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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
Success.

A year ago there was begun in New
York city the publication of an illus
trated monthly magazine bearing the
name of Success 1t stood for all
that goes to the making of what men
call success in life. 1t has abounded
in wholesome precepts that have been
carried out in the lives of great num-
Der of successful men and women whose
biographies have appeared in its pages.
The magazine has achieved success in
deed, and now it is published as a
weekly and retains the features that
have made it so welcome and helpful
a journal in the first year of its exis-
tence. The price has been put up at
81 80 year and five cents copy.
Ask your newsdealer for sample
copy OF it or send direct TO the Success
Company, 8 Cooper Union, New York
City. 1t is most readable and valu-
able periodical. pik
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
The Money Cost Of War.

A calculation as careful as is possible
places the total cost of war during the
last 3 1000 years at the appalling sum of
el20, 900 100000. If it were possible to
pay this enormous bill in gold, we
should require 942 S57 tons sovereigns
and an army of over 100000 horses to
draw it.
If it had been possible for all the
minis now existing throughout the
world to begin coming sovereigns at
their present rate in the year of Christ's
birth, they would still have to continue
for $40 years more before their task
would be completed.
If these sovereigns could be reared
into one sky piercing column as a me-
mortal to those whose blood they
bought, the column would stand on
base of 100 square feet and would risa
into the clouds nearly 1000 feet higher
than the summit of Mount Blanc. They
would equally pave with sovereigns a
road 70 feet wide, stretching from Char
ing Cross to ovei 100 miles beyond
Constantinople.
And this is the appalling pricelwhich
men have paid in gold and blood for
the privilege of killing each other.-
London Standard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
SOLDIERS BUDGET
The Wonderful Mauser Bullet,

L asked the Major about the charac-
ter OF the wounds male by the Mauser
bullet.
I'm some respects" he said, "the
Mauser bullet showed itself most mer-
ciful. Except at short range it made a
clean small hole, with very little tear
ing OF the tissues or splintering of
bones. 1t frequently happened that
men shot through the body felt very
little inconvenience for some time af-
ter, and were able to walk mile or
two to the rear, or even TO 90 on fight
ing. Men walked into the hospital sta
ton shot through the bowels, shot
through the stomach, shot through the
lungs, and many of them recovered.
We have had men recover who were
shot through the liver or the kidneys.
and that was something unheard of be-
fore this war. And it was remarkable
to see how the arteries would recede
from before Mauser bullet and avoid
rupture. There were many cases
where l could put my finger into a
wound and feel the artery pulsating,
and yet there was no puDcture, saws
Cleveland Moffet in Leshe's Weekly.
"There Yves cavaryman in the
Rough Riders fght--I have this on
the authority of another doctor-who
was shot through the heart in the
charge, but did not know it.
"'pm afraid Pm hurt, Lieutenant
he called out, putting his hand over bis
breast.
ego back to the rear,' said the off,
Ger.
"'Not while I've got any breath in
me to fight answered the soldier. And
it seems an established fact that this
man continued in the charge for near.
ly 500 yards before he dropped to the
ground dead
"What was the effect of the Mauser
bullet at short ranger"
at was terrible, for at short range
the Mauser bullet explodes, there is no
question about this. l do not mean
that it explodes like gunpowder by
chemical change, but it explodes ply
sically, just as a grindstone may fy
into pieces. You see, during its early
flight the bullet, which is shaped like a
long bean, wobbles as top does from
side to side. Later on it takes steady
horizontal position and then makes a
clean wound, but if it enters a body
while webbing it mushrooms out, if
may so express it, and the projecting
fragments work frightful havoc IN bone
or tissue. saw a man in Company G.,
Sergt. Inmen, who was struck in the
head early in the fight. He was right
on the fring-line and must have got
bullet before it had taken its steady
poise of flight. At any rate the wound
in his skull looked as if it had been
smashed with hammer, and he died
few hours later"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
form of the "stars and Stripes, God

