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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-05

The following article from the Mercantile
journal we commend to the attention Of
our readers, as deserving grave considcra-
toni
The world of onterprising and toiling
men has Just received another illustration
Of the supreme folly, as well rs of the posi-
tive guilt involved in maintaining the gi-
gantic armaments that oppress Europe.
France, with l,35O,O00 men enrolled upon
her list of military electives, and nearly
400 GOO ready to march on less thana weeks
notice. is like strong man afflicted with
an irritating cancer which keeps him ner-
vous, anxious, hypochrondriacal, liable to
sudden eXcitements on the slightest provo
cation, and, when excited, in constant dan
ger of plunging into any species of excess.
Prussia is in much the same condition.
She, too, if we count the North German
Confederation with her. has more than
million of men held to regular military
duty, with ready force of no less than 300,-
600 in the field. German temper is, how
ever, more phlegmatic than the French, but
when fully aroused, equally ferocious.
These two great powers, thus armed, have
been glaring at each other across the Rhine
like two angry and jealous pugilists. When
one made u forward step, no matter how or
in what direction, the other was up and on
the alert at once, suspecting danger or en-
vious of success and now they are falling
into deadly conflict. Prussia, by the vic
tory of Sadowa, became, say what the par
tizans OF France will, the foremost disci-
| plincd State of Europe. This fact no one
| knew better than her rival, and 1t was gall
aud wormword to the latter, every day
while the situation lasted That Hohen'
zolcrn, or, in other words, Prussian
prince should be selected to fill the Spanish
throne, at the very moment when Napoleon
is plainly and openly working to realize
the grand dream of his uncle, by placing
himself at the head of the Latin race-tha'
is, by dominating Spain and Portugal, as
he now dominates in ltaly-was not TO be
| endured. Hence the complication that has
deranged business and thrown all Europe
into n fever. But, had neither France nol
Prussia possessed the large armaments by
land and sea which, while seeming tc
strengthen them, were really preying on
their vitals and forcing people into revolu-
ton, Spain would have been allowed ia
settle her own affairs in peace take ei-
thor the Prince of the Asturias, (Isabela's
SOM Leopold, the Duke of Genoa, or any
other person, young or old, to wiold the
barron sceptre. As it is, the bulldogs, long
debarred of blood, and eager to flesh their
mngs again in the fair bosom of our civil
ization, bay hoarsely for the onset. The
rulers may have been playing comedy at
first, and we think il very likely that they
were, but the war-hounds were and are in
fierce earnest.
The United States has little or no concern
in the matter beyond the horror that every
human person must feel at this threatened
orgie of slaughter and ruin. In a selfish
point of view, we may look forward to in'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-05

A SLIGHT MIsAPPREHENsIoN.-N
but locomotive engineers are permitted to
read this:
When was teaching in - Seminary
boarded with an old lady who had an opin-
ion on every subject, and expressed it,.
One nj .ht train ran off the track near by,
and in consequence there was a deal of
whistling. Next morning tho old lady in
quired if we had heard the disturbance.
MOI my wife thought something was
the matter, but l heard nothing"
"Well," said she, 81 dare presume there
has been an accident, for the cars have
been whistling most all night. They whis-
tied and whistled, I dare presume a half
hour at a time. did not think it possible
for man to hold his breath so longH"
"why, mother interrupted her daugh-
ter" il is a steam whistle"
"La2" said the old lady, 81 always
thought it was the engineer that whistledr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-05

