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bcvmont Ulalchmnu.
Thursdny, July 30, 1903.
ATIIUR ROPES Qcneral Edltor,
AS TO ItUSSIA.
Amoricnns who rotnembor tho pnst
rnust havo 11 foohug tlmt tho Uultod
Statos govornuient is nmking n somo
what rldtculous oxhibitiou of itself in
rospoot of its benriug townrd RuBsln.
Roforouoo is nioro partioulnrly tc tho
Kishiuoff mnssncro. Pooplo witli oron
quito short meinorlcs cnu rocall n nins
saoro of Italiaus iu tho oity of Now
Orloans. Whou tho govorumout of Itnly
lntorvonod 011 tho sido of its slnugh
torod oouutryraou, tlio govorumout of
tho Uuited States oxpluiuod tlmt by
ronsou of tho dnal govorumout, tlmt of
the Unitod Statos nud tlmt of tho
Statos, the gouornl govorumout had uo
diroot rospousibility iu tho mattor aud
wns poworlosa to umko roparatiou for
the niurdor of tho Italiana or to puu
ish tho niuidorors. Tlio lattor was tho
duty of tho Stato of (LouiBiaua. Tho
offouso wns committod within tho jur
isdiotiou of tlmt Stato aud tho Uuitod
Statos govorumout could uot compol
Louisiaua to pnnlsh its crimiuals;
rnuoh Iohs could tho gouoral govoru
mout puuieh thom. Itnly could runko
uo doumud 011 tho Stato of Louisiaua,
0110 of tho Statos of tho govoiumout of
tho Uultod Stntes, so tho lattor slippod
out of auy rospousibility in tho casc.
It was, in auy viow of tho mattor, a
thiug of internal nfl'nira with which
Italy had uo businoss to iutorfoio. So
sho got 110 satisfactiou.
Tliis is about tho sizo of tho Kish
iuoll' affair. Presidout Roosovolt must
havo boon keonly consoious of tho iu
oousisteuoy of his course, as tlio rop
rosoutativo of tho govorumout that lmd
turuod protoating Italy down, iu cou
soutiug to forvvard tho Jowb' potitiou
to the Oznr's govorumout, nnd un
doubtodly t vpoetiul tho iuovitablc
tho rofosal f Russin to recoivo tho
potitiou. T-ie ohildrou of tho Rear
might. Imvo inniitorod - on tho Presi
dont; by sommg him a potitiou, or a
protest, respt oting tho barbarity, par
allolod oul.v iu tho dark or modioval
agos, prnotii'i'd iu theso Uuitod Statos
of Amorica uot moroly iu tho torturo
of nogroos aud puttiug thom to doath,
but iu tho Killiug of whito meu, 118
well, uudor tho jurisdiction of Judgo
Lyuch. Thoy might besoech him to
removo froiu his owu govorumoutal
eye tho boams ncoruiug froin tho blood
fouds of Keutncky aud othor States of
the Union, with thoir accumnlatiug
Boores of viotims ruthlossly waylnid
aud murdorod, boforo sookiug to re
move auy obstructious from tho optic
of Russiau civillzatiou.
A gront doal is publishod respectiug
vRussiau nBgressiou iu Mttnchurin. It
might bo wholosomo for Russin to tako
possossiou of that proviuco of Ohiua.
What woald Eugland do iu similar
case? For ausver look ovor tho son
coast rogious of Ohiua. What lms
Engluud douo in all parts of tho.
world, in Iudia, iu South Africa, iu
othor rogious of tho "Dark Ooutiuout"
nud without protost? Russia lms ruu
a vast artery throngh her frozon do
miuious to tho Pnoiflo coast. Throngh
it tho warm blood of new civilizatiou
is coursing. It is thawiug out tho
frost of Sibnnu. Russia is ontitled to
a broad nud i-ocuro tormiual on tho
Pnoiflo below tlio liuo of ico bouud
harbors. Eugland would havo it, aud
the United Statos, nt loast, would uot
say hor uay. Gormnny, the Uuitod
States, wonld have it, aud if Ohiua
objeotod to maoh tho worso would it
be for tho goverumeut of tiio Flowery
Kingdom.
Russia, tho siuo qua uou of ico
bouud deepotistn, has had n warm
plaoo iu her heart of frost for the poo
plo of theso United Stntes. In thoir
oarly strugglo for indopeudonco bIio
gavo thom good ohcor. In tho war of
the robelliou, whou Eugland wns seek
icg to make tlio Tront affair n casus
belli, a Rusainn admirnl with a
strong squndrou, uudor Eoalod ordors,
sailod into tho harbor of Now York.
His instruotious, road whon ho had
nuchored, wore to plaoo his ships nt
the disposal of tho govorumout of tho
Unitod Stntes in the ovent of wnr
with Eugland. What effoot lmd tho
knowloago of this fuot ou tho poaceful
composuro of tho Tront iuoideut?
