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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30
SURGERY BILL FOR A CAT.
Tabby's Nose Was Cyrnno de BerEe-
rae Build and 1t Had to
BE Changed.

Timson, large tortoise Angora cat,
owned by Mrs. Samuel Rawley, a
wealthy woman, living on a farm about
six miles from St. Louis, had an opera
ton performed on his face recently, to
the like of which probably no cat ever
before was subjected.
Timson was a feline De Bergerac. All
his native charm and beauty, his chiv-
airy and the courtlF manners inherited
from a proud, unbroken line of an
cestors, were spoiled by big yellow
smudge on his nose. For Timson to
assume Beau Brummel airs with that
plebeian yellow nose was as absurdly
impossible as Chuck Connors in an
opera hat.
If science, through the agency of
dermatology, couldremove the blemish,
it should be removed. Correspondence
was opened with prominent surgeon,
and after the nature of the blemish had
been minutely described to him he con-
sented to remove it, and suggested
that Timson be forwarded to his clinic
in New York.
After examination of the stricken
nose the doctor announced that cleo
tricity was the only means which could
be employed to remove the tortoise
hued hair, and that after il had been
taken out the nose would have to be
blistered slightly TO insure that the
hair would grow in white.
The electrical needles, he admitted,
would be more or less painful, and
after watching his patient sinking his
long claws into his blanket and then
draw them out, as though Is keep him
self in training, he decided to admin
lister an anesthetic.
After Timson had succumbed TO it's
influence the needles were applied and
one by one the disfguring haiip we're
removed. AS the patch covered more
than two inches on each side cf the
nose. the operation was necessarily
long and tedious one, and it was more
than an hour before it was completed
and Timson was brought to.
a light blister was applied then, and
the patient put to bed. The experiment
was a great success. No complications
set in, and beyond an annoying irrita-
ton caused by the blister Timson suf-
fered no inconvenience. He was around
again in two or three days, and already
soft white down has taken the place
of the ugly blotch. The operation, in
Guiding the fee and the doctors ex-
penses, amounted to $90.-N. Y. Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30

Order your job printing OF the VERMONT
WATCHRAN COMPANY,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30
Drinking Ice Water In summer

Iced water is preferable to ice wa
ter-iced water being cooled by the
ice without being brought in direct con-
tact with it. If the ice that is placed
III the water were of the same water
as that in which it is used, the results
of drinking ice water would not be so
detrimental to the system. but the mix
ture of the two kinds of water forms
one of the Objectionable features The
less ice water one drinks the better. Ice
water increases ones thirst-that Is,
there is greater tendency to desire
drink, inasmuch as ice water slakes the
thirst for a moment, but does not
quench it, Avoid cold drinks with
meals, unless the stomach is sufficient
ly strong to react quickly; If not, di-
geston is retarded, for no food can be
digested unless the temperature Of the
stomach is at % degrees Fahrenheit.
Also avoid eating those things which
create an undls thirst.-Ladies' Home
Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30
POpulism and Democracy

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. % -Ex-Gov.
Silas A. Holcombe was nominated for
supreme court justice by the Populist
convention and endorsed by the Demo
crat. and free silver Republicans.
The platform adopted by the Demo
cratic convention endorses and em-
phasizes each and every plank of the
national platform adopted at Chicago
in 1896. The money plank denounces
the gold standard and declares for free
silver and free coinage at the ratio OF
16 to |.
On the subject of expansion the plat
form says: 1--WE believe the Fllipinos
should have received the same treat,
nent as the Cubans, and that the Cu-
bans were assured of ultimate indie
pendence and protection. So the Fill
pinos should have been assured of our
nations intention to give them indie
pendence as soon as a stable govern
ment should be established aud protec-
ton from outside interference Such
assurance should be given now"
The platform denounces trusts and
declares in favor of the initiative and
the referendum.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30
ICURE FITS

When say cure DO not mean merely to
stop them for time and then have them re-
turn again. Imean radical cure. Ihave made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a lifelong study. warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
Others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving cure. Send at once for treatise
and Free Bottle Of my infallible remedy.
Give Express and Post Office.
krof W.H.PEEKE, Ed. a Cedar st, MY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30
A Letter to Mrs. Pinkham Brought
Health to Mrs. Archambo.



