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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07
Army Stores Left to Rot.

AT the beginning of the war the
steamship La Grande Duchesse was
chartered as a government transport
from the Plant steamship line. She
took on troops at Port Tampa, and was
one of the fleet that carried Skaters
army to Cuba. Some time before she
sailed she also took on large quantity
of subsistence stores.
Since then the vessel has been con-
stantly in the government service. A
few days ago she arrived at Montauk
Point with troops from Santiago. Lat
er she reported for orders at this port
to Col. Amos S. Kimball, deputy quar-
termaster-general. AS the govern
ment had no further use for her, Col
the ship to her owners. BY the terms
of the charter she was to be discharged
from the service at Savannah. The
captain was ordered, therefore, to take
her to that port. On Saturday the cap
tain walked into the Office of Major
Summerhayes quartermaster, U. S. A.,
one of Col. Kimball's assistants, and is
reported to have remarked:
"I'm ready to sail, but l thought I'd
tell you that there's lot of provisions
on board my ship belonging to the gov
eminent. Perhaps the government
would like to take them off,"
A smile went around the office, and
someone remarked: "Another version
OF the same old story. First it was a
transport that returned to Tampa with
mule shoes for mules that the vessel
had taken to Cuba. Then it was the
Alamo returning here with the two
pontoon trains that were said to be alb
solutely indispensable to the successful
landing of the troops at Santiago, The
pontoons had never left the Alamo's
hold. Then the Breakwater came
along with a lot of provisions in her
hold that had never been disturbed
since they were put aboard for a Massa-
chusetts regiment early in May The
Vigilancia next reported with hold
full of stores that were intended for
Cuba, but which she had been carry
ing around since the early days of the
war. Now comes La Grande Duchesse.
What'll be the next2 II this keeps on
we'll have a fine lot of secondhand
groceries on our hands,"
The case of La Grande Duchesse
was reported to Colonel Kimball, and
he reported the facts to the quarter
master-general at Washington, recon-
mending that board of survey be ap-
pointed to find out why the stores had
not been unloaded in Cuba.
1t was reported that between l 100
and 1900 tons of all kinds of subsis-
tence stores were slowed away in her
hold. There were hard bread and ba-
con, canned meats, canned vegetables
and what not that should have been re-
tired on pension long time ago.
After looking over the stuff, the
board took the affidavit of the captain,
in which the time and place of loading
the stores were given as well as the
name of the officer to whom they were
consigned and the port of consignment.
1t was learned that the captain of the
steamer stated in his affidavit that the
stores had been aboard the ship for
about four months.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

Prof. Dean G. Worcester, of the
University of Michigan contributes to
the September Century a paper based
on personal experience, entitled "The
Malay Pirates of the Philippines" and
illustrated from photographs taken by
the writer. The adventurous trip OF
Mr.. Edwin Emerson, Jr., "Alone in
Porto Rico" is narrated by him in the
same number, which also contains the
first of several articles on 'Life and
Society in Old Cuba" from the joHr-
nails of the late Jonathan S. jenkins
written in 1859, but dealing with many
topics now in the public consideration
such as yellow fever, coffee-planting,
pfp
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

THE Living Age has lately printed,
in its issue for August 6, an article on
Social Conditions in America, trans
lated from the leading Italian review,
Nuova Antologia. The writer, G. M.
Flamingo, shows a wider knowledge
and better discrimination than most
foreigners treating this subject, and
his views are cordial and sympathetic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

The mines in Manchuria, according
to the report of Chinese official, are
situated in a country covered twelve
feet deep with snow in winter and in
tested in summer and autumn with an
insect which makes life unbearable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

Takes the burn out; heals the wound; cures
the pain. DIR. Thomas Electric Oil, the
household remedy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

