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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

between wha, the law actually is and
what the Messenger says 1t is. There
is wide # 3rcncs between "ten per
cent OF the 10 al sales of liquor" and
"teu per cent profit from the sales OF
liquor" which 1t is not necessary to
elucdale. And this difference &C
couu,s tor the small income OF the
S ate under this law, or the entire alb
seuce of revenue in the case OF the
great majority of towns and cities. To
* Jain this meagerness or absence OF
revenue it is not necessary to charge
fraud-at least not in every case.
But the real weakness of the MesSen-
gers discourse on this subject is the
accusation that the practice it alleges
'has merely become part of the fos-
SLICED old hypocritical farce OF a pro-
hibitory law" 1t has become quite
the fashion among the newspapers
which favor a change in the system OF
regulating the liquor traffic in this
State to charge everything that is amiss
in society, politics or business to "the
prohibitory law" The Messenger
closes the screed under consideration
thus:
| What's the use of keeping up
this everlasting pretence of prohib-
to ry law year in and year out when
everybody knows that it is the verit-
able father of lies and the parent oil
scores of just such frauds as this2
In the first place the Messenger has
misstated the law respecting the ter
per cent excess. In the next place il
doesn't know that there is fraud il
making up the accounts that determine
if there is ON excess due the State un
der the law. Its best chance for in
formation on the subject is at home
and if st. Adams is juggling its liquo
agency account to avoid paying an ex
cess to the State, under the law, i
ought to admonish it's city officials tt
abide in the straight and narrow way
of legal and moral rectitude.
What would the Messenger? Repea
or modify law because men resort t.
fraud and lying to evade it? Would i
repeal the laws for the appraisal o
property for the purposes of taxation
to accommodate the tax dodger ant
save him from perjury and the lies ant
tricks to which he resorts to evade hi
public burdens and lay them on tn
backs of his neighbors-according t.
the late report of Gov. Smiths ia:
commission, which everybody believe
got at only small fraction of "the lie
and scores of frauds" of which this "fos
SLICED old hypocritical farce" of a Ia:
law is the "father" and "parent"
The list of similar laws, and the lying
fraud and evasion, do not end here
The Vermont Statutes is shingled owe
with such enactments, and the cour
records show how men violate Their
and try to evade them. The difficult
with the Messenger is the oft-recounte
one of holding the existing laws regu
lating the liquor traffic up to standar
of exactness or perfection in their opel
alton and results that is not applied t
any other law of the State. The cor
temporary is simply uncandid and ur
reasonable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

Says the New York Sun: "How
many of our young men would be will
ing to exchange the wholesome domes-
tic authority of the head of poor but
honest American household for the
gusdy SUBJ rdination of the Duke of
Mecklinberg-Schwerin, who has just
become the husband of the Queen of
Holland2 Possibly good many, but,
if 80, too many" Probably it would
not have been safe to give any of them
an option on the place in which the
Duke is ensconced, with the expecta'
ton that he would not close the con
tract.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

"Clark, who piloted his battleship
from San Francisco around Cape Horn,
and brought his ship ready for action
against Cervera, has never received
any recognition except the intangible
gratitude of his countrymen," and 80
forth, was the tenor of Washington
correspondents despatch to his paper.
To this the Boston Journal pertinently
replies: 1.-THE Intangible gratitude of
his countrymen really the most
precious recognitic that Captain Clark
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
RUSSIAN SAILORS

BERLIN, Feb,I IA clash among
the sailors of the Russian cruiser Ask
old and the German battleship Kaiser
Wilhelm III. occurred last night. The
Russians were the sggressors. Three
Germans were MORALLY wounded.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
North FaYston

Mrs. O. r. Posnett has returned to Water
bury.
A snow storm with terrific winds in this
section blookaded the roads for several days
last week.
Nellie Griffin who has been working in
Duxbury, has returned home.
Mrs. Viola johnson is at Waterbury car
ing for her mother, Mrs. Marvin Davis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

81 owe my life to Burdock Blood Bitters.
Scrofuls sores coveIed my body. 1 seemed
beyond cure. b. b. B. has made me per-
feotly we'll woman" Mrs. Chas. Hutton,
Berville, Mich.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

