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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

The kind of an enemy the British
government got up against in South
Africa is shown by the circumstances
that the soldiers contributed by the
transmarine dependencies of England
considerably outnumbered those which
the Boer republics were able to place
in the field. Natal and Cape Colony,
on the very borders of the Boer posses
sions, have thus far furnished forces
almost as numerous as those under the
burgher colors. These are exclusive
of the levies from India, from the i'm
mediate dominions of the United King
dom and from British military stations
in the Mediterranean and elsewhere.
The British killed and wounded, and
disabled by disease and other causes,
already come close up to the generally
reported number of the Boer forces at
the beginning of the war. And the
cost to great Britain is high up among
the hundreds of millions, and is rapidly
swelling to billion dollar war. And
the end is not yet. England's first con-
tact in half century with Coleman
worthy of her steel"has added no lustre
to her arms or prestige to her military
name.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
Pleading the Baby Act,

But going back to the merits of the
question just a moment (merely by
way of diversion, of course), it is clear
the fact that the Senate made the
Royce referendum bill suffer for the
faults of another bill, and that, in 80
doing, it played baby with an impor-
tant public issue.-St. Adams Messen-
ger.
1t is not at all clear that the Senate
did make "the Royce referendum bill
suffer for the faults of another BILL"
No evidence of this appears outside
of the insinuation of the Messenger to
this effect, which, like the other Ii
cense contemporaries, is jumping like
pea in a hot skillet from one pre-
tense to another to account for the de-
feat of the free rum bill. 1t is clear,
however, that the license people de-
feated themselves, in the referendum
matter, when they put their pet meas
ure on the main line of legislation and
shunted the Royce bill on to an OBJ
scure siding. The real reason why the
latter measure could not, and did not,
have chance for hearing has been
given by the JOURNAL, and the Mes
Senger is not able to obscure this fact.
The "baby playing with an important
public issue" was by the people who
have since November % been unceas-
ingly crying baby.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
The Letter | Did Not Send,

He was the friend OF my boyhood,
My youth and my mauhoOd's prime,
We had vowed to be ever faithful
To the end of our earthly time.
But somehow 1t opened we quarreled;
One word to another led:
And our eyes were flashing in anger
And bitter was all we said.
That night wrote such letter
AS one might write to a foe,
And told him that never thereafter
Would wish his presence to know;
We must pass each other as strangers,
Our lives henceforward apart;
And let him know that forever
had torn him out of my heart
Then sought my bed still raging
But courted sumber in vain
The face of by more than brother
Rose before me ever again.
He was always so true beside me
And sharing all changes of life;
Our words had been always of loving
And never till now of strife.
And then our quarrel-what was lt2
How did 1t ever befal?
Peri APPS he was right-yes, know it,
IL was In the wrong, after all.
Then rose from my bed, took the letter
And caat II into the fire;
And there saw 1t smolder In ashes;
And thus did my anger expire,
A fair morning shone on our meeting;
A look we could each understand
Had drawn us once more together
In warm, firm grasp of the hand.
Not word was said of our quarrel,
Again IL was friend and friend,
Thank God that he never wit
The letter did not sendl
George Birdseye, in Boston Globe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

ment will build, at enormous cost, for
the closer connection of its Atlantic
and its Pacific States, commercially in
times of peace or for defense in the
remote but ever possible contingency
of war, there has been no spirit Of I'M
friendliness, much less of hostility,
toward England. Tao reservation of
of the right 80 have and to hold'' in
heres in every circumstance of the case.
1t is dictated by the commonest con-
siderations of prudence. What man
builds he ought to have, and il he is q
prudent man he will not build except
that his title is beyond legal question,
and his right to own and control and
defend by all the powers of the law is
fully guaranteed. Eogland's sense OF
reason, or right and justice-when she
is dealing with a people of equal power
and ability to assert and maintain their
rights and protect their interests is
too clear to permit her 20 be placed at
a disadvantage by declining to accept
what is right and Just. She cannot
deny to the United States, in matter
of open and honorable negotiation,
right she herself, by the strong arm of
her military power, wrested from Egypt
and to which her diplomacy afterwards
gained the assent of Europe.
international partnerships rarely
conduce TO the smooth and satisfactory
despatch of business. Il is better for
England, better for the world, that the
United States shall have sole and su-
preme control of the Nicaragua canal.
If the nations of Europe were polled
on the question, there is hardly doubt
that their voice would be, without a
note of dissent, that the United States
be left with the exclusive responsibility
for the management of the canal; and
in this exclusive arrangement would
be their strongest possible guaranty
that the interests of every one of them,
singly or in relation to each other,
would best be protected. With respect
to their rights and privileges in the
canal, any power of Europe undoubt-
eddy would prefer to negotiate with the
United States alone; and the .connec-
ton of Great Britain as a partner in
such negotiations might be a disturb
ing element, the promoter of. jealous
les and understandings.
The Senate of the United States is
considering this question of the re-
served rights of this government in the
canal with becoming temperance and
dignity and firmness. The amendments
to the treaty will be founded 80 strong
in reason and justice that they will in
evitably commend themselves to Great
Britain, who will accept them in the
spirit in which they are proposed, and
will thereby more firmly intrench herself
in the good will of the United States
whose abiding friendship she is espe'
cially glad to conciliate; and by the
same act she will bring confusion upor
those newspaper editors and public
men who bave been Historically de
nouncing wise and patriotic statesmen
as jingoes, and proclaiming that thu
United States wished to build for war {
great national waterway whose mission
is peace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
The Canal and the Treaty.