"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-For two
years fclt tired and so weak and dizzy
that sore days | could hardly go
around the house. Backache and head
ache all the time and my food would
not digest and had such pains in the
womb and troubled with leucorrhna
and kidneys were affected.
"After birth of each child l grew
weaker, and hearing so mach of the
good you had done, | wrote to you and
have taken six bottles of Lydia Il.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. one
box of Lozcnges, one box of Liver Pills,
one package of Sanative Wash, and to-
day ] am feeling as well as | ever did.
When get up in the morning / feel as
fresh as | did when girl and eat and
sleen well and do all of my work. If
ever l feel weak again shall know
where to get my strength. 1 know
your medicine cured me '-MRs. SALIVA
ARCTAMBo, CHARLEMoNT, MASS.
The present Mrs PinlShams expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
leled; for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia L. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business. treating by letter
as many as Il hundred thousand ailing
women "A year. All women who suffer
are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynn. Mass, for advice. which will
be promptly gijc without charge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30
In the District Court of the United STATES
for the District of Vermont.
In the matter of l,,,
Arthur ID. McIver Bankrupt. Al panhruptcy'
70 the creditors of said Bankrupt

To the creditors of said Bankrupt,
The petition of Thomas H. Cave. Jr, trustee having
been duly Med herein, requesting permission 10
sell az private sale the property hereinafter de
scnb bed, belonging to the estate of said bankrupt:
Notice is hereby II that said application will
be considered by the undersigned at his office No 50
State street, Montpelier Vermont on the 9Th day of
Septen ber 1879. at ten o'clock A. M. at which time
and place you are required to show cause, IL any
you have, why the prayer of said petition should
not be granted
You are further notified that IL no sufficient
cause be shown why the ga d application should not
be granted the following described property, to
witt | pair wheels, chains, I buggy wagon S
whihie' rees, | spread chain, l driving harness 6
halters, dump cart gear and body sets of wheels
and | traverse sled, will be sold by the said
trustee at private sale at price less than seven
tyhve per cent of the appraised value there e.
EDWARD II, DEAyITT,
~ Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30

Mrs. Hoon-Dr Coffin brings in some
very large bills, doesn't hep
Hoon-Yes; he usually charges five
dollars per guess.--Puck.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-30

Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts. sprsins,
stings. Instant relief. Dr. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil. AT any drug store.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
PROGRAM FOR THE
MAY FESTIVAL
Chorus Will Have Its Third Mass Rehearsal
TonightNew and Unfamiliar Work
VIII Be Taken Up.

= The music festival chorus will have its
third mass rehearsal tonight.
Good progress has been made on the
"Creation' and the "Tannhauser'' selec-
tons; but Professor Guekenberger, the fes-
tival director says there is time to be
lost, for in, addition to the oratorio and the
Tannhauser music now being studied,
new and unfamiliar work will be taken
up tonight. Goriegs great dramatic opus,
"Olaf Trygvasson.' 1t will require about
forty minutes. for rendition. Professor
Guckenberger received the score and parts
of this selection by last evenings mail. 1t
Is popular, so popular indeed that Theodore
Thomas broke his rule at the last Cincin-
natl festival and repeated 1t in response to
the general clamor. Professor Guekenber-
ger says that it will make a grand hit in
Birmingham.
The programme now blocked out for the
festival is as follows:
First Evening Concert: Beethoven
overture, "Consecration of the House,"
Beethovens Fifth Symphony, the most
popular of all symphonies, and HaydnS
most popular oratorio, 1.-THE Creation"
At the matinee: Benoit's Childrens Can
tata, and solos by the great vocal artists,
and popular orchestral numbers, such as
marches, valses and ballet suites.
Second Evening-Concert: Bridal Chorus,
from "Lohengrin,' Pilgrims chorus and
marches from "Tannhauser" and "Olaf
Trygvassan," by Grieg-libretto by Born
sen.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
CHAMPS" DEFEATED.
Exciting Exhibition Game of Basketball
at Athletic Club.

