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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
BUYING ENGLICF COAL.

London, Sept. 9-The Lancashire
coal trade is rapidly improving in
consequence of the purchases for the
United States. 1t is said that orders
aggregating hundreds of thousands of
tons have been placed in a South Ian
cashire collieries for shipment to vari-
Gus ports of the United States.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
T. W DENVt y
Sold by Abbott & Bailey.
EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA.

Calcutta, Sept 9.-An earthquake
has shaken the whole of the a'ldvial
basin of Asam and Chitta2ong. The
inhabitants are terror stricken, as the
astrologers prophesy terrible convul-
sion short ly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
NOTICE.

That application will be made to
the Legislature of this State at its next
session for IA charter for the location and
construction of street railroads in and
through the cities and towns of Washing
ton county.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
That Beautiful Gloss.

comes from the varnish in DevOe's Var
nlsh Floor Paint costs cents more a
quart though. Sold by Abbott 4 Bailey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE.

Pennington, Me, Sept 9.-Her-
bert e, Holbrook shot and killed his
wife at Wilson, near here this morn
ing.
The murder was the result of family
quarrels. Holbrook gave himself up.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10

In its upper reaches the river Rhone
has risen yard in one day. In the
Vaud canton the snakes which have
been ousted from their holes by the
floods are so numerous as to constitute
plague.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
REASONS FOR INSURANCE.

Expenses eat up wages and sal
aries. Year after year the aver
age man expects to build up an
estate. The usual result is no
provision or only a small one for
wife and children. Life Insur-
ance does the work by easy pay
ments.
Correspondence solicited)
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10

Vermont Watchman Company. JOG
Printers. Montpelier Vermont
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10

Vermont Watchman Co., Job Printers
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31

THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER
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Soon after the old woman emerged
from the shop, the lines of age and
fatigue more than ever visible on her
wrinkled face, but smiling and salts
fed as she gently united the red string
from her neck.
Unconscious of the interest and at
tention she had attracted, ignoring her
aching limbs and throbbing temples,
and forgetful of all the weary miles
she must walk before reaching home,
her one thought was How pleased
Harry will be!"
She stopped for moment to allow a
car to pass, and glancing up at the
bulletin board opposite, she strained
her aged eyes to read one item that
burned into her brain, KILLED on the
18th of March in a skirmish with the
Filipinos-Private Harry Smith,
One dazed look at the dancing let
ters, then long, sobbing sigh, as she
fell in a heap to the ground, and when
they tenderly picked her up they saw
that she, with her cherished soldier
son, was "at home with Cod
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
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Coored Woman Willing for the Sake of Rosse,oe
Coly Tooth

Negroes are fooling about gold
teeth" said citizen who lives in the
old French Quarter, "and recently l
have had this fact rather forcibly i'm
pressed on my mind. Some time ago
I had a negro woman working for me,
and one day she was telling me about
negro who had a gold tooth, and re-
marked that she had tried to get him
to give it to her. 1t sounded so ridicu-
lous that I laughed. Why, boss,' she
said, that nigger's teeth is better'n
mine. He jes had do gold slipped on
the outside, for he done took it off and
showed it to me- And it was a fact,
too. 1t was just thin and shiny COW
ering for the outer part of one of his
front teeth, and he used it because he
believed it added to the sweetness of
his smile
I'VE have a new servant at our
house, negro woman, and she is af-
>ficted with the same mad idea that
there is nothing to equal a gold tooth
when it comes to winning favors
among the members Of her race. A
few days ago she brought handbill
home which she had picked up. some
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31

She was feeble, shabby old woman,
the very poverty and pathos of her ap-
pearance making her conspicuous in
the crowd of hurrying, well-dressed
shoppers She was attired-if that is
not too dignified word to describe the
manner in which her sordid rags were
worn-all in rusty black, with dingy
crepe veil wound about her worn-out
bonnet Her shoes had long since
ceased to furnish protection for her
tired feet, so out at heels they we're,
and the wrinkled work-worn hands
were gloveless; but on her aged face
was look of firm and unshakable de-
termination. AS she tottered weakly
on, the thread-bare cape tapped open,
and revealed at her neck bow OF
vivid crimson calico. The small flash
of scarlet, So out of place amid the
sonlDer poverty Of her garments, ap-
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
CAUSED A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
A Prohibition Discussion That Almost
Overtaxes Credulity.

