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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14
THE RED ASH MINE.

FIRE CREEK, Va, March 9.-The
only person who escaped alive from
the Red Ash mine disaster is Electri-
clan Evans, who was near the entrance.
In relating Eis experience he says:
81 heard low rumbling sound, similar
to an earthquake. realized in an in.
slant that fire damp had exploded and
before the force of the conclusion
reached me l threw myself down on
my face. A sheet of flame, rock and
debris shot over my head. / manag-
ed to creep to the mouth and into the
fresh air. My God: 1t was awful. 1
saw that l was the only one left. Every
one of the other fellows were lost"
A pathetic feature of the disaster was
the humiliation of the family of B. b.
Long, the fire boss. His wife died a
few weeks ago, leaving to his sole care
two little boys. Having no one to stay
with in their desolate home the boys
begged to go with their father into the
mine to spend the day with him and he
consented. The unexplained cause of
the accident has terrified miners in ad-
joining localities. Very many were
afraid to go to work today and it will
require the most searching inspecting
by competent men to remove Gheir
fears ald induce them to return to their
places.
FIRE CREEK, w. Va, Mar. Sup
to this morning twenty-three bodies
had been recovered out of the Red Ash
mines, only twelve of which were iden.
titled. 1t is believed all in the forward
A.
but will not be taken out until the res.
cuers reach the far end of the mine
Progress is extremely difficult.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

reason as one of the boulders of the
rocky hills of his native Waterford,
enurciates the doctrine that must APP
ply in the settlement of the political
status of the possessions acquired in
the Spanish war. And that doctrine
becomes at once the accepted stone of
the corner of the Republican policy.
Thus, in half an hour, after less than
years experience" in Congress, a
man of Vermont performs a greater
service, original and unique in kind,
wins greater distinction for himself and
his State, than other men have done
during generation, more or less, of
continuous membership of the national
councils. Something besides expert
ence is needed to make statesman.
1t begins to look as if the St. Johns
bury and other northeastern Vermont
contemporaries had failed to recognize
and honor real prophet when they
had one right sin their midst" Uncle
Jonathan, according to all accounts
from Washington, is much "biger
man" there than Old Grout, to adopt
the language of famous incident of
former regime. What was the fatal
CLEAN that blinded the eyes of the
newspaper folk over there, and denied
to Senator Ross single newspaper ad-
vocate? The venerable man appears
to be playing lone hand and taking
all the tricks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

A town meeting is hardly delibera-
tive body under the most favorable
conditions. When the meeting is COM
posed of thousand voters, more or
less, it is rather more of a mob than an
assembly of men for the calm and Or
derby consideration of business and the
right decision of large matters of policy
and finance. Any legislative body,
with matters of taxation and expendi-
ture, and questions of policy, before it,
such for example as came before the
annual city meeting of Montpelier yes
terday, would have occupied a number
of days in considering and disposing of
those matters. The estimates, the rate
of taxation, the special appropriations,
the propositions of various kinds
named in the warning, would have been
referred to committees for examination
and report. Every dollar of proposed
expenditure, all matters of revenue,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

To BE PREPARED For war is the
surest way for this nation to maintain
peace. That is the opinion of the wis
est statesman. 1t is equally true that
to be prepared for spring is the best
way to avoid the peculiar dangers of
the season. This is lesson multi
tudes are learning, and at this time,
when the blood is sure to be loaded
with impurities and to be weak and
sluggish, the millions begin to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which puri6es, en-
riches and vitalizes the blood, expels all
disease germs, creates good appetite,
gives strength and energy and puts the
whole system in healthy condition,
preventing pneumonia, fevers and 9th.
or dangerous diseases which are Liable
to attack weakened system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

