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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
ODELL VICTORIOUS.

Saratoga, N. Y, Sept l6.-The
unanimous action of the convention in
the nomination of Lieut.. Gov. Frank
W. Higgins for the governorship
yesterday was made possible by the
withdrawal of former Lieut.. Gov.
Timothy l.. Woodruff from the race at
the very last moment, as the conven-
tion was preparing for the roll call
by the individual delegates as called
for in the resol introduced in the
interest of Mr.. Woodruff's candidacy,
and at the demand of the Kings coun-
ty delegates. 1t was only when, as
he himself said, it became obvious
to his practiced ear that the oonven-
tion was almost solidly against him
nomination in speech by William A.
Pendergast of Brooklyn, in which she
management of the Higgins campaign
was bitterly attacked, that Mr.. Wood
ruff took the platform, withdrew his
name from further consideration,
moved that the non ination of Lieu
tenant Governor Higgins be made
unanimous and pledged the fullest
efforts of himself and his Kings
county forces in aid of the ticket
about to be nominated. There was
no contest whatever over any other
place upon the ticket.
The State ticket as made up is as
follows: For Governor. Frank W.
Higgins of Cattauraugus.
For lieutenant-govern M. Linn
Bruce of New York.
For secretary of State, John F.
OBrien of Clinton.
For attorney general, Julius M.
Mayer of New York.
For comptroller, Otto Kelsey of
Livingston.
For State treasurer, John G.. Wal
lenmaier of Erie.
For State engineer and surveyor,
Henry A. Van Alsyne of Columbia.
For chief judge of the court of APP
peals, Edgar M. Cullen Dem. OF
Kings.
For associate judge of the court oil
appeals, William E. Werner rep
of Monroe.
The platform starts out with the
endorsement Of Roosevelt as follows:
The Republicans of the Empire
State, the home of Theodore Roose
welt, in convention assembled, fifty
years after the birth of the party
congratulate the country on thu
splendid results of the recent election
in Oregon, Vermont ana Maine, ant
the inspiration they have given to thu
cause of Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
I'VE repeat and confirm the pledge
made to President Roosevelt by oul
State convention two years ago, o
unfaltering confidence and unwaverinl
support.
We again record our appreciation
of his honesty, his wisdom. his cour
age and patriotism, and of the salts
factory result of his administrator
which has been one of pertormanc
unsurpassed in American history.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

Working six days out of every seven
on the construction work of the New
England Telephone company in Marl-
boro, Mass. there are two gray horses
whose ages aggregate eighty-four
years This statement is vouched for
by the animals owner, Herbert K.
Lathe, who has had them for forty
years himself, and says he would not
sell them for $1,000. He bought the
pair in st, Johnsbury, when they
were two years old, finished breaking
them himself, and he says they never
had sick day. They show every
indication of being able to do as much
work as they ever did. In fact, the
owner says they can do more work in
eight hours than the younger animals
working beside them, and he claims
for them the championship of the
world for age and ability. They are
of Arabian blood. their sires and
dams being imported about sixty
years ago,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

One hundred Thousand registered
women voters are expected to decide
the fate of the two parties in Colora'
do, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho this
year. Should they vote solidly for
Parker, the Democrats would carry
all four States. Otherwise the result
may be different. 1t is not likely
that the women will vote any more
solidly than the men. In fact, di-
vision of the family vote is exception.
al Most of the households are har'
mouious in their political affiliations,
though, of course, there are occasions
al exceptions to the rule.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD.

Rutland, Sept. l6.-Eugene Kiley,
freight conductor on the Rutland rail-
rood, began suit for damages Of
$40, 900 in Rutland county court this
morning While on duty several
months ago on train he climbed to
the end Of the car and the iron run
ming ladder gave him a fall between
the cars He lost one leg and the
other 10 practically useless.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
BIZ RELY Sd TED.

