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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

1t will be seen that the per cent of ex-
penses of Vermont is less than that of anv of
the other New England states, except New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. New
Hampshire is, perhaps, more nearly like
Vermont than any other of the New Eng
land states Her valuation is considerably
more, which will, in part, no doubt, account
for the less percentage of expenses | be-
lieve that the court expenses OF New Hamp-
shire and OF some of the other states mem
toned are paid by the several counties in
which the courts are held, 80 the compari-
son is unfavorable to Vermont 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that the bonded
indebtedness Of Vermont is very much
smaller than any other of the New England
states, so that much larger proportion of
our expenditures are for current expenses
than in any other OF those states. While
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

improved so wonder
fully from the first
that | at once dis
missed the physicians.
She now eats and
sleeps well and does
her own housework
We have recommend
ed your remedies TO a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

On motion of Senator Dean of Addison,
1t was resolved that committee OF two
senators and three representatives be ar
CONTINUED ON SEVENTH PAaR.l
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14
Village Charters.

call your attention to the report Of the
commissioners appointed by me under Res
olntion No. 34S, Acts of 1894, to investigate
village charters. l concur in their conclu
sions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

roads in Caledonia or any other county?
This argument is not forcefIl when applied
to the state school tax, as education is
necessary for the moral and religious well
fare OF a people, and when the weaker COM
munities of state are unable to maintain
proper schools the stronger communities
should assist them. Is there not tendency
now to look to the state for assistance for
many things that the towns and counties
should do themselves2 All these questions
should be determined by the law of right
and not by the law of might. I have conf
dence in the fairness and good judgment Of
the people of Vermont and believe that in
the end they will do what is just and right.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

Vermont, average total expenses
per anuum for last biennial term, $50 567 II 8
Vermont, average ordinary expen-
per annum for last biennial
term..,.... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. iS3567 II 2
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

The report of the commissioner appointe,
by me under Resolution No. 347, Acts o
1894, relating to uniformity OF laws in tn,
several states, will be placed before you
and will be of interest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
The Spirit of Modern Athens.

Modern Athens, which recalls in 50
many ways the Athens of ancient days,
has inherited from her the privilege Of
being beautiful and enriched by her
children. The public treasury was not
always very well filled in those times
any more than in the present, but
wealthy citizens who had made for
tunes at distance liked to crown their
commercial career by some act of lib
crafty to the mother country. They
endowed the land with superb edifices
Of general utility-theaters, gymna-
STA, temples. The modern city is like
wise full Of monuments which she owes
to such generosity. 1t was easy to OBJ
tain from private individuals what the
state could not give. The Olympic
games had burned with go bright lus-
ter in the past of the Greeks that they
could not but have their revival at
heart.-"The Olympic Games of 1896,
by Baron Pierre de Caubertin, in the
Century.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
PERSONALS.

Richard Croker will return to this
country in December.
r. D. Jefferson has completed the
feat of riding bicycle distance Of
6,574 miles in $50 days.
Mrs, Mary G. C. Bradford has added
600 members to the suffragist clubs
since her arrival in Idaho.
Every morning Mrs. John Burns, wife
Of the great labor leader, reads for
four hours before breakfast.
Gov Budd, of California, says he
thinks the fraudulent coyote scalp
claims will aggregate $4,000.
The sultan of Turkey of late has been
given quite a number Of nicknames.
The last to come to the surface is that
of "Hamid the Hangman."
DR.. Livingstone used to tell how,
while travelling in Africa, he was so
hard set for food that he made meal
of two mice and light, blue-colored
mole.
The queen of the Netherlands Is not
as strong as might be, and it has been
decided to take her to Italy, and, per-
haps, to Egypt, for good part of the
winter.
Car Nicholas has become patron CT
literature. He has commissioned M.
Istomine to make a collection of the
popular songs and patriotic ballads OF
his empire.
Mr.. George Faudel-Phillips, the new
lord mayor-elect of London, is the
fourth Jew to hold that Office. His
father, Sir Benjamin Phillips, who was
lord mayor in 1866, was the second.
Sir Henry Irving is one of the best
swordsmen in England. He has prac-
ticed scientific workmanship for
many years. One Of his fencing mas
tiers was Prof. McLaren, now Of Olym-
pia.
The oldest living graduate of Har-
ward is DR.. William Lambert Russell
of Barre, Mass, who was in the class
Of '26. He is also senior alumnus Of
the medical school, being in the class
of 81.
The Belgian government has just
conferred the civic cross of the first
class upon a man of the name OF
Achilles Vandercamp, in recognition Of
his having saved the Nfe Of King Leo
pold.
Emile lola spends money with Law,
ish hand. His house at Milan cost
100000 francs, and the objects of arr
which IL contains are worth 100000
more. One table in his drawing-room
cost $4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
vIRrug lrs own REWARD.
Here Is One Woman Who Firmly BE,
lIeVea IL.

