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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
CUBAN EBOOTERs.
sevsses Who Have reverted to the Type
of Their Primitive Ancestors.

ssvsses Who Have reverted to the Type
of Their Primitive Ancestors.
They are mostly mongrels. weather
hardened and soul.hardened savages,
who have reverted to the type OF their
primitive ancestors, and re0cqulred
the faculty of making feast day COM
pensate the hardships of six fast days.
digestng the sun-dried bull beef Of
their bivouacs as readily as the made
dishes OF ransacked hotel, ard Sleep
Ing in quagmires on pillow OF willow
hurdles as soundly as In feather bed.
Their fox-trail instinct will easily pre-
vail against the methods Of civilized
warfare, and their raids have already
depopulated numerous districts, some
of which once boosted prosperous
farms. but are now shunuc1 as the
haunts of the predatory Kabyles are
Stunned by the Algerian settlers.
In the Sierra Mesllla, northeast of
Bayamo, the industrial population has
almost entirely disappeared under the
terror of the freebooters. whose camp
fires can be seen smoking in the sum-
NIT glenS and whose constant raids at
last ceased to leave the farmers liv-
ing share in their agricultural prod
ucts. The Cerro de Cobre. some eighty
miles further south, is approached
only by cattle hunters with a military
escort: travellers who have attempted
the passes of the old overland road
have rarely returned to tell the results
of the all but inevitable encounter
with the scouts of the outlaws. The
valley formed by the west fork of the
Rio Verde, in the Province of Puerto
Principe, was long dreaded as haunt
of runaway slaves. and these refugees
have now been Joined by 1esperados
numerous enough to become savagely
aggressive. Their neighbours too, have
abandoned hundreds of farms that can
no longer be hoped to repay the toll of
tillagc. In stress of circumstances the
outlaws elle out subsistence Gy hunt
ing and fishing: but withal continue to
extend the range of their marauding
expeditions. and recently one of
their restless leaders was caught and
hanged by posse Of eXasperated ran
cheros. on the charge of having decor
ated his headquarters den with ara
besques of human heads, mailed up
spread-eagle fashion, or like collec-
ton of dried fern leaves" The total
value of the property destroyed by
these moss troopers has been comput
ed to exceed half a billion dollars, and
a list of their murders would resemble
the bulletin of Dahomey war chief.
The Forum.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
IOHNNY CAKE

One quart of milk, two well-beaten
eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, one OF
lard, one tablespoonful brown sugar, one
teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls OF
flour, enough Indian meal to make
thick drop batter. Melt the butter and
lard, mix all the ingredients together,
except the soda, and beat hard for ten
minutes Add the soda dissolved in
teaspoonful of hot water. Beat min
ute longer, pour in a buttered pan so that
the mixture will be about an inch in
thickness; bake slowly in a moderat,
oven. Serve hot, breaking it rather than
cutting
DREAMED RICE PUDDING.
One cup of fresh boiled rice, three cup
of milk, three-fourths cup of sugar, two
eggs, one tablespoonful of cornstarch.
Seed and cut in two one cup of raisins
and cook few minutes In the milk. Then
add the corn starch wet in a little cold
milk, then add rice, sugar and yolks OF
eggs. When thickened flavor and pour
into a baking dish. Bake in oven, then
make a meringue Of the whites of eggs,
put on top of pudding and brown very
delicately.
CHICKEN AND RICE CROQUETTES.
An excellent way of serving a small
quantity of chicken Is TO cut all the meat
carefully from the bones, chop fine, and
to each cupful of the chicken, add one
cupful of boiled rice one teaspoonful of
salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter, half
cupful of milk, little pepper, and an
egg. Put the milk in a double boiler,
and as soon as hot, add the ingredients,
putting in the egg the last of all. Stir
the mixture until cooked, which will be in
about three minutes. Pour II out to
cool. When cooled, take little in the
hand and press into little rolls. Then
dip into well-beaten egg, roll in bread or
cracker-crumbs, fry until brown in hot
fat, taking care the fat is boiling hot.
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD.
Put into a bowl pint of milk, and add
pint of boiling water. Let 1t stand until
lukewarm. Dissolve a yeast cake in a
| little warm water, add this to the cooled
milk-and-water, add teaspoonful OF
salt and enough whole wheat flour to
! make a batter. Beat thoroughly for 10
or 10 minutes; it should then be smooth
and creamy; add enough more flour TO
make 1t stiff; turn it out on to the board
and knead well. Then return to the pan
and let it rise until light. Mold into
small loaves, let rise again and bake in
moderate oven.
SNOWFALL CUSTARD.
To one quart of boiling milk add the
whites of six eggs, beaten stiff, dropping
them into the milk by spoonfuls. Turn
them over carefully to cook both sides
Take them out ana arrange on glass
dish. Put into the milk the yolks OF eggs
we'll beaten and sweetened, stirring until
1t thickens; flavor With lemon. When
cool put into glass dish and arrange the
snewballs on top.
GINGER CAKE.
One cup of butter, two cups of sugar
creamed together; add one cup of mo-
lasses, one cup Of sour milk, four egg!
we'll beaten, three cups Of flour, two tea
spoonfuls of ginger, two teaspoonfuls o
soda. Beat very thoroughly. until very
light.
| L A Ia
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Tom Reeds Fairness,

