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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15
POWER FOR THE FARM.

The American people are far from
being a lazy race, but at the same
time there are but few of US who are
not continually looking for the easiest
way of doing any necessary labor. If
we ourselves are unable to find d
remedy for accomplishing certain
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15
Had the "Fidgets,'

says Mrs. Mitchell of Newark, n. J. 81
couldn't eat, | couldn't sleep, and was
nervous and miserable. There seemed to
be "a sort of gnawing. nagging feeling in
my very bones Nothing helped me until
| used the new medicine. Calcura Sol
vent, discovered by DR.. David Kennedy,
of Kennedy Row, kingston. \. Y. That
set me right" For sale by ali druggists
81 0O
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15
New Century Comfort.

Millions are daily finding a world
of comfort i'm Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
1t kills pain from Burns Scalds,
Cuts, Bruises conquers Ulcers and
Fever Sores, cures Eruptions, Salts
Rheum, Boils and Felons, removed
Corns and Warts. Best Pile Cure on
earth Only 25c at @. Blakely's drug
store
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15

"A LITTLE COLD, You KNOW" will be-
reach down from the throat to the lungs
Nip the peril in the bud with Aliens Lung
Balsam, sure remedy containing no
opium
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15

Accidents come with distressing FIRE
quency on the farm. Cuts, bruises stings
sprains. DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil re
lieves the pain instantly Never safe
without il
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15

nad a running itching sore on my
leg. Suffered fortunes. Doan's Ointment
took away the burning and itching in
stantly, and quickly effected permanent
cure" G. w. Lenhart, Bowling Green, o
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15
A Certain cure for chiIbIaIns.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
powder IL cures Chilblains, Prostitutes,
Damp, ~weatng, Swollen feet. Al all
Druggists and shoe stores, 25c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15

ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.
Urbana, ILL.,, June 20, 1901.
Enclosed find records Of work done
with your } cream separators (U. S.
at the Dairy School These are very
creditable records, and we think any
cream separator company can feel
proud Of them. Your machines have
not given rs the slightest trouble dur
ing the semester
OSCAR ERR,
Prof Dairy Husbandry
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15

PROF. SPlLLmAN, Director Washing
ton Experiment Station, in Ranch and
Range, Seattle, Aug. 5, 1901, reports
the following tests Of skimmiIk from
dairymen using the U. S Separator:
90, 90, .O1, .01, .04
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

sister, in Harrisburg, where she went to
visit an old schoolmate. Franklin Mar
othern lost his heart completely to the
young girl, and she soon discovered that
life would not be satisfactory without
him. Boldly she sought her father and
told him ALL True to his oft expressed
injHnctions regarding his daughters mar
ryfng, he cut her off brusquely ordered
her to take her belongings and leave his
home at once or forever renolInee the
young man who sought her hand in mar
r1age. She had enough of her fathers
grit and stubbOrnness to get off the
premises before another day dawned, and
then came the realization that the old
man was alone. 1t soured him complete
~ He could not, would not, forgive.
lie sold his belongings and gathered his
holdings into negotiable shape as soon as
possible, closed out everything and lett
on an Asiaticssteamer
Father Runs Away From Home,
That was the last any of the daughters
heard of him, despite the fact that thew
advertised repea teddy and sought the as
sistance of United States officials at for
eign ports tSnef and again, until this
week Mrs. l.. Schmidt, the youngest
daughter, who lives with her second hus-
band and three tchildren on LIE Grange
street, received a letter from the firm of
Cohn & Darlington, solicitors at Auck-
land, n. T., telling of his DEATH
1t appears that in some manner the old
gentleman had kept track of this daugh
ter, although he had lost all trace Of the
other two Mrs. Schmidt was informed
that a fortune approximately a million
and half dollars awaited the proof Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

