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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-10

in their mothers wake with pillows and
comforters.
This won't do" said. PUT those
things back and let us see what can be
done" -.s.
I'm that weak can't scrub floors"
said Mrs. MuIqueen, with dark memo
ries Of my former visits. s.-.-
Il should not expect you 10 work until
you and the children have had some
thing TO eat. Now, here is two dollars
and a half. With good management
that should last You until you get work.
shall come in again in a few days and
see how you are getting along
My next visit surprised the bedding
once more on the road TO the pawnshop.
How is this Mrs. MuIqueen?"
asked severely. Your rent is paid and
you had enough money to tide you over
for several days. You must have been
extravagant. Tell me how you spent
that two dollars and a half"
"Well, if you must know said Mrs.
Mulqueen, my hair was falling in
slathers, till the top of my head was
as bare as a hens egg, so bought a
bottle of Six Swedish Sisters Restorer,
and that was one dollar. .
I scolded her, gave her more money
and much advice and departed, vowing
that she should be provided with days
work. before the sun went down.
I was called out of town for ten days,
and on my return discovered that Mrs.
Mulqueen had not been to any of the
addresses given her, so I FASTENED
to look her up. I found the room devoid
of furniture, but on shelf stood two
bottles. one empty and one half full.
both bearing the label six Swedish
Sisters Hair Restorer.'' Ny wrath
boiled over, and / lectured long and
strenuously on the folly and wickedness
of this second act of extravaganza.
Mrs. Mulqueen listened alphabetically.
and when my eloquence was exhausted.
Maybe you's be having an old black
dress that's better looking than this I'm
wearing"
81 don't feel inclined to do anything
more for you," said /. 1.-THE association
cannot afford to help those who refuse
TO help themselves
"Oh, I've got a job, all right" said
Mrs. Mulqueen. Look at my head, will
you and see the hair that's coming ini
The first bottle did that, so when went
to get the second bottle showed them
sisters how it was getting all fuzzy.
and they offered me seven dollars week
to sit in the shop and let people look at
me, so if you've got an old black dress
-
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ONLY W4ITING.

If the officers and men who served
with Admiral Dewey at Manila can live
long enough they will get their prize
money for the destruction of Admiral
Montojos fleet. More than five years
have passed since Dewey's victory in
Manila Bay, but neither the gallant
commander nor his men have received
their money for that victory. After a
sharp fight in the District court it was
decided that Dewey was entitled to
prize money for the Spanish ships that
were raised, repaired and taken into
the government service. 1t is estimated
that this will amount to 100000, which
is to be divided, when made available,
among the 1900 men that fought with
Dewey at Manila. The question is now
before the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia for adjudication and
also for the determination of the exact
amount due. 1t is thought that this
will be settled in a few weeks and then
| congress will be asked to- appropriate
the money. At the same time congress
| will provide the prize money awarded
by the courts for the Maria Teresa,
| which was the only vessel of Cervera' s
| fleet designated by the courts as a
prize. The amount involved is .compar-
atively small, and when it is divided
| among the claimants there will be less
than dollar man.
Good luck to them. Five years isn't
| long to wait for action by just and
generous government.
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TIMELY ACTION.

The fact that four of the st. Louis
boodlers are out of the reach of the
law-two in Mexico, one in France and
one in Canadians led to action which
should have been taken before. Cir
cult Attorney Folk of st. Louis has
called on the president to urge on him
the making of treaties that shall meet
such cases as those furnished by the
frauds in his district, and he made the
pertinent suggestion that any one of
the nineteen boodlcrs already convicted
and waiting sentence could raise the
largest amount of bail that could be
asked and then go over the border to a
place from which he could not be
brought back under existing agree
ments. The president took the matter
up vigorously. He directed the imme-
diate opening of negotiations with
Great Britain and France for the addi-
ton of bribery to the list of extradita-
BILE offenses, and said that he shouldurg
the ratification of such treaties by the
senate and also deal with the subject
in his message.
Bribers have been getting off too
comfortably. 1t is time that it was
made warmer for them.
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QUEER LAKE CARGoEs.