Senator Thurston says, with decisive
plainness and sincerity, that under no
circumstances will he allow bis name
to be used to break the deadlock In the
Nebraska Legislature. He adds that it
is absolutely necessary for him to re-
sumo his law practice aud make some
money, and that he could not be in
duced to remain in the Senate six years
longer. The Senator seems to have
been less successful pecuniarily during
his career in Congress than have some
of his compeers. The circumstance
ought not to be accounted to his dis
credit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

could receive. Intrinsically, it is fer
more precious than medals or enlarged
salaries or higher titles, for it is honest,
spontaneous, not to be purchased with
gold or silver and not to be won with
Hobbies and constituencies. We think
that Captain Clark will give first place
to this Intangible gratitude even after
he has been suitably though tardiy
houored by Congress-"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

Absolute moDarchs may not be I'M
grateful, but they sometimes become
powerless to help the tools of their alb
solutism whom they get into trouble.
The Empress Dowager of China got
several eminent Cinnamon into trouble
by egging them ON to clean out the
"foreign devils" in her kingdom.
When now the foreign sovereigns say
the native devils must forfeit their
heads the Empress has no power to
save them, though they would be the
men singled out for favor and promo
ton if the Boxer rising had succeeded.
They follow to the block the poor cuss
who obeyed orders when he shot the
German minister. With him and them
it is case of stalls / win, heads you
lose"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

The London Times credits the Beers
with force of some 10000 fighting
men. That is large fraction of the
estimate of the military resources, in
men, of the republics at the beginning
of operations. The war has been sew
eral times "ended''-when Cronje was
taken, when Bloemfontein was occu-
pied, when Pretoria was abandoned by
its defenders, and finally when the
drastic measures OF Weyler in Cuba
bad been imported and put into oper-
alton in South Africa. Then Lord
Roberts wrote "hnis'' to his mission of
subjugation and sailed for England to
enjoy triumph after the fashion of
the Roman conquerors. But the tri-
umph was postponed indefinitely.
England is now proposing to raise an
other force of 10000 yeomanry, in
answer to Kitchener's remorseless call
for troops, to end a thrice and four
times ended war. The ratio of an
English force to the Beers, to insure
success, has been from ten or fifteen to
one. If there still are 10000 militant
Beers in the Transvaal and Orange
Free State, aud roaming round loose in
Cape Colony, England must stuff
South Africa full of troops before that
will-o'-the-wisp, final and complete
subjugation, will be run down and Sc
cured. England ought to see, by this
time, that it would be worth the while
to make compromise and propitiate
the people she is up against in Africa.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

which remains with him always The hope for
pardon is also strong in most instances. ana
there few prisoners who do not have faith
that in some way their friends will manage TO
secure their release When every effort has
been exhausted and the news finally comes to
them that their bit must be done. the going
out date is all that is left to comfort the
malefactor
Since September / the men who are serving
their first term have parole to look forward to
\ law gives prisoner who is serving for
felony the maximum penalty for which is i'm
prisonment for five years or less, exclusive of
fines who has never before been convicted Of
crime punishable by imprisonment in a State
prison" the privilege to apply 10 a board ap-
pointed for that purpose for Il parole.
The prisoner must have served at least one
third Of his sentence, he must have clean rec
ord in the prison for conduct, and must give
the board proof that he Will not be i charge
upon the community. but be able 10 maintain
himself 10y honest work if he IS paroled
The board consists of the State Superintendent
of Prisons the chairman of the Prison Commits
sion and the State Treasurer The law
provides that special parole officer shall be
appointed for each prison and on this officer
the duty Of following up the paroled prisoners
will devOlve.
First term prisoners are now confined at Sing
Sing and Nepperhan. Men who are higher IN
the society of crime, who are known as second
termers" are sent to Auburn and the third
degree men and those who belong to the class
known as hopeless" or "incorrigibles, are sent
to Clinton. BY this arrangement the parole offi-
GERS attention is confined to the prisons at
Sing Sing and Nepperhan-
When the first meeting took place at sing
Sing a few days ago, 565 convicts who had
ird of heir time aDDlia0
and the request of 1S,i applicants granted
Lfspenard Stewart who, as chairman of the
State Commission of Prisons, is a member OF the
Parole board, said that while it was true that
there are many people at large who should be
in prison, it is equally true that there are some
men behind prison bars whose liberation would
be no injury to the community nor to the cause
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
FIGHTING WITH GIANTS.
MAJOR AUsTrN's EXPEDITION ALONG THE ANGLO.
ABYssINIAN FRONTIER
From The London Star.

