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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

A back-country Missouri Democrat
writes to the Carthage Press as fol.
lows: Bryan is going to yurrup.
He may tell them mossbacks how to
run their business so as to make mon
ey out of their jobs. Should Candidate
Bryan and Kaiser William ever come
to short-arm, oollar-and- elbow,
heart-to-heart talk of polliticks the
gentle murmur of buz-saw tangled
up in blackgum knot would be a
soothing symphony compared to the
busy whirl of strident cultural oratory
that would then and thar be turned
loose on the potato crops of Rotts.
DAM
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
End of Bitter Fight.

"Two physicians had a long and
stubborn fight with an abscess on my
right lung" writes j. F. Hughes of
Du Pont, Ga, land gave me up.
Everybody thought my time had
come. AS last resort 1 tried Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton. The benefit l received was strik-
ing and l was on my feet in few
days. Now I've entirely regained my
health 1t conquers all Coughs,
Colds and Throat and Lung troubles.
Guaranteed by @. Blakely's Drug
Store. Price SOC. and S1.00 Trial
bottles free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
IN OLD PLAINTIFF.

Middletown, Conn, Aug. "a. Miss
Louisa Shaler of Lyme, aged one hun
bred and one years, is the plaintiff in
a suit for $500 damages against the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company before the Superior
Court. She alleges that sparks from
a locomotive caused fire and conse-
quent loss to property owned by Der
in Haddam
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
g. Ia 81 TT g. 1T y -A-.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always DOught
signature "a &. AZAzz<x
MRS. HAYDEN DEAD.

Barre, Aug. "a. Mrs. Chauncey Hay
den died at her home in this city at
noon on Sunday of a general breaking
down of the system. She was sixty
eight years of age. Mrs. Hayden
leaves husband, three sons, Fred of
this city, Freeman and Frank of Mont
pelier and one daughter, Mrs. N. M.
Nelson of Barre. The funeral will be
held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Rev. Effie K. NJ. Jones officiating.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

A report of experiments with radium
in Umsohau, st. Petersburg, is as fol.
lows: Twenty-one mice were placed
in glass vessels, covered with netting,
upon which radium cell was placed
for periods of from one to three days.
Six other mice were similarly impris-
oned without being exposed to the in
fiuence of radium. These six remained
lively and gained in weight. but all
the others died on the fourth or fifth
day from paralysis of the spinal cord
and brain.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
WRECK II TERTED.

Brandon, Aug, 24.-The Montreal
flyer due here at . 10 p. M, crowded
with passengers from New York and
Boston. narrowly escaped being
wrecked near there on Saturday by
the breaking of the tire on one of the
driving wheels of the engine. A de-
lay of an hour resulted before another
engine was procured.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

DR.. Yamane, a member of tha..House
of Representatives, proclaimed in a
recent debate that more than 1870, 900
persons sncoumb annually to tubercu-
losis in Japan, and the number is con-
stantly increasing. In regard to lep-
ROSY he stated: "There is no country
in the world in which this disease is
so prevalent and so neglected. The
Home Office returns show that there
are 30, 059 lepers in Japan, while their
offspring number 80, $50.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
FoIey's Kidney Cure.

Will cure Bright's Disease.
Will cure Diabetes.
Will cure Stone in Bladder.
Will cure Kidney and Blade dis
eases.
Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from disordered kid
neys and bladder. Sold by Harry A..
Slade.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
Bad Case of Diabetes Cured

81 had diabetes in it's worst form, "
writes Marion Lee of Dunreath, Ind. +,
81 tried eight physicians without re.
lief. Only three bottles of Foley
Kidney Cure made me we'll man. -
1t is medicine free from poisons and
will cure any case of kidney disease
that is not beyond the reach of medi-
cine. Sold by Harry A. Slade.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Barre, Aug. 24.-William Mears of
Barre town found three colts belong
lug to him dead in the pasture on Sat
urday. 1t was evident that they had
been killed by lightning during the
electric storm of Wednesday. Two of
the colts were two-year- and one
q sucking
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

Wag2sby-Gee, but those Smythes
are slow people.
Naggsby-How so?
Waggsby-It's been two weeks since
Plus X was chosen, and they named
their new baby Theodore Roosevelt. -
Baltimore American.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
FL CTORIES BURNED

