all the passengers
wern taken 20 the Ssvoy hotel where
they were cared for They awaited o
steamer 10 carry them 10 Memphis. The
steanier e. supposed 20 be 4 total lors.
Size had a valuable eorgo on board.
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enough 20 think about without quarrel
ing with Germany; we have not ended
our difficulty with America"
Explanations That Don't Explain.
LATER-It seems pretty well Iestab-
llsh0d IN the public mind that Emperor
william did not mean TO threaten war
upon England by his message OF SYM
pathy to President Kruger OF Trans
wal and the reports which were clrcu-
lated q few days ago OF European
alliance back OF Germany and against
England and little further credence. Il
seems 20 be accepted that the German
emperor simply intended to express his
own opinion Of the Jameson raid In that
message and the temporary sentiment
Of irritation which It caused him.
This Is thegeneral feeling apparently
OF the public mind. and those organs OF
pubic opinion which are In touch with
the government have undoubtedly
sought to deepen this impression. But
this still leaves unexplained the Ilneon-
tra1lcted assertion that the German
government did apply to Portugal for
permission to pass marines through
Portuguese territory nt Delagoa Bay 70
the Transvaal. nor does Il explain the
unilagEing preparations Of war mater
Ial and equlpment OF war forces In Eng
Al4lQ- vi IAluEE AQIGH heet4lN blG ~ So
ment OF some newspapers that the waV-
erinG support OF Russia and France has
0dmoEiShed the German war lord that
the interpretation put upon his mess
age by England was putting him into
hazardous position.
Whether this o. some other consldsE-
alton has altered the situation, II is GER
tain that the diplomatic agents Of all
the governments have been kept busy
in the last few weeks, aHd Il Is expect
ed thnt the full result OF their laborH Is
not yet In She knowledge of the public.
That England has had q vision OF the
destruction OF the balance OF power"
IN Europe. with herself in the descend
ing scale is certain. Whether she has
made other strokes In the hidden Held
OF diplomacy besides her formidable
show OF naval force "a not yet known.
AZ woOlWich. below London, on the
Thames, the great arsenal covering one
hundred acrts OF ground, Is receiving
constant additions to Its great store ot
naval material and the activity In all
departments there Is unabated. The
to-pedO factory Is increasing It's OUT
put and the men IN that department
are working many hours over time. The
torpedAes. as fast as they are manu-
eactured, are dispatched 70 Portsmouth
and Dover, the former the principal
naval station OF England with q fortI-
fed harbor that will Scat the whole
OF the English navy, and the latter the
chief port of communication between
England and the continent The gov
crnment intends. e Is announced. TO
have these well supplied with torpedo
boats and with torpedo destroyerA.
One feature OF the war scare which
Is mach dWeit upon here Il the harm
Il has done TO German trade. German
import trade houses here announce
that there has been 4 big decrease In
their orders since the scare. The or
ders Of one big fancy goods hrui, II Is
announced, have decreased 90 per cent.
Il Is feared that the quarrel VIII thus
result In q permanent Injury to trade.
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SENATOR MORGAN sPEAEs

