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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

alike. Notice the statement; First, insur
ance treats; secondly, insurance treats all
men; thirdly, insurance treats all men alike
Also women nnuities-Installment bene,
fits Survivorships - Endowments and
policies with limited payments.
National Life Insurance Company OF Yer
mont, s. s. Ballard. General Agent Mont.
pelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
VILLAGE FARM FOR SALE.

Near Bradford, VI. Close to stores,
post-ofiice and creamery. 140 acres,
Sugar Orchard, plenty of wood, running
water at house and barn, good build
ings, house heated by furnace. Price
low. Apply to G. F. Smith,
May 10 West Topsham, Vt.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
Primitive Artillery.

As to the character of the first instru-
ment for the throwing of missiles and
just when it was invented we have no
certain knowledge, but it must have
been at an early date, for we read in
Genesis \, 9, that "Nimrod WAS a
mighty hunter before the Lord, . and
surely the skill that has kept his name
in remembrance for thousands of years
must have been gained by the use of
some surer weapon than the clubs or
stone knives of primitive man.
Without doubt man early learned
how much execution can be done by a
well aimed stone, and attempts TO hurl
it with greater force and accuracy
probably led to the invention of the
sling, one of the simplest as we'll as
most formidable of these early weapons.
1t was long one of the principal instru-
ments of war among the a%ncients, and
the story of David and Goliath is a good
illustration of what could be done by
one skilled in its use. This skill, how
ever, could be acquired only by early
and careful training.
In the Baleario islands, 1t is said, in
ancient times the parents suspended the
dinner of their boys upon poles and re-
quired them to bring it down with
slings before they were allowed to eat
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
ALkALl IKE AND HIS PARD.
Some Mistaken Popular Impressions
in Regard TO the Rough Riders

A few afternoons ago a man from
this city drove down 10 Bergen Point.
lie stopped ut a wayslde hotel 10 rest
In the breeZes of The bay. On the
piazza There were Two sun.hroWnel
men IN the well-known cavalry uni
form. of course. they We're rough
riders. The man from tile city asked
them 10 join him In what Is done The
world over when there Is Il meeting of
one kind of men and they accepted
with the grace of long practice.
The two Adventures fell 10 telling
stories, while the man from the city
continued to supply from time To time
his part of the entertainment. One of
the riders WAS a tall. lean. muscular
man, with "A six weeks growth of beard
aud the ends of his black hair begin
ming 10 curl over the top of his coat
collar. lie Wore elubly, used pic
turesque and unusual slang. and spat
tobacco juice frequently in the diree-
ton of the Statue of Liberty. The man
from the city recognized him ut once
as AIkali Ike, or of his pards. The
second rider was a wiry little mar who
had very little to say about anything.
The man from the city found his
new acquaintances so interesting that
the sun had disappeared before he WAS
ready to return. Just as he was ready
To drive away II man came ont of the
hotel and lighted n lamp thai stood on
n post near the road. As soon as ii was
seen by the picturesque individual with
the long hair and the swagger he
pulled out his revolver and empiied 1t
at the lamp with an orthodox cowboy
yell, The nan from the city Wits sur
prised to see that the lamp wlthstood
the bombnrdment unseathed.
The little mans fingers began 10
twitch when his companion began
shooting. He presently borrowed The
gun, showed home Two cartridges, and
Strengthened his wrist twice. The first
shot went through the glass globe
three inches above the flame and the
second cut away the top of the wick.
Hum" said the man from the city.
where did you learn 10 do that
"In Texas answered the quiet little
man.
And you? Where do you live" was
asked of the big one,
Me? Oh. I'm from Duchess Gonn-
ty." And he spat once more al the
Statue of Liberty.-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05

On a certain hot summer day a cele-
brated naturalist entertained d company
of distinguished sayants at dinner, at
the conclusion of which they all went
out IN the garden.
In the center Of the grounds there
stood on u pedestal "A large glass globe.
One Of the guests happened 10 touch
this globe, and found, To his amaze
ment, thai It wa warmer ON the shady
SHE than on the side turned II the sun.
He communicated his discovery to the
guests, who ut once proceeded tn verify
The statement.
What could be the cause?
An animated discussion ensued, IN
the course of which every imaginable
law of physics was made to account for
the strange paradox. At length our
scientists agreed that il must he so
owing to the laws of reflection, repul-
sion or exhalation or some other law OF
physics with a long name.
The host was, however. not quite
convinced, and, calling the gardener,
he said to him:
pray tell us why the globe is warm
er ON the shady side than ON the side
turned 10 the SUM"
The man replied:
because just now l turned it round
for fear of its cracking with the great
heat. london Tit-Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
SHOPPING IN ITALY.
OufIandish Methods That Make Ii -
Most riresome Task.