Roanoake, Va. August 22.-The
Hotzin wooden mills and Salem pants
factory at Salem were destroyed by
fire last night. Loss, $l75. 900. Two
hundred operatives are affected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

81 had running itching sore on
my leg. Suffered tortures. Doan's
Ointment took away the burning and
itching instantly and quickly effected
permanent cure.'' o. W. Lenhart,
Bowling Green, o.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

Two cousins of King Peter run sa-
looms in Brooklyn, which is one Of
the least discreditable things known
concerning the Karageorgevitch fam
lily. Kansas City Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

eff common sense grown folks"
said Uncle Eben, twas as numerous
as uncommon smaht children, dar
wouldn't be so much trouble bout
runnin' de gov'ment. Washington
Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers

Foley's Honey and Tar affords i'm
mediate relief to asthma sufferers in
the worst stages and if taken in time
will effect a cure. Sold by Harry A.
Slade.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

Bodily pain loses it's terror if you We
a bottle of DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil
in the house. Instant relief in cases
of burns, cuts, sprains, accidents of any
sort.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-27

A blessing alike to young and old ;
DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw
berry. Natures specific for dyson
terry, diarrhna and summer complaint.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Model Community Established by John Alexander Dowie Threatened with
Denni
o Man Who Claims Be .Elah The Restorer.

Dowie went to Washington. saw
certain persons. and the workers and
the machinery came through. He was
starting an infant industry" He then
began to teach his unskilled people. re-
cruited from all ranks of life. the art
of lacemaking.
Shortly aftrward Stevenson and
Dowie quarreled. Stevenson went to
court with his troubles. and disobeyed
lions rule of arbitration. He got a
judgment. but Dowie. who had re-
cruited able legal advisers. appealed.
and finally the case was compromised.
Stevenson taking cash sum for his
claim against the industry.
In the first two years Dowie built
schools. a huge hospice. and a taber-
nacle that will seat 1000 persons. He
opened a great general store, estab-
lished a city court and postoffice,
erected big printing ONCE, and final
ly started a candy factory that turns
out tons of candy every week, supply
ing some of the biggest houses in Chi
cago. The candy factory. indeed. has
been the biggest paying of his indus
tries.
Dowie as business man had had
marvellous success. Yet at times his
desire to extend his religious views
had seriously hampered his business
ventures.
June 2. 1901. standing before great
crowd in the Auditorium at Chicago he
declared himself Elijah ILL., He did
not press the point strongly at first.
but the Elijah idea kept working and
b. degrees people came to understand
that Dowie claimed himself to be
Elijah the Restorer. the reincarnation
of Elijah the Destroyer. who was fed
by the ravens and finally was trans
lated. He declared that Elijah the
Destroyer reappeared again as John
the Baptist, who was Elijah the Pre-
parer and that he. Dowie. was the third
and last manifestation of Elijah. He
called upon his people to believe this
and they believed.
This idea was what interfered with
his business. He startled Chicago over
year ago by sending down swarms of
his followers from Zion City to make
visitations from house to house and
tell about Elijah III. But not much
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

What looked to the outside world
Ike the end of the economic expert
ueRt OF John Alexander Dowie at
Zion City. but what Dowie himself de-
clared to be only the giancing blow OF
malicious enemies came Dec. 1. when
Judge C. c. Kohlsaat of the United
States District court at Chicago or
dered him to appear before him on
Dec. IL and show cause why he should
Hot be adjudged bankrupt.
Receivers were appointed tmmed-
lately. and took Zion City and all its
Industrial enterprises into custody.
Frederick NJ. Blount, cashier OF the
Chicago National bank. and Albert
Dean Currier of the law firm of Bou-
tell. Currier & Freeman, were named
as the receivers.
As the result of conferences with
legal representatives of the receivers,
the head of Zion Is making every e.-
fort To raise a fund of 81 900 900.
II this is accomplishment Dowie
Ia preparing to call on his tens of
thousands of followers to give their
all to the cause-it is probable that
Dowie will be allowed to administer
the distribution of this rejuvenation
fund as general manager OF Zion and
its industries. but all this under su-
pervision and direction of the receiv-
ers. who are supported by the Feder-
al court.
The immediate sum for which
Dowie Is responsible amounts to about
$500. 900. and by Jan. l the liabilities
Of Zion City il is alleged, will aggre-
gate $685.. 600 more. THE Restorer"
insists he is perfectly solvent. and
claims the petition for receivers Is
part OF deliberate attempt to crush
him.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Preservation Of Potatoes.