When doctors fail try Burdock Blood Bit
tiers. Cures dyspepsia, constipation invig-
crates the whole system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

for DR.. Miles Remedies.
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug.
gists under y positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DR.. MILES MEDICA
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07
Her Health Restored

misery VI SiccpieSSueSS Cdu Ouly 10
realized by those who have expert
enced it. Nervousness, sleeplessness
headaches, neuralgia and that miserable
feeling Of unrest, can surely be by Dr.
Miles Restorative Nervine. So certain is
DR.. Miles of this fact that all druggists are
authorized to refund price paid for the first
bottle tried, providing it does not benefit.
Mrs. Henry Bruins, wife Of the we'll known
blacksmith at Grand Junction. Iowa, says:
Il was troubled with sleeplessness, nervous
ness, headache and irregular menstruaton;
suffering untold misery for years. l used
various advertised remedies for female COM
plants besides being under the care Of local
physicians, without help. l noticed in DR..
Miles advertisement the testimonial Of a
lady cured of ailments similar to mine, and
shall never cease to thank that lady. Her
testimonial induced me to use DR.. Miles
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills, which
restored me to health cannot say enough
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That 10 what II was made for.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07
POPLIN PLAIDs

have gone up again, principally for
waists or children's dresses, and while
it is too early to be sure, strong de-
mand for plaids is expected. The
choice novelties, however, are in
French silk and wool mixtures, and on
variously colored grounds, are thrown
up silk or mohair designs in thousands
of different patterns, often with half
concealed cords in various sizes, the
color blendings being usually exquisite,
and designs rather small.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

Time Table in effect Monday June q, 1893. Trains
leaving Montpelier run as follows:
n AA MAIL. Connects at Wells
XIII q m River with trains north and
UIuH III lila south on Passumpsic Division.
''' Also with train north on the
White Mountain Division, and
with mail train for Plymouth
Concord and Boston.
AHf EXPRESS, Through train for
Hill m m Fabyans) Connects at Wells
EIU liz UEp River with express and mail
train north over Passumpsic
Division b. & NJ. r. r., 500
Line express to st. Paul and
Minneapolis, western express
for Chicago and night express
for Pacific Coast points via @.
PRy Through sleeping cars
Wells River to st. Paul, Mon
treal to Chicago daily except
Saturdays, Montreal to Pacific
Coast and tourist cars to Pa
chc Coast Wednesdays. Also
connects with express train
for Boston via Plymouth, and
mail train for Lisbon, Little
ton, Whltefeld, Fabyans, Ian
caster and Groveton.
41O D. M ;:;:::;; $$$?$ $;$;;s; :i
Also with train for White
River junction and way alta
tons, and with accommods
ton train for all points be
tween Woodsville and Ian
caster.
BARRE TRAINS.
Leave Montpelier for Barre at $3.50 A.Aos:lOA.
M, s45 A. M IL: 90 PM l;O5 p. NJ 24O p. NJ, $3.50
p! NJ, 4;45 p. M, Sis p M, $3.50 p.
Leave Barre for Montpelier at 1880 a. NJ. 1855 A.
NJ, 10: 20 A. M, II: 80 p. M, AS P. NJ, sos
400 P. NJ, $40 p, M, $3.50 p. M, o. IS P. N.
WA. sTowELL, General Manager
F.w. MORSE. General Paissn0er Age"f.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

In themselves-plaided, striped, dotted,
shaded, plain satin, MORE, checked and
velvet striped A new plaided ribbon
is woven with cords that draw up, max
ing wide or narrow rufiles with puffs
between and these are particularly well
adapted for trimming felt hats. Mil
linery colors embrace all shades of
green, brown, purple, pink in all hues,
particularly salmon pink, several shades
of magenta, much crimson, and good
share of yellow, turquoise blue, electric
blue, and many other tints indicate
that it will be prime favorite this
winter. FANNIE FIELD.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07
TIME TABLES.
Montpelier & Wells River R. R.
The White Metal ( 'AIuminium") Line,

Time Table, In effect Monday, June p. 1898 Trains
leaving Montpeller run as follows;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

FALL AND WINTER DRESS MATERIALS.
BAYADERE STYLES PRoMINENT,-
cREPoNs, PoPLIN PLAIDs, STYLES
IN MAKING, MILLINERY, COLORs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04

