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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-29

A TREATMENT that restores instantly all
cases of monthly irregularities (from what
cause); safe and sure; relief guaranteed
at any time when others have failed: travel
ers helped instantly and return home the
day: no Instruments used; cure at Of
fee, s.; home in confinement; sldllful medical
attention all save time and expense by
consulting the doctor. free, before going else
where. MRS. DIR. WYETH 942 Post St, bet.
Hyde and Larkin: hours. 10 to and to
p M; Sundays, 10 TO Il and to p. NJ.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-29

LOST or strayed. last Thursday night, brown
horse and light buggy. Return to Blackhawk
Stables Valencia and Twenty-third SITS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
THE CREAMERY TROUBLE.

A JOURNAL reporter called on A. w. Slo-
cum, manager OF the Capital creamery on
Tuesday to ascertain if any thing new had
developed in the temporary failure Of Fran
mis- Batchelder & Co of Boston, proprietors
Of This creamery and its Vermont tributa-
ri-s.
OF course the greatest anxiety in this To-
cality exists among the Washington county
patrons of the Montpelier creamery, to
whom about So 600 was paid last Friday,
mostly in chrcK- on the Broadway national
bank of Boston. Mr. Socum stated that
inquiry at the local banks This morning had
ehcited the information that only one of
these checks had been presented for pay =
ment, which, of course, was refused.
Batchelder q Co. were pulled down
through the failure OF j. p. Squires & Co.
and the Broadway bank. This firm has
done thirty per cent more business during
the past year than ever before, and the
outlook for the future was never better.
They had SO 600 lied up In the Squires and
Broadway bank failures and made lem
porary assignment rather than saclifice
valuable real estate and other property to
realize ready cash.
Mr.. Ba chelder sent word Monday even.
ing, through Manager Slocum, TO his Mont.
peler patrons, that il hey would 60 right
along delivering their milk at the creamery
they would receive their money in full. and
that the checks they now hold will be
honored within six weeks. While it il
especially hard upon the farmers to have
the price Of their November butter tied up
al this time. the patrons with whom Mana.
ger Slocum has talked look at the matter
ter philosophicaly and will continue to
parronize the Gre 4mery. Even If the firm
of Balchelder & Co. should go into the
hands OF receiver, which is not probable,
the bills for December butter would be
promptly paid by the receiver. Sincs the
firm started business in Montpelier it has
never failed to pay its Vermont patrons the
fifteenth Of each month. Is credit in Bos.
ton and among Montpelier banks has al
ways been rated high. IL is believed and
hoped the present embarrassment will be
only temporary.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT.

The jury in the nuisance case OF State
against Rocco Lotti returned verdict Fri
day evening Of guilty. Sentence suspended.
exceptions by respondent.
E hanan Andrews was brought in for
sentences Friday evening. In the selling
case, in which the respondent was con.
victed Of fifty first offences, he was SEN
fenced to pay fine Of 5000 and costs Of
prosecution. II not paid within twenty
four hours he was sentenced at hard labor
in the house Of correction for not less than
two years and eleven months, nor more
than three years In the keeping case the
sentence Of the law was that the respond
ent be confined at hard labor in the house
OF CORE ection for not less than twenty ve
nor more than thirty dai 3, and pay a fine
OF S1O0. In default Of payment of fine he
was sentenced 10 three times as many days
az there are dollars In his fine at hard labor
in the house of correction.
Andrews As no money, and no friends
to pay any Of his fines, and will have to
serve in the vicinity Of four years. In his
retirement the city is rid OF another of the
most notorious pocket peddlers with which
1t has been cursed Andrews has a wife
and child with no visible means of support
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
INTERVENING CORRESPONDENTS

