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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

We often learn of marvellous surgical
operations-of man having his stor ach
removed, or of missing vertebra bCir0
replaced by silver one in the spine, and
of other wonderful feats, and we read of
them with open-mouthed establishment.
Yet when an equally mirac ulous recovery
is made from some terrible disease-by
the use of medicine - people do not
give the medicine equal credit. "Blood
Wine" has performed some truly magical
cures-cures of diseases that baffled ply
sicians for years. When a man suffer for
years, loses his strength, flesh, endurance
wastes away from stout manhood to a
frail skeleton, and at last is saved by the
use of a medicine, shouldn't credit be
given to that medicine2 Shouldn't such
a result prove its value? Shouldn't such
positive proof speak stronger than words?
Read the experience of VIM. S. Bowie,
of Charlestown, Mass:
"For number of years I suffered with
chronic diarrhGa (any one who has had 1t for
one day only, knows what q terrible disease It
ley. 1t Slapped my strength, and changed me
from strong, healthy man to a fral, puny fel.
low. would gladly have given $4,000 for a
cure. Physicians doctored me until / was al.
most sick of seeing them come. They did me
no good. l grew worse and worse, until death
stared me in the face. i was absolutely hope
day day talked into trying Blood Vine To my my
great surprise found 10 helped me. / stuck to
itregularly, following directions, and In time 1t
cured me entirely. l cannot, express my graft;
tude in the limits of letter, but will say that
know 1t saved my life, and that think 1t the
greatest medicine in the world"
A great many physicians buy "Blood
Wine" in large quantities for their pa
tients. A great many hospitals and dis
pensaries use it. Intelligent people who
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
A Weak Stomach.

causes p weak body and invites dis
ease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and
strengthens the stomach, and wards
off and overcomes disease. j. B. Tay-
Tor, prominent merchant of Chries-
man, Tex, says 81 could not eat be-
cause of a weak stomach. / lost all
strength and run down in weight. All
that money could do was done, but all
hope of recovery vanished. Hearing
of some wonderful cures effected by
the use of Kodol, / concluded to try
it. The first bottle benefited me, and
after taking four bottles | am fully re-
stored to my usual strength, weight
and health" Rivers Bros.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
FOR THE UPBUILDING OF
VERMONT.

The Daily Journal has published
certain correspondence and informa.
ton pertaining to the up-building OF
Vermont's industries and for the es-
tablishing here of medium through
which the State may be enabled, to
some extent, to compete with other
States in securing for herself an in
crease Of that desirable class of people
seeking summer or permanent homes
in desirable regions of the North and
East, settling, in the case of Vermont,
Oh the back farms and advancing the
industrial interests, and parti cularly
the farming interests, of the State
New Hampshire and Maine have
added millions of dollars to their
grand list i'll the past ten years, the
tourist and summer business in New
Hampshire alone amounting to So, 600, :
000 in 1902 Why may not Vermont
reach out and secure it's share of this
business?
Each State on our borders is becom-
ing alive to these facts and is making
greater efforts along these lines and
reaching out for the business, Gov
ernor Odell of New York making
forcible suggestions touching these
matters in his late message to the
Legislature.
A well directed and systematic eff
fort, through a well organized immi-
grafton and industrial bureau, with
an experienced personnel in the man.
agement, backed by the moral and
material support of the States lead
ing citizens, with the cooperation of
the transportation companies operat-
ing within Vermont's territory-which
is essential-will accomplish the de.
sired end.
After several years careful study OF
the conditions as they exist in Yer.
mont, and of the various methods else,
where employed, charter was asked
of the Legislature at it's late session
for an association having in view the
accomplishment of the purposes ex
pressed above. The General Assembly
gave the movement its unanimous aut
unqualified endorsement; the charter
afforded the proposed association the
leeway necessary in its operation il
real estate, for its legitimate wants ant
to enable it to supply the requirement.
of prospective settlers more fully thar
could be done under the general law
The basis of the Vermont Industrial
Association, the title of the organiza
ton, is self supporting immigration
and industrial bureau, with capita
stock sufficient to handle it's business
1t is not only designed to be divi
dend paying institution but one which
will be credit to the State and t,
those who may become connected witt
it directly or indirectly, and an o.
ganization of a standard character tina
will be in keeping with the wants ant
business intentions of the wealthie
class, which its representatives will
seek to bring into the State.
1t has been thoroughly demonstrates
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

