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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
Her Club.

1t 10 80 long. dear, since saw you
We have missed you from soiree and ball;
And as for your clubs and receptions
Why. we never see you at all.
You used to delight In the opera,
At a dance be the gayest one there,
And trampled Ger masculine heart strings
AqueeD In our vanity fair.
But, now, like some nun In Ter cloister,
The paths OF our world know you not,
And the toibles and folies referred to
You doubtless long since have forgot.
Not so9 All, then, Dora, do tell me
What made GU drop out of our set,
And own that you think of past pleasures
With something akin to regret"
A clear, ringing laugh was the answer,
"And do you not really know
Why I've given up balls and parties,
And the other attractions foregop
Why I've given up flirting and dancing
And the other joys OF our sex;
Cannot even be called new woman
With her aspirations complex
" Because am wholly engrossed. dear,
In club that numbers Just four;
And though 1t claims quite all my service,
IT'S not, l assure you bore.
Tho members2 Myself and three others,
All masculine? Billiards. Oh, mol
Nor golf nor tennis, nor euchre-
Why, do you not really knowi
" IT'S home club, where love 10 the umpire
Equal suffrage? You might call 1t so,
And the members my boys and their father,
And tell you-but whisper 1t low
That the best womsns club In existence
IL the one that includes our men, too,
Do vote? No, Jack does that for me,
And the boys wear my colors-' true blue"
Callie Bonney Marble. In Chicago Times Herald
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

FIR. Dugon-I sm afraid, Bridget,
that you are as much at fault in this
quarrel as Patrick. You must learn to
exercise forbearance, and remember
that soft ans wer turneth away wrath.
Bridget O'Hoolihan-Begorra, yer riv-
erence, that's jist whot stharted the
trouble. Pat came home from his
woaruk aud axed wot was there for
dinner. He was toired an hungry an
cross as two sticks, so he was, an l
give him a soft answer. Well, what
did you say? Cowld mush.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
Frost Cures.
Famous Life-GiVins Remedies
That Danish Disease.

Wherever Dr. Frost's Famous Remedies
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After being humbugged for years. suffer-
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
SELECTED POETRY.
A Tribute to "Old GIory.v

The following lines were written by Com
ade John E. Gilman, Senior vice-Com
nander Massachusetts Department, q. A
g., and read at the dedication of the flag
taft and flag at the Farm School on Thomp
on's Island, Boston Harbor.
Yesi plant It firmly In the earth,
And wedge Its base with rock,
This shspely mast OF solid worth
Whose towering hight and slender girth
Shall breast the storm kiug's shock.
There let II stand, within the ken
OF strangers from afsr,
More powerful than voice or pen
To tell the tale Of noble men
Who fought In Freedoms war.
And when the sunri.e gun is fred
From yonder sea girt isle.
In modest uniform attired,
You boys, with loyalty inspired,
WIN fall in, rank and file.
And old and young, and strong and weak,
Our country's flag you'll bear,
And raise It proudly TO the peak,
Where. floating gracefully, twill speak
OF patriotism rare.
Twill speak to yeu, la thunder tones,
or fields where heroes bled,
OF mangled flesh and shattered bones,
OF dying mems last feeble means,
Of grim and silent dead.
Twill tell OF Grant who led the van
In that last grand campaign;
OF Sherman and OF Sh, ridan,
Whose fertile brains did often plan
brilliant coup-de main.
Twill tell of thousands who have died
To make their brethren free,
Who were the nations strength and pride,
Whose valoi saved and unified.
This land of liberty.
And more than ALL twill be to you
trusty beacon light,
To guide you in whater you do,
And keep you legal stsnch and true,
And quick TO see the right.
So, boys. we veterans Of the war,
With speech and song and prayer,
Do dedicate this stately spar,
In honor OF the @. A. r.,
And place 1t In your care.
And you'll defend 1t. boys, we know,
With dauntless heart and hand,
'Gainst foreign or domestic foe
Who dares to strike a hostile blow
At our dear native land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
Lullaby.