form of the "Stars and Stripes, God
bless them"
This good-humored suggestion of an
impossibility means, of course, that the
Stars and Stripes are flying in the
American imagination 30 high as to
make Bryan platform hopeless and a
Republican platform impregnable, and
that the next President is to be William
Mckinley, by the approval of an over
whelming majority of voters.
1t will be gloomy task for the Demo-
cratic party to attempt to divide politi-
cally within year nation which at
present is not divided. The North and
South are one again. There is no
Democratic-R Republican disagreement
about the tariff. The country is SUBJ
stantially one on the question of expan-
sion, and again as to the building of the
Nicaragua canal. There is no oppor-
tunity for the Chicago platform party to
offer serious opposition to the Republic
cans, except through the more extreme
passions of Organism, and those are
impotent in land that flourishes like
the United States. Hence the Courier
Journals pleasantly.
As Republican hope becomes stronger
of repeating in 1900 the victory of 1896,
it devolves upon the entire party organ
ization to protect itself from the in
dolence that is apt to creep over an
army confident of coming victory.
Thankfulness and alertness, but not
gayety, should fill Republican feelings
from now until election day of next
year.-N. Y. Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
Begging Mail of MilliOnaires.

Rated in accordance with the number
of begging letters received, Miss Helen
Gould would probably be ranked first
among the men and women of New
York who measure their wealth by mil.
lions, though this was not so, perhaps,
till after she had begun her remark
able work of relieving the wants of the
soldiers.
Miss Gould treats her begging mail
with much greater repect than do most
persons of large wealth, for, unless I'M
usually engaged with other matters,
she reads every letter asking for fnan-
cial aid on the same day it is received,
setting aside a certain part of each
twenty-four hours for it's perusal in
company with her private secretary.
Many OF these letters, most of them, in
fact, are 80 palpably fakes that no
serious attention is paid to them, yet
so sincerely courteous and considerable
of the feelings of others is Miss Gould
that polite answer is sent by the next
post to nearly every letter-writing aims
asker.
Miss Gould's begging mail must call
for preposterOus annual aggregate of
charity, for it has almost doubled with
in the last six months, and the total
asked for in gifts by letter in the year
1897 as footed up by her private secre-
tary was little more than 81 100000,
or about $2,740 a day.
How much she actually gives out for
charity not even her private secretary
knows, many benefsctions being ex-
tended by Miss Gould in absolute
secrecy.
Though richer than she by goodly
number of millions, her brother George
does not receive nearly so many begging
letters, nor does he open his hand 80
freely as she, yet his begging mail is
something enormous, and the number
of favorable responses is greater than
is generally supposed.
How the Younger of the two i'm
mensely rich Rockefeller brothers treats
his begging mail has never leaked out,
but John d. Rockefeller and his family
are known to give it great deal of
their personal attention.
They look after it at breakfast time,
when every member of the family
present takes his share of the letters
asking for favors, scans them and later
reads them aloud to the others. A good
proportion of all the Rockefeller letters
are inconsequential, as matter of
course, and these receive little discus
sion. This is true also of the few
which add threats 10 their pleadings,
for the Rockefellers have long been
case-hardened to this sort of epistle,
like most other modern millionaires.
Letters full of unconscious humor and
those in which the writers strive to
make their point by being purposely
humorous are more common than those
of sinister import. Fewest of all, as
might be imagined, are the letters
which seem really worthy.
These always receive the most re-
spectful consideration, often being dis.
cussed at length. and sometimes almost
formally, it being comparatively COM
mon, after a good deal has been said
pro and con as to the merits of the APP
peal, for some member of the family to
"move the request be granted" or sim
vesiigated" or "dropped." -Suuday Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
A Warming for 1900.