Forest and Stream Of recent date con-
tanned ali interview with III A. Jackson /,
Youngstown, O., in which Mr.. Young, who,
in 1888 was a trader at Rocky Puiut, made
some surprising statements regarding the
ex inction Of the buffalo.
G. L. Smith of this city recently wrote
MT Young asking him if he had been cor
rectly quoted as saying that in 1882 the
northern herd of buffalo was apparently
sill full; that his firm handled that year
80 600 buffalo hides, and that from $50 600 10
200 600 were killed that year Mr.. Smith
also inquired il it were true that Mr. Young
was on "a steamboat that was stopprd for
four hours because Of herd Of buffalo
inning the Missouri river, and whether
the buffalo in that country were killed by
guns or disease,
In reply Mr.. Young writes "My estimate
was based on the number OF buffalo killed
during the fall of 1881 and winter aud
spring Of 1882 After that l do not think
there were more than 10000 buffalo left
in northern Dakota and Montana. A
United States marshal in Montana at that
time informed Tue that during the summer
OF 1881, " bile on a one hundred mile trip
across country he had vast herd of buffalo
in sight The entire distance. The figures
given, 100 600, to 100000, were from esti-
mates made by parties who came up on the
first boat in he spring of 1882, and saw the
number Of bales Of dry hides on the banks
Of the river ready for shipment, and the es-
timated number Of bales of Indian tanned
hides in the traders store houses.
In 1883 there we're but few buffalo left,
and they were scattered over a wide range
OF country, in small herds. The last one L
saw was near Black Butte in Septem her
1884 They were killed by guns and not by
disease. Most of the buffalo hunters used
a fifty calibre Sharpe's single shot riff o."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
Business Mere Mention.

HIGHEST market prices paid for hides,
skins aud pelts. Prime beef hides now Sc
per 10. Peck Brothers, GO Main S., Mont.
pelier, Vt.
r WANTED. .-12inch block wood, best
qualify, seasoned or green, Apply at
WATCHMAN office.
WANTED Agents and dealers to handle
Whites Patent Mop Wringers apply to q.
G. Williams, Peacham, VT, for terms.
Fred King, the Barre jeweler, has an adj
verti-ement in this issue OF the WATCHMAN
which the buy ers of his class OF merChan-
disc, whether for the holidays or for every
day use, should read and heed.
RHEUMATI M CURED IN A DAY -"Mys ic
Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia radi-
cally cures in l 10 3 days II action upon
the system is remarkable and mysterious
II removes at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The fist
dose greatly benefits. 70 crn's. Sold by
Harry a. Slade, druggist, 10 State street.
My son has been troubled for years with
chronic darrhGa. Sometime ago / per.
suaded him TO take some OF Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and DiarrhGi Remedy. Al
Ter using two bottles Of the 25 cent size he
was cured. l give this mpnial, hoping
some one similarly afflicted may read it
and he benefited Thomas c. Bower, Glen
cOe, o. For sale by G. Blakely and W. K.
Terrill, Druggists.
AS a cure for rheumatism Chamberain's
Pain Balm is gaining a wide reputation.
ID. b. johnson Of Richmond Ind. has been
troubled with that ailment since 1869 In
speaking of it he says: II never found any
thing that would relieve me until l used
Chamberlain Pain Balm, 1t acts like
magic with me. My foot was swollen and
paining mo very much, but one good appli-
cation OF Pain Balm relieved me. For sale
by G. Blakely and w. K. Terrill & Co.,
Druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS

At the final meeting OF he State execu-
tive committee of Vermont's Dewey cele-
bration the following resolution was mani
mously adopted and copy sent to MAY or
Senter by Col. @. s. Forbes of St. Albans,
secretary for the committee. The resolu-
tion was read before the city council on
Wednesday evening, accepted and ordered
to be embodied in the records.
Ths resolution follows:
"ResolUed, That the hearty thanks Of
this committee be, and hereby are, extend
ed TO the people OF Montpelier for their un-
siinted and generous contributions in time
effort and money towards Vermonts recep-
ton to Admiral George Dewey; and also
for their cordial reception aud unbounded
hospitality extended 10 visitors 10 the capi-
tai on Dewey Day, October 10. 1899
"Attest, CHARLES s. FORBES,
HSrgretary. -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
Mattbman 4 yuunal.
PUBLISHED EVERY "WEDNESDAY ny
The Vermont WatChman Company,
At Montneer, VI.
THE FARM JOURNAL.

We are advised by the publishers that
they have sent, free for Inspection copy
of the Farm Journal to the Farmer subscrib-
ers Of the WATCHMAN, Examine the paper
aud IL any subscriber, old or new, wants it
for five years, it will be sent on the condi-
tions noted below:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
FARMERS, ATTENTION
This Paper Farm Journal
One Year 5 Years
PAY UP AND GET BOTH PAPERS
AT PRICE OF ONE.

NE 7Oant to get 1000 subscribers to oar PaPer
BY Ne7O Yeary, and this is means to an end;
7Ve THEREFORE continue oHr arrangement sOiM
the Farm 9on,nal BY 7ohich 70s eaH send Tile
Watchman I gear ami tie Farm 7oHrnai s
yeays, 6ohh Ioy $500. And 7Oe make the same
e65r to all old subscribers 70ho Fay all ar1rar-
ages ami one year in ad0uRee.
You know what our paper is, and
the Fd1D3 JOUr0M is a gem-practi-
cal, progressive--a clean, honest,
useful paper-full Of gumption, full
Of sunshine, with an immense circula-
ton among the best people everywhere
You ought to take it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
VERMONT STATE GRANGE
Annual Meeting at st. Johnsbury
Opened AuSpiciOusly.