The results of the referendum vote
in some of the smaller towns of the
State is rather amusing. Brunswick
in Essex county with population of
LOG aud a grand list of 1915. 30 voted
unanimously for license, to G. Think
of the excitement that must have pre-
vailed in Lexington when the vote of
to 3 against the bill was declared,
and imagine the tired feeling that
must have crept over the three license
advocates in Holland when it was
known that one hundred and three of
their fellow townsmen had voted on
the other side.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

are familiar with its origin who know
the theory upon which it cures disease,
by its great and peculiar action upon the
blood, take it in preference to anything
else. Ex-senator Hanson, of Massachu-
sets, whose home is in Lowell, Mass,
has this to say of Blood Vino:
II think Blood Wine is a wonderful medi-
cine. The effect that 1t has on deb!ltated sys-
TEN is almost beyond comprehension, and /
don't believe there is disease of the blood, or
disease produced by a condition of the blood
that 1t will not eradicate. / have kept IL in my
family since its first introduction into this coun-
try, and consider it just as much a necessity az
Hour or sugar"
Senator Hanson is a man who wouldn't
have anything but the best. He is
man of great executive ability, and a very
active brain. He uses "Blood Wine''
right along to keep his brain clear and
active, and his body free from ache OF
pain. Thousands of people do the same.
Blood Wine" never disappoints. If
you are in bad health and you take
"Blood Wine," you are just as sure to
feel better as the sun is sure to rise and
set. 1t cures disease by working on the
blood. Blood is life, and "Blood Wine"
eradicates all the elements of disease
from the blood that rob us of life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
Better Than Cold.

Il was troubled for several yea rs
with chronic indigestion and nervo us
debility writes Il. j. Green, of La u
caster, n. H. "No remedy helped me
until began using Electric Bitter rs,
which did me more good than all he
medicines ever used They have al so
kept my wife in excellent health or
years She says Electric Bitters re
just splendid for female troubles; tn at
they are grand tonic and lnvigorat or
for weak, rundown women. No 9th er
medicine can take its place in our ia m
ily.' Try them. Only SOC. Sat is
faction guaranteed by @. Blakel y,
druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

of the disciples of license. Give the
law fair play. Accept and execute it
in good faith--a thing the opponents
of the old law never did. Then, in
1904, the people of Vermont will take
an inventory of the assets of the ex-
pertinent, and by its exhibit their flu
ture course in the management of the
business in hand will be determined.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
cor. TAFT WE'LL AGAIN,

Washington, Feb Tn response
to cable inquiry of Governor Taft
at Manila for definite information as
to the state of his health, which was
reported in press dispatches as bad.
Secretary Root has received the fol-
lowing personal message from Gov
ernor TAFT, dated Manila yesterday.
Lack of care, drinking water, pro-
vincial trip. caused attack of tropical
diarrhoea. Secured absolutely neces-
sary quiet by remaining away from
Office. Recovery almost complete. -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

Washington has advised Havana that
all claims which the United States
may have had to wrecks along the Gu
ban coast are now considered to have
lapsed. By this decree it is consid-
cred that the wreck of the battleship
Maine, the tomb of many American
sailors and of a mystery that may
never be solved, passes into the hands
of Cuba.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
THE POPE F1INTS

Rome. Feb. AT the great cere-
mony in Sistine chapel this morning
the Pope appeared looking unusually
pale and feeble He had fainting
spell while dressing to attend The
occasion was in celebration of the
twenty fifth anniversary of the death
of Pope Plus TX.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
ARTHUR ROPES denera Editor.
CLURRING LIST.

