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Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04
AMERICA SAYS so.
The Entire Country is
on the Move.
Casearets Candy Cathartic Did II. and Record
Phenomenal Victory. Five Million
LoxeS Sold Last Year.

From every part of America comes the
news that sufferers from constipation
thartic, the wonderful modern scientific
laxative and Intestinal TONIC. Cascarets
are hguratively and literally in every
body's mouth. Thousands have tried Cas-
carets with the most pleasant and eff
fective results. and voluntarily testify to
'I have been using Cascarets for head
ache and eonstipationn and have hay. received
Ter. 5l2 Larrabee St. Chicago.
81 have been taking Cascarets for over
a month and lind them just the thing for
constipation" Albert B. Burt. 10 Main
ST.. Andover, Mass.
II am using Cascarets and have never
found anything so satisfactory" Mrs. e.
w. Durrant 81 Emerson ST., Buffalo. N.
"I have taken Cascarets and cheerfuly
recommend them to all my friends" Mrs.
@. ]. Gradwell, Frugality. Pa.
"Cascarets are fine for biliousress and
malaria and are so pleasant % to take" Mrs,
Il use Cascarets In my family and find
them all you recommend them to be-" l..
J.. Irwin. Cor. Mead and Railroad. Mead
You car safely add appendicitis to the
list OF disenses that Cascarets will benefit
or cure" Bunice ]. Smith, Rich Valley,
81 have used Cascarets: there is moth
ing better for constipation" Benz. Pas
"Cascarets are ali right They have
cured me OF constipation. and ! never ex-
pected ANYTHING would" Charles IL. Nye,
Lock Box 205, Cincinnati. Ohio.
II am 10 thankful for your Cascarets.
They are better than any medicine | ever
used" Mrs. NJ. Rev. Lncelle. Iowa.
II do not hesitate to say that casca-
rets is the very best medicine ever placed
before the people" Andrew Woodruff.
Daysville. N. Y.
"Cascarets are the best cathartic / ever
used" Tom Holt. Wildwood. Manitoba.
Il have tried your Cascarcts and want
to tell you they are just splendid" John
Wlegmink, Box gGl, Alcgun, Mich.
We could Ill the whole paper with ex-
prcsslonS like the above Thousands OF
similar rccognltions of the merits of Cas-
carets have been volunteered and prove
that this delightful laxative. so pleasant
OF taste, 30 mild and yet effective. has
secured n firmly established place In tho
hearts of the people.
Go buy and try cascarcts yourself to-
day. All druggists. Zoe. 25c. Soc. Booklet
and sample free, Address Sterling Rem
edy Company, Chicago or New York.
This is the CASCARET tab
/@\ let. Every tablet Of tho only
| fr lTf genuine Cascnrets bears the
U V v magic letters &C c c." Look
kI at the tablet before you buy,
and beware OF frauds, imita-
tions and substitutes.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04
A BRIGHT coLoRED BOY.
Son of Senator Bruce Is the Best Debater
In Harvard College.

The young man who won the prize de-
bate for Harvard in the recent contest
with Princeton was Roscoe Conkling
Bruce, a son of the late Senator Bruce
Of Mississippi, the last colored man to
occupy a seat in the United States. Sem
ate. While he was still a freshman
young Bruce won the Pastor prize in
the interclass debate against seniors,
juniors and sophmores and is now reck-
oned as the best debater among the 81
300 students at Harvard. He is a modest
unassuminB young man., but seems to
have marked elements of popularity as
well as ability. for he has not only
overcome the prejudice against his color,
but is as great favorite among the un-
derclass men at Harvard as he was
In the preparatory school at Exeter,
New Hampshire, where the students
unanimously elected him to preside over
the ceremonies of graduating day.
He bears the name of Roscoe Conkling
because the great senator from New York
was the first man to introduce himself to
and welcome as his colleague Senator
Bruce when the latter entered the sem
ate chamber a total stranger, of the de-
spised race in 1873. and was his closest
friend and adviser during the eight years
that he remained member of that body.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04
CHICAoo's DRAINAGE CANAL,
Big River Cut Through Granite ans
Gravel.

