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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
SELECTED POETRY.
The Picket Guard.

"All quiet along the Potomac" they say
Except now and then stray picket
Ia shot as he walks on his beat to and fro,
BY ri1eman hid In the thicket.
IT'S nothing; private or two now and then
VIII not count in the news Of the battle;
Not an officer lost-oRiy oneo The men,
Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle
All quiet along the Potomac tonight
Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming;
Their Tents In the rays OF the clear autumn moon
Or the light OF the watch-fres are cleaning,
tremulous sigh, as the gentle night wind
Through the forest leaves softly ia creeping;
While stars up above, with their gttering eyes
Keep guard-for the army is sleeping.
There's only the sound of the lone sentrys tread,
As he tramps from the rock to the fountain,
As he thinks of the two in the low trundle bed,
Far away in the cot on the mountain.
His musket falls slack; his face, dark and grim,
Grows gentle with memories tender.
As he mutters prayer for the children asleep,
For their mother-may heaven defend herl
The moon seems to shine Just as brightly as them
The night when the love, yet unspoken,
Leaped up to his lips-when lowmurmured vows
Were pledged to be ever unbroken.
Then drawing his sleeve roughly over lis eyes,
He dashes Off tears that are yelling.
And gathers his gun closer mp to its place,
A. II to keep down the heart swelling.
He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree
The footstep is tagging and weary;
Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light
Toward the shade Of the forest so dreary,
Harki was it the night wind that rusted the eaves7
Was 1t the moonlight SO wondrously fiashing7
1t looked like rifle. "Hal Mary, good-byl"
And the life-blood is ebbng and FLASHING.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight
No sound save the rush of the river;
While soft falls the dew the face of the dead
The pickefs Of duty forever,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

=, The undersigned, having been appointed BY the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington commissioners to receive, examine and ad-
Just all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate OF RUTH W. HUMPHREY, late Of Water
bury In said District, deceased. and all claims
hi6ited In offset thereto hereby give notice that
James A: Gilmore, in the town Of Waterbury, in
said District, on the End day Of May and 26th
until four o'clock F. M, each of said days, and thst
Is the time limited by said Court for said creditors
70 present their claims to us for examination and
Dated at Waterbury, this 9Th day of April,
A. ID. 1893. FRANK N, SMITH, 80
s0O2 j, A. GILMORE, (Noin'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF ELI EDISON,
STATE OF VERMONT,
DIaTRIQT or WAauINn,rON ae

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the 18th day of April, AID. 1885,
Ira H Edison, Administrator Of the estate Of
ELI EPSON, late Of Marshfeld, in said District,
deceased, presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes
tition Of the estate of said deceased. whereupon
IT is ordered by said Court that said account and
be held at the Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier,
the 18th day OF April, A. ID. 1898, for hearing and
decision thereon And it is further ordered that
tice hereof be given to all persons interested BY
publication Of the same three weeks succes svely in
the Vermont Watchndn O. State Journal, newspaper
publshed at Montpelier, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, II any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made.
OOO2 HIRAM CARLETON. Judos.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
Discovered.

Seen you down at chu'ch las night
Nevah min, Miss Lucy.
What mean? Oh, dat's all right
Nevah min, Miss Lucy.
Oh, you,s sma't ez sma't kin be,
But you couldn't hide f'om ne;
Amt got two eyes to see7
Nevah min, Miss Lucy.
Guess you thought you's awful keen
Nevah min, Miss Lucy;
Evahting you done seen
Neyah min, Miss Lucy;
Seen him TEX yo' ahm Jes' so,
When you got outside de do
All, know dat mans yo' beau
Nevsh min, Miss Lucy.
Say, now, honey, wha' d he say?
Nevah min. Miss Lucy;
Keep yo' sec'uts-dst's yo' way
Nevah min, Miss Lucy;
Won't tell me, an I'm you pail
I'm gwine tell his othah gal
Know huh, too-huh name Ia Sal
Nevah min, Miss Lucy.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, in the Century
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