Immediate interest in the South At
rican war attaches to the movements of
the hostile forces rather than to bat
ties. 1t is a period of preparation, the
hush before the storm. The Beers are
mastering to oppose Lord Roberts.
The British general has found them at
Abraham's Kraal, on tabletop hill,
at the junction Of small stream with
the Modder, about thirty miles north
westerly from Bloemfontein, the capital
of the Orange Free State. The forces
of both armies are being reinforced.
That of Roberts is reported at over
$4,000, Independently of detached com
mands like those of French and Ca
tacre. This large force requires an i'm
mense transport service and large de-
pots of supplies. These the British
commander must provide, and having
put his enemy to much delay and ex-
pense with the expectation of meeting
him at given line of defense it would
be quite consistent with the tactics of
the Boer commander to move off and
take position at some distant point,
in quite another direction, adapting
guerilla tactics on large scale to the
character of the country. Apparently
the period of heavy fighting will be
succeeded by one of ceaseless and ex-
hausting chases on the part of the
British commander to trap the Boer
lion. And the Boer will improve his
opportunities to strike whenever he
can hit to advantage. The cost of the
transport alone in the South African
war, says writer on the subject, may
be judged from the fact that each wag-
on with its oxen and teamsters costs
from $15 to 500 dey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

"THE STRENGTH OF TWENTY MEN"
When Shakespeare employed this
phrase he referred, of course, to
healthy, able-bodied men. If he had
lived in these days he would have
known that men and women who are
not healthy may become so by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. This medicine,
by making the blood rich and pure and
giving good appetite and perfect diges-
ton, imparts vitality and strength to
the system.
The non-irritating cathartic-Hood's
Pills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

A wheelmau's tool bag isn't complete
without bottle of DR.. Thomas Eclectric
OIL Heals cuts, bruises, stings, sprains.
Monarch over pain.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

Mr. r. KeIcham OF Pike City, Gal, says:
During my brothers. late sickness from
sciatic rheumatism, Chamberlain's Pain
Balm was the only remedy that gave him
any relief" Many others have testified to
the prompt relief from pain which this lini-
ment affords. For sale by O. Blakely,
druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

The English taxpayers as they read
the Parliamentary reports, and ponder
upon budget of $3.50, 100000, and the
Montpelier taxpayers, reviewing the de-
tails of the recent report of their SER
wants, have common bond of SYM
pathy, somewhat stronger than the
war for the determination of the Beers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

The estimated receipts of the city for
the ensuing year, as reported by the
city council are some $4,000. The
city has voted a tax of $1.50 on the
grand list, which will raise about
$4,000, making total revenue of
$4,000. The estimated expenses for
the year are $136,500, including the
repayment of the temporary loan of
$4,000. Under the mandate of the
voters to keep the expenditures with
in the appropriation, the new city
council has some ten gallons of molas-
ses inherited from its predecessor, and
only an eight gallon keg In which to
store it. Observe the newspaper man.
ayers rule, "boil it down. and the
thing can be managed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14
The Great Strength Producer
10 Take iSs tine Spring.
DIR. GREENE'S NERVURA
Blood and Nerve Remedy.
Sp5'iRlg Medicines.

As the sun gives strength to the
world,
. SO DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy gives strength to man
kind.
1t Is the essence of Power, vigor,
Strength, Energy, Health
Tt cures Weakness, Debility, De-
spondency.
1t feeds the nerves with the snap
ping Vitality of Nerve Force.
1t Purifes, Entiches, and Invigor-
ates the Blood LIES Vital Fluid.
With your blood and nerves right,
you will be In Perfect Health.
edy that Cures.
1t makes the Weak Strong.
1t makes the Sick Well.
1t Is the Greatest of all Spring
Medicines, the Great Spring Tonic
and Restorative, and should be taken
by everybody during the spring
months.
NOW is YOUR TIME TO GET
WE'LL BY USING DR.. GREENE'S
NERVURA.
Mr.. ], T. SMITH, Twin Oaks, Washington, D. c.,
says;-"I have used two bottles OF DIT. Greenes
Nervura and have been greatly benefited by it, and
1t IL an excellent medicine. was very nervous and
weak and had pains about the kidneys and dizziness
in the head, which mado mo very unfit for work.
Now l am better, and my strength and nerves are
much stronger than before 1 took DR.. Greenes
Nervura"
Dr. Greene, 81 Temple Place, Boston, Mass, Is
- tho most successful specialist in curing nervous
and chronic diseases. He has remedies for all
70 Give free consultation and advice personally or
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

