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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04

dates for me- Just as soon as it became
known that I had quit the platform !
seemed to be in demand everywhere.
Ny mail Immediately jumped up to
enormous proportions compared with
what it had been before and was offer
ed bigger figures than had ever dream.
ed Of 7"
A few years ago couple of Ohio
boys, as a speculation, engaged Mr.. Ri
lev to deliver two lectures in Massillon
and Canton. Coxey's town has only
~, 900 population and never has been
noted for the high literary standing OF
its people, a majority of whom are la
borers working in the manufacturing
establishments. The lecture was not
well advertised, and Mr. Riley was
greeted by an audience that was pitia-
bly, small and intensely frigid. He work
ed hard, but it was a hopeless task.
The entertainment was one Of the worst
frosts that Massillon ever. experienced.
1t nearly broke Riley's heart. He
mourned and mourned and refused to
be comforted. All attempts to cheer
him up proved futile. The next day,
which he spent in Canton, where he
was to lecture that night, was q cease
less round Of nervous agony. The fam
lily whose guest he was tried to impress
upon Riley the fact that the Massillon
failure was not due to the lecturer him
self, but to the want of preparation and
advertisement. They assured him, with
great emphasis, that if he came sec
ond time things would be different.
The Canton hostess had invited in
several young ladies to meet the distin-
guished Indianian. but their combined
efforts proved insufficient to distract
Riley's thoughts from the specter which
haunted him. Once he was missed, and
the hostess found him alone in the gar
den wringing his hands and pacing
about like Gagged lion.
"Come, come, Mr.. Riley" she said,
''this will never do. You are my pris-
oner." Then she took him by the arm
and led him back to the house like
lamb to the slaughter. Lying on the
center table was copy of The Chris
titan at Work, the back page of which
WAS ornamented by large advertise
ment announcing the forthcoming pub
lication of an elaborate work on The
Second Coming of Christ. !"
That must be very interesting
book. Don't you think so?" remarked
the hostess for lack of anything else to
attract Riley's attention, at the same
time handing the paper to him.
=. The Hoosier poet glanced at the adver-
tisement and abstractedly said: "'Tfe
Second Coming Of Christ, The Second
Coming OF Christ Um-yes. Iwon-
der what kind Of an audience Massillon
will turn out. Prank s. Pixley in
Chicago Times Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
SWEATBOX.
A Medieval Torture Till Recently Being
Used In Tennessee.

A Medieval Torture TIL Recently Being
Used In Tennessee.
Although Hamilton county, Tenn.
has not yet celebrated the centennial
anniversary Of its evacuation by the In
dians, she has, nevertheless, developed
a means Of torture that would have been
an honpred device In medieval ages. II
is known as the sweatbox, and until
the recent investigation by the grand
jury was in active use by the county
workhouse authorities at Daisy, Tenn,
in subduing fractions prisoners
By the system in vogue county prison
ers are worked in gangs ON the public
roads, and consequently several penal
settlements or warehouses are scattered
throughout the country. Daisy is in the
northern end of Hamilton, at the base
of Signal mountain. The sweatbox is
a large box resembling coffin case,
about feet square and or high. In
the top was large hook, to which was
attached block and tackle
The culprit was handcuffed and his
feet chained together, the ball block
hooked to the handouts, and with his
hands elevated over his head he was
drawn to the top Of the box with half
inch grass rope. There he was left hang
ing till he or she yielded and begged to
be taken down.
The jury found little negro girl in
side on their visit of inspection. The
child was barefooted, thinly clad and
crying with cold. The finding Of the
jury has aroused the people, and it is
safe to say that the sweatbox will not
be perpetuated. ed.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
The TopoIobampo Colony.

Mr.. A. K. Owen. the founder of the
unsuccessful Topolobampo cooperative
colony, has arrived in the City of Mex
leo for the purpose Of trying to secure a
new lease of life for his Bellamy enter
prise by obtaining renewal of the con.
cession for the colony, which the gov
ernment recently declared forfeited.
Owen is reported to have interested
English capital in his enterprise. He has
a concession for building railroatl
from Topolobampo to this city. Thi.
concession has not yet been declared for
feited.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04

Tive HoosIER POET SAYS HE WILL
LECTURE NO MORE.

