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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
NUGGETS.

Now that a golf club is to be organized
at Buluwayo. Africa, the st. James Ga
zette predicts that lone OF these days Mr.
Rhodes and Mr.. Kruger may be found
playing a foursome against Mr.. Chamber
lain and Mr.. Balfour In the Matoppos,
without the fear even OF a Matabele lurk-
ing behind q bunker"
''Oh, DEAR" sighed the girl who Is try
ing to be literary. II wish I were mora
profound"
"Yes?" asked the other girl.
Here Is line in Browning, and dom.
know whether IL is a typographical error
or something deeply occult. Indiana polls
Journal
II hope" said the girls father, that
you expect to surround my daughter
! with all the luxuries to which she has
been accustomed"
response. we have talked IL over. ard
we agreed that We would just as leave
come right here to live as not."-Wash-
. ington Star.
4 very little girl who had learned with
difficulty the abbreviation Mrs" was
asked for the first time to spell 'M!ssis-
s!ppi." Having conquered the first two
syilables. as she supposed. she sailed g,o-
riously over the new long word She
spelled 1t 'Mrs.-ipy." And she pronounced
all her sylia bles, like a good child, thus:
Mrs tMissis> t-py (py) Mississiupi."-
Boston Transcript
A Phrase That Fascinated After a long
period Of silence. Meandering Mike raised
himself on one elbow. pushed the hav
from, IN front OF his face. and In a mat
ter-offsct tone said:
"Hoorayr'
What's De matter wit yer?" inquired
Flooding Pete.
I've been intendln' 10 60 dis fur a long
time. An / come TO de conclusion DAT
aere was no Us o putin IL of no longer.
lt's debt Of gratitude ter a grea, man.
an I'm FoIn' ter pay up. Hooray."
But who are you hoofayin' fur?'
Speaker Reed"
Put h never done nuthln' fur vou,
Not personally. But he expressed nv
feelin's. I understand he's de man sat
come out Gatfooted fur a do-nothin' r,or-
icy."-Washington Star.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13

\ curious feature q the Ohio contest
was that Gov. Bushnell openly opposed
Mr.. Hanna or tbs ground that "the PEG
PIE q tbs state are tired % hossls.n. i"
Tha, is no doabt true. The people are
always died &C boss.sgn. and some tines
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
DOT BILE OPERATION.

he sought o@aflSe whsra IL truth.
his purse vas szltsd down a peg:
Tor rrst the dentist pulled HIS tooth
And then he blIaely pulies. h3s legt
Memphis A,2Ss,.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
A GUARANTEE.

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guarantees SITS advertisers q bona
ha~ paid circulation. Daily, weekly
aud Sunday. dosbie that Of any
other Newspaper published In the
stnte of Washington. A6~ertistng
contracts will he made subjeet 10
this guarantee.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13

II hope" said the girls father, that
you expect to surround my daughter
with all the luxuries to which she has
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13

"Oh, dear" sighed the girl who IL try
ing TO be literary. II wish I were more
nrnfn,tnd,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13

'Oh. yes was the prompt and cheerful
response. we have talked 1t over and
we agreed that We would just as leave
come right here TO live as not."-wash-
ington Star.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
OFFICES:

OFFICES:
Seattle, Second avenue and Cherry sffee'
New York. rooms Il IL. Is Tribune Dds
tflscago 81 Chamber of Commerce.
Tacoma, LIB Pacific avenue.
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"Yes?" asked the other GIRL.
Here Is line in Browning and dom.
know whether IL is typographical error
or something deeply occult. Indiana polls
Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
BEFORE COY. WOODBURY..
Major Jenne Tells Of the Condition
of Camp Thomas While the Troops
We're there.

