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VERMONT WATCIIMAN & STATE JOUKNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1903.
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flfermont tfittatchnuw.
Thursdny, Dcccmber 10, 1903.
4HTHUR ROPES Gcncrnl BJltor
OLUBBING LIST.
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auy) duo on oitbor papor nud n f nll
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for tho Journal,
PnbliBliors' Olub
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Amorican Kitchou
Magnziuo, 0 75
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Goutloman, 2 50 2 00
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Mirror aud Farmer, 1 00 5u
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" " " ouo lnouth, CO
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Tolndo Bindo, . 50
Troy Tiuios. 80
Vormontur, 1 00
Ladios' Homo Jonrual, 1 00
Tlio HouHehold 80
TI10 nbovo rates are subjeot to
chaugo withont uotico.
THB HOODLUM QUESTION.
Iu tbe oity of Waterbury, Conu.,
oiglit yonng meu havo beou Bout to jail
to sorve tou inonths' soiitences for pnr
tioipatiou iu tlio riots atteuding tho
8troet car disturbauoes. Tho oouutry
has just been shooked by the Btory of
tho crimea of tho Ohicago boy des
perndooa. Iu Vermont, aud eveu in
Washingtou oonnty, the oriuiinal dock
ot has witliin a year or so boruo the
nnmea of an uuprecodeuted lnimbor of
youthful respondents. From Barre,
Northfield, Cabot aud Montpelier boys
iu their teeuB havo been takeu iuto
oourt oharged with offencoB naore or
loss soriona. Whnt is the canBe? How
onu the recurreuco of suoh ovents bo
avertod?
It is n very eaay matter for a boy to
go astray aud a very diffioult matter
to get lrim back ou tho riglit traok
lator. Every inflneuce and restraint
should be broncht to Denr npou him
during liis ohildhood which will aid
in koepiug him a clean, honost, re
spectable boy, and whloh will not at
the Bamo tiuie unfit him for the strife
of later yoars by keeping hira from
coutaot with other boyB and grown
poople undor propor oonditions. It is
a good thing for a bor to kuock about
with other boys and loarn something
of life, but it is bad for him to get to
thinking that tho stroet is tho proper
plaoe to romain, day and'night, and
that tho ways of tho stroot corner
loafer aro those ho sliould follow.
From loaflng to worBO than loaflng is
but a short step. Hoodlumism leads
to orimo if it be not crimo itsolf. Tho
hoodlum who ohnses over town in the
evening with other boys, throwing
stones at windowB in vacaut houaes,
uauoiug people on the BtreetB, aud
looking for tronblo generally is on the
road toward a orimiual rooord.
Iu somo oitios of tho United StateB
the authoritios havo turned to a onr
fow law as a partial solutiou of tho
hoodlum question. Iu uianv oases it
has worked very Batisfaotorily. At
oiglit or uiuo o'clock in tho ovoning
all shildren uuder a certaiu age, gon
orally twolvo yoars, aro supposed to
bo off tho stroot and at homo nud tho
law has been very well onforced,
With conditious as thoy are, it might
bo well for Montpelier to adopt a our
few ordinanco. Tliero are many streots
It Cftrcn Colds, Coticlis, Bore Throat, Cronp, Infln.
lun, W'liooplni; Uoiicli, Jlroncliltls and Acthma.
A ccrtnln eato Sot ConriiinpUoii In Brat Kuges,
onj n BiifD rrllcf jn ailyaiiLvd atages. Unoatonoe.
You will neo tlie exccllcnr ellcct aflcr taktng the
flrsl, dOHC. fold )y ijonlor everywliera. Largo
bottleu 2J cente and 60 ccnU.
iu town whoro lioodlnmisui is rlfo iu
tho ovoulug. BoyB of tho agos of oight
to twolvo yoars mako uiglit lildoons
with tholr nolso whioh is iu partours
iug nud sweariug aud vilo tnlk. If
thoBO boys oould bo tnkou from tho
fitroot nt oight o'olook or hnlf pnst
oight it would bo woll for tlio boyB.
Tlio quostiou is ouo that Moutpehor
pnronts mny woll oonsidor. If a onr
fow law would do auything to provout
Moutpolior boys booomiug thiovos and
burglnrs it would bo wortli having.
JUDGE PARKER'S KEOOUD.
Sluco Grovor Clovolnud camo ont
equaroly aud settlod nll doubts as to
his cnndidaoy for rouominatlon for
Preaidont, tho quostiou of tho propor
candidato hns apparoutly boon troub
liug tho Now York World. On tho
sntuo dny that tho Brooklyn Englo
priuted Olovolnnd'B lottor, tho Eaglo
deolnrod iu fnvor of Judge Altou B,
Parkor nud sluco thou lms beou sup
portiug him as tho propor candidato
of tho Douiocratio party. Tlio World
1b uot so outhusiastio a Parkor sup
portor ns it might bo, nud in a roceut
oditorial naked Dr. MoIColway, of tho
Eaglo, somo still nunnsworod quostions
as to Judgo Pnrkor's stnud on publio
qnostiouB.
