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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

The kind OF study that can best be
pursued by children in summer time Is
precisely the kind that develops under
standing and the ability to see thing
when 1t is looked at. No better prepare
ton for the winters work In mathema-
tics or in Latin can be had than a sum-
mer work with Nature. No worse prepa-
ration could be invented than the idle
ness or undirected activity of a long va
cation Ladies Home Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18
DAVID CRY. SEB., April /. 1900.

tennessee Pure Food Co.. lie Roy, N. Y:
- Gentlemen II must say In regard to
SRAIN-O th,t there ia nothing better or
healthier. We have used 1t for years. My
prother was q great coffee drtnker. He was taken
,'ck and the doctor said coffee was the cause OF
II, and told Us 10 use GRAISO. We got PACK:
ase and did not Ike 1t at first, but now would
a aot De without 1t. My brother has been well
ever since we started 10 use it.
Yours truly, LILLE SoCHoR.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

and, all things considered, the pending
shipping bill better provides for our
needs In this respect than any other
policy yet suggested could provide. For
Congress to pass the bill early in the COM
ing session will be an act of farsig hted
craftsmanship and advanced patriotism.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

rINHE subscriber hereby gives notice that
tor of the last will and testament of Sarah $.
Barker, late of Ellsworth, in the coun-
ty of Hancock, deceased. and given bonds
mands against the estate of said deceased
are desired to present the same for settle
ment and all indebted thereto are requested
TO make payment Immediately.
July 8, "a. d. 900. 4. +. BuRNHAM.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18
PauDer Notice,

THE undersigned hereby gives norice that ne
l. has contracted with the City Of Ellsworth ,foI
the support Of the poor, during the ensuing year,
and has made ample provision for their support.
He therefore forbids all persons from furnishing
supplies TO any pauper on his account, as without
furnished. HARRY 8. JOKES
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

rINHE subscriber hereby gives notice thai
L he has been duly appointed admins
traitor of the estate of Mary s. Frazier
late of Ellsworth, in the county OF
Hancock, deceased, and given bonds as the
law directs. All persons having de-
mands against the estate of said de-
ceased are desired to present the same
for settlement, and all indebted thereto are
requested to make payne Mt Immediately.
July 3, a. d. 1900. ARNo w. KING.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

Many fool has sense enough to get a
good wife but hasn't sense enough to
know 1t.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

VINHE subscriber hereby gives notice that
J. he has been duly appointed admins
traitor of the estate OF Franklin w. Morgan
late of Surry, in the county of Hancock
deceased and given bonds as the law directs
All persons having demands against the estate
of said deceased are desired to present the
same for settlement, and all indeb ted thereto
are requested TO make payment Immediately
July 3, "a d. 1900. ALBERT l.. MORGAN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-18

July :. 1900.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute.

vide for free trade with Porto Rico as
soon as she herself shall demonstrate
her financial ability to bear it. The New
York Sun says these amendments
should be accepted and the bill passed.
In the Suns opinion:
The amendments will leave little of the
deluson that the fifteen per cent OF the
Dingley duties hitherto proposed represent
ed serious effort on the part OF the pro-
tected interests to protect themselves
against the products OF Porto Rico. 1t was
the products Of the East that were feared,
coming through the Philippines, our de-
mand for the open door in the East having
been surrounded by an understanding that
the Philippines would be left open too.
Unless, said Protection, the right of the
United States to maintain tariff against
Porto Rico can be established, there will
be no tariff as against the Philippines, and
the protective system will fail, or expan-
sion will be defeated
So may the clouds, real or imaginary,
that have lowered on the Republican
house be SIN the deep bosom of the
ocean buried"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
CONDENSING A DOCUMENT
A Suggestion to Prolific Correspond
ents and Reporters.