BURLINGTON, Nov. 5.-The war investiga-
ton under ExGov. Woodbury. was continued
in the Van Ness House today, Major j. N.
JENNIE who was on the stand nearly all day,
testified i'll substance as follows MY time
largely was consumed instructing regimental
officers in making reports of sick and in in
speeding their camps, The policing of camps
was not carefully enough attended to and
tents were not well cared for There YVES
confusion and delay in detailing men for the
corps. Sinks for burying refuse were usually
four or five feet deep. In many places solid
rock was struck at a depth of foot or two. In
other cases water was struck at a short dis
lance from the surface Disnfectants we're
not used until about July l when quicklme was
used in small quantities. The sinks, which
were in close proximity to the camp at first,
were moved to a greater distance about July
10. An attemp' to burn up the debris of the
camp was futile. The First Mississippi regiment
was particularly filthy about its camp, and it
was the first to be affected with contagious
typhoid fever. The best water obtainable,
Chic amauga, contained a sediment of from
five to eight per cent. While the water was
very impalatable | cannot state as to its chem
ical composition The water of the wells was
milky and had limy appearance and was I'M
pleasant to taste. Some were nearer and lower
than the camps and foul matter drained into
them, and they were ordered to be abandoned.
AT first the Third Corps was supplied wholly
from pipe line from Chickamauga creek. La
ter almost all of the regiment sent to the Craw-
fish Springs for water. About July 10 filters
were furnished and Chickamauga creek water
was used, but it stopped up the filters SO that
they were useless. Then they went to Blue
Spring, Clear Spring and other springs. Some
of the water from these springs was boiled
| The worst sickness that visited the camp was
typhoid fever of a really epidemic nature, was
prevalent about July 10. / think it came from
contamination of the camp, from the water
supply and from regiments that had it when
they came. When l first visited the First and
Second Division hospital the supplies and
equipment was very deficient. Thel sgis nc
organization. There was not suffice. ..ntage
nor any tent floors. At this early pc
riod there was sufficient number of doctors
and of hospital corps men, but they were un
trained"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Washington County Court.

County court convened on Monday afternoon
at two o'clock after a weeks recess. Judge
Start was on the bench and the case of Fred
erick l.. Patterson, who is charged with hav-
ing broke into II. B. Ayers store, in which
was the post-otfice. at West Berlin was taken
up. The offence for which Patterson is being
tried was committed August II. The prelim-
mary hearing was before j. Ii. Lucia in the
Office of John Wing. Patterson was asked 10
furnish bail in the sum of $500, which he
could not do, and was remanded to jail where
he has since been held. Wing and Holden
appeared for the defense.
The case of Frederick l.. Patterson
which went on trial in county court was
submitted to the jury yesterday at noon.
The jury, after having been out for some
came in for testimony and later brought in a
disagreement. They were returned by the
court.
The jury was confined to their quarters
for the night at six o'clock. 1t is expected
that they will bring in verdict at nine
O'Clock this morning.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS

AT the regular monthly meeting of the board
of directors of the Heaton hospital held
November, T. 1898, Mr. Brock read letter and
proposition accompanied by check for $4,000
from Ira c. Calef, ESQ.,, and submitted the
same for the consideration of the board. After
each member of the board present had express
ed his appreciation of and thankfulness for Mr..
Calef's generous act, Mr. Huse offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was unanimously adj
opted:
Resolued, That the gift of $4,000 to the Hea-
ington, Vt, upon the terms and conditions re-
lating thereto contained in his letter dated
November 7, 1885, which letter is as follows:
WASHINGTON VT, Nov. eth, 1898.
To the President and Board of Directors of
Heaton Hospital of Montpelier, Vt.
GENTLEMEN,- Approaching the want of
your institution to heal the sick and relieve
the suffering, who are so largely unable to
bear the expense of the same, | enclose my
check on the National Bank of Barre, Vt, for
fund, the income only to be used yearly for the
benefit of said hospital that is if You canac-
cept this check with the following conditions
required of your board of directors That is,
so long as my sister, Lucie A. Calef, or myself
shall live, either of us shall be entitled to the
free care of one patient only at the same time
in either the male or female ward as we
may elect, to be cared for without any
other remuneration except above mentioned, so
long as my sister above named or myself shall
live. AT the death of the last surviving one of
either of us above named this trust shall end
and the above named $4,000 shall belong to
said hospital, and the board of directors at
that date shall have entire control of the
named amount of money TO use rs best will
ena lie said hospital to continue its work of
charity, caring for the sick, either medical or
surgical, as from time to time your attention
shall be called to those suffering people.
SO long as time lasts may Heaton Hospital
live,
After consideration, if the present board of
directors cannot accept this trust subject to
conditions above named, please return the en-
closed check. Very respectfully yours,
Ira CALEF."
Is hereby accepted, and hat the Heaton
hospital by its board of dir ctors accepts
said gift upon the trusts in said letter set
forth and subject to the conditions therein
named.
for the founder of the hospital for themselves,
for the inhabitants of Montpelier and for the
sick who will be the immediate benefciares
of Mr.. Calefs act, give him their heartfelt
thanks for his generous gift.
ResolUed, That the secretary of the board
is hereby directed to spread these resolutions
in full upon the records of the board and cor
poration so that the terms of the trust hereby
accepted and perfected may be permanently
preserved; and that he also furnish Mr.. Calef
certified copy of the record when SO made.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09

