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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
TRADE IN ANIMALS.
Pets Are Not Wanted by the Public iE
 Times of War.

Animal fanciers are bewailing the fact that pet beasts have not been sought by fashionable women since the war began. Pet animals are not want cd in time of war" said Jamrach, the famous animal dealer of St Georges East, to an Express representative. People have far more serious things to think about and spend their money upon. But when we have days of peace and plenty animal fanciers have all their time and energies engaged in finding rare and unique pets for the moneyed classes. l only deal in rare animals, but never remember a ime when I sold fewer than I have during the last twelve months" A pretty lit tie faWn-colored beast gazed patheti- cally from between the bars of a cage and then licked the fancier's fingers. Shouldn't have had you so long but for the war, should I, old boy? He is a fennec from Sahara, the only one of his kind in England," explained his master He would make an excellent pet for lady; he is as faithful as q dog and most domesticated. Eigfteen months ago I should not have kept him for a week. Now no buyer comes. One of my customers wFa was rsost keen to buy any rare pet I might eame across has not been near me for weeks Her son was in the c. I. Y. and taken prisoner. The news quite took the heart out of her and she cared no more for pets. And it is exactly the same with dozens of other ladies with hus- bands and brothers in South Africa; they care no more for a rare animal than for common tabby cat"-Lon- don Express
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
FOREF HONEST. Tn Most Cases They Bought Their Lands
 from the Indians

Sometimes historians tell us that ii was only Dutchmen and not English men who bought the red mans land instead of stealing it. Such state ments have been made in New York
 but if We pass on to Philadelphia we hear that it was only Quakers who were thus scrupulous, and when We arrive in Baltimore We learn that it was only Roman Catholics. Tn point of fact, it was the invariable custom of European settlers on this Atlantic coast to purchase the lands on which they settled and the transaction WAS usually recorded in a deed to which the Sagamores affixed their marks. Nor was the affair such moci<ery as it may at first thought seem to us. says writer in the Atlantic Monthly. The rcd man got what he sorely GOV eted. steel hatchets and grindstones. glass beads and rum, perhaps muskets and ammunition, while he was apt to reserve sundry rights of catching game and fish, A struggle was in- evitable whom the white mans agricu,- tare ene"gaehed Epon and exhausted tae Indians hunting ground; but other circumstances usually brought it on long before that point was reached. The age of iron superseded the stone age in America by the same law of progress that from time immemoria! has been bearing humanity onward from brutal savagery to higher and more perfect life. In the course of it our forefathers certainly busted and dispossessed the red men, but they did not do it in a spirit of robbery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
IN UPPER BURMA
Weddings and Funerals Are Bunched
 and Celebrated Together.

The Narens of Upper Burma not only delay their weddings till they can cele- brate 20 or 30 at once, but make the same occasion serve for their funerals as well. When a man dies his body is cremated and the ashes arc kept until the tr .e for the formal funeral When bad harvest or q prolonged rainy season occasions the need of q little excitement, and some enthusiast arranges burial-Wedding, the ashes are arranged along a low, narrow plat form, while the men stand on one side the women on the other There are no mourners, for the dead men have been forgotten during the convenient interval, and the dresses suggest only the pleasanter side of the double func- tion. Proceedings are commenced by Q sort of poetic competition between the men and the fairest maid. If the lat ter is not satisfied with the compli- ments paid her she avoids the embar- rassment of a direct refusal by bidding her suitor come for her before he is awake" In this case he consoles hlm- self with a pipe, and after a short in terval. transfers his address to some less exacting lady. AS soon as the young people are equally paired off the elders compete for the more val uable portion of the dead mans prop erty. Jewels or weapons are set swing ing by string while the claimants pass in single file. The one who is nearest when the pendulum stops swinging secures whatever is attached to it. When each has thus secured a memento of the day the rest is handed over to the children to be smashed up with all the crockery of the deceased and buried with their ashes on some neighboring hill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
The Word "Cute,-

The word "cute,' which is a short ened form of acute, is not classical English. It is a colloquial American ism, and might almost be classed as slang. It has two meanings In the first place it means clever. especially in looking out for ones own advan- tage in petty ways. shrewd, smart, as "a cute trick. It also means having bright, taking ways, small and pretty, attractive, cunning, as "a cute baby" "a cute little watch
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
TRICK OF VOICE.
How One Lawyer Keep. the Judge From
 Sleeping.