Judgo Parker may bo au nble mau
nud n conBcieutiouB judgo but na to
his politicnl rccord tlioro is littlo
that cau bo Baid. Ho is almost nn un
kuowu quautity politlcally. To bo
snro ho wns oloctod judgo whon tlio
Ropublicans swept ovorything olso.but
tho roason for it was uot his own
streugtli with tho votors but tho fact
that tho oitizou's Uuiou tickot in
Now York oity in 1807 hnd uo candi
dato for jndgo ngaiiiBt him. Parker
hns beou n Etraight party mau, nu
ally of Dnvid B. Hill, nud hns twico
voted for Bryau. That may not holp
him much with tho iudopendeut votor.
Olovolaud bocamo stroug with tho
country tlirough his owu strength.
Ho fiually foll bocauso ho was too iu
depoudont to bow to n dictnte that ho
belleved wns uot for tho good of tho
country. The peoplo know him nud
had coufideuco iu him bnciiuso of his
moral courago, his dovotiou to prin
oiplo, his doflanco of politicians who
woro workiug for selfiBh ends. Thoy
kuew him ns the livinp embodimeut
of fnndnuieutnl Democrntic doctrines
whioh, nlas, aro 110 moro Domo
orntio taritf roform, respect for tho
OouBtiiutiou, souud monoy, aud ocou
omy in publio oxpeuditures. Thoy
rememberod his strict enforcemont of
tho lnw againat mob rioters in Ohi
cago, aud liis cqually courageous nnti
jiugo action in rebukiug the Amori
cau promotors of rvolution iu
Hawaii. On all theso subjccts Judgo
Parker hns been silout Tho Donio-
crats will ueed n cnudidate better
than Parker, who thongh perhaps
good euough is unknown to tho pub
lio, if thoy are to dofeat Roosevolt
who posMsses nll the forco, indopeud-
enco, and honosty thnt auy Proaident
evor had A cleau but colorlcss roo
ord will uot Bufllce agaiust Raosovelt'B
whioh, while clean, is marked with
deeds of bravery both moral iud pliys-
ical.
IN THE FAR EAST.
Tho situation in the Far East still
remains doubtful. Reports coruo from
thero thnt there is probability of n
peaceful settlemont of the troubles be-
tweou Russia aud Japau and thnt the
ngrecmeut by whioh pence will be ns
surod is uenrly nrrnuged. On tho
othor hand come roporta of n most
warliko feeling iu Japau nud tbe
mobilization of troops by Russin.
Supplies o( wnr aro being rushed to
Ruesian ports in Asia, nnd Japau is
said to be trading for warships. It is
thought probable thnt tho moasnros
being takeu by both countrios nro
meroly procautiounry nnd it is cer
tainly to bo hoped that thoy aro. A
clash botweeu Russia nnd Jnpnu
would niean n torriblo Btrugglo, oveu
if thoy woro allowed to fight it out
nlone. Japan wonld have the ndvan
tago of positiou and probably nu nd
vautngo of uumbors ou tlio sea but
RuBsia would have tho greater
ltrength by Innd ns soon as eho could
tar lier troops by the traus-Siberian
rnilway to tho bcouo of wnr, nud the
forco that sho uow has tlioro is very
largo. Thousanda of lives and mill
ious of dollars wortli of property
would bo destroyed by tho oombat
nuts. But it is moro tliau probable that if
thoBO two natious wout to war othor I
untions would bo drnwn into it by ,
forco of trenties nnd defouBlvo-offousive
nllianoeB. It is undorstood that Eug
lanil has suoh nn ngreemout with
Jnpan that nn nttaok upon tho island
einpiro would bo conBidored nu nttaok
upon Euglnud, aud Britinli shlpB aud
troopB would go tu tho aid of horally.
Frnnce mlghc stnnd with Russia nud
thoro is uo tolliug whero tho oamivnl
of blood might not lead to. But tho
uatiouswoll know tho cost of war and
it is ouly roasouablo to boliovo tlme
RuBBln will ourb hor greed, which
tlirontens to ruu nway with hor, and
thnt Japau will put down tho "jin
go" feeling whioh iahigh there now.