Unquestionably Lord Salisbury and
the foreign Office of Great Britain have
increased respect and more of distin-
guished consideration for the United
States since 65 of it's Senators stood
squarely up for reserving to their gov
eminent a similar primacy of control
over the Nicaragua canal which En-
gland herself has secured, and with an
iron grasp retains, over the Suez water
way.
In all this strenuous insistenee upon
supreme control of canal this govern
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

The Philippine Islands are already
covered with a fairly complete tel
egraphic system. Under Spanish rule
this probably would not have happened
in one thousand years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

which the boundaries of the republic
were pushed into the Caribbean and
across the wide Pacific. Possibly the
judgments of both of the ex-Preeidents
in this matter of the extension of the
Constitution are subject to some deduc-
tions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
collectorship for the port of Burling-
ton must be extremely interesting to
the esteemed contemporary.

Captain Dreyfus, who has recently
been visiting Paris, still remains in Sc
clusion as much as possible His wife
is living in Geneva, where her children
are being educated.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

Jack-Who is that fne-loolling girl
that just bowed to you?
Tom (gloomily)-Oh, she's my sis
ter.
"Why, old chap, / wasn't aware that
you had a sister"
81 didn't know it myself until last
night."-Chicago Daily News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
Different Views.

She Cat football game, as player is
carried off field)-Isn't it perfectly aw-
iul?
He-I should say it isl Why, that
fellow is no more unconscious than
lm-he's playing to the gallery
Brooklyn Life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

Scratch, scratch, scratch; unable to attend
to business during the day or sleep during
the night Itching piles horrible plague.
Doan's Ointment cures Never fails. At
any drug store, 80 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

None of the friends of Carroll S.
Page is borrowing any anxiety on the
score of the suit of the Bennington
Reformer. Had Mr.. Page descended
to the corrupt and despicable means
employed to defeat him at the caucuses
and elsewhere, in the light shed on the
struggle by the issue of the contest, his
canvass might have succeeded. The
imprints of the teeth of malice are too
plain in this prosecution to awaken
disquietude, on the score of Mr.. Pages
honor, among his friends or support
ers. The plowshare of impartial in
vestigation ought to be run deep and
unrelenting through that canvass in the
first district.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

Says the Herald of Boston - the
bright paragrapher, not he of the pro-
lix and heavy editorial quill: Thomas
B. Reed has been going through Mr..
Carnegie's great iron and steel estab-
lishment in Pennsylvania for the pur-
pose of familiarizing himself with the
processes employed there, and further
fortifying himself in case which he is
about to argue as counsel for Mr.. Car
negie. Mr.. Reed may be somewhat
rusty on steel, but he has always been
thorough master of irony"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

The Spontaneous Dustin out of feel
in" from the newspapers of the State
over the Free Press movement on the
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
HOW TO VOTE.


Voters should remember that in til,
election of November 9th there will
DE twenty-seven names of candidate.
TOT electors on the tickets, and each
voter is expected to vote for nine OF
these. The p names represent the
Democratic, the Republican and the
Populist candidates. The Clarion
Ledger says that the first nine OF these
names will be those of the Democratic
candidates for electors, and these are
the men who, when elected. will cast
the vote OF the State for Bryan and
Stevenson.
The voter at the polls on November
9th will not be expected to vote d.
rectly for his choice for President and
vice President. Indeed, it is doubt
ful II the names of these candidates
VIII appear upon the tickets at all.
The voters will vote only for the cleo
tors and the electors will do the vot-
ing which will choose the President
and Vice President when the electoral
meets.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
THE SULLIVAN SUIT.
The Young Woman Visited by the
Senator at W~arrenton.