Sleeping.
 There is said to be a lawyer in Phil adelphia who possesses a trick of the voice to which a certain measure of his success in United States Supreme court practice is due. The trick consists in waking judge Whether 1t is com mon practice for the high digntaries of the federal supreme bench to in dulge in a nap in the course of long and tedious argument, such happen ings are not unknown, and it is we'll for an able logician of the bar to be prepared for it. The trick of waking a sleepy judge would seem to be some thing in the nature of sla inning Q law book under his nose or connecting his personality with the current of an electric battery. But the trick is ex- plained as purely a matter of sound involved in the s1illfp1 control of the voice. It is said that tarrister prac- ticed in the art and rhetoric of address ing the bench can gather all the waves of sound from his throat into a focus and deposit it in the ofiffce of the D bomb The trick. however it is ac- complished, is said to have been worked repeatedly with success on the late Judge McKennan, whose habit of going to sleep on the bench was once a mo- torious subject of comment in the liti- gation over the Berliner telephone pat ents. This queer trick of the voice, while it is said to be the peculiar prop erty of one celebrated lawyer. is prob ably attempted often with varying suc- cess by others. Philadelphia Record
 "sneezing Plant"
 There is vine plant, a native of tropical regions. which bears trans planting and will grow indoors. bu1 there is Or thing which it cannot stand, and that is dnst Wh tha breathing pores become choE q by dust. the gases accumulate wi hia ,h leaf for time and then a. fo5e.b5 expelled in an audible D oE. Tn of coughing and sneaziu1 ssil@a n 5k.3= the leaf tremble vio as5*. Nt th5 same time the who.e D be om < Ted in the face, so to , az h oug the sinking in of the gre n 0 :. hy grains and the app alas ea qf pa4.i cles of red colorin% matter oa th u face. The Eutada E, in ulf vated as house p I t. ssy Ag u room is very apt D : q paa an aeon to tho Gta. n ment ? pe so 70 are daf m lar with ul
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
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Taper Walls at Indian Head.

In order to minimize the destructive effects of possible explosions ill the governments new powder manufac- tory at Indian Head all the buildings are provided with paper" walls at the ends. The thory is that these light walls will be immediately blown aside by the conc',s on of the ex- plosion, leaving the i4....n walls, which are built as strongly . rossible, prac- tically unharmed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
Renuiiding Galveston.

The rebuilding of Galveston is going on. Preparations have al eady begun for the erect.on of building aui will be better calculated to withstand storms than their predecessors All the structures, including dwelling houses, will be erected on piles driven far into the earth, topped by strong masonry foundations This will giva reasonable stability to the buildings. notwithstanding the fact that the city rests on clay covered deeply with sand There has been much talk of sur rounding the city with a strong sea wall, and it is to be hoped that the plan will be carried out Such a course for protection has proved worth while i'll the case of the cities of Holland. St. Augustine, Fla. is similarly pro- teeted. St. Petersburg in Russia was originally built upon piles. and it is so protected as to be considered per feety safe. A sea wall, to be effective, would cost several million dollars. but in view of the value of the property to be protected, to say nothing of human life, the expense ought not to stand in the way
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
Dissipation of Mrs. Sage.

