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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

has caused great sorrow and p~erplexity
among the officials of the government.
1t was very unfortunate in all of its
aspects, especially SO for Capt. Cowles,
who has just been severely criticised
for the collision of his ship with the
Illinois. While the navy department
was profoundly impressed with the
news of the Russian warship horror,
and congratulating itself that such
terrible accidents, never occur in the
American navy, there came upon
the heels of this news the &C.
count of the Missouri explosion. The
effect was stunning. The President
at once started a subscription ''to be
used for the dependent kinsfolk of the
enlisted men, who persisted. The ex-
act cause Of the disaster may never
be known. 1t is thought that the affair
was an unavoidable accident. There
are those who suggest that the use OF
smokeless powder may have had some.
thing to do with the explosion. Its
nature is not yet very we'll under
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28
A REOTION.

A statement crept into our news
columns of yesterday to the effect that
the Hon. Joseph A. DeBoer of Mont
pelier had said he would not accept
the nomination for the governorship
under any circumstances. Our un
Outstanding of Mr.. DeBoer's letter
was that he would not engage in a
campaign for the nomination for the
office of governor. although he did
not attempt to conceal the fact that
he would highly appreciate an cleo.
tion to this important Office; and so
far as we have heard he has not
changed his position. We make this
statement in simple justice to all con-
cerned Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28
"BATTER opp

Who cares who'll mead the Democratic
band?
Who cares who'll be the coming
White House tenant?
We only know the seasons open, and
We know our club is going TO win
the pennant.
why, sure we will!
At least, until
Percentages are r~eckoned,)
And it's Wow wowi
And watch him, now -
And shoot the ball to second.
Who cares il Jap or Russian win their
game?
UNLESS they use baseball instead Of
canister
Our club will climb the steps which
lead to fame,
And never hint that they may slide
the banister!
For on the day
That starts the play,
Let's all csvort in clover;
And it's Hi, vi!
Good eye! good eye!"
And Make him put 'em over!"
o, Literature and Art may be divine,
3 But love of baseball is so much
more rational;
TITS true the Muses. were a famous
Nine,
But was the bunch American" or
National ?"
And could they play
The game today
And bat. or stop, hot timers?
For it's oh, oh!
YOU'RE slow you're slow
Go back and join the minors"
Chicago Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28
"a SdrSapariHa
Tested and tried for over go
- AA VI years. A regular doctors medi-
cine. or course you know ii.
Then do not forget it. isSae Ay9 SSs;
APRIL.

Nor buds, nor blades, nor breath of
breezy tones,
Only the gray gull haunts the mead
ow side,
The wild duck dips his breast be-
meath the tide,
And Ger the waste Of waters strange.
ly means;
News the meek house cat on the chill
ly sill,
And loudly shrieks the braggsrt
chantioleer,
AS t1ocks of vagrant fowl forsake
the mere
To prance in plumed professions up
the hill.
Not yet the woodpecker begins his
tap,
Nor doth the blackbird's thrill salute
the air
To rouse the recreant from his lag
gard:lsir,
In soft indulgence of an o'erdrawn
nap;
Fain would 1 fly to that fair cline
which Fate
Forbids-those soft and sunny isles,
Where Beauty's balmy breath the
hour beguiles,
And natures almoners on wret ohed-
ness doth wait.
"A. I. L.. in New York Mail.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

The cosmopolitan nature OF New
York's population was we'll illustrated
in a damage suit tried in a court there
the other day. The plaintiff was an
Italian woman, widow of an Italian,
who had been knocked down and
fatally injured by a team driven by a
Greek boy. The team was owned by
a partnership of thirty Chinese. An
Irish policeman arrested the Greek
boy. A German doctor treated the
injured Italian. A Jewish coroner
exonerated the Greek boy. The three
lawyers in the case were respectively
OF Italian. Saxon, and English origin
and the presiding Justice was Irish.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