The scrubs again defeated tho
champs" at an exhibition game of basket
ball played last night at the Athletic club,
the score being 10 to 10. 1t was not an ex-
citing game. probably the most spiritless
one that has been played at the Athletic
club this season. The Scrubs seemed
lively enough and played with dash, but
whether the championship team was saving
itself up for the game with Chattanooga,
which will be played in that city tomor-
row night, or whether they were simply
outclassed, is not known. The former sup
position is the most charitable one, and the
one which many of the spectators took.
OF course, the scrubs" were jubilant, and
claimed that they sould be sent in a body
to play Chattanooga.
There at times some. very pretty
passing, but each team was SO well ON
to the others method of playing that 1t
was never very effective. The following
was the lineup of the two teams:
Champs Position. Scrubs"
Huey.. 80. =. CENTER. go. Bradford
Ferguson (Capt)..r forward. ,Stollenwerck
McDonough.. II. forward. Dean (Capt)
Cnderwood-.... guard. ......Doneison
Biddle.... :. -. IL guard. :. Warren
There was audience of nearly loo peo-
pie present last night.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
SHOEMAKERS' UNION
ADOPTS SCALE OF PRICES
Price Lists Will BE DispIa yed in All Union
Shops and VIII Protect the Public
From Overcharges.

The first meeting of the Master Shoe
makers union, which was organized last
week, was held last night at 1872 First ave-
nue., and a scale of prices for repair work
was adopted.
The meeting was attended by many of
the leading shoemakers who have affiliated
with the union, and the scale agreed upon
does not differ materially from the present
prices being charged, the chief object in
adopting scale being more desire to
establish uniform price list for all SHOE
makers. The scale agreed upon is as fol-
lows:
Mems half-sole, sewed, 81.
Mems half-sole and heel, sewed, H25.
Mems heel, rs cents.
Mems half-sole, nailed, so to rs cents.
Mems half-sole and. heel, nailed, So cents
to 81.
Boys half-sole, so cents.
Boys half-sole and heel, "a cents.
Ladies' half-sole, so cents.
Ladies' half-soe and heel, 70 cents.
. Misses and youths half-sole, 40 cents.
Misses and youths half-sole and heel, 60
cents.
Child's half-sole, 35 cents.
Ten cents extra for double-sole, sewed.
All rips, straps, ETC., extra.
The price list will be printed on large
card and will be hung up in every union
shop. and will serve the purpose of pro-
tecting the public from over charge on GER
tain work, as well as to hold up prices
among the shoemakers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
BIRMINGHAM MILLS
Join THE COMBINE
Gigantic Trust Being Formed to Control Finish
ed Iron Market
rancisco j. j. Wade,
nor, of Wilmington,
4ss'sss: ! j. L Caldwell HAS RETURNED
ic meeting
ldressed by of
subject sewerage,
ueston here at
III adjourn f'oa' From the East and it is Said the
Plant Will Be
Game of Basketball
c Club.
TURNED OVER IN A FORTNIGHT
ain defeated the
tion game basket
at the Athletic club
1t not --0osn' Ahat The Mills at Gate City
the most spiritless VIII Also Be Included in Or
y a. Inc a oa,os ganization Which Will Have
red with a DASH but Capital of $3o,oooooo
n
from the East and it is Said the
Plant Will Be
TURNED OVER IN A FORTNIGHT
Thought That the Mills at Gate Citv
Will Also Be Included in the Or
ganization, Which Will Have
Capital of $3O,ooo,ooo