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the
State Grange opened at 81. Johnsbuy We'd
nesday afternoon wi h the annual address
by Hon. O. j Bell OF Walden, master The
reports of officers that followed showed a
steady growth, and healthy financial CON
dition. Hon. q j. Bill was toastmaster at
the banquet Wednesday. Gov. Smith was
warmly welcomed in his toast to Our Coun.
try. The dozen speakers who followed
included N. j. Batchelder of Concord,
H., lecturer OF the national grange; NJ.
s. Stone, State superintendent OF educa-
ZION; Prot. Hills Of the Agricultural col
lege; j X Curtis Of the State board OF ag
ricullure; Alpha Messer and Mrs. Luna 8.
Peck OF Burlington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
LIKE A COOPER ROUND A CASK.

One of our agents thirty years ago pur-
sued man for business. took his applica
ton on bale of hay, and had him examin-
ed in freight car. The agent has had
more or less xercise since in urging and
collecting he yearly premiums Now the
endowmr M is maured, and the man has
money enough to buy an annuity of one
hundred dollars a month as long as he
lives. Otherwise, he is penniess. His
business which he pursued has become
worthless. The agent who pursued him
has proven to he his best friend.
National Lie Insurance Company OF YER
mont, s s. Ballard, General Agent, Opera
House block, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
VERMONT NEWS.

Mrs. Effie Cox Whalen OF Burlington
died Friday in The State prison at Windsor.
Mrs. Whalen WAS sentenced in the fall of
1894 to serve a term OF twenty years in
prison, having been convicted Of the muir
der Of Alfred Fournier OF Burlington with
Fournier's wife. She was buried at Wind
sor She had served about five years Of
her sentence.
The residence OF r.. Y. Dana in Pomfret
was burned to the ground Sunday evening
The origin Of the fire was q defective pipe
or chimney in the upper part of the house
and was under good headway before dis
covered. Part of the household effects
were saved. The loss IL about $1,000; IN
surance on buildings, 5000; on furniture,
etc, 5000
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
Useful
Holiday Gifts.

Umbrellas for Ladies and Gentlemen, House
Coats, Bath Wraps, Pajamas, Night Shirts,
Gloves, Overcoats, Suits, Refers, Hats, Caps,
Fur Coats, Sleigh Robes, Trunks Travelling
Bags, and many other things we have not the
space to enumerate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
SOME INTERESTING REMARKS.
Relative to the Cotton Market, Partic-
ularly AprOpOs in View Of The
Discussion as TO This Years
Production and the Great
Activity in the Dry
Goods Marke'.

We invite the readers Of this paper to look
back during the past -four or five years and
note that in this period IRON, COPPER,
COTTON, WHEAT and CORN were selling
under the cost of production"
Iron thlt sold 40 sl3OJ a ton has since
sold at s37.5o; copper that in 1896 was around
cents per pound has recently sold 20 cents;
wheat in Chicago declined 10 ls cents per
bushel and within two years FROM that time
sold mt S1S5 per bushel; Corn sold as low as
n cents per bushel and later mt 80 cents; in the
New York Cotton market the future options of
this staple within the past year sold rs low as
cents and under, and at this writing have
sustained an advance Of only y cents per
pound IRON nearly tripled in price as did
Copper, while Wheat increased in value four
times and Corn doubled"
1T seems extremely logical to expect at
lea that Cotton, our greatest staple product
viii sell at its average price for the past ten
years, or about 94 cents per pound; moreover
it is likely this price will be made during the
current otton year. especially IN view Of the
established certainty that this seasons yield is
very short, and the equally certain fact that
never in the history of the world has the con
sumptive demand attained within 30 per cent
of wha it is at the present time"
at seems reasonable to expect 9 and 0 cent
Cotton next July and august, when the real
pinch of the short crop makes itself felt
there is more than a possibility that the above
figures viii be made BEFORE the coming
Summer in the contract market in New York,
discounting ne above factors -
The BANKING AND BROKERAGE
FIRM OF KNOTT d CLOSSON OF BUR
LGNGTON, this State, was the pioneeer house
in advising the purchase of the staple at its
lowest point, the first of the year; IN their
published circulars last Spring they estimated
"A decreased acreage that later proved accu-
rate, and insisted throughout the season that.
"a late Spring, irregular season, and improper
cultivation meant a short crop and as a result
Of accurate knowledge from the planter him
self THEY HIT THE NAIL ON THE
HEAD AS MEM ERS OF THE NEW
YORK COTTON EXCHANGE with direct
private wires, they offer excellent facilities for
investment dealings in the future options of
this staple, and solicit the patronage of this
State"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
There is a Class Of PeOnle