Possibly as muoh, possibly n great
doal more, thau tho iutorpositiou of
the Quocu of Euglaud on tho sido of
peaco,
Tho Russi.m may not bo nn idoal
1 Ntl I Sh1 tiot 01k for h lioitle any
I cheapcr or wlce ns large, I did ask for
I DAVIS I
8 anJ wlll nu( liute any substltutc, for I 5
B haveu nlit my lather used It.and theru l
Solil evryv liere. ajC. nnd 50c. bottlts. j
VIB WJjiiiiW
govorumout. Tho Unitod Stntos Oon
stitntiou wonld not bo an idoal for
Russia. It wouldn't flt thoro. Kussin
has prqbnbly tho bost form of gov
orumout for tho rudo nnd dlvorslflod
pooplos of tho vnat ompiro. In work
iug out hor Bdlvntlon, RusBin is pur
suiug coursos not os.sontinlly uuliko
thoso thd Unitod Stntos, or auy othor
powor of the world, would pursuo undar
similar oircnmstaucos.
A PASSING OPPORTUNITY.
Why dld uot ox-Gov. Stiokuoy im
provo tho opportuulty tho prosouoo of
Bnrnum nnd Bniloy's oirous iu tho
Stato proBontod to soouro tho sorvicos
of tlmt uoblo tontu of forty horsos to
movo tho Arthnr mouumout, now
strnudod in Sholdou, to its rcstiug
plnco in Fairfield? Somo Vormont
Govoruors havo uot boon couspicuoua
for forothought aud ontorpriso, but
ovon tho dullost ought to havo soou
this opportuuity aud soizod it, to got
that mouiorlal stouo ont of its very
hnmllintiug straits.
Somohow this wholo busiuoss of tho
Arthnr moumuont uppoars to bo strik
iugly illustrativo of somo couditious
osistiug iu Vermont. Thoro is, nnd
lms boon horo for nonrly hnlf n cout
nry, n prnotioal lnok of progross, ns
Bhowu by tliat chiofost indox, populn
tion. Tho Stato has boon mnrkiug
timo, or travoliug in tho ruts worn
in tho provious yonis of a progrcssivo
oxistouco, nud nooda n mighty pull,
nnd n pull all togoth'or, to briug it up
into sight of the tail oud of tho pro
cossion of States.
If tho lato lamoutod Prosidont could
tako coguiznuco whioh God i'orbid
of tho circumstanccs attoudug tho
coucoption of tho proposition to liouor
his memory iu tho Stato which had
tho clinuce liouor to bo tho plnco of
his birth, audtho" bungliug offorts to
dolivor tho stouo that is to bo tho eru
bodimont of thoUionsuro of commom
orntiou proposod for him, tho turf
ninst hoavo abovo tho plnco of his ou
tombmont. Ohostor A. Arthnr was a
nmn of ouorgy. Ho did thiugs Ho
did thom with tho . despntch born of n
braiu for'groat nffairs, diroctod by a
bnruing zcnl nnd uuimnted by n great
soul. Whou tho uatiou was confrout
od by its greatost crisis iu tho war for
tho Uniou, aud Fathor Abrahnm wnB
calliug foi throo handrod thonaaud
moro poldiors to rosouo tho govorumout
from immiuont poril, tho quota of
Now York was tho lurgost of any of
tho Stntos. Its proximity to Wiishiug
tou, nlso, roudorod tho Empiro Stato
the roadiost Bonrco of immodiate aud
eilectivo holp. Tho Piesidont's ap
poal wns to Govoruor Morgan. Now
York's grent wnr Exccutivo sought
tho nmn for tho niighty task of rais
iug, oignnizing, eqnippiiiR nnd pond
ing to tho fleld tho Stato's quotn of
troops, which alouo was an army oorps:
Chester A. Arthur's doraonstrnted fit
uess markod him for tiio arduous task.
Govoruor Morgau appoiutod him to
the work nud Now York's umuifold
rogimouts wero rnisod nud sout to
Washington, fully ready for duty,
with a dospatch nnd porfeotion of sup
ply nud oquipmeut tlmt was n joy to
tho troublod spirit of Lincoln, nnd
wns, also, oue of tho most brilliant ns
woll ns sorvicoablo nchiovoments of tho
war. This wns bnt 0110 of a long bo
ries of gront thiugs Ohostor A. Arthnr
did for his conntry, aud ho did thom
all iu a inodest wny, with n qaiot
offectivouoss.thnt wns chnrnctoristio of
tho mnu.
" Now tho Stnto of Vormont, nfter
much porsnnsiou nnd labor with its
Solous, approprintod tho muniilcout
sum of $500 to oroct a momorinl stouo
ou tho spot of the birth of ouo of tho
Nntion's most gnllaut and moritorious
oitizeus. Tho mounment was buildod.
Tho rnilwnys woro importunod to
trnnsport it free of ohargo to tho poiut
noarest to flual dolivory. Tho momor
inl froight wns suiforod to go to tho
railway station in tho ordinary oourso
of privnto bnBiuess, and wns shippod
by a ronto-ovor whioh tho oharity of
freo trnusportntion had not boon
sought, and, as haB bonu rojiortod, ia
now strauded at Sheldon. Local horao
trnusportntiou wns uot oqual to tho
nocosaitioa of tho haul to Fairfield,
nud for somo two weoka tho ox-Exocu-tivo
intrnstod with the duty of cou
traoting for tho mounment, getting
tho stouo delivored nud oreoted, lms
not yot found ndequnto trausport from
Sholdou.
