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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
Big Block of GRANTEE. .CuriOsities in
Geology.

Editor Of Wdtchnan-I noticed an article in
an evening paper of Thursday entitled,
Immense Piece Of Granite" giving the di-
mensions as 145 feet long, 35 feet wide and
% feet deep, claiming it to be the largest
block of granite ever quarried in the world
The granite was located at Redstone, N. II.
About ten years ago slab of granite was
raised from its bed In Woodbury. VT, meas.
uring 274 feet long, 28 feet high and 20 feet
thick. This slab exceeds the dimension of
the Redstone granite by 11,340 cubic feet.
Perhaps few people realize what such a
block Of granite would come to, if Of the
quality called dark Barre" provided it
could be split without waste and delivered
at Montpelier before a tool had touched it,,
except to split it. Most Vermont towns are
six miles square and contain 23,04O acres
Reckon this land at $40 per acre and we
fiud the block of Woodbury. granite would
come almost exactly to two-thirds the value
OF the land of the entire town.
The article further spoke of great Curl
osty called the Washington boulder" sit
uated in the middle Of the Saco valley, in
alluvial soil. The dimensions given were
l25 by 80 by 100 feet. Alluvial soil is sup.
posed to be formed by streams overhowing
their banks and depositing their sediment.
Now as the "Washington boulder" is on
top of the soil. what countless ages must
have elapsed before the glacial period,
when that alluvial soil was forming, which
is now under the boulder, and before that
boulder came down through the 10000 feet
of ice which covered the eastern half of the
American continent
In this locality there are several curiosi-
ties, in the shape Of rocking stones, oval
shaped six to ten feet long. One is on the
top of one of the high mountains, right on
the very peak. This stone may be rocked
with the hand, ana there is none like it
nearer than Greenland. There is another
nearly at the top of mountain, nicely bal
anced on ledge, entirely different from all
surrounding stone. How did they get there?
Biologists tell us. Are they right.
OLD RED SANDSTONE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
1T DOES CURE.

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GREAT remedy for Rheumatism, Constipation
and Headache is in liquid and pills. Pric,
complete Sl.00. Special attention to mai
orders. If unable to get it of your druggis
send to S, A. Howard, New Hampton, N. IL
For sale by Harry A. Slade, Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

SWEET, refreshing sleep is given by
Hoods Ssrsrparilla, which feeds the
nerves, tones the stomach and cures all
dyspeptic symptoms.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-16

PETERSON BROS. & CO.. Grain ana
Commission Merchants.
JOSEPH AUSTRIAN. Of leopold =
Austrian Transportation Company.
d. v. PURINGTON, Brick Manufact-
urer.
II. GRUSENDORF. Lumber Dealer.
RUDOLPH Il. RHODE, Wholesale
Druggist.
JAS. Il. McELROY, Of Jas. r. McESlroy
l. Co., Real Estate.
ALBERT T. OTTO, Capitalist.
II. T.. SHIELDING, Capitalist.
THOMAS b. MARSTON, Attorney.
DOLESE 4 SHEPARD. Contractors.
NJ. H. KII/GALLEN. Real Estate.
ALFRED KOHN. Wholesale Grocer
A. ]. ]. MILLER. Lumber Dealer,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-16

LEICHT & BARTHOLOMEW. Brew.
crs.
RUDOLPH BRAND. President United
States Brewing Company.
GEORGE w. KELLNER, Of Schmidt
Brewing Company.
T.. q. CIHLEIN. President Schlltz
Brewing Company.
JOHN CUDAuY, Packer.
MICHAEL CUDAHY, Packer.
LACKNER 4 BUTZ, Attorneys.
GEORGE BURY. Attorney.
WILLIAM Woke, Attorney.
JURGENs 4 ANDERSEN, Wholesale
Diamond Merchants.
ANDREW G. LAUSTEN, Of the Lin.
seed OIL Trust.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-16
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