Prohibition Discussion That Almost
Overtaxes Credulity.
A girl in Maine, who is a church
member, recently officiated at the
ceremony of ma ming her uncle's
yacht, and, being an ardent Prohibi-
zionist, used a bottle of water instead
of bottle of wine. Curiously enough,
however, the church of which she was
member took the view that the bot
tie Of wine she didn't use probably
made some weak young man drunk,
whereasit would have harmed nobody
had she used tin the. ceremony,
Therefore It voted to censure her for
putting temptation in the path of
young man. A delightful touch to
this story, which is not told as joke,
though it reads like one, is that the
young woman successfully appealed
from the action of the church on two
grounds-first, because out of the mil
lions of bottles of wine in the world
the church had failed to designate the
particular bottle which she might
have used, and, second, the church
had not proved either that the wine
was drunk by young man or that a
young man was drunk by the wine. In
rebuttal she asserted that the wine
was drunk by an old man, who, be-
ing seasoned Prohibitionist, was
therefore able to stand it; and she
challenged the church council to dis
prove her assertion.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
Crow Indians Wealthy
Tribe In Montana Owns Three Million Acres of Land
and Irrigation System

"rhe Grow Indians said J. E. Ed
wards, who is government agent for
that tribe, in talking with a Washing.
ton Times reporter at the Ebbitt,
"have a magnificent reservation of
over 100000 acres of land in Mon
tana. think it is about the best
reservation in the United States. They
want to sell 1,150,000 acres, and there
is a prospect of such legislation being
enacted by the present congress. :.
There are about 1000 of the Crows.
They came nearer maintaining; the
purity of their Indian blood than any
other tribe. i At the same time their
numbers are decreasing . Consump-
tfon has done it's fell work among
them, and its ravages continue It
seems strange that they should be
such easy victims to this disease, con-
ssidering the robust original stock and
their active outdoor life. But it IS
true, that there is no community, nor
race, in the world where the mortality
Is 80 great from takbercuIC Csis as among
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
HOW DANIEL WEBSTER MARKETED,
Stories Told by the Boys Who Carried
tho Orators Basket.

Stories Told by the Boys Who Carried
tho Orators Basket.
Among the most pleasant reflections
that two veterans of the police force,
now retired, have to enjoy, is the fact
that when boys they frequently ac-
companied the great Daniel Webster
to market and carried the distinguish
ed statesman's basket for him, says
the Washington Post. Mr.. Webster
then lived on D street northwest in
the building adjoining what is now
the police court. He went to market
every day, and it was quarter of q
dollar to the boy who carried the bas
ket. There was no competition be-
tween the two, and each took his turn
in accompanying the great expounder
Of the constitution. Speaking of the
matter the other day, one OF these men
said:
The boy whose turn it was to carry
Mr.. Webster's basket would take his
position on the corner of Sixth and D
streets and wait for the former to
emerge from his house. Then he
J. would quickly step up and relieve Mr..
Webster OF the burden. The pair
would proceed as far as the National
Hotel, when Mr.. Webster would COM
mand: Boy, stay here while go and
get a drink Then he would disap-
pear in a neighboring saloon, and
after remaining there few minutes
would reappear. The walk toward the
market would then be resumed, but
upon reaching the south side of the
avenue, Mr. Webster would repeat the
previous injunction to the boy, and
again would he retire to a neighboring
hosiery. In due course of time the
walk would be resumed, and the mar
ket finally reached. Upon the return
trip to his home Mr. Webster would
go through a precisely similar pro-
gram
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
1 How the Great
Commander
Nullified a. Harsh
Order That He
Had Given

