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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
Antitrust Reasoning.

Governor Sayers of Texas continues
to get little essays from the other Gov
ernors in response to his invitation to
meet in st. Louis to discuss the indus
trial situation. Governor Rogers of
Washington is the latest to reply. He
says that he does not believe that any
law can be passed which will abate the
evil of big corporations, for no law for
bidding man to sell what he has when
he chooses or to buy what he has mon
ey to pay for would be constitutional.
The remedy which he sees is public
ownership Of almost everything. But
he does not cay how public ownership
will supply products to the people more
cheaply than private ownerships, or
than trusts. There is a good deal of
circular and elliptical and rhomboidal
and parallelopipedal reasoning on this
subject, but whatever may be the
course of the argument it all ends
where you start, if you pursue it far
enough.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28

RusRER STAMPS made to order by the
Vermont Waterman Company
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
The Sanitation of the Farm Home.

Cities have sanitary inspectors to
look after the condition of the streets
and all parts of the city, but each farm
er has to be his own health officer.
Sometimes the housewife makes bet
ter health board than the farmer. She
has keener eye for filth, is more SEN
sitive to such things, and let every
farmer take heed to all warnings as to
unhealthy conditions surrounding his
premises. Especially let him not neg
lect any warning that may come from
the housewife as to any disease breed
ing conditions which may exist around
the buildings. No one can know bet
ter than she what needs doing to make
the premises healthful, and let every
man heed his wife's warnings as to I'M
sanitary conditions around the house.
Especially look after the water supply
and the cellar. If the water comes
from nice spring, then be very thank
full, for pure water is one of the best
gifts of God to household. If your
water is taken from well, see to it
that it is pure. Write to the Expert
ment Station, Burlington, VT, for di.
rections for taking and sending a SAM
pie of your well water for testing, and
then get it tested for impurities. You
can rely on their statements as to this,
and if they tell you it is all right, you
can rest in peace. But if they say dam
ger, then heed the warning and get
water from source which will not ex-
pose your family to disease aud death.
The sickness caused by impure water
often causes vastly more loss to home
than any cost of remedying the bad
water supply.
Then the cellar is another ever pres.
ent evil in many homes. The air we
breathe is even more liable TO harm US
than the water we drink, il it be in
fected with poisonous germs or nox.
ious exhalations. 1t was the writer's
fortune to live for years over wet cell
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
AGRICULTURAL.
The Tomato.

Few farmers or owners of gardens
realize the value of the tomato. Our
grandfathers grew it for years simply
as an ornament under the name of
''love apple" They never thought of
eating it. How much they lostl AL
most every garden contains tomatoes,
and thousand of acres are grown for
canning, other thousands for the city
markets.
Most people know something of the
proper care of this valuable fruit, but
there are some things about training
the plant which are not known to every
one. If you look at tomato plant,
you will find that it has a way of throw
ing out shoots at the base of every leaf.
AT the same time il sends up one main
stem. Now to secure the best results
with the least work, drive strong
stake beside the plant, tie the main
stem to this, and pinch out all the side
shoots. This will turn all the energy
of the plant into the work Of growing
the main stem and bearing fruit upon
it. The fruit will be earlier, larger,
and less liable to rot than if treated in
any other way. If dry weather pre-
walls, it will pay to water few plants
to hasten their maturity, and it will
help them on to put spoonful of nj
trate of soda into each pail of water
you give them. This may seem very
small amount, but it is enough, and is
one of the very best fertilizers for
tomatoes.
As to their heal!hfulness it is said
that the juice of the tomato is coming
into use as a tonic and health preser-
vative, and we would respectfully sug.
gest to those who are using CONNER
cial medicines that they try substitut-
ing tomato juice. We have no doubt
but that If some enterprising person
should prepare tomato juice, bottle it
up, label it with some high sounding
name and advertise it, it would be far
more valuable than many of the adj
vertised medical compounds which are
30 widely sold. And while the fruit is
in season, we urge all our readers to
make free use of good, ripe tomatoes.
They should be grown in abundance in
every garden and on every farm, 80
that instead of having a few OCCASION
ally on the table, they may be freely
eaten by every member of the family
at every meal. And then by covering
the vines in the fall to preserve from
frost, and by pulling up the vines with
the green fruit and placing in dry
cellar or room where they will be cool
but not freeze, the season can be con-
siderably prolonged. Then of course
there is the canning, and no fruit is
more easily canned than this.
But of all the abominable stuff that
civilized human beings make use of,
the mixture of vinegar red pepper,
and other strong and pungent agents
which are cooked up with green toma-
toes and served under various names,
stands at the head for a dyspepsia
causer. And we are pretty sure that
there is danger of such stuff so irritat.
ing the lining of the digestive organs
as to cause craving for other ruinous
stimulating and narcotic drugs. Any
way, we say, don't abuse the stom.
achs of your families by concocting
such noxious denominations, and thus
putting such good fruit to such bad
use.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28

