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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
A BAG OF BIG GAME.
Royal Sport 'Joyed By the Guests Of an
indian Prince.

Royal sport 'joycd By the Guests of an
indian Prince.
In the July Century there is an article
entitled "After Big Game In Africa and
India, " written by H. W. Seton Kari Mr..
Karr was II guest Of the maharaia of Kuch
Behar in the latter country, and he de-
scribes an exciting hunt from elephant
back. He says;
The maharaja of Kuch Behar ever since
his youth has always had large stud Of
elephants and hunted in this way, and
since big game is now comparatively scarce
even in Assam we should not have made
any bag worth speaking of If we had not
had the benefit Of his experience. Not
more than three or four beats could be
accomplished In one day. Considerable
distances had often to be traversed from
one jungle to another, and the intervals
were often long and tedious under an In
dian sun, but most of us carried books and
papers to read while the elephants were
getting into position When the beat had
once begun, however, all ones senses were
on the alert. BY the mems turbans or
the white sunshade of one of the aitFs-de-
camp bobbing up and down one could
generally distinguish over the tops Of the
reeds the position Of tho beating line in
the far distance and hear an occasional
shout and the shrill trumpet of an ele-
plant
In the midday stiffness, broken only by
the constant tapping and tanning of the
elephants hugh ears, one can distinguish
the approach and mark the path of most of
the wild animals by the rustling In the
grass and reeds, but the approach of the
panther and the tiger is heralded by no
such sign. BY experience ones eyes be-
comes trained to discriminate between the
swaying of the reeds caused by the wind
and that due to the cautious advance of
an unseen beast, whether deer, boar bear
or something bigger STILL When tiger or
"rhino" are known to be at home, such
small fry as these are allowed to pass I'M
harmed for fear of turning the object of
pursuit, but when the larger game are adj
vancing at full speed it needs no expert to
distinguish their appalling crashes from
the whispering of breeze. Will he break
cover in front or will the next gun get the
shot9 Standing in expectation, with guns
loaded and heart beating, this is the most
exciting moment of the day. The howdah
elephants being placed at intervals and
usually out of sight of one another, one
was not always able to judge by the
shots fired rs TO what was going on, but l
was unusually fortunate in the mum Der of
animals breaking cover at point imme-
diately opposite to me, and consequently
In the chances l obtained.
l took leave of the maharaia shortly be-
fore the breaking up of the second shoot
ing camp, which took place abouta month
later in his own country, but the total bag
included II tigers, rhinoceroses and
nearly 40 buffaloes, besides bison, bears
and panthers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
Evening SOlace.

The human heart hath hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed,
The thoughts, the hopes the dreams, the pleasures
Whose charms were broken If revealed;
And days may pass in gay confusion,
And nights In noisy riot fly
While lost in fame's or wealths Illusion,
The memory Of the past may die.
But there are hours of lonely musings,
Such as in evening silence come,
When soft as birds their pinions closing,
The hearts best feelings gather home;
When in our hearts there seems TO languish
A tender grief that is not woe,
And thoughts that once wrung groans of anguish,
Now cause but some mild tears to flow.
Oh when the heart is freshly bleeding.
And longs It for that time to be
When through the mist of years receding,
Its woes but live In reverie;
There seems deeper impulse given,
BY lovely hour and darkened room,
To solemn thoughts that TO heaven,
Seeking life and world to come
Charlotte Bronte.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
A Chinese Dandy.

