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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
offensive Cargoes on Board.

Sometimes the cargoes brought
from the hot countries play havoc by
the fumes they give forth" said an
old sea captain. con one voyage the
sugar we had aboard made every one
sick. Matters finally became so bad
that we could not live below deck.
chased a big Newfoundland dog out
of its kennel aft and used the place
as a berth. while the crew threw them
selves around the deck at the immi-
nent risk of being washed overheard
The cook had to go into the hold oc-
casionally for provisions, and when he
did so he tied a piece of cloth over
his mouth and nose. After several
such hurried visits he was overcome
and two other men, similarly protect
ed went down and secured him with
ropes and he was hauled out The
matches could not be battered down.
for fear the cargo would spoil so we
had to put up the best we could with
the fumes until we reached port
"The usually pleasant aroma of cof-
fee becomes sickening, indeed. when a
man has to sail for weeks in a ship
loaded with the grain. Pine lumber
is worse, and petroleum as bad as
pine lumber. You taste the stuff in
everything you eat. and meat and
bread are the same so far as your pal
ate is able to distinguish. all SAVIOR
ing strongly of whatever your cargo
happens to he.
'Under the influence of the tropical
sun these fumes get to be simply ter
rible. Once we left port with our
drinking water in pine casks. We
had been out only few days, when
the water began to taste resinous. and
from day to day the taste became
more disagreeable. At last we were
forced to stop drinking altogether and
make for the nearest port, which hap
pened to be in the Island of st. Helena.
There we changed the wooden recep-
tacles for others of a material not so
easily affected by the heat But in
the meantime we had suffered cruelty
for our ignorance"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
More Rich Jersey Blood for Vermont.

Another richly bred Jersey bull from
Hood Farm, Lowell, Mass, comes to
this State. G. II. Bigelow of East
Brookfield has purchased fine young
ster that is inbred to Combination, the
famous bull that has twenty five daugh-
tiers in the fourteen pound list and
seventy-eight granddaughters, includ-
ing Brown Bessie, the winner of the
ninety and thirty days tests at the
Worlds Fair, Chicago, 1893, owned at
Hood Farm, and Merry Maiden, the
Hood Farm COW that was awarded the
grand sweepstakes prize as the best in
dividual COW in any breed, all three
tests combined. The sire of Mr.. Bige-
lows bull is Chrome, the Hood Farm
bull that was at Chicago. A majority
of the Jerseys in the Worlds Fair tests
were bred to him. He has three
daughters in the list. His sire is Di-
ploma, the sire of forty-six in the list,
including Merry Maiden.
Minty Tenth of Hood Farm, the dam
of this young bull, is by Mint, who is
producing some extra fine stock at
Hood Farm and who carries fifty per
cent of the blood of Combination. His
dam, Lorita, was one of the notable
cows in the Worlds Fair dairy tests,
and won first prize at the Iowa state
fair for three years. The dam of Min
ty Tenth of Hood Farm is Lily Conan,
one of the most richly bred cows in the
Hood Farm herd. She has a butter
record of ID lbs. 81 o., and is by o.
mans Tormentor and out of Lily Mar
tin. DOMAINS Tormentor is the sire of
twenty-four tested COWS, including Co.
nan of Riverside, 81 lbs. o., and Ida's
Dream, Second, % lbs. Ct or.
Lily Conan is out of Lily Martin that
stood third in the cheese test at
Chicago. Lily Martin is also full sis.
ter of Bessie Lewis, 81 lbs, OF. She
is by Ida's Stoke Pogis, the dam of
twenty-nine in the fourteen pound list
and out of Ida of st. Lambert, 80 lbs,
p OF in one week and MIXED sixty
seven pounds in one day. Lily Martin
is granddaughter of the famous Hood
farm cow, Kathletta, test, % lbs, 125
o., the dam of four in the list includ-
ing the great Kathletta's Fancy, that
gave in two consecutive years 22,374
lbs, of milk.
1t will be seen that the bull purchas-
ed by Mr.. Bigelow has a pedigree close
up to four of the COWS that were at
Chicago and helped the Jerseys to win
against all breeds. He is fit to head
any herd and he will undoubtedly be
the means of bringing up the standard
OF dairy stock in his vicinity.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
Live Stock Market.

