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MONKEY MOTHERS,


Ahey Display McSe Pure Afectioa.
| Than Any other Animal.
A wild beast tanner of long expert
ence tells some interesting things of
the affection Of animals for their
young. He had an elephant once, he
says, who did all in her power to spoil
her young one. She fused over 1t and
cuddled 1t up so that when the time
came for it to leave the cage 1t was
simply unmanageable. When one of
the men made bold move toward the
baby he was promptly butted In the
stomach and bowled over In peculiar
way which the youngster had of ex.
pressing his feelings toward those
whom he disliked. At last by ruse
the mother and son were separated.
But there was no such thing as keep
ing them apart. The baby rubbed the
skin off its foreheadsend trunk trying
to get through the" bars, and both
walled SO long and piteously that the
keeper was obliged to put them to-
gether again.
A shy baby camel that passed
through the Lands of this same trainer
refused to loox upon the world except
from its favorite station between it,
mothers legs. The mother, too, would
show her dispieasure at any effort to,
ward intimacy by splitting violently ar
every one in sight.
The kangaroo also is very fond OF
her offspring and VIII patiently carry
it about long after it is ready to hop on
its own account
But for display of pure affection
the mother monkey beats any other
animal, and when there is an addit
to the family circle there is general
joicing. A baby monkey sticks fast u,
its mother, and, asleep or awake. ii
seems always in her thoughts.
Antiquity of Pins.
Pins Of various sorts have been in ex-
istence ever since our first parents
clothed themselve7 in palm leaves
which grew wild in the garden of
Eden. AS matter of fact, pins claim
n very high antiquity, the earliest form
being a natural thorn, which is still
used to some extent for fastening the
dress by the peasant women of upper
Egypt. In prehistoric times pins were
also made of the small bones of fish
and animals.
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Little Sister
%. By.
r. p. WRIGHT
Copyright, 1904 by T. C. Mcclure
Observation-Disclosures.

=
Aren't you going to answer my
question? Won't you take me with
Jour
Clifford vane turned with surprise
as be heard the voice. A girl with
deep brown eyes and hair in which
there was tint of gold was standing
beside the boat, her skirts blown out
against her slender figure. The flutter-
ing sail had made so much noise that
Fane had not heard the girl before.
He frowned unconsciously. for he was
In no humor for company.
"It's too rough today. There's a
nasty sea running, and you'll get wet
through" he answered.
--As If cared for. that! And if it's
80 rough why do you venture out?"
Because want to. Because 1t suits
my mood"
The words sounded rude, but Mar
Jorie Winthrop knew from the intent
expression on vane's face De he gazed
out on the black clouds, the sulien
green water of the bay and the Wild
blown whitecaps that he was speak
fng more to himself than to her.
and IL 1t suits my mood?'
You with moods, child?" yane said
wonderingly. What can you know OF
thoughts black enough to suit with
such day. Go back to your dolls or
read your pretty fairy love stories and
believe In their truth as long as you
can" he added bitterly.
You think because I'm only seven
teen I'm not to feel and think"
Think only of pleasant things"
But il the day suits me it is pleas
ant. Please take me-"
what will your mother sayT
AShe won't care. She only thinks of
Edith. III IL was Edith, now, ii would
be different, but I'm not such a valu-
able cargo. No one win bother about
me-"
There was a quaver in the girls voice
that made yane look at her. She was
looking out over the yeasty water with
misty eyes and set mouth.
'All right" said Fane after q mo
ment's hesitation. I'm in reckless
Ahtpu. l<tl iult tdht tdIt vi uEs W httA
will be viii be. Jump In"
1t was a gusty day. and the Dot too
light for such weather. her lee rail al
most under water, staggered under the
fiaws, every now and then burying her
nose into the rollers and sending a
shower of spray into the boat. Vane
had all he could do to manage her and
for time forgot his companion and al
most his gloomy thoughts in the grim
pleasure Of his contest with wind and
storm dashed sea. II was Edith Win
throp he was thinking of, the woman
who had led him on to love her and
then thrown him over for another man.
Edith did not care. Every one must
be sacrificed fer her amusement-yes,
sven this child, her sister. At the
thought he glanced ut the girl where
she sat poised out to windward, like
some spirit of the sea, her hair blowing
in the wind, her cheeks aglow with ex'
,Icitenient, her eyes fixed with far
away look on the horizon Vane had
never noticed how pretty she was De
fore. He had always thought Of hei
as a mere child, and, 10. she was wo
man. What was she thinking of? h'
wondered.
AS If in answer to the question, Mar
iorie turned and met his eyes for al
instant and then looked away.
you've heard of Edith's engage
nentf' she said.
yes" answered Vane, setting hi
teeth hard. II only found 1t out to
Asy."
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sleep For the Young and Aged.