The advance agent of General Pros
perity is General Hard Work, with
both mind and muscle all along down
the line. An occasional streak of pros
perity is struck by speculation, like an
Englishman who in time of dire dis
tress robbed his feather beds of their
contents and thus obtained cash capi-
tai to start speculation in hops. The
feathers were replaced by unmarketa,
BILE hops. The next year the hop crop
failed and the ticks were again ripped
open and contents sold at a big price
and it was thus the Englishman hoped
from obscurity. BY hopping from one
thing to another he happened to hop
upon the right side of the hop crop
Mirror and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
ESTATE OF JOSIAH HOLDEN.
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, So.

In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and
for said district, the 18th day of June, A D. ls99
testament of JOSIAH HOLDEN, late ofwatsield.i in
said District, deceased presents her
makes application for a decree of distribu-
ton and partition Of the estate of said de-
that said account and said application be re.
bate ONCE, in said Montpelier on the 3Oth day
Of June, A. d. 1899 for hearing and decision
hereof be given to all persons interested by pubca
ton of the same three weeks successfully in the
Vermont Waterman g. State Journal, a newspaper
published at Montpelier, in this State, previous to
said time appointed for hearing. that they may
appear at said time and place, and show cause, II
any they may have, why said account shonld not
be allowed, and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest
6l-63 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28

LONDON, June 22.-Orders were is
sued today to send two companies of
engineers, two companies of the army
service corps, officers and men from
other departments, and arms and am
munition to South Africa.
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RETAILsDEALERs PRICES.


ES-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained Dy recevers phoesae lots mot ioo6ine
pr;ee0 unless otherw Sc indicated. intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That 10 what e -,as made for.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich
blood In the veins; makes men and women
strong and healthy. Burdock Blood Bit
ters. AT any drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Hungry Visitors Find Food at
Banquet Hall.
Hundreds Receive Good Things
without Cost.
SUPPLIED WITH PIE.
Soldiers Had Left Much to Be
Disposed Of.
Food Consumed by Wagon Load
Rest Given to Poor.