1t is reported that a German has
made the discovery that by means cf
chemical preparation being poured
over potatoes they may be kept hr
condition of preservation for years
If this is true. it will be of the utmost
importance to all countries. enabling
them not only to keep on hand large
stock of potatoes for their armies. and
thus better preparing them for some
unforeseen war, but in times OF great
abundance the potatoes could be pre-
served for the benefit of the poor in
years when the tubers were scarce
and higher in price.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

the money he had saved while work
ing in Australia, took a Ave years
course in the university.
Dowie. on graduation from the di.
vinity school. at once took orders in
the Congregational church. and, in
1879. returned to Australia and began
preaching at a Congregational church
In Newtown, suburb of Sydney. He
continued in his work with success,
mis- magnetic oratoricsl powers draw
.ng large crowds wherever he
preached.
in 1873 (by divine direction. he
says Dowie suddenly deserted tine
Congregational church and started as
an evangelist. preaching healing by
faith. His power at once attracted at
tention. He declares that he first
learned of his power to heal by cur
ing a girl of a wasting disease that
had already killed thirty members of
his congregation. Since that time faith
healing has been the cardinal doc
trine of Dowie. He went to Mel
bourne. built big. rudelooking tab
ernacle. and began his work In ten
years he had built up large congre-
deserted his tabernacle, leaving 1t in
the care of one of his converts. and
started for England. He had money,
but not large amount.
1t was in 1890 that Dowie dawned
upon Chicago. Out in Western Springs.
a little prairie suburb at that time,
Dowie started in TO fight sin" in Chi
cago In the spring of the following
year Dowie moved upon Evanston. and
there he remained until the spring of
the worlds fair year. when, with a
dozen followers. he rented a house
down near the Midway. and. almost
with his own hands, he built Zion tab
ernacle No. !.
With the fair Dowies success began.
A little further north there arose
Zion tabernacle No 2. The dozen fol-
lowers had become hundreds. The
health authorities attacked Dowie.
Dowie abused them. Then Zion taber-
nacle No. 3. seating 1000 persons. was
erected.
On Feb. %. 1896. Dowie organized
tn. Christian Catholic church in Zion
aad appointed himself general over
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
s.,n., 70, wbe.,ed Vehicles.

How well the old resident remem-
bers the time when we had summer
in the summer time and winter wheh
1t was due, which lasted until spring.
and with what pleasure he tells OF the
cold weather and good sleighing Ior
weeks in succession. But whether IL
is the destruction of the forests 10
build our houses and serve other por-
poses, or from some other cause, we
do not seem to have good winter
weather for very long at time. and
sleighing and skating are soon de-
stroyed by thaw. In Canada ana
some portions of this country this Is
not the case, and when farmer or
teamster puts up his wagons and gets
out his sleighs for the first snow he
has fairly good assurance that he VIII
not have to change again until the
spring thaw. But in a vast area OF
the country the man who drives may
find himself riding through mud in
sleigh or slipping over a snowy road
in a carriage. and 1t is to meet Just
such occasions as this that the in
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
BEAR TRAP CAUGHT A MAN.
olei in its Clutch, His Hair First BA
inq Turned White.


Herman Kratz, a homesteader, whs
hved seventeen miles northwest of Ely.
northeastern Minnesota. mysteriously
disappeared last September. and no
trace was ever found of him until .
few days ago. when the skeleton Of q
man supposed to have been Kratz was
found by civil engineer in a deadfall
set for bear FIVE or six miles from his
place In the deep woods. The flesh
had practically all disappeared from
the skeleton, but the sraIp and hair
still remained in part. The clothing
vas rotted away so that it was of lit
tie use for purposes of Identification.
One puzzling thing is that the hair
seems somewhat gray. while the hsil
Of the missing homes:eader was dark
brown. but 1t is thought that the ter.
ror of his situation in the bear trap
and the knowledge that he could never
escape caused his hair to whiten.
Tneodora Kratz. mother of the young
homesteader, wlo lived on a farm
seven miles from Elroy, Wis, is re-
ported here to have become insane re-
Gently over the disappearance and hon
rible death of her son.-Duluth Dis
patch In New York World
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Always an Eve to Business.