The following offers are for the
benefit only of subscribers to the
Waterman (weekly) or the Jour
nal daily who pay all arrearages and
years subscription in advance. One
or more of the publications may be
ordered, but the money for each, at
the club rate, must invariably accom-
pany the order, with all arrears (if
any due on either paper and a full
year in advance. To the "Club Rate"
add 81 90 for the Waterman, or SO. 90
for the Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

1t is reported from Paris that three
Charcot, widow of the great physician
Nine. Benjamin Constant, widow of the
artist, and Nine. Zola-are living on
the verge of poverty. Two of them
have turned their homes into board
ing houses as means of livelihood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

A movement is being made by many
preparatory schools of the country
looking TO the modification of foot
ball rules. a petition signed by more
than seventy head masters represent
ing many States has been forwarded
to the intercollegiate foot ball rules
committee. The petition is one phase
of the movement for the adjustment
of ma IS plays and had it's inception at
conference held in connection with
the meeting of the head masters as
ISOLATION of Boston in December last.
Vermont is represented in the move
ment by the head masters of St.
Johnsbury academy, and Vermont
academy at Saxton's River.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

Foreign Visitors to Jdpan's interna-
tional exhibition, says Kobe paper,
will be well looked after in every
way. A hundred and fifty students
from the Foreign Language School
are to act as guides
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
A certain cure for chIIbIaIns.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease a powder. 1t cures Chilblains,
Prostitutes. Damp, Sweating, Swollen
feet. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, % cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

7 The new town of Charlton, Penn
sylvania, situated on the Monongahela
river near Pittsburg, has murder rec
ord that puts to shame the widest
border settlement. In the ten days
preceding last Friday six murders
were committed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
FREE BLOOD TEST.

If you want your blood examined by an ex-
pert bacteriologist, you can have it done free of
charge by sending your name to the Louis
Daudelin Co., Worcester, Mass, for free partic-
ulars. Remember that nearly all diseases show
themselves in the blood. The powerful Micro
scope reveals the germs, impurities and disease
like an open book. Never before was such an
opportunity offered. Take advantage of it at
once. "Blood Wine" costs fifty cents q bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
yelE-0.

a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre-
pared in two minutes. No boilingl no
baking add boiling water and set to
cool. Flavors: Orange, Rasp-
berry and Strawberry. Get package
at your grocers to-day. 10 cts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12

Vermont Waterman Co Job Printers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
What Shall We
Have for Dessert -?

This question arises in the family
every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try
, 1903-12-03
Rnrktnp shrine.

The most wonderful temple in the
world Is built on II rocking stone on
the summit of Il mountain In northern
India which is over 10000 feet high.
The rock weighs many thousands of
tons. but is balanced on so fine a point
that "a comparatively light pressure is
sufficient TO make ii sway. Hindoo
priests teach their followers that this
rock was placed in position 10y the help
of the gods, and thus they add consid-
erably To the feeling of awe which they
desire to create.
Worshipers ut this shrine must first
make IL perilous ascent of the noun
tain. Then they spend seven days of
preparation in IA temple built on the
solid mountain before they are permit
ted to make the final passage to the
mysterious rocking stone. To reach
this 1t is necessary to cross a bridge
over n great chasm, for nature and
man have combined to make this Hin
doc shrine diiicult of access. After
crossing the bridge the pilgrim mounts
a ladder. to which he clings in terror
for his life here and in the hereafter.
The temple OH the rock is necessarily
small. Three priests officiate there.
but its mysteries no man is permitted
to reveal. Europeans have seen it only
from Il distance.
, 1903-12-03

A GREAT deal of injustice is being
done Johnston county of late, espec-
tally by the Denver papers, in that
they are publishing reports concern
ing the notorious H~ole-in-the- Wall
country, as still being "A rendezvous
for cattle and horse thieves. The
Hole-in-the-Wal country is still
there, just AS picturesque rs ever,
but it is filed with law abiding.
peaceful citizens and it is IA great in
justice to say that horse and cattle
thieves resort TO that place for safety.
So much, however, for reputation,
which fingers long even after reform
alton has taken place.
, 1903-12-03
r,,,om, q. IN. Country.