VIII Devote the Rest Of His Days to Writ
Ing Poetry NJ the Spirit Moves Him.
Rney's Experiences at Massillon, O.,
and How II Affected Him.
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet, who is closer to the hearts of the
American people than any other singer
who ever wrote in English, has been
spending few days in Chicago visiting
the family Of Horace e. Rood
II am devoting myself exclusively to
literary work, said Mr. Riley the 9TH
er night "Ihave quit the lecture plat
form for good. ! may give few read
ings occasionally here and there, just to
suit myself, but as business I'm
through with it. I'm tired of being
tmanaged, and I'm glad to have
chance to settle down and write-just
as the spirit moves me-without bust
pess interruptions.
always in verse?' inquired.
always" he replied with emphasis.
II cannot remember time when /
would not prefer to write anything in
rhyme rather than in prose. Today, if ]
were to begin upon a history Of the
United States, would write every line
of it in verse. ="
I referred to Mr.. Riley's early con-
nection with an indianapolis paper, and
he said concerning it: BLESS You, j
never was a newspaper man, never for
minute. tried to be and wrote lit
tie for home paper, but I never could
do anything the editor told me to do,
and so gave it up. can't take an as
signment even now. If a firm gives me
an order for certain piece of work, ]
can't fill it, and don't try to either.
Whenever an idea strikes me, turn it
into verse and lay it away. Byand by,
when q publisher asks me to write
poem on a certain topic, I say to him
that I can't do it, but suggest that
may have something else which will
suit him just as well.
"Quesr, isn't it" chuckled the Indi-
ana poet, "that we always want what
we think we can't get? When was in
the lecture field, suppose my manager
often had to lie awake nights to find
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
south caroiina,s p,.peps.rv.

South Cardinals dispensary law has
been in operation for 3 l-2 years, and in
that time il has earned but 800, O0O
The Columbia State points ont that this
Is just capital enough to run the busi-
ness and is not available To the stock
holders-tho people. They will get none
of the earnings of the dispensary until
it goes into liquidation and its asserts
are divided II would not appear from
this that dispensary stock is very de-
sirable Observation-Disclosures IN. q. }
Observer
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
A Wicked Locomotive.

Engine "a is considered the wickedest
iron horse on the &. and D. railroad
The engine killed six people in the space
of a month. The worst accident was
the killing of "a man and two women
near Concord while returning home
from party in "a vehicle. Two men
were killed at Maysville, and the last
man killed was at Augusta. All these
accidents were unavoidable, and no re-
fiections have been cast upon any of the
trains crew.--Covington (Ky.) Com
monwealth.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
Lady somer.st,. DANCER,

Lady Henry Somerset has undergone
an operation, made necessary by the re-
cent carriage accident in which she was
injured. Her present condition is pro-
lnounced favorable, but prolonged rest
is imperative.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
DON'T STOP TOBACCO
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING IT

The tobacco habit grows on a man until
his nervous system is seriously affected, i'm.
pairing health, comfort anu happiness. To
quit suddenly Is too severe a shock to the sys-
comes stimulant that his system c"ntinu-
ally Graves. "Baco.Curo" is a scientific cure
fully compounded after the formula of an
eminent Berlin physician who has used 1t In
his private practice since 1872 without a fail.
ure: II is purely vegetable and guaranteed
perfectly harmless. You can use all the 10
bacco you want while taking "Baco. euro I"
Ii will notify you when to stop We give q
written guarantee 20 cure permantly any
case with three boxes, or refund the money
with 10 per cent. interest. "Baco euro" Is
not a substitute, but = scientific cure. that
cures without the aid OF Will power and with
pure and free from nicotine as the day you
took our first chew or smoke.
CURED BY BACO-CURO AND GAINED
THIRTY POUNDS.
From hundreds OF testimonials the origi
nails of which are on file and open to inspec.
tion, the following Is presented:
CLAYTON, NEVADA Co., ARK Jan. g.
GENTLEMEN-Fo forty years uset tobacco
ia all its forms. For twenty-five years Of
thar time l was great sufferer from general
saa Souan
remedies. among others .'No-To Bac," "The
Indian Tobacco Antidote." ""Double,C Chloride
Of Gold" etc, ETC.. but none % Of tn m did me
purchased q box Of your "BacO-Curo" and IL
hap entirely cured me OF the habit I'm all its
forms, and ] have increased thirty pounds
in weight and am relieved from ali the
numerous aches and pains of body and mind.
! could write quire Of paper upon my
changed feelings and conditions.
Yours respectfully,
PHI. MARBURY,
Pastor &. p. Church. Clayton, Ark.
sold by all druggists at si per box; three
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-04
THIRTY POUNDS.
Pastor C.. p. Church. cisyton' q I% Ark.

