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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

MORE than 1 200 COO bushels of grain were
burned in the Armour elevator at Chicago
last Thursday entailing loss of nearly a
million dollars.
BERTRAND G. DAVIS, five years old, and
Ariel Fry, four years Of age, we're missing
four days last week from Brighton, lass.
They were found last Thursday locked in a
narrow cupboard in the closet of vacant
house The little boy was alive, but the
little girl had died OF suffocation. The
children in playing had crept into the cup
board and the spring lock had held them
there for just one hundred hours.
WHILE unloading car OF coal at one OF
the factories in Salem, Mass, last Thursday
the workmen discovered large can Of dy-
Mantle. 1t was at first supposed that IL
had been left in the coal by miners by a mis-
take, but those who are in position 80
know say it is not the kind of material used
in blasting at the mines. An investigation
has developed the fact that a lot of coal
from which this can was taken was pur.
chased by the government, but was moi
used at once because the coal company
bought it back to fill rush orders. There is 8
strong suspicion that the placing OF the dy
Mantle in the coal was the work OF Spanish
spies at the mines. This Is the second can
OF dynamite that has been discovered at the
factory.
A PLUG tobacco company of huge dimen
sions was formed last week in New York
An understanding has been reached by
which the American Tobacco Company will
turn over its plug manufacturing to a new
company. In addition, the new combina
ton will absorb the business of Lorillard &
Co, and p. j. Sorg & Co., Of Ohio and Ken
lucky. The new company will be organ
lied with a capital OF S60,000,0C) divided
into $50. 900, 900 common and $50 600, COO pre-
ferred stock. Each manufacturer to joir
the combination will receive for the casl
valuation of his plant ten per cent in com
mon and one hundred per cent in preferre,
stock. The prime movers in the new move
ment are James B. Duke, President of tn
American Tobacco Company; P. j. Sorg
Pierre Lorillsrd, Col. Oliver Payne ant
Moore and Schley.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Charles NJ. SheldOn's Books.

In His Steps: What Would Jesus
Do? rs cents; Crucifxion of Philip
Strong, 70 cents; Robert Hardy's Seven
Days, rs cents; His Brothers Keeper,
IS cents; Malcolm Kirk, A Story of
Overcoming, 80 cents. All bound in
cloth. Also bound in paper-price 25
cents each, postpaid, or all five, in pa.
per, to one address, for $1.00, post
paid. Sent postpaid on receipt of price
by the Advance Publishing Company,
215 Madison street, Chicago. The I'D.
vance, national, Congregational fam.
lily paper. Subscription, so 90 year.
Trial offer, three months, 25 cents.
The Advance, 215 Madison street, Chi.
cago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
MISCELLANY.
VulcaniZed Rubber.

1t is a bitterly cold night about the
year 1910. Around the cracked, unpol-
ished kitchen stove of one of Boston's
wife and family. The surroundings are
the plainest possible. OF furniture
there is scarcely piece that would
bring anything AT a pawnshop, but of
evidence of squalor and want there is
abundance. Part of the two remaining
chairs has just been broken up to keep
the fire from dying out, and as the
flames crackle with renewed life the
man picks from the floor dark looking
substance and gazes at it with long
ing that is pathetic He holds it up and
studies it with many a sigh that cuts
the heart of his faithful wife and his
loyal children. In changing this SUBJ
stance from one hand to the other it
drops upon the hot stove. There is a
sudden filling Of the room with pun
gent, offensive odor before the man,
with startled ely, can snatch the now
half scorcbed substance from the stove.
But there is a marked change on the
mans face as he examines the burned
spots. He feels the substance with a
the end of years Of labor, suffering and
disappointment? Thanks to the cold
Outside, it will not take long to decide.
The burned substance is hung outside
the door. In an hour the cold has not
affected it. In two hours it still retains
the properties most desired. In the
morning no change has taken place. A
great discovery is complete. Charles
Goodyear has found the process of
making vulcanized rubber.
Here, then, was Goodyear, after
years of varying hopes and unvary' lg
i'll fortune, in possession of secret
that was destined to place his name in
the highest niche OF fame. But this
knowledge did not bring him immedi-
ate fOrtune--in fact, this he never se-
cured. He had lost the confidence of
all who had helped him, aud for two
years h's sufferings ulpassed even
those of the years of experimenting.
At this time he moved = New YORK,
and it was said of him. 'If you meet a
man who has on an in.ia rubber coat,
cap, stock, vest and shoes, with an in
dia rubber purse, without cent in it,
that is Goodyear" He had to pawn
all his furniture for fo ID, and he pledg-
ed an umbrella with Vanderbilt to sc
cure few feri tickets to the city. AT
last enough money was sc cured TO put
his invention on the market, and Good
years process veiJ soon made the
manufacture of rubber goods one of the
principal industries Of the world. But
although others made immense fortunes
out Of vulcanized rubber, the inventor
got little share OF it. He went to Eng
land and France exhibiting his prod
ucts. He YVES awarded the great coun.
Gil medal at the exhibition of all ne
tions at London in 1851, the grand
medal of honor to the worlds exhibi.
ton at Paris in 1866, and was present.
ed with the cross of the Legion OF
Honor by Napoleon III. Yet with all
these honors he died comparatively
poor man at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York July l, 1c50.-Chicago Post
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Splendid Crystals In California.

