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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The opportunity to buy the DAMS,
islands in the West Indies, ST, Tbor..
Santa Cruz and st. John is ono q,
country ought to improve. The rea.,,
Denmark is willing to sell, as ia On,
posed, is that they have ceased n !,
profitable to the mother country-N,
deficiency in the case of ST. Thom,.
which the Copenhagen government :.
compelled to make good amounting .,
nually, to $50, 600. Secretary Soua,a
negotiated treaty for their purcbss.
in 1865, but the senate refused 10 cor
firm it, partly because of the RennhS
can hatred of President johnson and
his administration ard partly becans.
of fear lest more ungovernable soutben
territory be called to the Union, Tbss.
islands are not very big-Santa Cruz
has only 81 square mics, st. John q
and st. Thomas 33-but the latter Ia.
an excellent harbor and would make an
ideal naval and coaling station.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

Secretary Carlisle Issued u circular
at midnight Sunday night inviting
bids for 500, 900. 600 30 year 1 per
cent. bonds. with a requirement OF
alternative bids for 3 per cent. bonds
| in ease congress should authorize their
issue before Feb. 5, the date named
on which all the bids will be opened.
| The righteous sentiment of the country
is therefore obeyed and the effort
made to secure a popular loan. instead
of allowing a syndicate to squeeze the
government SO. 600, coo or Sl2, 900, 600
for floating IT, Just what basis there
was for the syndicate movement re
mains Il mystery. j. =. Morgan. the
man who organized it, writes letter
admitting that he had not Il particle
of authority from Secretary Carlisle for
his action and President Cleveland was
very wrathful about it. Probably the
truth will turn out to be that "A lot of |
big spectators, remembering how the !
government was squeezed last winter |
believed that it could be done again. |
if IA corner could be effected in the
available supply Of goods and went To
work To make il by inviting subscrip-
ions to the issue. How ropuat loan
vi turn out remains 10 be seen also.
The government need is of gold to
maintain the gold reserve. which has
DOW snak 10 SIS, 0o0.000, not of money
IF which there is now over $3.50. 600. 600
N the treasury, and the subscriptions
must be paid in gold, and in gold that
will not be at once drawn out Of the
reasury, as was the case with next to
he last bond issue. Practically all of {
he gold available for the substitution {
$ held in the vaults of national and
tate banks. many of which had been
rawn into the syndicate There rx-
SITS great temptation to these banks
OLD back. to let the public loan
rove failure, and 10 force the whole
sue of bonds now worth III in open
'o'h0A 'hto INT hdhuS VI tne syndicate
be divided up among them on the
asis of bid of l0o on there abouts.
ut it would be a tremendous mistake.
hey are as much, even more. inter
'ted in averting a drop TO a silver
asis than any one else in the country;
ut If they allow themselves to be used
squeeze the government by the syn-
cate scheme, in other words if they
'rsist in maintaining distinction :
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
The Boston Herald has hoen mo

The Boston Herald has been making
an investigation Of the workings Of tbs
Law and Order League in Nes
Hampshire in the enforcement 4,
prohibition. and while of cours.
there are many earnest and conscie1
tious people connected with the work
the Herald finds it to be full of rotten
ness and blackmail, lot of rumseer.
being practically protected by paving
tribute TO officials of the league. "a
vorcd dealers being warned when raid.
are coming, cases being settled out Of
court and complaints withdrawn for a
consideration etc. etc. 1t is a sor,ot
thing that seems To- be insenarahlp
from wrong law.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The wool growers association, which
exists chiefly to advocate self-defeat-
ing wool tariff, is far from satisfied
with the protection now proposed by
the Republicans. Judge Lawrence,
the head of the association, writes IA
letter denounciDg the Dingley bill in
this particular in urmcasured terms.
He pronounces il an outrageous wrong
to wool growers, aud says il ''gives
them no protectionat all: inadequate
protection is no better than free wool. ;;
The judge also frankly avows in this
letter that the Mckinley act was
failure in tho matter CT protecting
wool growers, saving:
Under it prices of woods constantly |
declined, and the inevitable result |
would soon have been IL failure to Sc
cure prosperity to American sheep |
husbandry. Even in Texas, where
the cost of growing wool is as low, if
not less, than in any other state,
sheep declined in numbers from 4, 21S,
So in 1890 to 1850, 269 in 1894
He admits substantially the whole
Democratic argument on this subject.
Under the high Mckinley tariff prices
constantly declined; under the free
wool of the Wilson bill, they have
risen in spite of the hard times This
has always been the experience all
through our history, and that of the
whole civilized world:as we'll, wherever
the different systems have been
tried. Judge Lawrence thinks this /.
proves the need of piling on a higher
WOOL tariff than was ever before known.
But the rational view is that it proves
he ACCESSIBILITY Of continuing a policy
hat has changed downward tendency ,
VI prices to an upward one
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Two Lives Saved.