In the ffty-frst Congress the COM
mittee on rules of the House of Repre-
seutatives first took the commanding
position which it has since maintained
in regard to the consideration and dis
position of legislative business. Speaker
Reed was chairman and the other men,
bers were Messrs. Mckinley and Can
non, Republicans, and Blount and Nc
MILAN, Democrats. The first meeting
of the committee to prescribe special
order of business was a stormy one.
Paramount Blount, who has no more
sense of humor than a craven image,
took matters very seriously, and, it Ia
said, actually tried filibuster. OF
course, he came to grief, but thereafter
be had no opportunity to make the at.
tempt. What did happen was de-
scribed by Mr.. Mcmillan, now COVER
nor of Tennessee, to Tribune CORE.
spondent, about as follows:
"Reed and Mckinley and Cannon, OF
TWO of them, of whom the speaker was
al WAYS one or more, would get together
md decide a question. Then the speak
er would send for me and say: well
Mac, Joe and Mckinley and l have de
cided to perpetrate the following out
rage, of which we all desire you to have
due notice. whereupon he would reat
and give nue. copy OF whatever specia
order had been adopted by the majorii,
Of the committee. He did the sam
with Blount, l believe, and he neve
tried to catch us mapping; but l can as
sure you that the committee on rule
was never debating society in whic
Blount and l took part after the frs
explosion. No, sirl"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Some Diplomatic Advice.

Saw wood, We men who led the way.
In Cuba and Manila Bay;
who fixed the Starry Banner where
1t will forever clear the air,
Who added newer, brighter fame
To all the glOries of our II me
who maze the Yankee nation great
Take heed by Captain Coghlans fate;
OF what you've seen ard done and heard
You hadn't better say word
Saw wood.
Saw wood, ye men behind the guns,i
Who slammed he shot and shells by tons
At forts and ships until their souls
Escaped through numerous large-sized holes /,
Who banged away and kept their stand
Till everything on sea and land
That even thought to make fight
Was utterly knocked out of sight;
OF what you've seen and done and heard
You hadn't better say word
Saw wood.
Saw wood, We men who fought like h -
And want to come back home and tell
How Yankee spirit, Yankee nerve
Got on to every crook and curve
OF open and of secret foes,
And by their skill and by their blows
Put Uncle Sam where he could be
The steelclad master of the sea;
OF what you's seen and done and heard,
You hadn't better say word;
Saw wood
Saw wood, ye great; saw wood, ye small;
Saw wood, ye fighters, one and all
Don't say a word, although you could
Say many that would stir the blood;
The man who's safe in all he says
Keeps still in forty languages.
You've done your duty as you should,
And now saw wood, saw wood, saw wood.
Say, don't you know where YOU are at2
A tighter is no diplomat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
OATMEAL BREAD.