Halifax, N S., Sept. 6-Oonster-
nation reigned throughout the entire
city yesterday when a fire on the
water front was raging at its height
and fearful southerly gale was
sweeping it toward the center of the
business section. A shift of wind
however, and the dynamiting of a
dozen buildings saved the city and the
loss was about half million instead
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

One of natures remedies; cannot
harm the weakest costitution; never
fails to cure summer complaint of
young or old. DR.. Fowler's Extract
of Wild Straw berry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

It's folly to suffer from that hor.
rible plague of the night, itching
piles. Doan's Ointment cures, quick
ly and permanently At any drug
store, SOC.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

H. Gassaway Davis won't come
down with the dough" Notices of
reduction in wages may soon be ex-
peoted at the Democratic national
headquarters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

Takes the burn out; heals the
wound; cures the pain. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, the household remedy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

Consistency is a much-imitated jewel.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
White Ants Useful

A white ants nest Is about the last
thing In the world one would expect
to be of practical service to mankind,
yet in Western Australia white ants
and their nests are put to a variety Of
economic uses.
In the first place, the aborigines
sometimes eat the ants, and there are
even a few white residents who have
tasted them for the sake of experience,
and say they are not bad. But it Is
not a habit with the aborigines to eat
the insects; they prefer to devour the
mold out Of which the ants build their
nests.
Capital ovens are frequently impro-
vised by the Australian prospector out
of these white ant molds. They make
a solid floor. almost like cement. for
the settlers huts: and in the township
of Derby, in Western Australia, they
have been turned to profitable use hSf
being rolled in as a top layer on the
public roads.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Havana'sGolgOtha

When Americans visit Havana they
are confronted with many peculiar
customs. One of the most startling
and revolving is that which prevails
in regard to the dead. Colon Gene
terry, a beautiful burial ground, laid
put in romantic walks. arched with
superb trees and adorned with costly
monuments and classic cenotaphs, is
the last home for all, grandee and
peasant alike.
The rainbow effects of the city's
architecture are carried out here, as
revealed in the various colors of the
crosses which mark the graves; but
suddenly. and without warning, the
vision is astonished with a grotesque
contrast, which is truly a shocking
commentary upon civilization.
1t appears that the ground in this
cemetery is leased, not sold, and II
after a term of five years the renewal
rent is not paid the dead forfeit their
resting places. The bodies are ruth
lessly dug UP and cast into a common
heap, exposed to public view along
with thousands of other skulls and
bones of men, women and children
who can never be traced by posterity.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Japan Divorce

A recent issue OF a Japanese statisti-
cal pamphlet in japanese and French
reveals some curious facts OF a social
character. According to this report
there were in japan IN the year 1888
80, 42S maria ges. The age of mar
riage seems to be nearer that common
ly prevailing in Europe and America
than most persons suppose. OF men
only five are married under the age of
13. and only los under the age OF l6.
Nearly 5400 married between the ages
of Is and IS The number OF mar
ria ges increased rapidly up to the age
OF q. when il was rather more than
26.O00. After that age fewer and fewer
men married and less than 1000 mar
ried between the ages of 4S and AZ.
though a few men married in extreme
old age.
In the case of girls there were only
5S marriages under the age of IA. and
the age at which the greatest number
of marriages was reported was between
20 and 81 Only about 900 women were
reported as marrying between the ages
of 40 and Al. but perhaps japanese
women are prone, like their Western
sisters, to cease having birthdays after
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

wild animals down, but the mustangs
scattered ard the cowbo.7s were COM
PEELED to give chase as best they could.
Then followed one Of the most ex-
citing chases in the history of the
Western plains. Frank James follow
ed one bunch OF twelve head TO Pi-
cards winter camp. where he succeed
ed in corralinE them, but during the
night the wild animals broke down
the corral ard escaped. Othsr MEM
bers of the party stayed on the trail
until they had run down twenty head.
but in order TO overpower the brutes
IT was necessary to slay two stations
that led the bunch
The riders were not able to change
horses during the chase. and gave
their mounts the toughest kind of a
test. Kise Eads had the most ex-
citing experience. being out two nights
and one day in the mountains without
either food or shelter
The Wild mustangs have been caus-
ing ranchmen no end of trouble for
years. The herd has steadily increased
and all efforts to capture or kill the
animals has heretofore proved of 70
ovail.-Philsdelphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Valise Boat