From The London Star.
Among the latest joys Of empire building in
Africa are week long fights with giant savages
In extremely Interesting account of his ex
pe ditiOn along the AnglO-A AbyS ySSInian frontier,
Major Austin tells. among other things Of
encounter with the Turkhana. a tribe of giants
inhabiting the shores of Lake Rudolph. one
night these tfibesmen came upon some members
Of Major Austin's caravan and killed three Sou
dancSe soldiers
\ second attempt to rush the camp was after
some trouble beaten off. and when the cXpedi
ton moved off these gigantic tribesmen hung
on to its skirts
1t took a month for the caravan to get clear OF
their country. and during hat time. thirty mem
bers of the expedition died.
The hostility of the Turkhana seems strange
in face of the entirely different demeanor OBJ
served in them by the late Captain MontaSu
WeIIhy, whose useful life was cut short in the
uncnding war
When this gallant officer passed through thd
Turkhana country he found that the tribesmen
fled at his approach, leaving their villages Ell
tirely deserted.
Penetrating into tn, bush the captain and his
party saw several Turkhana men MOVING M
through the forest. They appeared. said tho
captain. to be filled rather with fear ana curl
osty than with any intention of hostility.
These warriors. who moved about the bush in
little. groups. men of enormous stature.
many of them perfect giants in their build.
They were magnificent specimens of savage
manhood, and all were armed with spears OF un-
usual length.
The most curious feature of their personal
adornment was their fashion of dressing then
hair 1t fell IN thlCk. cafelulIS woven Liti99'a
right down to the waist, forming d sort Oh H'I
in which were primitive trlnketS ana oiher OF
namentS.
AS for the Turkhana women. they We're so
deadly frightened when they saw Captain Well
bv and his men, that it was plain they thought
their last hour had come But by his klndIlneSS'
and making little present TO theih e'ici
time he encountered them, the captain eEehtu-
ally overcome their fears and by degrees tht.
Turkhana women, susceptible like all their klid
to the charms of the sons OF Mars loSI the ue
spairine, look which had overspread their races
when they first the White man.
once when the captain came upon party oi
T,rkhanas the savage giants sprang TO their
feet and saZed at him in profound astonlshfIieht'
making no sign either of hostility or terror:
Then all of a sudden without any NiSlp'e
cause they turned and fed. leaving every 'hiii5'
behing them but their spears.
Somehow these gentle giants seem to nave
overcome their fear of white men
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
NEW-YoRK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT

and a half from the southwest outskirts of the
city to beyond its northeast boundary; and in
1906 fire which originated in the southern ex-
remity covered in twenty-five hours an area
of nearly six miles in length and half mile
in width. Even since the restoration there have
been no less than five great fires in Toxic In
lSI2 forty-one streets We're destroyed; in 1876,
seventy streets and ten thousand houses were
burned down; in 1879, seventy streets and
13.4G4 houses were wiped out, and in 1881 no less
than eleven thousand houses went up in smoke.
The last great fire occurred in 1892, when four
thousand houses destroyed and thirty four
lives lost
The japanese are a brave people, and the fire
man is no exception. Each of the forty COM
panies into which the fire force of the present
Gay is divided has its standard, the mato sur
mounted by its distinctive crest, which indi-
Gates to the company the sphere of its work
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