Bedtime's come fu' little boys,
Po' little lamb.
Too tiahd out to make noise.
Po' little lamb.
You gwine t have to-morrer SHOP
Yes. you tole me dat befo',
Don't you fool me. chile, no mo-,
Po' little lamb.
You been bad de livelong day,
Po' little lamb.
Th'owin' stones an runnin' way,
Po' little lamb.
MY, but you's a-runnin' wild,
Look 1es' lax some po' folks chile;
NAM gwine whup you after while,
Po' little lamb.
Come hyahi you mos tiahed to def,
POI little lamb.
Played yo'sef clean out o. bref,
Po' little lamb.
See dem hans now-sich q sight
Would you evah blieve dey's whitei
STAN still 'twell / wash dem right,
Po' little lamb.
Jes' CANT hol' yo' haid up straight,
Po' little lamb.
Hadn't oughter played so late,
Po' little lamb.
Nanny do know whut she'd do,
Eff de chillun's all lax you;
Youb canton now flu true.
Po' little lamb.
Lay yo' haid down in my lap,
POI little lamb.
Y ought to have right good slap.
Po' little lamb.
You been runnin' 'roun' heap,
Shet dom eyes an don't you peep,
Dab now, dab now, 90 to sleep,
Po' little lamb.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the Negro Poe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

DELIGHTFUL RELIEF FROM CArARRH.-
Here Is one OF Thousand such testimonies.
The Rev. A. d. Buckley OF Buffalo, saws
"I wish all to know what blessing Dr.
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Ia in case Of
catarrh. ! was troubled with this disease
for years, but the first time used this rem
edy 1t gave most delightful relief. now
regard myself rs entirely cured after using
1t for two months.-A. Sold by W. Il. Ter
rill & Co. and Collins Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
SICK HEADACHE

A mighty Deed-The Rev. Mr..
Lanks (solemnly) My young friend,
are you not aware that q youth who
smokes cigarettes will never accomp-
lish anything in life? Young Jackey
Napes--Aw, don't you fool yourselfl l
set fire to q theatre with cigarette
once and burnt up an entire Uncle
Tom Cabins troupe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

There's one comfort in connection
with the popular song, remarked one
admirer OF classical music. We know
that II will not last long. Yes was the
reply, we always have the assurance
that there is something worse waiting
to take its place, II that's any satisfac-
ton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

Forty GEMS, TEN OkErs.-Dr. Agnew's
Liver Pills cure all troubles arising from
torpor OF the liver. Easy and quick-Ban-
ish sick hesdache-Purify the blood and
The demand is big. The pills are little,
easy to take. pleasant results, no pain.
Forty In Q vial. Ten cents.--66. Sold by
w. 3. Terril b Co. and Collins Blskely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

Her story
is told TO
a woman.
not to =
man. Do
not hesi-
tate about
stating de-
tails that
she may
not wish
to mem
ton, but
which ara
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
Poor and Weak
catarrh and Bronchial Trouble =
Had no Appetite Now Better In
Everv wav-A neIicate Child


Had no Appetite Now Better In
Every Way-A Delicate Child.
"Some time since took q sudden cold
and could not get rid of it. Being subject
to catarrh and bronchial trouble coughed
terribly. l lost my appetite and grew
poor and weak and did not feel like
work. began taking Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. In short time the cough disap-
peared, slept well, had a good appetite
and was better in every way. Last
spring was not feeling well, l had no ap-
petite and no strength. resorted to
Hoods Sarsaparilla and soon felt more
like work. My little nephew was a deli
cate child and had humor which trou-
bled him so he could not rest at night.
He has taken few bottles OF Hoods Sar-
saparilla and now he has a good appetite
and is able to sleep" Miss ABBIE J.
FREEMAN, South Duxbury, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, BIl-
iousness, indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 20e.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

riggs (slapping bis friend on the
back)-Well, it's settled, old man; the
cards are out. Ziggs (who didn't get
one)-Did they run out?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

essential to full understanding Of
her case, and if she is frank, help L.
certain to comet
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

What is that dreadful crowd inside Of
that shop? Those are the women who
went early to avoid the rush.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19
Hoods sa ps;;iis

Hood. Dill are the best after-dinner
iAooA . iiio pills, aid digestion. 25c.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03
AN AMERICAN HERO.
He Commanded Chinese Ship in Naval En-
gagement.