Washington, Oct. 2S.-The Pos
prints the following special from War.
renton. v:
The suit for $50 1000 damages
bought by Miss Mae Luck Lection
against United States Senator VIM. V.
Sullivan, Of Mississippi, in the local
supreme court OF the District of
Columbia, for alleged breach of
promise to marry, has been the chief
topic here today. Miss Lection is well
remembered here, where she attended
the Fauquier Female Institute. She
was entered at the school in January.
1898 by Senator Sullivan, as his ward.
and remained until the closing of the
session, in June of that year. While
she was a student at the institute
Senator Sullivan was a frequent visi-
tor, and his attentions to his reputed
ward were very pronounced. Usually
the Senator would come here from
washington on Saturday and remain
over until Monday
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
Election Notice!

Notice Is hereby given that an election
VIII pc held in jackson County, Miss.
on the 9th day or November, 1900. Tor
the purpose of electing a Congressman
for the 9Th district, Presidential Electors
Tor the State, and one Constable for Beat
NO. 4 OF said county, and at said election
Two amendments to the State Constitn.
ton will be submitted.
Appointments for managers and 9th.
er 0fhcers to hold said election will be
mailed in due time.
Witness our hands this I'D day of
J. D. MINOR,
j, N. ROWLAND.
|. p. DELMAS,
October 20, 1900. a7.2t
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02

Vote for the amendment to th,
school law. The following is tn,
amendment:
Amend section 2O6 of the State con
stltution so that it will read as fol
lows:
Sec. 2O6. There shall be a county
common school fund, which shall con.
slst OF the poll tax, to be retained in
the counties where the same is col.
lected, and a State common school
lund' to be taken from the general
fund in the State treasury, which to.
gether shall be sufficient to maintain
the common schools for the term of
four months in each scholastic wear.
But any county or separate school dis.
trict may levy an additional tax To
maintain its schools for IA longer time
than the term OF four months. The
State common school fund shall be
distributed among the several
Lies and separate school districts IN
proportion TO the number of educable
children In each, to be determined
from data collected through the office
or the State superintendent of educa-
ton IN the manner to be prescribed
by law.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
NOTICE TO
Tax Payers Of Jackson County

will visit the hereinafter named
places to collect the State and County
Taxes for the fiscal year 1900, to-wit:
~Pascagoula, Wednesday, November
It'll, 8 a. m. to IL m.
Orange Grove, Thursday, November
9Th, II m to 2 p. m. ~
Escatawpa, Friday, November 9th. Q
a. m. to II o. M. y" .
Moss Point, Friday, November 9th. 70
m. to5 p. m.
Helvestion, Tuesday, November 18th.
a. m. to II q. m. '
Reeves, Tuesday, November 18th. Q
p. m, to 4 p. IN. N' :
Denny. Wednesday, November IA, 8
Br1shy, Wednesday, November 18th,
Wlkerson. Tuesday, November 10th.
m. to 2 p, m. 1850
Blum Creek. Wednesday, November
2lst, = Q. IN. TO s p. m. ~
Jacobs, Thursday, November q, lam.
to II q. m.
Ocean Springs, Thursday, November
"a, IL n, to 0 p. m. 1850
Jones, Tuesday, November 9th, I am.
Oak Grove, Tuesday, November 9TH.
m. to 4 p. m.
All parties are requested to nav
promptly to avoid cost and damages.
Witness my hand this 25th dsv oil
October, 1900.
r. J. LoUGHRIDGE.
Sheriff and Tax-Collector.
NQV43nQf 41G00. ~
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT
10 the Charter Of the
Mississippi Yellow Pine Lumber Co

Pursuant to q resolution adonted nv
the Stockholders of the Mississippi YET.
low Pine Lumber Co., at a meeting held
October 81, A. d. 1900, notice is hereby
given that said corporation will apply to
nave Its charter amended as follows:
That from and after the LIST day Of De-
cenlper, A; D. 1900, the lame of this cor
poration shall be changed from MISSTS.
SIPPh YELLOW LINE LUMBER
COMPANY to ROSEBERRY, SPEN.
GER LUMBER COMPANY; and that
hereafter the meetings of the Stock.
holders and Directors of said corpora.
ton may be held either in Mobile, Ala.
t nama, or Denny, Mississippi, pursuant
a true copy of the proposed amend.
ment.
Joseph GRESHAM, President.
J: W. PIERCE, Secretary.
November 2, 1900. as.3t
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
ESCATAWPA ITEMS.
RY sCRIRrS.