AT last the United States has a per-
feet title to the Panama Canal. The
French canal company has ratified the
sale and has decided to the United
States all its right title and interest
in the canal, and the members of the
company are now waiting with impa-
thence for their money. AS soon as
that money is paid over, the company
will cease to exist and cease to occa-
sion comment throughout the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

81 had a running. itching sore on
my leg. Suffered fortunes. 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, 1904-04-28
GOING TO DeBOER.
FOR GOVERNOR, J. A. DeBoER,


If any n thing was made clearer
than another at the gathering of Re-
publicans at Burlington the other day,
1t was that the voters of the State are
moi satisfied with the avowed candi-
dates seeking the governorship nomi-
nation. The State has in the past
eight years had SO much of the man
seeking the office, a general revulsion
OF feeling is the result, and now there
is a disposition on the part of the
voters to choose their own oandi-
dates. Messrs. Bell, Stanton and
Clement, may all be good men for
the office, but they are seeking and
asking it. The Times believes the
occasion has arrived whenNthe voters
desire to seek the man, and that there
IS n such, on whom all can unite as
being a thoroughly fit candidate for
the office-Joseph A. DeBoer of Mont
pelier.
Mr.. DeBeor has said he is not a
candidate, said it, and has acted, in a
way that convinced all that he meant
it. But he has not said he would re-
fuse the governorship. Mr.. DeBoer
is a man exceptionally we'll qualified
to fill the Governors chair. He is a
man of the traditional Vermont integ-
rity and breadth of character; he is
progressive and aggressive, and has
the confidence of the voters OF the
State, who believe in him because of
what he is and what he has done.
1t elected Governor he would be
more than an executive igurehead.
He is a man of action, a man who be-
lieves Vermont is rs good a State to
in as to leave, and which has a
as we'll as a past. What he
stands for in affairs of the State may
be summed up in these words OF his
own, written by him the latter part of
last year: What the thinking men
the State want are better roads, a
use of public charters, intelli-
gent supervision Of corporations, a
spent tax, the best attainable
public schools, the increase and pro-
lection of our forests, better attention
to the local government of our towns
and more attention in their proper
time to affairs of State than to less
relevant issues. Barre Daily Times.
The general sentiment among the
Mead workers seems to be in favor of
J. A. DeBoer, of Montpelier, and DR..
Mead for the two places, and they
'eem to feel. judging from what they
saw and heard at the conventions at
Burlington, that Mr.. De9oer, under
The right circumstances, can be in
iuced to enter the field. st. Adams !
Truth compels us to say that one of
he most noticeable features of the
gatherings was the fire.
Iuency with which the name of the
Hon. Joseph A. DeBoer was favorably
uggested in connection with a pos
ible solution of the governorship
Mr.. DeBoer is noted for
lis independence in thought and &C.
ion, and perhaps for that very
eason, some of the political leaders
would not look with favor upon his
nomination., but hat very fact also
ends to commend him to the people.
Expression of sentiment in this connec-
ion almost invariably takes the form
a wish that he might be the Re-
standard bearer, and if all
he other candidates remain in the
leld so as to ensure a fight in the
convention to be held June 80,
t would not surpri'e many people to
ee DeBoer selected as a compromise
andidate. Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

Diphtheria, sore throat, Group. In
slant relief, permanent cure. DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil. At any drug
store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

| have used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for a period Of
nine months, using in all four bottles, and | can say
that II has cured me of Dyspepsia completely.
j.. Q. SETTLER, Crookston, MINI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

Tie New York Press remarks,
Judge Paiker's silence begins to
make IA tremendous noise"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

The explosion on the Missouri, with
the appalling resulting loss of life,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

Now good digestion waits on ap.
petite, and health On BOTH. If it
doesn't, try Burdock Blood Bitters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

Hinesville, Ca, Sept. /, 1902.
! have been selling Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
since 1897 and have never had a single com
plant. AS II has proven so successful and Is
decidedly the best stomach medicine ever
handled. ! decided to try II myself, and can
state truthfully that II has done me more good
than anything ever used for Indigestion and
Dyspepsia. J.R. RYAN, Merchant g. County Treas.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
FARMING IN ALASKA.