This makes a fine bread to serve with
wheat bread, and is very palatable, as
well as nutritious. To one cup of rolled
oats add one tablespoonful of shorten
ing, one-third teaspoonful of soda, one
even teaspoonful of salt; upon this pour
one and one-half cups of boiling water;
let this stand 10 minutes then add one
third cup of molasses, two cups Of gra
ham flour, one cup of bread flour; when
luke-warm, add one-half yeast cake dis
solved in one-half cup of warm water
stir very thoroughly, let stand in warm
place over night In the morning out
down and put at once in baking pan. Let
1t rise to twice its size, and bake in
slow oven.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

NEw,YoRK,.May 3.-President Seth
Low of Columbia College, Captain A.
Z. Mahan of the United States navy
and Frederick w. Hollis, American
delegates to the peace conference at
The Hague, sailed to-day on the Amer
lean liner, st. Louis. Captain Mahan
said the main point the American dele
CATION would endeavor to get the rep
resentstives of other nations to agree
to would he to stop privateering and
exempt merchant vessels not carrying
contraband of war from seizure. AS to
disarmament, he said the United States
could not be classed with European
countries which keeps millions of men
under arms in time of peace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
HOw's This a?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and fnan-
eially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST h TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
WALDINa, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price, seventy-five cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
ORANGE STRAWS.

These orange straws make delicious
CONNECTION and will keep very nicely in
glass jars. Cut orange peeling in strips
with scissors, put in cold, sailed water
and set on stove. After boiling 20 min
utes, remove, drain off water, and put
into more cold, sailed water and boil
again for 20 minutes; repeat once more,
then drain and add equal quantity of
sugar by measure. Set on stove and sim
mer until the syrup hairs. Take from
syrup with tongs and roll in granulated
sugar. Then put on platter to dry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF Err GTITC IT. Oh Sc

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington, commissioners to receive, examine, and sd .
just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of ERASTUS I. CHASE. late of Wood
bury, in said District. deceased, and all claims
We will meet for the purposes aforesaid. al the
Town clerks once IN the he, town OF WOOD;
2lst day of September next, from 10 o'clock A.
M, until o'clock each Of said days, and that
six months from the 25th day OF April A. D.
1899 s the time limited by said Court for said cred
tors to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance,
Dated at Woodbury., this LIST day of May, A D.
1899.
Ya spRT H i DhA a. IELt oommissoner, s.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
POETRY.
In MemOr!am.
MRS. ADA BoYcE sHERBURNE.

Low turned and dim is the lamp of cheer,
AS we stand at the River side,
For one more boat that was anchored here
Has drifted out with the tide;
We know in the harbor no storms o'ertake,
And dear ones have met her there,
Eut oh God, comfort the hearts that ache,
For the parting is hard to bear.
Her life was lesson in cheerful days,
And the doing of kindly deeds,
She planted flowers in so many ways
That it left no room for the weeds;
And Natures plan she so nobly filed
While iourneying here below,
We could almost wish it as God has willed
Except that we miss her so.
No eye there is but must shed its tears
No home but must suffer loss;
TO follow the track of tt passing years
Each traveller finds his cross.
She mourned the loss of her loved one gone
But the pain of her grief is past,
For happy are they in the brighter dawn
That unites us all at last.
Then |, ok beyond, oh we ones who weep,
To the God of the peoples prayer;
Our life below is the vale of sleep
Compared with the waking there.
Out of the forrows that come to-day
The final joy is given
To know, when the mists have cleared away,
Reunion, which is Heaven.
-FIoRFNcE JosEpurNF Power
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
ESTATE OFM. ANNETTE UPHAM.
STATE OF VERMONT,
ESTATE OF ADDISON LAIRD.
STATE OF VERMONT,
nIQTpICT np W

In Probate Court, held at MONTPELIER in and for
said District. on the I'd day of May, AID. 1889;
~, Hiram is Wells, Adnnstrator With the will annexed
said District, deceased. presents his admin
istration account for examination and allowance,
aud makes application for decree Of distribution
and partition of the estate of said deceased Where
upon Ia ordered by said Court that said account
and said appcationb be referred to session thereof
TO be held at the Probate ONCE in said Montpelier
on the 18th day of May, A. d. 1899, for hearing
and decision thereon and 1t is further ordered that
notice hereof be given to all persons interested BY
pubcs ton OF the same three weeks SUCCESSFULLY In
the Vermont Waterman g. State Journal, a newspaper
published at Montpelier in this State previous to
said tim, eppoated for hearing, that they may sp-
pear at said time and place. and show cause II any
they may have, why said account should not be
allowed snd such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
50-5I HIRAM CARLETON, Jndgs.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF John SCOTT