Are you making any sacrifices this
Lent, Miss Shadyside? asked Mr..
Murray Hill. Not exactly, replied the
young lady, but am helping others to
make sacrifices. In what way2 L am
attending all the sacrifice sales see
advertised.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

PHL-SENsE.-It stands to reason that DR..
Agnew's Liver. Pills will crowd out of the
market many OF the nauseous old timers. A
the argument needed to keep the demand what
i has n-phenomenal-4 Doses 10 cents.
They cure sick headache, biliousness, and al
lay all stomach irritations. At all druggists.
Is. Sold by W. E. Terrill Il Co. and Collins
Blakely
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
Oliver Wendell

Oliver Wendell
Holmes says that If
a man truly loved a
woman he would
not marry her unless
he was absolutely
positive that he was
the very best man
! in all the world that
4 she could marry.
According to this a
man would have to
be very conceited in
deed or remain a
bachelor.
This is going a lit
tie bit to extremes,
but in sober fact, no
man should marry
a woman so long as
he is the victim of
ill-health. No man
has a right to ask a
woman not only to
be his wife, but a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
" STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District ss
In the matter OF JASON JENNINGS,


Take notice. that a third meeting OF the creditora
OF JASON Jennings, of Worcester in said
Judge of said Court to be held at court of Insoven
ey at the Probate ONCE. in Montpelier in said Dis
trict, ON the 4th day of May. A. d. 1898 at ten
o'clock In the forenoon, at which time place the
assignee OF said debtors estate win submit his
account, and apply for a settlement of the same,
and for discharge from all liability such assignee
70 any OF the said creditors, that dividend may
be ordered, and certificate of discharge granted
to said debtor, agreeably to the Vermont Statutes
and any proper objections to any business at said
meeting will be in order.
Dated at Montpelier. this 18th day of April.
A. ID. 1888. HIRAM CARLETON Judee
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

1 told higgins l could thrash him,
boosted little Dicky, swaggering,
What did he say? Didn't say any
thing, the coward-at least nothing
that could hear. hung up the re-
ceiver and came away from the tele-
phone.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
The Day Of Hats.

oh, Easter Morn,
Oh, Day Easteriousi
Ten million bonnets rise
Upon the sight
And fill the time
With frsnzied light
From myriad prism'd ribbons,
And with flowers
As odorless as rainbows are,
And with ten times
The rainbow's hues.
In blended shades and tints,
And fuffier in their feathered plumes
Than nodding palms
Upon thousand tropic plains.
And gowns galorel
Such gowns, gadzooks,
As, II the angels wore,
High Heaven would be
So different place.
Polychromatic Infnityl
All feminine
In ioveliness, save this,
A man at intervals
In Easter pantsl
Stone gray. perhaps,
Or mauve,
Or yet anon.
OF lavender,
Or some poetic tint
Too sweet for other use
Than Easter pants.
Oh, Easter morni
Oh, Day Easteriousl
In silken glimmer,
Satin sheen,
And lace illumed,
In pure white light
You are in very truth
The Prism Of the spring.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

The languor 30 common at this sea-
son is due to impoverished blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures it by enrich
ing the blood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That 10 what 10 was made Tor,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
MANUAL TRAINING.

The question of manual training in
our primary schools must be kept well
in the public mind, till the Board of
Education realizes the necessity of its
adaptation. Book knowledge is all
very WELL but the very highest intel
lectual culture is quite consistent with
weakness of will. With a large mass
of the children we have to deal with
on these Islands, weakness of will is
a prevailing characteristics.
DR.. Felix Adler, writing in the Eth
ical Magazine, gives a very valuable
paper upon the Influence of Manual
Training on Character, which might
be read with profit by all those who
guide our school system. The doctor
points out that manual training is in
teresting and that children who are
apathetic over literary study are
bright and often very proficient in the
workshop or modelling room. Second
ly he contends, and with justice, that
ny lllduudl training we CULTIVATE llle
intellect in close and inseparable con-
nection with action. \ child that can
make box has acquired a far more
valuable piece of learning, because
there is more thought, more accuracy
of eye and hand required, more varied
interest brought into play, than one
which can analyze a long grammatical
sentence or repeat by rote the rules
of syntaX which it violates almost ev.
cry time it speaks.
The subject is one which cannot be
treated at full in short article, but il
is well that our educators realize that
a great wave of thought is rising and
sweeping forward which demands
that primary education should be more
practical. That there has been anC
continues to be too much book learn
ing, too much memory training, tina
vast number of the smatterings O
| isms and ologies are mere intellectual
lumber which must be swept away anC
the educational course simplified, ant
that the world is not as well educated
as it fancies it is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
@imeRy @ooicS'
November IA, 1868.