A four-year-old requires II hours;
one of years, II hours; of IL years,
10 hours, and of 10 or Is, 8 hours. Aft
err that Z or hours is sufficient until
after 60; then the hours should be in
creased gradually with each decade, as
the man or woman of 80 requires as
much sleep as child of 10. And ii
should be remembered that the most
health giving beauty making time is
early.
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An Apinal Story For
Little Folks
The Handy Eel

Said Mrs. Eel one morning.
Pray. don't forget those .nings:
Remember first the cruIlers
And then the muffin rings.
~
BE sure to stop at mammals f
And get a jar Of JAM
Then swim down past the grocer's
And buy little ham.
I'D like a dozen elephants.
A dozen onions. too;
OF parsley get two punches
To put into the stew.
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pie running to the boathouse now and
getting out the boat. How slow they
were! Would they never come? His
muscles were giving out, his breath
came heavily. his limbs felt like lead
Could he hold out? They were wearing
fast now. He tried to revive his fail.
ing strength, to overmaster his weak.
ness. The world grew black before
him. and then strong arm gripped his
shoulder, and he and Marjorie were
lifted into the boat and rowed toward
shore.
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"There's hume ois AZ well as a seri-
Gus side to everything" remarked 1hs
honeg own philosopher, :.pray siasi.
date" said The deuss party. "Well, take
banana peel. for example" continued
the wisdom dispenser. "The other fellow
who steps on It sse4 the serious side and
you see the humorous side"
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II All pepenaed.

Don't we go any higherw asked the
facetious guest In the hotel when the
elevator stopped at the twenty-fourth
floor.
"Not unless the elevator drops, sir,
answered the truthful elevator boy.
Judge.
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"Then come home past the butchers
And buy beefsteak rare.
A pound or two of outlets,
II you see good ones there"
She tied a string around him
So he'd know what to do
He bought the things she wanted.
But reached home with but two.
They were the rings and crullers,
Which to the eel had chung,
Because he had them nicely
Upon his backlet strung.
my dear he said. don't send me
In future for your things
Unless each has a hole in
Like these nice muffin rings"
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Advice.

sTwo folks" said Uncle Eben, lie
bound to git into trouble---de man dat
won take no advice at all an de man
dat tries to take all he hsara"-Wash'
ington Star.
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In those days afterward, while Mar.
jorie lowered between life and death
Clifford Vane learned how much he
could do for this girl, this girl he
thought was child and now knew to
be the woman in all the world for him
Gone was his love for Edith Winthrop.
all that Edith had seemed and more
And there came day when he was
permitted to see her.
He found her on an upper piazza OF
the hotel clad in soft blue wrapper
her soft hair loose on Yer shoulders
and the smile her pale face held fol-
him gave him hope that in saving hel
he had found happiness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