"Col. Hamilton, you will obey your
orders"
The colonel saluted and left the tent.
Col. 1nman remembered that the
next morning the detail charged with
the duty of hanging the spy went to
the tent, and when the sentry entered
it was found that there was nobody
inside.
About ten years afterward Col. In
man was in San Francisco on business
connected with his profession. While
there he CHANGED to meet Mr.. Hamil-
ton, with whom he became we'll ac-
quainted. Hamilton one day men
toned that he was in the Confederate
army and the relation Of war expert
ences began. 1t came out that the Mr..
Hamilton was the Capt Hamilton
whom Col Hamilton had been ordered
to hang. There were questions from
Col. Inman, of course, and the story of
the escape of the young soldier was
brought out
On the night before the day on
which he was to be executed, he said
after midnight, he was lying on the
blanket in his tent, half asleep, for the
circumstances did not warrant heavy
sleep. He was aroused by the entrance
of some one into the tent. A candle
was burning dimly and he saw before
him heavily built man with short
stubby whiskers, wearing a blue uni
form without any insignia of rank on
his shoulders black slouch hat
pulled down over his eyes, He recog-
nized Gen. Grant.
. The story does not go into details as
to the conversation which ensued. The
result was that the condemned spy,
after there has been exacted a promise
that he would never again assume the
part which had so nearly cost him his
life, was given the countersign which
would enable him to pass the sentries.
Then the man in the SLOUGH hat went
away.
And the man who was to have
hanged him at sunrise did the same
thing, and. before the sun was set was
within the Confederate lines.-New
-:Y0Eka Inllrn a iasst5 Ia
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
N eW Story Of
Grant

Sol. George Inman, civil engineer,
WHO WIZ was an engineer in the Union
army with Grant in front of Petersburg
IN IN 1864-1265, as colonel of engineers,
now nov engaged on some public work
near Richmond, told this story of u S.
Grant to a group of Confederate vet
erans, ex-officers, there recently.
: in the winter of 1864 a Capt Hamil-
ton of the Confederate army was cap
turcd within the Federal lines. and
there were found on his person papers
Which clearly indicated that he had
penetrated the lines for the purpose of
gaining information for Gen. Lee. He
was cOurt-martialed and was at once
condemned to- be hanged at sunrise
the next day. Col: Hamilton, who was
IN command of a cavalry regiment un-
der Gen. Grant, was charged with the
DUTY of furnishing the detail which
was to execute the sentence of the
court.
The night of the day on which the
court pronounced the sentence on Capt.
Hamilton Col. Inman went to Gen.
Grants tent to see him on a matter
connected with the operations against
the Confederates. He had been in the
tent for some time when the orderly
announced, Col. Hamilton" A SOL
dlerly appearing officer entered and
saluted. Before Gen. Grant had time
to speak the colonel said in hard
tones: General, I cannot obey the
order to execute that spy tomorrow
morning"
Gen. Grant started as if shot.
: Why not?" he said in sharp tones.
The colonel was silent. He stood
with barred head dropped on his bosom.
Gen. Grant again asked him why he
refused to obey his order, and this
time there was sharpness in his tone
which was not there before Col. Ham
1lton raised his head and looked the
commander-in-chief full in the face,
s General, that man is my only son. y
Gen. Grant looked his officer in the
RAGE for moment. Then he turned his
back. The colonel remained standing
and silent, uncovered and his head
boFed. Then Cen, Grant wheeled
EasDHnd sand said in q arsha voice .zsssssss
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
A Heartrendlnr Sight.

Although we may read the account
in histories, also stories about the
heartrending scenes at the time of
the Commune in Paris, yet it is sell
dom so forcibly brought to our views
as in the personal "reminiscences Of
John Russell Young, issued under the
title of Men and Memories" Mr..
Young says:
II saw fair young woman walking
between two soldiers and followed by
large crowd crying, Shoot her!
Shoot her!' She was comely, sedate,
her pale lips tightly set, with no color
in her cheeks, but firm, calm and
scornful. She had gone up to an Of
,flcer and fired at him. Yet there was
no murder in her face-only the ia
naticism and passion that seemed to
have swept over this strange, fasci-
mating people perhaps revenge for
some dead lover. Well, those pale
lips will never again be kissed in
love and tenderness, for as I left her
she was marched into the place and
shot.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
ITALYs POPULATION INCREASING.
Almost the Only Latin Country in