IeVCb ALs
II have been young and now am old"
said one OF the charming middle-aged
women of the period, whose looks belle
the baptismal register, and who rather
enjoy arrogatihg to themselves the wis
dom and experience OF age, says the
New York Tribune. "And / have
reached that period of life," she con-
tinued, when can look back and see
results and note how seldom those who
are born with silver spoons In their
mouths, as the saying is, have the sill
yer fork when they are grown up.
When look back and remember who
were the jeunesse doree of my youth
the men whose lives and positions
above all others seemed particularly
9nviable and desirable-and then look
about me and see how few Of those who
were called men of pleasure in those
days have attained an honorable and
useful middle age, feel that l can
preach a sermon to my boys and their
friends with object lessons that ought
20 make 1t very impressive. Some are
poor, having spent health and sub
stance, like the prodigal son, in riotous
living. Even those who have appar-
emily not suffered in purse or health
are set Of disconnected, blase, weary
worldlings, who go over the same tread
mill Of fashionable existence year by
year without pleasure or profit. An
other thing l have noticed from my
vantage ground Of lifelong experience
is that, IL only as a purely worldly
maxim, honesty Is certainly the best
policy. Many a brilliant man have
seen who has destroyed his prospects by
the crooked ways in which he sought
to better himself financially, politically,
and even socially, whereas If he walked
hOnorably before all men he would have
gained the worlds good opinion, and in
many instances the very things he
coveted. And finally there are the
young married couples Of my youth. In
nine cases out of ten those Of my friends
who married poor young men, and who
gave up the luxuries Of their homes
to prove veritable helpmeets to the men
OF their choice, are now almost without
exception prosperous, and in many
cases, wealthy while those men and girls
who married for money are, as a rule,
greatly In want of 1t. BE good and
you will be happy is the old maxim,
and certainly it seems true from a ma
terialistic as we'll as from religious
point OF view"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
An Eye to Business.

II was directed to you as the leading
huckster Of this county" said Mr..
Stormington Barnes.
That's what am" was the reply.
can by watching the corners closely
have built up business in eggs and
vegetables that I'm proud Of"
"Of course. There are varieties Of
greatness. Just as am a great actor
you are a great huckster, wish to
offer you an opportunity for an in
vestment that is right in your line"
"'Tain't in show ticket, then"
"Of course not. want to know how
much you will pay me for the sweep
ing-up privileges after my perform
ance tomorrow night. Washington
Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
SANKEY'S MOST FAMOUS HYMN
The Sudden Inspiration from q News
paper Poem.