Some time ago John E. Burton of
Lake Geneva, Wis, leased the right to
prospect for crystals in the old Green
Mountain mine, near Mokelumne hill,
in Calaveras county, Cal. He found
number of fine specimens, and one of
them is claimed to be the largest group
or mass of crystals ever found. AS
taken out from the drift where it was
uncovered it was II feet inches in
circumference. 1t was feet 2 inches
long, feet 6 inches wide and feet 2
inches high. 1t weighed 1900 pounds.
The mass included one large central
crystal and a surrounding group of small
er ones. From the central one it was
estimated that perfect sphere ID inches
in diameter could be cut, while several
others from three to eight inches in
diameter could be obtained from the
mass. Mr.. Burton has found in all
about II tons of crystals. Engineering
and Mining journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
The Yukon Mosquito.

Not only do the Yukon mosquitoes
attack men and overwhelm them, but
they drive the moose, deer and caribou
where these animals would prefer not
to be in berry time. They kill dogs,
and even the big brown bear, that is
often miscslled a grizzly, hr1 succumb-
ed to them. Bears come down to the
river from the hillside in the early fall
to get some of the salmon that are
often thrown upon the banks when the
"run" is heavy.
If bruin luns foul of a swarm OF
mosquitoes and hes not his wits about
him his day he's come. The insects
will alight all over him. His fur pro-
tects his be ly, but his eyes, ears and
nose will &c IN be swollen up and bleed
ing, and unless he gets into a river or
a strong wind he will be driven mad
and blind, to wander about hopelessly
until he stoves to death.
Although the Alaska summer ia
short, two broods of mosquitoes hatch
out each yee", and are ready for bust
ness from one - ten seconds after they
leave the water. 1t rains good deal
e'ong the Yukon, and the rain is well
coined, for it d,iv-1 The mo'quit PES to
cover. Thew hide under leaves and
branches until The shower is over; then
they come out boiling with rage at the
time they h1ve been forced :, spend in
id|eness, and the miner hes herder
time than ever efter his respite.
Nc lquit0es end snow fakes are not
contempol'' les in the States, but in
ALASKA it is different. Snow does not
bother them go much es rain, and an
early snow may fell, while they ore still
on the wing. Fog docs not choke them
either. They appear - like it. They
float about in 1t as in ambush and take
the unwaly prospector by surprise.-
Denver Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
A Lesson In Boiling.

Sallie Joy White lays down these
valuable rules for boiling in "Cookeiy
for Girls" in The Woman's Home Com
pani0n:
"For all green vegetables use soft
water, sailed and freshly boiling. Cook
rapidly until soft. The time will de-
pend upon the age or the freshness of
the vegetable.
"With green peas, shelled beans,
green corn, asparagus, celeiJ and spin
ach use as little water as possible, and
let it boil away, leaving just enough to
moisten, and thus save all the desirable
soluble matter that may have been
drawn out. Cook cabbage and cauli-
flower uncovered, in large kettle of
rapidly-boiling water, sailed and with
saltspoonful OF soda in it; onions, scald
and change the water twice. All 9th
ers cook in water enough to cover, and
drain it off after cooking. Green sum-
mer squesh, cabbage and other watery
vegetables should be pressed in cloth
or strainer and well drained.
"Many people who attempt to cook
are apt to forget that there ia wide
distinction between boiled water and
boiling water and that the freshness
is lost by long boiling, so that the
sooner water is used after it has reached
the boiling point, the more satisfactory
the cooking will be. If water stands
after boiling, it loses its vitality and
cannot be used with good results. That
is why tea and coffee are so frequently
flat and lifeless, without a sparkle or
flavor; not because the leaves and ber-
ries are not good, but because they are
improperly made with boiled water in
stead of freshly boiling water"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
He Should Have Brought Them.