There was once a wfoundlnnd fish
CHANGED TO be IA Catholic
who in old age came 10 die. He haa
lived In debt all his life and, no doubt,
had never once given his whole eaten
TO the dealer who supplied him. hut
had wrongfully slipped many a qufntal
over the side of a rival schooner n
traded it out on the spot.
Send for Fawther Rafferty, he
said. Send Immediate
He wanted TO confess his sins, to
be shriven and to depart In peace, bnt
his old priest had been transferred to
Trinity Bay. A young man, just back
from Rome. was now the spiritual
head of the parish.
Sure, It's Fawther Goblin they
told him.
"Noa. noa.' the Old man protested.
"Fawther COLLINS a fine young man
a clever young a l doubt me not,
but it's old Fawther Rafferty, | wants
t hear me confession"
AN Why" they asked.
Sure the dying man gasped. he
knows the customs o. the country
Norman Duncan in Worlds Work.
, 1903-12-03

The most relentless eNterminator of
reptiles is a member of the family It
self-the beautiful. 1.-the. yellow and
black king snake. the friend of man
and the avowed enemy of anything
that creeps or crawls regardless of size
or poison fang. \ native of our W
south, the king snake is between five
and eight feet long and no thicker
around than Il mans thumb. Built In
every muscle and bone for speed and
tremendous constructing power, there
is not another snake on earth that car
withstand his assault. He Is immune
TO the poison of the cobra and of the
RATHER alike, and the strength of O
thirty foot python has no terrors fol-
him. Within five minute from the
opening of the fight the king snake
could kill the biggest python that evel
lived. Ferocious as the little con
strictor is toward his own Kind. toward
man he is friendly and rarely tries
to escape when me aficld.-A. w,
Roker in McClure's.
, 1903-12-03
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mrs, Parker and little grand.
daughter, accompanied by Ben. Car
roll, leave TODAY for Lincoln, Neb,,
where.Mrs. Parker will visit with Mr..
CAROLS folks for IA couple of weeks.
She will then go on to Iowa for a Wis.
it with relatives and friends aud will
be absent for a couple of months.
X. ID Stearns, principal of Sarato-
ga schools went to Encampment on
Friday last to see Down in Maine"
and was So well pleased that he Sc
cured the play for the school here.
We want III school the very best
possible, so give your aid and EN-
enlargement by attending the play
on Saturday evening.
Judge Blood has rented the small
office building on Bridge street, for
merlv occupied by DR.. Sears the den
fist and has moved his law office to
that place. The Judge is verv com
,dDlN HAtt III MS new quarters
an | is ready for all comers who may
need legal assistance. The Judge
was at one time the owner of "a large
practice in the city of Albany, n, Y,
which i'll health compelled him to
abandon and come west.
w. II. Green, acco npanied by T.
X. Countryman, of Encampmeut,
went up to Gold Hill Sunday, to
vey some mining claims that Mr..
Green is interested in having patent
ed They returned Tuesday night,
about midnight, after a trip which
was quite tlTesome, Notwithstanding
the fine weather. Wading in two
feet of snow is rather tiresome work
Ell any time when well followed.
Marion Little, who formerly resided
here, but who has been spending the
past four or five years in other parts
Of the country, returned here last
week. Since leaving here he has
been fortunate enough to receive his
pension from the Government for
service in the civil war and also II
large back pension, amounting 10
81 800. He leaves shortly for the
Western part of the state where he
will make his home in future.
, 1903-12-03

In Europe several persons now sedu-
lousy pay homage 10 the sun and in
Il learned Journal, entitled L'Ecole
Nouvelle, one of them maintains that
the sun should be especially honored at
Christmas.
christmas should he regarded as a
festival for the benefit of humanity"
he says. In this way we can once
more become united with the Aryans,
our ancestors, who worshiped fire and
who celebrated the birth of the divine
constellation. who is the father of
light. of heat and of life"
He then suggests that the following
prayer be said daily:
80 thou who causest lies TO vanish,
who drivest away the evil influence OF
prodigies, of malignant predictions, Of
dreams aud of wicked apparitions-O
thou who brinGest to naught the plots
of the wicked, to thee we pray, Lord
Sun. since thou art the light of the
world"
, 1903-12-03