When Mrs. Russell Sage made her appearance at the dinner of the May flower society one evening recently it was matter of comment, says the New York Times. She is not woman who gets away from her home after the evening shadows fall as rule. But she and Uncle Russell" renewed their youth, and not only sat out the dinner but through the long speech making that followed This is the one evening of dissipation that Mrs. Sage allows herself during year. She en- tefs into it's enjoyment with all the Zest of her younger associates in this organization of Puritan descendants, and maKes the most of this red-letter evening of her year Mrs. Sage told a friend that she feared she was talk ing life altogether too easily now, and is really becoming lazy, because on some mornings she does not have her breakfast until o'clock
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
Stopping Trains.

A train travelling at the rate of eo miles an hour can be brought to standstill in 400 yards, at 55 miles oa hour in $40 yards, 50 miles in 275, 4o in 1SO, 35 in 1855, and 30 in 100 yard. "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
bN R voluttou.

vs4eef,a oI govern =a and American replb-
 lfed from the manner ref executives give their
 documents With us s.np appends "presi- 1n1ture. In Venezuela, decrees begin: q, Ci- general in chief of the zHela and supreme chief 5i:o.' Imagine the effect sae4-d t. Mckinley append such hss official documents. And ee 4s much commander-in-chie 5ss9 md navy of this country of his. It illustrates the @E there of civil government ae araay, and helps explain why ns are chiefly by revolution 'arl Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
Ellen Terry's Discovery.

Miss Ellen Terry, who was recently at Borsetshire. has awakened society to what prove to be ! new fad, namely, brine baths. Mss Terry is taking brine baths She has discovered that by this process of bathing the worn-out cells of the hody are reju- Fcnated. Society is much interested in the discovery aH1 many prominent society women a1e .olowlng Miss Ter rvs example.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-25
Mans ENtraorai nary Heart.

At an inquest held in London, Eng la l, upon the body of laborer l5 Ied William Rogers of Battersea. W j died suddenly from heart disease. tae doctor who made the post mortem V5 Anation declared that throughout hs experience he had never seen so large heart possessed by q human being. It weighed no less chan thirty two ounces, whereas the ordinary weight of q mans heart was eleven ounces. In fact, the deeeased's heart was much larger than that of a bull lock
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06
Business Mere Mention

BLOCK WooD OR CHUNKs.-W Wanted at
once. Suitable size for a furnace Taken
in exchange for subscriptions. Apply at
WATCHMAE Office.
WANTED.-Persons who read carefully,
search deeply, and think for themselves, to
send for Free Religious Literature to Q. j.
Church, 1922 n. Main Ave, Scranton, Pa.
WANTED-Twoc capable and refined ladies
as housekeepers in small families. One with
musical tastes. No objections to child with
one. Address JOURNAL office, Montpelier.
This month Fred A. Ainsworth of Will
Jamestown, ente upon his seventh year in
the drug business on Depot street. With
an ever growing trade, and an increasing
stock of goods, to which he gives his un-
ceasing personal attention, he will en-
deavor to merit the continued patronage
and confidence Of the citizens Of Villa g.
town and surrounding towns. Please give
him call before buying,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Beneath
the glistening dome of the National
capitol, in the shadow of the heroic
statue of armed Freedom, cheered by
a vast multitude of his fellow citizens,
William Mckinley of Ohio today, for
the second time in his career, took the
solemn oath as President of the United
States OF America.
There was no outgoing president to
leave the White House by the back
door as he entered the portals in front,
no other hand to relinquish the reins
that he took up. Today the Nations
eyes were fastened upon him alone,
the soldier-statesman who laid
down the scepter of power and patron
age only for an instant to reswear al
legiance to the Constitution, to read an
inaugural address ringing with patriot
ism, to receive again the tumultuous
applause of thousands, then to return
to the executive mansion for term of
four years more.
Not since the time when the re-
public indorsed another war president,
Ulysses S. Grant, has the chief magis
trate succeeded himself until today.
Not even then was there such an i'm
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06