The Kansas City Journal spoke the 9TH
err day of modern naval weapons as be-
ing almost entirely untried, citing the SIN
gle exception of the imperfect test furnish
ed by the late war between China anu
japan. In that war the Chinese battle
ship Chen-Yuen was commanded by Cap
tain Philo McGiffln, "the only man of
American or European blood who ever
commanded a modern warship in battle.
Captain McGiffn was an American, nav
ing been born at Washington in 1860, ana
he was but thirty-four years old when
the battle occurred.
The Home Magazine recently contained
a long article on Captain McGiffin IN
which competent authority is quoted TO
show that his daring has never been
surpassed in the history of the world"
He was a graduate of the Annapolis Ma
val academy, going to China in search of
adventure when he found that his own
country had no place to offer him. At
the breaking out of hostilities he was
placed in command of the Chen-Yuen and
fought the ship in the decisive battle of
the Yalu river, this being the only Chinese
ship that came out of the fray with credit.
According to his biographer he wrote as
follows to his brother just before the bat
tel: "You know it is four killed to one
wounded since the new ammunition came
In. 1t is better so, l don't want to be
wounded, and hate to think of being dread
fully mangled, and then patched up, with
half my limbs and sense gone, yet "a tri-
umph of surgical skill Mol prefer to
step down. or up, and out of the world
Shortly after the fight commenced some
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03

The warwhoop is "who-o-o-o-y' When
used In the midst of carnage 1t is a low
er note resembling "wha -a-a-a!' Some of
the tribes have a special whoop which ends
in shrek sound not unlike 'whe-e-e-el
Finally it dies away in shrill wheeling
sound. This is for courage and also Tor
a charge. Indian warwhoops differ as In
dian dialects differ, and the most inter-
esting study can be made of the warwhoop
of the American Indian.
The Nez Perces are a tribe very quick
with the knife. One of the chiefs declares
that he and his braves could soon become
experts with the machete and could 40
great damage with 1t. He says that when
told to charge with the knife the lndlan
throws his bullets away so that he can
have no temptation to fire. Unarmed, en-
cept with a knife, he knows that he must
make an onward charge or be killed.
War Metho6s
Buffalo Bill says that he could easily
gather 900 Indians together for Cuban
battle. These would include the Appechez,
sioux. Commanche, Ute and Seminole.
They could be conveyed to the island in
ships. But once let loose, we would be
comnelled to let them alone to follow their
o1,,n methods of warfare. If their conduct
was sueh as. to discredit modern methods
of fighting we could say nothing, lor Wnen
we ask the Indian to help us we must ies
him help us in his own way. ne Wouio
tomahawk and burn; he would XIII Wo-
men and children as troublesome baggage
and make the men run the gauntlet. he
would resort to his old pleasuraple pas
time of burning at the stake, ana When
he was tired of torturing him he would
hang him up and riddle his body with
bullets These are Indian methods OF war,
and no one can ask him to forego what
seems to him, simple pleasures.
He is anxious to fight and ready for
the order. His horse is groomed, his ar
row tips are poisoned, his bullets are well
chewed and his squaw has made him new
moccasins and belt. His feathers are
stained. his eyes are BACKED and at the
word from Uncle Sam he will dash across
the continent with wild warwhoop LOOKING
for the unhappy Spaniard who crosses him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03
A LIEUTENANT
KILLS HIMSELF
Rowland G. Hill of the Twentieth
Commits Suicide at
Mobile.