The Birmingham rolling mills are in the
great trust that has been formed to con-
troll the rolling mills of the country.
1t is believed that the Alabama mills at
Gate City are also in the gigantic deal
James G. Caldwell, of the big Birming-
ham plant. has returned from the east,
and he is putting his house in ORDER for
transference to the trust. The transfer is
likely to take place within a fortnight and
1t will be of decided advantage to the Stock
holders and to the public. 1t Is understood
that an expert, who is the manager of
big rolling mill plant In another city. is
now in Birmingham making a careful ex-
animation Of the plant here. The man.
ayers of the great rolling mills, it appears.
are to examine each others plants through
out the country and to report to the head
quarters of the trust
Monetary Embarrassment Overcome
The scheme means, as a matter of course.
the temporary monetary embarrassment of
the Birmingham rolling mills Is overcome:
and the mills become the property of
company with more than $50, 600, 900 capital.
The deal is of great moment to Birming-
ham; for it widens the scope of the plant
here and will guarantee to that plant per-
manently all the work 1t can possibly ac-
complish. The details have not been made
public, nor are they likely to be until the
great plan of consolidation has been finally
consummated, and the local rolling mills
pass under the control of the trust. 1t is
believed that almost all the output of the
Birmingham mills will be required for ex-
port; as iron can be produced cheaper
here than elsewhere, and transportation to
the seaboard is lower.
d. M. Forker, secretary and treasurer of
the Alabama rolling mills at Gate City,
said yesterday that his concern had had
considerable correspondence with the COM
bine. He could not state certainly whether
the Gate City plant would be included
The idea of the combine is said to be to
avoid competition. At least thirty great
plants will be included. 1t is argued that
the plan would not be successful without
the cooperation of the mills of the Bir-
mingham district. The reason for this is
that they can put finished iron on the mar
ket cheaper than mills in other localities.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
SALOON MEN
NOT IN POLITICS
They Will Endorse No Candidate
For Any Office.
WILL ACT INDIVIDUALLY
the Forthcoming Primary-No Part
Taken in Mayoralty and Constitu-
tional Delegates Convention-Have
No Recommendations to Make.

The Birmingham Saloonkeepers' associa-
ton met yesterday afternoon and resolved
to endorse no man for any office. They
leave the mayoralty contest to the voters
and will take no part in the selection Of
delegates to the constitutional convention.
The members will vote as each individual
deems best; and therefore the saloon
keepers as such abstain from participation
in any political issue now before the peo-
pie.
This action the part of the Saloon
keepers association will greatly strengthen
their position before the public, they be-
lieve. Not only do they steer clear Of the
municipal contest, but in the matter of
delegates to the constitutional convention,
in which they are vitality interested. they
hold aloof. They will have nothing to do
with it.
The resolution of the saloonkeepers Is
held to be of a nature to disarm criticism.
1t is argued that the committee of the
friends of dispensary liquor legislation are
now left without excuse for taking part
in the selection of delegates from Jefferson.
The saloonkeepers formally decline to in.
terfere, and that leaves the matter as IL
no question of "anti-dispensary" or dis
pensary'' had ever arisen.
The saloonkeepersi have never been In the
fight. They now declare that they will not
enter it. This, added to the voluntary rigid
Sunday closing inaugurated last Sunday, is
of a nature to commend itself to thought
full persons. The liquor sellers obligate
themselves not to sell drink on Sunday,
though there is no law to punish them for
selling it, and they will have nothing to do
with pOliticsi
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
PLUMBERS MEET.
Delegates From All Over the Union Are
in Attendance.

New Orleans. March 8.-The National As
ISOLATION of Master Plumbers met here to-
day. There are 2s5 delegates present from
all over the United States. Resolutions to
amend the constitution to give the plum
bers better protection In their dealings at
the supply dealers were submitted.
The afternoon session essays on sewer
age and kindred subjects were read by ].
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
Best of All

To cleanse the system In gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine. Manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only and for sale by all druggists, at so
cents per bottle.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
WILL MEET IN FEW DAYS.
Committee Appointed to Consider
Building of New City Hall.