Unquostionably Mr. Bailoy, of tho
imperial oiroua combiuation, without
ohargo wonld have detaohod his mug
uifloout tonm, ovon nt tho saorifico of
n dny's exhibitiou, for tho dolivery of
tho monumout nt Falrflold. Uo is that
onterprising nnd patriotic.
NATIONAL FLAGS.
From tho beginniug of history ovory
tribo nnd uation hne roarod nloft its
sybmolio ilag. Nations hnvo oftounsod
omblonmtio devicos, Romo boing rop
rosontod by tho onglo, Oliiua by tho
dragon, Franco by tho llour-do-liB,
Tnrkey by tho arosoout,. nnd Englund
nud Scotlnud by tho liou. Tho flug
sorvos ns n.coutor of thought in timos
of ponco. nud ns n rallying poiut in
timos of war. Evory Anioricnu's
honrt swolls with prido at tho sight of
n picco of bnuting reprosoutlug thla
gront uatiou. It 1b to him a sncrod
thiiii;, for undor it nonrly n huudrod
liviiig niilliotiB oujoy tho protootion nud
VERMONT WATCHMAN &
llborty whioh hundrcds of thonsnnda
of brnvo mou diod to glvo.
Tlio "Stnr Spunglod Baunor, " bo
donr to ovory Amorlcan honrt, is oldor
thau tho prosont ilags of Gront Britnin,
Franoo, Gormauy, Portugnl, Italy,
Jnpnu, ns wcll ns of tho South. Ainorl.
cau Statos. This untlonnl ilag aprnug
into boing npou tho pnssngc, Juno 14,
1777, by tho Ooutmontnl Oougross cf
n roBolntlon tlmt "tho llng of tho
thirtoon United Statos bo thirtoon
BtripoB, nltorunto rod nud whito, nud
that tho Union bo thirtoon Btnrs,
whito in n bluo flold, roprosoutiug n
uow coustollatiou. "
Trnditlou says that Gouornl Wash
ington, who had boon nppoiutod n
niombor of n committoo to cousidcr
tho subjoot of n gouornl stnudnrd for
tho troops, took to Mrs. John Ross,
in Philndolphin, n rough skotoli of tho
proposod dosigu from whioh sho nmdo
n banuor which Oougress npprovod.
Tho adoptiou of this ilng spoodily oud
ed tho confusiou ovor tho subjoct of a
nntional llng. Tho ousigu nmiio by
Mrs. Ross was nt ouco lmistod in
PhilndQlphia, aud tho dosign wns
copled ovorywhoro. At tlint timo tho
thirtoon stars woro arraiigod in tho
forni of a oirclo to symbolizo tho por
potuity of tho Uniou. Iu 1704, aftor
Vormout nud Kontncky woro ndmittod
to tho Uuiou, nu not wns passod which
providod that tho uumbor of stnrs bo
inoronsod to flftoon. Iu 1818 it wns
ordored that on tho ndmission of enoh
uow Stnto ouo Btnr should bo nddod to
tho Union, tho ndditiou to bo nindo
ou tho 4th dny of July succooding such
ndmission. This is tho prosont pro
soribod nntiounl ouibloni of tho Uniiod
Stntos of Auioricn nnd n sploudid gal
axy of forty-flvo Btars roii'rosents tho
groat union of sovoroign Statos.
A display of tho national Ilag is a
nnturnl oxpressiou of patriotism.
Flontod from tho domo of tho untionnl
Cnpitol it siguiflos tlmt Congroes is iu
sossion, nnd it has tho samo Blguifl
cauco wheu Uyiug from Stato Oapitols.
Enrly iu tho civil wnr tho Stnrs nud
Stripes woro snspoudod from tho top
of Bnnkor Ilill mouumout nud re
iuninod thoro until tuo closo of tho
strnpclo, thns tlyiug for a longor con
seoutivo poriod thau auy othor llug 011
record. Todi.y, so oxtousivo nro tho
torritorios nnd dopondoucies of tho
Uuitod Stntes tlmt it mny truly bo
said tho suu novor sets upon tho Stnr
Spaugled Banuor.
"Loug mny it wnvo,
O'or tho land of tho freo
Aud tho honio of tho bravo. "
VERMONT ELEOTRIO RAILWAYS.
The lnst Unitod Stntes cousub shows
the following figures conoorniug tho
streot nud oloctrio rnilwnys iu Ver
mont in 1002:
Nunibor of conipauiep, 0; gross
oarniugs from oparation, $340,228; op
orntiug oxponsos, 201,170; not oam
iug from oporatiou, -18,040 .gross iu
como less opornting oxponsos, $48,040,
taxos aud flxod chargcs, 4D,080 not
iucoine of compauius roportiug, 20,
704; net incomo for Stnto, 2,000;
dividouds, 8,760; surplus, 15,700.