The Twentieth Kansas boys were not
the only ones who received benefit from
the banquet given by the Grocers' and
Butchers association last night. Hun
dreds of people hocked to the corridor
leading to the banquet hall after the
fireworks and We're given handouts"
Mrs. Julia A. Wiley was in charge Of
the culinary part of the banquet, and
after the banquet proper was over, she
supposed that the work of serving eat
ables was over, but she was mistaken
There were many people in the city
who were not able to get into the res
taurants or hotels to get their suppers
on account of the crowd. 1t became
noised about that there was plenty to
eat left in the banquet hall and i'm
mediately after the fireworks a. string
of people began going up to the hall
They came so fast that Mrs. Wiley sum
mOned a detail of national guards to
keep the crowd back AS fast as It was
possible to do so, cut pies were hand
ed over the heads of the guards to the
hungry multitude outside.
It is impossible to estimate how many
people were fed in that manner. Oc-
casionally one or more soldiers would
appear in the crowd and these were al
ways admitted to the hall and given ev-
erything they wanted. At one time a
squad of fifteen, who had missed their
way to the banquet hall earlier in the
evening, came in.
The stream OF people kept up until Al
o'clock, and the last ones fed were two
Twentieth Kansas boys. BY that time
the special trains had taken many OF
the visitors out of the city.
Several wagon loads of eatables were
consumed during the evening. Raw
oysters, sandwiches salads, and the
like were on the tables, and hot meats,
potatoes, gravy, vegetables and coffee
were served, after which came the ice
cream, pie and cake
The women of Topeka responded 10y
ally to the request of the grOcers and
butchers for pies and cakes, especially
the former. Mrs. Wiley says the pies
came in so fast yesterday that she lost
all count of them, but She estimates
that she had 200 there last night. She
has no idea of the number of cakes that
were received About 100 gallons OF
hot coffee were consumed Ey the sol
diers and the outside crowd together
A large amount of eatables was left
over this morning, three or four hun
dred pies among the rest. These are
being distributed among the poor Mrs
Thorpe was sent a large quantity by
the grocers and butchers this morning,
the orphans home has been plentifully
supplied and IngIeside as well, and still
there is large quantity on hand. There
was enough on hand last night to feed
three or four regiments the size Of the
Twentieth Kansas.
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cago harbor last night were reported
as greatly increased. Over two hum
dred and forty boats have been report
ed in shelter during the last two days,
which makes an unusually large list.
The schooner rugged yacht Chiquita,
with dead man, supposed to be d. S.
Way, the owner and captain, lashed to
the rigging, went ashore in the gale
three miles east of Miller Station, Ind.
1t is believed that all the crew and pas
sengers have perished. Garments found
in the cabin indicated that at least one
woman was among the unfortunate
party on the yacht. Where the yes
sci belonged was not ascertained last
night, but it was thought it was from
some Michigan port.
The dead man lashed to the rigging
was apparently fifty years old. On his
left temple was deep cut, caused
probably by a falling spar. 1t was be-
lieVed that his name was d. S. Way,
that signature being found on a num-
ber of papers and effects in the cabin.
The name ID. S. Way was found on
a. complete Woman's wardrobe, and the
opinion was that the owner was wash
ed away.
In the cabin there was a fully equip
ped amateur photographers outfit, and
among other things a large number of
pictures. The supplies had all been
bought in Charlevoix, Mich.
The Chiquita was first seen by Albert
Sabinske, a fisherman, who lives on
the shore a mile from Millers. as he was
looking for driftwood in the morning.
At that time he saw three of the crew
on deck.
A squad from the South Chicago life
savers are patroIling the beach in
search of the missing bodies.
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easement at Farquhar's farm. The

gagement at Farquhar's farm. The
correspondent says:
THE column was sent out Sunday
night, made a wide detour and reached
the spurs of Drakonsburg before dawn.
Colonel Carleton stormed the heights
with the bayonet and made his position
against great odds until his ammuni-
ton was exhausted and surrender had
become inevitable. Nearly 200 had then
been killed and wounded
A dispatch to the Daily TeIegraph
from Ladysmith, filed Monday night,
giving a description of the battle, says:
"A similar mule stampede occurred
to Lieutenant Colonel Grimwood's col
umn on the BulaWan side The ammu-
milton was lost, but our infantry quite
held their own. 1t was a serious mis-
fortune that thePowerfuls blue jackets
We're not summoned sooner, as the re-
suit of the engagement would have
been different"
The war office has just informed the
Associated Press that a dispatch has
Natal, Sir Walter Francis Hely-
Hutchinson, announcing the communi-
cation with Ladysmith has been inter
rupted since half-past two this after
noon.
This is not regarded by the war office.
however, as in any wise confirming the
rumor of complete investment of
Ladysmith or of the capture of CO.
lonezo.
Again it is asserted at Aldershot that
the mobilization of a second army corps
Will begin November 10, and that the
whole reserves of the transport branch
of the army service corps will be called
out
A composite detachment of royal
marines will be formed at Portsmouth.
consisting of experienced men, for in
land service in South Africa.
FALL OF LADYSMITH REPORTED.
London, Nov. 3.-While the wires to
Ladysmith are cut the optimism of
the war official yesterday evening in
refusing to believe that Ladysmith was
completely invested, or CoIenso cap
tured, appears to be justified, as this
morning it was asserted that the rail-
road is still open, though traffic has
been conducted with the greatest eau
ton. What, however, was only a ru-
NOR yesterday evening, may, it is claim
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FIGHTERS READY.
Jeffries and Sharkey Anxious
For the Battle.
Hard Training Completed by
the Contestants.
TOO SEVERE METHODS
Adopted by Jeffries, Complains
Trainer Delaney.
Both Principals Confident OF
Victory Tonight.
TOO SEVERE METHODS