deed. Through his wife's peoples inf1u-
ence he has good church and is, as I
may say, living in luxury and doing good
work in the salvation of sinners.
Don't get the idea that 1 m mercenary,
though" added Mr.. Brownback, hastily.
Money will absolutely not influence my
choice at all. 1 merely mention my
friends case becauses this is what led me
to insert my advert.s 7ment in the paper.
''Of course it looks as if a young man.
an eligible young man, ought to meet
some suitable young lady in his own
town. Yet, if you reflect, you'll see that
they don't do it. They simply marry
without due reflection, and, if 1 may say
so, the devil is to pay.
Answers to my advertisements? Oh,
ceived in all before I started out on
my journeys of inspection about POO let
ters | used to sit up until and O'Clock
in the morning reading these letters. The
strain was so great that my eyes gave
out and I had to consult an oculist 1t
was, however a task which no conscien-
tiors person could avoid.
'Ah-where was I?'
mo conscientious person could avoid, -
prompted the reporter
ITO be sure. Well, to show you that
I am very serious about this thing [ will
tell you that I even wrote to the chiefs
of police of several cities to have in
quiries made as to the character of some
of the applicants. Some of them [ had
looked up by detectives at my own ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

fatuated with variety actress in Phila-
delphia and married her. She went I'M
der the name of Flora Verness, but after
wards told her husband that her right
name was Adelaide Osborn and that she
was an orphan who had been taken from
an institution in Sydney, Australia, and
that so far as she knew she had not q
living relative on earth. She might have
told him anything when they were mar
ried and he would have believed her, SO
completely was he under the spell of her
wit and beauty, for Of the latter she had
generous competence. After they had
been married a few years she would have
had difficulty in convincing him that any,
thing she had told him was true
Three daughters We're born of this
union. Before the third daughter was
born Mrs. Rardrey began to show how
much she liked liquor. When the third
child was able to toddle about alone the
mother was past redemption, and ono
cold night fell by the wayside when on
an excursion to a tavern in the COM
munity where they lived. and her dead
body, frozen stiff, was found early the
next morning. She was buried near Phil.
adelphia.
From that time on. however, Bardrev
had no use for any woman. His three
daughters, to whom he devoted his en-
tire life, filled his whole heart He had
prospered and continued to prosper. and
his daughters were given the best f.nat
could be desired. AS they grew to won
anhood, however, he impressed upon their
minds that they must not marry. at least
while he was alive On this nnint he
was especially vehement in his demands
But Cupid waits not for will nor way
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

claimants The property, judging from
the letter, which is rather meager, CON
sists Of English bonds, cash and landed
interests in the grazing districts of New
Zealand. Bardrey left no will but let
ter, addressed to his solicitors, was found
among his effects after his sudden death,
giving the address Of his one daughter,
and saying that, while he never forgave
his children fer disobeying him, yet he
wished them to have his property without
contest.
Mrs. Schmidt soys that one of her sis
tiers, Mrs. Morris, lives on farm near
Culver, Ind, and that the other lived in
Hutchinson, Kan, before the cyclone
struck that place, and that she supposed
she Still lived in that part of the country
somewhere, but that they quarreled a
few years ago over the possession of
little trinket that had belonged to their
mother, and which both of them wished
to keep.
She had already started to reopen com
munication with both sisters, and the
three will probably arrange to send some
one, probably one of themselves, to New
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
DlSlnD6rIt0d Daughters for Marrying; :
II =. Then Lett Th6Il S1.50OOO0