Irs. Phoebe Thomas, of junction
y, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
1 Consumption and that there was
hope for her, but two bottles of DIR.
ig's New Discovery completely cured
and she says it saved her life. Mr..
'ps. Eggers, 139 Florida ST., San
ncisco, suffered from dreadful
4, approaching Consumption, tried
bout result everything else then
ght one bottle OF DIR. Kings New
covcry and in two weeks was cured.
is naturally thankful. 1t is such
Its. of which these are samples,
prove the wonderful efficacy Of
medicine in Coughs and Colds.
trial bottles at r. ..len X
Drug Store. Regi--s-- - 90.
sl.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

G. NJ. Wilds, Joel G. Baker and
Judge L. M. Read the committee on
Jurisprudence and law reform, instruct
ed to report notifications of our system
of pleading and practise at the adj
iourned meeting of the Bar Association
ut Montpelier next week, have sent
printed copies of their report to mem
bers of the association to be studied
before the meeting. The substance of
the report. which recommends the Mas.
sachusetts procedure and system sub
stantially that of the Field code, was
given in the Reformer several weeks
uun
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

England has her hands pretty full OF
foreign complications these days. The
steady strengthening Of the Russian
hold on China, Korea, and remote
Eastern affairs in general, the still
unsettled and bloody problem of what
to do with her truculent protegc, the
Turk, and the perennial Egyptian
question, are succeeded first by the
diplomatic brush with this country
over Venezuela and then by the South
African defeat, which has brought
strained relations with Germany. En-
peror William promptly on receipt OF
the news Of the defeat of the Jameson
tilibusterers, telegraphed his congratu-
lations to President Kruger on his sue
cess in maintaining the independence
OF his country. Whereat John Bull is
very wrathy, even while pretending that
he is in no way involved in Jameson 3
operations William since makes a
sort of apology, saying he did not
mean to offend England but merely to
encourage the free states Of South A
RIGA to maintain their independence.
But Germany's interests in South
Africa, as we'll as Italy's and Frances
are 80 far antagonistic to England's,
that Europe will not believe that the
telegram of congratulation was intend
ed for anything less than notice OF
hands off, to England. The British
papers are of course full of bluff and
there is plenty of talk of war on all
sides. But there is no danger of il. |
England is too absolutely without a |
friend among tho powers to risk a war
N the present state of European
iffairs, and besides the English PEG
olecan be trusted not to permit it for so
an unjust cause as either
hat against Venezuela or Transvaal.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The place for holding the state con-
vention of Young Republicans Feb. II
has been changed from Rutland toMont-
PETER, The Montpelier business men
nave subscribed 5000 towards paying
the expenses, and this is almost as
satisfactory to the boys as a definite
promise of offices. 1t is said that a
strong effort will he made to secure
tho attendance of Speaker Reed at the
convention
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Bucklen's Arnica saiye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price - cents per box. For sale by +.
II. Hnl,ien d Co. adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The news from Cuba continues L
grow more exciting. The Spanish
campaign shows every sign Of collapse.
The rebel armies after marching The
entire length of the island. have now
i appeared within d dozen miles OF
Havana, and have penetrated Prince
! del Rio, the westcrnmost province
burning every plantation in their
course whose owner would not agree
not to grind any sugar this year, and
utterly destroying Guira Mclena.a i'm
portant village of 1000 inhabitants.
! The zone included in the country
about the villages Of Quiyican, Duran
and San Felipe in the southern part
Of the province of Iiabana has been
swept clean by the destructive touch
of the insurgents. whose tactics are
designed to prevent revenue 10 Spain
from the sugar crop. without which she
cannot obtain another foreign loan. In
Gripping her finances she is attacked
at vital point. Meanwhile the Span.
ish General has withdrawn the greater
part of his troops FROM the cast. and