Mobile, Ala, May 2.-The Spring Hill
camp was distressed today by the suicide
of First Lieutenant Rowland G. Hill, of
Company G, Twentieth infantry. He had
been standing in front of his tent talking
to other officers, and having his revolver in
hand. AS he turned away he raised the re-
volver to his head with his left hand and
shot himself through the head, back of the
left ear. He died instantly.
Deceased had been acting queerly for
several days. His health has never been
good since he suffered from chagres fever
some years ago while detailed on topo-
graphical work in Central America in con-
nection with the inter-oceanc railway
He became respondent when the Twenty
second was ordered away to Tampa, and
was heard frequently to mutter: They
won't let me go; they won't let me CO."
He said he was satisfied he would not be
allowed to go to Cuba. This idea seemed
to control him and unsettled his mind.
He was a native of Muscatne, Ill. The
funeral took place at sun down at camp,
with six members of his company as coffin
bearers. The remains will be sent to CO.
lllmbuS o,
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big game and scarcely big enough to trap
small animals.
The Indians have never forgiven the
Spanish queen for this act and they hate
every Spaniard who lives Through the
Spaniards came trouble" Isl their reason
ing and for four hundred years they have
been waiting to vent their spite upon
Spain. The time has come.
Again, the Indian loves to fight. His
religion teaches him that the bravest war;
rior shall have the latest game in the
happy hunting ground, and he fights as
other men go to church to read the Bible.
From his childhood he is taught to be a
warrior His kindergarten is arrows and
bullets he cuts his teeth upon bits of lead
which he afterwards fires from a little
gun; he toughens himself in the sun and
wind and he trains his eye for distance
and direction.
His Training
An athlete spends few months getting
ready for his feats of strength, the Ameri-
can Indian spends his life toughening his
skin and his muscle for the chance to
fight, which he is sure will come some day.
Turned loose upon the Spanish the In
dian would fight with a long pent up des-
peration that would win the cause before
the battle was we'll begun. Indian meth
DDS Indian discipline and Indian courage
would do what the Cubans have never
been able to accomplish.
The Indians fighting tactics are known
mostly from the pictures, which represent
him on horseback, dashing toward his enc
my with his mouth wide open. emitting
a war whoop. This is true of him and it
maybe also added that there is method in
this way of fighting. The Indian war
whoop serves a double purpose with the
Indan--yes, a triple purpose. 1t is used as
a rally. as a war cheer and the heart of the
brave revives when he hears it. The
whoop is also signal meaning charge, but
delivered when the Indian is dashng into
the enemy's midst it is meant to deafen
and terrify. 1t is well known that the
hunter can terrify his prey with the sound
of a gun or the beat of drum So with
the Indian He paralyzes the senses and
nerves of the white man with his terrific
yell.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03

Chickamauga, May 2.-For four hundred
years we have been trying to kill off the
American Indian. Now in the present
| trouble the Indian has, with magnanimity,
| overlooked the past four hundred years of
oppression and bloodshed and offers to
come to our aid to fight the Spanish.
Big Hump of the Sioux, telegraphed the
war department that he would offer him.
self, and 600 trained warriors, for service
in Cuba. All he wanted was transporta-
ton and landing anywhere between Ha-
vana and Matanzas. If he could land
within ten miles of Havana, at night, with
600 soldiers, he could charge on Havana.
and aided by the insurgents that are now
in camp within two miles of the city, cap
ture the capital
So the Indians whom we have hunted
and imprisoned, limited, starved, driven
out, killed, oppressed, turned from their
natural mode of living, and all but abused,
hold up their hands and say they will fight
for us and our cause and the cause of our
friends!!
Indian Hatred
Perhaps In this act we may be giving
the Indian more credit than he is due,
loath as any of us would be to pluck one
leaf from his crown of laurel. The Indian
is a man who never forgets, neither does
he forgive. Forgive and forget are
two words which would never be considered
worthy place in the Indian Lexicon.
Four hundred years ago. one queen ISABEL
la of CASTLE, sold her jewels and, with
the money, equipped a geographer named
Columbus with the ships to sail westward
Columbus found lovely land inhabited by
Indians. 1t was their heaven on EARTH
They ate honey in the summer and lived
on game in the winter; they pursued the
wild animals and drank from the clear,
cooling streams they knew no other people
but their own and were happy. Columbus
changed all this He brought men from
Spain who swept the Indians away from
the coast and gradually drove them in
ward. Today they are imprisoned on lit
tie reservations not large enough to hunt
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03
SAVANNAH TOOK
THREE STRATGHTS
The Fielding of the Reds Was
Ragged.
HALLER WENT IN THE BOX
The Game Was Runaway Affair." the Local
Bdrons Being Left at the Post
Streaker Was Batteed
Heavily.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Special to The Age-Herald.