The total gross oarniugs from pnssou
nors was 210,0115; from froight, 23,
1551; from mail, 2,201; from ex
press, 1,708. Tho aggrogato of opor
ntiug oxponsos was 201,170; for ways
aud struoturos, 04,0G0;for equipmout,
20,705; oporaitou of powor plaut,
41,410; oporatiou of cars, 00,C4l;
wagos qf uiotonnou, 34,109; wagoa
of othor car sorvice omployooB, 5,040;
wnges for car.house omployeoa, 0,100;
car sorvico supplios, 1,812; romoval
of snow aud ico, 2,284; miscollnu
eous, 22,201. Tho aggregnto umonut
for taxos aud flxod chargoB, was 45,
080; taxos, 4,427; iutorost, 40,GG2.
The bnlance shoots showod tho total
asBets to bo 3,203,830; and the total
liabilities 3,203,330; tho cost of con
struotion duriug tho year, 72,892.
Tho uumbor of Balariod offlciala nnd
olorks wns twonty-flvo, thoir snlnrles
nmonutiug to 13,733; thoro nro thir-
teou gouornl oiiicorB, thoir snlaries bo
ing 0,040; thoro aro six olorks with
salarios of 1,007; tho total uumbor
of wago earners was 105, with Balnriea
amounting to 97,823. Tho lougth of
aiuglo traok miloa roportod from July
1, 1001, to Jnuo 80, 1002, ou tho niue
roada in tho Stato ia aa follows:
Barro-Montpelier, 8.82; BollowaFnlla-
Snxtous Rivor, 0.54; Brattloboro-
West Brattleboro, 5.00; Burlington-
Winooski, 11.22; Rutland, 10.45; St.
Albana-Swnuton, 18.50; Sprlngfleld-
Ohnrlostown, (N. H.,) 9.11; Water-bury-Stowe,
11.25; Winooski-Essox
Junotion, 4.C0.
The cnpital stook nuthorized nnd
fundod dobt authorizod nre ns follows :
Bnrro, capitnl stook, 150,000, fuudod
dobt, 100,000; Bollowa Fnlls, 100,
000, 75,000; Urnttloboro, 75,00, 25,
000; Burliugtou, $200,000, 150,000;
Rutland, 700,000, 500,000; St. Al
bans, 200,000, 200,000; Spriugflold,
STATfc JOURNAL THURSDAY JULY 30. 1903.
A Woman's Praycr
It is notable that in the de9potidency
caused by wouianly dlscases, there seema
to niany a suffcring woman no way of
escape from pain except at the price of
lffc itself. It would be sad to rccord
such a story of struggle nnd sufferiug ex-
iur 111c iucl
that in such dlre
distress uinny a
woman hna
found a way
back to healtu
j and happincu
by tbeuseof Dr.
Plerce's Pnvor
ite Pre6cription.
I The one ond
only rcmedy for
icucorruen,
fctnalc weak
ness, prolapsus,
or falhng of the
womb, so abso-
lutely spectfic and sure in curing thtse
comuiou niluients of women, ns to war
rant its makors in offcriiig to pay, as
they hereby do, the sum of fooo reward
for a case of the above maladias which
they cannot cure.
Your medMne nlmost ralsed me frora tha
dead," writM Mrn, Kdwlu ir. Oardntr, ofltffypt,
Plymouth Co JIn3 Dor 14, "My urine waa
Hke briclc dust, and I had pln all over me. and
such a draKKing fctltng it tecmcd I could nt
do my house work. One day I found a little
bopk. I read it and wrote to Dr. rferce, aud in
a few daya receired an aixrrer. I dccided to trr
hla mediclne, aud to-day I ara a well woman, 1
harc no bnckache, no headache, no pain at all.
I used always to have beadachcs previously to
the nisnthly period and such pain that I would
roll on the floor in aRony. I took three bottlei
of Dr. Pitrce's Pavorite rrescriptlon and three
of 'Golden Mcdlcal Diseovery 1 nnd three viala
of Dr. ritrce's rieaiant I'ellets, aud waa cora
pletcly cured.
Accept no substitute for Favorite Pre
scription." There is nothing just as good.
Dr. Picrce's Comnion Sense Medicnl
Adviaer scnt free on receipt of statnps
to cover expense of mailing only. Send
21 one-cent statnps for the book in paper
covers ; or 31 statnps for the cloth bouud
vohune. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf
falo, N. V.
75,000, 100,000; Wutorbury, 300,000,
225,000: Wiuooksi, 85,000, 75,000.
Tho numbor of pnssengor cars iu
Barro is 12, Bollowa Falls. 0, Brattlo
boro 8, Burlington 18, Rutland 18, St.
Albans 9, Spriugflold 5, Waterbury 5,
Winooski 0. Thoro nro steam ougines
in throo of tho uiuo places, Brattlo
boro has two, St. Albaus ouo, nud
Wiuooski two. Tho total nunibor of
passougors cariiod in 1002 wns Bnrro,
750,471 ; Bollows Fnlls, 141,100;
Brattloboro, 804,987; Burlington, 1,
414,;.3i; Rutland, 1,059,408; St. Al
bans, 307,783; Springflold, 95,820;
Wntorbury, 107,080; Winooski, 314,
148. Tho only accidouts, roportod wero
two killod nud 0110 injurod nt Bnrro,
ouo injurod nt Bollows Fnlls, nud ouo
injurod nt St. Albans. St. Albans
Mosseugor.
