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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-03

the following pirited dispatch to Secretary
Olney Have demanded release at Scott
American citizen, who has been kept in
prison and in incommunicado without due
process law eleven days. Trust you ap-
preciate gravity situation and are prepared
TO sustain me- Must have warship i'm
mediately. How many ships have You at
Tampa, Key West and southern waters,
and are you prepared TO send them here,
should 1t become necessary? l cannot and
will mo- stand another Ruiz murder"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-03

SPECIAL NoTIoE To TAX PAYERS =
| sold more of Greene's Syrup of Tar last
year than all other cough remedies combined.
1t proved more satisfactory to my customers
than any thing l ever sold | am selling IL
this year, and refund the money if it fails to
cure. LESTER III. GREENE 20 State Street.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-03

II you wish to employ a BOoKKEEPER, STEM.
OGRAPHER, TELEGRAPH OPERATOR, or bus
ness assistant, apply TO the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-03
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Montpelier Public Ii
brary Association will be held at the Library rooms
ON Monday evening, March 10, 1881, at seven and
half o'clock, for the purpose ~ elecng trustees for
the ensuing year, FRED A. ROWLAND, Secretary,
Montpelier, VT, February n, 1881
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
The oldest railroad shop.

The erecting and repair shops of the
B. & o. at Mount Clare, in the city of
Baltimore, which are the oldest shops
in the United States, have been COM
pletely modernized. The locomotive
erecting shop has been rebuilt and is
supplied with two 50-ton electric cranes
which lift the heaviest locomotives and
move them to any point as though they
weighed but ton. The compressed air
appliances are of the latest pattern and
the cost of making the improvements
will be saved in two years, as the new
machinery accelerates the work, at a
less expense than in times gone by.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
Fnith In nrenmn.

An English general and his wife resi-
dent in Ireland were constantly pes.
tered by beggar woman to whom they
had been very charitable. One morn
ing at the usual hour when the lady
was getting into her carriage the old
woman appeared and began:
"Agh, my lady, success to yer lady
ship, and success to your honor's hon
or this morning, of all the days of the
year; for, sure, didn't 4 drame last
night that yer ladyship gave me pound
of tay and'yer honor gave me a pound Of
tobaccol"
"But, my good woman," said the gen
eral, "do you not know that dreams
always go by the rule of contrary?"
"Do they so, plase yer honor?" re-
Joined the old woman. ''Then it mus
be yer honor that will give me the tay
and her ladyship that will give me shs
tobacco. ."-Tit-Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
Hot wnter ADnIIc0tIop,

Locally an application of warm wa
ter irritates the nerves of the skin, and,
owing to the contraction produced in
the vessels, which afterward dilate, ex-
cites cutaneous circulation. A strong
er current of blood is induced toward
.he periphery and "decongests" the in
ternal organs. Warm baths in cases
1T bronchitis, pneumonia, rheumatism
and sciatica give good results. Pru-
dence in the use of warm water is neces-
sary in heart affections. 1t acts mar
velously well in the treatment of boils,
anthrax, purulent abscess and sprains
DR. crushed limbs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
THE FIERCE STINGAREE
Interesting Data Concerning Q
Queer Deep Sea Fish.
Col. BiEe Guerin, of Newark, N. j., the
First Fisherman Who Ever
Caught One on n Split
bamboo Bait Rod.

Col. Bige Guerin, of Newark, caughta
stingaree in Barnegat bay few days
ago while angling for weakfish with
shedder crab bait. The fish weighed
about IS pounds and was nearly two
feet across, and its whip-like tail was
fully three feet in length. Col. Guerin
was fishing with siX-ounce split banl-
boo bait rod made by his father-in-law,
the late Charles Murphy, to whom the
credit of making the first split BAN
boo rod is accorded by all fishermen.
This was one of the last rods his father
in-law made, and perhaps it was little
weakened by age, for it broke off short
under the butt ferrule while Col. Guerin
was killing the fish in good style.
Capt. Dave Parker, of Fork River, was
sailing the boat and hehad never seen a
stingaree. He had q Harrimac landing
net and sweeped down after the fish as
it was making a struggle to get to the
bottom. The fish was doubled up in the
capacious net and came aboard with it's
whip wrapped around the handle and
its menacing "stinger" standing out at
a right angle. Parker is a capable sailor
and veteran Barnegatter, but he had
never seen stingaree before, and it is
said that this was the first one ever
caught in the bay. His first act was tc
cut off the inch thick tail just above the
barbed prong with which it defends
itself, and then he cut out the hook
from the flap in which it had caught as
the fish was nibbling at the bait.
ID, L.
capture of the strange fish and was
about to throw the carcass overheard
when Col. Guerin. said:
Hold on! want TO cut out that
spike;" and with his penknife he re-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
THE MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT.

