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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
MAYD0LE'S HAMMER.
(BenSon's Plaster Is Pains MASTERY

When Maydole was told that he made "a
pretty good hammer" he said, mo, don't
make pretty good hammer make the
best hammer that ever toas made"
Every carpenter who saw Maydole ham
mer wanted one. Ii was of the best ma
terial, perfectly balanced, and the head
never flew off, Hammers were divided into
two classes-1st, Maydole's; I'd, all the rest.
Plasters are separated by the same line
of cleavage; 1st Benson's Porous Plaster I;
2d, all the rest. When, for rheumatic pain,
a cold, cough, kidney trouble or any
other disease or ailment that may be treated
externally, you ask for a plaster, any hon
est, reputable druggist will give you Ben
sons. He knoos it ia incomparably the
best, and he assumes that you know il too.
AS the name of Maydole stood for hammers
the name of Benson stands for plasters-
the real thing" All the medicinal poten-
cies that are valuable in plaster are in
Benson's. Capsicum, Strengthening and
Belladonna plasters are out of date.
An army of physicians and druggists, and
millions of the people, have written of
Benson's Plasters as remedy to be trusted.
Bensor's Plasters have fifty-fve highsst
dtoards. Accept no substitute.
For sale by all druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered In the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Sssbury a johnson. MIG. Chemists. NY
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Our Duty to Cuba and Cuba's Duty
to Us,

There can be no doubt that the pee
pie of the United States recognize in
the Cuban situation more possibilities
of trouble than in that of the Philip
pines. The latter is case of rebellion
afoot which is to be put down. 1t has
not been put down 80 rapidly as all
hoped and many believed. But it is
being put down and neither the dura-
ton nor the difficulty nor the danger
of putting it down is a matter to shirk.
The people and government of the
United States do not omit to do their
duty, merely because it comes hard.
There is q percentage Of the soft Or
sentimental who think the hardness of
duty is reason for not doing il. Hep
PLY, they are iuconsderable in num-
bers and in influence
The Cuban condition is different.
What duty is? becomes the first inquiry.
How free are we from commitments in
doing il? is the second. What should
we do with CubaP What will or should
Cuba do with us2 These inquiries affect
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

most despairing soul, who did the best
he could, ard let it go st that; the
myth of Lincoln as moralist and re-
former, whereas in point Of fact he was
the most consummate opportunist and
the most astute politician of any Presi-
dent het ever lived, jefferson includ-
ed. Happily, the real Lincoln will be
preserved to mankind by Herndon,
Tarbell, Hapgood and other truth-tell-
ers, but the myth cal Lincoln is too
largely obtruded just now on view. n
The real Lincoln is a deal greater
than the SNUG or emotional invention.
The real one believed in religion, bnt
knew nothing about theology. He got
mad, got pleased, told of stories, seldom
had time to 60 to church, measured and
used men on the line off their interests,
their passions, their ambitions and their
hates-fOr the good of the country-al-
loted ffices in way to win votes for
the army and for liberty in Congress,
was DETAINED by every Copperhead and
auti-imperialist--of his day-and de-
spised profoundly the analogues Of those
who now quote pieces of his utterances
against his country and theirs Brook
Ign Eagle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

ton fomented and encouraged by Sen
ator Hoar, is due in some large degree
to what is euphemistically termed his
"serious odds with his President and
leader over the gravest question before
the country" 1t is not clear that
Massachusetts did well to honor Sem
ator Hoar, not for what he believes,
but for what he is." That sort of
"honoring" never made this country a
nation, and will never strengthen and
preserve it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Temperance Militant.

A temperance advocate was assault
ed by the keeper of "joint" in Win
field, Kansas, on Wednesday. The
temperance people of the place were
angered by the incident, and crowd
OF men and boys made raid on the
saloon. The boys were mostly stu
dents from the Methodist college. The
saloon was completely wrecked.
The women of Jacksonville, Ind,
infected with the example of Mrs.
Nation, organized club for the pur-
pose of wiping the saloons of that place
out OF existence. On Wednesday they
moved on one of the "joints," taking
the keeper by surprise. Before the
proprietor realized what was wrong
about his premises, the front of his sa-
loon looked as though a cyclone had
struck it. Rushing inside, the women
wrecked the interior, smashing bottles
OF liquor, opening the fsucets OF whis-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Cuba.