Russin undoubtedly wniita Mnnohurin
nnd Morea but If aho Ib wiso sho will
wnit and poonro them by ponceful
monus, sacli ns "btmoroleut MHjinill-
ntlou", iuntend of flghtiug for them
In thc good
old dnys thc
scxtou nntiounc
cd a death in
the commutilty
by n strokc ou
the church bell
for cvery year of
the llfe that was
gono. People
czpected, thcii, to llve to old
nge, nud Bpcculation at the
first tnp of the bell took a
narrow rnnge includlnjr only
thoae wlio uad lived tlie al
lottcd tlme. There is no rea
sou why people sliould not
have the satue expectanoy of
nge to-day, except for the
ueglect and abuse of the one
orgau on whlch nll the othar
organs depend the stomach.
Dr. Pierce's Goldcn Med
lcal Discovery enables nten
and women to be stroug and
healthy, by curing dlseases of
the stomach (and other or
gans of digcstlon and nutri
tion), which prevent the
uroper uourishment of tlie
bouy.
"I liod btea slck for two year
with indlftestlon and nervous dt
bllity, and had takcii
mediclne from my fatn'
lly doctor for n loti tlme
withont much benefit,"
wrltes Mr. W. It. Pce
bles, of I.ncknow, S. C.
"Was Induced by my
hutband to consult Dr.
Tierce by letter. You
odvlicd mc to take
'Oolden Medical Dlncov
ery ' and ' Favoritc l"re
scrlptlon,' which I dld,
nud. to my Rreat sur
misc, nftcr takliift slx
bottlcs I was cured."
The Medical Ad
viser, in paper cov
crs, is sent free for
31 one-cent stanipsto
pay expense of mail
nig only. Addrc6S
Dr. R. V. Tierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
OHIOAGO'S PROBLEM.
Mnyor Harrison, of Ohicago, pro
posos to ohook crimo in that city by
shutting olf to a groat oxtout tho aalo
of liroarms. Ho has jnst subniittod to
tho city council moasnros wiiioh, if
passod, will requiro ovory purchaser of
n'pistol or guu to aecuro n liconse flrst
and pay for it. Salos to a porsou who
cnuuot show good reasou for tho pos
sossion of u Bhootiug irou will be for
biddon. Tho situation in Ohicago iB
sorions euough uow to warrant nonrly
auy kiud of notiou that iu auy way
promipos improvcmont, but what such
a moasnrn 3B Mr. Harrison proposos
would do to stop tho caroers of toughs
nud boy dosporndoos is not apparout.
It woula bo oaay euough for i porsou
to send nway for n guu thnt ho was
forbiddou to buy at homo nnd those
who ronlly wauted revolvors would
got thoru just tho samo. Tho buyiuc
by a peaceablo oitizeu who might liko
to have a sixshootor hauay by his
bod nt uiglit to protoct himsolf wocld
probably bo cut off, because he would
uot bo dosirons onongli to go to muoh
trouble to get the wnnpon. But Ohi
cago will bo forcod to go deoper down
than that to chook the advauco of
orimo in hor borders. Tho police
force must bo ruu for tho oity aud
not bo a conter of corruption. Tho
polico who nro in loagno with tho
orimiuals must be weodod out, ovon
'f a now foroo has to bo built up.
Tlion porhaps somothiug cau be dono.
But it will be uo eaBy job to clean
ont the polico forco.
THE ARMY OANTEEN.
The quostiou of tho nrmy cauteeu
has boon brought into promiuouoo
onco moro by n roport of Genoral
Yonug, ohief of stnff, to the seoretnry
of wnr. Tlio roport recommends the
re-estnblishmont of tho canteou nud
cnlls spocinl nttontion to the oomruents
of depnrtmout commanders ou the
domoralizing effoct on tho army result
ing from its nbolishmeut. Gouornl
Young bolievos thnt the lnw which
prohibits tho snlo of beera nnd light
wiues nt army posta iB lnrgely reapon
sible for tho iuoreased drunkenness,
inoreased desertiou, aud iuoreased in
subordination in tho army. Tho de
pnrtmout commnnders nio prnoticnlly
nunnimous lu tho snme belief. Thoy
mniutnin tiiut the soldiorB get liquor
just tho Bamo now but get strouger
kinds nud moro of it. Iu tliis counoc
tion tho Boston Ilornld argues for tho
riirhf. nf nnnf.rnl nF flin nrmv Inaf-nnH nf
" (
oy a loouy 01 roioruiore, wiio swarm
iu Washington. In conolusion it Bnys:
"Two nud n half yoars of oxporieuco
have showu that tho aimy oilicora wero
riglit aud tho cauteon roformers
wnug. As the army olllcors are ro-
1 sponBible aud the reformors aro not,
uot only sliould tho ofllcors havo tho
matter arrnugod ns thoy wnut it, but
iu futnro thoy slionlri bo cousnltod be
tore laws nro onactod which tond ta
demorulizo tho araiv. "
BASE BALL. A STATE LEAGUE.