HOW IT WORKS,
Slow bnt suro sooms to ohnrnctorizo
exnctly somo of our nrdont high li
conso ndvocatos, who nro boginuiug
slowly bnt surely to seo the fnllncy of
somo of thoir strotig high liconse nr
gnmonts. Among thom nnd ouo whioh
wo ofc hoard ropontod, wns tho groat.
iullnx of summor guosts which would
tako plnco upon tho innuguration of
liconso. Wo hnvo high licouso uow, bnt
Vormout ns n popnlar summor resort
isyot n thing to bo hopod for iu
tho futuro. It was nlso- strougly cou
toudcd duriim tho rocout cnmpaigu
that nrrests for iutoxiontiou would de
orenso rnthor thau iuorease aud that
wns tho woukost nrgumoutof nll. Ono
hns bnt to rofor to polico rocords to
provo tho nttor foolishness of this
stntomont. It cnuuot bo olaimed just
l'y that tlio lnw iu this particulnr di
roctiou is bottor ouforced tpday thau
uudor prohibition, thus oxplniuing
tho lnrgor uumbor of nrrests, nud no
moro iutoxicntiou thau uudbr formor
couditious, for tho simplo ronsou tlmt
tho lnw wns enforcod ns woll thon ns
now ; and iu only ouo or two plnces in
Vermont doos a oity ohnrtor tnnko nuy
dUIerent provisious witli regnrd to
pntrolmen'a nrrests nnd foos, thnu for
morly. Supposo u cnnvnss wero mado
of nll tho putrolmeu iu our Stnto nnd
thoir voto tnkou npou the licensoques
tion, tho result wonld certninly bo in
teresting nud wo do not hositntoto
say, would still furthor woaken tho
nbove nrgumont of n moro rigid on
forcoment uow thau forinerly. Goaplo
this with no pecnniary gniu to the
olQcor, a dosire uot to nnpopulurizo
tho liconse iden, nnd n snro dnugor of
boooming odions in the eyes of cortnin
oitizons, cnn n porfootly rigid oufoico
mout of the lnws be possible?
DETEOTING ORIMINALS.
It is snid tlmt orime nB n profossiou
is deoronsiug becnuBO of modoru 1110th
ods of detootiou. A pioneor in ro
duoiug tho dotootiou of orime to n sci
ouco is M. Bortillou of Furis, whoso
methods nro iu nso iu Pnris nnd in
mnny parts of tho world. M. Bortillon
hns boou conneoted with tho Pnris
police force for mnny yeara and pre
viously wns nu othnologist of somo ro
pute. Thoro ia n sohool for dofootives
iu Paris whoro tho studeuts nro iu
atrnotod nccordiug to hia systom. His
mothoda nro simplo, basod npou n bo-
THE PURE
GRAIN COFFEE
Even chiKlren drlnk Grnin-0
becnuso thoy liko it nnd tho doc
tors say it is good for them. Why
not? It contains nll o tlio nourish
ment of tho puro graln and nona
of tho polsons of coffeo.
TRY IT TO-DAY.
t grocen overywhtro j lsc and 23c per package.
1 ra
liof tlmt tlio body nndorgoos little or
uo olinugo iu n loug poriod, nud uo
disgulso or trioks cau dofont tho pur
poso of tho nconrnto moasnromonts
tnkou of tho crlinliml; nnd socoudly,
upon tho vnluo of pniustnklng rooord
of nuy nud nll indlvidnal peonlinri
tios of tho ouo exnminod. Tho atu
douta iu this sohool nro tnught n sort
of moutnl photogrnphy roqnirlug n
quisk oyo nud powors of obsorvntion
nlmost oqunl to Shnrlook Holmos.
Amoug othor Iossoub, photogrnphs of
differont mou, not orlminnlB,nro givon
thom, tw6 viowa n frout nnd profllo
nud thoy nro sout out to suloct tho
mon. Thoso objoots of atudy probnbly
fool uo npprohousloii.if thoy nro nwnro
of tho sorutluy to whioh thoy aro sub
jootod, as thoy aro ouly tho moans to
nu oud. Ourlously onough, tho oar is
solootod by M. Bortillou, ns tho most
importnnt fonturo iu dotection tho
fonturo whioh nnturo novor duplicatos
for, "in nll tho millious of pooplo
inhnbiting tho world no two hnvo onrs
oxnotly nliko. " Iudicntions of ohnr
aotor nro said to bo fouud iu tho color
of tho oyos aud hair, tho palui, tho
ahapoof tho hand, nnd somo protty nc
ournto knowlodgo of ohnrnotoristics
must cortniuly bo rovonlod from suoh
closo study of tho hnninn onr.