has concentrated nearly the whole OF
his army for the defence of Havana.
He is supposed to have about 10 times
as many troops as the rebels. but they
seem powerless To resist or eifectuallv |
hinder the plans OF the insurgent leader !.
whose campaign has been one OF mas |
tcrly ability and who is liable to attack |
Havana any day. and To be aided bv |
an uprising of its populace in the
rear of the Spaniards Gen. Campos
excuses the failure of his campaign by
saying that the rebel Gomez won't
stand still long enough for a battle
and can't be successfully pursued be-
'ause the peasantry sympathizing with
lin will never betray his movements.
lie says Gomez has apparently divided
lis forces into flying columns that ,
ppear in unexpected places and at
Unexpected times, strike sharp blow !
1 q disappear before the slow moving
'paniards can stir themselves in pur.
uit. But after all this can be only
partia explanation. Delegate
alma, the official representative in
his country of the Cuban revolution
ry government appeared at Washing
ID Tuesday, accompanied by other
'aders in the cause, TO appeal or the
'cognition of beligerent rights. He
iys the lack of money is the reason .
ny the Cubans have not been able 70 "
'cupy port, and SO comply with one C
the usually accepted, conditions of
cognition OF belligerency. He saws
would be easy 10 take and occupy a =
ut but because the Cubans have No
IVY to defend it from attacks nv sea
Touid be Impossible to hold il. IF
ey mad beligerent rights, bonds
uld be hoated, money raised ara
users placed upon the sea.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Old People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidn, VS. will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
tiers. This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whiskey nor other in
toyicant. but acts as tonic and altera-
tive. Ii acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and giving
tone Ia the organs, thereby aiding Ma
turr in the performance If tho func-
tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion Old
People find it Just exactly what they
need. Price fifty cents per bottle at
+. III. Holden s Co. g Drug Store
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The New York Evening Post, which
has been so pettishly unfair in is treat
ment of the Venezuela question as to
almost justify the old Republican
istrictures upon mug wump journals,
Exhibits its twist clearly when it says
that in our negotiations with France
with view to the expulsion of the
ainvadors under Maximilian from Mex
aico, no reference was made either by
Secretary Seward or Minister Bigelow
to the Monroe doctrine. This is true
literally but false in spirit. 1t so
happens that the words Monroe doc
Frine" do not themselves appear in the
correspondence but the principles of
It, the ideas and arguments on which
i t stands, were presented over and
5ver again. In fact the correspondence
made it so plain that it was the Mon
zoe doctrine involved that there was
30 need of stating that it was tho Mon
Zoe doctrine.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

W. III. Trainor, the supreme presi
dent of the A. 2, A. issues "a cirular
in which Reed and Allison, as well as
Cleveland are condemned for their
"pro -papai' attitude and Harrison
and Gov. Bradley of Kentucky recon-
mended as worthy of A. P. A.support.
Mr.. Trainor says large number OF
members of congress are also members
of tho A. p. A., and pledged to meas
ures in the interest of its policy which
will be introduced in the House during
the present session.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

Butler, the North Carolina Populist
senator, told little moro truth than
the dispatches recorded at the time,
about the trade, by which the free
silver men were given control of the
Senate Finance committee in return
for Populist support of the reorganiza-
tion scheme by which the offices were
secured to the Republicans. The
Populists, Butler said. invited orig
inaily .the cooperation of the free
silver senators of both parties, with a
view to free silver organization of
the committees. Neither the Republi
cans nor Democrats would join in this,
and so the next best plan was adopted
and carried through, and it amounts
to practically the same thing.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
STATE or OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO,