Almost the Only Latin Country In
Europe That is Growing.
Italy is almost the only Latin coun-
try in Europe which shows a steady
growth of population. France has for
years been on the decline, but latest
statistics show it is nearly stationary,
the death and birth rates being nearly
equal. The returns of the recent cen
sus in Italy are now published and
they show gratifying though not ex-
traordinary growth of population in
the peninsula, despite the large emil
grafton and the hard times which have
prevailed there in late years. In
round numbers the population of Italy
is now 32,500,0O0. That is an increase
of more than 100000 in the last 20
years. That is not a large increase,
but it is, on the whole, satisfactory. 1t
is not. of course, the whole increase OF
the Italian race. In these 20 years
more than 100000 Italians have emf
grated to- other lands. The actual
growth of the race has, therefore. been
more than 100000 in 20 years, or
more than per cent year.
This does not, however, confirm the
common idea that the Italians are an
exceptionally prolific race. The growth
of other nations has been proportion
ately more rapid. That of France has
not been. That of Russia has been ef-
fected by conquest and wholesale an
nexation. That of the United States
has been due to enormous immigra-
ton, as we'll as to high birth rate.
But while Italy in the 10Th century in
creased from 100000 to 32,50o 900, or
only little more than doubled. Great
Britain grew from 100000 to 41,000,-
600 and Germany from 24,000,000 to
50,000,O00, and each of these countries
suffered as great a loss from wars as
Italy and considerably greater loss
through emigration.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
Did All He Could.

In 1914. while Florida was still ter
ritory, man who had been a Judge in
one of it's circuits, canvassed one Of the
senatorial districts as candidate for
the territorial senate, and was cheered
by the promise of the little French
man, living in one of the counties in
the district to do "all he could for
him. Not a solitary vote, however,
was cast for the judge in that county,
and he seized the first opportunity
thereafter to tax the sFrenchman to
false promises: Z: -. = r.:
: 'sar,'' said the Frenchman, very
much offended, II tell you no lie; /
travel over dis country three, four, i've
day, and say to every man, vii you
vote for my friend, ze judge?' and he
say, No, vii be burned if do = 4. 80
s'But," said the Judge, 'eyou did not
even vote for me yourself! : :. IS S &.
'"No, judge; when I come back Il shut
myself up in mine own room, and Il
.lectioneer myself two day--but I not
git my okn aonsent to vote for. you. = :: !. !
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
THE SENTIMENT OF THE BOWERY.
All in Favor, theoretically, o.
domestic Virtues.

domestic Virtues.
Talk with any eloquent tough" you
meet on the Bowery, and you will find
that the dear old objects of virtue are
the things nearest the heart In al
most any low music hall sentimental
songs about self-sacrifice, love, mother
and home are almost the rule. In one
of these places 1 heard a song telling
of how. young man appealed to the
judge to have mercy on an old woman
convicted Of theft. For" the song
went, 'the prisoner is the mother of
the girl l love-
I heard a dispute the other day on
the Bowery between two representa-
tives of the rank and file of Tammany
hail. After one of them had frankly
admitted that he would accept a dollar
to be right" on election day, they
entered into dispute as to whether
General Lee was morally justified in
leaving the United States army to fight
with the COnfeGerates The man who
WAS quite willing to sell his vote main
tanned that Lee could not have done
otherwise in justice to his mother,
whom he consulted before he took the
step. 'Mother,' he said, where shall
1 fight-with the North or with the
South?' Me boy she said, you live
in Richmond-ight in Richmond"
That tale quite overcame the other dis
putant, for who could defend filial in
gratitude. Weekly.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31

these full-blood Crows. 1t is largely
due, many think, to their imprudence
in personal exposure and neglect of
simple rules of health. -
"They have about 100000 invest
ed in irrigation facilities, and are
about the most Industrious Indians in
the country, raising large crops Of
wheat and hay: The older ones retain
many of the primitive ways of the
aborigines, but the rising generation
is copying the civilization of the
whites" - ~
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31