A source of trial Is what appears to
US the o|ntlandish method OF having
things that apparently belong together
sold III different establishments. silks
are found In one shop. woolens in an
other aud ribbons IN IA third. At none
OF these cam ono bay needles and thread.
Ii a woman wishes IL hang "A pair OF
curtains, she purchases the materials at
one shop. the rod and rings Mt "A differ
ent place, the iron fixtures at II third
and has to 20 to u fourth to find an up
holsterer to put them up. She u
visit a tobacco shop for salt aud cannot
find. us with NJ, vegetables, fruit or
be seen that one must travel "A good deal
TO do her marketing or shopping.
Add 10 all this the confusion incident
TO the fact tina the standards Of measure
and weight are different from ours. a
meter exceeding a yard and "A pound
containing but Il ounces, aud a faint
idea may be formed of the mental ON
plications of the traveller.
There Is also IA certain amount Of
heating down to be done in nearly every
shop, and even after half an hours bar
gaining the purchaser oherishes awful
doubts lest she might not have bought
the thing cheaper. Shopping Is really
almost equal TO the contemplation Of
faded frescoes for lowering the mental
tone, and 10 is hard to say which has
the more TO answer for in the exhausted
state in which most travellers leave
Italy .-Harper's Bazaar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
HAD HEARD DIVINE PAIL.
why sherman Did Not Care 90 Hear
Blanche RooseveIt Sing.

An actor nj one of the local theaters
tells "A story of how blunt old General
Sherman declined TO hear -Blanche
Roosevelt sing. The generals kind
heart aud helpful nature led him to
stretch out the hand of encouragement
to many q struggling aspirant for dra-
matie aud musical honors. But his
p~rotegss sometimes were not selected
wirh a due regard for their artistic ca
pabillties. Among others. he bestowed
his friendly Interest upon Miss Roose-
Welt who. fifteen years ago or more
went 10 New York 10 sing In light
opera. She Instituted a weekly mus
lcale at her hotel, preceding her ap-
pearance. One Of these General Sher-
man WAS expected 10 attend NJ the
guest of highest honor. The hours
went by and the hostess Wa IA lie
SPAR. for The general did not arrive.
Iethargy fell upon the assemblage.
which The playing and singing Of
mediocre people could moi dissipate.
After midnight The grim old warrior.
wrapped in "A long military cape, APP
peared on Tie seene. and Joy came
on Miss Roosevelt's handsome face.
oh, general, she said. impnlsiyely.
I've refused 10 sing until you came.
What would You likeya
Nothing he wered. laeonically.
The lady's face fell.
You see,n he continued. Il have been
down at the Academy this evening
listening 10 Patti as Marguerite. and /
don't want the memory disturbed be-
fore | go to my dreams"
Ii WAS rather tough. but Miss Roose-
welt took 1t good-humoredly. for she
knew that the old general Ind no
Thought of being ungallant when he
said just what he meant In his "
delightfully."- blunt fashion@chieago
Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05

