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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31
ELLEN TERRY'S PARROT.

Miss Ellen Terry's parrot, Mr.
Pigott, is known Familiarity as Nell.
Miss Terry had acquired it for the
sake of its green hue, it's mauve head,
scarlet beak and pink breast, and it
had just arrived, but its accomplish
ments were an absolutely unknown
quantity. Sir Henry Irving called,
ard Miss Terry said, ''This is a
marvellous bird; talks beautifully"
and placed it on Sir Henry's finger.
Quoth the bird instantly, "Henry!"
and it's fame was secured 1t only
knew two words, and this was one of
them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31

the harbor were abandoned by their
crews, and often also by their officers
and captains; day by day the fever
grew, and the migration to the foot
hills continued.
Both Marshall and Suffer died poor.
In the on-rush of miners their lands
were swallowed up. Marshall got a
pension from California for several
years but died a drunkard in 1885.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31

The emperor of China, who was care
fully educated by an American mission
airy, can speak and read the English
language f1uently. He has positive
horror of European doctors and his
diet is regulated by board Of native
medicine men.
Joseph P. Elliott, Of Evansville, Ind,
who is SO years of age, has just been
admitted to the bar. He has been for
several years justice Of the peace, but
never studied law until he was elected
to that Office.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31

San francisco, jan. 24.-The cele-
bration of CALIFORNIA; gold jubilee will
begin today, and will last the rest Of
the week. It will commemo ate the
fiftieth anniversary of the discovery
Of gold by James w. Marshall at SUIT
ter's mill. Governor Budd's procla-
nation makes today a legal holiday,
and the celebration was opened with, a
grand pageant in which representatives
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31

The German army has a swimming
school for troops, where every one
must learn to swim. The best swim
mers are able to cross a stream of
several hundred yards width, even
when carrying their clothing, rifle and
ammunition.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31
Unknown Person Donates $4,000 for
Chair of Chemistry

Beloit, Wis, Jan. ga gentleman
in the east who stipulates that his
name shall not be given to the public
has donated $4,000 to the Beloit coll
lege. The money is to be applied to
the chair of chemistry now occupied
by Prof. f. G. Smith.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31

The chairman of the democratic
populist and silver republican national
committees strive to bring about a flu
sion of the three parties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31
A GOLDEN JUBILEE
CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING THE
FINDING OF GOLD.
A PICTURESQUE PAGEANT

Story of Marshalls Wonderful Dis
covery Fifty Years Ago and OF
His Subsequent Poverty and Death
Owners of the Land Gain Moth
ing From the Find.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31

BIG GIFT TO BELoIT COLLEGE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Spanish Cruelty.

The cruelty Of the Spaniard, or rather
his callousness, his recklessness of the
lives of others, and even Of his own, is
a medieval and oriental survival, says
Irving Babbitt in The Atlantic, and
then, too, there underlies the Spanish
temperament know not what vein Of
primitive Iberian savagery. Nine
d'Aulnoy relates that on certain day
of the year it was customary for court
gallants to run along one Of the maiE
streets of Madrid, lashing furiously
their bare shoulders, and when one Of
these penitents passed the lady Of his
choice among the spectators he bespat
tered her with his blood as special
mark of his favor.
Insensibility to the suffering Of ami
mails, though general in Spain, is not
any greater so far as my own observa-
tion goes, than in the other Latin cour
tries. Possibly medieval religion in SC
exalting man above other creatures, in
refusing to recognize his relation to the
rest of nature, tended to increase this
lack of sympathy with brute creation.
The Spanish peasant belabors his ass for
the same reasons that Malebranche kick
ed his dog-because he has not learned
to see in it a being organized to feel
pain in the same way as himself.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Eoaciesuit and His Hair.

Bouc;cauIt for number Of years
Used to dye the little fringe Of hair he
had, and It generally took on all the
hues of the rainbow, much resembling
Tittlebat Titmouse's experience in col
orjag his hair.
I was standing in front of the Union
Square theater one day after rehearsal
with the late Charles R. Thorne, Jr.,
and Joe Folk, writes Owen Fawcett,
and we were arguing the question who
should 'buy, % when along came Bouci-
cault, as clipper as ever. Of course he
must stop, ask all the news and have a
chat, for he was most entertaining
man and well worth listening to. On
his preparing to leave Polk said, "Mr.
Boucicault, do not wish to insult you,
put wish to congratulate you on one
thing"
"Not a bit of it, my boy" said
Boucy. "What is it, Polk:"
81 see that you have given over dye
ing your hair or what little hair you
had, and you do not know how much
better it makes you look.''
"Yes,'' said Boucicault. II have
found out ione thing, and that is in all
the years I have been foolish enough to
paint my hair l was only deceiving one
person, and that one was myself. Good
day, boys "-Detroit Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Slow Eating May Be Bad.