peared veritable Red Badge of Cour-
age,' worn with an air of proud def
ance as for some noble purpose. Sew
eral small boys followed her jeeringly,
commenting upon the frivolity Of her
gay neck ornament, but If she heard
them she needed them not. and con-
tnued steadily on her way regardless
OF the uukind criticism.
Presently she joined the shabby
throng marching like a procession
through the doors Of Meinhard's we'll
known department store, and tottering
up to the supercilious looking floor
walker announced in timid voice that
she had come to have her picture TAX
en-. Then she laboriously but triumph
antly extracted from her pocket clip
ping cut from the advertising columns
CT a newspaper in which Meinhard &
CO. describe a tempting array of ex-
traordinary bargains, ending with the
following unique proposition in big
type:
I'VE will photograph, free of charge,
every customer who presents herself
between three and four O'Clock, wear
ing a red gown, red hat, shawl, or
some display of scarlet about her Co.'S
tune"
The clerk glanced at the slip in her
hand with half-suppressed smile, said,
'Step this way, madam" and conduct
ed her to the photographer in charge,
who in turn scrutinizcd her with an
overbearing air of ill-concealed con-
tempt. Tears came into the dim old
eyes and she faltered brokenly, I'm
not too old to have my picture taken,
am I? You see. walked ali the way
in from the country, and l am very
tired and don't want to go back with
out it. It's for my dear boy in the
Philippines; he asked for picture of
his mother, and, when l read in the
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31

where in the street. 1t had been scat
tered broadcast by local dentist, who
advertised the fact that he was giving
to every patient who called at his office
one gold tooth. This caught Lucindy's
eye.
Il happened to be passing the kitch-
en- window and I saw Lucindy before a
mirror, with her mouth wide open, and
she was making close inspection of
every tooth in her head. My wife had
said something about the pretty, even
teeth the negro had, but l thought
probably she had the toothache
'Toothache, Lucindy?' l asked. No,
boss she replied, never has had
toothache. Jes tryin' to see which one
O. desc teeth I'm gwinter have pulled,
so can git one of desc gold teeth,
and she showed me the circular which
she had picked up in the street. I
told her she ought not to do it, and
she seemed to be very much put out
about t-''-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
Sir Arthur Sullivan .Honored

The mural tablet to be placed in St..
Paul's Cathedral, London, to the mem
ory of Sir Arthur Sullivan is ornament
ed with figure of Orpheus and his
lutte and beneath the inscription are q
few of the opening bars of his popular
melody for the hymn Onward, Chris
tian Soldiers"
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
New Name for Automob,le.

Vain is suggested by the London
Globe as a name for the automobile,
as motor car. the word: adopted in
England, is too cum bersome. The
compounds would then be "oil-wain''
or 'smell-wain' for the petroleum car,
"steam-wain" or spun-wain'' for the
steam motor and "spark-wain' for the
electric motor. 81 l5.. 3.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31
1Iilkmen's Organization.

from FARMERS Review The milk
men of Evansville, Indiana. have or
garlzed an association for the advance
ment OF their Interests This associa
ton, of which J. G. WallenEeyer is
secretary, co-operates with the city
food Inspector in securing better sani-
tary conditions on the farms of it's.
members. Meetings are he'd regularly
at which prominent physicians of the
city have delivered lectures on the.
requisites for healthful milk for infant
feeding and family use. Veterinarians
discuss the prevention ana care of dis
eases among dairy cows. At recent
public meeting one session was given
to the discussion of those phases of the
subject which should interest the con-
sumers' Of milk and cream At the
second session, H. e. Van Norman, in
structor in dairying at Purdns Univer-
sity, lectured on selection and feeding
OF the dairy cow, and care and hand
ling of milk for city trade The edu-
cational feature of this associations 3
efforts is new one and cannot help
but improve the sanitary eandition Of
milk delivered to city consu1ae11. This
move is one that. could be fol1owea
with advantage by the mIlknen of cts
er cities.-W. G. Latta, Purdue UNI
versity.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-31

She fell in heap to the ground.
paper this morning that 1 could have
one merely by wearing a scrap of red
ribbon, l was SO happy! He is my
only boy, you know, and T have not
seen him for a year."
The stolid face of the photographer
gradually relaxed during this recital,
and he assured her that she was not a
day too old to sit before the camera.
and that her son in the Philippines
should soon rejoice in the possession
OF fne likeness. &5