Washington, in 1865, as to whether or
not the assassin, Booth, had really been
killed. These doubts were often ex-
pressed in public prints. When Rev.
DR.. Armstrong appeared in Richmond,
all of those rumors were revived; and
there was such general dissemination
of gossip and rumor that the preacher
found himself surrounded by mystery.
When an attempt was made to investi-
gate his antecedents, he gave no as
sistance.
1t is known that he had daughter
whom he trained in elocution, and she
went upon the stage, after her father
had died. 1t is said that whatever the
secret of his life may have been, before
he appeared in Richmond, he told it
to his child; for she often said that she
alone knew her father, and only her
could he trust.
But the mysterious priest of the
Monumental church has gone to his
grave; and there is no stone to mark
his last resting place. Just before he
left the ministry, he had two photo
graphs taken; one for his daughter, the
other for the church. And there, in that
dark corner, in the shadows that sur
round it, as the shadows of mystery
surrounded his life, in the vestry room
the photograph shows the features of
John Wilkes Booth. Whoever he
was, poor fellow, his was an unhappy
life; his was pathetic death.
SMITH d. FRY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18

moved from the thick part of the tail,
| one-third of its length from the body,
a serrated bone about three inches long
running to a sharp point and bearing
on each side so fine, sharp barbs all
| hooking backward. This was the much
dreaded stinger of the stingaree, sup
posed to be as fatal as the fangs of
rattlesnake. After getting the sting
out of the ray, Col. Guerin took pic
ture of the fish and threw the fish and
| its tail overheard. In speaking about
the catch he said:
81 have seen stingrays or stingarees
caught in nets from Maine to Georgia,
but never saw one caught upon rod
| before, and to capture one on light
black bass rod compensates me for the
| breaking of my old favorite. The sting
ray is not so black as The is painted,
and his flesh is really good eating. 1
have home a sting with piece of the
vertebra ATTACHED, and the sting alone
is just six inches in length. 1t came
| from fish caught in Currituck sound,
| and the fish was ten feet in length from
| the tip of its nose to the end of its tail
| L VIC SOU hhOlhCi fI2 ihILCo lOIS NliiCh
| / cut from q siX-footer taken in a pond
| at North Long Branch. have come to
the conclusion since my Barnegat eX-
| perience that they are not game fish.
| This one pulled hard enough, but it
was a sluggish sort of fight, and
was so impatient and angry when saw
him and concluded that / had caught
| barn-door skate that / worked too fast
| for my old rod"
do you think them as dangerous
as venomous reptiles?" asked New
| York Sun reporter.
"No, do not" said Col. Guerin. 81
| don't believe that the creature has any
venom of it's own. The barbed lance
is SO far up on the tail that it is almost
impossible for the fish to strike with
it. If nature had intended it for an
| offensive weapon, she would have
| placed it at the end of the tail. The
sting is a dangerous thing to step upon,
and might infict bad wound in hand
ling the fish, but feel sure the fish
cannot strike with it. AS for venom,
everything found in salt water makes
a dangerous wound. Lockjaw is as
| likely to result from n cut with an oy-
ster she'll as from the ragged wound
made by the barbed lance of the sting
ray or stingaree. There was a man
killed by one of these creatures few
weeks ago, but no doubt he would have
met the same fate if he had been jabbed
with the long bayonet of king crab
or horseshoe. 1t is the slime of the
sea that poisons, and nothing that the
| animal emits."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18