This is a true story of a man who had
such pride of will that he tiled to reverse
natures fiat that the young of each sex
shall meet mate among those of the
opposite sex, and that when they find
their mates they shall leave all other.
beings and follow the mates which they
have found. This man ordered his
three daughters to disobey natures law
and never to marry. Instead they DISC
beyed his law, and married, and were
happy He cast them off, disinherited
Them and went to the other side Of the
world to live. There he died alone and
friendess, with q fortune of $1,500,O00
which he had accumulated. The money
came back to his three daughters after.
all, because at the last he had found
that he had none else to leave it to.
The man was Andrew L. -Bardrey. He
died at Auckland New Zealand. The
daughters are Mrs. L. Schmidt, of To
ledo, Ohio; Mrs. Harvey Morris, of Gull
yer, Ind, and Mrs. Franklin Marothern,
who until recently lived in Hutchinson,
Kan
Bardrey was native of Scotland, but
came to this country as stowaway,
when but a chunk of a boy. He roughed
it over this country for several years,
until he had reached the age of twenty
two or twenty-three, when he became in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Of man, and the first thing he knew the
eldest daughter, Henrietta besought Her
fathers sanction to wed goodly young
seaman named Harvey Morris Bardrey
stormed and threatened to disinherit his
daughter, but he had run aground of a
will equally as strong as his own, ana
Henrietta became Mrs. Morris without
her fathers sanction. He promptly cut
her off, and ordered not only his new
son-in-law, but the woman. wife and
daughter from his door.
Daughter Ne. 3 Marries
Not long afterward the Youngest daugh-
ter, Marice, eloped with a neighbours son.
married him, and sent home for parental
forgiveness, which was promptly reject
ed under circumstances similar to those
which characterized the marriage of the
eldest daughter. Bardrey became morose
and melancholy, but the apparent disre-
gard of the remaining daughter E1mna.
for the opposite sex, afforded him some
consolation and a thought that she at
least would heed her fathers imperative
injunctions relative to matrimony
Daughter No. z .Marries.
But man proposes and God and women
dispose. EImina's heart went out to
young merchant of Scranton, Pa, whom
she met at the home of the young mans
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

L may say, there is altogether too much
mother-in-law.
cts an interesting and demonstrated
fact-this about Reading mothers-in-laW.
They are the worst in the country.
''Some mothers-in law are among the
best women that GOD ever made, and they
have common sense too. But you don
find them in Reading. Consequently I
decided to turn to the rest of the country
for a wife,
"And why did you turn to a matri-
mOnial paper?'
I'm coming to that pursued Mr..
Brownback placidly. He crossed his
wooden leg over his other leg, straight
ened his immaculate tie and brushed
some invisible dust off his cuff. Mr..
Brownback frankly admits having one
wooden leg. But, as he justly adds, it is
only one, and a neat, well-ftting wooden
leg at that.
81 know a minister who secured wife
by advertising, and he did very well in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

pense. 7 began correspondence with the
most likely applicant last fall, and by six
weeks ago I had narrowed my eligible
list down to just eight.
Il notified three ladies that I would
call at a certain date to see whether VIC
could bring our negotiations to salts
factory termination Ah"-
Satisfactory termination" said the re-
porter, furnishing the cue again.
Thanks. All, err
''Just what are you looking for in a
wife, Mr.. Brownback?"
Dark hair.
Ozark eyes.
"Comely, neat appearance.
practical Christian piety.
Good housekeeper, but not too fussy.
Excellent health.
unjust know how to sew and COOK
woman who will not try to boss her
husband
Woman who will accept the word of
her husband rather than that of her
mother"
Mr.. Brownback enumerated this bill of
particulars and then proceeded to elabor-
ate it little. Il won't absolutely say
that I shall not marry Hght-haired
lady but my affections always somehow
seem to turn toward dark haired ladies.
Grass widows, of course, are barred
dulS0o lllcg ltII IllSll IL uI1Suly Satisfactorily
reason for being grass widows"
''As to age?"
cage" repeated Mr.. Brownback, with
a decidedly downward infection in his
voice. Nov, in the main, l should say
that nearly all Of the 1920 ladies who
have honored me with applications have
been very honest. Indeed they have in
everything except this age question. L
can't trust them in that, I regret to say.
no fro oIy nj
plicit as l should wish. I don't care for
a wife under twenty nor over thirty-five
1t does lock as though that was a liberal
scale doesn't it?
But there is just where the worst hitch
so far has come
''The first lady / visited was Mrs. Brew
ster, of Glastonbury, Conn. She certain
~ was nice. but her age was the only
thing against ner. She was away over
the age limit. Of course, didn't say 50,
but 1 made up my mind right away that
it wouldn't do.
She is rich lady, very piOus and all
that, and l did regret very much to de-
eide against her. But now, for instance,
/ stayed there several days, and 1 no.
ticed as we sat talking before the fire
place of an evening Mrs. Brewster would
fall asleep-just sit there and rod ana
nod.
t.Of course, there's no company in that
sort Of thing. Somehow Mrs. Brewster
got the idea that was going to marry
her sure, and when [ left she had hys-
terics. Since then her pastor has written
me that she has gone into nervous pros
tration. Too bad, too bad!'
isn't it a little embarrassing for both
parties, these visits of inspection?''
'Not at all; nothing Of the sort. I have
with me the lady's photographs; she has
mine. AS | Step from the train eha is
usually at the station to meet me-
9 This is Miss or Mrs. So-and-So? I
inquire, or something like that, you
know. Then she usually replies:
1T is. You are Mr.. Brownback, L be-
Iieve?
Easy, you see. Since my name has
been in the papers SO much lately there
is ordinarily a big crowd at the station
to see us meet. What of it? This is a free
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
se Two Deuces Take the Pot se