BEEF CArTLE.-Purchases were on a lit
tie more extensive scale and prices were
steady. Butchers seem to anticipate an i'm
provement In the demand
Prices of market beef; A few choice, 81. 90
to so; extra, So 90 to $50; first quality,
$500 to $40; second quality, 81 90 to 4.75;
third quality, $500 to 3,75.
Prices Of store cattle: Farrow cows, S12
to %; fancy cows, $50 to Go; mich cows and
calves, $50 to As; yesrlings, $40 to 20; 2-year-
olds, S14 to 80; 3.year olds, S22 to 40 West
ern fat swine, live, 4 to 44c; Northern dress
ed hogs, Al to DC per ID.
Prices of hides, tallow and skins: Brigh-
ton hides, II to Sc per 10; tallow, to SIC;
country hides, 7 to 7hc per ID; tallow, ibc
per Id; pelts So to S5c each; calfskins, zoe TO
40; dairy skins 40 TO SOC.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-Prices in the west
are too high to admit OF important purchas-
es, clipped sheep and yearlDgs costing in
Chicago 81 60 to 4 SO and lambs $3.50 to 515.
We quote: In lots, 81. 80 to 800 each; ex.
ira, 1926 to 800, or from % to &c per lb:
TO SIC; veal calves, 81 to &c.
Mich Cows,-A fair business was put
through at $25 to 40.
SWINE Prices we're higher, western
costing here to Ale |. W, and country lots
Al to DC, d. W.
VEAL CALvEs.-To bring Sc the quality
must be choice and sales over % were rare
and transactions at 5lc were not unusual
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

A man and his two sisters were re
Gently made the victim of a thief
whose weapons were only roses. They
were seated in railway car travelling
through Germany when at one of the
stops an elegantly dressed, thickly
yelled woman entered the carriage,
carrying a superb bouquet of roses.
When the train started the stranger
dropped her roses He picked them up
for her, and thanking him charming
ly, she asked him to keep one. Then
turning to his companions, she grac-
iously offered each of them a few of
the flowers. Naturally the courtesy
was accepted, and the next thing of
which the travellers were conscious
was that the train had arrived at
Berlin; that their yelled companion had
disappeared. and that all of their
money and valuables had gone with
her. OF course, the roses had been
drugged.
The police have discovered that the
criminal is a young man. and that he
has conducted a number of daring
robberies in similar fashion. One must
admit that it is the refinement of rob-
berry, and, if one must be robbed at
all, the rose method is preferable to
sandbagging or garroting.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
When New Ambassador Arrives

When n new Ambassador arrives in
London he does not feel at liberty to
accept any invitations until he has
been received by the Queen. If the
Queen is at Windsor or Osborne. this
audience is granted without delay. If
she is in Scotland, or in the south of
France, the Ambassador must await
her return before making any public
engagements. Etiquette requires him
to pay his respects to the sovereign
before accepting hospitality from her
subjects
An ordinary visit to the Queen is
made on what is called a "dine and
sleep" invitation from the Lord Stew
ard. The new Ambassador takes his
predecessors letters of recall and his
own credentials and presents them to
the Queen. He dimes at the royal resi-
dence as the Queens guest, and con-
verses with her on the friendly rela-
tons of the two countries. After din
ner he takes leave of the Queen and
retires to his room to write private
letters on paper bearing the royal
crest. The next morning he break
fasts by himself and is driven in the
royal carriage to the station for the
London train.
After this Formally the new Am
bassador is the duly accredited repre-
sentative of his Government, and is
at liberty to accept general invita-
tons. When his mission is at an end
almost the last visit which he pays is
similar one for taking leave of the
sovereign
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

The Massachusetts Cattle Commits
sion, in its report recently published,
gives very full synopsis of the verious
methods adopted in different States
and different countries in dealing with
bovine tuberculosis. In this connec-
ton in speaking of Vermont they say:
"Vermont, with its small percentage
of diseased animals, has probably been
more successful than any other State in
its attempts to control tuberculosis. In
Vermont no animals are tested unless
the owner allows the entire herd to be
tested, and thereafter every animal ad-
mitted to their herd must be tested,
and their stables thoroughly disin.
fected. - The law in Vermont
has been found to work we'll" Except
in the Legislature at its session in 1898
the report might have added
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
Consider the Clicking Hen.