Tho basobnll enthuaiasts of tho Stato
nro nlrendy boglnning to itoh for n
' lengue uoxt yonr A ropresQiitativo
f roiu Rutlniid will confor with tlio
sporta of Moutpalior nnd Bnrre, St
Albaus, Burlington nnd Plnttshurg to
boo if n longuo cnuuot bo forinoil, ob
1 sorving tlio Hiune ngreemout for lurliig
plnyors so thnt tlio Stato may havo
1 B01110 good haso Imll plaviug nt a
reiiBOiiablo prlce. To plnce n liniit
! on tlio vnlnry pnld the playerH iB tlio
' only wny tn brlng about tt lencuo in
Voruioit thnt will not piovn n failnro
flimiioinlly. Tlio ojtips of tliis Stato
canuot pay iu plnynrs tho oxorbitnnt
I suins thoy havo beou reoelvin in tho
1
pnst nud coiuo out ovon, flnnuolally.
Thls fnot wns domonstrntcd lnst yonr.
Why uot, then, form n longuo 011
bnalness prluoiplos, bo thnt good bnso
bnll may bo dovoloped iu tho Stato at
n roasouablo snm? If tho mattor is
not manugod 011 thls busincss liko
bnBls, tho oity whioh pays tho blggoit
mouoy for its jilnyora will havo tho
boat toam, tho othor toatuB wiU bo nt
n disndvnutago fluauclally nud othor
wiso.
Tho now Itallau cabluot has out
liuod to tho Pnrlinmout in Romo n
Bchomo of Bocial, oconoiuio, nud
Qunuoinl roforms, whioh it doclnrod
it wns about to initinte. Tho proposed
loglBlation nnnouuccd includos mons
uros to hnvo tho railroads, if upcos
snry, pnss uuder tho direct coutrol of
the state, n Borios of moasnros for
oconomio rofomls, ospooiully iu south
orn Italy, nud ultimntoly for ilscal ro
fonns iu tho bouso of having progroa
sivo taxatiou, or taxoa iu proportiou
to tho woalth of the taxpnyora; a bill
providiug for tho abolition of forced
domioilo, aud n bill mnkiug Suuday
nn obligntory dny of rest. Prosniunbly
muoh of tho proposod logislntiou will
go up iu suioko. Tlioro ia nudoubtod
ly ohauco for improvomout iu Italy.
howovor, nud if Itnlinns sliould hap
pou to try govoruinont owuorship of
tho railwnys It might bo nn iustruo
tivo oxporlment for othor natious.
Drojfus mny got justioo nftor nll.
Tho prosout Frouoh Ministry is roport
od to bo favorablo to complying with
tho ploa of Droyfus nud his frionds
that ho bo declared inuocont. Every:
ouo kuow him to be inuocont nftor the
procoedings iu which ho was fonnd
nillty by court martlal aud thou
grauted moioy. Tho procooding was
faroical bo far as mnintaiuing tho
houor of tho Frouch nrmy wns cou
cornod, thongh a End trngody for Droy
fus Mnuy Frouoh olllcors, Colouel
Picqunrt boiug ouo,maintainod nt tho
begiuniug thnt a frauk aokuowlodge
mont of Droyfus' iuuoceuuo aud of the
orror mndo would bo bost foi tho nrmy,
but those iu nuthurity wont nhend
with forgorios nud parjurod tostimouy
nud convictod nn inuocont man. Now
tho ministry proposes to get tho opiu
ious of emiuont jurists nnd if ihoy bo
fnvornblo, whioh cau hardly bo doubt
od, tho right will triumph,. Nothiug
is over sottled until settlod riglit.
Seuator Plntt's tronblcs just nt
preseut nre not coufiued to politics,
It iB tnlkod thnt tho wivos of most
of tho other Senntors nro disposed to
finub Mrs. Plntt aud uot admit hor to
their socinl fmictious, other than
thoso which go ns a part of tho offi
cial social codo. Senator and Mrs.
Depow gave n dinnor tho other dny in
liouor of Seuator and Mr-s. Plntt nnd
of Bisteen seuatorial, couplea invitcd
all' but two oxcusod themselves from
atteuding npou 0110 excuse or nnother,
tho real reason, it is Baid, being n do
siro to "cut" Mrs. Platt. Verily tho
ways of Washington nro boyond un
dorstnudiug. Washington sooioty may
be tho olect of tho enrth but it seemB
na though the elect nre up to pretty
suinll busiueBB,
Tho phenomenon cnown nstho"Rnin
of Blood" has occurred nt Snlermo,
Itnly, dnring tho past fow days. Raiu
drops fell whioh wero bo grontly col
ored that thoy left rod staius and tho
peasants wero badly frightened. Tlio
oxplauatiou of the phbnotuonon is that
aftor a sevore sand storm in Sahara,
tho sand of tho desort is Bometimes
carried by the wiud noroBs tlio son nud
mixos with tho ruin us it fnlls. Threo
yoars ago the reBulta woro uotioed' as
far awav as Romo.