New York, Nov. 3.-James ]. Jeffries,
the champion pugilist, arose at o'clock
took cold plunge and at $3.50. accom-
panied by his adviser, Tommy Ryan,
started for a walk to Central Park.
They entered the park at Fifty-ninth
street and walked brislzly for about
three miles after which Jeffries return
ed to his hotel for a hearty breakfast
of eggs, chops and coffee.
While waiting for his trainers, JEFF
fries wrote a. number of kilograms in
forming his immediate friends of his
condition, which he said was better
than when he met Fitzsimmons and
weighed five pounds more than he did
at that time.
Billy Delaney said today that Jeffries
was trained in some particulars in op
position to his (Delaney's) wishes. De-
Ianey objected to Jeffries' continual
running and sweating. He would not
have worked as hard as he did, said
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Delaney, 'if I had had something to
say. In the last ten days he stopped
the foolish practice of running and
'Stnce stopping Jeffr1es has worked
adopted.
Since stopping Jeffries has worked
to a moderate extent. but the question
is whether he has stopped in time to
avoid any evil consequences that may
follow after the fight. I do not mean
that he is not physically fit and will not
whip Sharkey, but there is a limit to
everything and have objected to the
severe method adopted this time by
Jefries. He is not moderate in his
work. He goes ahead and works like
steam engine and this running and
sweating on the road is killing pro-
cess. An example of this evil effect
was seen three weeks ago when Jeffries
was weighed in the presence of George
Siler the referee. He touched the scale
at PA pounds and I was alarmed, for
PA pounds weight and only three weeks
to train, is no joke Today he weighs
210 pounds and is fit"
All of Jeffries' friends consider him
to be in the pink OF perfection and are
confident that he will whip Sharkey.
Billy Delaney, in spite of his objections
to the severe methods of training
by Jeffries, says he sees no possibility
of a. defeat and Tommy Ryan is SO con-
fdent that today he put up $500 against
$3.50 on the champion.
Jeffries and his trainers left at 10
o'clock for Coney Island. Jeffries will
remain quiet in his hotel there for the
remainder of the day. Sharkey did not
come to the city but went directly from
his training quarters at NeWdorp Sta
ten Island to Coney Island.
SHARKEY'S BREAKFAST.
Sharkey got up at six o'clock this
morning and after taking a ride with
Trainer McGrath returned to his hotel
at NeWdOrp, Staten Island, and ate q
big breakfast, consisting of cream,
three kinds of fruit, chopped meat, six
boiled eggs, lamb chops and rye bread.
toasted. Sharkey said he felt in prime
condition and was confident as ever
that he would win.
During the forenoon Sharkey, accom-
panied by his trainers, Bob Armstrong
and Tim McGrath, and about a dozen
friends, left his training quarters for
Coney Island, going by Ferry to New
York. They We're met at the ferry slip
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FIRST STORM
Of the Season Working Havoc
on the Lakes.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-The northeast gale,
which has been raging for over forty
eight hours and brought the first snow
of the season to this locality, still con-
tinues. Life savers at various points
have been kept busy watching for and
aiding vessels in distress.
The following vessels were reported
as being in trouble at various points:
Schooner William H. Dunham, two
master; ashore near st. Joseph, Mich.
Steamer name unknown; ashore in
Tin Shoals, near Boise Blanc Island.
Schooner Kate Lyons, from Cheboy-
gan, Mich, to Chicago; laden with Ium-
Der; stranded near Cathead.
Schooner Elgin, bound for Chicago;
puts in at Milwaukee, leaking badly.
The fleet of sheltered vessels in Chi
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ed, be a reality at any moment, as
General Joubert, with a large force, IS
expected to detach a force of several
thousand men and make a dash at the
railroad.
Rumors of all kinds are springing up
here. 1t is even asserted that General
White has been compelled to fall back
on Pietermaritzburg leaving his
wounded behind. Probably such rum
of the Orninous silence which preceded
the evacuation of Dundee. But on the
other hand it is asserted that the con-
ditions are altered and the British guns
now seem more than equal to the ar
tilIery of the Beers, thus enhancing the
difficulty of any assault the Brit
ish lines A Cape Town dispatch re-
ports repulse of the Beers by the Brit
ish yesterday. While there is a habit
here to assume that news of Beers vic
tory emanating from the continent can
not be true because of the censorship,
the fact is forgotten that foreign gov
ernments are fully privileged to send
and receive cipher messages to and
from their representatives in South Af-
rtca.
A BAD DAYS WORK.
London, Nov. 3.-The list of casual
ties among the cn-cOmmissiOned Off
GERS and men at FarQuehars farm
shows the Gloucesters lost thirty killed
ten killed and forty-one wounded; and
the Tenth Mountain battery two wound
ed, before they surrendered. The cap
tured who are given under the head of
missing are divided as follows:
Gloucesters, 10 officers and $50 men;
Tenth Mountain battery, officers and
81 men; Fusiliers, not yet reported.
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WELCOME TO co. 3.
A Big Demonstration Takes
Place at Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas City, Nov. 3-Today in almost
every town and city in Kansas celebra-
tions are being held in honor of the sol
diers-receptions, parades and general
ly jubiIant times marking the arrival
Of the men. In Kansas City, Kan, one
of the biggest demonstrat in the
history of the city is in progress, in
cluding a parade made up of 5000 peo-
pie, composing civic and military or
ganizations and public officials, well
coming home company 3.
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ANTITRUST B. 2.
Baking Powder Company to Fight
the Com bine.