Coal, Birthstone, Gunpowder and
Matches Made Up One of Them.
Vesselmen are commenting on the car
go of the barge James Mowatt, which
arrived in Buffalo on Tuesday night in
tow of the steamer Jim Sheriffs. The
Mowatt started to load lumber, but
when 100000 feet had been put on it
was found that there was not enough
lumber available to complete the load.
Captain e. p. Titus and the owner did
MT care to take the trip to Buffalo with
only half cargo, and, as ore was
available, the Mowatt finished loading
with iron. 1t is probably the first case
on record where a similar cargo has
bene reported at the Buffalo custom
house.
Captain Hi Smith, who was for years
engaged in the vessel brokerage bust
ness, in referring to the Mowatt make
shift for a full cargo, mentioned other
strange consignments which in times
past have been sent up the lakes.
II remember one strange assorted
cargo" said Captain Smith, (which
probably exceeded in it's incongruous
nature any consignment ever sent from
this port. 1t was some time in the SOS,
during the civil war, and was loaded on
the schooner Oliver Culver, command
led by Captain Wheaton of Chicago.
"It consisted of $50 tons of coal, 100
tons of birthstone, go tons of gunpowder
and 40 tons of matches. Oh, you ned
MT laugh. This Is an absolute fact,
nj fte, - I,
they have been preserved, will bear me
out in the statement.
Customs officials were unusually
watchful at that time, and when
Captain Wheaton went to the office to
get his clearance the clerk refused to
issue it. An appeal to the collector
was equally fruitless. He suggested
that the only man who could iauthorize
the issuance of a clearance for such a
suspicious combination of freight was
the federal Judge, at that time J. K.
Hall, whose office was in the old post
office building, at Seneca and Washing
ton streets.
Captain Wheaton came back to my
office and reported. I had chartered his
schooner and, of course, felt in duty
bound to help him out. I accompan-
led him to the custom house and then,
with the collector, we went to Judge
Halls office.
want clearance, eh?' said the
Judge, when the nature of our errand
had been explained. What are you
loaded with, captain?'
"'Oh,' said Wheaton, I've got brinl-
stone and matches, and powder and
"The judges unusually impressive
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USUAL.

Sweete-See Marston hurrying home
with all his might. So eager to see his
wife again,\ How he must love her!
Bitterworth-PerhaDs he has thought
of something mean to say to her, and is
afraid he may forget it.-Boston Tran
script.
Mrs. Dumm-"I see piece in the pa
per about some society people bein' in
terested in Buddhism What's that?"
Mrs. Dumber-"Why, I guess that must
be the doin's of these young society peo-
pie that's called buds philadelphia
Ledger.
THAT doesn't look like sherry" re-
marked the man who was loafing in the
drug store. why, the fact is,'' replied
the druggist, sit was originally port,
but it was poured into the sherry bot
tie by mistake, and we let it go at
that" Chicago Pos.
What would you do if you were to
find an honest MANI" Don't mention
any such terrible responsibility" re-
turned Diogenes. You'd spoil one of
the best jokes that ever enabled me to
bunco my neighbors as the village wag."
Washington Star.
Il want to see the parade, walled the
boy. "My son, :" replied the father, who
had experienced. the usual vicissitudes
of civic celebrations ''Pll put you in
the cider press and you'll have all the
sensations without going so far fol-
them. -Chicag Evening Post.
Calvert. jr.-"I took young Miss Glib
ley on. to the theater last night. and
weshad a little feed afterward. could
tell without looking at her, when she
was taking a drink" Balty Moore
mo! Is she so ill-bred as that?" Cal
vert, jr.-"No; she didn't make noise
with her lips when she was drinking
blu. that was the only time she wasn't
talking-that's how I knew.''-Baltimor
American. ,,aT T.. II
Fuddy-There would be fewer unhap.
by marriages in the world if men and
women would try to find out each 9TH
ers disposition during courtship instead
Of doing their best to deceive one
another.
Duddy-Yes. l. guess there would be
as you say. fewer unhappy marriages
in fact, there would be fewer marriage.
of any kind, guess.-Boston Tran.
script.
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the animal. but before he could nberate
him. a deternined, angular-faced wO-
man stepped. ielear Of the crowd and,
with arms akihbO, Informed US that the
skunk must mot be reaieased, it had
been captured on her property and con-
sequently belonged to her.
Madame" I said, with all the grav-
ity could summon at the moment, the
animal undoubtedly belongs to you, and
shall turn him over to you with alb
solute confidence that you will either
give him a good home, or quickly and
humanely put him out Of his misery.
John (this to my assistanO hand the
lady the skunk
John, with the courtesy OF knight
presenting a pearl necklace to queen,
stepped forward with bow, and held
out the chain from which dangled the
center of attraction. But the woman
stepped hastily back.
mo, no. / don't want him that way;
couldn't we put him in barrel?"
Possibly, madam" answered,
looking about the woods, but don't
see any barrel around here" 80 ..
Then she guessed that she did not
care. to accept it. Thereupon a man
smoking a short pipe thought it ought
to belong to him, since he owned the
trap with which the animal was caught;
but when it was almost within his grasp
he, too, waived his right to it.
WELL" said, for the third and last
call. is there any one here who wants
this skunk?"
There was no response, and at a nod
from me. John put his foot quietly
upon the spring of the trap. The skunk
as soon as he found himself free, cast a
seemingly defiant look to the right and
the left, and walked away slowly with
out or fear, and with his pushy tail held
high in the air. T.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
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RUSSIAN rum rs. EDUCATION.