Chang Yen Huan is famous through
out the Chinese Empire as the Dandy
of the Orient. Rich and radiant is the
far East in color and msgnificence of
costume, but by the side of the most
resplendent of his contemporaries
Chang Yen Huan stands out like a
peacock in a crowd of barnyard poul-
tly.
Satin is his favorite material, and
as far as possible he sticks to satin.
But with regard to color there is no
eXclusiveness in his taste. He has
satin robes inl all the bright colors of
the rainbow, and when he takes a
walk in the grounds of his palace in
Pekin the populace knows of the cir
cumstance by the reflection of the sky.
And not only in his clothes is he
resplendent. His diamonds are the
envy and admiration of all the most
famous burlesque actresses in China,
and his collection of precious stones
is the most valuable in the empire. He
never wears the same gown twice in
the same season, and for every fresh
gown he wears special set of Jewels
to match. But not his diamonds, nor
his rubies, nor his emeralds, are his
chiefest glory. Fortune, said the phil
osopher, is jade. But Chang Yen
Huan's jade is worth forty fortunes.
Jade is of all highly priced stones, the
one which is the most highly priced in
China. He has one necklace of the
rarest and most beautiful green jade
which is valued at over S25 900, and
he never wears this except with spe.
cial costume which exactly matches in
color. He has examples of jade carv-
ing which are upward of 1000 years
cid, and he has carved jades which
show the progress of Chinese art from
the dawn of history down to modern
times.
Chang Yen's is fine figure for the
display of glowing costumes and gilt
tering jewels, for he stands over six
feet in height, is broad in proportion,
and, Notwithstanding his fifty-seven
years, carries himself as erect as
tOwer.-London Mail.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
WOMEN IN NATAL.
How Mrs. Dartnell Did Practical Mis-
sionary Work Among the Zulus.

How Mrs. Dartnell Did Practical Mis-
sionary Work Among the Zulus.
Next to the locomotive the missionary
that appeals most strongly to my sym
pathies is one after the fashion Of Mrs.
Dartnell, whose husband commands the
local military forces of the colony Col
onel Dartnell was stationed at one time in
part of the colony where his official resi-
dence was approached by path leading
up rather steep hill. He was much re-
spected by the natives, and there were fire.
Quent occasions for these to visit him.
Mrs. Dartnell discovered that the native
custom was to let the wives carry the bur-
dens up this hill, while the gentlemen Of
the party contented themselves with
stick or spear.
With fine feminine tact Mrs. Dartnell
commenced her missionary career by invit.
Ing the heavily burdened women to rest
themselves and have refreshments, but the
men she ostentatiously ignored, on the
ground that, as they had done no work,
they could not require any rest or refresh
ment. Little by little the news of this So
cial revolution permeated the minds of
the black neighborhood and it was O reyo.
luton by no means uncongenial to the ad-
yocates of black womans rights Soon it
was learned that one black man had actu-
ally carried part Of his wife's burden up
the hill, and as this was not followed by a
CONFUSION Of nature, other Zulus fol-
lowed the example, until little by little 1t
became the rule, in that neighborhood at
least, for man to assist his wives In the
bearing of burdens.
have occasionally In Germany seen a
woman bearing a trunk to the railway
station on her back while its owner fol-
lowed behind smoking a cigar, and In my
canoe cruising was once struck by the
sight Of heavy boat being lowed against
the stream by docile Saxon wife, whose
husband was comfortably manipulating
the helm, likewise enjoying a smoke. But
then Germany requires large army.
Therefore let us pray for blessing on the
missionary work Of such as Mrs. Dartnell,
and may she live long, a blessing to Natal
--Poultney Bigelow In Harper's Maya
zine For July.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
INGALLS, SPOTTED DOG.
How His Owner Turned the Laugh on
General Grant.


General Horace Porter, in his "Cam-
patgning With Grant" in the July Cen
fury, relates the following anecdote;
General ingalls, had just returned from
trip to Washington and brought with him
an English spotted coach dog, which fol-
lowed him everywhere through camp and
attracted no end of attention. A dog of
any kind was rather an unusual sight in
an army in the field, and an animal of the
peculiar marks and aristocratic bearing of
ingalls, companion excited widespread re-
mark. Every time the dog came to head
quarters General Grant was certain to COM
ment upon the animal and perpetrate some
good natured joke at the expense of his
classmate. The dog followed the usual
canine custom and expressed his feelings
by an agitation of his caudal appendage.
To describe his actions astronomically, it
may be said that he indicated anger by i'm.
parting to his tail a series of longitudinal
vibrations, and pleasure by giving it gen.
tie motion in azimuth, ''familiarly
known as u wag.
one evening, as the general was sitting
In front of his quarters, ingalls, came up
to have chat with him and was followed
by the dog, which sat down in the usual
place at its masters feet. The animal
squatted upon its hind quarters, licked its
chops, pricked up its ears and looked first
at one officer and then at the other as If
to say: 81 am General Ingalls, dog
Whose pup are your" In the course of his
remarks General Grant took a look at the
animal and said: well, Ingalls,, what are
your real intentions in regard to that dogp
DO you expect to take it into Richmond
with your ingalls,, who was noted for
his dry humor, replied with mock serious.
ness and an air of extreme patiencei ~
hope to. 1t Is said to come from long
lived breed" This retort, coupled with
the comical attitude Of the dog at the
time, turned the laugh upon the general,
who joined heartily in the merriment and
seemed to enjoy the joke as much as any
Of the party.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
EVOLUTION IN MECHANICS.
It Is Difficult to Get Rid of Old Ideas
Even After They Are Not Needed.