being obliged to sell any securities,
and the surplusage to policy holders is
so large that their financial standing
could not be affected to any noticeable
extent. Several of the companies whose
headquarters are in London pay direct
from the home Office and this in no
way affects the branches III this coun.
try. If there are any companies which
will 90 under from the effects Of the
fire il will be those in the city of Bal
timore
The companies which MIR. Brown
represents, with the losses sustained,
and the surplus of each are as follows
Traders Insurance Company of Chi
cage, loss $4,000, surplus to policy
holders 81, 800, 900; Connecticut Fire
Insurance Company. loss $500, 600, sur
plus 81, 800, 600; The Sun, of London,
all losses paid from London; The
Pennsylvania Insurance Company,
loss $3.50, 600, surplus 81, 500, 000 Con-
tinental Fine Insurance Company of
New York, loss 81, 1876. 1913, surplus
So 600, 900; williamsburg, City, loss
1854, 600, surplus $1,000, 900; CONNER
cial Union of London, loss $3.50, 600,
paid from London; Palatine of Lon
don, loss 1926, 600; United States In
surnce Company. loss 800. GOO, surplus
$40. 900; New Hampshire Company,
loss $500 600, surplus $1,000, 600 ;
Springfield Fire Insurance Company,
loss $500, 600, surplus $1,000 600 ;
American Insurance Company of Pbila-
delphia, loss $3.50, 600, surplus 5000, 900 ;
Manchester Company, loss $225, 900,
losses paid from England.
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time the city has been paying 4 per
cent interest in it's Main street bridge
bonds. The city council believed
that this was not GOOD business policy.
II has therefore taken $l5, 600 of the
sinking fund and invested it in Main
street bridge construction bonds which
were held by the National Lie Insur-
ance Company These bonds are now
a part of the sinking fund and the in
terest thereon is paid into that ac-
count. The decrease in the Liabilities
for the year ending Feb. 1, 1904 was
$685. 255. 36. The unusual receipts in.
Guiding sale OF liquor agency property
and liquors etc, amounted to $11,-
5S2.13 and with old bills of "a, $50. 60
paid from this makes $7,23l.5 81 total
unusual receipts. This makes a de.
crease in liabilities Of city on the basis
of the usual receipts and expendi-
lures and not including the decrease
due to the unusual receipts above stat
ed, SIG, 023. S3.
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FLEECED or $500.

Johu Mclaughlin, farmer residing
in Barre, has been feeced OF $500.
Several weeks ago horace Wilson, a
nephew of Mr.. Mclaughlin, came
from Manitoba He represented to
Mclaughlin that he had deposit of
So, 600 in Manitoba bank and asked
him if he would back check for $500
Tor him. He did so. This was about
two weeks ago. Wilson left town but
the check came back as there was no
deposit in the bank The matter has
been placed in the hands of State S
Attorney John II. Senter and efforts
are being made to locate Wilson, who
was at one time mayor in Manitoba
and also an alderman. He was traced
to Massachusetts, but there the trail
was lost.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
MUSICAL CONTENTION

The musical convention to be held
at East Montpelier in village hall,
Feb. "a and 20, bids fair to be sue
cess. G. F. Dudley is to be conductor
Miss Sylvia Bliss Of East Calais and
Miss Ella Dudley of East Montpelier,
accompanies; Miss II. Julia Gross of
Montpelier, Mrs. Hattie p. Willard of
Burlington, Mr.. Joseph Viau of Mont.
pelier. Mr.. II. Fl. May of West Con-
cord, vocalists, and Mr.. Charles Nc
knight, dramatic reader, are to assist
at the convention. Rehearsals Wed l.
nesday at 10 II. M, p. m. and 80 p.
m. On Thursday, at 10 a. m. and p
m. Matinee at 3 O'Clock. Closing
concert at o'clock. After the concert
supper and dancing will be in order
Dancing until 3 O'Clock. Music by
Van Orman's orchestra.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE.

Alfred Il. Watson of Hartford, Sec
rotary of the State republican commit
tee, has sent out notices to the mem
bers of the committee, notifying them
that meeting will be held at the
VanNess House in Burlington ON FRI
day evening Feb. 10, at 80 o'clock
There are several vacancies to be filed
at this meeting. A chairman will be
elected to take the place of the late
Ira X. Allen of Fair Haven. In addi-
ton, Thomas M. Deal of Franklin
county and Horace W. Bailey of Or
ange county have received appoint.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
JSTH ANNITERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Davis Celebrate
Their Marriage Day.