of justice, and that the latter class might be
aided by the new law
The parOled prisoner will be required TO re-
port in writing to the parole officer every
month and to show that he is supporting him
self and is leading proper life. Failure to do
so will subject him to rearrest and reimprson-
ment In cases where cannot write.
responsible person must write for him, and the
paroed mans mark the monthly letter must
be witnessed by trustworthy people.
1t is believed that the system will be a bless
ing in many instances, and will help men to re-
gain their places in the free world. and that it
Will be an incentive to good conduct while thk
first term man is serving in prison.
Samuel ]. Barrows, secretary of the Prison
Association, said that the parole system was
now in successful operation in twenty-sx States
and had been feature for long time at the
Elmira ReformatOry. The system, however,
cannot be successful. he thinks. unless the super
vision of the paroled men is perfect.
released on parole from the reformatory must
report in person at stated times to the Prison
Association in New-York, and if that is impos-
sible the agent of the association calls on him
He is watched closely. but not in the way that
detective would keep him in sight. The calls
he receives are in open and friendly way.
If the visiting officer finds that the man is id,e
returned to the institution, where he must
main until he has earned another trial at lib
erty. This privilege may be gained by good
conduct and attention to duty in eighteen
months. There is one man now in Auburn who
has been paroled five times
1t is only natural that many criminals should
take advantage Of the system without any in
tention in the direction of reform. and on that
account some people believe that personal
port is the only safe means of supervision.
One man recently wrote to Mr.. Barrows that his
able to report in person." but that he all
right Investigation showed that the man WAS
in prison.
Statements from friends who guarantca
steady employment for prisoners often four
on Investigation to come from irresponsible per
sons and pleas for only who have
widowed mothers dependent them for sup
port" often come from politicians who allow
their desire to help constituent to outweigh
their regard for the truth Men who struggle 70
support a family Iahorer's wages guarantee
"a steady job at good pay" for prisoner, and
offers Of good work often prove on investigation
to be barroom and poolroom work with no pay.
Experiences Of this kind make the people who
are interested in the matter believe that the
success Of the system will depend its
administration
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

at a fire. The matoi bearers post is like the
military standard bearers, one of honor and
danger; and many a matoi bearer has been
known to die enyeloped in flames sooner than
desert the post 10 which he had been ordered by
his captain. on the other hand the fireman IS
also said to be a shiftless fellow. fond of out
ward show vain Of keeping up appearances,
and impatient Of being outdone by a neighbor
in foolish display. The hole that a days earn
ings burn in the freman's pocket forms the
basis OF a japanese proverb. 1t is considered a
luxury for instance. the first bonito Of
the season. Yet such is the extravaganza of
the ia paneSe fireman-this. at least, is the tes-
timony of of his own countrymen, Mr.. Ju-
kichi 1nouye-that he would regard it worse
than dshonor were he prevented by want of
means from tasting il; and his wife, sharing
her husbands spirit. would pawn everything,
even to the very clothes on her back. to enable
him to buy the fish. NJ. G- =
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
NEW HOPE FOR PRISONERS.
SUCCESS OF THE PAROLE SYSTEM, EX-
PERTS SAY, WILL DEPEND ON
IT'S ADMINISTRATION

Prison officials who have paid close attention
to the conduct of the criminals intrusted to their
care agree that when the prisoner has passed
through the first heartbreaking stages of his
new life he begins to think of the expiration of
his term. If he has not done so on his way to
prison. his first work is to calculate when he
will be released. The little book Of regulations
which he receives from the chaplain gives him
information to how much time will be de-
Quoted for good conduct, the date of his "going
out" is fixed and becomes the ray Of light
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
HISTORIC ELEPHANTS.

From The London Chronicle.
The history of extinct members Of the ele-
phant order has always proved of interest be
cause of the association Of primitive man as a
contemporary of the mammoth Older ele-
phants than this big fuTred elephant are known
to science and among them stand out very
prominently the mastodonS. One of the un-
solved points regarding elephant history in the
mast has been the nature of the links which, on
the evolution theory, are bound to exist by way
of connecting these giant creatures with their
ancestors DR. c. ". Andrews has been making
a notable find in Egypt such as may serve TO
supply the gaps and to produce the missing
links in the elephant chain of descent He has
fOuud the fossil remains of an animal which,
while smaller than the maStOdonS, is evidently
closely related them on the one side and to
other forms Of quadruped life on the other side
Reyond this comes another fossil find of a still
more primitive elephant that takes US back IN
the family history to the hOofed quadrupeds-
This last form may come to be regarded as the
point of departure of the elephant branch on
The mammalian tree The British Museum will
proba bly, be duly enriched by the exhibition of
these primitive types of elephant life
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
N THESE DAYS.

From The Chicago Post
Yes | am going to write play 1890,
"Ah indeed Have you picked out the nov"
yet2'
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
REMARK BY HER WHIST P4RIA ER.

