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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
MONTPELIER And VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mar tin Mcmahon has resumed his
duties as chief of pc lice.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gilbert of
Mortified have sold and decided their
farm and homestead to j. E. Almon
nd wife.
Two young sons of Daniel r.
Martin, formerly of Williamstown,
now principal of Pullman high school,
were among the victims of the Iroquois
theater horror.
According to the records of Barre
city court there were thirteen arrests
for intoxication during the month OF
December against ten for the same
m onth in 1909.
J. w. Beardsley, who has been the
guest of J. f. Mcdonald for a few
days returned Friday to his home in
Conneaut, o. Mrs. Beardsley will
remain in the city for few weeks
before returning home.
Lee Whitney finished work on
Thursday as deputy at the county
court house and O. B. Scott has COM
menced work in that capacity. Mr..
Scott was a Seminary student and was
captain of the foot ball team this last
fall.
In the trover case of Joseph ID.
Clo3ston VS.. Burr Brothers, in city
court Friday, after partial hearing,
the plaintiff decided to raise the ad
damnum and take the case to county
court, giving Judgment in the lower
court.
George Benjamin has bought the
John Benjamin farm aud timber lot
located between Montpelier and Barre
for So, 500. The seller takes in part
payment George Benjamin's house
near Clark Shepard's at considera-
tion of 50, 900.
The annual holiday gathering Of the
l. o. o. F. Rebekahs and their fam
lilies was held in Odd Fellows hall on
Thursday evening. Over 100 persons
were present. The exercises consisted
of songs and recitations by the chill
dren followed by the distribution of
gifts from a tree. Old and young alike
report the occasion as most enjoyable
AT the regular meeting OF the
knights of Pythias Thursday evening
the election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: George I. Archer G. c.. Carl
D. Reed, " O.; l.. @. Smith, Pre-
late; S. S. Cole, NJ W; G. w.
Luce, X. r. s.; G. W. Kinney, M.
E. ; F. D. Wing, NJ F.; j. W. Oaus,
tic, M. A.; James Welcher. trustee
for three years.
The officers of Company H, Captain
Fred B Thomas, and Lieutenants
Harry B. Moulton and Clarence H.
Senter, on Thursday received notifica-
tioD from Captain Burnham, recorder
for the First Regiment, V. N. g..
that the examinations taken by them
few days ago were passed in cred
liable manner. The commissions will
be received soon from headquarters
DiAuy PooPlo W6Ie preSeub ht blle
Swedish dance held in Forester's hall
on Thursday evening. About thirty
eight came down from Barre. Plans
are being made to form a society
among the Swedish people for social
enjoyment. The dance was a thor
ough success. Messrs. Harry Jacob
sen, Charles Anderson, Gustave For.
sell, and Linus Boyson who had
charge of arrangements for the dance
should be congratulated.
The employees of Gleason's dry
goods store enjoyed their annual sup
per on Wednesday. The table was
weighted down with dainties and a
most congenial and hearty spirit of
good will was manifested by all The
clerks in the store are the following:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
g. A. IL. ENCA MPMENT.

Morrisville, Jan. lit has been de-
oided to hold the State enoampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic
and the Woman's Relief Corps here
in February. Arrangements have been
made for the entertainment of 300
guests IN addition to what the hotels
can accommodate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
live AND learn.

1t were strange and pitiable indeed if we
did not learn as we live. But we do. The
proof of it you see on all sides. In the
healing art alone important discoveries
have been made of late years. The remedy
called Cal-cura Solvent is one. 1t is partly
the result of patient study and research,
and partly of good fortune; or, had we not
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
A Vest-Pocket Doctor

Never in the way, no trouble to
carry, easy 70 take, pleasant and never
failing in results are DeWitt's Little
Early Risers. A vial of thee little
pills in the vest pocket is certain
guarantee against headache, bilious
pess, torpid liver and all of the ills
resulting from constipation. They
tonic and strengthen the liver. Sold
by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
PLAINFIELD WEDDING.