law. At present he is district attorney,
and was selected for that place by Mr..
Platt when Col. Fellows died. In 1894
Mr.. Olcott became the republican lead
er in the board of aldermen, and his
intense republicanism and his inor-
dinate desire to be doing something at
tracted the attention of Mr.. Platt.
While an alderman he was chairman of
the finance committee and eX-officio
chairman of the sinking fund. When
Mr.. 0lcott took charge of the district at
torney's Office the democrats fled from
him as from a pestilence. The Tam
many men were replaced by men whom
Platt named. They represented every
political element. Mr.. Olcott is by no
means machine man. He has often re-
belled, and carried his point, at the
methods of the machine, and it is said
that he is in some sympathy with the
reform movement. That accounts, as
much as anything else, for his selection.
He is graduate of New York college
and Columbia law school, and is ma
tive New Yorker.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
AN UNUSUAL SIGHT.
Pair of Cyclers with One Pair of
Arms and Legs Between Them.

Pair of Cyclers with One Pair of
Arms and Legs Between Them.
A pleasant and unusual street scene
in Philadelphia is sketched by the Rec
ord.
A tandem pair of cyclers with only
one pair of arms and legs between them
was the sight which greeted Broad
street promenaders the other day. The
TWO men rode a fine tandem wheel of
the latest model, and whizzed along
Broad street as smoothly and graceful
ly as you please.
The man in front had but one hand
to steer with, but that was good right
one, and his left leg seemed to bring
plenty of power to bear upon the pedal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
VIII Not Take Medicine

On He'll Roaring creek. 40 miles east
'f Perry, o. T., there is a settlement of
religious sect who call themselves
Homes people. They oppose doctorh.
and will not allow medicine to be given
to their sick under any circumstances.
Further, they will not allow water ON
their persons, but anoint themselves
With oil once a week. The neighbour
are asking that the sect be quarantined
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
PLA1r.s CANDIDATE.
Republicans May Name Mr.. Wolcott
for Mayor of New York.

William Nj. k. Olcott is the man whom
Mr.. Platt and the republican organiza-
tjon may pit against Candidate Seth
Low. Mr.. Low has signified mis- inten-
tion of making the race, and MIR. Platt
and his party must swallow the Column
bia college president or fight it out
If they decide to fight, Mr. Olcott will
probably be their standard bearer. He
is young lawyer with ravenous appe-
tite for work, and is republican of the
deepest dye. He is just 35 years old, but
he is mature of mind and a sage in the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
MONUMENTAL CHURCH.
History, Romance and Mystery
Cluster Around It.
The Most Interesting Building in
Richmond, Vn.-A Picture That
Recalls the Doubts About
booths Death.
Especial Richmond Cvn.) letter.

The Monumental church at Rich
mond, has not only wonderful history,
but there is romance concerning one
of its priests which will live forever in
local history. Writers in the future
will undoubtedly weavea web of weird
doubt concerning the identity of the
priest, and probably the legend will
form the foundation for myths; out of
which the unbridled fancy of poets may
develope stanzas as peculiar and Won
derful as those which trickeled from
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18

The other mans right arm and left leg
were missing, but the remaining limbs
supplied his needs. Although between
them they only had the number of
limbs which the average cycler upon n
single wheel requires to keep him 60
ing, they beat many sturdy rivals who
tried to keep up with them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
Cool Cucumher.

The temperature of the cucumber is
one degree below that of the surround
ing atmosphere. 1t is, therefore, APP
parent that the expression ''cool aA a
cucumber" Is scientifically correct.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
No Need of OIL Can.