hope to own the larger pieces. There
fore not from any vulgar lretense, but
beca,se they like It's glitter on the table,
and find 1t less costly Iii the end than fra.
que china, thhnS, use whit IL Known by
the naiiie 9f. qtadruble plate. This ware
Is now widely used, and it's designs are 50
artistic, being modelled directly from the
sterling pieces, that the buyer can scarce
ly err in the selection.
The larger pieces of table silver are uni
form. or they differ in style according to
individual preference.
Probably the first purchase will be the
tea set; the tureen may perhaps follow,
because the china one has been broken
and cannot be replaced, or the owner of a
tlne set of soup plates can find no tureen
to match, or only ut prOhibitOry price.
Indeed, generally speaking, many use
full pieces of best-quality plated ware
can be bought ut about the same cost
as good china; they will last for many
years, and can be replnted Mt any time.
a practical vegetable dish has detach-
able handle; removing it and inverting
the cover turns the single dish into a
pair of low ones suitable for salads, COM
potC, etc.
Dreamed caulifowers and purees are
served in silver dishes, because these re-
tain heat longer than china: for the same
reason the silver plate, with it's dome
shaped cover, is in high favor for griddle-
cakes at breakfast
Other suitable silver pieces are bread
trays. nutbowls, platters for meats, game
and fish: holders for Edam cheese and
the round-bottomed bottles of ginger ale:
pepper and sugar shakers.
Inc old-fashioned castor. it's bottles dis
carded and their places filed with glasses
of violets or tiny pots of growing fern,
once more holds the center of the table.
surrounded by it's old friends, the candle
sticks.-HarDer's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
A 5OO-OOO-Gallon Wine-Pond.

: Just think of 100000 gallons of wine
all in one long, deep pond! That is what
you will find at Asst, Sonoma county,
Cal. This wine pond is 1O4 feet long,
81 feet wide and "a feet deep. Last fall
there was an enormous grape crop in
California, larger than any on record.
and the officers Of the ttalian-Swiss Ag-
ricnltnral colony, With has, perhaps; the
largest vineyard in the United States,
wondered what to do with the new wine
crop.
Then p. G. Rossi. president of the col
ony, conceived the idea of building biz
concrete cistern and. by working day
and night, the steam pumps began, in
the latter .part of October filling the
cistern with the must" or new wine,
forty-hve Days after the first shnyelful
was dug. An excavation was made in
the hillside just back of the wine cellars.
The bottom, sides and the under side of
the cover CONSTRUCTED of steel girders)
were covered with concrete two feet
thick. Then the whole surface was lined
with fine quality of cement, glazed to
the polish of glass. The big cistern is
covered with three feet Of earth, and in
Il few months the grass will be growing
over the pond of red wine underneath.
The cost of making this great wine
for the cement being near at hand less
ened the expense about onp-half. The
bottom Of the pond is several feet higher
than the winery cellars, so that the wine,
af ter secondary fermentation. Gun be run
off by gravity through B.nch pipes into
the 2b,OO0-galloh wooden tanks, iii which
it is aged before being put into barrels
and on the market-A Commercial Tray
eler's Narrative in Leslie's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
Never Too Sure.

Against the probability or possibility
of mischance or accident we can never
be too sure. But IL we should stop TO
consider how great is the chance Of
sudden death, we would be made too
tlmid and unhappy. Caution is needed
not to be foolhardy, and precaution 10
know what is best to do when an acct
dent happens. One day this winter
two men were walking and one said:
"We're too timid in treading on slippery
places. l tread firmly and never think
about them, and SO escape a fall
"Never be too sure" said the other;
1T Is that that throws you off and
makes the fall the harder" Just then
they came upon place covered with
thin snow, where kids had been sliding.
The first speaker slipped and came
down with his foot turned and badly
sprained his ankle. He was cripple
on clutches until short time ago, hav-
Ing used many things without benefit.
Up to that time he had not used st.
Jacobs OIL, which, when used, cured
him completely, so that he walks as
usual. There is a probability that for
the rest of the season he will walk eau
tfously, with the precaution of having
this great remedy ready for use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
What Wives Should Remember.

