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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
The Royal Irish ConstabuIary.

There IS another organization. of which
little account is ever taken. but which
would De eminently useful for home defense
the royal Irish constabulary. 1t is armed.
equipped and drilled precisely the same as
the resulrr army. comprises cavalry. artil-
lery and infantry. and is in effect. q little
army doing polce duty. 1t is 15.0,0 strong.
and brings up the total home establishment
L. nearly ta'uuOO men.
The Indian establishment consists of
14."'" british troops, l46O"u native. 5000
native army reserves and 2u.Ustt imperial
service troops, all Of which are available
for service il any part Of the world. The
proportion between British and native
troops = fixed by law. as result of the In
dian muJ1Hy. at one 10 two Such an army
would not b. nearly strong enough to main
tlin order among population of over
;H-''sbgts-l. and the native army cannot be,
1nl re.iSei without increasing the British
forces IN due proportion. which would be
out Of The question. The difficulty was got
around by organizing 4 new arfnY lSD CnD
strong under The guIse of an armed police
1uFte- II i composed Of men drawn from
the northern tribes, the VERY pick of the
population ri India. and is. on the xbo1a n
better fighting machine than tht. NATIVE In
dian army, recruited. as II is in nan ~,
which make very inferior soldiers
The armies maintained by the Tra;,
princes aggregate $4,000 men fDcIrIdi,
over -h"1 cavalry and 2.Ou guns ThsEe
1EtHlt~ nave bCtt4 uttered 10 the RritiSF,
government for service in any part of m
world. the princes even Offering to nay tha
expenses Of their cOntingents thamssI,,eS
Put from prudential motives the government
has Always refused the offer As a mari 81
appreciation of the offer it was agreed 70
accept 2n.pD OF these men as imperfaI So,
lee troops THESE troops are Differed nv
British and are as efficient as any in India
For the purposes Of defense there are
SLpp European and Eurasian volunteers
And large but indefinite force of frontier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

The introduction Of American and Span
ish or monte cards has given greater OPP
portunities for play, and has done much to
develop it. The most persistent efforts by
many different agents to break up the
practice have been entirely without effect,
and the average Indian agent now simply
ignores what he cannot control 1t is not
unusual to see small gambling parties in
sheltered hooks and corners of the agency
buildings, playing for the goods and rations
which have just been issued. The idea of
obtaining some thing for nothing is quite as
fascinating to the Indian as il is TO some
white men. but among the former no odium
attaches to the gambler, for all are gam
blers. 1t is only on the hypothesis that
play fills some pronounced want some
great mental need. that its universal dis
tribution among the Indians can be ex-
planned.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
LIQUID AND SOLID MANURES.

Liquid manure has it's uses in the
garden that make it of great value to
the cultivator of fruits and vegetables
| but it is mistake to assume that this
the best for m in which fertility can
be supplied to the soil. A land fed
| upon liquid manure entirely would, /
doubt not, dege nerate in time and
prove of little use. It would be SINH
lar to dieting person with digested
food, prepared carefully SO that the
stomach would have little work to do.
We know that a diet of prepared foods
kept up weakens the stomach, and in
time it would hardly be able to digest
solid food at all. The stomach has its
mission to perform, and SO has the
soil, and both will thrive on what is
fed to them.i
Liquid manure saturates the soil and
heavily impregnates it with fertility.
This is ready to enter instantly into
the working plan of the plants. Tt is
steam already prepared for the en-
gines of growth to utilize. But it's
evaporation is almost as quick as
steam, and in order to keep il up new
supplies would have to be given con-
tinually. Liquid manure, as applied
by growers of flowers, is used more as
a medicine than as a soil enricher. 1t
stimulates to quicker growth for the
time being, and when plants are
dropping it is better for.them than to
wait for the slower acting solid ma
nure.
1t is rarely, of course, that liquid
manure is applied on the farm, except
in very limited way, but it's virtues
should be understood in order to en-
ploy it intelligently. It contains, as
rule, the concentrated extract of the
manure pile, especially that assimila-
BILE portion which is very apt to leach
away through the soil or evaporate
into the air. Let a manure pile be
rained upon continually, and make no
effort to save the liquid part, and half
the value of the material will be en-
tirely lost. This liquid part must be
saved and utilized in the proper way.
1t should not be applied to the soil di
rect in this form, but 1t should be alb
sorbed by some vegetable fiber and
mixed into the soil with it. It makes
little real difference what sort of veg
etable fiber we use so long as it takes
up the liquid thoroughly and is easily
rotted when mixed with the SOIL
american CultiUdtor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
STEEL.