A new bicycle hub has an oil cham
Der in one side connected with the ball
races by very fine tubes, through which
the oil flows slowly to keep the bear
inks fabricated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18

1t seems man is proud of his baby
being like him, If it has only his bad
temper,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

Z{
AS an evidence Of Nebraska's
extraordinary condition, it may
be mentioned that while the
greatest small grain crop in the
states history is now being har-
" vested, with excellent prospects
for an equally fine corn crop, at
least 50 per cent. Of last years
colossal corn crop is still unsold
and piled up in great cribs all
along the. railroad lines In the
state. This is another evidence
that the people Of the state are
not in need of cash If they
were, the corn would have long
since been disposed of.
Loan agents throughout the
stase agree with those of Omaha
that they are unable to find ap.
plications for proper loans, as in
old times. The explanation is
usually the same from the farm.
ers: I'VE have stopped borrow
ing money and propose to run on
a cash basis in the future,''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

SUBSCRIPTION price. If paid before end
of first year, 81 90 year: If delinquent long
er, 81 Is a year will be charged. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
WHAT THINK YE?

w naCeVef mr.. OGlckney may
believe to be for the best inter-
ests of the bank and railroad cor
parations, do the people believe
that the system which he advo-
aates is for their interest? In
tho account which he gave of the
last thirty-six years, he said:
ION the face of this account,
foreign nations should be in.
debted to us in the sum of more
than two and a half billion dol
lars, on which the interest at,
say, s. per cent, amounting to
1925, 100000 annually, should be
collected by US, but instead we
are indebted to foreigners in the
sum of four or five billions of
dollars, on which we are paying
interest amounting to 1876, OOO,-
900 annually"
He then goes on to show that
all this great debt was heaped
upon us by the bankers credit
system of England and that we
never received any gold, or sill
yer, or merchandise Of any kind
for the bonds and stocks. Hav-
ing shown this-having shown
how the American people have
allowed themselves to be swim
died out Of billions of dollars, he
then brings forward, as a rem
edy, the proposition to organize
in this country just such a swim
ding machine (bank) as the Bank
of England.
And this is the proposition Of
the Mckinley and Grover Cleve-
land plutocracy Of this country,
everywhere, though few of them
are honest enough to own it.
On the other hand, the popu-
lists believe in coming all the sill
yer and gold of this country and
paying off our debts as rapidly
as possible. In addition to that
they believe that all the paper
money credit money should
be issued direct by the govern
ment and not by banks; and that
the paper money (greenbacks) SO
issued should be interchangeable
at the pleasure of the govern
ment, instead of pretending to
be redeemable on demand. The
populist system would prohibit
all bank paper currency, make
all our paper currency uniform,
stop forever the issue Of bonds
and redeem the nation from the
grasp Of the gold gam bling COM
bine of Europe and their tory
confederates in America. = The
Waseca Herald. $685..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

Yetter, Spicer & >Roise are ready to
take applications forfarm loans. Long
time, easy payments and low rate Of
interest. @> Z. s. Ct 81 /. &, 5,s. i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
LOO IN 6 Il On: sSERFs.

" PORTS from Kansas, South
DAKOTA and braska are that
the mers are taking al van
tage Of the i'm ia ensez crops of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

=
use their wealth in crushing: out
free thoughts and the free ex-
preston thereof if such thought
and it's public expression is det-
rimental to their interests. If
there is any place where free
thought and the fullest liberty in
the prom ulgation of that thought
should be allowed, it is in our
great institutions of learning.
It is in these great institutions
of learning that many of the best
minds of our country are cen
tered. The environments of
these institutions. should be such
that these men of learning could
so investigate the great economic
questions as to arrive at impair
tial conclusions concerning the
effect these economic laws in
actual operation would have upon
the people of this country. But
when you coerce the instructors
of these great institutions to con-
form their views to the wishes
of those who will give a million
dollars under certain condi-
tions" the environments of those
colleges becomes corrupt and the
atmosphere polluted with the
vilest of dress. s-ss
The great centres of learning
throughout all ages have been
the bulwarks of liberty and the
expression ofnew thought. They
exercise under the right condi-
tions a mighty influence, in shap-
ing the believes of a people in all
social, civil, and religious affairs.
But when the people begin to re-.
alize that these institutions of
learning are form ulating the be-
lieves of all questions of great
public concern to catch the dol
lars and cents and the legacies
of the rich, they begin to look on
their teachings with distrust.
They begin to suspect that these
institutions are being used as a
means of crushing out free
thought and the expression there
of. They begin to see that only
such thoughts are allowed to
come from these colleges as will
delude the people on the true ef-
fects of certain great political
economic questions and make
them the dupes7 IF aggrandized
wealth. Z. - ..:. ! 5. ....4 +:
This tendency has been noticed
in our colleges for several years.
The resignation of President
Andrews is by no means an isola-
ted case. Prof. Bems was obliged
to resign a profes sorship III the
Chicago University because he
exposed the workings Of the
gas trusts in Chicago. An. at.
tempts.Was made to GUST Prof.
Ely on account Of his believes on
labor matters. These instances
Tall furnish conclu sive evide nceo Of
how aggrandized wealth is get:
ting g frmer and frmer grip on
the opinions and believes Of the
American people on all que tions
ct publ concern and Bee ming
more and ~ ore urgant in crush:
ing out such thou ght that III any
:Way will endanger their legal
lied stealings fro m the American
Peep PIE ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY & VILLAGE.