The young man took a piece of pa
per and pencil from his pocket and
laid the paper on his knee.
81 will have something important to
say to you in minute, Miss JONES'"
he said.
Then he read over carefully what
was written on the paper and crossed
out word.
"Superfuous," he said, half to him
self.
He went over it again and crossed
out another word.
"It's just as strong without that" he
muttered. "We are all too prone to
use adjectives and adverbs, anyway"
He picked up the paper and seemed
about to begin to read from it, but sud-
denly stopped.
"That whole sentence might as well
come out" he said. 1.-THE meaning is
perfectly clear without it. Conciseness
is really the crying need of the hour"
Then turning to the girl, he said: "Be
mine."
Thus we see the power of habit.
For years his duty has been to edit the
the "copy" of prolific correspondents.
Evening Post, Chicago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
General JOubert Dead.

The Boer communicating has
been many times reported dead. I'm.
happily there has come time when
the rumor of his death is confirmed.
The famous leader of the burghers,
from Laings Mex and Majuba Hill to
Colenso, Spion Kop and hundred
other fierce encounters around Lady
smith, has fought his last fight. A loss,
greater than any that has yet befallen,
has overtaken the Transvaal. He led
the Boer forces at Majuba Hill in 1881
and in the other decisive actions OF
that short war. He captured Jane.
son and his raiders in 1896. The story
of his career in the pending war is
"writ in FURNISHED lines Of STEEL
Fighting more grim, history does NOT
record, nor does it mention warrior
more often victorious, under circum.
stances that gild victory with brighter
glory. Asked the color of the British
flag he replied: ~ have seen 1t three
times (Laings Mex, Majuba Hill and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04

having been specially active or influential
In securing to the Vermont farmer the BEN
fit OF this bounty, 1t appears that he never
was known in the matter until the law had
gone into effect. Then he prepared an ora
ton which was probably circulated among
his constituents Vermont obtained the
maple sugar bounty because she had in the
United States Senate two men who could
demand and secure what was right.
These two instances show perfectly the
position of Gen. Grout In the House. He Is
an industrious member. He looks after
the interests of his constituents; no more
faithfully than any conscientious member
would, no more faithfully than any one of a
dozen men who might have been selected
when he was would, no more faithfully
than he should. But the pretension that
he ia in any sense a leading member of the
House is not true and the extravaganza
claims which his supporters put forth rem
der it proper that this should be stated. He
never could produce any effect upon the
general legislation OF this country.
CONCLUSION.
Vermont cannot hope to send to the
United States Senate any person of the
actual ability of George f. Edmunds or
Justin s. Morrill,, in my opinion, but it al
ways has been true and it ought to be true
today that somewhere on the eastern slope
Of the Green Mountains there is somebody
who can maintain, II not the absolute, at
least the relative position Of the Green
Mountain State in the Senate of the United
States. If the people of Vermont should
think, after fair consideration, that it was
for the interest Of the State to allow me to
try, and If at the end of ono-third the num-
Der of years that General Grout has been
there my standing before the country in
Congress were no better than his, then L
say now-I probably should not say it then
that this same people Of Vermont should
ask me to step back and let somebody else
try.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
Justice Should Not Fail.

The Vermont Waterman makes a
strong appeal to the members in Con-
gress from Vermont to take the initia-
tive in some measure of justice and
reparation to Captain Clark, of the bat
tleship Oregon. 1t says: "If they (he
representatives in Congress) are not
proposing to interest themselves active
ly and determinedly in case like Cap
tain Clark's, in which all the evidence
is as clear as the light of the unclouded
sun, and as beaming with glory, they
ought to resign and me home, and
Vermont will send TO Congress others
who will take up the grateful task"
Vermont should have the honor of ini-
tiation in appealing for justice to her
distinguished men; but if she shall fail
justice should not also fail. Captain
Clark should not lack for a defender in
every delegation of every State in the
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04