There will be some weddings so0r
J Bryan is the popular man in thes
parts.
On sick list are Mrs. Herndon, Mrs
Wyatt and Joe Thompson.
A sad death last Friday was tina
OF Oscar, son of Fritz Cromer,
She says she will marry on the first.
that is first chance.
Fred Elder, road overseer has pul
his road in good order.
The average small boy is trying Il
live on green peas and sugar cane.
Whispering in public, especially
about those present, is very bad man.
nerS.
The grab all" is doing a thriving
business, the delivery wagon never
stands still.
o. Z. Dodge is very busy looking
after his fences, though he does not
claim to be a politician.
When your best fellow comes to see
you, do not sit between the light and
the blind. The shadow on the blind
is tell-tale.
Turnbull, Poet Laureate of DEMO
CRAT-STAR was a visitor to Esca-
tawpa last week. The DEMOCRAT
STAR is to be congratulated on having
a representative so acceptable tn the
people.
There are some fine new buildings
on the Boulevard, erected by Girls
Mork and Phil. Davis. Mork has a
line, stocked new store, and both
gentlemen are doing a thriving mer-
camille business. Rumor says we will
have two drug stores ia the near fu.
ture and perhaps two practicing phy-
SicianS.
Mathew Golf and family. of Basin.
nave moved to town, and will make
their future home here. Miss Ruhy
Goff, of Big Point is visiting her cou.
sin, Mrs. Anna Miller. O. G. Dodge
visited his relatives in Mobile recently.
Miss Emma has returned to Meridian
TO attend e. M. F. College. Mrs. A.
N. Con Is visiting relatives in Biloxi.
Mrs. H.. M. Elder and Allen Elder will
shortly leave for an extended visit to
Louisiana to the old home, friends and
relatives.
r. L. McGregor, Of H~attiesburp
visited his old home and relatives
here last week. With his father and
little son, Wilbur. they made success
,ul trips to the old fishing grounds m
EScatawpa river, and caught large
Quantities of fine trout and perch. In
ACT, che fishermen surprised them.
'elVes. Wilbur says he knows how to
,,atch trout, but grandpa don't. A few
lays since II. G. Vaughan, of Birminp.
lam, came over to have a big fishing
i Two or three days I'D the river
iney caught a remarkably large GUAM
'ty' and this IS no fish story" either.
We would like to hear more from
ne P%ascagoula and Northern r. r.
'hlch was to take in our town. Just
would be a most suitable time. AS
re are having a boom IN building and
improvements. The new mill OF Moss
ONT Lumber Co. is being framed and
III soon De ready for machinery and
nlshIng' 1t Is intended to be a first
lass, A No. | mill, equipped With
lost improved modern machinery,
.. Clair, of New Orleans is contrac.
Dr. Inc present mill will very soon
Z smut down for all time. to get out of I
10 way FOR the finishing I'm of the
mill, The mill has been running
""'H :
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02

Sister Youngue, of the C%arrollton
conservative. thus wisely reasons:
INC man is good enough to govern
another man without that others con.
SENT When the white man governs
himself, that is self government: but
"hen lie governs himself and also
governs another man-then that is
more than self goyernment-that is
despOtism.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
yv'eW .4dUevliSeMseMts ~
JACKSON COUNTY
ELECTION MANAGERS,
Election Tuesday, November 6, 1900.

'AoA AuoSudy, NOVeMDer b, lSUU
H~ELvEsTI0N's PRECINCT,
James Helvestion, Ransom Farley
yesse farker, managers; B. J. Golf, bal
WARDS PRECINCT.
y. X. Ward, F. p. Dean, A. r. Finch
managersi J. W, Howell, bailiff,
JONES' PRECINCT.
"A. +. Jones, w. G.. Mizelle, T. A. Ro.
Derts, managers; r. A. Roberts, bailiff,
OAK GRovE PRECINCT.
O.. Golf, j. P. Ward, Jas. Davis; mana.
gers; G. G. Steede, bailiff.
EsCATAwPA PRECINCT.
.: A. Mork, F. M. Johnson, w. II.
smith, managers; Tom Frye, bailiff.
ORANGE GROVE PRECINCT,
>. X. Kouns. w. E. Strock, G. +. Jones,
managers; 7. j. Jones, balliff.
FORT BAYOU PRECINCT. ,
4. p. Lewis, Geo. L, Malley, William
neDro, managers; J., j, Parker, bailiff.
BLUFF CREEK PRECINCT.
II, u, Woodman, J., W. Westfaul, H, s.
DAVIS, managers +. M, Taylor, bailiff.
wILKERsoN's PRECINCT,
Is F. Wilkerson, P. B. Carter, w. w.
broome, managers; T.. J. Oneal, bailiff.
REEVES PRECINCT.
Hub. Parker, G. r. Mizells, Ap. Reeves.
managers; III. Mizelle, bailif.
MOSS POINT PRECINCT.
r. }. Borden, John Hill, s, s. Henry.
managers; Ellis G. Overstreet, bailiff.
SCRANTON PRECINCT.
M. &. Pankey, J. J. Clark, J. Y, Nor
gan, managers; II. j. Loughridge, bailiff,
PAscAaoULA PRECINCT.
Volney Brown. James McFaul. Fl. r.
hreps, managers; J. E. Clark, bailiff.
WEST PAscAaoULA PRECINCT.
Henry Gautier, j.. r. TAYLOR. w. r
Havens, managersl David Saucior, bal.
OCEAN SPRINGS PRECINCT.
}. L. Clark, A. Buehler, Jos. Kotzum.
managers; l.. Fayard, bailiff.
JACOBS PRECINCT,
Matt Caldwell, Martin RYAN. Bunk
.ruthlrds, managers; L. Teibler, bailif.
J. D. MINOR,
in. ROWLAND,
Up. DELMAS,
Election Commissioners.
November 2, 1900. 3s.it
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02