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington, commissioners TO receive examine and Jus.
all claims and demands Of all persons against
the estate of JOHN SCOTT, late OF Berlin,
In said District, deceased, and all claims er.
hibited In Offset thereto. hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purposes aforesaid lat the residence
Of Sarah a Scott in the town of Berlin in said Dis
tric on the LIST day Of June and 23d day of October
next, from two O'Clock p. NJ. until four o'clock
P. Nj. each of said days, and that six months from
the 2l.t day of April, A. d. 1899, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examine ton and allowance.
Dated at Berln this 2sth day of April, A. d. 1899
ARTHUR L. HEWITT lco,,ss,o,o.
5557 GARDNER w. DUSTIN, 'o'"ini''''uerS'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
ESTATE OF BENJAMIN I. wHEELER
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WARRINGTON, ss.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the I'd day of Ma AID 1899:
An instrument purportng to he the last will and
testament of BENJAMIN I. WHEELED, late of Eas {
Montpelier, in said District deceased, being pre-.
sented to the Court for Probate, 1t ia ordered
by said Court, that all persons concerned therein
be notified to appear at a session of said Court,
to be held at the Probate ONCE in said Mont
the 26th day of May. A. ID. 1889. and show cause.
II any they may have, against the Probate of said
instrument; for which purpose 1t 10 further ordered,
that notice Of this order be published three weeks
successively in the Vermont Waterman d State
Journal newspaper printed at Montpelier, in this
State, previous to said time appointed for hearing
By the Court,-Attest,
5557 MELVILLE E. SMILE, Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
BANANA PIE.

Choose yellow bananas not quite ripe.
Cut In quarter-inch slices. mix one
fourth cup of sugar. one saltspoonful
salt, and one tablespoonful of lemon
Juice, and spread half of 1t on the crust
Dot with a teaspoonful of butter, then
put in layer of bananas, then sugar ana
another layer Cover with a rioh orust,
and bake quickly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Dewey's Story..Of 1t.

"Say. Dewey" says !, in a neighborly way
To the Admiral quietly loaing one day
And resting from labor out Philippine way,
little bit worn, little bit gray,
In the tin that had passed since the great First OF
May,
~ wish you would tell us Just what occurred
Out there at Manila; for what we have heard
Is second hand mostly, and that isn't what
The folks want to hear when they want II right hot
We know how you swatted the Spanards all round
The Bay of Manila; how you wiped up the ground
And The sea and so forth with all that Spain had
In a manner to make the Spanish feel bad
We know that you hoated the Flag notch higher
Than ever II fioated and we never can tire
Of singing your praises for what you have done
To naughty CASTLE and to proud Aragon,
And werelan xious to listeu-to hear 1t from you
Who has thrown new light on the Red, White and
Blue"
chair
And said that we gave him too much for his share.
Hut that didn't COVE insisted the more,
Till pleading had grown to be quite bore,
And then he submitted and yielded his hold
And this 10 the story the Admiral told;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
COCOANUT CAKE.

With half pound of -four mix a quar-
ter of pound of ground rice. Rub in
three ounces each of butter and lard. six
ounces of castor sugar one tsaspoonful
Of dessicated cocoanut and a dessert
spoonful of baking powder. Stir in the
stiffiy beaten whites Of two eggs and add
a small quantity OF milk, II the mixture
is not moist enough. Bake slowly and
evenly,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Make 1t Public.
Publicity Counts. That's What the
People Want. Montpelier Express
sion on the Subject.