of the prohibition question. 1t seems strange
indeed that men need to be told to-day
that It is better to have some illegal
liquor traffic than to have free rum,
with none to protest. One who lived three
years in the State of New York thinks
that II those who say our prohibitory law is
"worse than none" would 90 over there
and see what license is they would soon
change their minds. / have seen enough
in brief visits to that State to disgust me
with any thigh license" place,-signs con-
spicuous, rum barrels rolled out on the side
walks and easements reeking with the as
cending odors all along the streets, ladies
not daring to walk alone after dark; and
everybody growing hardened TO all these
things. That's one terrible feature. Along
side heard one grand sermon on the sub
ject from the text, "For by this craft we
have our wealth." There was the truth
the mighty truth-in a nut shell. Give me
the money that men spend on liquors and
tobacco and l will take beautiful care of
the "paupers aud criminals" for whom
Governor CIRCUIT pleads. docs Governor
Grout smokey No, I haven't talked my
self out, not nearly. II there is a subject
that rouses all the indignation am capable
of it is this one.'
The writer is not professional tenn
perance teacher. Her voice is never
heard on the platform, and only unwit-
tingly in print, as in the present in
stance. What she writes is the natural
up yelling of the abhorrent feelings of
thousands of the women of Vermont
who are presiding over the rural homes
of the State, who think these things
over in the secluson and under the
inspiration of the hills, who go abroad
enough to learn much of the great vol l.
and who help give to Vermont con.
science and the elevation of character
that attaches to its people. The nat
ural, instructive detestation of the
liquor traffic which this woman feels in
common with thousands of her sisters
is better and safer guide for the
State than all the specious reasoning
and special pleading on the side of a
legalized rum traffic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Annexation from Berlin's Standpoint.

Editor Of Daily Journdl:-I see by the
newspapers OF November 4, that upon the
evening Of the third the people OF Montpe-
lier moi in the opera house and voted four
hundred and ninety-nine to one to take that
part OF Berlin that they have surveyed out
and annex it to Montpelier, without so much
as saying "by your leave" 1t seems they
might have had the courtesy to say, "if you
please, we will go over there and ruin your
town." which is not far from the truth IL
argue that Berlin will still have larger
grand list than several other towns in the
county. Now, Mr.. Editor, ia that good ar
gument? They might as we'll say that be-
cause Roxbury has larger grand list than
Fayston that part OF Roxbury should be
taken and given to Mortified because they
want it, i, for one. fail to see any justice
in such a one-sided deal.
L have no doubt that some of the people
in that section that they propose to annex
honestly think that they will be better off,
but think, and have very good reason
to know, that they have ALWAYS been used
pretty we'll by Berlin town officers. Berlin
street has been filed with crushed stone
and the long hill in that same section has
been filled with stone at a large expense,
making the largest piece OF permanent road
in town, which we naturally hate to give
up The schools in that section have been
wholly in the care Of Deputy Sheriff Wedge,
a man of ability, who Is clerk OF the school
board, thoroughly wide-awake, and to my
certain knowledge has never been handi-
capped or held back In anything that he
thought was for the interest Of their schools.
/ know whereof speak for have been on
the school board with him for the last three
years
Statistics of other schools will be shown
in the Free Press, tomorrow, by another
member Of the school board. This coveted
section OF Berlin is really the only center
we have All roads center in there from
the back part of the town and 1t don't seem
right that 1t should be taken from US. All
our earnings from our farms have been
taken to Montpelier for nearly century
and the city has grown rich and prosperous
while our farms have grown older and poor.
or.
Montpelier has grand list OF over forty
thousand dollars while we have one OF about
eleven thousand. Now, II they take six
thousand OF that at one swoop, and take the
very section and the only one that is max
ing a healthy, permanent gro wth, 1t will be
only one more instance where farmers have
had to stand and deliver. They fully real
lie the injustice OF the bill, or else they
would be willing that II should stand upon
its own merits and not feel their case 80 des-
perate that they must make up committee
composed OF the mayor and Ave or six more
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Steady!