solution. The government is, how
ever, burdened with moral RESPONSE
bilities the soulless corporation would
not feel; and partisan politicians, seek
ing for an issue, are neither burdened
by these responsibilities nor troubled
by any scruples about magnifying ex-
letting obstacles in the way of settling
perplexine questions, nor of inventing
and interposing new and entirely imag-
mary difficulties to embarrass the party
charged with the immediate RESPONSE
bility of establishing the relations of
the new possessions to the parent
community. 1t ia unfor innate that the
initial ffors in the settlement of the
material and gel quas'ions arising in
connection with bringing these outly-
ing possessions into association with
their sovereign must be made on the
threshhold Of national election.
The division among Republicans in
Congress on the questions Immediately
under consideration there, and now the
subject of contention in the Senate, ex-
tends outside to people and newspa-
pers. The Tribune of New York siren
uously sustains The House tariff bill.
The majority appear to think that there
is authority enou-h in the Constitution
and laws to do in the case of Porto
Rico what it is the "plain duty" of hui
manity to do-relieve her people at
once from suffering and the conse-
quences of her late terrible misfortuues.
The Weightier matters OF the law and
the Constitution can wait till humani-
ty's cry has been heard and answered.
The party-rending, universe-splitting
issue that is seen in the simple and hui
name proposition to levy small tax on
Porto Rican commerce for her imme-
diate and very pressing necessities,
pending the evolution of some perma-
nent system of local taxation, can
hardly be apparent to the great multi
ude OF the people. The measure JUS
titles itself, and Democratic talk of a
"tariff wall" between the new colonies
and the parent country, on such a
fiimsy basis, ought to end in the usual
way, in Democratic confusion.
Senator Foraker has proposed amend
ments to the pending bill which pro-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

Libelous publication about a de-
eeased person is held, in Bradt VS.. New
Nonpareil company Ga.) As L. r. A.
6S1, to give the mother of the deceased
no right of action.
Employees working more than eight
hours per day in violation of statute
are held, in Short VS.. Bullion, Beck &c
Co. Mining company (Utah), As L. r. A.
COB, to have no right of action for the
extra services, either on the contract
or on quantum meruit.
Power of corporation to purchase
the stock of other corporations for the
purpose of controlling their manage
ment is denied in De La Vergne Refrig-
Grating Machine company VS.. German
Savings Inst, advance sheets U. S., p.
20, except when express permission
has been given to make such purchase.
A stipulation against liability for
negligence in setting fire by railroad
engines is held, in Hartford Fire Insur-
ance company VS.. Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railroad company, advance
sheets U. S., p. 49, to be not in violation
of public policy, when contained in a
lease of a strip of land on a railroad
right of way for storage warehouse.
Owner of premises dangerous to
trespassers is held, in Cooper VS.. Over
ton (Tenn.), As L. r. A. sol, to have no
liability for injuries to trespassers,
even if they are children, unless they
are induced to enter the premises by
something unusual and attractive
placed upon it by the owner or with
his knowledge and permitted to remain
there.
A communication made in good faith
in the course of his duty by the cashier
of bank, by indorsing on dishonored
note held for collection that it was
forgery, is held, in Caldwell VS.. Story
(Ky.), As L. r. A. 735, to be privileged
communication which does not create
any liability for libel, though it is inti-
mated that the maker may be liable
for SANDER if he falsely decla 'es that
the note is forged.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
DOMESTIC NEWS.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 28.-The
owners of the Risdon Iron Works have
practically completed deal whereby
they have secured control Of the Pac-
iflc Rolling Mills, the plant of which
covers thirty-two acres and includes
100 feet of water front on the bay. II
is stated that dry dock capable OF
receiving the largest vessel ahoat will
be built and that the Iron company will
expend about $3,000,000 in construct
ing complete ship building establish
ment, where at least 5000 men will be
employed. Bids will be made on war
vessels and other craft of the largest
size.
CAMDEN, N. j., March 28.-The
jury in the case against Hay and Sloan,
reporters on Philadelphia paper,
charged with criminal libel and con-
spiracy, have disagreed. They stood
eleven for conviction and one for &C
quittal. These reporters printed the
alleged confession of Eli Shaw that he
murdered his grandmother and mother,
but on trial for their murder he was &C.
quilted.
BRoCKToN, Mas, March 29.-Hosea
Kingman, Esq, leading lawyer of
Plymouth county and chairman OF the
Metropolitan sewerage commission on
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04