There is something almost pathetic
in the faithfulness to business and the
unwavering diligence of the ordinary
hen, when she gets her heart set on
Matching out brood of chickens. She
will sit all day on an old door-knob and
dream of the happy day when she can
strut around in the back lot with a
dozen or 80 of fuzzy chicks at her heels,
scratching and clucking and swelling
out her feathers with self-importance.
In order to satisfy this motherly in
stinct she is not only willing, but fran
tic, to deny herself all of the ordinary
pleasures of life. She doesn't care for
"good time" She is perfectly con-
tent to stay at home and attend to her
maternal duties, and has no concern
about how her feathers are adjusted or
whether her comb hangs straight.
When hen is laying and not thinking
of family matters, she takes pride
in her red comb, and is frequently seen
ogling her feathers and trying to make
herself look attractive. But your sold
cluck" is perfect type of the devoted
mother. Her whole being is absorbed
in the one thought of rearing her fam
lily, and even if required to hatch out q
brood of ducks or turkeys she bends to
her task with the same enthusiasm as
though she had laid the eggs herself
Punxsutawney Spirit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
Value of Sugar As Food.

In a paper recently published on the
value Of sugar as a food as compared
with fat, NJ. Auguste Chauveau main
tains that its nutritive value is consid-
erably higher than that deduced from
its heat Of combustion, and that the cal
culation that 0.756 pound of the former
Is equal to ! pound of the latter Is in
many cases exceeded. The increase In
relative nuitritive value is due largely
to the fact that sugar promotes as
similation Of the proteids and reduces
assimilation, and the value Of a food
must necessarily depend not orly upon
the energy it is capable OF supplying,
but also on the indirect influence that
1t is capable of exerting in the renewal
and formation of animal tissue. From
whatever point Of view the matter is
regarded, the superiority of sugar over
fat as a food, whether for men at rest
or at work is very distinct.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

Difficulties of the civil service ex-
animation are multiplied tenfold in the
requirements set down by law of ap-
plicants for positions in the mail SER
vice of China.
In the first place an applicant must
have strength and courage. Toacquire
these he goes through very queer
method of training. He wanders
through mountains and valleys, forests
and caves The exact time to be oc-
cupied by the trip is fixed by law and
heavy fine is imposed for unneces-
sary delay. He must repeat these
trips at night, and If he listens to the
bad spirit and thereby fails to appear
at the required time at certain place
he is sure to lose his rights to a po-
sition
This is not all. He is obliged to
carry an enormous weight for many
miles and return with it within a
given time. No allowance is made for
his inability to defend himself against
thieves and highwaymen, his road
usually leading through a district thick
with bandits.
In training the candidates eats very
lttle-though he is used to this-and
ne tries every 0liHlhlhS tAtlCiScs illtu
comes his real examination, under the
| direction of government officials. He
is taken into a long room where,
suspended from a high beam with
strong ropes are very heavy sacks filled
with rocks.
The candidates must give a swing
ing motion to all these sacks and then
run to and fro between them, careful
ly guarding against a blow by one OF
the heavy weights.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
Ants Made Useful.

1t is known lat the body of any
small animal or bird, IL left near an
ant hill, will be quickly picked clean
of flesh. 1t has lately been demon
strated that ants can thus be made
useful in the preparation of skeletons
as scientific specimens. Prof. Bernard
has been employing the insects as his
servants. While in Florida he had a
fox thus skeletonzed in a single day,
and the work was performed more
satisfactory than Is could have been
done by chemical agencies or human
hands.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
Egg Receivers.