Quite naturally question of the
wisdom or economy of expenditure in
one department of State administration
raises inquiry as to the manner of
the use of public money in other de-
partments. Distrust as to one is apt
to extend to all, very much as doubt of
the soundness of one bank in a com.
munity creates suspicion as to others,
and run on one may precipitate run
on others. Each administrative tub
should stand on its own bottom. If
the hoops need driving on some, to ar
rest leakage, that fact is not conclusive
as to the condition of others. The
people have a right to know, and ought
to know, what use public officers have
been making of public money. Inves.
tigate, and judge and act in the light of
ascertained facts. To Judge or act
first and investigate later may prove
more injurious to The State, in dollars
and cents, than to allow looseness in
some quarters to 60 unchecked. If the
executive department has been flush
with the peoples money, and has expend-
ed lavishly or without authority of law,
that is not conclusive as to the board of
agriculture, for example. There is
ample ground for the belief, in the &C.
counts rendered, that the board has
not exceeded the letter or spirit of the
law governing its proceedings. So
with any other board or institution. A
prairie fire is not apt to be judicial in its
sweep. Anything in it's course must
60 down. The Legislature of Vermont
is not mass of dried or withered herb
age. 1t will not, or should not, burst
into fame when fire brand is hurled
into it, and initiate the blind fury of the
demon of the plains.
Deliberation, cool judgment on the
evidence in each case, is demanded.
What is wrong, dig it up root and
branch; what is good, hold fast to it.
The State has embarked in various en-
terprises. 1t has spent much money in
some of them. If the considerations
that persuaded some preceding Legisla-
ture to engage in the business of fish
production, for example, and have con-
WINGED succeeding Legislatures that the
work should be continued, are justified
by reason, having once put the hand to
the pillow it would be bad statesman
ship to turn backward now. The thing
to do is to regulate, control-rigidly-
in the direction of the original purpose,
not to cast down and destroy. There
should be no leisurely repenting over
hasty action. And there should be no
withdrawing the plowshare OF investi-
CATION from the furrow. Rip up the
fallow lands of State administration,
and turn up the soil to the sun and air.
1t is the surest way, properly conducted,
of destroying administrative weeds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09

SENATOR PROCTOR, in his remarks
before the General Assembly, gave Ad-
mral Dewey and Captain Clark full
need of recognition for their great SER
vices in the Spanish war. at is
strange" the Senator said, "that though
our State is so small we seem destined
to always play 80 large part in the
national life." Had another been COM
menting on this strange fact of YER
mont's supremacy in national affairs,
and had he been drawing his illustra-
tions of its truth from the events of
the war with Spain, his first example
would have been Senator Proctor and
his speech in the United States Senate
in April last, after his return from his
tour of observation in Cuba. The state
ment made by the Senator, in Congress
and throughout the country had the
conclusiveness and the inpressiveness
of Supreme Court decision, the
full bench concurring. Proctor, Dew
ey, Clark, in the order of the time of
their distinguished service to the ma
tional government, maintain, in their
day and generation, the high part
Prentiss, Phelps, Foote, Collamer, Po-
land, Morrill, and Edmunds, all men of
Vermont, have played in the national
life during the past half century or
more.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
A WOman's Protest.