1t is now generally acknowledged that
the government spirit monopoly intro
duced by, M. Witte has had most in
furious effect upon popular education
in rural Russia. The representations
made by the Zemstvos on this matter
received little consideration SO long as
M. White remained at the Ministry of
Finance Under M. Pleskes admins
tration they meet with more respect.
The revenue formerly derived from the
spirit retailers and drinking-houses en-
abled the Zenstvos to provide at least
one school in each of the communes
within it's jurisdiction. The introduce
ton of the government monopoly abol-
ished this source of revenue, with the
result that an enormous number of the
communal schools had to be closed. In
the several communes within the Zem-
stvo of Walk, for instance, the revenue
derived from the sale of liquor during
the three years 1S95-1S97 was eighty
four thousand rubles, or about twenty
eight thousand rubles per annum. Of
this income twenty-five thousand rubles
were devoted to educational purposes.
Since 1897 the Zenstvos have been de-
prived of this income revenue, and, con-
sequently, of the means of providing
adequate educational facilities. The
aggregate loss to the whole of the Zem-
stvos in European Russia amounts to
many millions of rubIes. Naturally the
rural authorities appeal to the Ministry
for compensation, and M. Pleske is
recognizing the justice of the demand.
He may make the monopoly pay the
money.
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The lion is the beast to fight,
He leaps along the plain.
And If you run with all your might
He runs with all his name
I'm glad I'm not a H0ttentOt,
But If / were, with outward cal-lum
I'D either faint upon the spot
Or HE me up leafy pal-lum.
The channels IS the beast to hunt;
He's fieetsr than the wind,
And when the chamOis is in front,
The hunter is behind.
The TyrOiese make famous cheese
And hunt the chamOis DER the chazzums;
] choose the former, IL you please.
For precipices give ME spaZ-zums.
The polar bear will make a rug
Almost as white IS snow;
But if he gets you in his hug,
He rarely lets you go.
And polar ice looks very nice,
With all the colOrs Of a pris-sum;
But, if you follow my advice,
Stay home and learn your catechis-sum.
"A i. Quiller-C Couch.
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MRS. MULQUEEN's ENTERPRISE.

Being the yeracious Account OF How
She Got Job and a Dress.
Here is a story told on herself by Miss
Trotter, district visitor for the Coal and
Kerosene Club, and the terror of the un-
worthy poor, since, while she relieves
their necessities, she insists on a strict
accounting for every penny of as
ISOLATION money that passes through
their hands.
Mrs. Mulqueen was out of work again
had been. in fact. ever since my last
visit-and a dolefuI procession was
starting for the pawnbroker's with the
last of the family bedding as mounted
the dirty stairs. The six Mulqueen
children, ranging from to 8, followed
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ADVERTISING RATEs-