Chicago, Nov "A special to the
Times Herald from Indianapolis, Ind,
says:
A number of Chicago men and several
representatives OF other cities have
been here since Wednesday in consul
tation with reference to forming an
antitrust baking powder company. and
it is announced that the details havf
been completed and that one Of Il
largest baking powder plants in the
country will be established in Chicago.
When the conference closed last even
ing several of the representatives went
to Cincinnati for the purpose OF pur-
chasing machinery to place in the new
plant.
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by Tom o'Rourke who is sharkey's ,
sHARKEY ANXIOUS.

New York, Nov. 3-Thomas Sharkey
has issued the following statement:
fries statement of how he will fight
me tonight. If he does fight according
to the plan laid down there the fight
won't last long, and neither will JEFF
fries. 1 was never in better fix fQr a
fight in my life. I had much rather
fight Jeffries than Mccoy. jeff is a big
man and he can't get away like little
midget, who will dodge every time he
sees a lick coming. If I could pick any
good man whom I was sure of beating
Friday night it would be Jeffries. This
is a sure thing. Jeffries and are good
ing between US. We both want to be
the worlds heavyweight champion and
we have to fight to do it.
I will be very glad when the gong
sounds for us to begin action.
THOS SHARKEY.
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MAI. wHITMAN's THANKS.
Publicly Acknowledges GentIemanly
Conduct of His Battalion.

The following communication was re-
ceived by the State Journal from Ma
jor Frank H. Whitman:
'I desire to thank the officers and men
on the second section Kansas train for
their gentlemanly conduct, from San
Francisco to Topeka. Perfect harmony
prevailed throughout the entire trip.
While the men were not amenable to
discipline, discipline was not necessary
Their conduct was beyond reproachs
and was admired by all.
FRANK H. WHITMAN,
Late Major goth Kan. Regiment -
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JEFFRIES-SHARKEY.
State Journal Will Give the News in
Unique Way.

Tonight's big prize fight will be
bulletined by the State Journal, by
rounds, beginning about o'clock.
In addition to window bulletins the
details of each round will be spoken
through the megaphone by Joe Zahner
of Kansas City, the great newsboy with
the remarkable voice.
This will be the first time the mega
phone has been used for purposes OF
this kind in Topeka.
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A BAD DAYS WORK.
SOUVENIR NUMBER.

Knowing the demand would be large
for the 24-page edition of the State
Journay of November End, containing
so many pictures and so much reading
matter about the famous Twentieth
Kansas regiment, an extra supply of
papers was printed. Orders for a rea-
sonable number of copies at five cents
each can stil be supplied