Our esteemed Kentucky contempt
rary, the Louisville Courier j ournal,
which during the progress of Bryanism.
which it will have none of, has rebuked
the Democracy always with its face
turned in hostility on the Republicans,
offers to the Democrats Palmer 81
Buckner sort of ticket, consisting of
Dewey for President and Lee for Vice
President, to be nominated on 9. plat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11

ACCIDENTS WILL HApPEN. John Brown,
G.. A. X. veteran, of 2446 Marshall St., Phila-
delphia. says; by mere accident came
across DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. was
great sufferer from that dread malady-
Catarrh. This wonderful remedy effected a
speedy and permanent cure, and have been
SO thankful that am willing to spend much
time In spreading the good nsws."--77. Sold
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
Clubbing List.

The following offers are for the benefit
only OF subscribers to this paper who pay
all arrearages and years subscription in
advance. One or more Of the publications
may be ordered, but the money for each, at
the club rate, must invariably accompany
the order, with all arrears III any, due on
the WATcHMAN and full year in advance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11

"That Harkins will case which has
been in the courts for several years
will soon be settled now" said Lawyer
Habeas.
eyes" assented Lawyer Corpus, 81
understand the property is about all
gone. Ohio State Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11

Tisn't safe to be a day without DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil in the house. Never can tell what
moment an accident is going,to happen
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11

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The above rates are subject to change
Without notice.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
An Urgent Necessity for Henderson.

Who in Henderson is not ANNOYED
by the dust -! In winter who is not
annoyed by the mud!! The two cost
the towns people a thousand dollars
yearly in damages to clothing. goods
in store and in shoe polish, not to
mention the unpleasantness. Our
streets are in places rough and I'M
even. If we had stone crusher,
which would cost only half of one
years damage to goods and shoe
polish, we could cover Main street
with crushed stone and sand and
save this expense for all time to
come. The rock is abundant out at
each end of town, just in the rear Of
Col. Cheeks and Mrs. Gardens. The
people who have teams would help to
haul il. Such roads are in use about
Charlotte. The street from depot to
court house in Oxford was so fixed
ten years ago and is in perfect condi-
ton now. Last winter the people OF
Oxford made the Orphan Asylum
street in the same way, by private SUBJ
scription, and it is thing of beauty,
which you know is "a JOY forever. y
Henderson's Main street, from the
Oxford depot to the Protestant church,
must be so arranged at once. Per
haps the county authorities would
pay a part of the price of the crusher,
for the privilege of using it.
This is now the need Of the toWn. let
US have it at once.
Il. T. HICKS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04

Orderly and Well Behaved.

The Fourth Virginia Regiment. a
part of Gen. Fitzhugh Lees Seventh
army corps, recently returned from
Cuba and mustered out at Savannah,
Ga, passed through Friday on their
way home. They were an orderly,
we'll behaved set of men. their con-
duct while here bespeaking the Vir-
ginia gentleman whether in the per-
son of officer or private. There were
three special trains of soldiers, the
Fourth Regiment being made up of
companies from Franklin, Suffolk,
Norfolk. Hampton, Petersburg, Rich
mond and elsewhere. The boys eA-
pressed themselves as being glad to
get back home and several with whom
we talked said they were ready to 60
to the Philippines if their services
were needed. They did not care to
stay in Cuba to do garrison duty but
did not object to being assigned to
service where fighting was to be done.
The conduct of the Virginia boys
(and most of them were young men)
was in marked contrast to that OF
some wearers of Uncle Sans uniform
who have been through here. BLOOD
will tell"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
Great reduction in the price ofCarpets,
at S. WATKINS
The Review of Reviews for May.

The American Monthly Review of RevSacs
of May devotes considerable space to a
survey Of recent developments in Anseri-
can cities. The editor comments on the
reelection OF Mayor Carter Harrison ia
Chicago, on Mayor Jones' remarkable
triumph in Toledo, on the Detroit pro-
ject for municipal ownership of the street
railways, and on the general situation
in Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis,
Cleveland, Denver, st. Louis, Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg, and New York. DR..
Shaw also contributes u special study OF
the new San Francisco ckarter-a remark
able document in it's way, and Mr..
George E. Hooker gives some interesting
facts about Mayor Quincy's administra-
ton of Boston.
The number contains u frontispiece
portrait of Rear-Admiral Kautz. and
the Samoan difficulty is reviewed by the
editor in the department of The Pro-
gress of the World" There are also
illustrated character sketches OF the
American commissioners to the Gar 8
conference at The Hague. Prof. John
Bassett Moore, who served as Secretary
and counsel of the American peace com
mission at Paris, writes on the points OF
international law brought out in the
war with Spain. Following it's annual
custom, the "Review" publishes a fore
cast of the great national conventions,
summer schools, and other gatherings
of general interest for the present year
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
Concert Of the Orphan Class.