From The Chicago Tribune.
"She has such a winning smile"
Yes, and such a losing hand.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-04
A Mammoth Nugget

The l--..t nugget ever found u thc Nom. district Ve.lh, l4 ounce, and i> ..r.I .I S>. The chunk ut gold .I quart. m,.-rr.- about hye mchc, .r. .... .n| Is 3 inches 0llr l' thc base. u.rr.nIu. t1 u ruut at che tup n ... m..u tH,suc,, oi abou, nm. ncr
 Tn. ra.-.t tt. property ot Albert ....I.H .- .'f resident ui Seattle. ... ... ..urI .r cam belonging Co .......f ..' Thompson The c.lIm
 about ... m..- uu Banner crcck @ -...-.r. .. r.. \.mr uter and i- on ... .r. f.. 0..I tHr and Ihvmp- ... .-."..
 -...n ... Eu.e'h--t were pros ..... m. ..m ..t September and ... ......rt .maH pay When they
 ...' depth ui tour feet ......... ... D,- using tuc pick ... n...r. different from the ....' winch they had been going t.-H.. r..uau.r proved that t... I.' trnI nugget the hkr ot winch ..I never been seen u Nome ...... .r since On on >Ie oi thc
 ..tt thc mark O. the pick point Is plainly visible a r 1uk uta thr .it
 .L
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-04

S3o A. M
 Parade Q Soldiers and Citizens
 ooo A.
 Sham Battle by soldiers WatsroOt
 ooA M Hose C-t Ri,s dry test $50; Second Prize. B.,,e Rlls Free AL Prize Second Prize Ss Bvs under, First Przs S5 Second Prize s2So sye Re First Prize ss; Second Prize s2So Potato Rl,e Prz S; Third Prize t2so Horse Rl,e Puze, Second Prize S H,>e First Puzs s6Oo; S'COnd Prize t3 Climbing Greasy PosS
 100 P. M
 Base Ball Game First Prize, sso; Second Prlle Szs
 Pie Eating COntss, Prize sS
 g5P.M i,,l ,-i Dash Cor Creos First Prize. so Przs Sls RI-r First Prize, S. Second Prize, Foot ar 5o yiS Bows under First Prize Second Prize yi> First Prize, second Pze s2So l Dash Soiefs Fst Pre sIo Second Prz g. hltt $500 Legged Rl,e First Prize, ss Setond Prle, s2So s5lui Ho-sc andR Rlce First Prize. s6 Second 8 Running Long lump, First Prize sS Second Prize Running High Jump, First Prize. ssi Second Prize. Hoc. Skip Jump. Frst Prize Ss; Second Pflze Blue Rae Frs, Prize. s. Second Prize, g Bu.,-t Prize. Second Prize compete First Prize >,oni P.Il- & Men, Rae dozen bottles Of beer by Herman Gimm
 43oP. Rt- Rmg Money ord American Target Three Constitute Open Sights }b Tgg PlL Hlnicap Point Globe Sights Entrance Fee s5 Gents flr, Prize, SIo; second Phze s
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-04
FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM.

Late last night the committee de- ,iJcJ where tbc various sports oi the jay would oceur
 The sham battle vill take place down Ou thc waterfront
 The hos, cart and bicycle races will ht ran uu Fourth avenue
 The bJ. game win occur ou the ball crounj luj when played the iooyard lncc udc contest win be he'll there Vi,h thc target, ranged along the bluff beyond ,hc railroad track
 Not being able to procure any ether suitable range. thc committee hI, been obhrcI to change the hour> tor the rlc range contest to between three and SIN o'clock m
 lhc citv |, proiuscly decorated all
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-04

the business people seeming Co have vied with each other Co make the most elaborate display The business streets are resplendent with bunting, while many of the residences are taStily dec orated. \ number oi the stores have their fronts embowered with ever greens, though the endless light oi the northern summer night will not admit oi effective illumination, Japanese Ian' terms are hung about the streets iu proiuSion.
 The Skagway Brewing Co. will con tribute their share of the celebration in a grand display of fireworks. at thc brewery. during the brief period be- tween the gloaming and daylight.
 The program oi eveLts for tocly> celebration is as follows
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-04
EARLY TO-DAY
City of Seattle Arrives With
 a Light Load
Left Seattle Sunday At One O'clock New Wheel Put On While RolOw Passed State of CaiifOr- mia At Wrangsl

The City of Seattle arrived this mor. ming at one o'clock with O. passengers and a light load of freight. She left Seattle Sunday afternoon and had an uneyentiul trip up For Juneau she had eight passengers.
 While m Seattle she had a new wheel put on and her bottom thorough ly scraped and cleaned.
 She iS billed to sail tonight
 The State of California was passed at Wrangel narrows waiting for the tide and should arrive early this morning.