The steel rails made in the United
States in 1867 would not be sufficient
to lay single track of the present
standard weight of rails through Chi
cago from north to south. The annual
production of the country is now m lore
than five hundred times greater than
then.
1t is but few years since the use o
''structural steel" for great buildings
began. Millions of tons are now en-
ployed every year for that purpose,
for ship building, for bridge building,
and for kindred structures.
We are far from the limit of the uses
of steel. Already experiments have
demonstrated so clearly the value of
the metal in the cons truction of ordi-
nary roads that we may look forward
with assurance to the time, not long
distant, when all the important high
ways of the country will be furnished
with a double track of broad steel
plates. Such an Improvement would
reduce the time and expense of coun-
try transportation more than one
half.
Another change which seems to be in
sight is substitution of steel freight
cars for wooden cars on all our rail-
roads.
The change will take a long time,
but it has already begun. No doubtit
will be found in the end that there
is as much saving in the use of steel in
stead of wood, not only for railway cars
but TO road vehicles of every sort, las
there was in the change from wooden
ships first to iron then to steel.
The veins and beds of iron ore are
not inexhaustible, but they can be
drawn upon with far greater freedom
than can the forests. Moreover, a s
time goes on iron and steel become
cheaper, while the price of lumber
advances. The double. movement
gives great impetus TO the use of
metal, in which the twentieth century
will see an immense development.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
CLANS are in moderate demand. Lob
sters little more plentiful


sters little more plentiful
The Vermont experiment station has
made observations for some years upon
the time and rate of development of the
potato tuber. 1t is just bringing the in
vestigations of the present season to a
close, and, although the full results are
not yet obtainable, their general teaching
is plain enough.
The plan in this work has been to plant
about the middle of May vigorous late
potatoes, white star and Delaware being
the varieties chosen. These are sprayed
carefully to protect them fully against
insects and blight. Digging is begun
Aug. 1 and continued upon adjacent plots
at intervals of 10 days through the re-
mainder of the season. In this way the
rate of tuber development for each 10
day period during August and Septem
Der is determined.
The results are surprising and of much
practical significance. The results thus
far secured this year average with those
of two previous years, and are given
below. These figures show the ap-
proximate dates of digging and yields
to the acre of marketable potatoes for
the three seasons:
Aug. 2, SIS bushels; Aug. II, 103 bushels;
Aug. %, 148 bushels; Sept. 2, 222 bushels;
Sept. u, 240 bushels; Sept. p, 2S3
bushels; Oct. 1, 301 bushels.
Of course the details Of such de-
velopment vary greatly with soil and
climatic conditions, but the main fea-
lures have been similar in all cases. The
most rapid development has occurred
during the last two weeks of August,
when the surprising average growth
of seven bushels day is shown. The
most important fact, however, is the con-
tinued growth during September One
half Of the total crop has been produced
in all of these experimental fields after
Aug. "a, and nearly one-third Of it on the
average during September. It must be
borne in mind that all these plants were
sprayed with bordeaux paris-green mix
ture, and thus kept in vigorous growth.
Adjoining plots. not sprayed. began dy-
ing in August, and in some cases were
entirely dead early in September, where
as the sprayed plants remained COM
paratively vigorous until cut down by
the frost.
The great Importance of protecting the
plants so as to secure their full develop
ment is evident. It has amounted for
several years past to an average gain Of
over 100 bushels an acre in the total
yield of marketable potatoes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
WEAK MEN SHOULD WRITE