Who are injured by the use OF coffee Re-
Gently there has been placed in all The lgro-
ry stores new preparation called GralU-
o. made OF pure grains, that takes the place
OF coffee. The most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress, aud but few can
tell IT from coffee. 1t does not cost over
AZ much. Children NAV drink IL with greaI
beneht. 10 cts. and % cts. per package
Try Il. Ask for GraiL-O.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20

PILEs-ITCHING, blind AID BLEEDING
Cured in three to six highs. DR. AgueA 's
Ointment /, peerless Ia curing. One appl-
ca ion gives instant relief, Ii cures all
itching and irritating skin diseases, chatting,
eczema, etc. 80 cents.-63 q. Blakely.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
COLONIAL STAMPS.
some of the New Issues Are of Value
to Collectors.

4llllOIG sun.
he newest and most interesting recent
lgs in philately are the postage stamps
the new colOnieS-PuertO Rico, Cuba
the island of Guam and the Philippines
These stamps are United States postage
stamps of l, 2, 3, and 10 cents value,
surcharged with the name of the colony
and the value Of the stamp in Spanish
money. The United States has no new
stamp for Hawaii, but Hawaii has got
up new stamps The war with Spain ne
cesSitated the issue of revenue stamps
but these could not be prepared tomeet the
! demand at once, so some of the United
States postage stamps were surcharged
Il. R. and used as revenue stamps The
government at first issued war revenue
stamps running in value to $50 but find
Ing that amount too small stamps of the
denomination of $780, $500 and $1,000 were
issued. The new Cuban stamps make a
handsome collection, the designs showing
tropical scenery and other appropriate
markings. The l centavo stamp is green
I the red, the purple, the blue and the
10 slate. With the exception of the 10
centavo, these stamps use the colors rec
commended by the Postal union, they sug-
costing yellow for stamps of the value Of
10 cents. The special delivery stamp for
I Cuba represents a boy riding a chainless
bicycle.
The United States has issued a. larger
variety OF stamps than any other country
From 1S47, the date of the first regular
issue, to the last issue of Omaha stamps
we have changed sets, designs, colors or
sizes over twenty-five times. That is out
side of department stamps, special deliv-
cry and stamped envelopes.
Sets of periodical stamps are Interesting
to collectors. They were first issued in
1865, and there have been three or four
different issues. Primarily they were not
intended for postage, but for vouchers,
and were not allowed to be sold. The val
ues ran from / cent to $50. The govern
ment objected to collectors holding them
and about two years ago seized the
stamps in the hands Of dealers. The AS
ISOLATED Stamp Dealers took the case to
the courts and won, after which the sets
were abolished and $4,000 were put upon
the market at S. a set the aggregate face
value OF a set being $685.
One of the rarest stamps in the world
is said to be a Baltimore stamp issued bv
Postmaster James M. Buchanan in 1915
One of these of the denomination of 10
cents was discovered in Louisville a few
years ago and sold to a private collector
in New York for several thousand dol
lars.
There are persons in Baltimore with
collections Of postage stamps valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21