Mr.. Gladstone's amazing memory IL
illustrated by an aneedote given by q.
W. Smalley In Harper's Magazine. II
describes what occurred during a cab
met meeting. There arose a question
Of constitutional usage. on which Mr..
Gladstone took one side and the minis
ter whose department II concerned
another.
The argument perhaps leaned TO Mr..
Gladstone's side; but argument Is Sci
dom In England a hnal cause of politi'
cal action. and when this colleague,
who was ~eontending against his mas
ter. as he had good right IL, found hlm.
SELF hard pressed, he said:
"fhere Is no precedent.
Yes replied Mr.. Gladstone, There
Is a precedent. The point was raised
aud settled In Sir Robert Peei's time.
aud while | was President Of The Board
Of Trade IN his cabinet.
Then turning to his priyiae secretary,
Mr.. Gladstone said. If you will please
20 10 the second desk IN the small Ii
brary. the third drawer OH the right
hand. Ia the last compartment nj the
back of the drawer. you Will hnd Il bun
die of papers lied with black ribbon.
dated 1919. aud labeled Il. L. Bring me
that
Il was brought. Mr.. Gladstone chose
out Of this parcel Of documents, which
had slept for forty years, the inemor-
andum he had in mind, opened, aud
rend II out 10 his cabinet. Ii was a
minute by Sir Robert Peel on the ques-
ton raised-a question relating 10
trade. a full statement of facts. a de-
clsive opinion on them, and "A complete
answer Ia The objection as now raised
by Mr.. Gladstone's colleague.
Now | ask YOU said the minister
who told the story. "how are yon going
10 stand mp against a man With such a
rs hat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
pullets Now Made OF Paper.

There used 10 be a saying in the old
dueling days of a generation past that
every bullet has It's billet. Now, II we
may believe n statement in Der Mil
tararzi. the time has arrived when a
billet. even a blllet-doux. may be con,
yerted into Il bullet. The journal states
that n French army surgeon has IN.
vented "A bullet made of compressed pa,
per. covered by a thin sheet of highly
polished aluminium. The new bullet,
It Is claimed. Is less expensive than
those In use, II makes equally ms good
targets at any range. aud the wound
made by II is, surgieally, clean, healing
with far greater ease than wounds
made by any of the missiles now In use,
Thus, while the number of wounded
may be no less. the labor of surgeons
will be llghtened by the absence of sep
tic conditlons.-lnyention
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05

A touching anecdote, associated with
a picture in the National gallery nj Ed
inburgh, is told by an English lady in
her book. "Potponrri From a Surrey
Garden" She writes:
Several pictures stand out with pecul-
lar interest, especially the life sized
Gainsborough of the young Mrs. Ora
hame. She sat for the picture rs n
bride, but before it came home she was
dead, and her husband had gone to the
wars.
When ne came back, he never had the
courage to open the case which con-
tanned his young wife portrait. On his
death, many long years after it was
painted, it was opened by his heirs,
and inside the case was the little white
slipper she had left with the painter to
help him to finish his picture.
The portrait was given TO the Edin-
burgh gallery, and the slipper was kept
by the family.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
FAMOUS TRIALS.


The recent death of Jean Luie. the
famous witness in the yet more IA
nous Tiehborne trial. has called to
mind that great law ease. and led
again 10 the recollection of other cases
which have left their marks on our le-
gal lists for the length of time they
took before being settled.
The record for long cases In the law
courts Is held by the celebrated suit
known AS the Bishop Demetra will
case which arose from the estates
left by that prelate In 116S and went
Dn Il long and terribly p%rotraeted career
till It ended In 1890. At first there was
some f25O.O00 for distribution among
the heirs. but ere the trial had finished
n22 years after its start there were
so many claimants to the money and
Ia costs had 50 swallowed II up that
It worked ont al II each all round,
The lex case in point of years was
the famous Parker agt. Dawkins,'
which was commenced In 1879 and
struggled ON till 1869. This WAS a suit
for the estate of the West India plant
er j. j. Parker. who was extremely
rich, and died in 1873 In Portland place.
Commissioner Stonor nj Westminster
heard much of II In its latest stages,
and the reason why il finished in 1869
va that the whole estate had been ex-
hausted In paying the lawyers cost.
This case had a far greater claim 10
fame than that of being merely the
second longest trial In our Island of
which we have any full account. 1t
will eyermore be memorable owing 10
Its being the original from which
Charles Dickens took his renowned
case of .Jarndyee agt. Jarndyce,h in
BLEAK House" Which of us has not
laughed al the yagaries of that great
case as set down by the celebrated
novelist?
A strange thing in connection with
this ease should also be mentioned.
This was that n of the parties 10 The
suit, IA &. C. Parker. who had been sup
posed to have been killed In Paris
about 1910. turned up and gave eyi5
dence In 1861. Yet his estate had been
administered as hat of a deceased man
twenty years before.
The trial of Warren Hastings for IL.
LOCALITIES committed during his gov
ernorship of India, which took place al
the end Of the last century. lasted over
seven years. This Is our longest state
trial.
All the above cases, however, grew
to such length because they We're be
ing constantly adjourned for long pc
RODS and SO little of them was heard
at once. or trials fairly continuous
and reckoning up all the days actually
taken, the Tiehborne trial holds first
place without much difficulty. II be.
gan In 1872 and was not really com.
pleted till the claimant was sentenced
TO prison for perjury In 1874. There
had been sittings of the court for no
less "A time than 1sS days ere the finish
came as described.
Mention must be made also in this
list of long trials OF the Parnell case.
which occupied the judges for a period
Of 1913 fairly full days.-Tit-Blts.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
Uncle Tom. Cabin Chair.