Tho sequel to tho story of tho kid
unpping of Gaisoppe Oirriugioue, tho
Ontholio priest who wns missing in
Now York for three dnys, is rather
damaging to tho rest of tho tale.
Father Oirriugioue has beou romovod
from tho pastornl list of the New
York nrchdiocoso nud his successor
ns pnstor of the Ohuroh of tho Itnmr.o
ulato Oonception has boon nppolntod.
A uiajority of tho priets iu tho aroh
diocoso oxprossed the belief thnt Fnth
or Oirringione's mind had bocomo un
balanced. The troublo witli thoso good peoplo
who nro so disturbod about the meth
ods by which we hnvo ncquired tho
requhito fnoilities for tho couetruct
ion of tho intorocenuia cntial via
Pauama wns very woll oxpressed by
ox Seuator Edmuuds on nuother occn
sion, thou ho remurked that thoro nro
n grrnt many people in tliis world who
cun nlwnys mnungo to seo tho liio.s on
n bnrndoor but who cannot seo tho
bnrndoor BoBtou Hornld.
A J. Bnldwiu, tho mnu who laid
tho flrst oablo uuder water in tliis
country, has just died iu Wilkoarre,
Pa. , nt tho ngo of sovonty-eight yonrs.
flo laid tho cablo botweeu Wood's
Holo' nnd Vinoynrd Havou, Mnrtha's
Viuoynrd, n diHtnuco of slx miloB, nud
n little later nuothor betweou Monmuy
tnd Grnud Poinr, Nantuiiket, nbont
twenty-ftvo unleB.
Thero 1b Ktill plmity of rendy .noiify
lu tho United Stntes Trenanry. Sut
urdav'H roport hIuws, oxcilusivo of tho
150.000 000 gold resorvo futid, $111).
047 Ui4 in gold nnd $7,02(1,002 iu sil
vor 011 huud. Tho. wholo nvnilnhl
uiihIi bnlntico is $223,454,073 UuoIh
rinin is not "broko" yet nnd sliows
uo IndioutlouB of ovpr being so,
BARRE GRANITE,
Captain Ilarding Inspecis
Qnarries for Government.
BIG CONTRACTS.
Tlirough Efforts of Senator Dil.
Ilnglinm Granlte Mcn Have
Barre Qranite lndustry Invcs
ligatcd With Busincss In View.
For tho first dme in tho higtory of
tho grnnito induBtry 11ns an agout of
tho United Stntos covoriimcut como to
Montpelior nud Barro nud ofiicinlly
inspocted tho qunrries nud sliods, witli
tho ond in viow of tho posalblo nwnrd
iug of govorumont coutrncts for build
ing stono. Onptnln OheBtor Hnrding,
ouo of tho nssiatnut onghieors of tho
DiBtrict of Columbin, wns liore 011
Fridny nnd nftor n full dny spent in
obsorving nnd investignting tho
grnnito wenlth of Bnrro ho exprossed
in unqunlifled torms, liis fnvor
nblo iinprossions, Capt. Harding said:
"Thore is uuqnestionnbly nn nlinost
unlimitod snpply of grnuite iu Barre,
of first rato qnality, nild with nmplo
fnollitios for its mnunfnctnre nnd
ahipmout. " TIiobo words contaiued
in a nutshell the auswer to the ques
tion which tho United Statos govorn
mont haB asked about r,he Barro qnar
ries. Grnuito dcalors throughout thls
country long ngo camo to the Bamo
conclusions, but notuutll now has the
govorumout soon flt to consider tho
queistion. N
The pre.sent nction camo about ns
follows. Tho Ponnsylvniiin Raitroad
Oompauy is about to erect n now Btn
tiou in tho city of Wnshingtou nud
nlthough, hitherto, Wnshingtoni.ius
have been very much in favor of
uiarble for great publio and quasi
public struoturos, the railrond officials
saw fit to cIioobo grnnito for the now
building. Desiring to mnke tho in
uovntion as slightly apparout ns pos
siblo, thoy choso tho so-cnlled white
grnuite nnd awnrded the contract to
tho qunrry owuors of Bethel. Tho
coutrnnt must bo approved by tho D1b
trict authorities, liowovcr, nnd as a
cousoqueuco Onptaiu Harding was
ordorod to inspect tho Bothol qunrries,
to nBcertnin whotlior a Bufilcieut
amonnt of suitnblo grnnito from there
cau be assured for the prompt filling
of the coutrnct. Montpelier nnd
Barro buBinoas men lenrnod of tliis
proposed trip to Bethel nnd several of
them, among whom were Henry
Phelps, of Barre, aud Jumes W.Brock
and James M. Boutwoll, of Montpel
ier, commuuicntod with Sentnor Dil
lingliani, in Wnshingtou, about hav
ing the iuspector visit Bnrro at tho
samo time. The Senator at onco in
terested himself in the matter nnd ns
a result Oaptain Harding was in.