In the senate for the Free Silver Bond
Substttute-Hm Gets Some Hard LioILS.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. i5.-Tha
vice president to-day laid before the
senate letter from the secretary OF thu
treasury In reply to a resolution OF In
quiry presented By Mr.. PETER as to
whether Sf00,O85.ao8 in sold had at any
time been set apart from other funds.
The secrctary states that this had never
been done. there being no provision OF
law authorizing t.
Mr., Call Dem.. Fin-) submitted a
number Of petitions In regard TO Cuba
and asked that they be printed. Oh
icctiou was made BY MIR. Platt (Rep..
Mr. pritchard CRep., N. c. made m
address defending himself against the
charge OF inconsistency on the tarin
question made by Mr. HUI. OF New
York. last week, and attacked Mr.. Hurn
record Tor consistency, saying he mad
been rgpudlatea by the Democratic
party.
Mir. tfll. In reply. expressed Hugprise
at having brought forth 30 elaborate n
statrreat. and said he believed that he
wna a. active a ne.nher OF the Demo-
cratic party-"what there ls OF it"-as
aaynnc. He snid It was true that he
voted against the Wilson bill. He had
rcrglus Ter voting against Il. He be-
Iicvcd In taria reform, but not In tina;
way. The Democrats were all trnvel-
ing toward the Democratic heaven, but
IN different wlyE The other side was
trnvci,nr the other dircctiCs. The de-
bate az thia point driftcd away 10 John
=. McKnne, SIR. HiIl sayins diat for
many years AIcEane had been 4 Re
publican.
Mr.. Pritrhard retortinE that "John
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THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK

wm Tot Prrmit the People Of this coun-
tryto Relieve the Starving ArmsnIahs.
Rcd Gross society served with Sstier.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 1.-THE
Turkish legation gave out this after
noon the following official comnunica-
tIon: The imperial government Will
not permit any distribution among his
subjects, In his own territory by any
foreign society or individuals, howeve-,
respectable the same may be (as for In
stance the Red Cross society, Of money
collected abroad. Such Interference no
independent government has allowed,
and especially when the collections are
made on the strength OF speeches de-
IIvert-d In public meetings By k-recon-
cIlabIe enemies Of the Turkish race and
religion. and on the b1sia OF false ac-
cusat!oBs ti7at Turkey repudiates. Be-
sides, the sublime porte Is mindful OF
the true interests 0G It's subjects, and.
distinguishing between the real state Of
ehEngs and the calnmnies and Wild eN-
agEaratlons OF Interested or tanaticai
parties. UJu, as II hHs done heretofore,
under its own legitimate control, ale
vlate the warts OF Turkish subicCts,
living in certain provinces, irrespective
of creed or race
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WASHINGTON. u. g. Jan, i2-The
Rspiiblicnu aenators held q brief caucus
after the adjournment OF the seuata to-
day 1nd decided In case the emergency
should arise they would support sena-
tor Frye FOR president pro trm OF ""
ssr,ta II was suggested na probable
that me Vice president might be unex-
f5rrt.dly absent nt aOme time and In
that event Il would be woll for. the He-
publicuna to be- prepared for the occa-
Tion No vote was taken, hut the suR-
gestion met with unanimous favor.
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The ZeItung Denisa n.

BERLIN. Jan. l5-The National EEL
tung observes that Emperor william
may have alluded 10 the Transyaal In
his recent letters 10 the queen. with
whom he frequently corresponds. But,
adds the National ZeItung. II may be
reSarded as certain that no correspond
ence has been exchanged between them
partaSlng oS the nature OF 4 state or
T,,ftff-al acf
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NEW YORK, Jan. t3.-Ex- President
tt,rr4son called upon Mrs Stanford.
Uld0v OF the late Senator Stanford. Of
california, this morning. After brief
conference with that lady he called up
on ex-Iudgs Dillon Ia regard 70 the
Stanford irrigation sult which the eN-
Pre1ldrnt II pushing In Washington.
Thlg suit Will not come up until Thurs
day and General Harrison will not
leave the city uDtil Wednesday at!er-
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CAMPOS WORRIED.
The Spanish Commander Said to
be Dishcartened at Last.
THE INSURGENTS ADVANTAGE
In Being Mounted Causes Him to
Mount His Infantry.
THE DESTRUCTION CONTINUES.

cabans Barn Two Towns In sight ofHa-
vana, while the Spanish Army Is Appar-
snuy s-orowlns Unsasinss. at
shs caPltAl-Psoyss Fear an UprIs,ns
There, hut the Authorities, as Usual,
Langb at the Idsa-A Number OF En-
sas,msnt. Reported = Movements OF
Both Armies.