Mortified, Feb. 49, The fifty. eighth
anniversary of the wedding of Mr..
and Mrs. William Davis was oelebrat-
ed at their home last evening. About
$50 were present The invitations
were issued by Mrs. Carrie Warren, a
daughter of the couple 1t was hap
py occasion, marred only by the alb
sence of their son, who was unable to
be present on account of recent in
jury-tnis gathering OF friends on an
anniversary which rarely occurs, and
the couple who have been permitted
to pass so many years together received
the hearty congratulations of their
friends accompanied by wishes or yet
other similar happy days. But few
weeks ago Mrs. Davis seventy fifth
birthday party was held. Mr.. Davis
is one of the oldest men in town and
has been a prominent citizen for the
past half century, holding many of the
offices of trust for the town,
On Thursday Horace Davis, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Davis, fell from
staging at IT, r. Andrews residence
where he was at work, and broke his
leg. No other injuries were sustained
and he is as comfortable ms possible.
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CITY'S HEALTH.
DR.. William Lindsay Sends In Thor.
ough Report. Interesting Statistics.

The report for the past year sent in
by the city health officer, DR.. William
Lindsay, is very thorough one and
shows that this department has been
attended to in very efficient manner
In the report it is stated that the CITY
has been remarkably free from cpl
demic diseases during 1903. Of con-
tagious and infectious diseases there
were reported Diphtheria, six
scarlet fever, two; whooping cough
FOUR measles, fifteen; humps, one
typhoid fever, three. There were no
deaths from these diseases. Twenty
houses were placarded and quarantine
established therat during the year
Several houses were disinfected by
fumlgation with formaldehvde. There
was no complaint made to the depart
menu regarding the milk supplied to
the citizens nor about any adulterated
or deaayed food sold within the city
DR.. Lindsay has collected and sent to
the laboratory of hygiene at Burling-
ton nineteen samples Of water from
different sources of supply. The an
alyses show almost all of the samples
to be water of good quality. Consid-
cradle attention was paid to the Ber-
lin water, and through the local board,
the State board visited the pond for
inspection and made recommendation
Upon their recommendation a watch
man was procured to see that the
health laws were enforced at the pond
and the result was very gratifying
Few people have openly disobeyed
the law and but few nuisances remain
to pollute the water supply. During
the year twenty-five jobs of plumbing
were inspected and tested with water
and all but one fulfilled all the re-
quirements of the city ordinances.
The vital statistics for the year end
ing January l, 1904, show some inter-
esting facts. The total number of
deaths was 81. No deaths were re-
ported from epidemic diseases and
deaths from general diseases were as
follows: tuberculosis 10. erysipelas l.,
puerperal eclampsia 2, diabetes /,
cancer 6, diseases of the nervous sys-
TEN 5, diseases of circulatory system
-, diseases of respiratory system 7, dis
eases of digestive system 8, diseases of
genito- urinary system s, diseases of old
age 3, violence by accident 9, causes
ill-defined heart failure 3, exhaustion
2, commissions 2, and not specified ?.
The ages at the 81 deaths We're as
follows:
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at safe distance from the main build
ing, be built for steam plant for
heating. In the case of the opera house
it was recommended that fire escape
be placed on the back of the building
with two doors each at least three
feet wide opening on to platforms four
feet wide that a fire escape be
placed at the end of the Railways at
the third and fourth floors or the an
mex. A fire proof curtain was recon-
mended to be placed in front of the
stage, which should be lowered before
each entertainment. Also, that an
automatic ventilator extending through
the roof over the stage to take care of
smoke or fire originating on the stage
was recommended
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
FAKE "CH1iN CARDS."

Several ladies in the city have been
receiving postal cards stating that ma
tional league was being formed to start
a crusade against the cigarette habit
Every lady receiving such Il card is re-
quested thereon 20 send her name to
Congress as a petitioner asking for a
national law prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes to minors. They are also
requested to send copies of the cards to
their lady friends and their own card
with their own address, to the United
States Moral Society, Philadelphia,
Pa, and in this manner form an end
less chain card. The cards have been
found to be fakes and Mrs. E. 3. In
gals, National superintendent of
Anti. Narcotics, says concerning them :
81 have Investigated all chain letter
schemes, and find they are not reliable.
Josiah Leeds, of Pennsylvania, investi-
gated the anti-cigaIette league and
found the mail was being held by the
post. office authorities A letter from
George Knowles, assistant postmaster
of Philadelphia, says that mail adj
dressed to the United States Moral So
ciety, Philadelphia, is unbelievable,
and is treated in accordance with
postal laws and regulations. These
names, it is stated, are probably OBJ
tanned for the purpose of flooding the
country with cheap and Objectionable
litpratura
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Lane m anufacturing Co.
Montpelier, vt.