James H. Holmes, Jr., and Mertie
M. Gallup were married at the home
of the BRIDES parents in Plainfield ON
Thursday, Dec. 81. None but mem
beers of the families of the bride and
groom were present. The young
couple were we'll remembered by the
friends and others with gifts. Mr..
Holmes is popular among wide
circle of friends both in Plainfield and
this city He is employed in the
cracker department of @. H. Gross d
Son. Mrs Holmes has endeared her
self to wide circle in Plainfield and
will carry to her new home their good
wishes The couple left, shortly after
the ceremony, to take their wedding
trip to parts unannounced before their
departure. They will be at home to
their friends, after Jan. 10, at 10
Liberty street.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

"Little Colds neglected - thou
sands of lives sacrificed every year.
DR.. Woods Noway Pine Syrup cures
little colds-cures big colds too, down
to the very verge of consumption.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

ormation was filed against them by
States Attorney Senter. The court
fixed the bail at 81 900 in each case.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

better say the leading of O
merciful Providence? Ger
tainly the sick are relieved
and cured by it as by moth
ing known before. The
man who learned how to
prepare it-Dr. David Ken
nedy, of DR.. Kennedy Row,
Rondout, N. Y.-had many
years experience in treat
inc disaase- So great una
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry

Ask today for Aliens Foot Ease, a
pow der. 1t cures Chilblains, Swollen,
Sweating, Sore, Aching, Damp feet
At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
A Guaranteed Cure tor Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will refund
the money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure you. in to IA days. SOC.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

Impossible to foresee an accident.
Not impossible to be prepared for it
DR.. Thomas Eclectric OIL. Monarch
over pain.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
IOWA CAPITOL BURNING.

Des Moines. Iowa, Jan The
State capitol. costing 5000, 600 is
burning: The flames are spreading
and it is feared the damage will DO
great.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

Riches have wings, but they don't
seem to have any tail that you can
put salt ON.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-11