According to The Journal Of Mental
and Nervous Diseases, slow eating is
as bad as fast eating. "Tke important
point is not that we eat slowly or fast,
but that when we do eat we chew with
energy. Of course where the haste is
due to some mental anxiety this may
injuriouslysinhibit the secretions. Slow
eating begets a. habit of simply mum
bling the food without really masticat-
ing it, while the hurried eater is In
clined to swallow his food before proper
mastication. Hence hurried eating is
bad, but rapid mastication is advan-
tageous. It concentrates our energies
on the act in question, and hence more
thoroughly accomplishes it. Moreover,
energetic chewing stimulates the secre-
ton of saliva in the most favorable
manner These various points are SO
commonly misunderstood, at least by
the laity, that they demand our fre-
quent attention.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

and be loaded ahead Of the regiment,
and so it was really race between sol.
diers and some other necessary part Of
the expedition.
The Fifth corps as it fought at San
tiago on July was as follows:
wHEELER'S CAVALRY DIVISION.
Summers Brigade.-3d U. S. cavalry, 9Th
y. S. cavalry. 9th U. S. cavalry (colored).
Young's Brigade.-1st U. S. cavalry. 10th
e. S. cavalry (coloreO. 1st U. S. volun-
teers Trough riders).
There were only two sauadrons of
each regiment at Santiago, one squad
ron being left at Tampa with the horses
and baggage.
FIRST DIVISION OF INFANTRY. GEN
ERAL ]. F. KENT.
Hawkins lst Brigadc.-Gth Z. S.. 18th D.
Pcarson's I'd Br:gade.-2d U. S., 10th u.
s.. 2lst l.. S.
Wikoff's Sd Erigade.-9th U. S., 18th U.
S.. 24th U. S. tcolored.
GENERAL. H w. LAWTON'S S SECOND
DIVISION.
I.udlow's ;st Brgade.-Sth U. S.. 22d u.
s.. "a Mass.
Miles I'd Brigade.-25th U. S. (colored).
4th U. S.. 1st U. S.
Chatree's 81 BHgadc.-12th Z. S.. 18th U.
s.. 7th u. S.
Strength about 1900 in line Of battle.
ARTILLERY AND MACHINE GUNS.
Grimes. Parkhursts Best's and Ca
pron's batteries. L. S. artillery. guns
each. Captain Watsons. Hotchkiss guns.
Lieutenant Parker's. Calling guns.
These troops figured conspicuously in
the battles to be described in the a3ti-
cles upon the Santiago campaigns.
GEORGE l.. KILMER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

nIcE-,. Ine uIiSaI1 lauueu aG UaIquIri
on the evening of the 22d and the morn
ing of the 23d of June. Ittwas composed
of two squadrons each CT the First and
Tenth (colored) regular cavalry and
First volunteers, or rough riders, all
dismoanta:!.
Gc.:"n,l You1g's orders were to take
posi-. III. :he left of Lawton' S infantry
division, which had already landed.
TIE troopers Lad no rations. During the
voyage they had exhausted the shree
days travel rations supplied them.
Soon after landing part of the command
received ordinary rations, which the
men placed in their blanket rolls, as the
cavalry1nen carried no haversacks.
After landing his command General
Young sent All aid on board the steamer
where General Wheeler was for further
orders and received instructions to move
out five or six miles and select camp
for his own brigade, screen and cover
the landing and relieve the jam there.
The cavalry bivouac was near the mouth
of a stream, the water Of which was al
ready polluted by the infantry camps
above. After getting rations for one
squadron each of the First and Tenth
and all of the rough riders, also ammu-
milton for his Hotchkiss guns, General
Young moved out on the 23d, and, find
ing Lawton's troops occupying all the
desirable camps, passed on until he
reached Lawton's S advance post. There
he learned of an engagement the night
before between Cubans and Spaniards.
Meanwhile General Wheeler had
come ashore at Siboney and reached
Lawton's advance position. General
Young reported to Wheeler, who said
that he was glad that Young had come
up. He (Wheeler) had been out with
General Castillo, the Cuban, and looked
over the Cuban position. Being very
tired, he was about to lie down and
asked General Young to get an account
of the affair from Castillo Castillo said
that he had met 1000 Spaniards at a
point near Savilla. He thought they
had retired after the battle, but General
Young got Information that they were
being re-enforced. As there was good
camp ground beyond the scene of the
skirmish, Young decided to go forward,
reconnoiter and develop his front.
From Castillo's description Colonel
Rivers, of Young's staff, made sketch
of the region around Las Guasimas. Be-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
The Firecracker.