Although much has been written In
rldlcule and condemnation of the gov.
ernment seed distribution, one portion
of the country believes in 1t emphatic
ally. During the past year the govern
ment has given seeds of hardy yegcta-
blcs. early grains, clover, grass and
flower seeds TO seven hundred and fifty
settlers in different parts Of Alaska.
SO difficult is 1t to obtain seeds in the
far north that without such provision
few would attempt gardening. Miners
and prospcctors on the rivers and
creeks far in the interior report that
their home produce not only greatly
reduces the cost of living, but in
land of canned goods is an important
factor in good health.
An Indian farmer reports that he Is
raising world of cabbage another
that he lived all last summer on vege-
tables from government seed; Il third
that his Strawberries from government
runners were five and Il half inches in
circumference A white miner at
Skagway declares his hardy flowers
1.-The finest grown anywhere" another,
that pumpkin vine grew twenty -four
inches in twcnty-four hours. In Val
deZ. where In twelve weeks they had
only six fine days, gardens were still
source of pleasure and profit, and a
delight to summer tourists. AT Cold
foot, one hundred miles north of the
Arctic circle. the United States COM
missioner had good success with tur-
nips, lettuce and radishes, Mt Il time
when potatoes were As cents pound
at the grocery. At Point Barrow, in
the extreme north, twenty-seven days
after seeding, the harvesting of let
tuce and radishes began. Their condi-
ton was perfect, the large amount of
atmospheric electricity and the stimu-
lating force of the summer sun caus-
ing marvellous rapldity of growth.
The Finlanders who. under Russian
persecution, are leaving their native
land in large numbers, desire TO settle
In Alaska, where the climate Is SINH
lar to their own. A site for their set
tlement has been selected on the Renal
peninsula, lands have been surveyed,
some houses put up and crops started
from government seed. If Alaska sue
ceeds in securing large immigration
of the sturdy and industrious Films,
her development will be vastly aug
mented
Meanwhile cmigrants from the
States are alive TO opportunities in our
northern territory. Five thousand pas
sengers have already been carried to
Nome alone this summer, the influx
seeming to Justify President Roose-
velt's prediction that Alaska will one
day be as populous as the Scandina-
Wan peninsula.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
An Instance of Growth.

1t is pleasure, in this day of great
industrial combinations, to note an
instance where an independent con-
Germ has attained to mammoth proper
lions, and has grown steadily but
surely for years from a small begin
ming into the fullness of the present
time. Such an institution is cited in
the seed business of ID. NJ Ferry &
Co., who for nearly half century
have gone forward each year, con-
stantly adding new customers and re-
tanning all it's old ones, until it is to-
day the source of seed supply from
which the great crops of this country
spring Seed houses have come and
gone-some survived and fourished
for years, but finally succumbed for
one reason or another-while Ferry's
kept growing all the time. Thousands
of farmers, gardeners and flower grow
ers look to them year after year for
the seeds from which the prosperity
of their fields and gardens is to grow,
and the fact that they are never dis
appointed in Ferry's seeds is the Sc
cret of the wonderful expansion of
this popular firm. You can buy their
seeds in every city, town or hamlet of
this land, and you are always certain
that they are fresh, true to name and
sure to grow. Their 1904 Seed An
nual, valua BILE guide i'll the selection
of the proper seeds to plant, will be
sent free to all readers of this paper
who apply to ID. NJ Ferry & Co., De-
troit, Mich.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
The Mortgage Paid.

We amt havin' many Injuries, like city
folkses do,
We amt wearin' all the latest styles an
all our clothes amt new;
or our honesty and goodness we amt
maxim no parade,
But we're havin' all we want to eat an
got the mortgage paid.
We amt pilin' up fortune for the boys
to fight about
When our last days work is over an
we're steppin' down an out,
But it's good to have succeeded In the
effort that we made
For to keep things runnin' smoothly an
to get the mortgage paid.
We have had our share Of ups and
downs, as other people do,
But we've tried to keep our spirits up
when things were lookin' blue;
Well be ready for the ending when the
game of life is played,
For we've raised the children best we
knew and got the mortgage paid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
Orange Marin alade.