When railroads were first started in Eng
land, the carriages for personal transpor-
tation were constructed by making long
body frame, mounted upon trucks and plac
ing on It three stagecoach bodies, all be-
Ing well bolted together. The travelling
public was thus given accommodations
which in interior arrangements at least re.
sembled very closely those to which they
had been ACCUSTOMED, and after some de-.
murring the new order of things was grad
ually accepted. AS the art of car building
progressed, however, 1t was soon found
much better to construct the whole affair
as one piece of work, but tho influence of
custom was so strong that the British rail-
way carriage Is still built on the stage
coach model, and 1t Is to this cause rather
than to any other that the compartment
system owes its being. Although the car
riage is practically built as one vehicle, ID
Is ornaihented on the outside by holdings,
curved to follow the old lines of the stage
coach body, and even when these holdings
are omitted in the lower class carriages
curved stripes of paint are put on to tell the
story of the evolution of the car from the
coach.
But there are other examples of tho alb
surdity of initiating in form a construc-
tion Of which the need no longer exists
The motor carriage is already in evidence
and it, too, bears the earmarks of its
horsy though horseless origin. One of the
latest forms of these carriages bear all over
indications Of the existence of the horse
that isn't there. In front there is high
leather dashboard to protect the riders
against the splashing from the heels of the
absent animal, while the finish of the heavy
trimmings could only have emanated from
the establishment of builder of carriages
made for horses, and the whole vehicle
looks as If it ought to have pair of lively
animals In front of 1t to make it look COM
plete. 1t is, indeed, difficult to get rid of
old ideas, even when the necessity of their
presence is absent, but the mental inertia
which makes such things possible is proba-
bly, inherent in human nature, and its
elimination requires long course of educa-
ton and experience. Casters Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
IRElAND'S WOES.
An NJ. p. Who Always Declared The!
Were Due to the 81 Note.

An NJ. p. Who Always Declared They
Were Due to the 81 Note.
There used to be in the house of com.
mons another Irish member of q much
more eccentric type. He dressed in the
solemn, smooth black of a past generation,
and he wore the black stock which was
also remnant of an older epoch. Finally
the face was close shayen, red notified and
the jaws had curious strength-ths
strength of obstinacy and eccentricity.
This gentleman was named Delahupty.
He had a craze which he brought forward
on all occasions, and by and by he came to
DO one of the wild delights of the house of
commons. Not the land system, not the
emigration of from 5000, 900 to 1000, 900
OF the population, not the existence of an
established church-none of these things
was the cause of that dread Irish disease
which 50 many statesmen have for SO
many years been trying to diagnose and
to remedy. No. The one all sufficient
cause of the wrongs and sufferings of Ire
land, according to Mr.. Delahunty, was
the existence of the 81 note. / should ex-
plain that in Ireland and Scotland banks
are permitted to issue paper money as low
as e, while in England e5 note is the
minimum in paper money. Every session
Mr. Delahunty brought forward this prop
osition, and from the first moment this
strange and grotesque figure began to
speak-and his utterance was as comic as
the rest of his peculiarities-th house
gave itself up to unrestrained merriment.
Men rolled on their seats in delight, and
meantime Mr.. Deahunty gesticulated, as
severated and appealed to heaven for the
destruction of the calamitous Fl note. He
Is dead years ago.-"The Celebrities Of the
House of Commons" Il. p. O'Connor,
NJ. p, in Harper Magazine For July
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
Humorous.