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he I. ti4
senior partner OF the firm OF y. j. CHENEY q,
doing business In the City of Toledo. (oun.r
and State aforesaid, and that said firm viii mai
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLA RS for esr.
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cnrrd
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn TO before me and subscribed In mr.
presence, the 9Th day Of December, A. d., lgs
SEAL a. W. GLEASON
I Notary P,5I
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and aet.
ulrectiy on the blood and mucous surfaces Al
the system. Send for testimonials free.
FL CHENEY Il co, Toledo. o.
"a Sold by Druggists, 1G.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

Tho recent vigorous enforcement OF
the prohibitory law in different parts
Of the state appears like Il movement
to secure te repeal of the law" Yer
mont correspondent Boston journal
1t is the best commentary on tho
law that effort towards thorough en-
forcement is so universally followed
by these plans of trying to repeal tho
lnu,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

1t is now announced by his home
newspaper that Geo. M. Powers of
Morrisivllc will not be n candidate for
the Republican nomination for secre'
tary of state
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
TINE REF0RMER.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1896.

The statistics show Just 655 moro
firms and individuals engaged in the
liquor business in prohibtorys Iowa
than in FREQ whisky Kentucky.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

in favor of gold, if cyEallow the loan
to fail. either in being taken up, or IN
drawing the gold right out of the
treasury again, there is grave danger
that the patience of the country
will be exhausted, that even sound
money men will conclude that il is
time to stop adding millions year to
maintain a system which great imam
cial interests are constantly attacking
for profit, and will let the free silver
agitator have their way. There IS
for an exhibition Of patri-
otism on the part of the banks, and
the indications are that it will be i'm
proved.
The n. !. World has dispatches
from several hundred Of them promis
ing to take in the aggregate go, 600,
300 of the bonds. The offers received
at the treasury are secret as yet. But
SO far as appears the banks taking
hold are the small country ones; the
big city institutions are holding aloof.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

Emerson g. Son are this week adj
missing rut prices that will surely in
,crcel all Intending purchasers of car
pets. ads.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
FOR EVENING WEAR.

Ladies' Fancy Slippers.
Satin slippers that vcrr ,,u
$3.50.
Any pair at $40,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-14

velocity of rotation and also to deter
mine how much more power it takes
to throw a curved bali than a straight
ball. He says that there is a radical
difference it being surprising to learn
how much more power it requires to
send curved ban at the same speed
as a straight ball.
Mr. Hinton's gun is a success in the
opinion of all that have seen it. At
the patent office. where he has APP
piled for a patent. it is said to be the
first thing Of its kind ever presented
The Princeton men are enthusiastic in
their praise of ii, but Capt. Bradley
has raised two points about ii. The
first is the easier to remedy. 1t is that
the fingers being in full view of the
batsnan, he will know what kind of
curve is coming. To obviate this Mr..
Hinton has devised for his new gun a
metal hood that will hide the fingers.
The second point raised has been al
ready referred to. The batsman has
not the moving arm of the pitcher
to warn him of the coming ball and in
addition to that. there is lacking in
the flight of the ball a certain move
ment due to the swing of the arm.
Mr.. Hinton says that he will fix this in
new machine of the catapult order
that he is working on. He is not yet
ready to give any of the details of this
machine. He says. however, that the
chief difiiculty-how to make the
curves-he has solved, and now he is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-14
BASEBALL WITH A GUN.
The Princeton Team to Practice With
a Pitching Machine.
A Gun Constructed by Member Of the Faculty
Which Shoots Curves at Any Velocity The.
Gun and the Difficulties Overcome in Get
ing X to Work.