The war with Spain is al
most at an end. 1t is ended
so far as actual hostilities are
concerned, and only awaits
formal declaration of peace by
the commission now in session
in Paris. 1t is not so with
the war in the tropics against
the hot weather and constant
care is required to keep your
commissary from spelling. We
have just received another
shipment of those perfect
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14

The Management of Mololiai settle
ment by the Board of Health deserves
the highest praise. 1t has been stead
lily improving for the last five years,
and has now, probably, reached as
near perfection as such a place can.
The regular visits paid by the Board
are of great benefit, because the mem
bers become personally acquainted
with the condition of affairs at the
settlement, and the residents there
feel that the Board is interested in
them and their well being.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
PEACE PROSPECTS.

The position of the peace conference
lis still unchanged. The Spanish Com
missioners have handed in their an
swer to the American Commissioners,
but what the contents of it may be is
purely guess work on the part of the
correspondents. The French papers
begin TO see that the United States
will have to occupy the Philippines,
and to advocate the money payment.
They point out, however, that the
Spaniards have good case, in that
Manila fell forty-eight hours after
the protocol was signed.
There is no doubt that the Span
iards can put up a far better diplo-
matte fight than they can "A military
or naval one. They are astute reas-
oners and are accustomed to split
straws, The Anglo-SaXon type repre-
scented on the commission is more
straightforward and anxious to come
to some result.
The hope is still chung to by the
Spaniards that the election may have
a direct effect upon their interests.
The Star has frequently given its rea-
sons for considering this fallacious
hope. Bat it is a fact that the longer
the Spaniards can keep negotiating
the better for them in case of ultimate
rupture, as it gives them time to make
further preparations and probably to
raise a loan. Moreover, they hope to
gain sympathy by their pleas of pow
erty and the hard-heartedness of the
United States. But sympathy is not
much good without cannon and rifles
TO back it, and no one is likely to back
Spain in that way.
That for all the sophistry of the
Spaniards the United States is going
to abandon Manila on technicality
is on the face of it absurd. The Unit
ed States is not spending money on
transports and sending thousands of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
NICARAGUA CANAL.

There is every prospect of getting
the Nicaragua canal project before
Congress either in December or Jan
uary. Admiral Walker and his fellow
commissioners have about completed
their work and the report is expected
to be ready early in December. The
canal is one of the most important
projects to the United States from its
strategic advantages. The two battle
ships which have the long journey
around the Horn before them, with all
the risks that entails, might pop
through from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc in less hours than it takes days
to go half way round the former
route.
The canal will be of incalculable
value for trade and will enhance the
value of these Islands many times.
But all the advantages have been re-
capitulated again and again, and to
the members of our community, whose
eyes have been fixed on the canal for
years, it is no use charging upon
them. Every child on the Islands
knows that the canal must bring us
unbounded prosperity.
OF course there are difficulties, po-
litical and international, but these can
be overcome, especially at the present
juncture of affairs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14

There is considerable force in the
remark that it is a mistake to employ
civilians as war correspondents. The
European papers largely employ re-
tired officers as correspondents as
much as possible. The reason is OBJ
vious. \ civilian cannot understand
the art of war as a military man does,
and is apt to criticize when there is no
need of criticism. The most success
full war correspondent of the past
twenty years was a soldier-Archibald
Forbes. OF course there are some civ
ilian correspondents who have made
a study of the military art and who
do criticize intelligently, but they are
few and far between.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14