paths sho had trodlon, as 1t were, but yes
to-day, could know her no more.
ut is not" said the schoolmastcr, as he
bent down TO kiss her on the check, and
gave free vent TO his tears, ait is not in this
world that Heavens justice ends. Think
wha tits, compared with the world to which
her young spirit has winged its early flight,
and say, If one deliberate wish, expressed
in solemn tones above this bed, could call
crback to life, which of us would utter
it?D
She had been dead two days. They were
all about her at the time, knowing that the
end was drawing on. She died soon after
daybreak. They had read and talked to
her in the carly portion of the night; but
as tho hours crept on, she sank to sleep.
They could tell by VIII at she family uttered
in her dreams, that they were of her journ-
eyings with the old man they were of no
painful scouos, but of those who had help
cd them, and used them kindly for she
often said, "God bless your with grent
fervor.
Walking, ahe never wandered in her mind
but once, and that was at beautiful music,
which she said was in the air. God knows.
1t may have beon. Opening her eyes, at
last from II very quiet sleep, she begged
that they would kiss her once again. That
done she turned to the old man, with
lovely smile upon her face, such, they said
as they had never seen and could never
forget, and clung with both her arms,
about his neck. She had never murmur-
ed or complained but, with quiet mind,
and a manner quite unaltercd, save that
she every day be came more earnest and
more grateful to them, faded like the light
upon the summers evening.
The child who had been her little friend,
came there, almost as soon as it was day,
with an offering of dried flowers, which
he begged them to lay upon her breast. He
told them of his dream again, and that it
was of her being restored to them, Just as
she used to be. He begged hard to see her,
saying hat he would be very quiet, and
they need not fear his being alarmed, for
he had sat alone by his younger brother all
day long when he was dead, and he felt
glad to be so near him. They let him have
his wish and, indeed, he kept his word,
ana was, in his childish way, a lesson to
them ALL
Up to that time, the old man had not
spoken once, except to her, or stirred from
f,vori,o h., ,,...,- ~ no '"" ,'e' NIUE
him vot and ,noao 90 ,,, 10y Law I'o' 'ou',
have come nearer Thon uo;,,in "otiu .rI
bed, he hurst into toors ro, ,ho e.. ,,.a
and thew who stood bv I,ro,,.;,,. .,,a. -,
sight of this child had doro h;,, 'soa1 ,aN
them all alone touetber
Soothing him with bis ortloss to,, orhor
the child pels,adod him 20 ,ai,o aa,,,o ~ ,a., .
to walk abroad, % do almost nc lo desired
him. And when no da,, oor,o on which
| thev must remove her. in -. o,r,tl,, shoro
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-05

TIE WEST POINT INvEsTIGArIoN.-The
Cincinnati Gazette says, editorially, under.
the head of West Point blackguards: West
Point is supported by the government.
There young men are educated free Of
charge. Recently colored man was APP
pointed cadet. He passed an examination
and was admitted. Thereupon the white
cadets, or a portion of them, began to per-
secute him, and he being only one while
they were many, it was supposed lie would
be driven from the institution. Finally,
the officers took the matter in hand, and
Congress ordered an investigation. This
gave to the affair a serious turn, and the
young black guards, who prosecuted the
young man because of his color. begin TO
bss to In forgiven, and ask the victim OF
I tIfSir .kleanness to withdraw the charges.
This, 1t is tqbe hoped, will not be done.
Let the investigation go on; and let the
guilty be punished by expulsion from the
institution. Young men who will combine
to persecute one man because Of his color
have bad blood in their veins, and should
never be permitted to wear the insignia OF
an American soldier. Let tho institution
be purged Of at least the leaders OF this
cowardly affair,
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PRIJ.sTEBRLvG.