Referring to the selection of the pre-
siding officers of the two State conven-
tions and the chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions for each by the State
committee, before the persons selected
for those offices have been elected del
egates by their proper constituencies,
the Caledonian says:
There is nothing left for the people to do
but to go to Montpelier, ratify the work of
the State committee and elect the delegates
which the State papers have already NOM
mated. If the other conventions are going
to be managed in the same way why not
let the State committee do all the work and
save the car fare Of the delegates, who are
the representatives Of the people? The Re-
publicans OF Vermont are doing considera-
BILE thinking this year and we believe they
will resent the unwarranted action Of any
set OF people that announces months be-
for ehand all the details of convention and
the men that will be elected as delegates or
put in nomination for the various offices.
1t is an excellent time to make change
and let the delegates at the convention
have some voice in the matter, and it would
not surprise us in the least to see some
plans very much upset after the ballots are
counted at the coming conventions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
MOBILIZING TROOPS.

ODESSA, March % -Doubt no Ion
ger exists as to the object of the war
like preparations now being completed
in South Russia. Nearly two hundred
and fifty thousand troops have already
been modified for active service. The
Black Sea squadron, with transports, is
held in instant readiness.
The tension in the relations between
st. Petersburg and the Sublime Porte
becomes every day more acute. The
position is looked upon with the
gravest apprehension. If the Ottoman
government, supported by Germany,
should prove stubbornly intractabe
with regard to Russia's concessionary
demands in Asia-Minor, serious COM
plications must inevitably ensue. The
Russian garrisons in the Caucasus and
along the Armenian frontier have been
increased four-fold and equipped for
active service. The Russian squadron
has arrived at Chemulpo, Japan. 1t is
believed this presages demand for
concession of land at Massaugo and is
arousing uneasy comments in Japan.
The British warship "Terrible" is on
the way to Japanese waters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
Porto Rico.

The first thought of every disinter-
ested citizen, at the time of the acquis-
ition of Porto Rico, and when the an
nexation of Cuba became probability,
was undoubtedly that trade between
the island and the mainland commun-
tiles of the United States would be as
unrestricted as between the States of
the Union, or the States and terri
tories. That was, and unquestionably
still is, the sentiment of the great body
of the people, so far as the people at
large have taken the trouble or had
interest enough in the matter to give
the subject any consideration at all. 1t
conforms to their ideas of original
right, justice and fairness. The Pres
ident regarded it sour plain duty" to
give the Porto Ricans free trade.
The tobacco planters of Connecticut
or Virginia, the sugar cane growers of
Louisiana or the beet sugar producers
of the West might not accept unquali-
eddy the proposition that there should
be free trade with these West Indian
possessions, and there would arise de-
bate over the policy of protecting these
industries. So far as Porto Rico alone
was concerned the matter would be of
comparatively easy solution, as the
amount of sugar and tobacco produced
on the island is not large enough
materially to affect the interests of the
mainland producers of these articles.
In the event of the annexation of
Cuba, and taking the Philippines into
the account, with their vast areas,
vaster possibilities and multiplied in
terests, the question of the state OF
trade between the United States and
Porto Rico was not the simple matter
it at first blush appeared to be. Dis
cussion has not tended to simplify the
question. 1t has rather revealed its
complexities as we'll as created many
perplexities. Action in the case of
Porto Rico will be used, fairly or un-
fairly, reasonably or unreasonably, as a
precedent for settling the trade rela-
tions with Cuba, with Alaska, with
Hawaii, with the Philippines.
Many wise statesmen are seriously
perplexed by the great questions that
have radiated from the small and-con-
sidered singly-unimportant commun-
ity of Porto Rico. Considered and de-
termined as great business corpor-
alton would meet and settle these ques-
tions, they would be, relatively, of easy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04

