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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Burdett's Inspiration.

Yesterday it was-March 4, 1870
that we were married, writes Robert j.
Burdette in a tenderly pathetic article
on "The Woman Who Most Infu-
enced Me-" When we went to our
home-a tiny cottage in Peoria, big
enough for a play-house-she was a
butterfly in the very joyousness of ex-
istence. Life held so much for her.
Hers was the happiness of child-the
caroling delight of bird. Every day
sparkled with radiant hopes and new
fedged pleasures. She was musical;
ness, and it was the last of Gods beau
tiful gifts to be taken away from her.
She was brilliant pianist; she used
to say that when her husband did his
work at home, she could make him
write in what mood she would. And
indeed she could and did. His mind
could not help but follow the leading of
her magical touches as the piano gave
forth its ripples of singing laughter, its
tender strains of life's pathos that fell
across the heart like November shad-
ows, or the martial measures of some
rolling march that thrilled the blood
like the cadenced step of marching
men, the fluttering of banners shaken
out in the fierce gust of the battle
storm. When, after many days, the
increased weakness and distortion held
her hands, and wrested from the child
ish fingers their power to charm these
musical sprites from the white slumber
of the ivory keys, the trial was indeed
bitter. Many tears and pangs it cost.
The closed piano was eloquent in the
very silence of its pathos. But, as in
all her struggles, there could be but
one endipg-victory. The piano was
opened again. She could still, even
with her lame hands, which could not
lift themselves to wipe the tears from
her eyes, play simple accomplishments,
and down to almost the last days she
would be carried to the instrument
and accompany herself while she
sang, for to the voice of her girl
hood chung all the sweetness of the
morning time. How many times,
when the night was long and filed with
pain, did we hear her, softly singing to
herself in the darkness. One day, when
they laid her baby in her arms, there
dawned the hope that the baby boy
would bring to it's mother health and
strength even as he brought her the
deepest, sweetest happiness of all her
life. But the hope was transient; the
improvement in her health was but
brief.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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The Creators of Leaders.

Any thinking mind can easily reason
it out that it lies with our women, far
more than with our men, to right things
in this world. Woman is the moral
power; she is the axis upon which gen.
erations must turn. She is that to-day,
she will be that tomorrow. And she
will hold that power, and that influence
will be hers, and solely hers, just as
long as she remains womanly and is
willing to believe and is content to feel
that her greatest university is the home,
and her best students her children and
husband. Away from that arena she
can never be whatlshe is in it. This is
the reason why the so-called NEW
woman" can never be and why her ad-
vent finds no favor with the intelligent.
And any movement which seeks to dis
associate woman from the home will
always meet with the same insurmount-
able disfavor. Woman is the superior
of man, and that is why God placed her
in the most important place in the
world which he created-the home
Ladies' Home Journal.
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Dyspepsia,
" Gastritis

and all stomach troubles where
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A MARKET MANS LUCK.
SAVED AT The VERY BRINK
OF THE GRAVE.
Made Over New from The SOles Of His
Feet 10 The Top Of His Head, by Prof..
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was sicl; for nearly two years." said
George II. Dunning, of Faneuil Hall
Market, the historic landmark Of Boston.
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the outside.
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BOVinine

that great blood enricher, flesh
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Natures
Cure

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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
SWIRDLERS BEHIND BARS.
Capture of the Principals in Notorious
Combination of Daring
ODerdtorS.

CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. S.-By the arrest
tonight of the principals one OF the worst
combinations of swindlers that ever
preyed on the American public and whose
operations have extended over many years
and involved many States has, 1t is conf
IDENTIFY believed, been broken up.
Acting on information from Postal In
spector ]. ]. Larmour, who has been
working on the case at New York for
some time, that he had located two mem
bers of the com Dination and would arrest
them at once, James f. Mcclure, William
Thomas and J. /. Talliman were tonight
taken into custody on the charge OF using
the mails for fraudulent purposes. Their
New York confederates are William II.
Mcclure and DR.. John Craig.
For years these men have conducted
fraudulent schemes of various kinds under
different firm names, seldom remaining
long in any one locality, and have filched,
it is believed, fully $4,000 from their
dupes.
The earlier operations of the gang were
in connection with fake lottery at Kan
sas City, Mo-, and later on in pretended
connection with the Louisiana lottery, in
which enterprises they have reaped rich
harvests. Lately they have been engaged
in so-called "bucket shop" business in
this city, using various aliases, among
them being Patterson & Co," "Craig d
Co. and "Thomas & Co."
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
THE CELTIC UNION.
Irish Societies, Through Delegates,
Convene and Resume Organization
of the League.