A doctor tells good story in connec.
ton with lad who, until recently, was
in his employ. 1t was part of his du-
ties to answer the surgery bell and to
usher the prospective patients into the
consulting room. One morning there
presented himself at the surgery en-.
trance mechanic with whom Buttons
We on speaking terms.
"Hello, Jacksonl' he remarked.
"What's the matter with YEP"
"Oh, I just want to see the DOCTOR"
replied the visitor.
'Have yer brought yer symptoms
with yer?" inquired Buttons. "That's
the fust thing he'll ask yer about. If
We amt brought 'em, ye'd better pop
back, an get 'em. He won't be down
for quarter Of an hour, an he's awful
perth err about 'em!"
Sand would you believe it?" adds
the doctor, "that fellow was actually
about to act on the boys advice when
l entered the surgery!"-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
The Effect of a Cold.

A correspondent writes: Away in
the southwest of Scotland somewhere
there lives, moves and has her being
a little girl named Mona MacBean. On
the first day of March Mona was late
in arriving at school and detailed off to
write her name fifty times. When the
task was completed and presented to
the teacher, the latter was Mortified to
find the name written, page e.ter page,
"Boda Bskbsde." "You naughty girl,
that's not the way to spell your name.
Spell it properly" The reply was an
astounder. "Please, bah, I've dot a
cold, add cad odly say Boda Bakbade.
That girl will live to be Pitmanite.-
Glasgow News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermouters: Original, Doug
lass H. Dyer, Manchester, So; Edwin O.
Wilson, East Franklin, SO; increase, Scion
w. Davis, Burlington. 50 TO $40; John Sher-
idan, Castleton, S24 to $50; original, Widows
etc. Ann ID. Mason, New Haven, S12. In
crease, William II. Chaplin, Plain6eld, $l2
to $50; reissue and increase, John Lessor,
Burlington, SIG to S17; original, widows,
minors of Thomas Stapeton, Mddlebury,
S16. Original, Frederick M. Chase of Bar.
nard, $40; increase, Curtis P. Kimberly OF
Baker of South Wallingford 49, William
w. Bagley of Hartland Four Corners, 1874;
original widows, Margaret A. Stevens OF
East Barnard, $40.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
The Glamour OF Art.

Do you think that Greek art ever
tells US what the Greek people were
like? Do you believe that the Athe
MAN women were like the stately, dig
nified figures of the Parthenon frieze
or like those marvellous goddesses who
sat in the triangular pediments of the
same building2 If you judge from the
art, they certainly were 80. But read
an authority like Aristophanes, for in
stance. You will find that the Athe-
MAN ladies laced tightly, wore high
heeled shoes, dyed their hair yellow,
painted and roughed their faces and
were exactly like any silly, fashionable
or fallen creature of our day. The fact
is that we look back on the ages en-.
tirely through the medium of art, and
art, very fortunately, has never once
told us the truth. Boston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
STATE OF vERMONTs orov row,
IN CHANoERY-sEprKMBER TERM. 1888.