The policy which the administration
would impress upon Cuba, as that
island establishes her relations with
the United States and with the rest of
the world, bea:s only remote relation
to the sacrifice which this country mr.
derwent to gain for Cuba the right to
establish any relations at all. Our de-
msnds are indnitesimal compared to
our expenditures of bio j and treasure.
All the material sacrifice that Cuba il
asked for is three coaling stations:
which request is dictated, not by the
desire of conquest, but to provide for
us better facilities in maintaining the
American system that bears the name
OF President Monroe, one of the IT,
spirino causes of our war with Spain,
Next, "a is asked to agree not O
sell or mortgage herself TO any foreign
power, Instead of srcrfice, that is
bulwark of self-protectioD.
We earnestly advise the Cubans to
hearSen to the President of The United
States.-New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Got There, Just the Same,

Our esteemed contemporary Of the
Vermont SHOWS, the Montpelier Daily
Journal, displays some ignorance of
naval affairs as il presses Captain
Clark of the Oregon for promotion now.
1t says, for example, that "Philip was
promoted to be rear admiral" while
Captain Clark was permitted to remain
captain. Philip was not promoted to
be rear admiral. He rose to that
rank in the order of vacancies. With
the exception of Rear Admiral Higgin.
SOD, of the Massac husetts, no officer of
SIMPSONS fleet has been promoted.
They have merely risen in rank by the
operation of time New York Sun.
The essential thing is that these Of
fcers ''got there" by the direct action
OF the government, and blocked the
way for the advancement of others, or
one other at least, who was their su-
perior in point of services rendered, if
not their senior in point of time in the
service. There was no Ignorance of
naval affairs" in the matter of Captain
Higginson's promotion; it is possible
that Captain Philip became rear admir-
al by automatic action Gin the order Of
vacancies" just as calendar clock in
dicates the advancing of the months
and years, but the public record shows
that he, as we'll as Higginson, was rec
commended for promotion. Secre-
tary Long, in letter 'to correct mis-
pprehensions" in some newspaper ar
ticles, says: "Neither Captain Philip
nor Captain Higginson was ever recon-
mended, as reward for their services
in the Santiago campaign, for promo
| ton to the rank of rear admiral" That
is, they were recommended for promo
tion-and got it-but "not as reward
for services in the Santiago campaign
Nevertheless, they got their promo
tons. Seniority in rank, which had
been and still is disregerded in the case
of certain officers, was allowed, in the
case of one of the most meritorious in
all the navy, to intervene to prevent bis
promotion for very exceptional anC
very distinguished service. Not only
this, but, through the operation of Other
acts of the government, this officer wal
set back three degrees in his grade
was put three numbers lower in the or
der of precedence than he was before
the war with Spain. These circum
stances strikingly exemplify the injus
tice of the government and its discrim
ination against Captain Clark. Tit
fault is not with the officers promoted
Higginson took his stars with extreme
reluctance. He knew they belonged t
some one else, but his only alternative
it is maintained, was to accept or re
sign from the service. The fault is th,
governments, and it appears to be il
some large measure the sin of favor
itism.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Real Lincoln.

There will be a deal of talk tonight
and tomorrow, as there was deal OF
preaching on Sunday, about Abraham
Lincoln. There ought to be. He was
great American. Some good judges
of great Americans think he was the
greatest American that ever lived.
But In all the talk that obtains runs
the tendency to create Lincoln myth /;
the myth of Lincoln as a saint, when in
point of fact he was sinner, who
wished he was better, and by that very
fact was better than those who thanked
God that they were not as other men
were; the myth Of Lincoln as prophet,
whereas in fact he was hard pressed,
Woodworking, patient, always pensive'
sometimes hopeful, but sometimes al
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Heads Demanded.

The Empress of China is trying to
save the heads of some of her tools in
the late Boxer uprising. She is inquir-
ing of Ii Hung Chang what the for
eigners mean by changing the terms Of
the peace proposals. She AYERS that
the terms demanded the severest pun
ishment of the leaders in proportion to
their crimes. That was what China
agreed to inaict, but now the foreign
ers demand the heads of all. In this
demand, as the Empress puts it, she
fails to see anything proportionate, and
will carry out her agreement but will
go no further. The Empress insists that
the death penalty in certain cases which
she mentions is not merited under the
agreement. The condemned officials
were not active participators in the out
RACES, and in what they did were only
obeying orders. The Empress is re-
garded as simply practicing a character
istic piece of Chinese diplomacy. The
screws will be frightened and she will
surrender. The poor devil of COM
mon soldier who shot the German min
lister was only obeying orders, and the
plea for clemency might have been
raised in his case, if at oil. What was
sauce for the rank and file ought 70 be
sauce for official murderers. But it is
all a beastly kind of business, in its
mildest aspeCt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
= The Civilized World" Again Agitated