The committee appointed by the city
council to look into the advisability of the
building of a new city hall will hold a
meeting in few days.
Alderman Rainbow, chairman of the
special committee, is quite favorably Inn
pressed with the plan. The committee will
report at the next meeting Of the board Of
aldermen on whether 1t deems 1t wise to
invite architects to submit plans for new
structure.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
WHITE MURDER
STILL A MYSTERY
Coroner's Jury Adjourned With
out a Verdict.
SUSPECTS WERE RELEASED
The Theory That the Murder Was Re-
suit of Jealousy Falls to Ground
The Investigation Will
Be Continued.
SUSPECTS WERE RELEASED

A deep mystery still surrounds the death
of Richard White, the negro who was shot
and killed at the corner of Tenth avenue
and Nineteenth street Saturday night last
while on his way home from the city
The jury which was empanneled by
Coroner Dallas ON Monday morning to in
quire into the mysterious killing adjourned
yesterday after having arrived at only a
conditional verdict. Several theories have
developed from the evidence adduced be-
fore the jury, and the coroner will continue
the investigation, and If anything tangible
Is arrived at will call the jury together
again
Fanny Adams, the woman who was with
White when he was killed, and Henry
Gray, a brother of the woman, who Is said
to have made threats against the deceased,
who were arrested in connection with the
murder and held pending the coroners in
vestigation, were released from the county
jail yesterday as there was not sufficient
evidence to hold them further.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
Accepts Proposition

Rio de Janeiro, March 9.-The Brazilian
governor has accepted the proposition of
Great Britain to submit the Guiana boun-
Diary dispute to arbitration. Joaquin
Nabuco, former Brazilian secretary of lega-
ton in London, has been appointed to rep
resent Brazil on the arbitration commits
sion.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Col j. F. B. Jackson, Road Supervisor.
Has Established an Office.

Colonel J. F. B. Jackson, who was re-
Gently appointed to the newly created office
of supervisor of public roads, is getting
ready for business.
Colonel Jackson is fitting up an office in
the court house having obtained the use
of room No. adjoining the room occupied
by the county commissioners, near the
front entrance.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
SWEET PEACE RE|CNS
IN CITY POLITICS
Satisfaction to

e. L. Firmin, of San Francisco: J. ]. Wade,
of Chicago; John Tranor, of Wilmington,
Del; M. G. Sinclair, of Hoboken, N. j.. L.
f. Meyer, of Milwaukee, and others.
There will be a public mass meeting to-
night which will be addressed by some of
the delegates on the subject of sewerage,
which is the burning question here at pres
ent. The convention will adjourn Friday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09

Mayor Evans is having printed in
pamphlet form the new city charter and all
the. bills pertaining to Birmingham that
were passed at the late session of the leg
islature. They will be ready for distribution
In a few days.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09

1.-THE American Porter"-has been de-
manded for years, but never before success
fully attained. 1t is a perfected brew of the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-09
Held Up by Higslwaym men


According to the story of the Adams
woman, who was with him, White was
held up by two men, who ordered him TO
stop. 1t was found that he had been rob-
bed by the highwaymen, as his pockets
had been turned out and several articles
he was known to have had with him were
missing.
1t developed that White was TO have been
married to Georgia Leonard last night, and
that he had previously had improper re-
lations with Agnes Gray, another woman,
who, 1t is said, objected to the marriage
and had made threats against the dead
man. 1t also developed that the two BROTH
ers of the Gray woman had made inquiries
for White only a short time ago, and that
the theory of the police was that the man
had been murdered by the brothers of the
wronged woman. One of the men was. en-
ployed in Richardson's saloon, in Twenu-
eth street, and easily proved an alibi, it
being shown that he was at work In the
saloon on the night of the murder. Henry
Gray, the other brother, was arrested, but
denied that he knew anything of the muir
der. He admitted that he and his brother
had made inquiries for White on Thursday
before. explaining that they hoped to as
certain from him the whereabouts of their
sister, whom they had not seen for several
months. that they might inform her of
the death of their grandmother. Gray was
locked up. however, pending further de-
velopments; but there was nothing to show
that he was implicated in the murder, and
he was released.
Other theories have since arisen, and
some sensational Developments are prom
ised if they can be substantiated. The po-
lice department is still at work on the case
and will render Coroner Dallas every as
sistance in bringing the murderers to JUS
tice.