convention of delegates to the Celtic
League was held last evening at K. r. B.
Hall, on Mason street, near O'Farrell.
The delegates represented most of the
Irish societies of the City, of which there
are about thirty. Each society is entitled
to representation of fiye delegates.
Saturday night made SO many demands
upon the time of delegates that the meet
ing was not full. There was fair repre-
sentation. but it was thought best that an
adjournment should be taken. The con-
vention will again meet at the same place
one week from Tuesday night.
The principal business to be transacted
at that time will be the election of officers.
A constitution and set of bylaws have
already been adopted by the representa-
tlves of the societies which are enrolled in
the league. The outlook is that all Irish
societies in the City will come in.
When the officers shall have been elected
and the organization of the Celtic
League has been thereby perfected
the next important business will be
the consideration and adoption OF
plans for large and handsome ball
which it is the purpose of the league to
erect. Certain plans have been submitted
and have received some consideration, but
nothing final has been effected in that
direction. At last nights meeting OF the
delegates Colonel ThomasF. 7. Barry presided
and r. J. O'Reilly acted as secretary.
The discussion was general and all in the
direction of proceeding vigorously with
the organization.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
.PER|LS or COAL MINERS
Three Hundred Men Narrowly
Escape Death at Clarke
City, Ill.
Thrilling Scenes While the Hoisting
Works BURIAL Saved by
the Air Shaf:.

= CLARKE CITY, ILL.,, Aug. S.-The
burning of the buildings of the Garner
Wilmington Coal Company here caused
intense excitement yesterday, and for a
while it was feared that this place was to
be the scene of another OF those mine
horrors which are unfortunately too fre-
quent in the coal districts.
When the fire started it was thought
that it could be easily put out by the men
in the building, but the flames spread so
rapidly that before those on the surface
realized it the escape of the men below
was cut off.
At the time the fire took place full
force was at work in the mine. Not far
from 800 men were below.
The alarm was given to the men and
they made their way to the main shaft,
hoping to be raised to the surface, but
they found when too late that all hope OF
escape in that way had been cut off. The
hosting works were in flames and the en-
gineer had been driven from his post. Not
only that, but soon burning wreckage
began to fall into the mine and COM
pletely blocked up the entrance.
In the meantime the scene on the sur
face around the burning buildings was
miners were married and had families
and nearly all had relatives. When the
news spread that the mine was on fire an
immense crowd gathered at the scene and
the lamentations of those whe believed
themselves bereaved were heartrending.
Those familiar with the mine knew that
there was one hope for the miners. If
they could reach the air shaft they might
be able to climb the long ladders placed in
it and SO make their escape.
Volunteers were called for to enter the
mine In the hope of reaching the miners
and there was no lack of men who offered
to risk their lives for their companions.
Before the volunteers could descend one
of the miners from below appeared at the
top of the air shaft. and he was followed
by others, until all had reached the sur
face.
AS each man made his appearance he
was greeted with cheer, and the scene oi
mourning was quickly turned to one OF re-
ioicing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
cYCLoNIo HArLsroRM.
Mitlions of Bushels of Grain Destroyed
In North Dakota.

Mttttons or Bushels of Grain Destroyed
In North Dakota.
FARGO, N. D., Aug. S.-Scattering tele-
grams from the northwestern part of the
State report the most destructive hail
storm in the history of the North west.
The direction was from northwest to
southwest, and it is said to have been
most severe in Walsh, Grand Forks, Nell
son, Foster, Wells. Griggs, Kidder and
Stuttman counties.
It is impossible to verify the reports,
which declare that millions of bushels OF
grain have been laid low. The harvest
had just begun, and the grain all over was
ripe, and will be a total loss.
The special train of President Winters
of the Northen Pacific Railroad was caught
IN the storm, and every window in the
north side of the cars was broken and
great dents made in the woodwork. The
trainmen declare that hailstones larger
than eggs hurled themselves through the
car windows.
The storm was almost cyclonic in char
acter. The worst damage seems to have
been in the vicinity of Mimic and Lari-
more. No houses are reported blown
down, but the damage by wind was con-
siderable over a small strip of territory.
The hailstorm covered territory 100
miles in width in the best section OF the
State.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09