The Boston transcripts delicate and
extra-humane sensibilities are wounded
by the conditions OF the Vermont law
respecting the execution of the death
sentence. Its soul is wrung by "the
agonized suspense that will rack" a
condemned murderer's mind "during
the long wait" between the time of the
death sentence and its execution, a
view of the matter in which the wait
ing victim would probably be the last
person on earth to concur.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

key and wine barrels, till the mixed
liquors we're inches deep. The keepe
seized one of the women, choked her
into insensibiity and dragged her out
of the place. Her friends went to the
rescue and the stloor-keeper was badly
battered. The other saloo of the
place have closed.
In peaceful contrast with these de-
ings of her followers, Mrs. Nation in
Chicago was calling on the proprietors
of saloons, inviting them to attend her
mass-meeting of saloons on the follow
ing day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
War ON the Cigarette,

The Legislature of Vermont at its
recent session enacted law against
the cigarette. Agitation for its sup
preston, in whole or in part, is spread
ing over the land. The Chicago Trib-
une has been investigating the course
of legislative restriction or prohibition,
and declares that evil days are ahead
for the weed in this insidious form.
The Tribune says;
The Legislatures in at least thirteen
States are considering the adoption of
more or less drastic measures. Eleven
States already have laws on their
statute books prohibiting the sale of
the paper-wrspped weed, and the W.
G. T. U. and other organizations are
urging the adoption of stringent legis-
lation in half a dozen other common
wealths.
The States under the first head are.
Illinois, California, Montana, Missouri,
Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Indiana, West Virginia
Nebraska, Delaware, North Carolina
Under the second head, Rhode Island
Iowa, New Hampshire, Mississippi,
Arizona, Texas, Vermont, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Connecticut, Georgia.
Among the States where the women
and school teachers are seeking to
arouse their legislators to action are
Tennessee, Maine, Utah, Oregon
Washington, Wisconsin.
So far as known, but two States in
the entire forty-fve are paying no par.
ticular attention to the subject-Wy
oming and Louisiana.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
NOT HEREDITARY

In the main, consumption
is not hereditary; it is infectious.
People are too afraid Of heredi-
ty; better not think Of the SUBJ
ject at all. Infection occurs
continually.
Low vital force is hereditary
which gives consumption its
chance. And infection plants
it.
Between the two, the crop
is a big one: about one-sixth
of the human race, so far as is
known.
We suppose it needn't be S
per cent, if people would take
fair care and SCOTS emulsion
of cod-liver oil.
The care saves life in all
ways; the emulsion is specially
aimed at the lungs, beside its
general food-effect..
Well send you little to try, II you like.
SCOTT d BOVINE. 80 Pearl street. Nev vesas
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Proper Valuation Of Policies.

AS was foreshadowed in the Investor
some weeks ago, the Supreme Court of
Vermont has handed down, without
eXaggeration, the most important life
insurance decision of the last twenty
five years, in the case of the Bankers
Life Insurance Company of New York
VS.. Insurance Commissioners of Yer
mont. 1t deals with the proper vaue-
ton of policies of the Bankers. The
decision is unanim ously in favor of the
company, and is far morei sweeping
than anybody anticipated. In fact, az
the first important precedent upon the
questions involved, it is likely to be an
epoch-msking decision.
Stated in the simplest terms, the is
sue and the conditions which led up to
it are as follows: The ordinary form
of State valuation of life insurance pol
icies treats them as if the expenses
were the same the first year as each
subsequent year. 1t is even estimated
that in many companies Tire expenses
are ten times as large the first year as
upon renewal. The consequence Is
that, for thirty years past, new and
small companies have been emoarrass-
ed because they were charged reserve
during the earlier years of their policie
which they could not possibly have &C
cumulated out of the premiums AFTER
meeting the Losses and expenses. DIG
er companies were subject to the same
embarrassment, excepting that they di'
verted the surplus belonging to other
policies to make good the deficiency
This may have had some bearing OF
the lower dividends p id policy holders
in recent years.-United States In
weston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
He 6.

II am an engineer and for years was
handicapped in my work by frequent at
tacks of severe headache. In spite of
everything 1 could do these spells grew
worse until they became almost continual.
Hearing of Dr. Miles Nervine through
friend who had used it, began taking it
for my head and it gave me relief from the
start In short time my head was as
clear as BELL and has not troubled me
since" E. W. WILSON, Alcott. Colo.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

In the death of ex-King Milan, roy
atty of sort that does not inspire
eulogy has departed. "Blackguard,"
"beast," the ''patron of gamblers and
yoluptuaries," are some of the uncom-
plimentary terms employed TO describe
this petty tyrant who goes the way of
all the earth at the early age of forty
seven years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

recent operations. Probably as long as
theft, forgery, bank wrecking, tax
evasion, murder, ETC., ETC., "stay
smashed" in any State or community
by the warfare upon these offenses-
and possibly somewhat longer. But
when was any question as to whether a
sin or evil or wrong would stay sup.
pressed ever admitted as q good reason
for not attempting its suppression?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
Clear T