There will be no privoteer,np in a war
botween Franco and Prussia. il being for
hidden no fine "paris Declaration, Of ls5s.
't D'I" Wy 'Ho 'a a. i - ~, ro,.san,,,i,os -,
wii'n was sis"eu oy tn' Iepiese''"s,Y.' ,n Iro W
preai pnaai pr,. sardni, AuG auG Tnrev Tb,, GacIe
russ. hussla' y oareinla M o,, anu i"rNeS' i""' ue''"
ration is as ioiio"s' ~
l. FriVa'eer'hg 's' anu re'''''"'' "Oo'''"
co.
q, inc neutral nag covers enemy soouS'
WIN 'ne eNceP'oIi Vi eon'ia"""" VI ""'
D. Neutrai goous' WIN 'ne eAcep'ioii VI
cohtraoahu oi war are ho' i':''e W 'Ap'u''
uhuer enemy nag
L. DiocAaues' II, oiue' W Do o'"u,s' r!''
W eiiec.lFe' INA. Is " say niA'i''''''u oS
lorce suinclen' re"iiy " PioNe"' "''''' w
the coast oi the enemy
Inc governments vi the uhuei iSis"oe
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creased demand for our bre
nrovisions. we have seen TN
nonetarv values have been butt
feclcd, while panic roigned at Par -
fort and Berlin. But we cannot belp sym
potbizing intensely with the innocent VIC
Tins that are to be murdered and mangied'
after having been enslaved and impover'sh-
ed by this cruel system of standing ar
mics.
Let us hope that this last experience may
be decisive proof TO the masses OF Europe
that there is no peace, no true Christianity,
no real civilization, while the clank OF the
sabre and ,ho rattle of artillery wheels are
permitted to echo continually in the pres
encc OF the agar, and in the midst OF toll
ing cities. If Inc gloom that las over
spread the international horizon, and the
storm that is about 10 follow ii, shall, at
last, utterly disgust the conscience and
common sense of mankind, and hasten tho
next great reform of the age-the disband-
ment of these hordes OF trained and legal
lied murderers-eyen its closing miseries
will not have been too dearly purchased.
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In tbis new parasitic lfo
shea styled perfect model ~ n ,v,,o
And while the sunshine dows and showers.
Refresh and strengthen trees and flowers;
While fortune favors, and the skiea bright,
Our oak and vine are q very pleading sight.
But lot a thunder bolt from heaven come down,
And PROSTATE that tall oak upon the ground,
Where's the tender vine that look'd 80 fair,
while trusting in his towering strength and care,
Crushd by the blow 80 terrible! 80 dire?
In Hindostan 'twould save her funeral pyre
This is no far-fetchcd Alogory,
lis often thus in lifes sad story.
We have launched our pair upon the voyage Of life
Prepared, we hope, for all it's care and strife.
And now che enters on her new career,
Contented thus to fill her ''woman's sphere"
Fgurntively speaking he the one and she the cipher
One Of the "rights" so many try for.
All their plans in life were as he thought,
Because she really stood for nausht
''The woman who dared mAlciously said
She extracted her ideas all from his heed'
And queried II SO much thinking ior TWO
Wouldnt DC more tnan nc ouen' 10 uoi
This having woman on 'he oraln'
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VOL. XXXVII.
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THE
Central RailTOadsIoWa
235 MILES IN LENGTH.
Now Nearly Completed.

This Company are now pushing their work forward
with great rapidity and the entire line necessary to
connect st. Louis and st. Paul is graded and under
enterprise has boon undertaken by a combination Of
leading bankers and railroad capitalists Of wc known
wealth. experience, and ability, insuros its carly COM
plcton and future succcse.
The road runs through The richest and most thckly
settled portion Of Iowa. and is built In the interests Of
the grea; Northern systom Of roads which centre at
ST. Paul. The
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-06-01

DEFINITION OF BIBLE TERMS.
A days journey was thirty
three and one fifth miles.
A Sabbath days journey was
about an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was eleven feet
nearly.
A cubit is twenty two inches
nearly.
A hands breath is equal to three
and five eighth inches.
A fingers breath is equal tc
one inch. a'-
A sheckel of silver was about
fifty cents.
A shekel of gold was $500.
A talent Of silver was $538.32.
A talent of gold was $13,S09.
A pieco of silver, or o denny,
was thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A gerab was one cent.
A mite was one cent.
An epba, or bath, contains sey.
en- gallons and FIVE pints.
A bin was one gallon and two
pints. -
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints.
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DEBr.-Debt is a perfect bore
How it haunts q man from pill.w
to post lurking in his breakfast
cup, poisoning dinner, embittering
his tea ! How it stalks from him
like a living, moving skeleton,
seeming to announce his presence
by recounting the amount of liza.
bilities. How il. poisons its domes,
tic joys, by introducing it's infer.
nal " balance :" into the calculation
of madam respecting the price oi
a new carpet, or q new dress
How it hinders dreamy plans for
speculations, and cripples resolu.
tions too good to be fulfilled.
AT bed and board, by night or
by day, in JOY or grief, in health
or sickness, at home or abroad,
debt-grim, gaunt and shadowy,
falls as an incumbrance. AS no
presence is too sacred, no ground
is too holy to deter the memory of
" bills and notes payable" from
taking immediate possession, so no
record is enlivening. no reminis-
ence more than the consciousness
that the debt has fallen like Jan.
nary morning, twenty nine degrees
below zero.
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srlrrtfh puatry.
An Anxious Inquiry.