struoted to thoroughly inspect the
Barre grauite supply, aud the fnoili
ties for mnnufncturo and Bhipmonc,
SeuntorDillinghnra wont fnrther nnd
tnlked with Coniuiisionor MnoFarlnnd
with regard to tho Distrlot ofllce
building wlich is to bo erectud uoxt
j-ear. The contract for building ma
torial for that will bo uuder consid
oraciou soon. It will requiro nbout
250,000 cubic foet of stone which mnst
do suppliod in n fow mouths' time
nftor the construction is begun. If
the commissioners should choose Barro
grauite it would mean a good contract
for tliis vicinity which would un
doubtodly lead to moro. Captain
Hnrdiug viited Bethel on Thursdav.
As to the roport he will give regard
ing conditious there ho wns non-cnm-mittnl
ou Fridny. Whethor fnvornblo
or unfavorablo itwillmnko very littlo
direct difference with Barro aud Mont
pelier, as the railroad etntiou concract
is sure to bo for marblo if tho Bethel
grnnito is not fouud in suffioient
quautity. The local iuterest is in
tho District building contiact and
suoli otliors ns nre to bo mndo lnter.
Onptaiu Harding wns on Fridny
takcn ou n tour of iuBpection in Barre,
nccompauied by prominent grnnito
meu nnd representativcB of tho press,
A specinl traiu left Montpelier nt
eight o'olook nud mndo its first stop
nt the plaut of Jonea Brothors in
Bnrro, tho largest grnnito sheda iu tho
world. All tho dopnrtinonts woro
visited, Onptaiu Hnrdiug mauifestiug
grcnt iuterest iu thn work. About
250 uien nro now omployed by Jonos
Brothers, 150 of whom nro nt tho
sheds, sixty-fivo at their light 'quarry,
and thirty-fivo nt thelri dnrk qunrry.
Among tho things of spcoinl iutorest
rlint wero seon nt tho Bheds woro tho
follovtiiig: A groa't Bhect of fiuished
grnuite, 18 feut by 13 foot 4 luchos,
polistird on one Bide, lny Iu tho ynnl,
which was pointed out m tho largest
ooiling pii'ce for a Btotio vnult nvor
mnuufnctureil, Tho vnult is for tho
Washington Court Houso in Ohio.
Stntunry of vnrionH kinds nnd iu nll
Rtngt'H of miiutifncturo wns boou.' The
uiPthodH nf wurktng by hnnd nud with
ul kiuilB ol piibuumtio tords upon nll
BhnptK nud sizt's uf stnnos wns ob
seived. Thp groat enginos, tho pol-
Ayers
iBhing mnchincs, tho powerful snws
cuttlng tlirough ninsslvo grnnito
blocks, tho lnthos, nnd tho MoDonnld
snrfnco cuttors woro nll obBorvod, Of
tho latter, Jonofl Brothors hnvo two of
tho slx in tlio world, nt a cou approx
imnting $15,000,
From theso slicds, whioh illustrntod
tho uianufnoturo of grnuito in ovory
form, tho party wont on to Barro,
whoro n delegntiou of Bnrro graulto
men boardod tho train and all procecd
ed by tho "sky routo" to Qunrry
Hill.
Tho qunrrlos of E. L. Smlth &
Compnny, Wotnioro nnd MorBO qunr
rlcs nud thoso ol Mllno, Olnrihow nnd
Groy woro visitetl whoro cumnlntivo
iuforiiintion wns gathored ns to supply
of stock nnd modoru mcthods of iu
structiou. Tho pnrty wna ontortnined
nt dinnor nt tho City Hotol, Barro,
by those who hnd tho oxpeditiou in
ohnrgo. On tho trip down Onptaiu
Hnrdiug told iv Watchman rcprcsenta
tivo thnt whnt ho hnd boou wns n rov
elntion to him; ho hnd uo idcn so
groat an industry was in Barre. In
tho aftornoou n trip to Oobble Hill
wns mndo iu cnrringes provided by
tho Bnrro Whito Grnnito Compnny.