A correspondent, in personal letter,
written without intent or thought of
publication, in few lines of reference
to the proposition to license the sale
of Intoxicating liquors, reveals the
feelings of repugnance with which a
woman of fine instincts and high NOR.
al sensibilities regards the traffic, and
her adherence of any scheme of per-
hitting or regulating the sale of liquor
as beverage. The writer says:
II very much wish to hear the discussion
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Thanksgiving November Gath.

After considerable of a talk last evening
among members Of the House and Senate
1t is affirmed that a consensus of opinion of
the two houses leans in favor of forcing
through of the business, whatever the pres.
emit outlook may develop into, in time for
final adjournment November Oath. Gov
eEpor Smith already has his Thanksgiving
proclamation in type, and the result there
fore, in time and substance, is already pro-
vided for. The subject, therefore, requir es
no further consideration.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Nix.

II was hell
On that hill
When his horse fell,
Fol the Spauiards shot to kill.
But the Colonel "stayed,"
And, with savage yell,
For the hilltop made
"Give 'em hell, boysl Give 'em HE'LL"
That's what he said,
And every man obeyed.
Don't talk to me of the Light Brigade,
Nor ask me when their giory'll fade.
Balaklava was a bagatelle
To what rough riders wrought
When they fought
Their way up the steep hillside,
While dudes and cowboys died.
Whole ranks at a time
In that awful climb
To San Juan's crest
In answer to that bold behest-
That Rooseveltian yell:
"Give 'em hell, boysI Give 'em hell"
And shall the man who led the way
That glorious day
Be beaten in the game OF politics
BY the lesser of the two Van Wycks?
Mkt
w. H. Y. in New York Sun
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09

THERE is no written law that COM
pels the Governor of Vermont to adopt
the day of thanksgiving named by the
President of the United States. YER
mont supports President Mckinley,
but it would be no token of disloyaty
or rebellion if the Chief Executive of
the State should set up an indepen-
dent day of feasting, if the urgency of
the public business demands that the
assembled wisdom and virtue shall con-
tinue in session beyond November "a
Time burned the legislative candle at
both ends this year. The session be-
gan nearly week into October and
Thanksgiving Day, by unwritten law
the last Thursday in November, cuts
off week at the other end. If Gov
ernor Smith finds in the condition and
Importance of the public business ne
cessity for postponing his proclamation
one week, that should take precedence
of an arbitrary custom in the matter of
public feast day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09

OF the ablest business men In the city to
rush the thing through at all hazards.
And to the honorable Legislature now In
session / make this appeal to have the old
town lines rem ain as they always have
been. i ask this in the names of our fathers
that cleared the forest before us. / ask it
In the names OF our sons that will follow
after. / ask it in the name Of Justice and
huma 1ity. / ask IL in the name of God.
Berlin, Nov 7, 1893
g. II. CRANDALL.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Dewey Was Jealous.
Wanted Some College Named Auxiliary
Ships,

Apropos of the somewhat grotesque remain
ing of the Paris and the New York, the Amer
lean liners, when they were converted into
auxiliary cruisers, this story is told of Admiral
Dewey: He wrote the navy department at Wash
ington, the story goes, stating that he had no.
ticed that certain auxiliary ships in the home
waters had been named the Yale and
the Harvard, and expressed desire that a
similar honor might be done the Asiatic SQUAD
ron, suggesting that two of his ships be select
ed and that they be rechristened respectively,
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
the Philadelphia College of Physicians and Sur
geonsl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09

THE final fate of the Maria Teresa
tends to show that there is no use in
trying to save anything Spanish. Coop
ed up in Santiago, sunk while trying
to run the gauntlet of the American
battleships, rescued from the breakers
by Hobson, the powers of heaven as
sailed the Inflated ship and sent her to
the bottom, far below the enterprise of
Yankee wreckers. 1t is well. She
might have hoodooed the American
navy.