been mistaken for a great man. This
ELECTED laughter and applause, and then
to prove his assertion, he related how at a
big meeting in New York, at which
~Chauncey Depew was to speak, a box had
been set aside for Tom Reed of Maine;
how he had occupied that box in the un-
avoidable absence, and how he had been
mistaken for that eminent statesman.
Having thus amused the audience for
some minutes, Mr.. Shortridge paid a
passing tribute to Senator Allison, the
favorite son of Iowa, and remarked that
while he was in hopes that this patriotic
and able statesman would secure the Pres
idential nomination at st. Louis, he was
now heart and soul in the fight to secure
victory for the grand Republican standard
bearer from Ohio.
81 for one," he said. "accept the verdict
OF my party with joy and gladness, and
shall give to it whatever support I can, in
order that this country may not disgrace
itself by failing to elect the candidate OF
the Republican party to be the President t
of the United States"
The speaker referred to the place of his
birth, which was on a farm about twelve
miles from OeS MOlIleS, Iowa, anu Ie1atSu
a story of hen which had the setting
habit. I'VE called this fowl Democratic
hen," he said. "The Democratic party
has always pretended to want to do some
thing great and grand for this country.
This hen pretended she wanted to set.
She went to the carriage-house, on the
floor of which there were a number OF
nice, round rocks, and she set on some OF
these until the feathers were all off the
place where she sat [laughterl, and still
she sat.
''Finally tried to drive her out of the
cavriage-house and tried to break up that
habit, but without success. She was so
earnest, so persistent and so devoted to
her business that 1 finally took pity on
her, and one Sunday l went out and
bought dozen eggs and put these eggs
under the hen. put them in a nice cor
ner drove pickets around her and her
eggs and built her a soft and cozy nest. l
noted the day on which she came into
power tlaughterl and commenced to do
business at. the old stand.
II followed her along for three long
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
A wreath on Gordon,s Tomb.

LONDON, Enc, Aug. S.-Li Hung
Chang, who is now the guest of Great
Britain, visited st. Paul's Cathedral this
morning and placed wreath upon the
tomb of General Charles George Gordon,
who was killed by the Mahdists at Khar-
toum. in the Soudan, on January 26, 1885.
LII Hung Chang and General Gordon were
personal frie3ds.
This evening LII attended garden party
given in his honor by Lord Salisbury at
Hatfield House, the Prime Minister'S seat
in Hertfordshire. Among the guests were
]. r. Roosevelt, secretary OF the United
States Embassy; Lieutenant-Comma
Cowles, naval attache of the American
EN- bassy the officers OF the United States
of the aristocracy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
PAID TO LEAVE THE cITT.
Startling Charge Made By Wstses
Against George Mcdonald.

Startling Charge Made by Hitress
Against George Mcdonald.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Aug. S.-Several
weeks ago the little daughter of Sarah
Campbell, a colored woman of this city,
reported to her mother that an attack
had been made upon her by George Nc
Donald, son of wealthy resident of this
city, living on Adams street. McDonald's
arrest followed, ana he was given his
liberty after procuring heavy bond. At
his preliminary examination no witnesses
could be produced by the prosecution and
the case collapsed. Both the Campbell
woman and her daughter had disappeared.
no one knew where.
Now the woman has returned and she
claims that she was paid $500 to absent
herself and daughter from the city until
the case against young Mcdonald was dis
missed. In consequence the authorities
are arran ging preiiminaries, it is said. to
renew the proceedings against the al
legged criminal
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
COMPLETED TO FRESNO.
Valley Road Graders Arrive at
the Outskirts of the
City.
Further Progress B ocked by the
Action of O and Diana Street
Residents.

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. S.-Grading on
the San Joaquin Valley Railway between
San joaquin River and Fresno was COM
pleted this evening. On Monday teams
will put on the finishing touches along
the line and then the roadbed will be
ready for the rails.
Grading contracts covering distance of
ten miles between this city and the river
were let in i've sections. Grant Brothers
had the section next to the river, and their
contract was the heaviest one, as they had
to build high embankment for an ap-
proach to the bridge. but they pushed
matters from the beginning and, as prom
ised, had the work finished this afternoon.
Hunts section, this side of Grant Broth
ers', was finished yesterday afternoon.
The next two sections were completed
few days ago. McDougald's, the fifth,
was finished this evening. McDougald
had to build an embankment ten feet high
for three miles across swale. Hendricks
had q contract for short section at this
end and he was through last evening.
The grade stops at Belmont avenue,
which runs along the north limit of the
city additions. The grade of the railroad
is exactly the same as that of the public
highway, and IL strikes Belmont avenue
in line with Diana street, which begins on
the other side of the avenne. The point
where the grade stops is nearly mile
from the depot site of the new road on Q
street.
The com mpletion of grading to the city is
important news to Fresno, but the elation
with which the event would have been re-
ceived is dampened by the still deter
mined attitude of @ and Diana street
property who demand what are
considered very unreasonable damages for
the passage of the road by their places. In
fact in the disappointment over the action
of these property-owners the Importance
of the completion of the grading is
practically forgotten.
Teams and tracklayers will stay in
Fresno and wait to proceed into the city
with the road. When this will be no one
can tell, but it is likely that the trouble
with the property-owners along Q and
Diana streets will be settled in few
weeks. The committees which have in
charge the securing of rights-of-way south
of Fresno are making rapid progress, and
will be ready for the railroad as soon as it
gets through the city.
Attorney r. E. Rhodes, on behalf of the
Valley road, to-day filed notice in the Su-
perior Court that on Thursday next he
would move for new trial of the con-
dernnation case against D. Dismukes, who,
few days ago was awarded $500 by a
jury for property on the depot site in this
city, which is considered TO be worth only
$500.