Russell Sage is as easy to reach
as any of the big men in this city"
said newspaper man whose work
has been in Wall street for third of
a century. Il used to wonder why 1t
was so and whether Uncle Russell was
more democratic than the other fell
lows. But | have finally settled upon
the reason. 1t is not fraternity and
equality, but business. Sage has money
to lend and anyone who comes may
be a possible borrower. 30 the old
man sees him"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Colonel George, our esteemed con-
temporary. is sad. He sat at his desk
in the Office of Georges Weekly up to
mis- chin clearing up stack of mail
that had accumulated during his alb
sence on the Pacific coast.
why this expression of worry?" We
ventured automatically. anxious to pry
into his secrets.
Do look worried?' he quickly in
quired. attempting to force a smile and
brush the crow tracks out of the cor
ners of his eyes 1 do? Well. my
looks belle my real feelings. True, /
cause am sick or in hard luck finan-
cially.'
"'Out with it. old boy; I'm your
friend We cut in.
well. Perry, l believe you. Find
some one to buy my quarries and I'll
give you my paper for your trouble. l
have been wabbling fins with big
hearted, broad-gauge people in Frisco
and ] yearn to enjoy some more of
their frankness. candor and good will
its an inspiration
"'You would lay aside your years Of
struggle in Colorado. then. for the
fieeting fancies that come with new en-
vironments alone-friends and ALL
friends in Colorado. who have stood by
me through thick and thin. l would
greatly dislike to say goodbye. too
that's what makes me look worried.
perhaps. But what would you do.
Perry, II you were offered $25. 900 per
year on five years contract-would
you turn it down? II that sum repre-
sented $4,000 a year more than you
could make in Colorado?
We assured him we might be in
duced to depart for pastures new un-
der circumstances of that sort.
well. old boy that's precisely what
has happened to me. In other words.
I'm mp against it. can't leave my in
vestments behind to accept the offer
made me. because. If | do, I'll lose
more than l would make by the change
in the end-and there l am. Isn't it
up to me to look worried a little If
want to-
On further probing we learned the
offer was made by a syndicate of Pa
cific coast merchants and manufac-
turerG who seem carried away with the
genius he displayed in organizing the
largest and most influential Citizens
Alliance that has yet been organized in
the country. The Pacific coast people
want to make the work a state enter
prise and feel assured Colonel George
is the man they need in their business.
AS might be expected. the editor of
this paper felt q natural pride in hav-
ing contemporary so we'll received
by the Frisco public. 1t is the old
story-a fellow has to go away from
home often to really learn his own
value"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

seer. with his wife. Jane Dowie. as
o erseer. His work began to attract
.cntion all over the country. Con-
verts rushed into Chicago and began
TO congregate around the tabernacles.
Dowie was growing.
His idea from the first was the CEN
tralization of all the money of all the
followers into the treasury of Zion,
and he grew rich amazingly fast, for
he. John Alexander Dowie. was Zion,
holding all its moneys and properties
in his own name, in the trust for the
cnurch. He was an absolute power.
In 1899 Dowie began preparations
for his general move. His agents
vent to work quietly and bought up
land along the lake above Waukegan.
forty-two miles from Chicago and
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
NZW 0Y AEAzH GIZ1ZE
LOS1EZIO NZ1P2I

Murray Dowie was not his father. and
that he was the offspring of an Eng
iish army officer a member OF the no.
bility. He said his mother had been
led to believe that her marriage to the
army officer was invalid. and that. to
save her name. she married John Muir
ray Dowie.
John Murray Dowie was Congre-
gational minister of comfortable for
tune. and young Dowie received fair
foundation for his education under
Tim and in the board schools OF his
native town. In 1860 the family re-
moved to Adelaide. Australia. and for
seven years young Dowie served as
clerk in a mercantile establishment.
In 1867. when he was 20 years old.
Bowie returned to Scotland. and. on
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Improved Shoe Attachment.