Says the Mortified Ne,US, writing of
the current mention of names for dele
gates to the next Republican national
convention:
Before the rush begins the Ne,cs wishes
to suggest that an editor or two on the dele
cation would not demoralze things to any
great extent. For instance, there is Editor
o. L. French OF the Brattleboro Pnenir, L d.
P. Thsyer of the Barre Telegram, II. l..
Lewis of the Morrisville Ne,ps and Citizen,
Arthur Ropes of the Montpelier Wdtchnlan
and Journal and Arthur f. Stone OF the ST..
Johnsbury Cdledonian.
AS Judge Poland said at Cincinnati,
at the Republican national convention
of that year, of the suggestion of his
name for the vice presidency, "The
convention might go further and fare
worse-and probably will" Modesty
forbade the Ne1cs editor to include his
own name in his list, but the JOURNAL
begs leave to supply the omission.
What is the matter with Fred n. Whit
ney for delegate? 1t is true, as the
Netcs says, that many Republican edi-
tors shave done long and valuable SER
vice for the Republican party, and have
never asked or received any particular
party recognition" They have hewed
out the way along which others have
advanced to public honors, but like
good soldiers have themselves remain
ed behind in the ranks fighting the
party's battles, usually without thanks
or appreciation of services rend cred
the customary fate of the private.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
TWO WAYS.

Many housekeepers-they can hardly
be called homekeepers-wear them
selves out fretting over what they have
to do. They talk and talk of their du-
ties and everyone who comes in con-
tact with them hears of the cleaning
and the baking, and the sewing, until
they are weary of it. The work of
daily living is the theme of conversa-
ton when these housekeepers go to the
neighborS, or meet acquaintance So
cially anywhere. Some people really
enjoy making martyrs of themselves.
They find mountains to climb where
others only step over mole hills. They
complain and chafe and fret about
their work, wasting strength and en-
ergy and getting much more worn by
their work than others who know that
certain duties must be done, and SIM
ply go quietly and cheerfully and do
them. These others accomplish much
more, perhaps. than those who publish
abroad all that they have done and
are going to do. The quiet of the true
homekeeper'S house is not invaded by
the friction of the machinery. The
homekeeper goes about with a pleas
ant face and no flourishing of trumpets,
even if things do not go just as she
would have them. There are bitches
and hindrances at times in the best of
homes, but the homekeeper is master
of the situation, instead of letting the
situation master her. A guest wondered
when her hostess did her work. She
never heard a word about it and yet the
house was always tidy and things
moved on in well oiled grooves. This
young woman had a. way of getting
things done and keeping them done,
SO that her own comfort and that Of
her family were not disturbed. 1t is
great art, this way of housekeeping, and
well worth cultivating.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
THE MorHER OF a soLDIER.

(Folger McKinsey in Baltimore News)
Tie mother OF u soldier-hats off TO her,
] say!
The mother Of a soldier who has gone to
face the fray:
She gave him to her country with bless
ing on his head
She found him name this morning in the
long list of the dead:
'h1lled-Sergeant Thomas Watkins while
leading on the rest,
A Bible in his pocket and a portrait on his
breastI'
The mother of a soldier-she gave him to
her land;
She saw him on the transport as he waved
his sun-browned hand;
She kissed him through the teardrops and
told him to be brave:
Her prayer went night and morning with
her boy upon the wave.
The mother of a soldier-her comfort and
her JOY,
She gave her dearest treasuze when she
gave her only boy;
She saw the banners waving, she heard
She cIasped her hands and bravely looked
away to hide a tear.
The mother of a soldier-Ah, cheer the
hero deed,
And cheer the brave who battle meath the
banner of their creed;
But don't forget the mothers, through
all the lonely years.
That fight the bravest battles on the sun
less field Of tears.
Nay, don't forget the mothers-the moth
ers Of our men,
Who see them go and never know that
they'll come back again,
That give them to their country, to battle
and to die,
Because the bugles call them and the
starry banners fly.
The mother of a soldier-hats off to her,
sayi
Whose head is bowed in sorrow with its
tender locks Of gray,
She gave without regretting, though her
old heart sorely bled,
when she found his name this morning
in the long list of the dead
'Killed-Sergeant Thomas Watkins, while
leading on the rest,
His dear old mothers portrait clasped
upon his hero breast!'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03