Big River Cut Through Granite and
Gravel.
The main drainage channel is in part
cut through solid rock and in part
through glacial drift, the total amount
of excavation involved being 26, POI SIS
cubic yards of glacial drift and 12,-
OOG,9S4 cubic yards of solid rock. The
rock cuttings are about 16O feet wide
at the bottom, with nearly vertical
walls. The excavations through the
sections. with preponderance of hard
material, provide for Il flow of 100000
cubic feet of water per minute, or a
rate of flow sufficient for the require
ments of Il population of 100000
people, which Is about double the
present population of the district. The
narrower channel that has been cut
through the more easily handled ma
terial provides for a flow of 100000
cubic feet per minute, and can easily
be enlarged by simple methods of ex-
cavation rs the growth of the popu-
lation demands. 1t is claimed that the
canal will be navigable for any craft
drawing less than twenty-five feet of
water.
While the canal is primarily designed
to carry off the waste of great city,
the projectors of the enterprise have
not been blind to the commercial pos
S1Dll1ties of free waterway from Chi
cago to the Mississippi. 1t is estimated
that the expense of the excavations
and retaining walls already provided
for by the sanitary district constitutes
nearly two-thrdS of the entire cost
OF such ship channel, and it is
hoped that the general government
which has done so much to improve
the Mississippi river, may eventually
be induced TO undertake the compile
tion of the channel construction
Should this plan ever be executed
large steamers will be able to make
their way from the great lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, and the commerce of
the whole Mississippi valley will be
greatly stimulated and enlarged
American Review of Reviews for Jan
uary.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04
Rye Hay.

Stewart, in his work on feeding ami
mails, makes the nutritive ratio of rye
fodder 1:72, timothy hay 1882. By
fodder rye is doubtless meant the
whole plant, as he gives the nutritive
ratio of rye straw as 1:469. The ques-
ton, then, is to determine the proper
time to cut, 10 get all the best quail
ties of the plant and escape objection
able woodiness in the straw, says John
NJ. Jamison in the National Stockman
In our experience animals neglect 1t
after it begins to joint till 1t COM
mences to fill, when they show a great
fondness for the head. If cutting for
hay we would wait till the bloom was
off and the grain had begun to form
There will be little difficulty in curing
it at this stage. The stubble can be
left little high, which will allow cir
culation beneath the mass when cut.
Rye, when ripe, will stand more rain
when in the shock without caps or
hudders than the other small grains
capped in the most careful manner.
neighbor last year hauled to his barn
rye that had been cut at full maturity
anu iCu II pub " iAlS iioi oVo ao IL lull
ration. They consumed the grain and
the whole of the straw and grew fat
on it. Another neighbor cut it when
quite green to cover ricked clover in
the field. and found it did not spoil.
but made an excellent cover for the
clover. Another "hogged" fifty acres
in which had been some clover MAN
moth, we assume), and secured the
second year an immense crop of vol
unteer rye ard clover. The whole of
this was cut and made into hay. In
this case the rye was so ripe that some
of it shattered, enabling her to secure
a lighter crop the third year. The ilrst
crop of volunteer rye and clover cut
for hay in this instance made excel
lent feed and the stock thrived well
on it.
The clover and rye were both doubt
less improved by the mixture. The
former was held up by the rye. making
the curing less difficult, and when
stored the clover gave a flavor to the
rye that made 1t very acceptable to
the animals. The summer of 1895 We
had field of volunteer rye and Nam
moth clover used for pasture. When
the rye matured the animals gathered
all the heads and left the straw stand
ing. When the drouth later on began
to pinch and forage became scarce, the
whole of this straw was eaten by the
horses and other stock, showing that
1t made palatable feed where there was
a limited amount of growing clover to
be had, and that cut and cured In the
proper stage it win make good hay.
. Relative Feeding Rations.-The grea.
majority of farmers feed all kinds Of
stock, and all ages, the same ration
through the winter, made up prine!-
pally of corn. hay and fodder. Is It
any wonder that SO much OF the stock
kept on the farm are in worse condi-
tion in spring than they were when
put into winter quarters Try to have
n better variety of feed for your stock
next winter than heretoforc.-Ex.
from troubling him.
One fluid ounce contains two table
spoonfuls.
The German government has decided
to build a railroad through Eastern
Africa, and will effect n junction VIII
the Capota- Cairo railway.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