As ono of tho grauite inou, not nu
ownor of the qunrry, remnrked, "The
qunrry is nn idonl ono for tho produc
tion of building stono," From Oobblo
Hill tho party rcturued to tho city,
whoro for n short timo outertniumout
wns furnishod nt the Vinciucia Olub,
aud tlion the Moutpolier delegation
returued homo. Captain Hnrding
loft at six o'clock for Washingtou, by
way of Bnrliugton. Among those in
tho pnrty besidcs tho members of the
Whito Grnnito Compnny wero: Jnmes
M. Boutwoll, James W. Brock, O. H.
Ferriu, A. O. Blancliard, II. J. M.
Jones, D. F. Rylo, F. W. Stanyan,
aud F. E. Dodgo, of Montpelier, nnd
E. W. Bisbee. H. K. Bush, F. G.
Howlnud, L. B. R. Hutchiuson, E. L.
Smith, Hnrry Whitcomb, Azro Morse,
nnd Olivor Matthows of Barre,
MY IDIjEWILD.
My ldlowild is a bonuio wood a wild-
ing Bporting free,
Whoro troe and fern and clingiug vine
aro close iu company ;
By mussy path or tortuous maze you
throad your way along
Its arches high, its shadowy dells aud
hidden nooks among.
Tho marblo pillars of the birch sup-
port the roof of groen,
Among the trees of summor leaf the
hemlock dnrk is soon ;
Uuder tho uorthorn forn-filled bluff a
mirror pool lies still,
Then breaks into a rippling song the
brook thnt turus tho mill.
Iu enrly Maytime flowers a-bloom
adorn tliis wildiug free,
And ono by ono tho migrant birds
alight in shrub and tree;
Iu Juue theso aisles aro carpetod with
flowora of every shado,
And rife with birds each dark retrent,
encli bower nnd open glado.
All summer long aro life nnd love the
woodlnud's riuging theme,
And hill nud vnle nnd limpid Btrenni
with living fnnciea toom ;
As summor waues tho goldenrod nnd
aater fringe the rill,
A poem writ i'l bluo nnd gold thnt all
may read who will.
Lator boside tho pool and brook tho
purpling grapes are fouud,
And, loosed by automn frosts, thp
nuts are droppiug on the ground,
Tho squirrel hoards liis winter mast,
tlio whiinporing coou is hoard;
But uow no louger horo we fiud fair
flower nnd tnneful bird.
Nathless the jny and chickadee, tho
uathatch, aud their few
Oonragooua comradea will romain the1
long blcak winter tlirough ;
And when the ldlowild is stilled
whon Doath haa lnid his hnnd
On treos nud forns nnd clinging vines
whon drenr is nll tho laud,
Thou Artist Frost's uuiivnlled ekill
I drnpes pillarod arch and roof,
As winter's slmttlo swiftly plies bo
tweeu tho warp and woof ;
A matohloss tapestry is llung about
each naked form,
Bright jewols dook each londoss twig,
the gift of evory storm.
Tho frost-imprisouod ldlowild is still
n "bouuie" Eoeue,
A landscapo diamond duated and
wrapped iu ailver slioon ;
Aud whon n Bnu-buiBt iloods the
wood nud firos oach glittoriug
gem,
Tho glory of tho plnco is liko tho Now
Jorusalom.
Groou Mouutaiu Maydo.
'Bouuybrook," 1003.
"Oh, it's no fuu boing ougnged to
him," hIio sniil bittorly,
"Why not?" naked lier doarest
friond
"Why, when you stir up f, littlo
qnnrrel, just to drive nway tho enuui,
ho tnkcs i't sorlously nnd keops you
worricd for foar yon'vo renlly lcst
him "Ohicago Post.
Cherrv Pectoralt
for the children. Onc dose at
bedtlme quiets their night
coughs and prevents croup.
Ask your doctor.
J.C, ArerC
Lowell, Mi.
uo.,
M JSSI OJtfA 11 Y DltOWXliD.
Nnshvillo, Toun., Doo. 3. A cablo
grnm rocolvod horo ou Tnesdny nn
uonncod tho doath of II. O. Staymon
toruan Amorican miBsionary, and the
drowuing of twonty-thioe of a na tivo
orow, by tho capsizlng of a boat on
the Oongo rlver iu Coutral Afrlca.
Tho boat was tho Lapsley, and wns
tho missionnry crnft of tho Sonthorn
Prosyterlnn Ohnrch. On it woro II.
O. Stnymontoi nnd Motto Mnrtin, nu
othor mlssiounry of Alexandria, Vn.,
who loft tho Unitod Stntos August 1
nnd woro'on routo to tlio intorior of
tho Oongo Froo Stnto.
Tho bont cnpsizod botweeu Leopold
villo aud Luebo, nud Stnymoutor wont
down with tweuty-throo of tho crew.
Mnrtin wns snvod.' '
Revolution Imminent.