to DR.. Greene, "a Temple Place, Bos-
ton, Mass, about their complaint. DR..
Greene, discoverer of that great vital
lzer and strength restorer. Dr.. Greene's
Nervura, is the most famous and skill
full specialist in the world in curing
nervous diseases of men arising from
overwork, indiscretioD, excuses and
abuses, and he gives to weak men ad-
vice and counsel as to how to be
cured, personally Or by letter, without
cost or charge. Write him confden-
TALLY about your case.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
{ was current newspaper report

It was current newspaper report
a few months ago that Mark Twain
was writing an autobiography, and
that it would not be published for a
hundred years. This idea, if it ever
existed in the mind of the author,
had been gived up; but he did some
work on an autobiography, and one
chapter from it entitled s'My Debut as
Literary Person." has been secured
by the publishers of The Century and
will appear in the November number.
DIR. Weir Mitchell's new story, which
The Century magazine will print in Sc
rial form beginning with November,
is called '.The Autobiography of a
Quack." DR.. Mitchell has used his
knowledge of the under side of his
profession in a way which is said to
make an unusually attractive psyche
logical study.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
TNayy WotAe,.s
G1,otI1udo
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. z6,zssl


"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I have many,
many thanks to give you for what your
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
After first confinement 1 was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the womb,
had pain in left side, in small of back,
a great deal of headache, palpitation
of heart and leucorrhea. 1 felt so
weak and tired that could not do my
work. I became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have sweet baby girl. never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and 1 feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I
am now able to do my work and feel
better than 1 have for years. cannot
thank you enough. - MRS. Ed. Ell
LINGER, DEvINE, TEX.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
THREE OF 4 KIND.

w
vania a good many years ago, said
| the man who was travelling on dead
head pass, and after couple of years
made up my mind that things were
too slow for me. In other words I de
cided to gobble up what money could
and skip for Europe, and go into bus
mess on own hook. l bided my time,
and one night when knew could lay
my hands on about 800, 900 prepared
to bid the town goodbye. I had key
to the bank and another to the vault,
and as we had no Waterman inside
had no trouble in getting in. It was
about midnight when I made my raid,
and I hadn't opened the vault yet
when the president entered. He had
an empty carpet bag under his arm,
and got weak in the knees as he saw
me. We hadn't passed a question
when another key clicked and the
manager entered. He also had an
empty carpet bag, and he also got
weak in the knees. The three of us
sat down, each with an empty bag at
his feet, and looked at each tother TO
a long time. 1t was the president who
spoke first, and he said:
was worried about the funds in the
vault
So was I, said the manager.
So was I, I added.
And hadn't we better see if they are
safe?
I think we had.
So do I.
Then the president unlocked the
vault and the three of us stepped in
side and assured ourselves that the
funds were all right. AS we came out
and the doors were locked behind us
he said:
I found this carpet bag on the street
as I came along.
And [ found this, said the manager.
And I found this, I added.
There was an interval of painful ST.
1ence and then we all walked out to-
gether. The outside Waterman came
up as we did so, and the president OBJ
served:
Special meeting, you see, James.
You had better go inside for the rest
of the night.
Yes, inside, said the manager.
Yes, inside, James, added.
James was locked into the bank,
continued the x-cashier, and we babe
each other goodnight, and separated.
1t was'an even-up thing..as far as it had
gone, and it ought to have been so
until the end, but the honest man is
always the one to suffer. Next day I
got the bounce. The president said
that he and the manager had been
thinking things over, and had come
to the conclusion that I had been
tempted to rob the bank, and would
doubtless have got away with every
dollar if they hadn't happened to show
up. I was honest in acknowledging it
and had to go, and [ believe they had
their salaries raised for their zeal and
solicitude.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
Wonderfully Strengthened.