Not the least part of Princeton's tri-
umph in football this year was due to
the hard and true tackling of her men,
at least so the sharps say, and this
tackling was due in it's turn largely to
the much-discussed tackling machine
that hangs in Princetons gymnasium.
And jus, as her success in football this
year was due partly to mechanical
continuance, so in baseball next spring
Capt. Bradley is counting on the hard
est hitting team old Nassau ever put on
the diamond, and it's hard-hitting abil-
ity is to be due largely to practice with
a pitching machine, the invention of c.
H. Hinton. one of the instructors in
mathematics in the university.
Properly speaking it is not a machine,
but a gun which a man carries in his
arms. and which he can shoot a base
ball at any speed and give an out-curvc
and an in-curve, drop, and rise, the
last, however. being practically a very
swift straight ball. for Mr.. Hinton has
not yet succeeded in overcoming the
law of gravitation. He thinks it pos
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-14

different shapes of fingers, round and
fat, and finally hit on those which he
now uses with great success There is
an iron projection four inches long,
screwed into the rim of the false muz-
zle To this projection are screwed
two thin plates. : inches long. 2a4 inch
es apart. Their inside edge-that
nearest the muzzIe-is filed out so as
to form an arc of circle the radius of
which is three feet These plates are
three-siXteenths of an inch thick, and
their curved edges are covered With
rubber. cemented to the plates. The
ball. elected from the muzzle, grazes
these fingers. 1t is thus retarded on
one side. getting in that way the ro-
tary motion. and the ball, in its fight,
curves toward the side on which it's
motion has been retarded. By the
false muzZle these fingers can be
placed in any position. Thus. if placed
Oh the left side. they give an outcurve;
on the right, an incurve: on top.
drop. and on the bottom, a rise. the
oretically, but in point Of fact the
ball from that direction has a flat ira
jectory.
The gun is Of the simplest descrip-
ton, but the results are surprising. In
a space of seventy feet Mr.. Hinton
gets a curve of fourteen inches. This
curve begins about twenty feet from
the muzzle Of the cannon. and is
sharp. though not perfect arc. with
decided drop al the end. BY wind
sights placed on the cannon a person
can get SO expert in a short time that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-14
THE EXPERIMENTAL GU

iron rods seven inches long, and so
covered with layers of rubber that at
one end they had a diameter of one
half inch. and at the other diameter
of one inch. These he purposed to
screw into the rim of the false muZzle
If the gun, the small end on the in
side, so that the ball would strike it
Immediately on its delivery from the
nluzzle and would run along the fin
gers as it goes off human fingers, and
get a curve without being detected.
a problem that faced him Immediately
vas how far these fingers should lac
distant from each other. He could get
no satisfactory answer from any
pitchers as to how far their fingers are
apart when they deliver the ball, so
that he had to go ahead and find out
for himself. He put in two holes in
the rim of the false muzzle one-sixth
liking the looks of the holes he had
four more put in for the sake of sym
metry. He first put the fingers in two
holes next to each other. There was
no curve; the ball was simply defect
"a from its course. Then at the sug-
ocsti0n of Jack McNlasters, the
Princeton trainer, he skipped a hole
so that the fingers We're one-third Of
the circumference apart. The first
trial was successful. There was
most decided curve in the flight of the
hall.
Still not satisfied, Mr.. Hinton tried
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hams Vegc-

table Compound for twenty years has
been the one and only effective remedy
in such cases. 1t speedily removes the
cause and effectually restores the
organs to healthy and normal condi-
ton. Mrs. Pinkham cheerfully answers
all letters from ailing women who
require advice, without charge. Thou
sands OF cases like this are recorded.
81 have taken one-half dozen bottles
of Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Com.
pound, and it has relieved me from all
pain. ] cannot tell you the agony
endured for years pains in my back
ooh, the backache was dreadful , and
bearing-down pains in the abdomen
extending down into my limbs; head
ache and nausea, and very painful
transformations. Ihad grown very thin,
mere shadow of my former self.
Now ! am without a single pain and
am gaining in flesh rapidly "-MArrEr
glenn, 1864 Dudley ST, Cincinnati,