"A Soldier Of the Empire" in which
Howard Hall, the young actor author, ap-
pears at the Grand in the near future is
a romantic comedy drama dealing with
the Napolecnic period The story is filed
with the deepest heart interest and thrill
Ing situations enriched by an abundance
Of unctuous comedy. The management,
Messrs. Speck, Wall and Fielding, have
surrounded Mr.. Hall with a cast of ex-
ceptional strength, including Laura AL
berta, Rose Stahl, Florence Rossland
Viola Vanderhoff. Mrs. Adelaide Eaton,
w: F. Walcott, Verne c. Armstrong and
others.
The Great Northwest" which will fol-
low We Uns of Tennessee at the Grand,
Is described as a novelty among melo-
dramas, In that it contains in addition to
many thrilling situations and strong dra-
matte cltmaxes enough rollicking fun to
stock the average farce comedy. Much
Of this is furnished by the rival fire
chiefs, who are also rivals for the hand
Of Nubbins, q prairie wild flower. The
many comtcal complications which follow
their efforts, each TO Guido the other in
attentions to the object of their alteration,
furnish vehicle of humor, that, while
broad, is entirely clean and wholesome
Another comedy character is Nubbins'
father, HEM Daggs, chronic mover,
who, with his daughter travels about the
country, looking for a place to settle
down, but never. finding it until he strikes
the new town Of Boom City.
IA Day and Night" a special effort
has been made to make what the author.
terms the Musical Menu an attractive
one one 1t has been prepared by the late
Richard Stahl Stafford Waters, and A
B. Sloane, while the lyrics are by Hoyt
and others. All the songs will be heard
here and for the first time, and include:
Pate Decreed, - 1.-The Dutch Comedians,
"A Perfect Gentleman" Force Of
Habit The Brown Boys Love is a
Spell, "Pickaninnies in the Park,
Creole Girls, " Gone for Good" Teach
Me. Professor" Pretty as Rose For
l want to Be q Soldier" and '.As Long
as It Pleases the Ladies'" "a Day and
Night" will be seen at the Grand in the
not far distant future.
George H. Broadhurst's newest farce
why Smith Left Home" which made
such a great hit at the Grand last season,
VIII come again soon with Frank Tame
hill Jr., Eugene Redding, C. Jay Williams
Frederick Roberts, Gilbert Gardner Carl,
ma Jordan. Nellie Maskell, Jennie EngeI,
Lottie Williams Salter, Rose Hubbard,
Belle Chamberlain and Lizzie May UImer
Sarah Truax expects to include Lady
Macbeth and Beatrice in her reportory.
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tirely borne out by a close inspection of
the score. Coleridge Taylor's music is
melodic speech in the highest sense of
that term following in true accents
the naivete humor and pathos of the
narrative, and while not in the Wag-
merriam sense of the word making use of
the Lett Motiv," Mr. Taylor neverthe-
less has built up the whole work upon
short, pithy characteristic themes which
gives the whole the stamp of artistic
unity seldom attained by modern COM
posers.
His themes moreover are so eminently
vocal, SO fresh and spontaneous, that
their charm is irresistible, even to the
less musically inclined Perhaps the
greatest originality of the work lies in
the choice of characteristic, everchang-
ing rhythm. Through their clever en-
ployment, for instance, in the descriptive
"Beggars Dance" of the merry "Pau-
Puk-Keewis,' there Is a climax reached
which in intensity is fairly overpower-
ing. Many of the themes have decided
ton Of scale peculiar to Indians and
most semi-barbaric peoples. In the mar
rative of the preparation for the feast
and the gathering of the different tribes
the music is fairly tinted with touches
of the vagueness and the stiffness of
Western prairie; whereas, in the gentle
Chibiabos' song of love and longing
"Onaway! Awake, Beloved!'-the music
throbs with eXuberance of life and love-
This song, set for tenor voice and to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