A sure fiign of approachiug rovolt
aud Borlous troublo iu your Bystem is
norvousuoBB, sleoplessnoss, or sttfmnch
npsots. Eleotrio Bitters will quickly
dismembor tho troublcBomo causos. It
uevor falls to touo tho Btomach, rogu
late tho Kidueys "aud Bowels, stimu
lato tho Llvor, nud clnrify tho blood.
Ruu down ByBtoms bonofit particularly
nud nll tho usunl nttouding nclics vnn
ipli undor its senrchiug nud thorongh
offoctivoness. Electrio Bitters is ouly
50o, aud that is rotnruod if it dou't
give porfoct fiatisfaotiou. liuaranteod
by O. Blakoly, Druggist.
GltAFTTK 13 All.
New York, Deo. 4. Dr. Androw L.
Neldou, tho physicinu who hns suo
cessfully performod tho oporntion of
grnftiug a living oar on a woalthy pa
tieut,from the head of a man who sold
his car for 5,000, has decidod iu tho
iuterosts of Burgory to mako publio
tho faots iu connection witli tho oporn
tion; but tho nnmes of his pntient nud
the mau who pnrtod with his enr will
bo kopt in profouud seorecy. Tho doc
tor is uow confident thnt uuless un
looked for contingeuoies nrise tho
oporatiou will bo uu uuqualified suc
cess. The descriptiou of tlio coudi
tiou by n corrroBpcudeut of tho World
is ns follows: "Except for n slight
Bwolliug nud inflnmmntion, tho onr
hns n porfectly normal appearauce.
So far ns "fit" is concernodj Dr.
Neldou nns copiod unture with Bcrupu
Ious exnctuess, and tlio healthy rod
ness of the member showed that com
plete circulatiou had been established.
Dr. Neldou removed with great caro
a silvor needle and a silver wiro whioh
hnd been used ns snpports to Beonre it
from "lopping" until the incrensing
oirculntiou had Bufllciently strength
ened the tissues, aud the ear retained
of itself n normnl positiou. The scnrs
of tho stitchos are still npparent, but
Dr. Noldeu says they will not bo visi
ble when the wounda heal. Slight
Bwellings woro noticeablo about tho
ear but Dr. Nelden Baid they prosont
ed uo roouaco. Tho patiout still wears
the plnster of paris shield which had
sorvod as fouudation for the solid
plaster of pnris east which had hela
his hend to thnt of the mnu from
whom he had pnrohased the ear. The
ear itsolf was withont blemish of nny
descriptiou except the high coloring
and fullnesB. The dressing waa per
formod withont the use of auy anaes
thetio and the patient did uot appear
to bo seriously iuco'jveuienced. He
now enjoys as good henriug ns he did
before he lost liis ear. Dr. Noldeu be
Hovob that complete circulatiou will
oxert itsolf in the grafted enr witliin
n few woeks. Tho ear will probably
be without foeling, howovor, as tho
horves will uot grow with tho other
tiBsnes.
Tho man who sold his ear is iu tho
private sauitnriuni in Philndelphia
where tho oporntion wns performed.
He iB Bntisfiod with his bargaiu aud
will boou ' be froo to go to his homo
whoro his wife and childron await
him. The $5,000 ho Bnys, will start
him iu life nnew.
Tliis is the first time in the history
of surgory, aa fnr as the rocorda go,
that tho grafting of au ear has been
accompliBhed. The fniluro of so emi
uont a Burgeou ns Dr. Esmnrch of
Gerniany, who hns mndo ropoatod
trials, lod Burgeous the world over to
believe that ear-grafting wns prncti
cally impossible.
Dr. Neldou is a pioneer in his
mothoda aud his snccess iB cousidored
n Burgicul trinmph of great import
nnce. Ho said hiHt uiglit thnt tho
snccess of tho operntion couviuced him
thnt burgeous would uudortake tho
grafting of hauds aud feet, and possi
bly of nrms nud legs, iu tiio uenr fu
ture, followiug tho Bnmo principlea
ndopted by him iu grafting the oar.
FiRht Will Be Bitter.
Thoso who will persist iu closing
tlioir ears agaiust tho ooutinual reo
ommeiidatioii of ijr. Kuig's Now Dis
covory for CouBiuuniion, will havo 11
loug nud bittor ilght with tlioir
troubloB. If not endod onrlinr by fatnl
tnrmiuiition, Ruad wliat T. R, Beall.
of Rcall, Miss., Iiiih to say : "Last
fall my wife had ovory Byinptom. of
rotieuuiptinu. Sho took Dr. iviug'n
Now Dincovurv after ovorythiuh oIbo
had iniloil. IniprovHiuont cttmo at
onco aml fonr liotrles etitirclv purod
hor." UnnrunteiK liy J. 1. 1'iknly,
l)mgist. Prico 6O0, itud f l 0,). Trial
bottlea froe.