Maiden with the raven locks.
And the fringed eyes 90 brown,
II thy father hath the rocks"
Need thy heart be kindred stone!
II 90, speak; or by o frown
Let the dismal fact be known.
Maiden, with the swelling bust,
Where the heart covet lies,
filthy father hath the dust"
Do not, by your many wiles
Seek to throw Il in my eyes.
Bliuding hopes and queuchisg smiles
Thy fathers HeIds I know are brood,
Whilst my own are gone to grsss"
BY rogues from every rood outiawed
My hearts the only acber left;
And now I zee by you, alasi
OF even that III soon be refti
II thy father hath the SOAP
Do not wash your hands Of me;
Make il miue. aud then 1 hope
To scour the country DER aud o'sr,'
And keep my reputation free
From all the stains 1t ever wore.
Secured, like thieves, in public stocks.
Maiden, what life ven lead,
With that " SOAP" that "dust" thos
"rocks;''
Oh. hear nay prayerl as down kneel-
Give me the hand so much need,
Aud I'll be true TO thee % steeli
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MoTHER.-Around

MoTHER.-Around the holy
name of mother the mind clinSs
with fond affection.
1t is the first dear thought stamp.
ed upon our infant hearts, when
yet soft and capable, of receiving
the. most profound impressions,
and all the after feelings are moro
or less light in comparison. Onr
passions and our witness may lead
us far from the object of our filial
love we may become wild, head
strong, and angry at her council
opposition but when the chilly
hand of death stilled her monito-
ry voice, and nothing but calm
memory remains to recapitulate
her virtues and good deeds, affec.
tions, like a flower beaten to the
ground by a rude storm, raises mp
her head and smiles amidst her
tears. ,.'.
Round the name as we have
said, the mind clings with a. &c.
tion and even when the earliest
period Of our loss forces memory
TO be silent, fancy takes the place
OF remembrance, and twines the
image OF our departed parent
with a garland of graces, and
beauties, and virtues, which we
doubt not that che possessed.
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Two Dog Stories.

An BDgiish officer, who was in
Paris in 1915, mentions the case of
a shoe-black's dog which brought
customers to its master. This 1t did
in a very ingenious and scarcely
honest manner. The officer, 'hav-
ing occasion to cross one of the
bridges over the Seine, had his
boots, which had been previously
polished, dirtied by q poodle dog
running against them. He, in con.
sequence, went to man stationed
on the road aud lad them clean
ed. The same circumstance hav.
ing occurred more than once, his
curiosity was excited, and he
watched the dog. He saw him
roll himself in the mud Of the riy-
er, and then watch for O person
with well-polished boots, against
which he contrived to rub him.
self. Finding that the shoc.black
was the owner of the dog, he taxed
him with the artifice and, after
some hesitation, he confessed he
had taught the dog the trick in
order to procure customers for
himself. The officer being much
struck with the dogs sagacity, pur.
chased him at a high price, and
brought him to England. He
kept him tied up in London some
time, and then released him. The
dog remained with him. a day OF
two, and then made bis escape. A
fortnight afterwards be was found
with his former master, pursuing
his old trade on the bridge.
A gentleman had two dogs Of
the terrier breed-the one rough
coated, and of rather large size, OF
great intelligence and great attach,
ment, named Pincher the other
was a very small, smooth-coated,
snarling little animal, but an ex
cellent house guard, named Jacko
These animals lived together or
very friendly terms, domiciled
generally in the housekeepert
room, where they were great ia
vorites. One Sunday evening the
servants were summoned Ia
prayers, leaving the room will
their supper on the table, the cook
only remaining in the kitchen ad
joining the. supper.room. In 6
short time Pincher went into the
kitchen and pulled the cooks
gown, who, supposing he was beg
ging for food, chided the anima
and drove him away. In a few
miutes he returned and again pull
ed at the cooks garments, when
he was again reprovcd. A third
time he came, and pulled at he,
gown with more vehemence; when
wondeing al the cause, she follow
ed him to the supper-room, where
the first thing she saw was little
Jacko helping himself to the sup
per.
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ENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 1, 1870