!. ): q The Theaters !: ::
e 81. e. @. E. g. o. q. q. 81. pa. g ~. ~. S. y

One of the daintiest comedy hits in the
piece is the scene between the juvenile
ingenue. In which the latter takes off
her shoes and stockings and wades a
deep brook. A negro love scene in the
last act is one of the most laughable
things in the play.
The management of I'VE Uns of Ten
nessee'' promises a cast of metropolitan
excellence The roster includes Miss Attie
Warner, a beautiful and talented young
coincidence, who will be well remembered
from her visits here as Madge Briefly
in I'm Old Kentucky" The character
that she assumes in this play is said to
be Of the same type as that she took in
I'm Old Kentucky" The cast:
Hiram Gray, sheriff of Jemm
Daniel Gray, surgeon of the ~
Twelfth New York volunteers
Chas. N. Schaffer
Robert Giliard
,rTIIrdy -. ............. Burwell Cutler
William Poole. colonel of the
Third Tennessee volunteers
Burt G. Clarke
Jack Thomas. captain of the
Third Tennessee volunteers
Neil Twomey
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at her feet, and is only girl of twenty
now.
The Thomas orchestra is an attraction
that has no peer in the world of harmony.
Mr.. Thomas is famous for the making of
wonderful programmes, blending tech
nique and harmony as only master can
The Schubert club has been fortunate
in securing Mrs. Theodore Thomas to
lecture on the programme, which she
will do both here and in Minneapolis,
and these talks will be free to season
ticket holders and will enable her hear
ers to listen Understandings to the num-
bers given.
The great Joseffy will come later and
give a recital.
Mrs. De Wolf will also appear at one
of the concerts, and the mere mention of
her name on a musical programme in
sures its success.
Emil Ober- Hoffer has labored untiringly
to train the large Schubert chorus, until
it can almost be said to have reached
perfection.
Probably no cantata written within the
past decade has sprung into we'll de-
served popularity as quickly as the
Wedding Feast of Hiawatha," by the
young African composer, s. Coleridge
Taylor. Although published little more
than year ago only, today practically
every English choral society of any pre-
tensions has given the work or is plan
ming to give 1T during the present sea-
son. Nor is this popularity confined to
England alone, for a dozen or more
American choral societies have under
lined the work for an early performance
also.
1t is with pride therefore that the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

The success of "a Trip to Chinatown"
as an entertainment is attested by the
record made at the very beginning Of its
career, when 1t ran for more than 700
consecutive performances at Hoyts
theater, New York. Its enormous sue
cess in England and Australia Is stage
tradition. In fact, Its popularity, both as
q play and an entertainment, have been
30 great as to create a demand for its
revival after having been retired to
make way for the later successes Of the
same author.
The new "A Trip to Chinatown" which
will be seen at the Metropolitan opera
house for one week, beginning tonight
and all this week, retains the funny
story of the Chinatown expedition which
never reaches Chinatown, with all its
genuine humor of situation and speech.
Not content with this, Mr.. Hoyt has
gone over 1t again and again with a new
brush, and IS said to have improved
where Improvement seemed impossible.
In addition, the specialties are all new
and clever, and some of them said to be
decidedly startling. The music is new
and spirited and rendered by a company
Of artists who are musicians of merit.
The production is heralded as being
on a more elaborate scale than even the
record-brea king original, a complete new
outfit of scenery. costumes and accesso-
rtes having been added.
The cast Of characters is as follows:
Neiland Strong, "a man with one foot
IN the grave" ................H Harry Gilfoil
Ben Gay, q wealthy San Francisco
bachelor Of the Union club Fin Reyno'd DIS
Rashleigh Gay, nephew Of Ben Gay
Gus P, Thomas
Norman Blood, chum of Rashleigh's s.
Members Of the Bohemian club.
Willie Grow, proposed at the Bohe-
milan club ............... Harry Mestayer
Noah Heep, waiter at the Richie res
Hoffman Price, manager Of Gin ''l-
house ..;...,.. ........Lloyd H. Patterson
6lavtn Payne, servant Of Ben
Gay ................. .-....... VIII Phlibr1cK
Turner Swift. who runs the ice crush
er ..........,. ...............James Somers
stillman .....,........ William Lewis
Tonic Gay, niece OF Ben Cay
Emile Gardiner
Isabelle Dame, friend of the Gays
Bertha Holly
Flirt. Mrs. Guyer's maid. Eleanor Falk
Mrs Guyer, a widow from Chica-
go .....,.... .......... Mabel Montgomery
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
OF COLONIAL TIMES.
Daniel FrOhman's New Play to Fol-
low "Trip to Chinatown"

Daniel FrOhman's New Play to Fol-
low "Trip to Chinatown"
The attraction at the Metropolitan
opera house for the week commencing
Sunday, Dec. s. Will be "a CoEonial Girl"
one Of Daniel FrOhman's latest success
ses. The time of the play is 1776. and the
stirring scenes of the Revolutionary war
form an effective background for dainty
romance. "a Colonial Girl will be pre-
scented here by a characteristic Frohman
company, headed by Howard Gould, one
OF the most popular romantic actors of
the present day, and was last seen here
as Rassendyll, in THE Prisoner of
Zenda.''
Charles Coghlan will present his ia
nous play, 1.-The Royal Box" at the
Metropolitan during the week commenc-
ing Sunday, Dec. 10. The play is an
adaptation from Dumas "Kean," thrill
ing in dramatic interest, strong in situa-
tons, and most delightful in characteri-
Eations. Mr.. Coghlan, in the role of the
actor, Clarence, gives a finished and bril-
liant piece Of artistic acting. The pro-
duction is complete and perfect in every
detail, the scenes being reproductions
from historical models furnished by Mr.
Henry Barnes, the English artist The
scenes include a reception at the Swe-
dish embassy, the public room at THE
Cat and Fiddle" the actors lodgings,
and the stage OF the Drury Lane theater
This engagement yin be one of the most
important Of the season
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