"1 have been taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
your remedies was in terrible state;
felt like fainting every little while. 1
thought must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
ings are all ne."-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, 1914 HELEN AVE, DETROIT
MICH.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23

During the winter of 1897, Mr. James Reed, one
of the leading citizens and merchants of Clay,
Clay Co., w Va, struck his leg against cake of
ice in such to bruse it severely. It
became very much swollen and panied him so
badly that he could not walk without the aid of
crutches He treated by physicians, also
used several kinds of lniment and two and half
gallons of whiskey in bathing it, but nothing
any relief until he began using Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. This brought almost complete cure
in a weeks time and he believes that had he not
used this remedy his leg would have had to be
amputated. Pain Balm is uaequalled for sprains,
bruises and rheumatism. For sale by Barron &
maHblet.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
Fl. M. P.

Rudyard Kipling says that one
night in a concert hall he saw two
young men ply two young girls with
liquor till they were drunk. They
then led them staggering down dark
street. The rest of the story we give
in Mr.. Kipling's own words. ''Then,"
he says "recanting previous opinions,
became prohibitionist. Better it is
that man should go without his beer
in public places, and content himself
with swearing at the narrow minded
ness of the majority; bettor it is to
poison the inside with very vile tenn
perance drinks, and to buy lager fur
lively at back doors, than to bring
temptation to the lips of young fools
such as the four had seen. under
stand now why the preachers rage
against drink. [ have said, There is
no harm in it, taken moderately and
yet my own demand for beer helped
to send these two girls Keeling down
the dark street to-God alone knows
what end. If liquor is worth drink
ing, it is worth taking a little trouble
to come at-such trouble as man will
undergo to compass his own desires.
1t is not good that we should let it lie
before the eyes of children, land have
been fool in writing to the contrary"
This is important testimony. Rud-
yard Ripling is no unknown person.
No one can accuse him of intolerance
and fanaticism. No one can taunt
him with ignorance of life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23

"I wish to express my thanks to the man
ufac turers of Chamberlaln.s Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, for having put on the market
such a wonderful medicine says W W Massingll,
of Beaumont, Texas. There are many thousands
of mothers whose children have been saved from
attacks of dysentery and cholera infantum who
must also feel thankful. It is tor sale by Barron q
Hamblet
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
Give the Children q Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetizing,
ishing food drink to take the place of coffee. Sold
by all grocers and liked by all who have usedit
cause when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee but is free from all its injurious prop
critics. Grain aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves 1t is not stimulant but health builder
and children, well as adults, can drink it with
great benefit. Costs about as much coffee. Is
and Csc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23

''Did you ever see a finer field of
rye than that?" asked the owner,
proudly.
"No," replied the prohibitionist
visitor, sadly shaking his head. "ThaU
crop will average forty DRINKS TO the
acre."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23
w. G.. T. u. COULMN.
TO PREVENT DRINKING.