Sold by all druggists at &l per box; three
boxes, thirty days treatmentl, e9.60, with
iron. clad. written guarantee, or sent direct
upon receipt op price. Write for booklet
and proofs. Eureka Chemical q Mfg. Co.,
La Crosse. Wis.,, and Boston, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03
An Open Season for Deer.

Horace w. Bailey, State Fish and
Game Commissioner, sends the WATCH
MAN the following in response to an
editorial paragraph in last weeks issue,
which stated that Commissioner Bailey
was opposed to a repeal of the existing
law providing an open season in Yer.
mont for deer:
Editor Of Wdtchmdn;-I notice in the
WATCHMAN Of October q, that you register
me as opposed to the repeal Of the law for
the open deer season. Your inference ia
doubtless from a brief note written to the
Free Press. That note was written in ans
wer to the following item in the Barton
correspondence to the Free Press: "Proba.
bly, not less than a dozen hunters from out
side the State have arrived at this station
since October l.. Some OF them with four
guns apiece with a corresponding amount
OF camp equipage, and other paraphernalis
for deer Staying. In an adjoining town the
carcasses Of two does have been found with
nothing but the headquarters carried away
The sentiment in this part Of the State ID
for an extra session Of the legislature before
another October to repeal the d~eer-killine
law" I intended to be understood as op.
posing an extra session for the purpose OF
repeating the law, suggesting, as I thought
islature" as the Barton writer suggests
We did, however, state and do not wish tC
recede, that 'if the law regulating deer.
killing was. or should be enforced" OF
words to that effect, there would be no de-
msnd for the repeal Of the law, which, in
fact, is quite different from the statement
given to the public in your editorial col
umns. Had you said Fish and Game Com
missioner Bailey was in favor Of the rigid
enforcement Of the deer-killing law, yor
would have hit the nail squarely on the
head, and 1 think on a second reading of my
note to the Free Press you will see, first
that I am opposed to an extra session, sec
ond, that 1 am in favor of the enforcement
Of the deer law, while 1t is q law, at least
80 intended the note to the Free Press to b,
understood. and thought the suggestion
therein would, if adopted, be legitimate ant
helpful. Very truly yours,
HORACE W BAILEY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03
w Waterbury.