Among the many things associated
with the memory of Harriet Beeeher
Stowe is the chair occupied by her while
writing the initial chapters of "Uncle
Toms Cabin Mrs. Stowe, accom-
panied by Rev. Lyman Beeeher, her IA
Their, was a visitor at Batavia, o., many
years ago, at the home of Judge Owen
+. Fishback. During all the hours of
her visit and while writing she always
occupied tbs pain poplar chair. After
Mrs. Stowe rose to fame with her book
the chair was preserved and banded
down as a part of history from Mrs.
Fishback to Lou Buerkle, in whose
possession it now remains. The back Of
the chair has become broken off, and
all the stats are broken out of the back
The color of the chair was black. They
relate all the historic points now con
neoted with this plain and unassuming
old time piece of furniture. -Milwau.
kee Sentinel.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05

Writing of the eocentrieities Of Herr
Strauss, the dance music composer, a
Vienna writer says he is az nervous as "a
composer as he is a director. Clad in a
velvet costume, with patent leather boots
reaching to his knees. his eyes atiame
aud in a fit of inspiration, he goes strid.
ing through the house like a maniac. II
inspiration does not come to him in the
salon, he clutches his papers and goes
To his bedroom or TO his wife's boudoir.
Sometimes the waltz begun in the par.
Tor is finished in the kitchen. Mime.
Strauss, who appreciates and under
stands her husband IS habits, has half a
dozen pianos scattered through the
house, and in each room IA table with
writing materials, no that in whatever
nook her husband finds himself he Is
quite at home. Mime. Strauss was once
q favorite actress on the Vienna stage.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
mirror OF thought.

Effort converts the ideal into the real,
Moderation is a check TO presump-
don.
The past Is the schoolmaster of the
future.
Reason Is the d~isseetng knife OF
thought.
Religious instruction saves from de-
sunction.
Make education II science. and il will
become an art.
1t Is not right for any Christian 10
1ght for his rights.
1t takes an independent thinker 10 go
hunting for new ideas.
sympathy Is the channel in which the
current of Il mans thought uns
With Christ within, II matters little
what are the conditions without.
Some professed Christians would
rather do wrong than suffer wrong.
Some men blow their own trnmpets
by pralsing In others what is most con
spieuous In themselves.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
A savage Monarch.

The Bey of CharJui * "A Mohamme-
dan ruler of the district In fnrkistan
of that name. which adJolns the cele-
brated River ONus. lie is, however,
under the control Of the Russian gov
ernment. The Bey's appearance Is pie
tnresque. He Is generally clad In a
gnyly eolored khalnt, bound round by
a highly ornamented girdie, and a large
white turban on his head. His recep-
ton of Europeans is u cordial. aud
he Is wont 10 organize entertainments
I'm their honor. \ correspondent OF 81.
paul's gives an account of such feast:
we were taken 10 an open undnlat-
Ing plain. IN which a tent had been
constructed and tables spread with a
variety of fruits and sweetmeats.
which WAS afterward replaced by "A
more substantial meal. The Bey him
self sat near the table. hut. being a
Moaammedan. he did not join us at
the feast. nor did he provide sodki or
wine. We had. however, n liberal sup
ply OF coffee and sherhet. The ten was
omen ut one side, and WI had "A View
of about IA hundred horsemen, clad In
gay raiment. The carcass of n newly
killed goal was thrown among them,
and after Il serimmage of about a quar-.
ter OF an hour. one of them succeeded
In carrying OF the prize without dis
mounting from his horse, and as lie
rode off with II In triumph lie was pur-
sued by the others. but he succeeded In
retaining IL as his property. This was
repeated several times, and II was fol.
lowed by music and dancing"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
A SILLY TRAGEDY.
The Duel BetNeen Tom Porter and
Sir Henry BeIiasis.