The great $4,000 poker case which has
just been decided in New York" said a
man about town, reminds me Of a scan
daI that occurred many years ago in PHI
adelphia. All the parties to it are dead
now but it created quite a sensation at
the time. There were three brothers. two
of them well-to-dO merchants, and the
third a ne er-do-well. They played for
considerable stakes, usually at the house
of friends, and occasionally at their own
house. When the expose came it was
recalled that they invariably lost when
playing at hOme-nOt always large
amounts but both brothers were losers.
When they played at the houses of friends
it was very common thing for one Of
them to win heavily. The game was in
variably played on Sunday, and uptown.
Only the two wealthy brothers played, the
outcast was not in good society.
When the game had been going for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

some time one of the brothers would call
for new deck Of cards-a very common
thing for poker players to dO-and a ser
want would be sent for them to the near
est drug store. 1t so happened that one
day mot Sunday a gentleman who
had been in the habit Of sitting in the
game was in a drug store when a dis
sipated-looking man came in and offered
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Picture on the BuffaIo BiII,

The portrait of a suicide is on the new
$40 bill which is known as the buffalo
bill, because of rampant bison pictured
In the center. The suicide was Meri.
wether Lewis, the famous explorer. Lew.
is was also private secretary to President
Jefferson, who afterward made him gov
ernor of Missouri territory, in a lit OF
melancholy-he was a man of moods-he
killed himself. His picture is on the fbuf-
falo bill, and he is perhaps the only
suicide who was ever so honored by
the Chicago Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
THE LAUGHALOT Roy.

The Laughalot boy IS a gay little lad
Who lives in a gay little place
Where all the good people who meet him
are glad
For just looking into his face.
And the birds that sing there from tina
day until night
MARBLE only such songs as give people
light
Sing to add to the JOY
OF the LaughalOt boy,
Each with all Of its glad little might.
obey
And never is rude or unkind
And only good people go smiling his way,
And woes never darken his mind:
The Laughalot boy is a gay little tad
VINO has many more joys than the boys
who are bad
All the winds seem to go
AS he wants them to blow.
And his laughing makes everything glad
Chicago Record Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

to sell the druggist some cards They
We're the kind usually sold at dollar a
deck, and the seller offered them at a
quarter. He had one uozen packs, and
the bargain was soon made
Upon inquiry the druggist said that the
man came i'm every six weeks or So ana
disposed Of a dozen packs Of p rds i'm
the same manner. The gentleman bought
one Of the packs and went away. The
next Sunday he managed to get i'm the
game, although il was an unusual thing
Tor the brothers to play with the same
people twice in succession. The time
came to call for new deck, and it was
bought in the usual way. A few hands
were played with small results and soon
there was big pot on the table Both
brothers had big hands and bet the lin
1t. The gentleman l have mentioned
called them. At the showdown ono
brother had three aces the other full
hand. The gentleman quietly raked the
pot with one hand and then still moro
quietly Iald down pair of deuce!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Zealand to prove their kinship and take
possession of the property.
Mrs. Schmidt is not well off, neither is
Mrs. Morris, but Mrs. Schmidt says that
Franklin Marothern, husband Of the
second daughter, was until within a few
years, at least, possessed Of a tidy for
tune.
The necessary data will be secured al
once, so that whoever goes to New
Zealand may be prepared to establish the
rights Of the legitimate heirs to the prop
erty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

What does this mean? exclaimed
both brothers at once, while the other
players looked on with astonishmenA
1T means that this pot just makes
me square for the amount you cheated
me out Of last Sunday by means re
marked cards. These we are now playing
with are marked, too! And to cap the
climax, / have another deck of the same
kind that | bought from your brother IL
the drug store on the corner last V-ldnes.
daV' y TabIpau.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Cheap Rates to California.