ANY of our readers who are thinking Of
shipping eggs to the Boston market, will do
well to read the advertisement OF A. NJ.
Smith & Co. in this paper, and write to
them before making any more shipments.
way by persons who know its members
well, and shippers are assured Of fair and
honest dealings.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
HOw's This e?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and fnan-
eially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HALLS Catarrh Cure Is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Price, seventy-fve cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

the country the leading National Family Newspaper
Recognizing desire all the the
ton the publisher of THE our fayore home
alliance Weekly Tribune
him to furnish both papers the trihng cost 81 90 per
Every vger himself
which he cordial his
untngy
weekly visitor which should be found
family.
just think it'll Both of these only $500
Send all subscriptions to THE WATCHMAN, Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

AND so the Daughters of the Revo-
luton and the Daughters of the Amer
can Revolution will not amalgamate,
and the dizziness occasioned by the
multiplicity of all these patriotic asso.
Citations of women will 60 on uncheck-
ed.-Herald, Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

mainly to bees and related topics it has
much in it that is of value on other
things concerning the home and home
life. We have spoken thus at length of
this house as we know much of it, and
feel sure that it is reliable in every
wav
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
1T DOES CURE.

DR. GIIDDEN's RHEUMATIC CURE, the
GREAT remedy for Rheumatism, Constipation
and Headache is in liquid and pills, Price
complete S100. Special attention to mail
orders. If unable to get it of your druggist
send to S. A. Howard, New Hampton, n. II.
For sale by Harry A. Slade, Montpelier. -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
NiE a RLf
Fifty-Eight Years OId!!

It's long life, but devotion to the true
interests and prosperity of the American
People has won for it new friends as the
years rolled by and the original members
OF it's family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and steadfast
to-day, with faith in its teachings, and
confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and firesides.
As natural consequence it enjoys in
its old age all the vitality and vigor of its
youth, strengthened and ripened by the
experiences of over half century.
II has lived on it's merits, and on the
cordial support of progressive Americans.
1t is "The New York Weekly Tribune"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.Is

ES-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained DY receivers ~hoesate Lo mot ,ot6ino
prieesJ otherw indicated. are intended
to represent actual - ies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

No man can cure consumption. You can
prevent 1t though. Dr. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup cures coughs, colds, bronchitis,
asthma. Never fails.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biiousuess, Indigestion, Headache.
pleasant laxative. All Druggists-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

Get your Job Printing done at the WATCH
liAN Ofice.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

RuseER STAMPS made TO orner by the
Vermont s.tU,an Compauv
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-06
THE ORPHEUM 1 1ssaTm-
TONIGHT! TONIGHT!

RAND aaa RAND.
To. Ecgeasrsc COMEDIANS
MiNpEt.l. FERN pREYFUSS.
Ia Her Original SinEsnE and pancinE
Sketch. n Private Rehcarsal-
S;.Jl q B.E Feature. ghe Musical.
- THE wlI.i.ARinS --
In Their ssw.o Musical 40
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-06
new CABLE PLAN ON SHIP PHELPS
The Sugar Packet Docks
With a Sailor in Irons.
Crew Mufin!si IS 4 Storm was C9rirs
ou--csrr. Grahsm's ASsouui s.Nsuiy
Days from Bouo'u'u