Dear Sirs: Mr.. - President
of a cotton-mIll at Union, S. Che
don't want to see his name in print
had two offers of 500 gallons of paint :
81. 80 and $l25 Took the 81 %; and
got skinned. He'd have got three
quarters skinned if he'd taken the
other.
The Sl.30 was ull-gallon; the 81. 20
was IS per cent short. The full-meas-
ure paint was adulterated 40 per cent {;
the short-measure was a1ulterated 40
per cent besides benzine in the oil,
don't know how much.
Devoe lead-and.z zinc wasn't sold in
the town then.
1t don't pay to monkey with paint.
Devoe costs less than any of 'em !;
not by the gallon, of course; by the
house and year. That's how to reckon
it. Go by the name.
Yours truly,
+. W. Devoe q Co.
3S
P, S. Abbott & Bailey ssll our paint.
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FIRE WAPDENS' REPORT.

The fire wardens submitted their
recommendation for repairs ON build
ings inspected to the city council on
Wednesday evening and the report
was accepted. Those churches which
have wooden cold air pipes, it was
recommended, should replace them by
metal ones. Fire escapes were GER
commended to be placed ON the Gath
olio school and fire bells placed in the
halls of the second and third stories.
1t was recommended that in the case
of the Union school the furnaces and
heaters be removed from the building
and separate building, to be placed
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mepts in the service of the United
States government, which doubtless
will be held to necessitate their resig-
nation from the State committee.
This committee will make plans for
carrying on the coming campaign in
the best possible manner and will
decide upon the times and places for
the State conventions to elect dele.
gates to the Republican national CON
vention. The committee met to fix
convention dates in 1900 presidential
year. as late as March and in 1902
when there was only ore convention
to arrange for, the committee did not
meet until May 6.
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VOTES APPROPRIATIONS.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The House
a vote of 172 to 109 ooncurred in the
Senate amendment to the urgent def
cheney bill authorizing loan Of
81, 600, 900 to the Louisiana purchase
exposition.
The Senate will vote Oh the Panama
canal treaty some day between Feb
iuary 10 and %. An agreement was
reached in executive session yesterday
to take action Monday next to decide
upon the time for voting on the treaty,
and it was determined such date
should be on or before Feb. 90.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
An Early Rises.

A strong. healthy, active constitu-
tion depends largely on the condition
of the liver. The famous little pills
known as DeWitt's Little Early Risers
not only cleanse the system but they
strengthen the action of the liver and
rebuild the tissues supporting that or
gan. Little Early Risers are easy to
act, they never grippe and yet they are
absolutely certain to produce results
that are satisfactory in all cases. Sold
by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
Nearly FOrfeits His Life

A runaway almost ending fatally,
started a horrible ulcer on the leg of
j. B. Ornef, Franklin Grove, Ill. For
four years it defed AL doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica
Salve had no trouble to cure him.
Equally good for Burns, Bruises, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. 25c at .. Blake
Tvs Drug Store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
BALTIMORE FiRE LOSSES

j. Ct. Brown has received letters
from the various fire insurance COM
panies which he represents, notifying
him of the losses sustained by the
great Baltimore fire Although sew
eral OF the losses are large, not one of
the companies with whom he does
business was affected to the extent of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
Have You Indigestion?

If yon have Indigestion, Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure will cure you. 1t has
cured thousands. 1t is curing people
very day-eyery hour. You owe t
yourself TO give it trial. Yo u
will continue TO suffer until you try
it, There is no other combination of
digestants that digest and rebuild at
the same time. Kodol does both. Ko-
dol cures, strengthens and rebuilds
Sold by all druggists.