that fills the American visitor with
nothing short of amazement. In houses
where the incomes are by no means
large a corps of finished servants will
be found that only millionaires over
here can afford.
IA Just so long as the American wo-
man is head of a modest household she
is the most all around capable house
keeper in the world; she can face stiff
fer odds and rout them more utterly
than any French or English woman
living. We are the only women in the
world who, when deserted at a critical
moment, can cook a meal and yet sit
at the head of the table, while that
same meal is being served, in a fetch
ing frock carrying on a conversation
as though nothing had happened 1t
is q, charming faculty, but when she is
put at the head of a corps of twenty
servants and a great country house
her system fails.
"A big, fashionable household is just
like big ship-it's got to have a cap
tain to direct its course and an en-
gineer to run the machinery, and in
the foreign countries they realize and
provide for this. In France it is usu-
ally maitre d'hotel who shoulders the
domestic burden. He has worked up
in the service and his word is law 10
the servants. He hires and dismisses
them, plans their work sees that itssis
done and he guarantees to keep the
men and maids well fed on a stated
allowance The mistress gives him a
fixed sum every month and on thisehe
caters for the servants table that is
by no means supplied from the larder
that feeds the family. Every servant
is entitled to the scraps he or she
leaves, and has his or her own plate,
knife, fork, spoon, ETC., and when a
meal is over these are washed and set
away by their owners in their special
cupboards. Scraps are an important
item to the thrifty French domestic.
I'm England there is a woman who
does this, and every handsome Eng
lish house is built with special house
keepers quarters, a sitting room and
bedroom. Some American houses are
now being provided with these special
two rooms.
MY housekeeper is of the typical
sort. She is about 40, plump, pleasing
and a settled widow who entered serv-
ice at 16 as Scullery maid and has
worked up. She is addressed by the
household as Mrs. Brown, and every
afternoon her tea is served in her sit
ting room at 4 O'clock by maid. She
drinks tea and eats her dinner alone,
later, wearing a plain black silk gown,
a muslin wreath cap and a small lawn
apron. Every servant in the house,
with the exception of the butler, is
under her direct control, and for the
good or evil that every servant does
she is responsible.
She accepts my directions with a.
no decayed gentlewoman
would show and with respectfulness
no confidential lady's maid ever feels.
She gets $50 a month and an allowance
for paying the servants wages and ca
tering to their table, and she it is who
sees that no waste goes on in my
house"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
HOW TO REST.

The art of resting is more difficult
than most people suppose it to be, for
there are so many ways of spelling the
result.
Upon the principle that life is made
up of little things, adopt the belief
that little tiredness should not be al
lowed to multiply.
There are symptoms that indicate the
need of rest. There is the "overcrowd-
ed feeling in the head, when our
thoughts refuse to flow; there is the
heaviness of hands, the aching of
wrists, the peculiar stiffness in the
back of the neck; the unnecessary
hopelessness, the burden of depression,
the distaste for society. Who has not
suffered from one or another of these
forms of tiredness?
The spirit with which rest is taken
influences it's value. I've got to lie
down, but I hate resting is speech
too often made.
A willingness to rest is sure to ease
tiredness whether of body or of mind;
a determined putting aside of melan-
choly and of effort.
Unless we admire eneryation of,char-
acter, with its fretfulness, suspicious
ness, jealousy, ennui and lack of SYM
pathy, we must admit that to take
sufficient rest is one of the creatures
obligations and that it is no mean
knowledge to understand the art of
resting ..--.t-.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
WOMEN SPIES.

The reported capture of a young
Dutch girl named Miss Bestep who
was leaving Ladysmith on horseback
for the supposed purpose of giving in
formation to the Beers, reminds one
that women have played a notable part
as spies in war time, especially during
the American civil war. For example,
one of the most devoted of the rebels
during the American war was Miss
Ford, who lived at Fairfax court
house, which we used as the headquar-
ters for the staff officers Of the Union
army. Among these men, Miss Ford
was quite a belle and very popular, as
she was to all intents and purposes an
adherent of the north. Believing her
to be such, the officers often dropped
items of information about their army,
but all this information Miss Ford
received in an apparently very care
less and no-interest- to-me-I-agsure-yo
manner which quite deceived the men.
All the same, the little rebel managed
to obtain all the news she desired from
the non-suspecting officers and this she
conveyed to the confederate6.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
A FEW DIRECTIONS ON ROAST.
ING.