paper Poem.
At a gathering recently in Denver
Mr.. Ira w. Sankey, before singing "The
Ninety and Nine" which perhaps of all
his compositions Is the one that has
brought him the most fame, gave an
account Of its birth, says the Outlook.
Leaving Glasgow for Edinburgh with
Mr.. Moody, he stopped at news stand
and bought penny religious paper.
CHANGING over 1t as they rode on the
cars his eyes fell upon few little
verses in the corner Of the page. Turn
ing to Mr.. Moody, he said: i've found
my hyRn." But Mr.. Moody was busily
engaged and did not hear word. Mr..
Sankey did not find time to make a
tune for the verses, so he pasted them
In his music scrap-book. One day they
had an unusually impressive meeting
In Edinburgh in which DR.. Bonar had
spoken with great effect on "The Good
Shepherd" At the close of the ad-
dress Mr.. Moody beckoned to his part
ner to sing something appropriate. At
first he could think Of nothing but the
twenty-third psalm, but that he had
sung so often; his second thought was
to sing the verses he had found in the
newspaper; but the third thought was,
how could 1t be done when he had no
tune for them? Then fourth thought
came, and that was to sing the verses
anyway, He put the verses before him,
touched the keys Of the organ, opened
his mouth and sang, not knowing where
he was going to come out. He finished
the first verse amid profound silence.
He took a long breath, and wondered
II he could sing the second the same
way. He tried it and succeeded. After
that 1t was easy to sing 1t. When he
finished the hymn the meeting was all
broken down-the throngs were crying
and the ministers were sobbing all
around him. Mr.. Sankey says 1t was
the most intense moment Of his life.
From that moment 1t was a popular
hymn. Mr.. Moody said at the time
that he had never heard song like
that. II was sung at every meeting,
and was soon going over the world.
While travelling in the highlands of
Scotland short time later Mr.. Sank.
ey received letter from a lady at Mel
rose thanking him for singing the
verses written by her sister. That sis
ter was Elizabeth G. Clephane. He
wished to call it ''The Lost Sheep" but
Mr.. Moody insisted upon calling 1t
Ninety and Nine" whenever he an
nounced it, Mr.. Sankey firmly believes
that God inspired him to sing that
song with such effect and the honor
should be His.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

"Is 1t likely?" she said flercely. "a
good woman! How should | be good
woman? tell you, I'm the piece that
was lost, and nobody ever looked for
me. If was good woman, do you
suppose | should be where l be-only
% years old, well and hearty, and
every door In the world shut in my
face? l tell you the man who wrote
that story didn't know women; they
don't hunt for the piece that's lost,
they just let 1t go. There's enough of
them and don't get lost"
Poor Martha Rogers was sorely per-
picked, all the more that her way had
lain so smooth and plain before her
that she might have walked into 1t
blindly. If she was a lost piece of
silver, it was not she who lost it: but
what II 1t were the Masters, precious
to his heart, and careless hand
dropped it and left 1t to lie in the dust?
And what If he babe her to seek it, and
find 1t for him? Should she dare re-
fuse? On this very day, when she
needed so surely the help which she had
80 looked for in vain, had not this
woman been sent to her very door,
and was 1t not plain leading of Prov
idence? 1t is blessed thing for us
that we are usually driven to act first
and theorize afterward, even though
the after-thought sometimes brings re-
pentance. The bread was ready for
the oven and the woodbox empty.
you may fetch in some wood" said
Martha Rogers, and the woman
promptly obeyed, filling the box with
one load Of her sinewy arms, and then
stood humbly waiting Hetty came in
to the kitchen and began to clear the
table, but her mother said, go upstairs
and fetch a big apron and one of our
sewing caps, and see if you can finish
up your Dress"
Away went Hetty, her light heart
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
HERE'S A NEW COUNTRY!
NEW HOPEi NEW OPPORTUN1T1Esl
THE LAND of SUNSHINE and PLENTY
MILD CLIMADE, FERTILE SOIL, CHEAP
LANDS.

The building of the Kansas City, Pitts
burg & Gulf Railroad -. Port Arthur
Route-has opened up a country in
Western Missouri and Arkansas thai
cannot be excelled as an agricultural
and fruit growing country. No other
country in America presents so many
golden opportunities to the home
seeker, manufacturer or speculator. It
Is land of sunshine and plenty, where
you can work out of doors 10 months
in the year instead of six months. No
hot winds in summer, no blizzards in
winter Lands are cheap along this
new line of road, because this
country has heretofore been remote
from railroad. Mild climate, healthy
and pleasant
You should also see the new division
town of Mena, Polk Co.. Ark. 1t is a
good illustration of what pluck and
enterprise can do-build city of $500
people in 90 days. Mena is surrounded
by tributary country capable of sus-
tanning city of 100000 people.
Homeseeker's tickets-one fare for
the round trip, plus $500 - can be
bought at all principal northern and
eastern railroad points on Nov. 18th,
Dec. 1st and 18th. Don't miss these
opportunities.
For full information, address
f. A. HoRN5ECK,
LAND COMMISSIONERS.
7th and WyandOtte sts., Kansas City, Mo-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY

The man who kan get the most truth
into the fewest words, IL the best fell
low going.
The cheapest and best eddikashun
kno ov IL to learn from the experiences
ov others.
We are too apt to look upon Fate az
sumthing that anticipates us. We make
our own fate, and too often out ov very
poor materials.
We are set ov conceited asses emmy
how. We think we kan see right thru
ennyboddy, but don't think ennyboddy
kan see haff an inch into us.
Yung fellow, think ov this: Tho
world won't Civ yu emmy kredit for the
mony that yu hav squandered, but
what yu make, and hang onto, they
will.
The more branes a party has got, the
more eddikashun they kan stand. The
richest and strongest ground will take
the most manure; weak soils are ct up
bi it.
We are Citing so highly eddikated
and civilized, that 1t IL easer to prove
a Ii now days than it was the truth a
hundred years ago.
Snobs are ov all patterns and all de-
grees. Emmy man or woman IL a snob
who trys to gain bi pretenshun the no.
tiss or respekt which y due only to
kapasity and honesty,
Human nature is cheerful study.
Dig out spring bi the roadside, fix it
ND with a nice half barrel to hold the
water, place nu tin dipper bi the side
ov it, and then see how long it will
be before the weary traveller, after
slakeing hiz thirst, will steal the dip
per.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

A glance in an Atlanta book store
yesterday made this striking truth
stand forth
Death is sometimes a big advertise
ment.
In no department Of human effort do
men put forth such terrific energy as
in their attempts to catch the public
eye. Men rack their brain for ingeni-
GUS schemes to attract public attention
The good advertiser is the rareSt and
richest of successes.
But some times all the cleverness
and ingenuity Of these brain workers
are beaten-aud Unexpectedly.
Du Maurier's death last week was
an advertisement for Harper Bros.
which no idea they might dig out of
their brains could excel. 1t has started
great rush after last months Har-
per's, which contained the frat install
ment of "The Martian," Du Maurier's
new story, and third edition of the
number is now being fast exhausted.
Those who cannot find the magazine
are investing in Peter Ibbetson," and
if there happen to be any who have not
read "Trilby" they invest in that. The
book dealers will tell you that in the
past four days there has been a Won
derful demand for Du Maurier's works.
This great author who has added
thousands to the Golfers of the Har-
pers by his life, is adding thousands
to their profits by the mere fact of his
death.-Atlanta Constitution.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
To Be Expected.

There was recently a public sale Of
the effects of a deceased artist, who,
though he never had any money and
was always at the end Of his resources,
managed to accumulate considerable
amount of bric-a-brac, chiefly for use
in his trade. All these things were sold
for the benefit Of his needy widow.
Among the items on the published
catalogue was the following eloquent
one: zone money box, decorated, quite
unused"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
AAAAAAAAAAAAAO
! the PIECE THAT WAS LOST. Z