Wo olip tho following stntomout f 10m
tho St. Albnus Mossongor : "Tho patrol
mou of Rutlnud city hnve boon ionpiug
n rich hnrvost nuder tho foo systom for
tho pnst fow montliB. Fignros bo
ourod from tho oity clork show that
tho rogular mombors of tho polico
forco mnde tho iollowing amounts in
foos botwoou Jnuo 1 nud July 20, out
aido of thoir regulnr salary of 50 por
nionth; Ohiof E. II. Lawson, 54:
Thomas O. Ellswprth, 73 ; John Tau
gnay, 112; John P. Oliflord, 51;
Miolmol MoDonough, 30; Orrin R.
Pucknrd, 27 ; total, 347.
From tho nbovo ouo cnn easily seo
tlmt n compnrisou of tlio nrrests mado
for iutoxicntiou in a city, whoso char
tor makos provisious for patrolmou
foos ou each arrcst mado, with thoso
nmdo iq n city whoso chnrtor lms no
such provisious, nud whoso pntrolnion
nro romnnorntod for thoir sorvicos by
Hiilnrios ouly doos uot uocossarily iu
dicato a major nmount of druukonncss
in the ouo ; for how mnuy pntroluien
(or auy othor ollicors) nro thoro iu tho
Stnto of Vormont with whom tho nl
mighty dollnr hns uot tho least in
(loonceV Farmors in Vormont nro boginuing
to ronlizo tlmt thoy hnvo just ronson
to bo tlmukful. Tho hny orop is far
ahend of what wns nnticipated n fow
weoks ago, dnriug nnd nt tho conolu
siou of tho long clrought in April nud
Mny. Koports como from tho sonthoru
pnrt of tho Stnto to tho oilect tlmt tho
crop, whilo not so nbundant ns lnst
year, is of bottor quality aud will go
furthor ns food. Tlio late raius causod
tho grass to grow thiok and nntri
tious. Iu tho northorn parts of the
Stato, somo farmors hnvo bognu hny
ing.u nd thoso raport nn nvorngo qunu
tity, nnd moro thnn an nvornpo qual
ity, whilo in our owu vicinity but n
slight difforunoo will bo noticod iu
both qunutity nud qunlity, fioin
tho nsunl orops. Throughont the
Stnto tho hnrvesta will oxuoed tlie
fnriuors' expootatious nnd thoir ouly
nnxioty uow will bo fair woathor for
roaping.
Tho ostimnto of 20,000 peoplo in tho
oity ou cirous day sooms largo, bnt if
10,000 woro tho corroct ostimnto (t is
still worthy of uoto though uot nt nll
nncommoii tlint tho uumbor of arrosts
wns ouly fourtoou nnd but oue instnnco
of nttomptcd violation of the lnw is
roported, an extremoly small porocont
ago. Aud though the prosenco of olli
cors doubtless played uo iucousidornblo
part iu tho proservation of ordor it is
still o.omfortiug to fool that tho vast
majority of humnnity is, nfter nll,
honest, ponco loving nud lnw nbid
iug. t
Tho Vormont hodgehog bonuty lnw
is ovidontly bocomiug n vory popnlnr
one, for Stato Auditor Grnhnm wnB
hoard to romnrk tho othor dny, tlint, if
tho lnw ooutinued iu forco, ndditiounl
olerical holn would bo noodod, as it
took nll of his timo to look aftor hodgo
hog bouutiea.
A TRUE SOHOLAR.
The soholnr iu the truo souso ia the
mnu or woman for whom tho schoola
hnvo dono thoir bost. Tho soholnr
knows somo oue thiug thoronghly,
nnd can oarry his knowledgo into no
tiou. With this ho mnst havo suoh
knowiedgo of rolntod subjects nud of
hunmn lifo aa will throw this spooial
knowlodge iuto propor perspootivo.
Auything loss thnn this ia not soholnr
ahip. Tho mnu with knowlodgo nud
no perfipootivo ia n ornnk, n disturbor
of tho ponco, who uooda a gunrdinu to
mnko his knowlodgo useful. Tho nmn
who hns commou bouso, but no Bpooinl
tiuluing, mny bo n fnir oitizsu, but ho
cnn oxort littlo intluonco tlint mnkos
for progross. Thoro mny bo wisdoni
not of books, but it cnn bo wou by uo
ousy procoss. To gniu wisdoni or skill,
in sohool or ont, is edncntion. To do
auything woll roqnlros spooinl know
lodgo, nnd this is soholnrship whothor
nttninod in tho univoreity or in tho
sohool lifo It ia tho mnu who kuowa
tlmt has tho right to apenk. Dnvid
Starr Jordau, iu tho Atlnutio.
IMS'SltliTUJtX TO MAN1LA.
Jndgo Honry O. Ido, of tho Philip
pluo oommlssiou, who ib spondiug tho
summor nt his old homo in St. Johns
bnry, ia to rotnru to Mnuiln nt tho ond
of his six months' lonvo of nbsonco.
Ho will lonvo St. Johnsbury nbont
Angnst 10,,sniHug from Snu Frnuolsco
on tho Ooptio, August 18.
Although Jndgo Ido has plainly do
olarod himaolf outof tho guboruatorial
contoat, wo priut tho following to
show whnt ia thought of tho fnmous
Vormouter iu tho Fhilippinoa :
Whilo wo should uot liko to soo tho
Phillppinos loso OommiBsionnr Ido,
yot wo nro glnd to uotioo tlint ho is
boiug houorod by moutiou na n candi
dnte for govornorship of hia untivo
Stato, Vormout.