The Rescuer-How did you come to
fall in? The Rescued-I didn't come
to fall in. came to fish.
"Hargraves was somewhat in his cups
last night, eh?" ."If were called on TO
express it, would say that he is in his
kegs"
mo, madame, we can't take back
that waist; you have worn it." "What
if have? You advertised it as change
able silk"
NOW that you have your new silk
umbrella, you can throw that old cotton
one away" sob, no, I'll save that
for rainy day."
Benedict (proudly)-My wife kisses
me goodnight regularly. Rounder
(bitterly)-Women are suspicious crea.
lures, amt they?
Wadsleigh is something of a fisher
mar, isn't hep Perhaps he is, but in
business matters l always found him
perfectly reliable.
The Strong Minded One" My dear
child, you ought to join us. You want
a vote, don't your" The Pretty One
4" Moo; l guess voter will do me.
Visitor" Say, old man, this picture
is absolutely meaningless" Artist
" Pm glad TO hear you say that, 1t is
an illustration to magazine poem"
How did Jones lose his position in
the weather bureau?" Why, he made
seven correct predictions out of ten,
and they thought he must be depend
ing on guesswork."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
The Center of Our formulation.

The center of population is the center Il
gravity of the inhabitants of the country.
II the United States was considered as O
plane, with all its people as of equal weight,
the center Of population would be the point
where the whole plane might be balanced
and remain steady through equilibrium.
1t expresses the net resultant of the move.
ments of population from decade to decaue.
This point, according to the census of 1890,
Is located ut 80 degrees II. minutes north
latitude and 80 degrees 1919 minutes wesG
longitude about ~ miles east of Colu;A-
bus, Ind II moves westward about four
miles year and is now three fourths Of
degree south and more than II degrees east
Of the center of area. William George Jor-
dan in July Ladies' Home journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
SELECTED POETRY,
The Baby's Name.

" Mordauut she called him. In a novel book
His mother found the name she gave to him,
didn't like II, fer I'd kinder took
sort of notion favor BILE to Jim"
But when she looked up at me from the bed
Halfdead, but happy, an she said IL want
That you should name him after ALL" said,
why, blame It all, Of course 1t Is Mordaunt"
She knew the way felt about such names
An that this was a sacrifice, fer she
had often heard me say that honest James"
Had Just about the proper ring fer me;
but though twas disappointment, still thought
she was the one that had the right TO choose,
An I-there wasn't any question-ought
To reconcile my wishes to her views
He was so delicate-so teeny small
But smarter than the cracker Of a whip;
don't believe he ever cried at all
Sometimes he'd pucker up his little lin
An look at you until you was ashamed
or all the sins you knew he knew you'd done;
often thought he grieved because we'd named
By such name helpless little one
An thinking that, when we two was alone
called him by the name liked 80 well;
His mother would "a greved If she'd "a known,
But neither Jim ner me would ever tell
We never told. He'd laugh an crow to hear
Me whisperin' so happily to himi
Eyer names Mordaunt old boy when mothers near,
But when there's only me about it's jim"
We never told our little secret and
We never will. We never, never will;
Somewhere off yonder in now'ry land
Alittle bsbys toddlin' toddn, still,
Aseeklng in the sunshine all alone
The God that give an then that rent fer him,
Mordaunts the name carved on the little stone,
But in my heart the name is always jim.
Chicago Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

Turkish baths, strange to say, or
what we know by that name, are un-
known in Turkey, while in Austria
they are called Roman baths. In Ger
many, with their accustomed verbal
accuracy, they call the same thing Ro-
mische-Turkische dampfbad. Let us
hope these German baths are not really
as bad as they call them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
} The Same...
{ Old Sarsaparilla.

That's Ayers. The same old
I sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by DIR. J. c. Aver so gears
ago. In the laboratory it is
l different. There modern appli-
! ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa-
] rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
that made the record-5O gears
of cures. Why don't we better
it1 Well, we're much in the
condition of the Bishop and the
raspberry: Doubtless, " he
said, "God might have made
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He never did" Why
don't we better the sarsaparilla1
We can't. We are using the
same old plant that cured the
, Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
has not been bettered. And
since zoe make sarsapari1la COM
! pound out of sarsaparilla plant,
we see no way of improvement.
OF course, if we we're making
some secret chemical compound
we might. go. But we're not.
We're making the same old sar-
saparil1a to cure the same old
diseases. You can tell it's the
same old sarsapartlla be-
cause it works the same old
cures. It's the sovereign blood
purifier, and-it's Ayers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
A Little Boys Lament,