The f1ecracker so extensively used by
Americans in celebrating Independence
day is Chinese invention and is sup
posed to have been used i'll China IN
prehistoric times as universally as it is
now used in the Flowery Kingdom upon
nearly all ceremonious occasions. Its
original use is supposed to have been
to frighten away evil spirits, and in
some parts of the Celestial empire it is
still regarded as an effective weapon
against ghosts and hobgoblins
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
The Gloved Pasha.

Mustapha Pasha Fehmi, prime minis
ter of Egypt. decorated by Queen Vic
toria with the grand cross of the Order
of St. Michael and st. George, is known
throughout Egypt as TIE gloved pasha,
owing to the fact that no one has ever
seen his left hand barred since the day
two and twenty years ago when, as one
of the chambcrlains of the late Khedive
Islnail, he helped his colleague, Sahmi
Pasha, to strangle the Egyptian minis
ter of finance at the close Of a supper
party given by the wicked old khedive
on board lis steam yacht, lying at anchor
in the Nile at Cairo. just off the palace
of Gezereh.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Greek aad Latin.

NJ Jules Lemaitre condemned the
study Of Greek and Latin the other day
at the Paris Sorbonne He declared that
the national mind had been formed not
BY the literature of the Greeks and Ro-
mars, except in an Indirect way, but by
the Scriptures first and afterward by the
great French writers. NJ. Lemaltre
further declared that he regretted hav-
ing studied Greek and Latin - years,
whereas he is ignorant Of English, which
is spoken by half the world. and only
knows German in pitiful manner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

ing in advance Of his command, Gen
eral Young sent another aid, Captain
Smedburg, to the rear to bring up his
full force ard the Hotchkiss gun. The
hour set for the movement was q. N.
on the 24th
General Castillo had indicated trail
from Sibonev, leading over hill south
of the main road between Siboney and
Santiago, and forming junction with
it at Las Guasimas. The ridge crossed
by the trail is very high. General
Young decided to send the rough riders
over the trail and with the regulars and
Hotchkiss battery move along the main
road The plan was to make simul-
taneous attack with two columns. It
was explained to General Wheeler. Las
Guasimas was a pass where the Span
iards expected to check the American
advance. It is down grade from there
to Santiago.
Castillo was to support Young with
800 Cubans, and the general asked him
to start at 5 a. M, and if be couldn't 80
along himself send staff officer who
would be able to translate and convey
commands The Cubans not being up
on time, at 5 80 a. m. Colonel Rivers
went to Castillo's camp to say that the
column was ready to march to battle
The Cuban sentinels would not allow
Colonel Rivers to awaken Castillo, so
he came back without the Cubans, reach
ing Young at $40. Young then moved
out, sending his aids, Rivers and Smed
burg, with Colonel Wood, commander
Of the rough riders. The aids were to
report to their chief the conduct of that
column and give any assistance needed
as representatives Of the commander.
Captain Mills, adjutant general of the
brigade, went forward with the regu-
lars The CuEans had outposts beyond
the point where the order of battle was
made There were small parties of Gu
bans ct different points along the road.
Captain Mills reached the advance
Cuban outposts and sent for General
Young to come up, indicating how he
could keep hidden from the Spaniards
whilo doing so. From that point the
general could see the Spanish position
at Las Guasimas. There were Spaniards
massed north of the road upon which
the regulars were advancing, protected
by some stone parapets. After survey
ing the situation with his glass General
Young explained to tho commanders Of
his squadrons what they were to do and
gave them orders to advance on Las
GLasimas in battle order.
GEORGE L. KIIAER
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Home Influences.