less shown, and too much wrist to agree
with the modern ideas of fitness. 1t was
q brilliant morning and the sun soon dried
up the excessive moisture of the previous
night. Presently three members of the
family offered to accompany me on a
ramble. We walked some distance and
came upon the ruins of another farm
'house-a few stones left upon another
and the same utter poverty of surround
tngs, no trees. no trace Of garden or
orchard. On returning to the house cof-
fee was served, but did not take any
Now came a surprise, and I ceased to
wonder at my lively visitors in the still
hours OF the night before when I discev-
cred that in two. corners of the dining
room, under the two arrangements of
shelves or what-nots, were two hens set
ting on eggs. Moreover, the other hens
and young chickens wandered in and out
from the stoop at their own sweet will.
BAD SYSTEM EVERYWHERE.
the rule to begin to think of preparing
dinner when everybody felt very hungry,
and we did not dine until 2:3O o'clock.
Later on a party of Dutch arrived, trek
king In an OK wagon from one farm to
another. 1 noticed that they all seemed
to regard me with suspicion and to ex-
anime me much as they would have done
sumo strange animal newly imported. j,
on my part, was not carried away
with admiration or consuming respect for
these gentlefelk, but submitted to their
questioning and gave information with re-
gard to my own doings with as good
grace as 1 could command. They were
inquisitive, but 1t is pleasant to add that
they are usually kind and hosp1table to
such strangers as can converse with them
in taal, which is low Dutch, in the same
10 f1oS IN oh
staat president, breaches in the little
Dcpper church near to his residence at
Pretoria. Among the people you see
young girls, fresh looking and rather
pretty, but they grow terribly fat or, mis-
erably thin with increasing age. I have
seen ugly old women In different parts of
the world, but, beyond doubt, for utter
and hopeless ugliness, the aged Dutch
vrouw carries the palm. Some of these
old women are more bitter against the
rooineks and rooibatjies Il. e., English
soldiers) than even the men, who often
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

scank Genias. brother of Hirams
wife wife Lee Arthur
Vivian Champe, son of Ellen
tChampe -. Sam NIfchaelson
Ltge Monroe. Charles Webster, John Ma
son, Phil Green, privates of the Third
Tennessee volunteers-Clifford Demp-
sey, G.. H. Acker, H. L. Sutherland, c.
M. Anderson.
Pereye Treadway, secret service
ofncer 49,. .............J. H Andraes
Uncle Ned, Hiram's body serv-
ait Ed Mas
Martha Gray, Hiram's wife
Margaret Gallagher
Ellen Champe. Hiram's sister, a
widow 49,. ......... Mrs. Neil Warner
Lucille Courtney, Hiram's ward
Aff1e Warner
sappho Champe, Ellen's daugh-
Ter ...:... ..-...-......., .s.. Gertrude Llddy
Mandy Monroe. sister of Lige-
~-..4.t Grace Sherwood
aunt Mllne ............ Louise DICKSON
Red Cross Nurse. Hattie Vera
Stewards, Ambulance Corps, Privates,
Servants, Officers, Etc
Tines Spring of 1898. F*'Place-Ooltewah,
near Chickamauga, Park, Tennessee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

Schubert Choral society announces for
the first concert Of the choral series at
the Peoples church, Dec. 5, one of the
very first complete performances of it
in this country.
The foremost English critics have pro-
nounced "Hiawatha's Wedding FEAST
work of absolute originality and spon-
taneity'-"a delicious idyll.''
The text Of the cantata is identically
the same as the canto superscribed "Hia-
watha's Wedding Feast" in Longfel-
lows famous ''The Song Of Hiawatha."
The fact that the ''Minnehaha Falls is
the theater in which this Indian legend
is played, lends added local interest to
any music written on that theme so
much more then when competent mu-
sicians and critics claim that Mr. Taylor
has found music for his setting of the
poem which exhausts the subject and
makes 1t impossible for any future COM
poser to set the same poem again" This
appears extravagant praise, but Is en-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
owe 'BNs of TENNESSEE"
Southern Play of Love and War ut
the Grand.