Kruger literally translated means
tavern-keeper Krug is the old German
word for tavern; kruger is the keeper
thereof.
Elandslaagte is the lair of en- Gland,
an animal of the deer family.
Dorp is hamlet, settlement with
out church, or otherwise it would be
Karkdorp.
Burgersdorp is citizens' hamlet.
De Aar mines are the Eagle mines.
Aar is old German for eagle, 30 called
10 this day in the Syrian Alps.
De Beers is The Pears. Note Beer
bohm Tree, the actor, whose name lit
orally translated means Peartree Tree.
Moi River is Pleasant River
Werner is called after the city of that
name on Dolart b ", destroyed by the
great spring food of 1884, when more
than 10000 lives were lost. Literally
it.means crying.
Drakensberg is Dragon Hill or
Mountain.
Stormberg: Storm Hill or Mountain.
S.erkstrom: Strong Stream.
Paardeberg: Horse Hill or Mountain.
Bloemhof: Flowery Homestead.
Kop is head. Kopje is little head.
Steenberg: stony hill.
Deerde Poort: Animal ferry or gate.
Potgieter's Drift: Potcaster's Drift.
Aasvogel Kop: Buzzard's head.
Spion Kop: Spy head.
Zwarz's Kop: Blacks Head.
Vannikerk's: Van New Church's,
Spruil: Spring.
Vryheid: Freedom.
Honger Poort: Hunger's Gate.
Onderbrock: Lower bridge.
Langverwecht: Long guarded.
Jacobsdal: Jacobs Valley.
Rondevaal River: Roundabout River.
Rudolf: Wagon-trail.
Zoutpan: Southpan, presumably val
ley.
Bosh- Kop: Underbrush Head.
Bloemfontein: Blooming or fowery,
fountain.
Riet River: Strong pulling river.
The advanced form of trekken is ricten.
Kroonstad: Crown City.
Waterfall: Water fall
Slim Piet: Cunning Peter.
Jungheer is the German Junker and
means young gentleman. Jungkerl is
young man.
Nauw Poort is really the opposite
bank of the river. 1t is related to the
German Ufer; Low-German, Oeber. 1t
should be pronounced Noew'r Poort.
Perhaps the city name Hanover will
illustrate its meaning, or as the travel
Ter would call to the ferryman "Haal'
noever-Poort."
Transvaal is across the Vaal River.
Vaal is our well, the Buena Vista of
the Beers. 1t may be translated as the
at is WE'LL" "Here we rest; thus far
and no farther shall our enemies drive
u.s."
Cronje is little crown.
Doom Kop: Thorny head.
~" in Cronje, Kopje, ETC., is sound
ed much like the English "y."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
ELECTRICAL GLIMMERINGS.

The electric feeders for Glasgow's
a New York conduit cable company,
whose bid was nearly $4,000 under
the lowest British offer.
An electric candlestick is Just out
which gives more light than any
fame, and looks like an old-fashioned
candlestick. 1t has a pair of small
batteries which can be charged from
a direct current. 1t is intended to
drive out the ordinary oil lamp.
Electricity is used to operate a new
automatic bicycle pump, which has
small motor to run the pump, a
coin being inserted in a slot to form
q connection between two plates
placed end to end, which complete the
electric circuit and operate the mo-
tor.
An electrical hair brush recently
patented has a dry battery attached
to the back, with an induction coil
to excite the current, wires running
from the coil to gripping plate on
the handle and to plate connecting
with the wire bristles to form a cir
cult through the head and arm.
One fashionable "cure" nowadays is
produced by bath of electric light.
The patient sits in a sealed box,
closely sealed from the daylight, out
of which only the head protrudes,
and the electric light is turned on TO
the rest of the body. Its result is
said to draw out all the acidity from
the system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-04
Kruegersdorp) and it has always been

Kruegersdorp) and it has always been
white"
General Joubert was vice president
of the South African republic, and be-
fore the war broke out was the leader
of the liberal party. In April last this
party had a majority in the Volksraad,
and it was moving to readjust the laws
OF citizenship and the suffrage on a
basis that would have removed all
cause for complaint on the part of the
Outlanders. His party was the party
of progress and reform, and it is prob
ably true that Sir Joseph Cham berlain,
the English colonial secretary, saw in
its triumph the removal of every pre-
text for his predetermined extinction
OF the republic, in the interest of an
absolute British ownership of the
Transvaal gold mines and the spread of
British sovereignty over all South
Africa. Hence Great Britain's uncom-
promising policy in the negotiations
that were intended to drive the burgh-
ers to the peaceful surrender of their
independence, or to hopeless war for
its defense.