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ted for Is cents per inch per week. Liberal
discounts when taken in large quantities or
when left standing. Local reading notices
will be inserted for cents per line each
week. Write for terms for the publication
"f legal notices. .. ~. = sd = H.
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CONTRIBUTIONS of news items or short,
lithy articles on questions of general inter-
est are thankfully received. when the name
Regular news correspondents wanted IN
every locality not already represented.
Write for terms and Instructions. ~,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

eral circulation in Kandiyohi county than
any other newspaper. Our subscription
books are open for inspection to advertisers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
Free to OurReaders.

Our readers will be pleased to learn
that the eminent physician and
scientist, DR. Kilmer, after years Of
research and study, has discovered
and given TO the world a most re-.
markable remedy, known as Swamp
Root, for the cure OF kidney and
bladder troubles; the generous offer
TO send bottle free that all may test
its wonderful merits without expense,
is in itself sufficient to give the pub
lie confidence and desire to obtain
it. Swamp Root has an established
reputation as the most successful
remedy, and is receiving the hearty
endorsement of all up to date physi
clans, hospitals and homes. II our
men and women readers are in need
OF medicine of this kind no time
should be lost in sending their name
and address to DR.. Kilmer e. CO..
Binghampton, N. 7, and receive a
sample bottle and pamphlet, both
sent absolutely free by mail. The
regular sizes NAV be obtained at the
drug stores. When writing please
say you read this liberal offer in the
Hopkinsville KENTUCKIAN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
REMARKABLE LINGUIST.
Speaks Eleven Tongues, But Spends Hell
Life at the Washtub


There is woman here, says the
Braddock (Pa.) correspondent Of the
Boston Advertiser, who can read,
write and speak any language from
Sanscrit to "hog" Latin. The faculty
comes to her as natural as swimming
does to a duck
Her knowledge is not the result Of
teaching, but Of association with peo-
pie of every tongue She speaks IL
languages hucnlly, yet she struggles
over the washub in order that her
six children can go TO school.
Mrs. Julia AntoniShin was born at
Aroslamos, Hungary, 81 years ago.
Her parents were Germans. When
she was six years old they moved to
Aninina, Germany, where she al
tended school for six years, this being
the limit of schooling provided by the
government.
Aninina was a town Of factories,
where people Of every cline were EN-
ployed 1t was like the Babylon of
old, so great was Tie confusion OF
tongues.
The children were strangers o each
other because Of This barrier of mis-
understanding Eventually the little
ones succeeded in mastering the Ian
guages Of their play1ates. In the
schools at Aninina they were taught
the German and Magyar tongues
mine languages ! picked up with
the children, said Mrs. Antonishin.
"Some were easy and some we're hard.
| was not the only child to doit. The
Slavish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian,
Bohemian, Roumanian, Scrvian, Mag
var and Croatian languages are much
the same.
"That is, the letters are the same,
but of course yoh do not speak them
alike. To-day can speak, read and
write II languages. Sometimes the
'squires here call me to interpret"
George Antonshin came 10 Brad
dock from Germany nine years ago.
His wife and children followed two
years later. For four years before
her marriage and for six years after
Mrs. Antonishin was employed in the
German post Office service, where her
knowledge of languages brought her
great prestige.
When Mrs. Antonishin is not wash
ing she is ironing, and when doing
neither she is trying TO figure out an
economic policy rhat will give an edu-
cation to herchildren.