Inc Boston Globe offers these Sugges-
tons for wives and some Of the things
they should remember:
mat Adam was made first
That che pays the freight"
That "blessed are the meek"
mat nine men in ten detest gossip.
mat all angels are not Of your SEX
That confidence begets confidence
That men sometimes have NERVES"
That there should be no place like home.
Ihat it takes two to prolong Il family
| jar.
That the least said is the soonest
| mended.
That with all his faults you love him
still '
That you should have no secrets from
him.
That husbands have troubles of their
own.
That he's 'all right when you know
him.
That woman's best weapon is her weak
That home is more than half what you
| make it.
That he is just as anxious to get rich
| as You are.
That wives are unusually favored in
| this country.
That his typewriter cannot help it if
That he likes to hear that the baby is
| his dead image.
That six pairs of slippers are enough
! for any man.
| That a man likes neatness in your at
| tire at all times.
| That candy in excess is worse than run,
i'll moderation.
| That you should not run up bills with.
out his knowledge
That "a baby in the house is a well.
spring of Measure"
That she who puts on the gloves SHOULD
know how to spar.
That he Is not in love with every WON.
an be glAhces ut.
That, 1t is policy to let him believe he
| is "lord and MASTER
That yohr rela tionshib is closer to him
! than to V6tit Mother,
That prompt and pointed answer
does not turn away wrath.
That he does not get sleepy the same
| moment that you do.
That there are letter drop boxes on the
nearest corners.
| That yeu should not expect him to light
| the fire iii the morning.
That you cunt keep books, and there is
| no use Of your trying:
That he expects tot to look tolir hest
| when you 30 out with him.
| That it does not improve his razor to
use it for chiropodical PURPOSES:
That house hunting is MT reclaimed by
| the average illah lis il pasti}he:
That 8 p. In. is 60 minutes past
| o'clock, not Is minutes to 8.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
RABBIT.TRACKS.

On hill and curve Of wooded ground
The SHOWS have fallen down;
The brooks, In Icy arM0r bound,
Their planning murmurs drown,
And thtckly on the creeks white bed
The rabbit-tracks are spread.
A blue-jay through the tree-tobs flies,
Riue.eteAel against tho 0Gn;
Above, In gray anu slAty skies,
The crows pass one by one:
While where the last -mOnth leaves lie dead
Dim rAbbit-tracks are spread
Across the sheeted meadows bare
The wild wind swings apuce,
Sings eldritch-like through frosty air.
Dies out and leaves no trace;
And where its viewless wake has sped
Faint rabbit-tracks are spread
The trees i'll silent wonder stand
The hickory and oak;
And morning mists about them band
In garb of purple smoke,
An Ana thick where woodland paths have led
The rabbit-tracks are spread.
And all about the tleecy SHOWS,
The orchards and the lanes,
me prickly way Of bleak hedge-rOws,
The bridges and the drains
Mhere'er the wrath Of night has fed
The rabbit-tracks are spread.
ERNEST McGaffey In W0man's Home Com
DaNfOn,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
WILD ANIMALS IN UTAH.
Two Mountain Lions, = Panther and an
: EAGLE CAOturN6

The people Of American Forks, Utah,
have been tormented very much of late
by wild animals getting among the sheep
and Strengthening many of them. Arthur
MCDANIEL of Alpine had twenty head
Killed by mountain lions, so he poisoned
the carcass of one of them, and two lions
came and devoured it. Five minutes after
they had quit eating they were dead. The
animals We're measured, and one was over
nine feet long. They were sold to H. g.
johnson of the bank. American Fork,
who has had the pelts stuffed.
George Tumbleson has also lost some
Of his sheep. sixty head disappearing from
MS corras, one mile and half southeast
OF Pleasant Grove, all in one hight. A
huge panther had crawled into his barn
through a hole where piece of board
had broken out, and sucked the blood
from nineteen sheep and forty-one lambs,
besides nearly killing ten others. Mr..
inmbleson went to his house, brought out
his shotgun and found the animal in a
pen about six or eight feet square, inside
OF his corral. One load from the gun
brought the monster down.
The 13-year-old son of Martin Hansen
killed large eagle near his home 1t
measured feet inches from tip to tip.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
The Swan ana the Pike.

The following Incident was described to
me by friend who heard it from the Inns
of the man who saw it. Ny friends in
formant, a laboring man. passed on his
way to work every morning a pond on
which We're swans. One morning he saw
swan with its head under water-no
unusual thing, 50 he thought nothing Of
it. The next morning it was in exactly
the same place and position. Still, that
was not remarkable, and he passed on,
On the third morning, seeing the swan in
precisely the same position. he called the
attention of the keeper to it. The keeper
proceeded to examine, and found that the
swans head had been swallowed by a
large pike. Both, of course were dead
Letter in the London Spectator.
-Epping forest is the largest public
recreation ground in the world
France makes 100000 wooden
shoes yearly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
FARM AND GARDEN.