Make it public.
Tell the people about it.
| Gratitude promotes publicity.
Grateful citizens talk.
They tell their neighbours tell their friends
The news is too good to keep.
Everybody should know about the little con.
queror.
bad Backs" are numerous.
SO few understand the cause.
Many Montpelier people are learning.
And better still, they're being cured.
Lame backs are lame no more,
Weak ones regain their strength.
This is the every day labor in Montpelier
OF Doan'a Kidney Pills.
Our citizens are making 1t public
Mr.. Henry j. Snow of III Elm ST.,
says: "My back commenced to trouble
me with pain across my kidneys. 1t
came on me and stayed two or three
days and then went away, but each al
tack was worse and lasted longer. This
kept up until the winter of '97, when |
made up my mind to do something, and
| got Doan's Kidney Pills at Lester H.
Greene's drug store, as had heard them
highly recommended. began using
them as directed and when had used
about two-thirds of the box the pain
left me; have only had one or two
slight attacks since, when l resorted to
Doan's Kidney Pills and was again
quickly cured. Doan's Kidney Pills
are a good medicine to keep in the
house, and intend to always have them
on hand. You may refer to me at any
time, for they cured me and l think
they will Others"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price so cents a box Mailed
on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
GRAPE PIE.

Pop the pulps out of the skins into
one dish and put the skins into another.
Then simmer the pulp and rub to soften
1t and then rub through colander to re-
move the seeds. Then put the skins and
pulp together, and they are ready for the
pie or for canning or for putting In Jars
for further use. Fine for pies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
BREWIS.

A nice way to use up in palatable form
the bits of brown bread and graham rolls
that will collect Is to make them into
Brewis. For this. soak in milk the gra-
ham rolls or bread, steam In double
boiler until very soft, add a small piece
Of butter, serve hot with maple syrup
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

to worry of mind, when consumption
Is invited by the condition of the lungs
and blood, then there is real scare.
What is to be done TO purify and vitalize
the blood1 What will stop that hacking
cough and strengthen the weak lungs
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures ninety-eight per cent, of such cases.
1t strengthens weak lungs and cures obsti-
nate lingering cough, bronchitis, bleeding
of the lungs and kindred ailments, which.
if neglected or unskillfully treated lead
up to consumption,
:" My wife had hemorrhage of the lungs"
writes W. A. Sanders, Esq, of Hern, Mason Co,
w. Va. "She had ten hemorrhages' aud the
people all around here said she would never be
we'll again But she began to take Or. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and soon began to
gain strength and flesh. After taking ten bot
lies she was entirety aeH If any one doubts
the merits of this medicine they may enclose
selfaddressed envelope with stamp, and will
answer"
Send DIR. R. " Pierce, Buffalo n. Y, 81
one-cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing
only, and he will send you free copy OF
his 1908 page illustrated Common Sense
Medical Adviser, the best medical work
published. Cloth-bound 81 stamps
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
BERRY CAKE.

Take two and one-half cups of flour.
one-half teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, one-half cup
of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt,
one egg, one cup of milk and one table
spoonful of butter. Mix this in the order
given and bake in gem pans. Add one
cup of berries and 1t makes a delicious
berry cake.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

Ambassador Choate is exercising his
humor upon British credulity. He told
an audience in recent London speech
that "when Dickens had proceeded 30
far with the story of 'Dombey & Som
as to bring little Paul into that condition
between lifs and death, the packet that
brought the next number containing the
sequel to New York was met, as she
drew up at the pier, by an anxious crowd
waiting for tidings of the fate of little
Paul.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

A terrific wind, rain and hail storm passed
over Northfield Tuesday afternoon. One
Of the chmneys on Dodge hall was struck
by lighting and demolished. Prof. Charles
Dole was slightly shocked and horse a
few feet from him was killed. Two labor
ers who had taken refuge in the tool house
at Elmwood cemetery were rendered in.
sensible but soon recovered. The roads on
the hills were badly washed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
That Warning Clean.

"When am telling a man story |
stop short if see peculiar gleam in
his eye"
"Does it mean that he has heard it
before?"
"No; it means that he isn't listening
because he is thinking up the one he
intends to tell Chicago Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
BROWN SAUCE.

A fine sauce for buildings is made of
two tablespoonfuls Of sugar two table
sponfuls Of molasses. one tablespoonful
of butter and half pint of milk; beat
thoroughly together and thicken with
one level dessert spoonful of corn