NEW YORK. o. s6.-Lel ulmmin.
a seaman on the four-mIst-i steel
clipper Erskiue y. Phelps. will be- tried
before United States COMMISSIONS
Morrie in Brooklyn tomorrow ON q
charge OF mutiny ON the high seas. tie
was brought into por; ir irons y-ster-
day. Hammiu Is accused by Captain
Robert Graham. who says tina; he tn
duced the entire crew 20 revolt When
Captain Graham locked his vessel az
Brooklyn he said that his sailors had
refused To obey the orders of Fjvss Maze
MyrOn 7. Bailey. They mutjujed sep
TENDER 2ith, of the eastern coast Of
South America. just as sever. storm
was blowing up. II the men bad not
been cowed ny the captain and forced
TO reef sails Graham says hr believes
the ship might have s1n. down Gu a
.squlll. which came M suddenly.
Iiammin and a fsll1w-srlmlu named
Kelly We're put I'm irons. as ;Asy were
the ringle1dsrs. Kelly Wa. released
four days later ON his promise To- .lus.
no more trouble ON the vuy5=a. Ham
min, Captain Graham says. refused Ca
agree TO behave himself. and was Kept
4 prisoner. The officers WSr. warned
that there would bc more trouble, be-
fore the voyage was over. bus none pC-
CURED. The trouble started as the
Phelps was rounding Cape Horn. Au-
gust seth. The Phelps. which Is owned
by Arthur Sswall * Co. OF BI;h. Ne.
was seventy days out from Honolulu
with q cargo OF sugar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-06
The United States, Great Britain,
Japan and Russia.
WASHINGTON is INTERESTED
Assembling Data-PreSent Project
Solves Many Difficulties Hawaii
Important Point.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-In diplo-
matte and official quarters attention is
being directed to ,he question OF Pa
cific cable linking this country with
the Philippines AMI points beyond. and
it is understood that this Government
and the foreign Governments which
would be affected by the cable are now
actively considering the subject.
The officials here are assembling da-
ia and preparing cable maps. with the
expectation that the matter will be
brought 10 the early attention OF Con-
gress. In n general way the project i
for a cable of four links. viz: From
San Francisco to- Hawaii. 2.l6O miles;
from Hawaii to Wake Island. 2Oi4
miles; from Wake Island To- Guam. -
293 miles; from Guam to- Manila, 800
miles.
These landing points are all within
the control of the United States. our
flag having been raised on Wake Island
not long ago. This would connect all
the American possessions in the Pa
cific by line crossing no foreign ter
ritory. Besides this. the plan permits
of an expansion so as to- secure two
outlets to Asia and the Far East.
The first of these would be from Ma
Mia TO the Japanese Island OF FOrmo-
sa. from which island Japan has built
a line TO the Japanese coast and the
mainland of Asia. The second outlet
would be from Hawaii south to Fan
ning's Island, at which point the newly
projected British cable from NanCou-
yer to- New Zealand crosses.
The foregoing projects would not be
private enterprises. but Il Government
undertaking. The Government, il is
urged in support nj the projects. would
be not only free from the present high
charges and from the supervision OF
foreign companies now handling the
business. but the line being opened To
the public and commercial uses at a
reasonable rate would afford facilities
for the expanding trade of the Pacific
and thereby yield a considerable re-
turn TO the Government.
Foreign governments which would
be affected by this project-notably
Russia, Japan ana Great Britain-are
beginning to show some concern over
| it and it is understood that the Gov
| eminent has been sounded of late from
several foreign quarters to learn what
| its plans are.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-06
MEDIATION.

NEW YORK. Oct. PA cable To the
Sun from Paris says: The officials at
the Foreign Office believe that the war
in the Transvaal will be of brief dura-
ton. Following an interchange Of
views had by French, American. Rus
sian and Spanish representatives. It
has been agreed TO request President
Mckinley to offer to mediate between
Great Britain and the Transvaal.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-Commentins on
the petition of President Mckinley.
promoted by the New York World. urg-
ing that the good offices of the United
States be offered in settling the Trans
vaal difficulties with Great Britain. the
Standard says: We very much doubt
whether the Washington Government
will at all appreciate the suggestion
but in any case ii is as we'll for thos:
whom it concerns. especially for those
whom it does not concern. 10 under
stand that the Transvaal affects our
selves and which we propose 10 settl
without assistance or intervention q
any kind
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-06
DAVITT WILL RETIRE.

LONDON. Oct. 25.-Michael Davitt.
Irish Nationalist member for South
Mayo, announced in the House Of Com
mons today that he would resign to-
morrow as a protest against the Boer
war. Mr.. Davitt denounced the jingo
press and said that the war for the
meanest and most mercenary aims
would be known as the greatest crime
of the century. He declared that If he
had been offered home rule and an
Irish republic he would not have ac-
cepted them if accompanied by the con-
dition that he vote for the war.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-06
ACCUSED SAILORS RELEASED.


CHARLESTOWN IS. c.. Oct. 20
The Norwegian Government has in
structed its representative at this place
to secure the release of the two ship
wrecked sailors held here for murder.
In August last a Norwegian bark was
caught in a West Indian hurricane OF
the Florida coast and completely
wrecked. Three of the crew remained
on a raft for several days without food
or water and finally drew lots to see
which should die for the other two.
The two remaining were rescued and
brought to this port and held for muir
The men will be sent home.