If Judgo Ido wonld niako as good a
Govoruor aa ho lms n oOmmiBsiouor
nud wo soo no roasou why ho should
not Vormont would bo fortunato iu
dood in Boouring his sorvicos. During
his lnbors horo Judgo Ido displayed
hia omiuout qnalifloatious for ofllco.
Hia iutogrity lms novor boon so much
ns quoBtiouod; liis opiuious nnd judg
monts hnve boon nt nll timo souud aud
cousorvntivo, with . tho possiblo oxoop
tion of tho ourrenoy questiou, which
hns puzzlod othors equully omitiout;
his ouergy nnd nbility to disposo of
work devolving upon him iu couueo
tion with his ollico hnvo boou conspio
uous, ovon in such n hnrd-'workiug
body ns tho Philippiuo commissiou ;
his wido grusp of nud koon insight in
to tho mnuy trving probloms coufrout
ing tho ndministrntiou horo hnvo boou
domoustrntod ngniu nnd agaiu; and at
nll timos ho hns showu nu nifnbility
nud courtcousuoss which hnvo ou
donrod him to thoso who hnvo como
iu coutnct with him nnd hnvo lnrgoly
contributod to what popularity tho
body of whioh ho is n niombor onjoys.
Whnt Govoruor Tnft and Prosideut
Roosovolt thought of him was showu
by his provisorj? nppointmout to tho
vico-govoruorship of these islauds nt
tho tiuie it wns schodulod tlint Gov
oruor Tnft should go ou tho Supromo
Bench nnd bo snccoedod by Vico-Gov-ornor
Wright.
.. Should Jndgo Ido bo uoniinntod nnd
nppoiutod wo boliovo tho State of Vor
mont would do itself houor. Wo
should bo sorry to loso him horo but
nt tho samo titue would rojoijo to soo
him occnpying tho highost position
whioh his Stato can confor. Maniln
Times.
Tho nctiou of Preideut Roosevelt in
restoring-tho nssistnnt foromnn in tho
goverumeut priuting ofllco nt Wash
ington to tho placo from whioh ho lmd
beon romovod uuaor tho demnnd of n
lnbor uniou is commoudublo. It is tho
moro credit to him for tho courngo it
shows. Tho uvorago politioiau droads
tho decreo of tho lnbor uuious, nud
thoy do not hesitnto to nttompt to cou
trol thoso as high iu ofllco ns tho Pres
idout himsolf. Mr. Roosovolt mcots
tho omorgonoy Equaroly, aud statos his
ioasons for tho ordor ho issues with
ndmirablo clonmess nnd concisouess.
"Thoro is no objoctiou, " he Bays, to
tho omployis of tho govorument priut
ing ofllco coustitutiug thomselves iuto
a uuiou if thoy so desiro, but uo rules
or rosolutious of tlint uuion cnu bo
pormitted to ovon ido tho lnws of the
United Stntos, which it is my sworu
duty to enforco. " This isdiguiflod iu
position nud digniflod iu oxpressiou.
Bostou liorald.
Tho death of tho nrtist, James M.
Whistler, ut Oholsea, Englnnd, ro
movos tho oddost nrt clmrnoter tlint
Amoricn hns producod, nud Euglaud
nnd Frnnco oduontod. Ho wns ono of
tho improssionnlistB who hnvo boon
ndmirod aud lnughod nt by turus.
Twonty-flve yoars ngo John Ruskin
pokod fuu nt Whistlor for nskiug high
pricos for "iliugiug n pot of paiut"
iu tho face of the pnblio aud oalliug
it art. Although born nt Lowell,
Mnss., Rnskiu conld not resist tho
tomptntiou of cnlling him n cooknor.
Whistlor suod for libel nud tho faith
iug ho wou fronj his jiiry ever nfter
wnrd did servico ns a charm ou his
wntclr ohain. His paiutings nud
otchiugs nro uow hanging in somo of
tho best gnllorios of Europe. His por
trnit of Gnrlylo is hia mnsterpieoe.
! (rriin Ontifln A rt. rtf Tnli ni T2linm 1 oa' 1
is the best of four or flve books ho
wroto. If his nrt genius lmd equnled
his aelf-couceit, he would have boou
n mnstoi without n rivnl. Exohnnge.