I'm goin' back down to grandpa's,
won't come back no more
To hear the remarks about my feet
A-muddyin' up the floor.
They's too much said about my clothes,
The SEQ din's never done
I'm goin' back down to grandpa's,
Where boy kin hev some fun.
dug up hat his garden
A-gittin' worms fer bait.
He said he used to like it
When laid abed so late;
He said that pie was good for boys,
An candy made 'em grow.
Eff can't 20 to grandpa's
I'll turn pirate first you know.
He let me take his shotgun,
An loaded 1t fer me.
The cats they hid out in the barn,
The hens flew up tree.
had circus in the yard
With twenty other boys
I'm goin' back to grandpa's
Where IL ey amt afraid of Disc.
lie dldnt make me comb my hair
But once or twice week;
He wasn't watchin' out fer words
didn't orter speak;
He told me stories bout the war
And In1uns shot out West
Oh, I'm goin' down to grandpa's,
Fer he knows what boys like best.
He even run a race with me,
But had to stop an cough;
He rode my bycicle and laughed
Bec'us' he tumbled off;
He knew the early apple trees
Around within mile.
oh, grandpa was dandy,
An was sin it +" all the while.
bet you, grandpa's lonesome,
don't care what you say;
seen him kinder cryin'
When you took me away.
When you talk to me of heaven,
Where all the good folks go.
/ guess I'll go to grandpa's,
An Wen have good times, know.
Sioux City Tribune
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

Mrs. Crimsonbeak (soberly)-" Are
you sure your fancee will make a good
home body, Eli? Do you think she
knows anything about mending, for in
stance?" Cholly Commensurate About
mending, mother? Why, that is her
very strongest point 1 saw her mend
busted tire once in just fourteen min
utes by the watch"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
The Village Blacksmith.

18th apologies to the memory of II. w. Longfellow,)
Under the spreading chestnut tree
The village smlthy stands
The smith mighty man is he,
With large and tinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands"
His hair, once black, is turned quite gray;
His face is worn and sad;
His brow is furrowed deep with care;
He knows the times are bad,
And fears his business soon will go
Because the wheels a fad.
Week in, week out. from morn till night,
His bellows used to blow;
You heard him swing his heavy sledge
With measured beat and slow,
But now stiffness haunts fireplace :
Where the horse was wont to go. :
And children wheeling home from school 4
Glance through the open door;
They see no mo the flaming forge
Nor hear the bellows roar,
And wonder at The empty shop
So full Ct life before.
Yet when Sunday in his pew
He thinks OF all his woes,
He can't but help to count the wheel
Foremost among his foes
But something in the parsons prayer
Relieves the tear that flows.
The sermon treats of bicycles
Their influence. good and bad
A grand and mighty factor
For health of lass and lad;
And to his daughte r In ,he choir
The smith ne'er looked so glad.
straightway next day his sign OF shoe
Is chan ged to that Of Wheel
And scorchers riding by that way
Apunctured tire to heal,
Seldom would find buster, man
In all the commonweal. Life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

HUMPHREYS
CURES
No. 1 Fever, Congestion.
No. 2 Worms.
No. 8 Infants Diseases.
No. 4 Diarrhea.
No. 7 Coughs & Colds.
No. 8 Headache.
No. 10 Dyspepsia, Indigestion.
No. II Delayed Periods.
No. 12 LeuchOrrea.
No. 10 Group.
No. IA Skin Diseases.
No. Is Rheumatism.
No. 10 Catarrh.
No. 27 Kidney Diseases.
No. 81 Sore Throat.
No. IT Grip & Hay Fever.
DR., Humphreys Homeopathic Manual OF
Diseases at your Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt OF 25cts-,
5Octs. or 81. Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William
md John SITS, New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

Lovely woman will never be perfect
ly happy until somebody invents a
watch that will run accurately when it
10 wound up only at irregular intervals
about thirteen times month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

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sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
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cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty We
cents per box. For sale by G. Blakely,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

at is pity" said the minister Of
foreign affairs, that we have not
better navy. There is nothing like
first-class fleet to back up diplomat
ist. Correct" said Abdul Hamd.
" A battleship in the hand is worth two
ultimatums in the bush"