Congress adjourned sine die. Assum
ing the chair and the gavel, the new
vice president announced the Senate of
the fitty-seventh Congress convened in
extraordinary session. After an i'm
pressive and appropriate prayer by the
blind chaplain, the vice president said:
THE history of free government
is in large part the history OF those
legislative bodies in which, from our
earliest times, free government has
found its loftest expression. They
must ever hold a peculiar and exalted
position in the record which tells how
the great nations of the world have en-
deavored to achieve and preserve or
derly freedom. No man can render to
his fellows greater service than is rem
dered by him who, with fearlessness
and honesty, with sanity and disinter.
estedness, does his life work as a MEM
Der OF such a body. Especially is this
the case when the legislature in which
the service is rendered is vital part
in the government machinery of one of
those world powers to whose hands, in
the course of ages, is intrusted lead
ing part in shaping the destinies of
mankind, For veal or for woe, for
good or for evil, this is true of our
mighty nation. Great privileges and
(coNTNUED ON PAGE FoUR.)
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06
A CARRIAGE COMPANY s OFFER.
will Sell Direct to Buyers at Factory
Prices.

The system OF selling carriages adopted
by the Columbus Carriage and Harness Co.,
whereby the jobber's and retailers profits
are given to the buyer, has proven i'm.
mensely successful The remarkably low
prices at which they can afford to sell direct
from the factory, buggies, phaetons, sur
reys, Wagons and harness is attracting
wide spread attention, and carriages OF all
kinds are being shipped by them into every
section OF the country.
In addition TO the extensive business in
carriages. the Columbus Carriage and Har-
ness Co manufacture a fine line of har-
ness. They also deal extensively in robes
and other horse accessOries
The practical horse owner who is on the
watch for opportunities 70 save money,
should send for the illustrated descriptive
catalogue. 1t shows the high grade OF car
riages this company builds, the large mum
Der OF styles to select from and explains
the broad guage guarantee whereby the
purchaser receives his money back and the
company pays the freight both Ways II he is
not satisfied. This book is sent free on re-
quest. The address is Columbus Carriage
and Harness Co., Box 772, Columbus, Ohio.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06

posing inaugural procession, so much
enthusiasm displayed, nor were there
80 many spectators hailing from every
corner of the land to encourage by
their presence the MAJ whom they
had 30 signally honored.
Today's ceremonies might be aptly
described as simple, impressive, yet
spectacular; simple in the oath and in
duction into Office as BELTS republic; /;
impressive as is meet with the majesty
of greater power, nd spectacular in
the moving picture of uniforms and or.
ders that swept, mounted and afoot, up
and down the gorgeously bedecked mile
of highway leading from the Presidents
home to the grand old pile of marble
whose wide reaching wings seemed like
arms outstretched in new welcome to
the nations ruler.
President Mckinley arose at his usu-
al hour and seemed one of the least
concerned in the momentous doings of
the day. He break asted, read the
morning papers, as is his wont, and
during the early hours of the forenoon
received the congratulations of the cab-
met members and other officials. He
greeted all with his customary cheerful
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06
GRANITE STREET AGAIN.

In the case of the city against G. II.
More, in the matter of raising his sidetrsck
which crosses Ora ite street, the railroad
commissioners decided that they had no
jurisdiction over the More track as it was
private right Of way over city property. To
get the matter properly before the court,
the commissioners practically recommend
ed that the city fill in the hole and grade
over the tracks.
Street Commissioner Roberts, under or
ders from the city council did the work
this morning, and that portion OF the side
track lying on Granite street was buried to
a depth of several feet.
City Attorney Carleton on, behalf Of the
city, today prepared bill of injunction
against the Montpelier and Wells River
railroad company and G. Ii. More restrain
ing them from removing or in any way in
terfering with the thirty or forty tons OF
granite chips in which the city has buried
the More sidetrack The bill was signed by
Judge Watson and notice was served by
Sheriff Bancroft. 1t is held by some that
the city has laid itself liable to @. ii. More
for several hundreds Of dollars obstruct-
ing his track. This may be determined at
the hearing on the bill which is to be held
in week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06