IN CHANoERY-sEPrKMBER TERM. 1888.
Albert Johonnott VS.. Horatio N. Bailey,
ct. ais.
Whereas, Albert Johonnott of Montpelier In the
the Clerk OF the Court OF Ohancery for the County
BAILEY 6oanss q
b. Taylor Harley NJ. TAYLOR. Elsie Il. Taylor, Naoma
Harold Sae smith fy the County
her husband end Horatio u. Bailey all OF Barre in
sost, A. b. 1893, were justly indebted to Fred
Johonnott Of Burlington, in the County of Chit;
August 2sth 1896 for Ave hundred dollars, ayable
date, ssaed By Emma I. Taylor. J, B. Taylor and
Horatio \ Bailey; aud that said note is due aud
said Emma L. TAYLOR, j. i Taylor aud Hora.o n:
@ortsags to the said Fed ohoSnott the following
described land IN Birre IN the County of Washing
stone and timber IN ain piece OF land aud
bounded as follows, to witi Nohtnweste,y by the
and Lewis Keith southeasterly BY the severa lands
OF the Green MouHtau Co. aud Miles N9rton & Co..
s oy su Watson
and f. A. WrSirsou conveyed 70 the said Emma L..
in Book le page 10 OF b. 90 Lsud Records less that
portion decided John oRonrke yroe T. ssO refer,
par ocular descriptions that after the execution Of
deceased leaSlnS TIE SoloWSs cfiSpen. Xos NJ.
Taylor, bsrley NJ. TAYLOR, Fisie Il. Taylor. Naoms
Pearl Tay or Laroy H. Taylor, Gle ria G.. TAYLOR all
minors except said Alice M, who after inei mar
rled With one Smith. also deceased leaving m nor
cr'd. TO Wit; Hsrold Swith that no admipistra, lon
ha, been granted either on the estate of the said
Emma l.. TAYLOR or ofthe said Alice NJ, smith, nor
has any guardian been appointed puto said minor
children; that said note aud MORTGAGE trans
feN to the orator and that he Is the legal
thereof; VIII Gu said cause Is now pending in spid
Cortt. Aud whereas, it is made to appear that tho
said D. Is. Taylor. Harley NJ TAYLOR, Elsie f. Taylor
Naoma 7. TAYLOR. Laroy II. Taylor Csia g. TAYLOR
aud H1"old smith now reside without this state,
where the process of this court cannot be served
upon them; Il Is therefore, ordered that the above
pamed defendants be notified of the pendency of said
Bit and given opportunity 10 make defence thereto,
and summoned TO appear and make answer to the
same before the Honorable Court of Chancery, next
to he held at Montpelier within and for the County OF
WASHINGTON. on the second Tuesday of September,
A. D. 1885 at nine o'clock A, NJ, by the publication
of the substance of said bin, together with this
order, three weeks successfully IN the Vermont
Patehgdn. q weekly newspaper published and
pIluted at Montpelier in said county, the last of
which publications shall be at least twenty dvs
previous to the said second Tuesday of September.
A. D. 1898, which shall be deemed sufficient notice
to the said defendants
Given Uuder my hand at Montpelier, in the County
of Washington. this 2s.h dav of April, A. d. 1872.
ERWIN NJ. HARVEY, Deputy CLERK.
j. H. LUCIA, Solicitor for Orator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Foreign.

PARIS newspaper correspondents in Italy
all affirm that revolution in Italy is immi-
nent and that popular rising throughout
the country will not long be delayed. The
news causes great satisfaction in Paris,
where republican Italy Is regarded as the
natural friend of France and as an enemy
of the Driebund.
THE news OF the uprising in Milan has
greatly excited the Italian workmen who
abound in Switzerland. At Lausanne last
Wednesday 900 Italian workmen paraded
the streets carrying a red flag draped with
Grape at the head Of the procession, singing
"Marseillaise" and cheering for the revolu-
ton. Hundreds have gone to the north Of
Italy in response to a circular bearing the
words: "To the frontier, let US start for
Italy"
In the recent bread riots at Milan, one
thousand persons were arrested, six hum
dred killed and two thousand wounded
In one instance twenty student7 were kill
ed at the main station of the Vicins railway
line. Three hundred rioters set fire to all
the railway carriage, and the military,
hurrying up, unfortunately fred on the fire.
men who were trying > d'"perss the riot
ers with hose. Many Of the firemen were
killed. As all the printing houses in Milan
refused to print the manifesto, the military
government wf9 proclaimed by drums and
the roar of cannon.
PRINCESS LOUISE Of Ssxe-Coburg and Co.
tina was last Wednesday conveyed to a pri-
vate asylum. The princess had clandes-
timely passed the Last few weeks with Lieut..
Won Mamachich-Keglinch, her lover, at his
castle near Agram, Croatia. In the mean
time her debts grew 70 millions OF forms
and bills bearing the alleged forged sigma
ture OF the Archduchess Stophane came
into circulation. Prince Philip of Sake Co
burg and Gotha had the lieut. snant arrested,
the suspicion prevailing that he forged the
bills without the knowledge OF the princess.
The latter has been placed under guardians
and King Leopold, her father, is prepared
to pay her debts and to arrange the matter
OF the forged bills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Serious Kidney Disease of
Over 10 Years Standing
Cured by DR.. Frost.