Slice very thin, without peeling,
two dozen oranges and take out the
seeds. Slice two lemons In the same
way and mix with the oranges, Meas
ure the juice and add enough water to
make three quarts of the liquid. Put
into a stone crock with cover and set
in the cool cellar over night. In the
morning put over the fire in preserv-
ing kettle and bring slowly to the boil
Simmer gently until the peel is very
tender, then stir in a pound of sugar
for every pint of liquid and boil until
the skin is clear in appearance. Take
from the fire and when cool turn into
jelly glasses.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21


Stained knife blades should be rub
bed with cut raw potato, dipped in
knife powder or bath brick, and then
polished in the usual manner.
Ink stains, if fresh, will soak out in
milk; if, however, they have been al
lowed to dry the application Of oxalic
acid OF salts of lemon will be neces-
sary.
Very wet boots should be filled with
dry oats and set aside for few hours.
The oats will absorb the moisture and,
swelling out, will prevent the leather
shrinking and the boots hardening, as
they would if put near the fire to dry.
To clean the ivory handles of knives
mix equal parts of ammonia and olive
oil and add to this enough prepared
chalk to make paste. With this rub
the ivory and let it dry before brushing
If off. Several applications of the paste
may be necessary.
To cut glass with scissors hold a
sheet of glass horizontally under water
and then cut it, as you would sheet
of paper, with strong pair of scissors.
The cutting is easily accomplished, but
1t will not be as neatly done by long
way as with diamond.
Tea leaves are most useful for
sprinkling over carpets before sweep
ing. for they gather up the dust and
prevent IT'S spelling the furniture Of
the room. To avoid danger of staining
the carpet put the tea leaves into 4
colander, pour clear water through
them and squeeze them as dry as pos
sible
If your sewing machine works heav-.
ily oil it thoroughly with paraffin. This
will remove all dirt aud grit; but 1t
must be afterward wiped off carefully.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
s. s's@s'5t'1alaa
sP2H;ete'g~\
Oo~N~(oOoON


Experiments made in the German
army with carrier pigeons having been
satisfactory. every warship leaving
Kiel or Wilhelmshaven will hereafter
carry consignment of pigeons, to be
released at various distances from the
land stations.
Have you ever noticed, says writer
in ". g." that some tanners carry
second whip IN their left hands,
which is never used? Their purpose
is this: 1t represents TO the wild beast
the terrors of the unknown. He has
experienced the sharp, singing flick OF
the whip in the tanners right hand, but
for the life of him he cannot imagine
what anguish turks in that mysterious
whip in the other hand, which is never
used Many a tanner has saved his Ire
in a critical moment by just lifting
that unknown terror above a crouch
ing, growing, fury maddencd tiger
In the kitchen annex at the home OF
Louis Hawks, in Fishkill the unusual
spectacle now is presented Of duck
ling Cumming with three kittens and
the mother cat. The duckling was
Matched all by itself and was brought
in by the kitchen fire. Soon 1t found
its way to where the kittens were
housed. The old cat took kindly to
the newcomer and permitted it to
squat down right among the kittens
and sleep. Now the duckling and the
kittens play and romp together, and
the mother cat apparently has come to
look upon the little feathered creature
as one of her own children.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
STOLE PASSENGERS CLOTHES.
Amusing Predicameut of Some Travs
elers on a Russian Train.