Almost everybody believes that
Franklin was the inventor of the light
ming rod. and in this II particular
nearly everybody is mistaken. Inc
first lightning conductor was not IN
vented by the genius who Is SAID 10
have caught the lightning Wild ana
played with bolts of thunder nut
by a poor Bohemian monk who hveu
at S~euttenberg. who erected MS hight
ming catcher on the palace OF the Gu
rator of predltz, MOravia. on June 10,
17b4 The name of this inventive
monk was Prohop pilwisch. His APP
paratus was composed of a poie SUIT
mounted by an iron rod supporting
twelve curved branches II terminal
ing in as many metallic boxes hlieo
with iron ore and inclosed with a
wooden boxlike cover This was tray
ersed by twenty-seven iron pointed
rods. the bases of which We're n
ed with the ore boxes. This entire
system of wires was united with the
earth by a large chain.
The enemies of Dilwisch, Jealous OF
his success. excited the peasants OIL
the neighborhood against him. claiming
that his invention was the cause of the
dry weather that was running their
crops. When the inventor laughed at
them and refused To remove 1t they
put him in prison and the destroyed
his work.
NJ. Nielsen used a triple pointed rod
years before Benjamin Franklin ever
thought of IL lightning rod.
, 1903-12-03
Ancient Table Manners.

A description of n dinner given In
1850 shows hat there has been n vast
improvement In table manners sn q
then. AS a rule. one knife had TO serve
for two people. and often a bowl of
SOUP was used by two persons. For
this reason the party giving tn" din
ner arranged his guests in couples Try
ing to place people together WHO world
be congenial and not udyrrtc tn tbs
common use of table appointments.
Spoons were seldom supplied 10 the
guests, and the soup was drunk di-
rectly from the bowl. the latter usually
having side handles by which I. was
held. In less refined company there
were no separate soup bowls. only one
large porrinCer. which was passed
around to the guests in turn. The
diners helped themselves to the pieces
of meat they desired from the common
dish with their fingers.
Napkins were considered a luxury,
and were only provided in very arts.
tocratic and wealthy famllieS.-Phila'
delphia Inquirer.
, 1903-12-03

Sponges are cultivated in West In
dian waters and the Mediterranean.
In its natural state the bath or toilet
sponge is ilcshy and covered with a
black skin. To obtain the light col
ored, horny and elastic skeleton,
sponges are left in shallow sea water
for several days in n staked Enclosure
until the rotten animal matter can be
beaten out. For artificial cultivation
a living sponge is cut into small blocks.
about n cubic inch in size, with II por=
ton of the outer skin III each. These,
fixed to n frame of weighted trellis
work. are sunk into Il few fathoms of
clear water. where they flourish best
m a bottom of green seaweed free
from mud. In about sever years The
cuttings grow into sponges of market
able size.
, 1903-12-03

Perhaps Madagascar has claimed
more orchid hunters lives and been
the scene of more revolving acts of
cruelty than any other place. Some
ear ago II German orchid fancier,
while seeking some specimens in the
forests of this island, was captured by
some of the native priests, who. after
covering him with oil. burned him
alive. Another collector who was
seized by some of the same priests was
allowed to choose between being burned
alive or himself setting fire to some
fagots or which lay another prisoner,
also an orchid collector, and thus a v
ing his w life. He chose the latter
alternative and died six months later
u lunatlc.
, 1903-12-03

A stranger admitted below the bar
OF the British house Of lords was re-
Quired TO deposit his umbrella with one
OF Ii attendants. The umbrella was
moi TO be found afterward. and the
owner brought an action in court TO re-
cover Its value. He was successful
and was awarded So. But this was n
violation of sanctuary which the lord
chancellor would not tolerate, sum
morning the plaintiff and his attorney
TO the bar OF the house, he only re-
Trained from committing them both TO
prison on their making II humble apol-
ogy and refunding the amount they
had gained.
, 1903-12-03

The jewels of an Indian dol must he
worth stealing ii many OF those re-
markably hideous images possess such
valuable head ornaments us one made
for the idol P~arthasathy. in the Tripli-
cane temple at Madras. The orna-
ment is worth some 10000 rupees and
is mad of sovereign gold, studded with
diamonds, emcralds and rubics. the
largest emerald being valued ut LOCO
rupees and the biggest ruby and dia-
mond nj 300 rupees apiece.
, 1903-12-03

The heavens themselves run contin-
ually round, the world is never still;
the sun travels to the east and TO the
west; the moon is ever changing in its
course: the stars and planets have
their constant motions; the air we
breathe is continually agitated by the
wind, II the waters never cease to
ebb and flow doubtless for the purpose
of their conservation and to teach us
that W. should ever be- III action
Burton.