Mrs. Mary Shaw, Ala Seavew street,
Bridgeport, CT, says:
"For ten years l have suffered with a Sc
we're kidney aud bladder disease. When
started taking DR.. Frosts Remedies / was
quite sick, Pains across my back and gem
eral weakness were the symptoms. l could
down without suffering great pain. | had
previously tried numerous remedies with
out obtaining relief, One bottle each of DR.,
Frosts Kidney Cure aud Bladder Cure
made me well woman"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

81 trust" she said, patronizingly,
"that you are true artist-that you
conflne your efforts to an elevated
plane" ''Assuredly, 1 do, madam"
was the reply. 81 am frescoer and
invariably work with LADDER
Washington Star,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

suppose that there are many prob
lens which the polar explorers seek to
solve, said the unscientihc man. Yes,
replied the intrepid traveller, great
many. What is the most important
one? Getting back.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

Papa, what is gossiping? asked little
Robbie in a thoughtful mood. Well,
to speak plainly. my boy, gossiping is
just lying, replied the parent, with
Keeling. | suppose, papa, you were
gossiping Yesterday, when you told us
about all those fish you caught?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

Mrs. Romanz-I tell you what a
baby brightens up house, and that's
fact. Mr.. Practickel-Yes; we've
had to keep the gas burning all night
ever since ours was born.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

One big trouble bout runnin dis here
world, said Uncle Eben, is dat it's de
man who honesty realizes de full i'm
portance of responsibility dat is mos
likely to be a little shy OBJ acceptin it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

Simkins-I thought you said Breezy
was welded to the truth. Timkins-
So always thought. Simkins-Well,
il he ever was, he's a widower now.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

MONARCH over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains,
stings. Instant relief. DIR. Thomas Ec-
lectric Oil. At any drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

An
1 S: :f$ S$ s?ss ,Is: ': % Omfort powder
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Domestic.

MORE than 1000 coo bushels of grain were
burned in the Armour elevator at Chicago
last Thursday entailing loss of nearly a
million dnllara
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Mrs. Pinkhem Says Standing Still Is One o.
Womans Most Trying Tasks.

saIesIady TO be always cheerfuI
and pleasant. How can a girl
be cheerful when her back is
sailed by lassitude and bearing
ter how sweet tempered she is
way under the pain after a while.
want cross and snappy saleswo
l...-z.4.A z.xiAo1 81 - -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
EnrIIsh and american worlxmen,

The London Times, in recent issue,
publishes the report of conversation
between an English engineer and an
American manufacturing engineer
upon the relative industrial conditions
of the two countries, andcomments al
some length upon the facts revealed.
The American, as was to have been
expected, dwelt upon the superiority
of the American workman and ma.
chinery and ON what an economic
writer of ability characterized as the
"cheapness of high wages" He al
legged that the American workman re.
ceives higher wages, but the labor,
saving machinery makes possible a
profitable export trade. AS matter
of fact, the high wages, more than any
other factor in the industrial life OF
the country, make the profitable ex.
port trade possible. The high wages
command the services of the best
mechanics in the world, and the greater
the skill of the artisan the larger the
product of his labor and the less the
waste from his work. The superior
labor-saving machinery in this coun.
try has good deal to do with the
growing exports of manufactured pro-
ducts, but the most important agency
of all is the higher ges.--Industrial
World
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
The Uses of Paramn.

The marked chemical indifference
of paraffin and paraffin wax has led to
its introduction in connection with a
large number Of industries. 1t is EN-.
ployed for lining wooden and metal
vessels for acids; and voltaic batteries,
in electric insulation, in coating
splints and other appliances subject
to septic influences, as a vehicle for
illuminate in the manufacture ol
matches, as a covering for cartridges,
for preserving fruits and vegetables
by forming a coating over their sur.
face, and for an almost endless variety
of similar purposes. 1t is also used
extensively in the manufacture OF can
dies, for securing a high polish on
clothes in laundries, AMI for water
proofng parer and fabrics.