ceed the value, of our Simports.
The treasury is abundantly sup
piled with the means to prosecute
the internal improvements of the
nation. The heart of the country
contains so many miles Of naviga.
bic rivers, our expenses for rail.
roads is naturally email. The road
from Matto Grasso to Rio de Ja-
neiro will ere long he completed.
The road through the Audes from
Lima to the river Ucayali, in Pc
ru, is met near the base of the An
des, where the tunnel enters our
territory, by our road terminating
at Tabatinga, on the main trunk Of
the Amazon. The effect of this
road will give a fresh impetus to
the mining of silver among the
mountains of Sierra de Pasco.
The increased supply of gold and
comparative small amount of sill
yer in the markets, threatens a
change in valuations, and silver is
fast becomi ing the most precious
metal"
Thecal had noticed the polite,
ness of the well dressed, black wo.
man to whom che was indebted for
her pleasant situation. Ihe wo,
man took her two little daughters
by the hands and leaning forward
she said, " ! see you are a stran.
ger, would You like to look at the
country ." Thecla said yes
They walked through the crowd
how moving in all directions, TO-
wards home--to O side street
where stood a wagon and fine pair
of horses held by a black man.
The woman helped Thecla in, tax
ing a seat by her side, with the
children in front. They drove of
through the beautiful city of Pitete
Very truly yours,
LARDNER GIBBON.
&%%. %xxxxx#%x s~~x&%
Holmesburg,
Philadelphia, Penn.
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CULTIVATE CHEERruLNEss.--A

Cultivate CHEERFULNEss.--An
anxious, restless temper that runs
to meet care on it's way, that re-
grets lost opportunities too much,
and that is over painstaking in
contrivances for happiness is fool.
ish, and should not be indulged.
1t You cannot be happy in one
way, be happy in another and
this facility of disposition wants
but little aid from philosophy, for
health and good hnmor are al.
most all that are requisite. Many
rnn about after l,apl lincss, like an
absent man hunting for his hat,
while 1t is on his head or in his
hand. Though sometimes small
evils, like invisible insects, infict
great pain, and a single hair may
stop a vast machine, yet the chief
secret of comfort lies in not suffer.
ing triAes to vex one, and in pru.
IDENTITY cultivating an undergrowth
Of small pleasu, es, since very few
great ones, alas are let on long
leases. .'--r .rs '~
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SECURING KNIVES, Ero..-A cor.
respondent writes that for five
years she has used water.lime for
securing knives, forks, tins, and
the like. She says Il have q
box with a partition and keep the
lime in one part and the cloths in
the other. I wet q small cloth
In q little and Dip it in the lime,
and after the articles are we'll
washed and wiped, / rub them un-
til the spots are removed. Then /
take a larger, dry cloth, dip it in
the lime, and rub the articles until
polished to suit me. Wipe off the
dust from the knives and forks
with q dry cloth, and they are
ready to put away"
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SANDER,

ltseems a little thing to slander
our neighbor; to repeat all the
harm we have heard of him, to
whisper away reputation, and to
stab in the dark. Yet it is a great
matter to him, though . small
thing to US. We can never know
the amount Of repeating all the
harm Of him that we have heard.
The human heart is prone to elan
der, and we should watch our.
selves carefully when we find that
we are about to speak of our neigh.
bors. We heard a lady once say,
II make it a rule never to repeat
anything bad that I hear of anoth.
er l am resolved that I will nev.
er take part in injuring any one"
What a wise resolved Would that
all made it the golden rule of their
life. How much misery would be
spared, how much more kindly
would be our intercourse with each
other. Why, the world would be
like Eden without the serpent.
But instead of hiding the evil that
we have heard, how eagerly we
spread it; how we gloat over the
story how glad we are to pour in
to the ears which open so gladly
to receive it. Deprive ms Of thai
great staple of conversation, Sian
der, and some of us would be ut 8
loss what to talk about. Would
that we were only as anxious to tel
the good we know of our acquain
tances as we are to tell the bad
| what a charming thing society
really would be. There are peo
pie to whom slander is the very
breath Of their life; ; social spiders
hideous and, venomous in secret
and in darkness they weave their
webs of distraction. They are 6
curse to society, a canker 70 theil
friends, and a disgrace to them
selves.