It is not at all uncommon for q
shoe lace to break at an inopportuns
moment, when one is in hurry to
catch a train, or has something In
portant to attend to. instead of at an
hour when there is plenty Of time for
repairs. The accident is not to be
wondered at, when 1t is remembered
that the lacing hook has two sharp
edges over which the string is drawn
at a sharp angle. and the movement
of the foot saws the lace over these
edges at every step. A simple but
effective arrangement to prevent this
wear is that shown in the picture.
consisting of series of flattened
rings, which are secured to the hooks
in place of the laces themselves. The
latter are inserted in the rings. which.
having no sharp edges. and present.
ing only rounded surface in contact
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Dowie showed his resourcefulness. He
was related by marriage to one Stew
enson. a Nottingham lacemaker. and
Dowie decided that lacemaking should
be the principal industry of Zion City.
He went to England. enlisted Stew
enson in the scheme. purchased new
and improved lace machinery, and
began importing skilled laborers To
educate his people in the art. He
built great brick building for his lace
factory to the east of the Northwestern
railway and prepared to start the in
dustry. His enemies made a deter
mined fight to keep out his lace ma
chinery, declaring aG1inst his impor-
tation OF skilled laborers. and seeking
to force him to pay high tariff on his
machinery.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Manufacture of Aluminium.

The worlds supply of aluminium is
produced almost solely by the electric
furnace. The processes used consist
in the electrolysis of alumina dis
solved In a molten bath of some other
more readily fusible subsequently,
the mineral cryolite, which is double
fiuoride salt of aluminium and sodium,
is used for this purpose. Theoretical
ly l electrical horse power day will
produce Al pounds of the metal; COM
mercially. however. the output is only
about 1.25 pounds. No workable pro-
cess has as yet been discovered for
producing aluminium by electrolyzing
an aqueous solution of an aluminium
salt
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
For ChanoeabIe Weather.

vention shown in the picture has been
designed. A set of sheet iron sl.oes
is provided. with steel runners, And
perforated at intervals for the in ser-
ton of bolts. When there Is a tall
Of snow the driver has only to put the
shoes on the wheels and bolt them in
position. and he is ready for sleigh
ride. with no worry over what the fu-
ture state of the weather may be.
The shoes are light enough to be
carried in the wagon when not in ase.
and should prove a great convenience
to the man who has to drive every
day
The patentees are Samuel J. and
Joha d. Phillips of New York citJ.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Stirred Up by Wolselex.

Lord Wolseley's book, The Story of
Soldiers Life" has caused a SEN
sation in official circles by reason of
its singing criticisms of the British
military policy. Lord Wolseley points
out that politicians have been allowed
the management of expert professions.
the inevitable result being disaster for
the nation. His lordship's American
"reminiscences are especially interest
ing. covering as they do a good deal of
the civil war period. during which he
had official interviews win federal
and confederate army commanders.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Arttnet., and Real Pearls,

A report from the Osaka, japan.
exposition. published in European pa
pers. says Japanese has devised q
plan for the artificial production of
pearls. His method is to put a gain
of sand or foreign substance forcibly
into pearl oysters, which he after
wards puts back in the beds. In this
way he gets pearls so like natural
pearls that connoisseurs cannot tell
them apart. 1t would be strange.
thinks one writer, If they could, for
the method employed by the japanese
is the one employed by nature. It is
a well-known fact that pearls are pro
duced by a grain of sand or s1me
other foreign substance falling into
the open oyster and being covered by
the same substance as the interior of
the shell. The pearls thus produ ced
are being sold so cheaply that a fear
is gaining ground that they may af-
feet the market for real pearls
that Is, pearls produced by accidents
to the oysters rather than by the ef-
forts of man. The artificial" pearls
are being put to exactly the same
uses as the real ones.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
Many Soldier. Statesmen.

Seven members of the present house
of representatives served as soldiers
in the war with Spain. They are
Charles Dick, nineteenth Ohio district;
Ariosta A. Wiley, second Alabama: /:
Butler Ames. fifth Massachusetts,; Aur
gust p Gardner, sixth Massachusetts,;
William Hughes. sixth New Jersey;
Francis B. Harrison, thirteenth New
York. and Wyatt Aiken third South
Carolina. They ranged in military
rank from private to lieutenant
colonel.