The Prince Is at the the prince APP
ba.i peared in the news
was when he espoused the very beau
tiful daughter of Hazard the "Shrews-
bury catsup" man. For love of the
lady, it is said, he had resolved to give
up his princely rank, settle down as an
American citizen and earn his living
by his profession.
Boni de Castellane with his unpaid
for pictures, Auersperg with his butch
er bill, Colonna with vast and vari-
Gus miscellany of debts-the annals of
international romances" are full Of
cases where even the deepest paternal
pockets are not deep enough to meet
the needs of noble" sons-in-law.
The Princess Auersperg is fortunate,
however, in that her husband does not
return to Austria. In the court of that
empire she would have no standing.
Her wifehood would be quite regular,
not to be compared with the curious
relation of 'morganatic MARRIAGE"
but she could not attend court func-
tons where her husbands duty as we'll
as privilege would call him. She could
stay at home while he frisked with his
kind at functions which she was not
"highwell-bo enough to attend
The wife of an English nobleman
goes where he goes. The wife Of a
French nobleman does as she pleases,
rank not being supposed to have much
meaning in epublic-although it
does. But anywhere east of France
the American girl who marries into a
titled family does not herself become
either titled or entitled to shine at
court. Her position is about as strange
as it would be possible to conceive for
a girl with an American bringing up
OWEN IANGpON
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doing it by staying away from the
house. Visitors in the house galleries
ask for Tim Sullivan after satisfying
their curiosity about Mr. Cannon and
Mr.. Williams. Tim" is never present.
Congress is dull after high life at the
races or running the Dewey theater
Tim" Campbell was of the true East
side type. He lived and died within a
stone throw of Grand street, now the
Broadway Of the new ghetto. Somehow
he failed TO win CT to hold great wealth.
He was poor man when he died. He
could not even hold his place in con-
gress, where before the greater ''Tim's"
brighter shining he was a picturesque
figure.
Tim" Campbell was the original he
TO of the "chowder" story. Thus it
runs:
Meeting "1im'' at the summer out
ing of his political association one day
"a friend remarked: "This is great
hit, Tim. There must be at least 100
people here"
eleven hundred nuttin'!" said Tim
in disgust. "Deres more'n t'ousan'."
You can see that the story is old.
When an East side leader has a sum-
mer outing now he transports and
feeds from 1000 to 10000 people.
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full whether even this distance will be
covered daily just now, and it is GER
tain that night journeys will not be at
tempted.
For the custody of the line the Rus
sian authorities have enrolled a spe-
cial force of railway pioneers, number
ing nearly 10000 picked men. OF
course now, in view of the war, these
railway guards have been doubled, and
probably an equal number will have
been added to them again in order to
ensure it's protection. The attitude OF
the local population alongside the line
is unlikely to cause very much difficult
ty. 1t is the wanton destruction by
mounted brigands and the attacks
which these bands may make upon any
isolated post that will be the greatest
source of trouble to the Russians.
The native population take kindly
enough to the Russian occupation of
Manchuria, and so long as they are not
treated too brutally they will come for
ward readily with supplies, transport.
and animals. A Chinaman will do al
most anything for money, and while
the Russian authorities may not pay
much for what they commander, if
they pay at all the local people will as
sist willingly, or, at least, remain quiz
escent. The villagers are devoted to
their fields, and it is incredible that
they will desert their homesteads for
any very long space. If the Russian
authorities once show that they are
anxious to appease native apprehen-
sions, the settlers will remain, nothing
causing them TO retire, not even the oc-
caslonal burning of village. There
Will be a good many villages burnt in
Manchuria but as both sides may be
said to understand the people in whose
country they are operating, one can
rest assured that, as far as possible,
methods of balbs rism" will be- omit
ted from the war;
The line threads the heart of an ag-
ricultural country, particularly in that
part officially described as the Chinese
Eastern railway. This is the section
which unites Port Arthur with Hardin
The main line, continuation of the
grand trunk system of European Rus
STA, and running from Moscow to Vlad-
iFostok, is known popularity as the
Trans-Siberian railway. Hardin and
Mukden are quite near the Chinese
Eastern railway. fiarbin may be said
70 be placed upon the outer edge of the
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of the coop, and are placed far enough
from the front and the back to fit inside
the coop. The cracks are battened.
The floor (d) is made to slip in at the.
back like a drawer. This coop is very
easily summed and cleaned on account.
of the removable floor and roof. Tho
eight-inch board at the top in front has;
holes bored in for ventilation. A wood
en- button on top board and a two-incas
strip at the bottom holds on the frame
of wire screen which is used stormy
days when the chicks are too young to-
run out, and on warm nights. AT 9th
er times Slated wooden front (b) is
used.
make this coop in two sizes-a single
coop 20 inches square. "a inches high
in front and 16 inches in the back. and a
double coop is 80 inches long and "a
inches wide. A removable lath parai-
ton (c) divides it.-Orange JndR
Farmer
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great Manchurian plain which stretch
es, monotonously level, from The Lao
tung peninsula as far as the Amur
river and composes the three provinces
of Manchuria. Mukden is we'll within
it's center, flourishing, populous, old
world city, but, like Cologne, of evil
SAVIOR. The fields, vast and teeming with
life, stretch to the horizon on either
side, revealing in their orderly appear
ance careful industry and an unceas-
ing labor.
There are villages innumerable on
either side of the line; but since the
Boxer disturbances clean sweep has
been made for some 200 yards east and
west of the permanent way. Within
this area no settlement is allowed, and
just as British blockhouses in South
Africa were built right alongside the
permanent way, so within this little
reservation there are to be found only
the quarters of the railway forces de-
tailed to guard the line. There are
innumerable bridges and culyerts, the
security of which has been entrusted to
specially selected men. The strength
of these picllets varies between five and
25 men, although, of course, at the
really important bridges an entrenched
position, supported by artillery, has
been taken up.
The line has been constructed more
with 81 regard for convenience than
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-11
EVOLUTION OF THE CHICK.
A Study in Embryology Which Cam
not Fail to Be of Interest to
Poultry Raisers.