Quite nu ordinnry hnpnening for
thoso timos is roported from tho vioiu
lty of Bntesbnrg, S. O. A uegro
uamod Edwnrds had killod n whito
mnn nud oscnpod. It npponra to hnvo
boon felt by many whito oitizons tlint
"tho ropntntiou of tho commuuity
wns at stnko, " nnd tlint uuIobb somo
ulgger Bufforod for the crimo no repu
tntion would bo loft. Two blncks
who woro tueroly aaspootod of know
ing tho wherenbouta of Edwards, woro
nooordlngly sot upon, aud whou thoy
would not toll probably becnuso thoy
oould uot ouo wns lynohed nnd tho
othor pnrsnod with llyiug bulleta until
ho disapponrod. So tho reputntiou of
tho plnco hns boon ro-estnblishod giv
iug us somo idon of tho Bort of ropn
tntiou most dosirod by peoplo in tlint
vioiuity. But not by nll. Lot it bo
said that mauy oitizons "doploro" the
nfl'air. But it wlll ovidontly oud with
n scnttorod oxprossion of rogrot. Ex
ohnngo. Scaro orowa nro uow placed npou
Blato roofs in Viotorin, B. O, Tho
orows whioh swnrni on tho bonoh nud
dig for olnms ily ovor tho bnilding
nnd drop tho olnms ou tho roof, by
thla menuB brenkiug tho shollB nud
lenviug tho uiont freo to bo eatou. Iu
many cnsos whon tho olnms woro
droppod tho slnto wns brokon.
jo esn tm
po)OOjJO pVtl
qoHlA 9qnoi)
oiaojuo jo
U0VU1018 10
pojno stt 'bj
' jopoy Xq psmo
PI1IIH J" l
tre& "o 'epA9M
SU01JipU0D3qBJID 1B J3pil)
RIVERS BROS.
UO W '1 USKKGJ2E UHLL'S.
From tho car windowa of tho South
eru Rnilwny systom in goiug south
from Washington, ouo is impressed
with ruarks of a gouoral improveniout.
Fonces aro iu a bottor stnto of repair
thnu thoy woro oigiit yonrs ngo whon
I lnst visitod Tuskegeo. Barns are
painted. Factorios have been bnilt
nnd they soem to bo bnsy. Loug
freight trins on sidings with their
varioty of machiuory nud genornl mor
chaudiso conlirm tho improssiou. No
whoro elso in tho seotion, howevor, ia
thoro nuy aight moro iupsiring iu its
promiso for tho futuro of tho south
thnn this work nt Tuskegeo Institute.
It is the objeot lessou for tho section.
It tells tho pooplo whnt they should
do nud shows thom doing it. Evory
mnu nud womnu of tho south, wlint
ovor lijs positiou iu life or his com
ploxiou, must proflt by contact with
the burniug iutonsity aud the trnined
intolligouco which innrks tho worK of
this littlo commuuity. No statosmau,
whatevor his prejndices, cnu lenve tho
plnco nfter even n cursory exnminntion
of tho work, without feoliug tlint tho
uatiou should bo doing throughout tho
couutry what private philauthropy is
doing nt Tuskogeo. No fnxmer oan
soo tho systom nud stndy tho detnils in
stock rnising, dniryiug nud geuernl
ngriculture ou most uurosponsivo soil
without being n bottor mnn for tho
exporionco. Iudeod the nnnual cou
ferouces of tho negro farmors nro cou
tinued nll tho yoar rouud, for thoy
como iu forndvioonud othor nssistnnco
whouover thoy find thomsolvos cou
fronted with ngricultural or finnucinl
probloms. Nntiounl Mngnzine.
ST.SiriTJIIJf'S DAY.
St. Swithin's Dny, if thou dost rnin,
For forty days it will roumin;
St. Swithin's Dny, if thou be fnir,
For forty dnys 'twill rniii une nmir.
Lnst Woduesdny, July 15, wns St
Swithin's dny and as it rnined, wo
mny uow oxpoot forty dnys of rninv
weathor in acoordnuce with tho old
rhyme. Lyudonvillo Jonrual.
YJZSTEliDAYS.
If yestorday would como tomorrer
Thoro wouldn't hardly bo no sorrer.
For then we'd havo auother try
At chnncea tlint wo lot go by.
lustoad of giviu' luck tho blame
Wo'd grnb tho good thiugs when they
cnine.
Wo'd tnko tho best nnd lenvo tho worst
If nll tho dnya camo hind-ond first.
If yostorday wonld como agen
We'd uot sny "if" so ofton then.
Wo'd turn tho merry face to sorrer
If yestordny wonld como tomorrer.
"From Ofllco Boya' Lyrics," Satur
day Eveniug Post.
A Jnpauoso author iB said to hnvo
complotod a work of fiction that runs
into niuety voluuies,
Well Known Machinist.
Theo. H. LeClairof Port Henry, N. Y.,
suffered from InfUramatory Rheuma
tlsm, was generally run aown. Ho
says : " Mr. Smith, druggist, ndvised my
taklng Dr. David Kennedy's FavoritB
Remedy; said he recommended it as he
knew it tp be n good rnedlclne. I got
a bottle and it cured me."
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorlts Hemady If tha
urest cure known tor all urio acld trouble. In
istd for all Kldney, Uladdar. Llrer and Blood dls
erders. Rbeumatlsm, Dyspeptla and Constlp&tlon,
or the wstknastas pecull&r tp women.
AlldniKlJte!llt.tnthe NEW 60 OENT 8IZB
and tha recular $1X0 slte bottle.
Samfil bottteenough for trt'al, free by mail,
Dr. David Kennedy Corporatlon, Rondout, N. Y.
Ilr. Diild Kfnnfjy'i l!or irr rndlcal cura
Catorrh, Uay t'mt aat CU ia Hetl. Mc ,
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