Amusing Predicament of Some Trav.
eiers ON a Russian Train.
Among the passengers by the Mos.
eow.Kursk express which started from
the later city on Monday was Ivan
Petrovitch Goloteloff, a youth who was
Fastening to his wedding says the
London Telegraph. He had been kept
back in Kursk longer than he and his
bride-elect had anticipated and now he
had arranged his departure from
kursk so as to arrive in Moscow just
in the nick of time for the marriage
ceremony, at which he was to play the
principal part. The sleeping cars are
comfortable on that line and the pas
sengers duly retired to rest at II
O'Clock, most of them undressing as
If they were at home, but a few doz-
ing in their clothes in view of acct
dents, which are not infrequent occur
FENCES in that part Of Muscovy.
The travellers must, however, have
all had very easy consciences, for they
slept profoundly. When they arose re-
freshed from their touches next MORN
ing, raised the blinds and set about
DOMINIC their garments they were hor-
ritied to note that they had, like a
well-dressed lady, nothing to put on"
Every shred Of clothing had disap-
peared except solitary pair Of braces,
which had 10 further functions to per-
form. Garmented in light and ruffied
In temper, they created what the Rus
sian papers term hullabaloo In the
train, summoning the conductor, rating
the sleeping-car officials and holding
noisy councils of war in undress. AS
a result of the hasty inquiries the fact
was elected that suspicious-looking
woman had been seen to enter the
luggage and leave 1t later on with two
or three bulky bundles, which were
carried out for her by porter. Then
the unfortunate passengers had to go
back to their beds, some having first
telegraphed to their acquaintance to
meet them with miscellaneous articles
of dress at the station.
When the train at last steamed into
Moscow and most of these ill-staTed
travellers still remained naked and
ashamed, the railway authorities did
their utmost to clothe them with such
chance coats, hats and boots rs they
could get together, so that one re-
spectacle foreign divine skunk away
with martial cloak hanging loosely
around him, lawyer was attired in a
policeman's gray overall and others
had to be covered with coarse blank
cts like mere redskins and then set
down In Theoretically sealed carriages
to screen them from the public gaze.
Ivan Petrovitch G0loteloff was among
the latter and as he could not well go
to the church he drove straight to his
parents dwelling. The marriage, of
course, was put off-some say for a
time, others say sine die.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
Fair Day.

Ola Harmon Roqgs of Roppv Brook
Wont to the comfy fair.
nd 18th b;s u,;fo bo etroIlad ground
NJ 800 flo v,ondors +horo
.oyho+ horse y ha said "Crav Eagle
WING
VIII t,I,e +ho h;,bost n,;vo.
Ana halter to NV eves
M l. 7 Lnow what folks call slow--
~. for n,o safos, wov to 90
Soma mon nerbons might think
.tnanno
.r,. ahn,,,d NOT Ill. to ob.noo
->"'' ''
"Ana .hoso fat oxen-Ruck md bright
mo, ,n he,a 40" 90 largo a g;rtb
Don ata 10y" ILL., chow, imse ~ hair.
pntt i,,or, ,rhot tbev.ro worth
1r,o. u nnod ~ nlow and eood to draw
Wy NY =. noo nn,iars nerer cav
I'D I'D o o,,uaSs mind nv .ree, and baw,
So 60 I'll ra,,hons r,;obt tb;nl, II
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
Sweet Picked Peaches.

Prepare syrup of four pounds Of
brown sugar, one quart of best cider
vinegar, and two ounces of stick Gin
namon broken in pieces. Boil all to-
gether twenty minutes. Have peaches
ready, having previously dipped them
quickly into boiling water and rubbed
off fur with crash towel. Stick two
or three cloves into each peach-not
more for the Glove darkens the peach.
Put half of peaches into syrup at q
time, and cook until clear and tender.
Drain out and put into jars, and pour
full. Seal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward ior
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney Tor the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, kINNAN d MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, q.
Halls Cntarrh Cure is taken nally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price Toe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
Municipal Ownership in England

Municipal Ownership i'll England.
A comprehensive return of the finan-
cial workings of the public utilities
les has Just been given to the public
through a government board. 1t COW
ers The four years ended March, 1902.
The principal undertakings carried on
BY the 300 corporations were: Mar
kets. 223: watorWorks, 1913, cemeteries,
143. baths. 1873; electricity. 102: gas
works. 81; tramways, 10; harbors -.
The aggregate net profits were S23.-
417,522