Each one of US is bound to make the
little circle in which he lives better
and happier; each of us is bound to see
that out of that small circle the widest
good may flow; each of us may have
fixed in his mind the thought that out
of single household may flow inau-
ences which shall stimulate the whole
commonwealth and the whole civilized
World.-Dean Stanley.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Built Upon a Bowlder.

There is village in England built
upon an enormous bowlder of chalk.
This bowlder is half mile long anc
must have been carried coastward a dis.
tance of 25 miles by some great iceberg.
1t was dropped to the bottom Of the
glacial sea, where it became partly COW
cred and surrounded by blue gray bowl
der clay.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
The Thrifty shopkeepers.

Mrs. Bargin Friend-I wonder how
those little cent shops ever came to be
inverted?
Her Husband-I suppose to use up
what's left of the dollar after the SO cent
stores get through with it.-Toronto
News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

ITH the single
exception Of Ma
poleon's Russian
campaign, there
has never been a
military expedi-
ton fraught with
personal distress
a 4 d suffering
equal to those en-
dured by Shat
ter's army. The
case is all the
m or e striking
from the fact
that after a most
brilliant victory
the army was
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

Dwelling in flats is making great
headway in London especially IN the
west end but many persons are averse
to being known as residents of such
Landlords advertise them as mansions
built in stories. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

The remedial effects of laughter are
really wonderful. Cases have been
known where hearty laugh has ban
ished disease and preserved life by e
sudden effort Of nature.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
SHAF AND HIS ARMY
Graphic Pictures of the cyclonic
Campaign at Santiago.
STORIES OF MEN B1eHT IN IT.

selecsion of Leader and Picked
Troops-1ns'ae ai<sory of the Es-
peaition-Hoy shafter warded OF
Disaster-TrSins Voyage on Trans
Dorts-The Fisnsin= Regiments.
Copyright 1888. by the Author.]
L
This is the first of series of Is arti-
cles co1hprising the history Of the San
tiago/ Campaign by Captain George L.
Kilraer. late United States volunteers.
CAPTAIN Kilmer holds the highest rank
l his specialty-deeds Of heroism and
Edaring-and is well fitted for the i'm
portant work he is doing. He has had
access to the very best sources of infor-
rnation, has interviewed every officer OF
importance from General Shafter down,
and the men in the ranks have also told
him their stories. His articles are the
frst notable articles on the great his
aorical struggle around Santiago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Too Much For Any Man.

There isn't any one SO good that it
doesn't make him mad to go home to
dinner and find some one sitting in his
chair at the table. e.-Atchison Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Her Aim In Life.

"What sort of girl is she?''
ooh, she is miss with a mission"
"Ah!'
"Hcr mission is seeking a ma wlts
e mansion. Baltimore Jewish Com
ment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

Come and see US before buying or trading.
Va can please you with Wbite-Randle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
!, 1925, by the .Author.]

w l N u TO q
Spanish gunboat
scare, Shafter's S
transport fl g Q t
was held some
days at Tampa.
The three days
t avel rations,
which had been
issued at the be-
9nning, had
b q e n exhausted
before landing in
G q b a T b e
cramped position
of the troops in
the ships, the
long and tedious
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
Off FOR CUBlAT LAST
A Soldiers Story Of Skaters
Santiago Expedition.
TOLD AT MONTAUK's CAMPFIRES

SRafter's Plan For Landing - Coast
Cleared by Misunderstanding at
Dafauirf and Siboney-Confusion In
Getting the Outfit Ashore-Young's
Cavalry to the Front.
copyright, 1925, by the Author]
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26
GEORGE L. KILa1ER

Not far from the fral resting place
Of Mr.. Gladstone in Westminster abbey
is the tomb of General John Burgoyne,
who was defeated by Gates at the bat
tie Of Saltwater and who surrendered
to the Ame ricans ct Saratoga in l777.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

E:1e Enormous Amount of Work That Mnst
Be Performed and the Ceremonies That
are Cbser, ed Before the Pennant and
the Stars and Stripes are Hoisted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-22