After filling the two vacancies or
the Democratic electoral ticket caused
by the death OF Chas. NJ. Thurman
and the resignation OF Groves, the
personel OF the ticket is as follows:
James f. McCool,
L. U. Sisson,
4. ?. Landrum, Jr.,
W. J. East.
J.. T. Lowe,
E. D. Stone,
S, A. Witherspoon,
K. NJ. Barber,
Edward Mayes.
Make your X on the right OF the
names above given, as they appear on
the ticket to be voted Nov. 9th, and
you will make no mistake.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-02
PASCACOULA BY The SEA,

Public school will open next Monday
Mr.. Evan T. Jones visited Mobil
friends this week.
Who knows but the reported secre
marriage may be true.
Crab catchers are growing scarco h.,
the mullet chasers are on the increase.
There is a whispered report that the
P%ascagoula dummy is soon to change
ownership,
Miss Alba Duke left Wednesday fo,
Bay Springs, via G. Il s. /, r, r., where
where she will teach a music class.
Capt. Geo. Frentz, accompanied bv Mr.
Ferguson from Mobile spent a pleasant
evening at the Cottage-by-the-sea re.
Gently.
MI . X. Cooper and son, Mr.. Otis
cooper, after a pleasant sojourn on the
oeach returned Tuesday morning to
their duties at Ruddock, La.
The popular Capt. W. l.. Pinder of the
schooner Henrietta j. Powell was a VOL.
coined visitor last week. Like all who
Visit us, the Captain says our beach is an
ideal place of recreation.
Capt. Chas. Boster, Mrs. Frances and
MI Joe Wymer left for New Orleans
sunday for the health of the CAPTAIN.
ana we are glad to hear that the change
las already benefited him.
Mr.. Harry Carr, we regret to saw. was
painfully injured one day last week
" snip Island while attending to his
iuties ship loading. We hope Harry will
'oon be himself again.
Mr., Bell, the lampist of the seventh
nd eighth lighthouse districts passed
night at the Gottage-by-the-sea and
$ now on Horn Island fixing the ~reyolv.
hg light there. After the first inst. II
vii show red and white again as here
ofore.
Language fails us, and we can only
axe enraptured over the moon-lit.sea.
nose silvered waves ripple and sparkle
! the shining reflection. Strange how
he world will sleep Indifferent to the
lagniflcence of paintings of which our
reat Creator is the artist.
A merry party consisting of Mrs. L.
|. Hand and daughters, Misses Emma
Susie and Mr.. and Mrs. s. X. Cooper !
III daughter, Miss lisa, embarked for !
orn Island n day last week in the >
pop owned and loaned by Mr.. w. G..
est, the telephone manager. Ward 8
'nyerse acted as captain and sailor. :
hen they returned'they decided with "
g voice that Sailing Ger the sea" was n
t as pleasant a pastime as 1t IL cracked
to be.
ne exterior Of Capt. Volney Browns p
'idence presents . lovely appearance ;,
Is all. The Captain has treated his
mt renee to a liberal coat Of paint. Il
g. Browns love for flowers has given -
: more than a local reputation. The
vines, which cover the entire p
OF her spacious galleries, are a
- OF light. The rose pink mentura 70
soins are charming rivals Of the %
eet honeysuckle blooms, and the view
scented to the visitor Ia a rarely bean. 70
one, and well worth q drive to the n.
oh. r