One Of the commOnest modes of cook
ing we find to be roasting. Though
by no means an easy task if properly
done, we find it too often sent to the
table in condition nearly raw or
cooked so as to give all the
gravy or nutriment in the joint. We
will consider a joint properly prepared
TO send to the table when it contains
most if not all of the red juice, secret
ed in it when it was put into the oven,
and at the same time to have all of the
juices In the meat heated at temper
azure giving the meat at its own par
ticular flavor, rendering its more di-
gestible and palatable. To accomplish
this result, decide upon the meat that
IS to be served at the meal. If a rib
roast is to be purchased, select one or
more Of the first five ribs. The meat
should be a bright red in color and the
fat rather a cream color, and the flesh
TO be well marbled with fat When it
Is brought to the home il should be
Immediately removed from the brown
paper, placed upon a plate or platter
and put in a cool place until ready to
be roasted. In purchasing your meat,
If the bones are removed and the fat
cut off, have the butcher send all with
the meat to be used later on in the
stock pot and to replendSh the dripping
Jar or pail. When it is time to cook
the meat in a coal range see that the
fire burns clear all the way through If
the roasting is to be done in a gas range
light the burners in the oven ten min
utes before putting in the meat. Wipe
the joint of meat with a. wet cloth
(never wash meat for roasting), sprin-
kle ii over with salt and a little flour;
place il in the dripping pan; put it
IN the hottest part of the oven (the
top, with the fat. At the end of ten
or fifteen minutes the meat will look
brown and with the aid of the flour
and the intense heat a crust Will have
formed over the meat and the juices
are all shut in. Reduce the heat of
the meat by placing the pan in the bot
tom Of the oven, and if the oven seems
intensely hot lift off the center cover
Of the range for five minutes. Begin
to haste the meat and continue it every
ten minutes. Basting meats makes |
them more tender and more juicy. !
When the roast is to be turned in the |
pan stick the fork into the fat of the !
meat and never into the lean. If the |
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
THE OTHER SIDE.

Why men should support their wives
is question that is getting consider
able share Of attention in the public
prints, and the discussion of it brings
many curious facts to the surface.
Among these was the story of the
melancholy discovery made by the
heirs of an old Massachusetts, farmer
some years ago. His young heirs be-
ing greedy, they endeavored to prevent
the widow from enjoying the life use
of a third of me estate. To their de-
light they discovered that the farmer
had imposed an Illegal ceremony upon
the unsuspecting woman, and that,
therefore, she was not his widow. The.
case appeared to be surely winning
one for them, and accordingly they
brought suit. The judge appreciated.
the sad position of the duped old wom-,
an who had done the old mans
homework for years, and who was now
threatened with loss of home. He ad-.
vised the defendant to bring suit for.
services which the old man was not en-
titled to, as she was not his wife, Act
ing upon his advice, the old woman
made out bill at current wage ratesby;
the week, for all the years she had per-
formed the hOusewOrk. The court al
lowed the claim, which it took the en-
tire estate to pay, and there was con-
nothing whatever left for
he heirs
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-03
THF SEVEN AGES on WOMAN.

CP. r. Oliver in New. York Sum-
AT first the infants cap, soft, warm and
white,
With strings well mouthed and mauled, in
sorry plight.
The giddy school girls hat, waif and
stray,
Any old thing that binders not her play.
The budding maidens hat, pert. smart or
ACCORDING; to sweet sixteen's" mood or
within.
Bravest of all, the bridal wreath and
veil,
Which marks life's great event and turns
the scale.
The new fedged matron's dream by
Worth designed.
Which hubby pays for signs and looks
resigned.
The we'll planned bonnet of the chaperon,
Which hides times ravages from her
alon.
Last scene of all, the widows ruche and
Sans feathers flowers, ribbons. lace or
beads.