A boat large enough to carry six
persons may be carried in valise or
corner of a trunk. This is because
the principle of the pneumatic tire has
been applied with such success to boat
building. These boats are of two
kinds, either of rubber cloth inflated
with air and divided into two COM
partments, or of series of inflated
tubes coiled lengthwise. These are
fitted with pneumatic seats. and the
oarlocks are buckled on the sides.
When debated they are reduced to the
smallest conceivable weight and COM
pass. and the process occupies only
few moments.
Experiments prove that these craft
Will not founder I'm the heaviest seas.
They are so buoyant when filed with
air that they will float a weight Of
several hundred pounds, while the
rubber Of which they are constructed
is absolutely proof against puncture.
This invention promises an entirely
new era in bodybuilding for purposes
OF sport and travel.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

with a higher average pressure. To
such a successful point have these prin-
ciples been carried, that the latest
types of gun, such az the one herewith
shown, have fully so per cent greater
velocity than the guns of 10 or Is years
ago. The gun weighs % tons. has a
total length of 37.2 feet, a bore of 9.2
inches, and measures 36 inches in ex-
ternal diameter at the breech and Is
inches at the muzzle. 1t fires a $50
pound projectile with a muzzle veloc-
ity of 1900 feet per second, and a muz-
etration of wrought iron at the muzzle
is 81 inches, and at the minimum fight
ing range of 1000 yards its projectile
striking squarely would pass through
IL inches of Krupp steel. SO that the
water line armor of practically every
battleship ahoat would be penetrable
by this gun.
The piece is built by the wire wound
method 1t consists OF an inner tube
containing the powder chamber, and
the rifing, over which is shrunk
heavier inclosing tube of gun steel, and
upon this is wound, under very high
tension, the wire upon which the gun
mainly depends for it's tangential
strength. Over the wire is shrunk on
a single heavy jacket which extends
from the breech for nearly two-thirds
of the length Of the gun, and chase
hoop or tube, which extends to the
muzzie, which latter is slightly swelled
to a large diameter, to give the extra
reinforcement needed to prevent split
ting at this point.-Scientific Ameri-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Show Bottles

Apothecaries were once in the habit
of using a red light as a sign of their
trade. 1t so happened one night that
a druggist found himself without the
necessary red light, so as substitute
he placed bottle of red liquid in the
window with a candle behind 1t. He
was so well pleased with the effect
that he placed another bottle of red
liquid in another window.
This sign made such brave show
ing that an envious rival cast about
for means of improving the sign. He
hit on the scheme of placing a bottle OF
yellow liquid by the side of the red
one and then surpassed his previous
efforts and carried all before him by
placing green bottle by the side Of
the yellow one. The three made a
sign which caught the approval of the
town, and all the druggists quickly
followed in the footsteps of their more
original rivals.
The bottles were later replaced by
the handsome colored vases which are
now such a familiar sign all over the
world.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
TEJLA'S IS
HKy7ER/OU5
TOWER

leading to the bottom. From there
tunnels have been built in all directions
until the entire ground below the little
plain on which the tower is raised has
been honeycombed with subterranean
passages.
They tell with awe how Mr.. Tesla, on
hts weekly visits to Wardenclyffe,
spends as much time in the under
ground passages as he does on the
tower or in the handsome laboratory
and workshop erected beside it. and
where the power plant for the world
telegraph has been installed.
No instruments have been installed
as yet in the transmitter. nor has Mr..
Tesla vouchsafed any description of
what they will be like. But in his arti-
Gle he announces that he will transmit
from the tower an electric wave of a
total maximum activity of ten million
horsepower This, he says, will be
possible with a plant of but 100 horse
power, by the use of magnifying
transmitter of his own invention and
certain articles which he promises to
make known in due course.
What he expects to accomplish is
summed up in the closing para graph as
follows
when the great truth, accidentally
revealed and elperimentaliy confirmed,
is fully recognized, that this planet,
with I'll it's appalling inlmensity, is to
electric currents virtually no more than
a small metal ball and that by virtue
of this fact many possibilities, each
battling ina gination and of incalculable
consequence, are rendered absolutely
sure of accomplishment; when the first
plant is inaugurated and 1t is shown
that telegraphic message, almost as
secret and non-interferable as a
thought, can be transmitted to any ter
restrial distance, the sound of the
human voice, with all its intonations
and infections. faithfully and instantly
reproduced at any other point of the
globe, the energy of a waterfall made
available for supplying light, heat or
motive power, anywhere-on sea, or
land, or high in the air-humanity will
be like an antheap stirred up with a
stick. See the excitement coming!''
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