One of the best means OF studying
embryology is the egg of the fowl
any breed will do. So alike arc tho
embryos of such vastly different be-
ings, as the fish, the fowl, reptiles, the
horse, the man, at certain correspond
ing stages in their prenatal career thas
only skilled scientist can tell ''tother
from which" All animals start life aB
single cell (none larger than the size
OF pin point, and although the proc
esses Of nutrition are dissimilar, The
principles are practically the same.
The incubator has scarcely gone on
its Matching career or the hen has
scarcely set on her eggs IL hours be-
fore some lineaments of the head ana
body of the chicken appear. The heart
may be seen to beat at the end OF the
second day. 1t has at this time some
what the form of a horseshoe, but no
blood yet appears. At the end OF two
days two vesicles of blood are to be dis
tnguished; the pulsation of which is
very visible. One Of these is the left
ventricle, and the other the root OF
the great artery. At the fiftieth hour
an auricle of the heart appears. 70
sembling moose folded down upon IT.
self. The beating of the heart is first
observed in the auricle, and afterwards
In the ventricle At the end OF the seY-
entleth hour the wings are distin guish--
able; and on the head two bubbles are
seen for the brain, one for the bill, and
two for the fore and hind parts OF the
head. Towards the end of four days the
two auricles already visible draw nearer
to the heart than before The liver APP
pears toward the fifth day. Al the end
OF l31 hours, the first voluntary motion
is observed. At the end of seven hours
more the lungs and stomach become Wis
ible, and four hours later the intestines.
the loins and the upper jaw At the one
hundred and forty-fourth hour two ven
trlcles are visible and two drops of blood,
instead of the single one as seen before.
The seventh day the brain begins to have
some consistency. At the one hundred
and ninetieth hour OF incubation the bjls
opens and the flesh appears on the breast.
In four hours more the breastbone is
seen. In six hours after this the ribs
appear, forming from the back, and tho
bill is very visible. as we'll as the gall
bladder The bill becomes green at the.
end of 236 hours; and, if the chicken be-.
taken out of it's covering, it evidently
moves itself. The feathers begin to
shoot out toward the two hundred and
fortieth hour. and the skull becomes.
gristly. At the two hundred and sixty.
fourth hour the eyes appear. At the.
two hundred and eighty-eighth the ribs.
are perfect. At the three hundred and
thirty-first the spleen draws near the.
stomach and the lungs to the chest. AT.
the end of 1855 hours the bill frequently
opens and shuts, and at the end OF the
eighteenth day the first chirp of the
chicken is heard.-Wilcox Review.
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FIo.2

If soft wood must be used it is we'll to
line the covers and doors with tin,
which needs only to be tackled on. The
doors must slide very easily or they
will swell up in wet weather and rem
der the trap imperative. The weights
for the doors are bolt nuts (about one
half inch boltsl and must be heavy
enough that no mouse can lift them
But the main thing with catching
mice is the bait. We use either corn
(ears) cut into discs, bacon rind, or
cheese, according to where we wish to
set the trap. We use corn in the
smokehouse or cellar, and bacon rind in
the corncrib. The trap has been in use
since November l, 1908, and was baited
with bacon rind and set in a corncrb
adjoining the barn, where it has caught
GO mice up to this time, January 4,
1904. We let the cat or dog take the
mice out when they are caught
Joseph B. Bell, in Ohio Farmer.
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Vladivostok to st. Petersburg is $500
miles; from Vladivostok to the west
ern frontier of Manchuria at Kaida-
lovo is 1,120 miles, from Dalny to Har-
bin, where there is the junction for
VladivostolS, $50 miles; from Hardin
to the western frontier of Manchuria
again is TAG miles, the distance from
Kaidalovo to Port Arthur being 1900
miles. There are stations every 25
miles apart, and the working capacity
of the line at the present moment is
estimated at four troop trains every "a
hours. A troop train with supplies
complete, including the various i'm
pedimenta of the troops, will not hold
more than 400 men. If anything, this
estimate is little excessive. From
Moscow the dispatch of trains as far as
1rkutsk, perhaps, may be as many as
II to Is trains in the day; but beyond
Irllutsk the difficulty of crossing Lake
Baikal reduces this 10 three or four at
an outside figure every "a hours The
rate of progress of one train on the
average of the entire line is less than
200 miles day. 1t is, however, doubt
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-11