We inadvertently omitted last week
to mention the concert given by the
Oxford orphans at Cooper Opera
House. the Wednesday night previous.
The entertainment was very credit
able and those who attended greatly
enjoyed it. The work done by these
representatives Of that noble institu-
ton showed the careful. painstaking
training bestowed upon the more
than 200 children under its charge.
No one who attends one of these con-
certs can fail to be impressed with
the nobility of the institution and the
grand work it is doing in making
useful, honorable men and women OF
the fatherless and motherless little
ones who find home under its pro-
tecting and beneficent shelter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04

!" "AShAOs s0AAs
In spring time when lilies are cut and
flowers are plucked for the pleasure OF
their owners how natural for Jesus to
take one of His own to Himself.
Miss Mittie Rem breathed out her
life Tuesday afternoon, May 2, 1899. ut
2 O'Clock. Not lily bat a blooming
life. Not plucked but tenderly carried
above. Not to shed fragrant beauty
and then fade but to enjoy Hisfriendship
and to give Him pleasure whom she
chose as her Savior while in perfect
health.
No beauty compares with the life OF
Jesus beaming through the traits OF girl.
hood. No fragrance equals the in
fluence of young woman hallowed by
her love for Jesus.
Miss Rem was the Joy OF her parents,
the chest friend'' of her older brother
and sister and was idolized by the little
ones.
She yearned to live for the sake of hel
loved ones. This was her chief anxiety
during her illness.
She is indeed worthy of the unyieldine
devotion OF her family and friends. AND
if her loyalty to Christ and upright life
be practiced her separation will not be-
long.
She is in good company; if we refrain
from the evil we shall make her glad.
She is learning of Jesus; if We learn 0
Him here we shall know her.
Her message to her parents no doubt
would be: "Do not weep for me. Teacf
the others to love Jesus and follow Hin
and you and they will come to me some
day"
To her brothers and sisters: 81 an
not so far away and | have not forgot
ten you. Let Jesus keep your lives ant
We all shall live in this pleasant place ane
not part again."
To all her friends: "There are no lives
here except those freed from sin by thu
!! blood of Jesus. You ought to know
more about Jesus while you live, for HI
was so good to me while passing through
the valley, when l should have beer
alone but for Him." HER PASTOR.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04

Not to advertise is not to satisfy
one demand of the public. When
time seemed not to fly so fast and
the humdrum of life was undisturbed
the placid tradesman was content to
patiently await the coming of GUS
toners, and if they didn't come it
appeared to be no great matter; but
the swish and the swirl of modern
life have swept the ambitious mer-
chant into the vortex of the trade
whirlpool, and have compelled him
to slash around for elf-preservation
with the most effective means at his
command. The best means he has
so far found is extensive, continuous
and judicious advertising in the col
umns Of widely read newspaper.
That attracts, persuades and finally
compels the public to inspect his
wares and buy them.-Philadelphia
Record
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
The Editors Dream.

The editor sat in his office, cold,
whence all but him had fled, and he
wished that every last deadbeat was
in his grave-stone dead. His mind
then wandered far away to the time
when he should die, and his royal
editorial soul 60 scooting through the
sky; when he'd roam the fields OF
paradise and sail DER jasper seas, and
all things glorious would combine his
every sense to please. He thought
how then he'd look across the great
gulf, dark and drear, that yawned be-
tween his happy soul and those that
swindle here; and when for water
they should call and in agony they'd
caper, he'd shout to them: "Just
moisten your lips with the due that's
on your paper. '-Erchange.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
Journalistic Generosity.