According TO the German papers it
appears that the occupation and forth
fication of Pago Page harbor by the
United States is viewed with favor by
the German government. The present
conditions in Samoa are thoroughly
unsatisfactory, as any one might have
foretold when the Berlin treaty was
formed. Tripartite arrangements for
governing distant group of islands
are not likely to prove satisfactory.
There will always be two of the three
joining together to get the better of
the third. If the United States forti-
ffes Pago Pago it may lead to the par
tition of the islands between the three
powers. and under those circumstan-
ces the Germans whose trade and in
fiuence in the Samoan Islands is decid-
eddy greater than those of England or
the United States, would hope to OBJ
tain a majority share of the spoils.
Perhaps this is what makes the Sa-
means in no hurry to elect a puppet
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14

men to increase the garrison merely
with the intention of bringing them
back again. We have the object les
son before our eyes, we see the
stream of men that has steadily pour
ed through, and is still pouring
through our harbor.
One thing however is beginning to
show up clearly and that is that if
the Spaniards delay too long the Anne
rican Peace Commissioners will come
home, and Commodore Watson will go
to Spain and finish up what is left of
Spain's navy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
MONDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1898.

1t is a pity that the Maria Teresa,
after being successfully fioated,
should have gone down in a gale. She
would have been a fine trophy to have
preserved in the navy. The Spaniards
win rejoice, however. 1t does seem
as if the Spanish ships prefer the bot
tome to the surface of the ocean.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
No LECTURE TONIGHT.

James A. Wilder leaves for the coast
on the Coptic. Owing to her arrival
and departure one day earlier than she
was expected, Mr.. Wilder will not be
able to deliver his lecture on the Car
dimes and Guam at Punahou college
tonight, as he expected to and as has
been announced.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-14
alaska REFRIGERATORS,

which admittedly have no
superiors. They are here in
all sizes, from the small one
for the family Of two, up to
the large size suitable for
hotels and boarding houses.
There is one feature we desire
to call particular attention to
in the
Alaska Refrigerator.
1t is lined with mineral wool
and has an air chamber be-
tween this and the inside
lining, thus insuring economy
in the amount of ice required
to SUCH an extent that the
saving in the cost Of ice will,
in a short time, pay for the
refrigerator.
THAT is ECONOTY.
For those who are satisfied
with a less fancy receptical,
butjust as good, we have the
ALASKA ICE CHEST
in all sizes, from the very
small to one that holds five
hundred pounds of ice.
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE co
FORT ST., opp. Spreckels' Bank.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-22

It's true there are impostors and
frauds IN the feather cleaning business
but the same can be said Of the grocery
business, the drug business, the medical
profession, the legal profession, and in
fact they infest the domain Of every
worthy pursuit Of man, for only on
these can they maintain their parasite.
cal existence, but should this mean any
discredit to the business. II is the man
and not the business, my friend, that is
the humbug. l.. T.. Patterson. 1875
Do not forget that Gen. Jno. b.
Gordon will lecture at college tonight
at s p. m. This isaehance that seldom
comes. Gen. Gordon IL . born orator
and behind that his long life crowded
with great and good deeds makes him
one OF the foremost speakers Of our
country. He never fails to interest his
audience. ExConiederates, do not fail
to hear him. Reserved seats on sale at
Tyler Haswell's.
Now, IL you will cit down and think
over coolly, the number Of nights you
.aSe used your feather beds and pill.
lows, the many spells Of chilli, feyers,
colds, measles and various other all.
ments through which they have been
used, and when you get through, see
you can see any sensible reason why
they should not be cleaned. I25
He. Robinson and family went to
Houston yesterday evening.
Fancy stationery aud writing mater.
ials at Halls Drugstore. 1876
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Mcneil Of Madison
county we're here yesterday.
Mrs Orr and Mr.. George we're in from
Macy yesterday.
lpay special attention 10 drummers
and other transient livery business.
Transient teams and boarding horses
receive careful attention at my stable.
Ira Gooch. l2i
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-22