There Is more Catarrh In this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
nounced 1t local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable
tional disease. and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
ufactured by Il. J. Cheney Co.. Toledo Ohio
Is the only constitutional cure on the market
1t is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
teaspoonfu 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold Inv DRUGGISTS 1lc.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

Aguinaldo was discovered yesterday in
Mexico, but no doubt that is only the be,
ginning. Every seaport in the world
is likely to be heard from in the next
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

For once I'm going to let the children
eat all the candy they want" They'll
care of them No, / won't; I'm going
to eat all l want. and be sick. too.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

With 5000 American soldiers applying
for pensions for injuries in the late war
the Spanish government Is probably Won
dering how they got injured.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

What are those queer-looking things
selling the corner?' Those? Oh.
those. are pressed Christmas trees for
flats"
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

The report that the Beers have large
reserve force is not surprising the
fact that the news got past the censor.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head,
use London Balm All druggists refund
money If it fails to relieve. 25c and soc.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04
Reliable Help Wanted

either seN.l The Humanitarian Home and Sanitar
fum for lnvallds and Hcath Seekers. incorporated
Send 12c in stamps for fun Information. Address
j. H. Teitlebaum, Treasurer Las Vegas, y. NJ.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head
use London Balm. All druggists refunt
money, If it fails to relieve. 25c and soc.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

"Hazing is almost abolished in our col
leges." YES: since football became pop
ular hazing has seemed too tame and la
dYlilie.1
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng. softens the gums reduces in
nammation, aays pain wind collie. 25c bottle
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. l.. Baker, 1923
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 8, '95.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04

SOlu Dy DRUGGISTS, doc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
NEWS.
In Honor Of Dillingham;.
Illumination, Parade and Exercises Fri
day Might In the senatOr-EIseVs Home
Town, waterbury,

illumination, Parade and Exercises Fri
Town, Waterbury,
Waterbury celebratedlth election Of Will
liam p. Dillingham; TO the United States
Senate with an illumination, parade and
exercises Friday night. At sunrise salute
Of five guns was fred in honor Of the GEM
ator-elect. Special trains brought people
TO Waterbury from a distance, and hun
dreds drove there from the nearby towns
early in the evening The parade formed at
@ o'clock, moved through the streets of the
village, headed by 20 mounted men. the
Montpelier military band, the carriage con-
tanning Mr.. Dillingham;, with a body of
High school students a. escort marching in
the form of cross.
Next came carriages containing the other
speakers of the evening, followed by del.
egations from Waterbury and surrounding
towns, accompanied by bands. The sena-
tor received ovations repeatedly along the
line Of march. The old Dillingham; home
stead was brilliantly decorated with bunt-
ing and lanterns, and the words" Our Son"
we're formed in front of the house in cleo
trio lights. The business portion of Stowe
street was deliberately decorated and form
ed fitting foreground to the arch, which
was made Of evergreens trimmed with
bunting and flowers. Over it was the
word Dillingham;" in electric lights and
the whole was surmounted by an arch of
lights and an American flag. Immediately
after the parade great pile of iniiamable
materials so or go feet in height was set on
fire on Burleigh hill
After the parade Mr.. Dillingham; held a
reception TO the school children in the High
school building, after which he made a
speech on platform in front of the build
ing When he appeared upon the platform
he was greeted with cheer after cheer and
1t was several minutes before he was given
chance to speak. Mr.. Dillingham; was
followed by several speakers of note from
different parts Of the state including Gen.
j. g. Mccullough Of Bennington, State Au-
ditor NJ Barber and Mayor Robert Rob-
erts Of Burlington. After the speaking Mr.
Dillingham; entered the hall where the peo-
pie were given a chance to meet Vermont's
new senator.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
chinese ConspIrators Dead.