It was a midsummer morning. The
grass was waiting for the scythe, but
after breakfast Silas Rogers took down
the old bible that had been his moth
er's daily companion for over eighty
years, and they sat reverently down
10 worship. The reading was that ten
der lesson of the wandering sheep, and
the lost piece of silver, and ended with
the heavenly rejoicing "over the sim
ner that repenteth," and after the earn
est, though homely prayer, they were
ready for work. Abner, the hired man,
and Reuben, the boy as they started
out Of the house, almost stumbled over
a woman sitting in the doorway, ab-
sorbed in thought. Sllas looked at her'
but did not stay to question her. Ana
when they were gone, she rose
abruptly and said, "Will you give me
some breakfast"
Mrs. Rogers looked at her. She was
a tall and not uncomely woman OF
about thirty, but with something In
dehnably evil about her face. The hard
mouth, the bold, defiant eyes, repealed
her, yet it seemed as II at any instant
they might break into scornful tears.
who are your" asked the good wife
coming nearer, with pan of bread
in her hand. Again the face darkened
and lightened, grew hard and yield
ing, with the sudden declaration, Il
am the piece that was lost"
Martha Rogers had not particle OF
poetry in her nature, but she had the
most profound reverence for the Scrip
ture, therefore the words both puzzled
and shocked her. But she was not the
woman to refuse bread to the hungry;
30 she placed food upon the table, and
motloned the woman to chair, say
ing, set up and eat"
All the time that the woman was eat
ing-and she did not hasten-her eyes
followed the mistress and Hetty, the
bright young daughter until Martha
Rogers grew nervous and sent Hetty
to red up the chambers"
"Will you give me work to do?" abe
demanded rather than asked.
who are your" asked Mrs. Rogers
again, simply to gain time.
II thought you knew. am Mol
Pritchard; they have turned me out Of
my house, burned 1t over my head"
and her eyes grew lurid.
What can you do?" asked Mrs.
Rogers.
Anything that a woman can do, or
a man. can work in the field with
the best of them have done 1t many
a time; but should like to do what
TO be like other women"
Are you a good woman"
The question came straight anu
strong, without any faltering. She had
heard Of this Moll Prltchard, a woman
who lived alone in a tumble down hut
below the sawmlll, and won meager
living by weaving rag carpets, picking
berries for sale, and, 1t was suspected
In less reputable ways but Martha Ro-
gers took no stock in idle rumors. II
she had not the divine compassion, she
had something like divine justice,
which is altogether a sweeter thing in
Its remembering of our frame than
the tender mercies Of the wicked"
The woman lookedat her curiously-
at first with hooking smile, then
with sullen, and at last with defiant
expression.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
A Sure Sign.

II saw Muggins on his front porch
this evening smoking cigar; it must
be that his wife is away"
What makes you think so?"
why, when she's at home he smokes
a brier-root pipe and tries to look eco
nomical. Buffalo Express.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
Space and Temperature,

A footstep sounded upon the stair.
II shall be cold and distant with him."
she murmured. 1t would be easy to be
cold, since the janitor never started
the steam until October 1, but how to
be distant in fiat of that size was
not readily pparent.-Detroit Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
A Chem Hnrse.

A man in Lawrenceville, Ca, re-
Gently sold his horse for 25 cents He
had put it up at auction once before,
but, as he could not get even that sum
for it, he did not sell.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
CAVALRY IN BATTLE.
coNFEDERATEs NEGLECTED AN
IMPORTANT BRANCH.
This Contributed Mach to tho Final Over
throw of tho Southern Army--Tbe Part
That Cavalry Plays Cannot Be Over
estimated by the Best Commander.

\HE son of a Con-
federate officer, Mr..
Duncan Rose, con-
tributes a paper to
, the Century on
! why the Confed-
eracy Failed" This
failure he attrib-
utes to three lead
ing cause.-the ex-
cessive issue of pa
per money, the pol
and the neglect of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
A Level Head in Kansas.

The Atchison Globe, which keeps a
man on the lookout for freaks, says
that the more worthless a man is the
more time he spends talking politics.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

Old PhIneas Stuart's Fishing Party.
Phineas Stuart Of Livingston county,
Mich, has just celebrted the 1881 an
niversary Of his birth by giving fish
ing party, at which he himself was
present.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03
Tho Profit DON'T Please.

An eastern farmer recently shipped
q lot of apples to England. He was not
delighted when he received a profit on
them of a cent barrel.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

Rev. John Wier, after nine years Of
continuous labor in Japan, is soon to
return with his family to this country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

Irowso-"I can do my best work
when it Is hot" Cumso-"What great
future you have before you!'-Life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

It Is blessed to have Gods mark upon
us, even though it may be made with
the point of thorn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-03

In simple ulcers and infectious ul.
GERS simple wash Of one per cent So
lution of the sulphate of quinine pro.
duces most excellent results.