! Are you capable of convincing the
! judgment of drinkers that there are
other pleasures more worthy of pur-
suit and easy of attainment?
AS a preventative measure in the
earlier stages of the drink habit, I
would say yes. AS applied to habit
of long standing, should with few
exceptions say no.
The habit of taking intoxicants is
usually begun in headstrong, thought
less, irresponsible youth. Eagerly
seeking for pleasure in the presence
of older companions who have already
tasted the forbidden fruit, many, yea
nearly all, are tempted and fall. In
the midst of mirth and laughter, jeered
at if they refuse, seeing no danger
from small beginning and just at the
age when to be considered man and
do as men do, mistaking the shadow
for the substance in looking at their
more worldly wise companions as
gui des, all except the few who have
inherited a demon of thirst within
them from some ancestor, who has
perhaps passed beyond any knowl-
edge of the misery he has entailed,
are iniated in the drink habit. Now,
as the human mind is definite and can
contain only about SO many ideas at
once, it obviously follows that if that
mind can be filled with that which is
productive of good there will be no
room for that which is bad. It is one
of theEfundamental principles of the
kindergarten that all the faculties of
the child shall be developed for good,
both in mind and matter, and in that
way the wheat shall choke the tares
Instead of the tares the wheat.
The young, active, restless, human
brain must have occupation, must
have amusement. If from it's infancy
it is placed in a position to derive that
occupation and amusement from that
which is intellectual, spiritual and
useful and it's associates are such as
will uplift instead of degrade, when
the time comes for that soul to go out
into the world of temptation, all its
tastes and inclinations will be for that
which is pure. The hope of the tenn
perance cause lies in education.
knowledge of the effects of intemper-
ance and knowledge of a higher, no.
bier and better enjoyment will be a
safe guard against the tempter and
then watch We and pray that We enter
not into temptation, for though the
spirit truly is willing oftentimes the
flesh is weak.
FL, NJ p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23

There's always hope while there's One Minute
Cough Cure. "An attack of pneumonia left my
lungs in bad shape and the first stage of
consumption. One Minute Cough Cure completely
cared me- writes Helen McHenry, Bismark, n.
D. Gives instant relief.
H Pierce, Barton; 81 Webster, Barton Land
ing; G w Russell, Irasburg; r French, Glover
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23

Jack-''Do you know, l always like
to converse with spinster at social
gatherings"
Tom-"Why do you?'
Jack-"She never bores fellow to
death by talking about old times"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-23

The Union Pacific R.R.has abolished
the sale of liquor in every eating house
and at all the railroad stations on
their lines.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-14
WILL DEVELOP
HUMMINC-BIRD.
The Bear Lake Copper Mining Com
pany Files Articles Today,
NINE NEAR PARIS, IDAHO.
mig cyanide shipment from uercur-
Southern Queen incorporate.
crown Point Extension.

The Humminr Bird mine In the vlcin-
tt,, az p,.,, td,h, ,vns ,,,t, tt,, hast,
~ "a, CO..
oI an iho'rpora'loh .puaN' Nv Tue h'ihs
of articles by the Bear Lake Copper
Mining company. having a cnpial Of
IA tao diytdsd into go Gao sh,r.s 81 tlc
-.
par Nhlue OF "a 'ehtH 'hch' Ahe moor
rofatorH are T.. III. Airs e.. T.. Lonsc.
William Hatfield, 4. Hnnauor, Jr..
tad. "A. a. f,i.t-.,. 10. t..t.......
W ~ ''''', '.,'" 80
~ ShnuthnotAN' anu w ~ HhhuHh-
messy. all Of this city. The company'r
49,. tt,,,..,..i,,, MA .,,,,..t Ia. "a y
..o i''''''"s '''' ~
shnnEhhcsHy' ana hcld under bono
with uuftou to uufCbuNr hV 81.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-14
MARKET REPORTS.
NEw YORK MAnKrrs.
STOCKS AND BoNDs.

New York. Feb. ii-Therc was an
absence Of decided tons ON the cS-
change ON the RESUMPTION Of trade
after the holidays,
The acute weakness Of London auf'
feed to dcprcss the most prominent in-
tcrnatlonals. but independent favorable
influences In other stocks caused con-
ridcrnbiy irrcgularity. The Interrupt
tlon to mail and tcicRrnphic communi-
cation restricted dealings solely TO the
professional element. who managed Ia
work properties downward on small OF
feringu. The nnrrowncnH OF the stock
speculation combined with tho limited
offerings. rendered u possible 10 ni-
vance many shares which were IN de-
mand. Pennsylvania, Sugar, Rubber.
Consolidated Gas and Metropolitan
Street Railway were the favoritcn and
moved strongly upward.
There was practically nothing done
In the railway list. which. however.
held very steady.
Ilondr were quiet with slight changes
either Wuy.