when rents are leaping to
height never known before and
the consequent suffering is great.
Twice in year rentals upon East side
tenements have been advanced 20 per
cent. Before the first advance they
We're already extremely high, paying
better profits than more slightly apart
ment houses uptown pay from the rent
money of the -well-to-do. Now the
rates are indecent, abominabe
There are many reasons The homes
of crowded thousands were swept away
to make room for bridge approaches.
Others have been dispossessed for small
parks, for schools, for the inevitable
change of downtown districts into bust
ness quarters. Manhattan, fixed be-
tween her great rivers, cannot grow
The process of tearing down three
story and putting up seven-story tene-
ments, up whose painful stairs child
dren and feeble, ill-nourshed women
must toll many times day, often in
binding heat, has been checked by
building trade strikes.
Greatest of all causes however, is
INC eoaiHueu luH,lA ol immigrants
Five thousand came in day not long
ago. The Cunard company in a much
criticized contract with the Hungarian
government has arranged to run a line
of new ships. bought unfinished upon
the stocks for the purpose, between
Fiume, the seaport of Hungary, and
New York. These new ships are enor-
nous in size, designed for steerage pas
sage mainly. People keep on pouring
in, and unlike the earlier immigrants
they do not dispense about the country,
but gather at the gates. Hence the
amazing emigration within the city it.
self of 10000 people from old New
York into Brooklyn within three
months.
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THE IRRIGATION PROBLEM.
Experience Proves That It Should Be
Studied with Care in All Parts
Of the Country.

We have usually considered till very
recent years that it paid to irrigate land
only in those countries in which the
rainfall was insufficient to supply the
crops with the needed moisture. But it
is being learned that irrigation pays
even in lands where the rainfall is suf-
ficient In most years. Illinois has an an
nual precipitation of about 35. inches
and Italy an annual precipitation of
about 40 inches. Few farmers in Hill
nois would think it profitable to irrigate,
yet in Italy many thousands of farmers
are irrigating and consider it money
we'll spent, as crop insurance. The
leading crops in the irrigated regions
are corn, wheat and oats Mulberry
trees are also irrigated, and the irriga-
ton increases the yield of the mulberry
leaves about one-third. The farmers
there declare that irrigation enables
them to grow a crop of corn after the
wheat. and to Increase the yield of al
falfa and clover 100 per cent.
Most OF the irrigation work there is
organized on the cooperative basis. The
largest of these cooperative associations
has $4,000 members and controls the ir-
rigation of 123,500 acres of land. The
system under the control of this asso-
citation comprises 1900 miles of canals
and bitches. The main society is divid-
ed into 40 subordinate societies, each of
which elects a member to general as
sembly, which directs the policy of the
association. The farmers there pay
about six dollars per year for the water
ing of each acre. Under such condi-
ton, crop failure is impossible
Farmers Review.
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mathematical accuracy 1t is somewhat
unevenly laid and very poorly finished.
1t is, OF course, a single line but one,
however, which possesses eXtraordin-
airy siding facilities. The rails are "a
pounds; they are not fixed on chairs,
being merely nailed down with ten
inch nails to the sleepers. In many
cases the line threads the level of val
legs, and suffers in consequence a liza
bility to inundation at the time Of the
rains. Again, too. the embankment is
weak, while the ballast consists Of
rock, indifferently broken, thrown
loosely between the sleepers. Before
the line can be freely used as chan
mel of communication between Europe
and Asia, it requires complete recon-
struction. and it was upon this gigan-
tic task that the Russian authorities
were engaged before the war Prior to
the Boxer disturbances it was quite ev-
ident that partial, if not complete, re-
construction OF the line was required
before 1T could be put to ordinary COM
merclal uses In some sections this
work had already commenced when the
Boxer outbreak removed the necessity
OF making any further improvements
Since then, time has not been found to
attempt more than a patchwork resto-
ration, although just before this present
war the decision to push ahead with
the reconstruction was attained. War,
however, has interviewed once again,
and the future of the railway is now
so obscure that all further work upon
it must be Indefinitely postponed
ANGUS HAMILTON