sItnatIona. Wants. Rents. and other small
advertisements. One Cent Word each In
sermon. Five Cents Word for q ful! week
Display advertisements. per Inch. one u,
Fecrlon. SLID: each subsequent insertions ~
eents: one week, $50; one month"; $40; one
year. $40
obituary Notices. IN prose or verse. 70
cento per line. Notices Of Births. Mafrs'
ages, Deaths, and Funeral. so censg eaehs
Local Notices. Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited 20 tneif
own immediate business (ail matter to %
unoDistelonabiej, and their contracts 90 not
include Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
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An extraordinary take of mackerel
occurred at Folkstone the other day.
1t was during a heavy sea in the Eng
lish channel, so heavy that many of
the nets had to be cut away in order
to save the overladen boats. Three
snnacks got $4,000 mackerel, one having
to it's own share 10000, and six others
had each about 10000. This great catch
was disposed of partly by being sent
to London and Paris in ice and partly
by being retailed on the street, the price
being $1.44 for 100 and sixteen and
eighteen for "a cents. Almost at the
same time Scottish fishing boats were
achieving a remarkable catch of her.
ring off the coast of Scarborough,
which has given employment to the
troops of Scotch fishergirls who follow
the boats at this season of the year.
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"This book" began the agent, "Ain't
got no use fur it,, interrupted the busy
merchant. Judging from your remark,
sir. YOU are not aware that this ency-
clopaedia devotes at least twelve pages
to Grammar philadelphia Press.
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Dr.. Alfred w. Schooley, borough
physician of Braddock, Pennsylvania,
treated 1O2 cases of smallpox at the
pesthouse during the year past, only
one Of which proved fatal. He attrib-
utes. his. success to the fact that he
refused to permit any Of his patients
to taste alcoholic beverages during
their illness. Fl
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After years of study of the subject
Professor Alfred Newton of Cambridge
says that without doubt bird migra-
ton is the greatest mystery in the en-
tire animal kingdom-"a mystery" he
added. ''that can be no more explained
bv the modern man of science than by
the supplemented savage of antiquity"
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Those who go to the st. Louis fair
next year wont get much for nothing,
but the st. Louis Globe-Democrat an
nounces that in making arrangements
for the entertainment of the visitors
nobody has thought of charging any
thing for the spray of the fountains.
Perhaps it isn't too late. r.
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Rainy Weather
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Rain-Coats.

Happy is the person who
is clad in a Cravenette
Rain Coat chosen from
our stock. They combine
all the essentials Of a
smart overcoat and rain.
coat suitable for wear
every day of the cold and
stormy fall and winter
months.
~ Ladies' Coats. SIP to $40.
Mems Coats. .........: 10 to 90.
*kkkk
ssssmss.
Umbrellas. .:
Our stock Of Umbrellas
lis now complete, and
comprises all kinds from
the one you don't mind
losing at ST. to the very
ones at higher prices.
f*k*k
RrrlllkgAGi, /
HATTERS & FURRIERS
State ST., Cor. Chapel.
III .=
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COLD NIGHTS
HOT SUPPERS.

the evenings lengthen
there begins TO be some
thing doing along social
1;pac Thaofra porf.ac
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-19
ROBBED IN LYNN.

According to the Boston papers,
Silas Sibley, farmer and steeple
climber from Montpelier. was the vic
tim of highway robbery in Lynn on
Saturday night. The story in brief is
as follows: Silas Sibley came from
Montpelier to Lynn about week pre-
vious to the robbery to look for work.
He had with him $40 and gold
watch which he valued at $I00. He
made some new acquaintances and on
Saturday night attended q dance, after
which his new made friends showed
him around town. Five men made up
the party and after leading him to an
unfrequented street they knocked him
down and kicked him until he was
badly battered and insensible. He was
found by policeman and taken to a
hospital where seven stitches were
taken i'll two cuts upon his head. He
said he was robbed of 800 and his
watch.
Sibley is said to have walked the
streets with a policeman until noon on
Sunday looking for his assailants but
they could not be found.
At the police station on Sunday
Sibley is reported as saying
"I'm goin' right back to Montpelier
jest as soon's kin git money from
my friends. jest spent my last quart.
er for a dispatch tibet l sent 'em. I've
heerd tell of Lynn, and L guess it's
worse then they say It's. | wish'd I'd
had this gun with me, and | guess
they'd skedaddled," he remarked
taking small, nickel plated revolver
from his pocket
"What kind of gun is that?'
asked the inspector, reaching for it
1t was what is known as liquid gun
| from which water is discharged.
"What could you do with that?'
asked the inspector.
81 guess it would have skeere(
'em. " remarked Silas. "We use then
on the farms up in Vermont fol
squirtin' pizen at 'tater bugs, an
wished had little O. it with me las
night.
Inquiries made today in this city
and at East Montpelier elected tn,
information that every person in thi
vicinity bearing the name of Sible.
was either present or accounted for
The only one of the family bearing TIN
name of Silas, is Silas Sibley, wei
known resident of Berlin. The friend
of this Mr.. Sibley may feel assure
that he is resting quietly at his hom
and has no intention of indulgini
either in steeple climbing or visit t.
Lynn.
The true version of the affair is no
yet known but it's outcome will be in
| terestinp
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REV. j. ISH1M BLISS.