make a specially Of compromising
prescriptions, nothing but the best
goods used, which insures good results
Tor the sick ones. Bring them TO me.
b. $. Read, the druggist. llltf
Mr.. A. A. Gooch Of Goldthwaite,
Mills county, is visiting his brother Ira
Gooch.
For Sale-Two bedroom suites, din.
ing room extension table and other fur.
niture at reduced prices. Mrs. II. MAth.
10, East Burleson 81. l23
Green Buchanan Of Harvey Was in
the city yesterday.
Ira GoOch is now giving careful per-
sonAl attention to his livery business
and all he asks is that you get his pri-
ees and give him an opportunity to
serve YOU 49,
Ed Sims went to Houston yesterday
evening.
For Accident and Life Insurance
either in Lodges or Straight Life Com
panies see Joe b. Reed. II
win Zulch Of Willow Hole, was here
yesterday.
a complete and splendid assortment
OF hEhing tackle and sporting goods, at
b. 5. Reads drugstore. lIIu
Edgar Nicely and Dodd Mizs returned
from Houston.
College creamery butter at 25 cts. per
ID. at Howell Bros. l25
W. +. Burney was here from Madison.
vile yesterday.
Elegant lamps and fine china very
cheap at Halls Drugstore. 1876
Only drst-olass meats sold at
Buchanan's City Market for cash or
credit. 1875
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-22
.NTOTWOGREATCAMPS
United States and England Nay Be
Pitted Against Europe.
OUTCOME OF CUBAN WAR.
Freedom WIN he Represented by the
Former Countries aud Aatocraey.
and Miiitarism by the Lat
teE Governments.

Berlin, April 2l.-Professor Brumen.
tri, a leading Viennese scholar and poll.
tician, said to The New York World cor.
respondent:
THE spmpathies Of Europe with
spin do not express admiration of her
colonial administration, but are rather
the instructive expression OF the present.
ment that the victory Of America will
be the beginning Of Americanizing En-.
ropean institutions.
''Panamericanism is not a sentiment
entertained by scholars and enthusiasts
as panslavism is, but carefully calcu.
lated affair, resting on selfinterest, hav.
ing for It's object business, and business
alone. Already the republics Of Ameri.
ca have fallen under the influence OF
United States capital.
II cannot account for the friendly at.
titude Of England. II England would
only join the rest Of the powers in sym.
pathy with Spain something might b.
done to check the American project"
In conversation with an eminent and
widely known German publisher, The
World correspondent asked him what
he though: Of the situation, and did he
think that England and the United
States would be drawn closer together.
Eyes, most emphatically So" he re.
piled, THAT will be combination which
will be invincible.
Europe is settling down under Rus
sian rule or under Russian influence in
her methods Of government. Freedom
will be represented by England and the
United States and antocacy and mill.
tarism by the rest OF Europe.
"rhe Spanish.American troubles. /
believe, will draw England and the
United States nearer and will help to
divide the world into two great camps,
which have mentioned"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-22

Madrid, April 81. An official d snatch
from Havana says that Captain General
Blanco has chartered vessel To- bring
over 1850 Spanish sailors who have here.
toforo served IN the United States navy,
but who are now dosiruus OF .erying
their own country.
The official dispatch adds that he Gu.
ban insurgent leader, Betancou {, has
published a proclamation agreeing to q
suspension OF hostilities
In conclusion the official dispatch
says: ''rhe inhabitants Of Santiago do
Cuba, even those who are most hostile
to Spain, are resolved to fight on Tho side
OF the Spaniards, and some inf ontial
rebel leaders have the same intou ton"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-22
Lecture "wednesday Night.

Rev. Homer 7. Wilson will leelur,
at the opera house Wednesday, April
"a, at $50 p. m. snbieet America,
Uncrowned Queen"
This lecture is inder the manage.
ment OF Miss Jessie Johnson Of Bryan
and Is benefit for her. Proceeds are
to he donated to Miss Johnson. as q
means Of assisting her to go to college
Mr.. Wilson as q lecturer, IL well
known, and needs no eneomiums from
the Eagle. He has been heard in
Bryan, and highly appreciated by every
one.