The Chinese minister at Washington has
received dispatch stating that Kangyi, a
member of the cabinet with Yung Lu and
one of the intense anti-foreign leaders,
whose punishment was demanded by the
powers, died of illness on the 18th; also
that Yu Hsien, the late governor of Shansi.
who is said to have been responsible for
the death of many missionaries, has COM
mitted suicide by swallowing gold-leaf
Minister WI regards this act as the result
of the disfavor which the high officials
have received from the throne. Minister
Wu's advices also show that Prince Tuan
has been visited with severe censure from
the throne and to such an extent that it
would be no surprise if he followed the
course of Kang vi and Yu. He has been
prevented from accompanying the imperial
court of Sinan Flu, and remains at Shansi,
cut off from further influence on the throne.
1t is expected that he will be banished,
which, to a prince of the blood, is worse
than decapitation, and, under the Chinese
idea of propriety, suicide is likely to be his
end.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
Desperate Prisoners

KILLED Keeper and Fatally Wounded
Assistant Before One EscsPed---IEis
Pal IeII and Was Killed.
Two desperate burglars in prison at New
York city, the Fifty-fourth street police
station, sawed the bars TO cell Monday
morning, and in attempting TO escape bat
tered out the brains of Hugh McGovern, a
keeper. George Wilson, another prisoner,
a trusty, was badly hurt trying to prevent
the escape He may die. Frank Emerson,
one Of the burglars, fell from the second
story window and was killed His compan-
ion, Flanagan, who planned the break, es-
capped. The police believe negro woman
brought Flanagan the steel saw in large
pie Saturday. Flanagan cut the bars and
Wilson, Flanagan and Emerson confined
together, stepped into the gallery, Flana-
gan leading with the heavy bar sawed from
the cell door, As the trio reached the
window, Keeper McGovern came up stairs.
Flanagan brought the bar down twice on
McGovernls head, killing him. Wilson
tried to save McGovern, and Flanagan
crushed Wilson's head with a single blow,
and escaped through the window down an
improvised rope. Emerson tried to follow
but fell, landing on his head and crushing
out his life
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
Transvaal Annexed.
Activity on the Part OF the Fighting
Burghers who Make a Fierce Attack
on the Garrison at JacObsdaI.

Activity on the Part OF the Fighting
Burghers who Make Fierce Attack
on the Garrison at JacObSdaI.
The Transvaal was proclaimed part of
the British Empire Friday, the proclama-
tion being attended with impressive cere-
monies. The royal standard was hoisted
in the main square of Pretoria, the Grena-
diers presented arms, massed bands played
the national anthem, Sir Alfred Miner read
the proclamation and 62, 900 troops, repre-
senting Great Britain and her colonies,
marched past.
There has been a lively recrudescence of
Boer activity, however, over a wide area.
The burgners have captured AZ British cav
alrymen near Phillippolis, and have blown
up the railway near Norvars Pont, which
is in Cape Colony, it being the point where
the line crosses the Orange River. Presi-
dent Steyn has reappeared in the colony
and has established the capital at Eau
riesburg. The Beers are reported to have
retaken Fcksburg on the Basutoland Dor
der. They have burned the railway sta
ton at Washbank, midway between Dun
dee and Ladysmith in Natal. They have
derailed and captured train with de-
tachmeut of the Rife Brigade, after a fight
near Greylingstead in the southern part
of the Transvaal. The troops guarding the
line of the Frazerburg road in the middle
of Cape Colony have been SHIPPED at Two
hundred Beers made a fierce attack upon
Jacobsdal recently, killing ID and wound
ing 20 of the Highlanders garrisoning the
town.
A patrol of police, with conveys, who
were surrounded by Beers near Hoopstad,
Orange River colony, were compelled to
abandon two Maxims. Ultimately rein
forced by the yeomanry, they succeeded in
getting away with the conveys, but they
lost seven killed, IL wounded and 10 cap
tured. The colonials were outnumbered 10
to 1, and the engagement lasted two hours.
The Beers have 10, 900 men in the field,
nearly half of whom are in Orange River
colony. These are divided into comman-
does of some 300 each, but are capable OF
combining for large operations.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
The 100000 Note Teller Arrested In
Boston.

Cornelius L Alvord. IT,, the note teller
who is charged with stealing 500 900 from
the First National bank Of New York city,
was arrested in Boston Monday afternoon
by Chief Inspector Watts Of that city and
Detective Armstrong Of New York Alvord,
who knew Armstrong, said he was glad the
suspense was over, and willingly returned
TO New York with officers. Alvord left
New York on Tuesday Of last week, and
he was seen at the Hotel Tourraiue We'd
nesday by Henry Alexander of Denver,
who had done business with him and who
at once identified him. Alexander notified
the Boston police, but when detectives
went to the hotel Alvord had disappeared.
He registered at the hotel as Bryan Ster-
ling, but did not take the room assigned to
him. When he left the hotel he went
directly to the lodging house where he was
arrested. The clue which led the officers
to visit the lodging house as gas inspectors
is not made public. Alvord said he had
not seen his wife for two weeks When
he told of his difficulties and asked her
whether he should kill himself or face it
out she told him face it out. Alvord said
he had backed horses, but never on race
tracks, and he mad owned fast horses lie
said he had been spending $50 600 a year,
but did not state definitely where the cash
had gone. He intimated his willingness to
take his sentence, serve his time, and be.
gin life over again. He had only a few
dollars in his possession.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
LlE. the breckenridge Case.