Burlington, March 1S. The Rev.
j. Isham Bliss died at the Sparhawk
sanitarium in this city Tuesday after
noon, aged seventy-two years. He
had been in i'll health for the pa;
four years but the immediate cause of
his death was a surgical operation
from which he was unable to rally.
His funeral will be held on Thursday
from st. Paul's church at two o'clock
in the afternoon.
Joshua Isham Bliss was the young
est child of Moses and Sophia (Isham)
Bliss and was born in Burlington
Nov. 10, $780, Mr.. Bliss was grad
uated from the University of Vermont
with high honors in the class of 1862.
After number of years spent in the
profession of teaching, interspersed
with months of foreign travel, he was
ordained deacon in the Protestant
Episcopal church of this city. In
following years he was rector of diff
ferent churches in the State and in
1877 he was elected to the chair of
rhetoric and English literature in the
University of Vermont, which posi-
tion he held for eight years, resign
ing to become rector of st. Paul s
church in this city. Illness compelled
his resignation here after fourteen
years of service.
Mr.. Bliss. at the time of his death,
was the only priest in the diocese Of
Vermont, near his age, who had spent
his whole life in the service of the
church in this STATE. He was mar
ried September, 10, 1860, to Anne E
daughter of Carlos and Carolin,
(Deming) Baxter OF Burlington, by
whom he is survived. He leaves be
sides his wife, one sister, Mrs. Sophi'
B. Rogers of Brooklyn. n. Y.
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APPOINTMENTS.

Lynn, Mass, March 1.-THE ap
pointments for the ensuing year in
the New England District, by the an
nual Conference of the Evangelical as
ISOLATION held in this city, are as fol
lows:
Boston, Mass, Jesse Lee, George
Davies East Boston and Boston, Mass.
(Swedish), Magnus Larson, Joseph
Lund, Mrs. Craige; Cambridge,
Mass, d. F. Burnes; Winter Hill.
Mass. f. l.. Stevens and j O.,
Briggs; Everett. Mass, j. W. Willis
Revere, Mass, (?) L. W. Malcolm ;
Lynn. Mass. @. E. Wiley; Stone
ham. Mass, B. M. Smith and @. E..
Doty; New Bedford, Mass, @. H..
Hopkins; Pawtucket, r. l.. l.. H..
Merrill; Central Falls, r. L; f. E..
Beebe; New Haven. Conn, E. Web
Der: Bridgeport. Conn. o. j. Faunce
Kingfield, Maine. H., S. Trueman ;
Montpelier, VT, j. A. Ward; East
Montpelier, VT, N. d. Witham /;
Barre, VT, j. A. Ward; Woodsville,
N. H., M. Il. Perry.
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FEWER SMALL CONCERNS.

In the March number of Granite"
Just issued the editor has the follow
ing about the granite industry in this
city and Barre;
We think that we can see an i'm
provement in the business conditions
in Barre. We have recently made a
canvass of all the manufacturers at
this location, Montpelier and vicinity,
and find fewer concerns of the smaller
type, which has been d feature in the
past years. We refer to the firms who
start in the corner of the shed with a
kit of tools and confidence in their
ability to become promising granite
manufacturers. This trip we have
found but four new firms, and one of
these is starting where a great many
others leave off, or at y point where
nine out of ten reach after many years
of hard work. One or two of the
smaller firms have started with full
knowledge of the conditions, or at
least. from talking with them, we
should judge that they had a full
knowledge of the conditions; there
fore, were prepared to meet them,
having a full knowledge of the bust
ness and determination to figure
only at price which would give them
a decent profit.