next. He prayed half an hour before
the block, then raised himself to die
and was led away, the King sending
word that the order Of execution had
been changed So forth came Gotham,
and having made his last declaration,
prepared to take farewell of the world,
when the Sheriff stayed the execution,
and brought forth Markham and Grey
all three thinking that the other two
had been executed. They were told,
after having suffered 80 agony of all
but death itself. that their lives would
be spared. Raleighs experience was
similar. That was how they used to
make death sentences act as "a deter
rent in the good old days. There
would be danger for those who tried
a repetition to-day.-St. James Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Can Ducks Smell?

1t has been often asked whether or
not ducks can smell. Some hunters
cite from their experiences instances
that seem to show ducks can smell.
others that ducks cannot. Now the nat
uralist would say that ducks, owing to
their habit, have no need to smell and
hence cannot. This rule is not infalli-
BILE. but generally holds good. Any
wild thing with such eyes as ducks
have does not need to smell. Nature
seems to have given birds a discerning
nose. A fox win look straight at a man
and not see him, even when only few
feet away, provided he does not smell
him or the man does not move. A duck
will not only see a man standing per-
fectly still at a long distance, regard
less of the wind, but win notice ana
change in the landmarks OF it's
haunts or feeding grounds.-Outing.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Japan's Cadets

Japan's system OF selecting naval
cadets is altogether unlike the Ameri-
can system OF appointment by Con-
gressmen. II a Japanese bow wishes
10 become a naval cadet he must first
graduate from the public school. Then
he must pay his own expenses at a
naval preparatory school These ex-
pelses are equivalent in American
money to about IS a month. Having
graduated from the preparatory school
he forthwith enters the naval college,
and from tsat time on his expenses are
borne by the Government. Any Jap
anese boy who has the necessary men
tai, physical and financial qualifica
tions can thus become naval cadet.
IL was z very proud moment for the
writer. you may be sure, when he first
donned the uniform OF the handa
School and became one Of the 400 stu
dents there. The Uniform was plain.
consisting OF a simple blue jacket with
a single row OF brass buttons, plain
blue trousers ard naval cap OF Eng
liEh pattern.
Our arms were not calculated to
strike terror TO even the most timid
heart, since they were nothing but
mock wooden guns. Yet we boys must
have fancied that the martial spirit Of
the old-time sumurai dwelt in those
harmless make-believe muskets, for it
would have been difficult, indeed. to
md e hercer looking lot of youthful
warriors than we were at drill.
What did we study2 First Of all the
japanese and Chinese languages, deiv-
ing a little into the classics of both.
Then we were obliged to write c0mpo-
sitiOns in japanese and Chinese, and
disliked the tasks just IS heartily a3
American bows do their English and
Latin compositions. We were taught
English, also. and compositions in that
language were added TO our other tor
lures. Arithmetic. algebra, a short
course in Japanese history. a short
course in geography and fres-hand
drawing. including map work-surely
this was enough for boys of Is or Il
years OF age, I feel sure that all Of
my young American readers viii agree
with me on this point. Elementary mill
itary drill and instruC on in rowing
were elective branches; but there were
few boys who did not take them UP.
Five days and a half every week
were devoted to these studies. The
discipline was not unnecessarily strict.
and on the whole our life was even jol-
lier than American boar ding school life.
We were a fun-ioving lot Of bows, and
many were the pranks we played upon
each other Even our instructors did
not always escape. But -hazing" as
the term is understood in this country.
is unknown 10 japanese students
Teiichi Yamagata's "A japanese Mid
6y" in St Nicholas
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