Savannah, Ca, May 2.-Savannah won in
romp from Birmingham here this after
noon, making the third straight defeat that
Haller's men have suffered at the hands
OF Savannah. The game was runaway
from the start, and both teams played very
poor ball. streaker opened up in the box
Tor Birmingham, and he was tapped up
Tor Tour hits, which, assisted by two field
ing errors, netted five runs for Savannah
IN the first inning. Streaker was batted
heavily all through the game. Both teams
neided poorly, but that of the Reds was
extremely ragged. If Halter expects to be
anywhere in the hunt he wants to do some
wedding out and do it quickly
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thing went wrong with the engines and
Mcc,iffn went below to set it right. AS
he was getting down some one caught him
by the legs calling out, 'There is no room
for Won here. YOU must hide somewhere
else" He looked down and saw the naVl-
eating lieutenant and dozen more of the
Chinese officers, in among whom he jump
ed and administered some lusty blows.
Left thus without assistance he 1ought
the battle alone, sometimes steering the
ship, sometimes training the guns, at all
times cheering the crew and urging them
to their duty. We quote: HE receiVeu
forty wounds, many OF them caused ny
splinters of wood; he with his own hands
extracted a large splinter from his nip,
and holding his eye-li1s open with his
finger this heroic man navigated his snip
which had been struck four hundred times,
safely to its dock skillfully evading cap
ture, the Chen-Yuen being the only one
of the Chinese vessels that came out Oh
that fight with credit
Continuing Captain McGiffn's biograph-
err says: 1.-THE Japanese offered $4,000 for
his capture, but did not have the satisfac-
ton of taking him. But what he dread
ed had happeMd; his nerves, limbs ana
senses were shattered. After the battle
of the Yula, he went into hospital IN
China for a time, but finding himself with
little promise of complete recovery, he
came to America. Unfortunately he was
indsposed to submit to treatment; he IN
sisted on dressing his own wounds. His
body had the appearance of checker
board, with it's many bruises; there were
{ still in him bullets and splinters; he was
compelled to walk with two canes. His
pain was so great that he spent hours
hobbing back and forth across the floor,
saying that he was more comfortable thus
than in sitting or reclining posture"
Within year this heroic young Ameri-
can died. When death was almost at his
bedside he said of himself IN a testing way:
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03
Do You Want a Home q
On Eleventh Avenue !

I will sell to any desirable family a
beautiful brand new home, with all mod
ern conveniences, upon a cash payment of
$3.50. and $25 per month. What you are
now paying in the way of rent for dilap-
dated house will in q few years buy
a new home. Thirty odd families have
bought under this plan who now own their
own homes, free of debt. I GIVE AN
ABSOLUTE DEED TO THE HOME.
Houses now ready for occupancy. In sub
stance, If you can make the cash and
monthly payments. 1t is decidedly in your
interest to call on
E. N. CULLoM,
2007 First ave.
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0'Bri6n'S Opera House.
SEASON ISoz-oS.

To Our Patrons and the General Public:-
Not in the entire term of our management
of amusements in this city has it been our
privilege to present such high-class or so
large musical organization as the Boston
Festival Orchestra, which will be heard
in the Opera House for two grand con-
certs Saturday. May z. A liberal guaran-
tee has made this possible, and we respect
fully solicit the support of the musc-loving
public to sustain the effort to secure this
great organization.
NIGHT SCALE OF PRICES MATINEE
S5O.............. Parquette. .............$1 90
1.0O.........B Balcony e rows. .......... LOO
.75...s..... Balcony next q. s........... rs
Balcony Qast A. :. ........ so
.25........ 80. Gallery. ................ .25
1.50 .......... Boxes (cach seat. .......... LOO
Box office will be open to general public
Thursday. May 5.
Respectfully,
CRANES & THIESS.
Managers O'Brien's Opera House.