of the Superintendent. All the tubes at
tached to the carts for dscharginB or
sprinkling shall be we'll and securely mace
OF proper material, and the oriices IN
the tube shall not exceed one-sixxeentn
OF an inch in diameter. or sixty or1nces
TO the running foot or tube. Leaky CASKS
hose, or couplings Will not be permltten,
nor shall there be any unnecessary waste
OF water while filling or emptylng tne
casks. All fixtures from. which water -
taken to be carefully used, ana any INJURY
resulting from careless or improper use
will be repaired by the superintendent,
who shall charge the cost OF the repairs
10 the party who has the permit iVr
sprlnkllng. All sprinkling carts snall De
Inspected at any or all times Dy tne ou
perintendent or his agent. There snalI
be a fine Of ten dollars on any person VINO
shall. for any purpose or in any inahheI
Violate any OF the aforementioned con-
ditfons.
Photograph galleries, milk depots, pub
lie laundries &c. OF the following rate
per annum-to wit: For each photograph
gallery. fifteen dollars; for each mix o.
pot or dairy. ten dollars; Tor eacn puDnc
laundry, twenty dollars: for each soap
factory, ten dollars; for each public green"
house or hower-garden. twenty-five dol-
lars; for each private greenhouse or con-
servatory five dollars. CO.. a..
Meter rates-to wit: For fifteen thou
sand gallons or less. per month, nlteen
cents per thousand gallons; from hfteen
TO thirty thousand gallons per month,
thirteen ana n half cents per thouSdhu
gallons: from thirty thousand to sixty
thousand gallons per month. twelve cents
per thousand gallons: from sixty TO ono
hundred and twenty thousand gallons per
month, ten cents per thousand gallons;
from one hundred and twenty thousand
gallons per month 10 two hundred and
forty thousand gallons per month, eight
cents per thousand gallons; over two
hundred and forty thousand gallons per
month seven cents per thousand gallons.
And so much Of section fourteen or
chapter twenty-seven of the City Ordi-
nances concerning water-works as pro-
vides for an annual charge for the rent
OF a meter is thereby repealed.
BEN. T. AUGUST,
in 1857 City Clerk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-22
HURLED TO DEATH.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN A
PETERSBURG FACTORY.
Caupht an shnfting and Instantly
rtI,ed - Court Matters - Many
Travelling statesmen Di"i""""
Pendant Observation-Disclosures

PETERSBURG. VA, January 2L~ispe-
clal)-coieman Jones (colore0 was IN
,,an,lv Killed this morning while at Work
on the second door Of the Spanish peah"'-
factory. on second street. by aceioeh'
or through carelessness his sleeve got
paueht IN the Skating and he was hosieo
unwards. His neck was broken
ZONES was new hand at the business
ana when caught up had only time to ex-
claim. I'm gone No Inquest was oee"'-
ed necessary.
In the Hastings Court yesterday Messrs'
c w. spicer and W. W. wilkins qualified
ms executors on the estate OF Mrs. Charles
w. spiccr. g..
Al the parsonage Of the High-street
Methodist Episcopal church last nisnt
Nr. .George Thomas Hewitt ana MISS
Mary Emma Jessup were united IN mar
slaee by Rev. Il. 7. Dadmun.
In conversation to-day with one OF our
Oldest and most respected merchants. the
information was given that OF the MGR
chants who were in business IN fe'eIs-
burg in 1854 only three remain ~ uusi-
Alexander Wilson, Charles Leonard
Samuel j. Hurt. The changes III
mercantile arms since the close Oh '"0
war have been WONDERFUL
The number Of drummers visiting ou'
city this week nave been unusua'iy '"i
II is sSNd that at one hotel "lO"e, ,no
Ionerial one hundred and nifty travelling
statesmen. representing all interests, were
registered during the week.
A Iady's valuable diamond pendant was
stolen several days ago from the resi-
dence OF Mir. George Mason on Adams
street. and no trace OF it has yet been
discovered.
The police this morning found III lot
An the rear of Lombard street four pieces
Of bulk pork. each nicely wrapped IN
paper. The meat was evidently stolen
from some wholesale house, but mas not
been identified.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-22
Died from RIood-Polsoning.

BERRYVILLE, VA. January H.-lSpe-
cial Miss Edith Hulver, daughter of
Mr. John Hulver. who lives near Gaylord,
Clarke county. died this evening Of blood
poisoning after terrible suffering. Miss
Hulver was only Is years of age, and an
unusually pretty and attractive girl.
About two weeks ago, as she was passing
an open fire, her skirt became ignited,
and she was severely burned from her
breast down, blood-poisoning following.
Mr.. James w. Galloway, an aged and
respected citizen of Clarke county, died
on Thursday night at the residence Of
Mr.. Joseph Hart. his son-in-law; aged 20
years. The funeral services will be held
tomorrow at the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, the interment to be in the
family burying- ground.