smile and praised the work of prepara-
alton that he has watched for the past
two weeks from the upper windows OF
the executive mansion or from the car
riage on his daily drives.
Meanwhile great concourse OF peo-
pie gathered alb ut the Capitol. Ten
minutes after the doors OF the Senate
had been opened the galleries were fill
ed, the throng oVerllowing into the cor
ridors. The buzz of conversation ceas-
ed as the official crier announced the
appearance of the nations distinguish
ed guests, the ambassadors and minis-
ters of foreign countries, who filed in
attired in their glittering court cos
tunes, the picturesque representative
OF the Chinese empire, Minister WI
Ting Fang, most conspicuous of all.
lhe silken gowned and solemn visaged
justices of the Supreme Court, the Gov
ernors of the States, the members OF
the House OF Representatives, The heads
of the various executive department 8
and the chief officers of the army and
navy were all in their seats when Pres
ldent Mckinley and Col. Roosevelt, the
vice president elect, entered, escorted
by the joint committee. Col. Roose-
velt took the oath of office from Sena-
tor Frye, president of the Senate, who
declared the Senate Of the fifty-sixth
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06
WILBUR BROWNS BILL

When the new Washington county Jail
was built, the town Of Berlin was taxed its
proportion toward the expense. Later, the
annexation Of a part of Berlin to Mott
pelier occurred During the last session of
the Legislature Representative Wilbur
Brown OF Berlin introduced bill which
was passed and approved November 81,
1900. This bill, which was to take effect
from its passage, was intended to estore to
Berlin that portion OF the county tax levied
upon the grand list of that part of Berlin
which had been annexed TO Montpelier.
The bill provides that the county clerk
shall draw his warrant for $281 27 in favor
of the town OF Berlin, but the bill does not
provide for the means with which to pay
the warrant. Because of this, County
Treasurer A, W. Ferrin refuses to pay the
warrant drawn aud the county judges re-.
fuse to assess a special TAX to raise the
amount. Therefore the town of Berlin
will be forced to wait at least until another
session of the Legislature before this mat.
ter can be adjusted. IL il said the same
conditions exist in the matter OF the five
per cent highway tax assessed on the tlwn
of Berlin at that time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06
FARMS...

miles rifdd Village which which tlage
condition. House
This
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everything duplicate this for Woud trade for
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be
solid wood There is number of thousand
on2b
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of sand
Thsfm adjo the woodland Our buildings and woodland $3.50
What think this?
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rnsforS which
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Call office and talk with regarding the few
the large assortment of FARMS Investments residences
call write We will be glad questions
Our motto is Honesty and Square Dealing"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-06
LETTER TO PETER BADORD.
Montpelier, Vt.

Dear Sir:-You buy your horseshoes and
nails; your grandfather, II he was black
smith, made 'em. You can't afford to M
mer them out by hand, when you can buy
as good, or better, perhaps, readymade to
your hand, for little more than the cost of
the iron.
What do you think OF painter who
goes on buying his linseed oil end white
lesd, and mixing and tinting by hand,
and charging bis time for wo Z ,h9. is far
better-done than he can do it, done bv ma
chinery, done as your horseshoes and nails
are made.
Mistake isn't IL?
He is wasting his chance in the world.
There is no better stuff to do business with
than good horseshoes and paint; and no
better work than putting them on. Good
horseshoes we'll put on: It's the putting
'em on that makes you blacksmith: no
matter who makes 'em.
Who wants to go back to old times, and
make his own horseshoeb?
Between US two, that painter don't know
how to make good paint-he used to; but
paint has run away from him.
Yours truly,
r. W. DEvoE & Co.
p. s. Abbott & Bailey sell our paints in
yOur section.