To the engineer who has the powerful
forces of nature under his control, the pos
session of a clear head is an absolute neces-
sity. He must have head that is quick
and ready, wide awake and ever on the
lookout to meet emergencies A clear
head must be free from aches and pains,
because they weaken the nervous force
and divert the attention. 1t must not know
dizziness, dullness, melancholy, depres-
sion of spirits, nor nervousness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

The difference in management of the
Pacific railways in whose construction
the government participated, since the
late settlement, is shown by the cir
cumstance that the treasury depart
ment at Washington recently received
a check for S2,942 900 from the Gen.
trail Pacific in payment of the sixth of
the twenty notes given by the corpora
ton on account of its bonded indebted
ness. This note was not due till Feb
ruary /, 1902, but they were able to
pay it nearly year in advance, releas-
ing an equivalent amount of bonds held
as collateral security. This sum brings
the treasury surplus for the current
fiscal year to date up to nearly $751;
600, 600
An English railway company in what
was once darkest Africa is explainin
why it is placing a contract for bridges
with an American rather than British
constructor. Nine English firms made
tenders for the contract. Their best
L
offer was to place the bridges on chip
board in sixty weeks, at price of fif-
teen pounds and five shillings a ton.
The American Bridge Company offer
ed to erect the bridges within forty six
weeks, while its price for delivery at
any British post was ten pounds and
| six sbillings per ton,
The Kansas coons are dropping.
Don't shoot-we'll come down." the
CRY the targets of Crockett's rifle sent
up, will probably be repeated in the
Sunhower State. The secretary of the
State Temperance Union has issued a
manifesto, declaring that the hour for
action has come. Qualification has
de6antly trampled the laws under foot
until patience has ceased to be vir-
tue," it says. Exhortations to immedi-
ate, vigorous, determined action
are made. Law-breskers are notified
that illicit goods and fixtures must be
removed from the State forthwith.
"Will the Kansas saloons stay
smashed?" inquiries an exchange, in a
spirit of cavil, apropos of Mrs. Nations
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

1t is noticeable in these later times
that some of the most fervent eulogists
Of Abraham Lincoln are those who
had--or expressed-the least appreci-
alton of him during the time of his
great life-work. Some are they who COT
tributed to make his burdens heavier,
and many eulogy seems framed to
celebrate the eutogist rather than the
eulogized.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

The time is near at hand when Yer
mopts cities will make nominations
for city officers. Excepting Montpe-
ler, they adhere to the old, but not
good, system of nominations on politi-
cal lines. This custom has never pre-
vailed in Montpelier, and its voters
have no disposition to adopt it. The
nor partisan system works well here,
and there seems no good reason why it
would not work equally well elsewhere,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

Another official plum falls to a Yer
monter from the Philippine tree-Ex.-
Lieut.. Gov. Bates appointment to a
district judgeship, with salary of
IS 1000 or more, according to circum-
stance of locality. A knowledge of the
Spanish language is a sine qua non for
official duty in those possessions, and
some of these Yankees are pretty old
dogs to learn the new trick of talking
and thinking Spanish.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.
Clubbing List

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only OF subscribers to the WAToHMAN
weekly or the JOURNAL daily who pay
all arrearages and years subscription in
advance. One or more Of the publications
may be ordered, but the money for each, at
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20

"Will the Kansas saloons stay
smashed?" inquiries an exchange, in a
spirit of cavil, apropos Of Mrs. Nations
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-08
That Charter Committee.

Word was teephoned from Lincoln
yesterday that the South Omaha charter
committee was not making much progress,
but still some work was being done by
the members. There appears to be alto
gether too much friction among members
of the committee sent to Lincoln for any
good work to be done. Some want an cleo
tion in the spring others want the present
incumbents to hold over and there you are
cities and towns said yesterday that II the
people of South Omaha would get together
and agree on what was wanted there would
be little difficulty in passing the charter,
but on account of there being so many
different ideas little If any headway Is being
made.
The citizens committee has a delegation
in Lincoln, so has the Commercial club, and
some representatives, OF the council are
also down lobbying. With these dlverging
interests Chairman Mccoy hardly knows
where he Is at, as he Is desirous of treat
ing all delegations in courteous and fair
manner.
There is some talk OF amending the Lin
! coin charter so as to bring In South
| Omaha, but citizens here do not like this
plan and will work against It, The Lincoln
| charter is considered entirely too cumber-
some for South Omaha as well as too ex.
pensive. 1t Is predicted that by the end
of next week the fate OF the charter will
| be known