j. B. Parker is building a house near his
farm residence, for renting.
Mrs. Ormsbee, who was been seriously
i'll, is reported more comfortable.
Mr.. Harry y from the Bradley Shaw farm
is to carry on William Murray's farm on
Kneeland fiat.
Mrs. T. T. Farrell and Jessie Wheeler
attended the funeral Of Edward Dudley in
Montpelier last Friday.
The subject Of Rev. Mr.. Ladd's address
next Sunday evening at half past seven will
be Christ as the Son Of God"
Further preparations are being made for
the library entertainment and more def
mite notice will be given next week.
Communion will be observed at the Con-
gregational church next Sunday morning.
Preparatory lecture Thursday evening.
Elder George W. Tabor has moved into
Mrs. Dumas house at Colbyville. Mrs. Du-
mas is to spend the winter with friends and
relatives in Waitsfield and elsewhere.
Elder W. H.. Blount OF Waterloo, P. O.,
will preach next Sunday at the Advent
Christian church in Colbyville at half past
ten A. M. and at half past seven tn the
evening.
The young people Of the Congregational
church and society met last evening at the
stability Of organizing a reading club was
considered.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.. Dudley of Montpelier
were at the home of T. T. Farrell over last
Sunday. The sympathy Of their many
friends in town is extended to them in their
recent bereavement.
Mrs. j. s. Wheeler and son Stedman nave
moved into the house formerly occupied by
Mr.. Tabor. They have rented their farm
near Waterbury Center to William Adams,
who has taken possession.
The Christian Endeayor Society will give
a social in the parloIs of the Congregational
church, next Friday evening. No money
will be asked under any p%retext, therefore
J an invitation to all to come and enjoy a So
cial evening is most cordial.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
OF Vermont Conference will be in session on
Wednesday and Thursday, November 10
teresting programme has been prepared
and the public Is cordially invited to any
and all OF the services.
The monthly meeting OF the Woman's
Missionary Society of the Congregational
church will be held this afternoon at three
o'clock, at the parsonage. The subject to
be considered will be Turkey. All ladies
of the church are cordially invited to be
present. Mrs. George E.. Ladd, president.
AS Benjamin Stone and Mrs. Abby God.
frey were driving, near the electric railroad
north of Waterbury Center the horse took
fright at some empty wire reels and ran OIL
the bank overturning the buggy and
seriously bruising the occupants, Mr.. Stone
having several ribs broken.
Warning. - Persons who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the warnings
OF danger and save themselves suffering and
fatal results by using One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t ID an infallible remedy for coughs,
colds. Group and all throat and lung
| troubles. w. E. Terrill & Go.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

quently asserted during the last cam
paign that Altgeld was more of a green
hacker than a free silverite, and the fol-
lowing words of the governor would
seem to %corroborate the claim: "Agi-
tation in the paper money direction is
good; and ii may take only a spark to
cause the tide to turn, but 1 think it
will take a long time to educate the
people to adopt the correct system"
1t is the purpose of the new party to
commence the work of education i'm
mediately, and the hope is hat much of
the dismembered Democracy will be
united under the standard of true fiat
ism and imitation.
What the new movements will result
in will be interesting to watch. That
disintegration is steadily going on in
the Democratic and silver parties is
beyond question, but what new phelix
will arise from the ashes no one can at
this period tell. The followers of Bry-
an, under whatever name, still assert
that there has been no real revival OF
prosperity in the country or improve
ment in business. Business men know
that this is not 80, but there are a great
many people who have no such per
sonal experience to guide them. A
million O more laborers whose wage;
have been increased or who have found
employment after long idleness know
that this is not so, but there may b,
millions more who have not had an,
such experience. But the volume o
business actually transacted as shown
by the bank clearances and business
statements shows to the business mai
that a general and great improvement
is at hand.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

urged on to increased violence by the
sight of a courageous criminal shooting
right and left into a crowd, and it is,
perhaps, barely possible that some
crowds would be cowed and dispersed.
The subject is a timely enc, however,
and Governor Atkinson's suggestions
ought to at least stir up a good deal of
profitable discussion in Georgia and
throughout the South, where the cpl
demic of lynching still prevails.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

THOSE who expected Secretary Gage
to make sensational financial recon-
mendations in his annual report to con-
gress were disappointed with the con-
servative policy outlined in the state
ment prepared by him and made pub
lie after it was read TO the cabinet. He
starts out by saying that while the
present satisfactory condition of things
financially may continue for an indef-
mite period, he deems it the part of
wisdom TO suggest some reform in our
financial system. He recommends
either that steps be taken to largely in
crease the gold reserve, or to decrease
the amount of currency in circulation,
for which gold may be demanded, and
expresses a preference for the latter;
and that the bonded indebtedness of
the country be refunded by the issuing
for the entire amount of two and one
half per cent bonds, payable in gold,
which would save the country a very
large amount of money in the shape of
the higher interest that is now being
paid, and would, Secretary Gage thinks,
greatly strengthen the credit of the
nation. Several amendments to the
national banking laws are recommend
ed, with the idea of largely increasing
the amount of national bank currency.
Among them being the establishment
of national banks with a capital OF
1926 900 in places of less than 1000 in
habitants, the reduction of taxation on
their circulating notes to one.half OF
one per cent per annum, the privilege
to issue notes to the par value of the
bonds deposited with the government
and others more or less technical in
nature. That Mr.. Gage has not beer
bit by the cure-all-ills financial dog
was shown by the following modest in
Productions: "The recommendations
take the liberty to make must be con
strued as tentative steps in a direction
which, if consistently pursued, will I'll
timately lead to conditions theoreti
cally desirable, rather than in being il
themselves final measures to that end
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03
National Paper Money Party.