IRENE. Right north across the bay
from ST MichaePs is Cape Nome, which
was proSpected a year ago, and on
which there are now 5000 claims held by
LOU men. Each man has his own claims
UP to the law limit; and then he has as
many more as the powers Of attorney
VIII authorize him to locate.
| POWER OF ATTORNEY CLAIMS.
And the United States commissioner
at st. Mic'Rel's has a lot of these pow
probationary claims himself. That is
thing the real people in the Yukon
country do not like. 1t is not liked any,
where. Up RaNpart way the people
miners and business men-got together
and adopted some laws of their own.
For one thing, they put a ban on the
poWer-of-attorneys system of mining.
Ihey were perfectly willing man should
nave all the gold land the federal mining
law allowed him, but they insisted that
If his sisters and his cousins and his
aunts wanted claims, they also must
come and get them.
OF course the power of attorney proves
nothing. There may be no real person
behind it at alt Under its terms the
prospector holding it can locate, buy or
SELL Well, in effect it gives him an adj
vantage greater than that enjoyed by
the real miner. 1t multiplies his POSSIBLE
tiles by the number of documents he may
have brought with him. And there il;
going to be trouble on the Yukon over
those papers. Some of the later arri-
walls will insist on holding their paper
claims and the established community,
the older and more substantial class,
will oppose it. No man can tell what
will happen when the clash comes.
Mr.. Sturges says Rampant City itself,
while the most important in all the
Alaskan peninsula, is as orderly place
as man can find. 1t is on the Yukon
river, and about half way from the con-
fiuence of the Tanana river up to Fort
Hamlin. 1t is in almost the geographical
center of the United States possessions
in the Northwest. Back of 1t, to the
south, are very rich lands Above it
the Yukon broadens out, sometimes to a
width of sixty miles. 1t is the natural
distributing point of an extensive gold
country. Dawson City, of course, and
the J-'ondike region are in British pos
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
BADLY NEED A JUDGE
THE YUKON FIELDS ARE IN WANT
OF A DISPENSER OF
JUSTICE
NEAREST COURT at sITKA

Unless the Government of the United
States Moves Quickly in This Di-
rectiOn, the Abuse of Mining
Privileges May Lead to Trouble
Abuse OF Mining Rights Carried
to Extremes at ST. Mfchaers.
There are $4,000 Americans in the Yukon
country, and they have no court. The
nearest magistrate is a United States
judge at Sitka. capital of Alaska; but i'll
point OF time and difficulty of travel he
is farther away than Is the bureau of
Justice in Washington. And he cares
just about as little what happens in the
mining country The whole Yukon
region is as completely neglected by gov
eminent as were the slaughtered China
men at Tacoma by the ''heaven-bOrn'
ruler of the Flowery Kingdom. And
those American citizens want a judge
and a federal court and some of the
evidences of national authority and the
assurance of order.
Harold Sturges is just down from that
country-from Rampant City, which is
the most important town in all northern
Alaska, and nc brings with him petit
tons to the government that still lives
at Washington, asking for the estab-
Eshment Of n court and the appoint
merit of a judge Mr.. Sturges will go
back to Alaska about the middle of Au-
gust, and he hopes to carry with him
some assurance that this prime need of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
IN = DOR 8
....s...FnEa.D

In just two weeks from today weather
permitting, there will occur in St. Paul
one of the largest parades ever given
under the auspices of the trades and Ia
Dor assembly. With bat two except ons,
every union in the city has signified
its intention of taking part, and with thu
object in view of securing the greatest
possible turnout, fines ranging from 81
to SO have been assessed against mem.
bers failing to be in line when Chief
Marshal c. H Bonn gives the command
to march. Nearly every organization
has. voted to have its memb rs turn out
in uniform while the carp nters, bar
bers, bookbinders, candYT akers, stone
cutters, - cigarmakers. and others will
have floats representative Of their trade.
The unions affiliated with the building
trades council are especially enthusiastic
over the parade and are determined to
make a showing which will BE- a credit
to this branch of trades uniOaism. The
following have been selected as marshals
for their organizations: w. T. Benne.
son, bOokbinders; John Klaus, Typo
graphia No. 10: Emil Pearl, cigarma kers:
I. N. Nelson, building trades council; F.
M. Brown. painters and decorators R
NJ. Abel, coopers; Henry Steime
plumbers; j. H. Wilson, Typographical
Union No 30; P. J. Maloney. pressmen;
George Gels, leather workers; n. NJ
Hayes, boilermakers; John Gas1ins
sheet metal workers; A. J. Lindstrom,
carpenters; w. H. Med maid, pressfeed-
ers; A. J. Reibenstein, stonecutters: A.
Potter, iron holders; Phil Greengard,
bakers; A Enderien, furriers; G. Almen,
cabinetmakers; a. Moshner, trades and
labor assembly; ]. Burep, theatrical
stage employees; Henry Eye, brewery
workers; Matt Winkel, horseshoers; J.
E. Haglin, wOodwOrkers; George Thill,
fathers; John Davis, bricklayers; c.
LindblOd, steamfitters. With the eXcep
ton of designating the line of march and
the order in which the unions will parade,
all arrangements are practically COM
pleted. Thursday evening the marshals
selected by their respective organtza-
lions will meet at Assembly halls ana
draw lots for positions and the line of
march will probably hesdesignated. From
present indications the parade will be
composed of SIX divisions, and If reports
can be relied upon the parade on Mon
day, Sept 4, 1899 will bring out the neat
est uniformed body of men ever seen
any previous Labor day in ST