Tickets on sale daily at Minneapolis &
st. Louis Railroad offices, at rate of $32 80
from st. Paul or Minneapolis to Los
Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, etc.
Best and most direct route.
Call 1893 Robert street, st. Paul, for
tickets and berths
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Alyce-What a lovely coy corner
Wayne; such a pretty couch.
Mayme-Isn't it? It's made out of five
trunks and hat box. seven pillows, tw o
holsters and an old piano cover.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
1e a nIae on street. rnr.

Call at Twin City Coupon Co. go Gen
mania Life buildins. st. Paul.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09
ARTIFICIAL METALS.
For Over 1000 Yeas Men Tried to Pro.
duee Gold and Silver.

For over 1000 years mankind declared
and believed that gold and silver could
he artifcially produced, and innumer.
able searchers have labored on this prob.
lem. These workers have not leen
wholly within the class Of metallurgists,
or what We might call scientists, but all
ranks and callinvs have contributed con-
tingents. The general impulse which
we designate ~ alchemy remained inhu.
ential until the beginning Of the eigh.
teenth century, and was so widespread
that il deserves consideration by stu
dent Of social science. While il IL prob
able that in the more ignorant ages II
larger number Of people believed in in.
carnations and ghosts than practiced
true alchemy, yet the public profession
Of the latter was much more frequent
than the public profession oi supernat.
nral powers.
The history Of alchemy has indeed less
significance for chemistry than tor the
history Of culture.
The belief IN transmutation was pro-
NOTED by the observation of eases in
which the appearance oi gold and silver
could he impaired To baser metals. For
example, copper alloyed with zinc AS
sumes the ordinary color Of gold. Treat
ed with certain arsenical substances 1t
assumes silver.like appearance. More.
over, the doctrine oi Aristotle that sub.
stances differ, not because of different
composition, but by reason of difference
of properties, necessarily encouraged the
transmutationists. 1t was in this spirit
that one operator distilled mercury 100
successive times in hopes OF driving out
from it the liqueiying principle and thus
obtaining the solid silver.
This Ignorance a. 10 the details of
chemical composition also led to another
misunderstanding. Mine waters con.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09

tanning copper compounds tthe existence
OF copper as such in the water was not
recognized) would, by the action Of iron,
deposit the copper and the iron would
dissolve. We have no difficulty today
in comprehendinv the nature Of the
action, but there was u time when il
was believed to le transmutation, and
in alchemical language was expressed
as being due to Mars tiron) having lsid
off his armor and decorated himself with
the garments of Venus (copper).
1t il interesting t. note also that ac.
cortling to the Greek alchemists lead was
the generator of other metals. II was
especially the generator Of silver. We
have no difficulty in understanding how
this last error arose. Lead ores usually
contain some silver, often very consider.
able amounts, and the operation Of Gu.
pellation easily burns "ff the lead and
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09

leaves the button Of silver, in which
small amounts Of gold are often found.
Henry Lehman, in Casters Magazine
for June.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09
INCORPORATE UNDER ARIZONA

Most liberal corporation laws in tho
United States. No franchise tax or ex-
orbitnnt fees. Private property exempt
from all corporate debts. Par value Of
stock made any amount. No limit ON cap
italixatiOn. Stock IL non.asscssable for
any purpose. Noamount Of stock required
tO be subscribed. No state control. No
state examination Of books. Legislature
can't repeal your charter. Keep office
and do business anywhere. We attend
to all business, pay all fees and charge
You but 5000 in any case. Write for
Booklet Of Corporation Laws and other
information. Address
ARIZONA CORPORATION CHARTER CO..
60nlnAn DUIlolMe. PHOENIX. AlRouA.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09

Harrison can tell you why all luck,
strikes are made with Giant Powder.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09

llazlewood ice cream will be served
daily at "Sturgill's."
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09

II you wish 10 strike II rich nse Giant
Powder.