Considerable interest is awakened as
to what the leaders of the Democracy
will choose as the basis of future princi-
plies upon which to 60 before the coun-
try and the voters of the United States.
No little curiosity is manifested as to
the exact status of the new political
party which is said to be in a state of
organization and which is denominated
the "National Paper Money Party"
which promises primarily to devote it.
self exclusively to the currency ques-
ton as the first and greatest issue be-
fore the country. The tariff question
is to be relegated to obscurity and all the
other issues which have been the main
stay Of the old Democratic party are to
be side-tracked as issues of only minor
importance.
1t is we'll understood by close OBJ
servers, and in fact by all intelligent
readers of the newspapers, that the
wing of the Democratic party which last
year adopted free silver as its cardinal
principle has been gradually disinte-
grating owing to the growing unpopu-
larity Of the silver cause, and that
while some of its supporters still cling
to the fr~ee-coinage idea, q large proper
ton of them are casting about for an
other issue which will be more likely to
take with the people as a campaign
issue in the fight of 1900. A prelimi-
nary meeting of the new Paper Money
party was recently held in Chicago and
arrangements were made to enter the
Congressional campaign of next year.
1t is claimed that the new movement
has made some Roadway in the West.
ern States. and that clubs have been
organized in San Francisco, Kansas
City and other western cities. Pure
fiatism, no metallic basis of currency
and no redemption, is announced as
the motto of the new movement. This
resolves itself into old.t m green.
backism pure and simple, and will
doubtless find many supporters from
the ranks of the silverites who have
always believed in greenbackism and
have tolerated silver simply as a means
to the end.
The new party promises to devote
itself to the single plank of greenbacks
demanding government paper, issued
and controlled entirely by Congress
legal tender for all debts and not re,
deemable. Congress will be called
upon to stop issuing all gold, silver ant
bank paper money, and to issue only
national paper money for the use of the
people. The money now in. circulation
in the country will be recognized for it,
face value, but no more of the kline
will be issued. Ex-Governor Altgelt
is said to be in favor OF the movement
but expresses a doubt whether the PEG
pie of the country are ready to accep
the fiat scheme in toto; in other words
that they are not yet educated up to it
Frequent declarations were hear(
during the campaign of last year tina
free silver was but a necessary stepping
stone to the true money of the country
that is, paper currency. 1t was fire.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

The American people have waited
long and patiently for the report of the
trio of American silver statesmen who
took a vacation in Japan at the expense
of the silver trust to investigate and
report why Japan ought not to have
adopted the gold standard. They prom
ised to keep the wires humming with
reports of what they found, but thus
far have maintained a discreet silence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

SMALL credit will rebound to the
democratic editors who are attempting
to find fault with President Mckinley
in the appointment of the special rec
iprocity commissioner. In view of the
democratic record on reciprocity it
would seem that their best policy would
be to say little on this subject.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

The desire of President McKinley's
administration in the sale of the Union
Pacific railroad has been to protect the
peoples interest TO the greatest posi-
BILE extent and in this it has achieved a
larger measure of success than any n
expected a few weeks ago. 1t is a sig
nifcant triumph for the present admin
istration that in the sale of this rail-
road the government will get the full
amount of its lien. When the road
was built more than a third of a GEN.
fury ego it was not supposed that the
government would ever get back in cold
cash any of the money which it put
into the work. 1t was a great military
as well as economic enterprise and it
was expected to pay the people by
uniting the Pacific coast with the East,
and in developing the West, many
times over for the money expenditure
which the government made. This has
been accomplished and in addition the
government seems sure to obtain the
full amount of its claim.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.

IT is a significant fact that people
living in the vicinity Of large manufac-
turtles are not finding fault with the eff
fects of the Dingley law.