Some of the Royalists who were
forced to endure the English common
wealth seemed to console themselves
for the dullness of life under "a Puritan
government by fighting as many dnels
as they could compass, SO that ignoble
squabbles and foolish plots make up the
history Of their days.
Tom Porter was of a family which
.ad ~zealously served the king Under
lie new government his occupation Was
gone, and he descended to u triyiality
of lie which finally involved him i'll a
most pathetic event. This was a duel
which he fought with his friend, Sir
Henry Bellasis, and which, says Pepys
In his DIARY, +" is worth remembering
Tor 1.-THE Stiffness of the quarrel a
kind OF emblem of the general complex
ion of the whole kingdom"
But silly as the quarrel undoubtedly
was it carried in it an element OF heart
break.
The two young men involved were
intimate friends and companions, but
Dne day. being merry in company"
Tom Porter said he should like 10 see
tho man in England who would dare
give him a blow. With that Sir Henry
Bellasis struck him "a box on the ear.
The inevitable duel followed, wherein
each was wounded. Sir Henry proved to
be seriously hurt, so he called Porter,
kissed him and babe him fly.
For" said he, TON, thou hast
hurt me. But | will make shift to stand
upon my legs till thou mayst withdraw,
for | would not have thee troubled for
what thou hast done."
Porter profted by his friends gener-
osity and escaped to France. Sir Henry
died a few days later, and Pepys con
cludes, lit is pretty TO see how the
world do talk of them as a couple of
fools that killed one another out of
love-"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
lee In Polar Regions.

When the sea freezes, first is formed
the thin flake called by ~nayigators
"slndge, and ms soon ms this catches
and holds snow il is termed "brash. .
When it gathers and doubles, the whal-
ers style il pancake" or bay ice. If
You can sec tho limit OF this, IT will be
IA foe, and an "icefield" If its
boundaries are out of sight.
Pack ice" consists of foes forced to
gether and overlapping, and when this
again becomes broken aud scattered by
"A new wind the name of 1t il sailing
ice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
the Dead.

A writer describes a curious custom
In Havana OF laying out bodies In state
during the night before burial. They
are placed close to an open window
fronting the street, on a couch four or
Ave feet from the ground. The corpse
Is surrounded by high wax tapers. and
the whole room illuminated. Frequent
ly, when returning from n t%ertulia or
ball, | have been startled to see the
fiXed and rigid features of some old
gentleman or lady, dressed in their best
attire, and apparently reclining before
the window. 1t used to appear an I'M
necessary mockery of death, dressing
out IA corpse In a new suit of clothes.
with tight patent leather boots and
white neck-cloth. | remember one
night In particular. | was returning
home through one of the .by-streets,
when, seeing the lower windows of a
house Illuminated. and concluding thar
there was a body lying IN state. l went
toward IL. There, close 10 the window,
so close that l could have touched it
through the bars. lay the body of a
young girl about fifteen years OF age.
She was dressed as for a ball, with
flowers In her hair. and white satin
shoes ON her feet; her hands crossed
on her breast. her eyes closed, and her
mouth slightly opened. and. altogether,
her face and expression was n of the
most beautiful | ever SAW.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-05
Richest woman In America.

Mrs. Richard King of Texas Is prob
ably the richest woman IN the United
States, not excepting Mrs. Hetty
Green. Her wealth Is partly Inherited
from her father, a pioneer Presbyterian
clergyman, the FIRST who ever WENT
stan and Bible In hand. to preach the
gospel 10 the Indians and mixed races
that peopled rhe vast domain over
which his own little daughter was des-
tined TO sway as Il landed proprietor.
Mrs. King Is n widow. and her landed
estates In Southern Texas amount 10
1.25O,000 acres. or about 1000 square
miles.