Mldwinter In the Northwest.
Through all the dreary days the cold rains
pour,
And winters chilling gusts make sullcn
morn;
Their o.,tstretched arms the tall pines raise
and lower
AS II to silence that deep monotone.
No clear bird-voices thrill the solemn wood,
And save the wailing wind there is no
sound;
Where once the lilies in white beauty stood
The r0tting leaves now robe the sodden
ground.
The slim, dead cedars standing Oh the height
-, Seem bony fingers pointing to the sky;
The maple-trees-ah, what u woeful sight!
Mere skeletons that ever strive to die.
We look In vain for glowing sun at morn;
AT evening watch the dark blot out the
And greet, mayhap, the old moon, pale and
WOrn--
A groping ghost half seen through folds Of
gray.
Herbert Bashford In Woman's Home Com
panfOn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04

Discussed Their Douohter's Case for Hours.
ing similar case " it'll these pills and
they were curing the patient. We began
giving the pills and the next day could
see change for the better. The doctor
improvement. He told us to keep giving
her the medicine. We gave her one piil
after each meal until eight boxes had
been used, when she was well. She has
not been sick since, and we have no fear
OF the old trouble returning. We think the
cure almost mira culous."
FRANK TUCKER,
MRS. FRANK TUCKER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2Sth day of April. 1897.
HUGH JOHNSON, Justice of the Peace.
These pills arc wonderfully effective in
the treatment of all diseases arising from
impure blood, or shattered nerve force,
They are adapted to- young or old, aud
may be had ut any drug store.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
Growing Early Pu;lats.


1t is not much use trying to set eggs
either under the hen or in incubators
for Matching before the month of Febru-
airy. The temperature may be right
a month earlier. But so soon as the
chicks hatch they require more sunlight
than can be furnished in the middle of
winter. AS the days begin to lengthen.
says American Cultivator. there is more
activity in the fowls and a much greater
among the active varieties. Even if
eggs can be produced in December and
early January it is likely that only Il
small proportion will be fertile. Whether
an egg has living germ in it may be
told by looking at a light through it,
when if the germ is present it will ap-
pear as a dark speck near the large end
of the egg. 1t may not, however. be Il
living garm. as the eggs in winter are
often SO chilled as to kill the germ be-
fore it is set for Matching. All eggs
should be gathered several times per day
when the temperature is at or near the
freezing point. If there is Il living germ
i'll the egg laid i'll the early winter. it is
undoubtedly live one, and will hatch
into strong chick if given fair chance,
One-half of these early chickens will be
pullets, and we'll worth 81 each if of
good breed so soon as they are Matched.
FOr the Wmtcr-natcheu pullet VIII lay at
least one sitting of eggs in the fall and
go through the moulting season ready
to be a layer the following winter. 1t
does not take many winter eggs to pay
the interest OH a dollar, over and above
what u late-hatched chicken might be
worth that would not lay until the fol-
lowing spring. AS for the other half
that will be cockerels, there is Il good
market for these as early spring broilers
that will well repay all the cost Of grow
ing them. There is great difference in
breeds as regards the vitality Of eggs.
The Asiatic breeds are usually dull and
mopish in winter and they do not usual
ly lay large proportion .of fertile eggs
until toward spring. Leghorns, both
brown and white, are active all through
the winter if kept warmly enough housed
so that their combs do not freeze. As
the Leghorns have very large comb it
is easily frozen if they are not warmly
housed IN winter. ... ss i
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04
1 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS APPLICTl0y,
Iron, the Reput';can, Versailles. Ind.

From. the Republican, Versailles Ind
The fuckers of Versailles, Ind, like oil
f0nq parents, are completely wrapped up
in their children. Their daughter Lucy
has given them much concern. She is
fifteen, and from a strong, healthy girl,
three years ago, had become weak and
kept falling off in flesh, until she became
a mere skeleton. She seemed to have no
life at all. Her blood became impure and
finally she became the victim of nervous
prostratioal. Doctors did not help her.
Most of the time she was confined to bed.
was very nervous and irritable, and SEEM
ed on the verge of st. Vitus' dance.
Zone morning." said Mrs. Tucker, 1.-THE
doctor told us to give her DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, which he
brought with him. He said he was treat