The country editor" says the
Kenneth Republican, "may not know
it all, but he does not live long in a
community without knowing great
deal more than he publishes" Truer
words were never said, though in
that respect the country editor has
no advantage of the city editor. II
the public could only see the mass of
matter which is put into the hands
of all newspaper men it would change
it's mind quickly as to the forbear-
ance, righteousness and generosity
of the journalistic profession.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
Advertising Gives an Impetus to Bust

Advertising gives an impetus to bus
mess. Wide awake firms do not fail
to take advantage of this way to ad-
vertise their business. Printers ink
is the moving power in any commun-
ity and if the bus. 'ess men will
properly utilize it, it will return to
them four fold. The best index of a
towns prosperity is to see the col
umns of the local paper teeming with
advertisements. A few words from
the we'll known minister, DR.. Talmage,
on advertising will not be amiss. He
says:
IA newspaper whose columns over
flow with advertisements of business
men, has more influence in attracting
attention to the building up of a city
or town than any other agency that
can be employed. People 60 where
there is business. Capital and labor
will locate where there is an enter
prising community. No power is SO
strong to build up town as news
paper properly patronized. 1t will
always return more than it receives. ;"
Winston Journal.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04
Notice.

PY AUTHORITY OF A JUDGMENT
- Of the Superior Court of Vance
county made this day in the special pro-
ceedirg ~ Ambrose Allen and wife and
Ernest Hicks VS. Thomas Williams and
others, shall sell for cash, by public
auction. to the highest bidder at the Court
House door in Henderson. n. c.. on
Monday, june 5sh. 1899,
the tract OF land referred to In said special
proceeding. containing twenty-one acres,
more or less, situate in kittrell township
convened by BENZ. WOodlie and wife to
VIM. Hicks by deed dated Jan. 3ist, 1874,
now adjoining or near the lands OF Ira y.
Hunt. W. II. Smith, sheriff, Benz Smith
and others. See the deed for accurate de.
scription. by which the same will be con.
veyed. Sale made for partition between
the tenants in common. Terms one half
cash. balance in twelve months, with in
terest. Sale made subject to confirmation
Of the court.
TT. HICKS. Commissioner.
Henderson. N. g.. May ?. 1899.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-04

DIR. +. S. Harris went to Raleigh
Yesterday to attend the meeting Of
the North Carolina Dental Society, of
which he is an honored and useful
member. We note that he is one Of
the committee on voluntary essays
ana Will read a paper on ..Conscien-
tlousness in Daily Practice"
Henderson needs an organization
OF her business men-an organization
10 take concerted action to advance
the interests of the town, to attract
more people to trade here, to encour-
age the investment OF outside capital
In manufacturing enterprises, and in
every possible way to build up and
benefit the community.
Mrs. f. d. ANDERSON advertises the
complete works of Dickens in 6
volums, Bulver'- complete works
In y v"lnms, and Shakespeare COM
plete IN . volumes, for sale. All in
perfect condition, good as when they
left the hands Of the publishers. Also
an elegant guitar, bat little used. A
bargain to be had in these articles.
Poster Shaw being absent Sunday
Mr. j. A. Gilmer preached at the
Presbyterian in the morning. He
had good sized congregation and
preached an excellent sermon. In
subject matter, style Of delivery and
far reaching power the discourse
would have done credit to older and
more experienced preachers and was
the subject Of many favorable re-
marks.
The heights by great men reached and
kept
We're not attained by sudden flight;
But they while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night
-UnMentited
The height which business men reach
and keep,
AIc not attaiu-d 10y a sudden rise
But while th-ir w'.ul,!-be competitors
sleep,
They are wide-awake aud-Adcertise!
DIR. Stickem and Dr. Fix-rn Mil perform
operations on wl,-.!-, HtHil hours at Is s.
ArOnSon \ clothing store.
han YOU are ready for your summer
InattinG NJ want sou to our stock
We hay" al! qualities aud prices and can
pleas" You. SAMUEL WATKINS.
ut TIIOMASON'S.