Southern Play of Love and War Mt
the Grand.
A strong attraction is promised by Man
ager Hays, Of the Grand, for this favorite
playhouse for Thanksgiving week A per-
Torrance tonight at 8:15 will inaugurate
e weeks play of that new melodramatic
story of the South, I'VE Uns of Ten
nessee,' which comes with the indorse-
ment and prestige of a positive and COM
plete success in New York and the East
In addition to the regular Wednesday
and Saturday matinee performances there
is scheduled for Thanksgiving day a spe-
cInl holiday afternoon bill
we Uns of Tennessee is melodrama
Of the recent war, giving a vivid descrip-
tion Of life at Chickamauga Park, where
the soldiers were in camp. The play comes
here direct from the American theater
New York, where 1t received its first pro-
duction and met with great success. It
was first presented in that city last
spring just at the beginning of the hot
weather, and played to crowded houses
several weeks, Notwithstanding it follow
ed season Of opera that lasted all
winter, and the terrific heat. 1t was re-
vived at the same theater early this au-
tumr and repeated its former success. 1t
VIII be presented in this city with the
complete New York cast and production.
It was written by Lee Arthur, a
Southerner; and its rugged mountaineers
are forceful in what they say and do. It's
negroes are clearly studies from real life.
g. It's scenes at the camp of the regiment
formed for the Cuban war, with renlinis-
cences Of the Civil war, give a martial
playground without the boom and blood
shed Of actual warfare. The merits of
the piece are many, and critics have pro-
nounced it thoroughly consistent, dra-
matte and fOrceful entertainment The
play Is In four acts, the second and third
being especially strong in dramatic Incl
dents. 1t Is said that the author is par
ticuisrly happy in his comedy, and has
introduced several scenes which are par
ticul&rly original and laugh provoking.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
MUSICAL COMMENT.

Never in the history of ST. Paul has
the musical outlook been equal to that
or this winter, nor have the people of
this city and surrounding towns had such
a chance to hear the best music.
One week from Tuesday night the open-
ing concert will be. given In the Schubert
club series, at which two great artists
will sing, Katherine Richards Gordon and
George Hamlin Miss Gordon's is name
to con1ure with, and Mr.. Hamlin is a
splendid tenor.
Miss Eeonora jackson, the famous vio-
linist comes for one concert in Febru-
airy. Ihis Is one of the rare treats of
the series, as Miss jackson is considered
the finest woman violinist in the world.
She has had Paris, London and Berlin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
LONELY NATIONS
People Who See Strangers but Once
or Twice in q Lifetime.


Perhaps the most isolated tribe of peo-
pie In the world is the Tshuktsht, a peo-
pie occupying the northern portion of the
peninsula of Kamchatka and the country
northward toward Behring straits.
These people are practically independ-
ent Of Russia, which appears to have rea-
sons of her own. for letting them alone
They have practically no communication
with the outsideu world, and have only
been visited two Tor three times-the last
time by Maj. de- Windt on his journey
through Siberia
The Inhabitants, of the New Siberian
islands are also practically alone on
earth, for they can only communicate
with the mainland, and therefore with
the rest Of the world, once a year, and a
succession of bad seasons might isolate
them for years. The pigmies Of the great
Central African forests. if they can be
called tribe, have also been a people
apart. For ages their existence was little
more than legendary, and only two ex-
petitions commanded by white men have
ever penetrated into their abode.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
IMPORTANT DECISION.

Pennsylvania Road Gets Damages
for Riot Losses.
CHICAGO, Nov. PA verdict for g. 300
was rendered here today in the United
States circuit court In favor Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company in its suit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

the big strike Of 1884, The railroad asked
for $4,000. The decision is regarded as
important as having a probable effect on
the action of other roads which suffered
property damage during the riots
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

hate the English simply because they are
English and more refined than themselves.
So the evening again passed away, and
early next morning 1 departed on my
way to johannesburg.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

Thanksgiving Excursion Rates to
Duluth, Superior and West Superior, The
Northwestern line will sell round trip
tickets to those points for S5;75 Nov, %
information apply at ticket offices c., St.
p, NJ. & o. Ry., No. S95 Robert street,
ST. Paul, and 413 Nicollet av., Minneap-
oils, or T. w. Teasdale, G. P. A, St. Paul.
MINI.
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Number of Buddhists.
The number of Buddhists is computed
to be 400, 000,0G0