they pass 50. There were a few mar
Eiages of very old women UP to and
beyond the age OF 80.
The civil state of the women marry
ing Is significant. More than 247,oO0
of the whole number are reported as
maidens. and nearly $500 as widows,
while nearly 80, 500 were divorced wom
en- Astonishing are the divorce sta
tlstics of Japan. In this report it is
shown that with fewer than 100000
marriages reported in the year, there
We're more than $4,000 divorces. The
proportion of divorces to marriages
was about one to four.
The fact is that japanese civiliza-
ton is most conspicuously weak in the
matter Of the status of women Di-
vorce is easy. In fact the seven causes
laid down by Confucius are allowed.
One of these permits a man to divorce
his wife for talking too much. Among
the lower classes divorce is extremely
frequent. IL is less so among the up
per classes. mainly because concubin-
age is common. The divorced wife pa
tiently endures her lot. and leaves the
house of her lord with a blessing for
him unon her lips.
1t IS a rare thing for a woman in
Japan to seek divorce. though hus-
bands frequently give sufficient cause.
The fact that the care of the children
would fail upon the wife should she OBJ
tain a divorce is sufficient deterrent
to the mothers who are poor, and the
condition Of extreme subsection suf-
fered by nearly all Japanese women
probably deters wealthy wives from
seeking divorce.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Queens Robes

Royal annals have never recorded a
more varied and extensive wardrobe
than that which belonged to the ''Vir-
gin Queen" Even at the age Of IS.
when she might be supposed to have
outlived her youthful vanity, she pos
sessed ninety-nine complete official
costumes, 102 French gowns, 100
robes with trains and 81 without, 126
antique dresses, 136 bodices, 125
tunics, not to mention such trifies as
96 mantles, S5 dressing gowns and 81
fans.
1t is possible that she had an ugly
foot. for she possessed only nine pairs
of shoes, which, considering her ex-
travagances in other articles Of ap-
parel, must have some meaning. At
her death 1000 articles were found
duly catalogued in her wardrobe
which had adorned her proud person.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Death Sentences

The present agitation in England TO
abolish the DronouncIag of the death
sentence in cases where il is patent
that capital punishment viii not follow
win probably meet with the approval
of NEST people who desire that the law
should lose nothing of .ts dignity and
at the same time have nothing of IN
necessary horror added. The Lord
Chancellor pleads for the retenticn of
the form, saying that the rassing of
the death sentence will at a. :: deter
rent James l juggled with death SEN
tences in this manner and cot himself
rather badly disliked for it.. over the
plot in which Raleigh, Gotham. Grey
ard others were implicated he had the
less puissant ones put to death and
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Wild Chase

A wild horse chase that lasted two
days and three nights. and took the
riders over 100 miles of the toughest
country Of Northern Wyoming was
the thrilling experience of a party Of
Thermopolis rangers last week.
The party was headed by c. II. Eads
and included Alison Shoemaker, Frank
James, Dick Buckmaster. Vince
Haynes. Tom Walsh, Frank Berg and
Dan Winslow lDenver JakeD. About
1900 wild mustangs. headed by twenty
magnificent stations. were located on
the plains near the head Of Nowater
The rangers spread out and located
themselves back on the plains in re-
lays, while two men started the bunch
toward them. Il had been arranged
for each relay Of horsemen to chase
the mustangs toward the mountains,
in the hope that by relaying with fresh
horses they would be able to run the
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

housework. but out-Cf- door work as
Well. Like the coolies. they wean
trousers and stand knee-deep in the
slush of the rice paddles, guide the
water buffaloes at the plow, or bind
up the straw to dry On the trees. This
is the japanese idea of hay stack,
and makes the trees look as If they
were wearing skirts.
Cne of the novel sights is the old
women mowers, clipping the lawns
with scissors as neatly as lawn
mower, and stopping now and then to
gossip over their tea. Both in China
and Japan the tending or silk worms
is lot cnly done by women, but is re-
garced as an elegant duty. In China
each year the Empress inauSurates 1t
ceremonially, as the Emperor does the
spring plowing. In each country the
other important indnsfry-the tea
growing-is largely in the hands Of
women.