A scandal which brings to mind the Pol
lard Breckenridge case comes to the atten-
ton of the public in the suit for $50, 0OO
brought by Miss Mae Lucy Leaton against
Senator William V. Sullivan of Mississippi.
She claims that she has been the senator
companion the past five years, has lived
with him as his wife at certain periods,
that he repeatedly promised to marry her,
but now refuses to keep his agreement. The
bill alleges that Sullivan paid her board,
the tuition at a business college in Mem
phis, and later at female institute in War
renton, Va.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
Max Muller, Ihe German Author and
Scientist.

Frederick Max Muller, the distinguished
German author and scientist, who died Sun
day, evinced an extraordinary passion for
the languages as a child. At IA he was
studying Sanskrit and Persian. At 20 he
took his degree at Leipsic, having devoted
himself to the study of the Eastern Ian
guages, and three years later he began the
translation of the Rig Veda, task whose
stupendous character may be imagined
from the fact that it consisted Of six vol
umes of over 1900 pages each For 81
years his pen was busy with the subjects Of
Hindu languages and literature; for more
than 90 years he was connected with the
University of Oxford as professor and lectur-
er, and TO him is almost wholly due the
opening up of the treasures of Hindu liter
AZURE to the Eoglish-speaking world. He
stood alone in the special lines of his schol-
arship, and in his original work there is a
genuine literary charm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-02
THE VERMONT PHOENIX,
Terrific Explosion in New York.

Twenty Buildings Wrecked, and Prop
srty valued at $1,000, 900 Destroyed
--MOrs Than 40 People Missing, More
Than 100 Ipjursd---Flre Exploded
Chemicals.
A terrific explosion of chemicals destroy
ed the six story building occupied by Tar
rant Il Company, wholesale druggists, on
the corner of Warren and Greenwich
streets, New York city, soon after 10
o'clock Monday, and laid in ruins both
sides Of Warren street, between Greenwich
and Washington Streets, and damaged
buildings more or less seriously in all direc-
for several blocks. About 40 places of
business we're wholly or partially destroy
ed. The loss to property is estimated at
81, 500, 900.
Fully 100 persons we're injured, some Sc
riously. The number killed will not be
known for some days as fire prevented
search in the great mass Of ruins for many
hours. About 25 people are missing and
several bodies have already been recovered
The Tarrant building had been regarded
for a long time as little better than
powder magazine, and when fire broke out
people near by fled for safety. Many of
those in the building and in the stores and
offices near by were at lunch so that the
loss Of life was much smaller than it would
have been at any other hour of the day.
There was first explosion which was com
paratively light, followed by two of ter
rife force. The Tarrant building fell TO
pieces like a paste board structure, the
other nearby buildings collapsed, windows
we're blown in for long distance and the
air was filed with mass of glass, boards.
sheets of tin roofing, bricks and chunks of
mortar. A great black pillar of smoke
stretched straight up to the sky, where it
spread out like a giant dome, shutting out
for long time the rays of the sun. Out
of it there dropped a steady shower of
charred stuff-bits of pasteboard, pieces of
sticks and similar light debris-which fell
over all the territory from river to river
and from the Battery as far north as Second
street. Great buildings as far away as
the east side of City hall and even down to
Wall street we're shaken to their founda-
tions, and every body within mile of War
rem street knew that a terrific explosion
had taken place. Hundreds of people who
gathered to see the fire were panic stricken
and rushed about wildly for some time af-
ter the explosions had occurred.
The cause of the disaster has not been
, satisfactorily explained. Tarrant & Com
pany carried a large stock of chemicals,
but claim that there was no nitro glycerine,
nor other dangerous explosives in the
building in large quantities.