davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

Z Smpnngcr pnsicrsoe ben 23oc
Wal %ielgen6c 9lltorle: Gn poo
Nrbsioeonlialim Iuoiot Gnl9nolna
tom omtrent 81. % / bttuiet 5il
liano neo neore 9olmcoooe % Tor.
isQie at pppe Alammsrl meo nUltcu
bper Wono. ban lteolc paa bette
mlslptieoes imlnitrllb, men unoer
tt StormlOrieg poo at fomme mo
/ q 9us. bibraQls ban Ct Yar Ysr.
iouu llsre Anluitli, oa an Sllllcnot
M Ct opgtlgt Gil lGt pto Srnoin.
etn, Der ianhlpuIl9pis baUot pOIhl
bans 9po. bplS ltfe @ailen baDot
oluGrgot an Del at Sieosi. Slup.
pen Ice buira Tor Buitrtcu Ice
pan IN CANNED Nonoe, iom liIiaI.
biauis pusietCot. oQ 0ap BAN sl
bBg,Igi Drag mto NUutn ousr IN
ii0tti. laa W0nom Qli mso Ratfm
/ @aom iOrnteu al uUre ild9cl III.
bIOos. I'm bItD Der motlla en-
Chopper Tor Roicrlst. ba en- ullltn
Dc par iaa hdlol9 at iaa itDrie uop
ret ouCrtnoc bUOr,lter ban Dso 10
Iltlets 9lrlp bleD bnuttn % trais
porisICt nj rctle Slto.
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10
@i bar nstop mOota9et ct MT Spoa uf
StOughtOn Vogue Og Bug9ier,
bpilfe e. Gen onben 5orlpuin9 penne &aar.

Nnnon Mnbcrlou. &m. Oonnalb % &. M. 6lemmc bar for fom.
mcnoe 2nrueit tebt bpsr lin Sei Niuoer. % ba bise Ssrrer bar en-
ier al iamms Slnss, ct oct 8suis for. at De or gOre, tbi b0arl9c
Wal,nsr tebes He TO 8an9s.
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

TN HIbtiOcritrlic / Ycr9cn. y
"Sslg dor" irlpes ben 27os Wol
Son9mor9cs iamlCot hg pto y gar
bpaumgm pon 5orud q NntaI al
omitnt 100 9nQIeuntre. ion bdp.
be neoIoQt Arbuou mjsiornelsos
mso 4tbuosIernm % mso. at Ben.
berns ia ioti'lelIls, 9titri'ter bar
iuoiunoti IA btriiI for at ie8c NJ.
bclot. Giitr an 5lce HaacilGHuo
ltiltts Dc 40. men ldmlece ng alter
no pau S0rmlboagm pan 8Oruti
bporirl h teRap il9 pla Yolln'am
rel ior 81 irsmfomms mco I'm Bs
ipTrlug. Sagm q inlet I 8stO
oe Der lfal urrmtrc m~osrbOntlts
ON nogIs Gage
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

"6oltcuilicn" bsbOrr ct nbt Ire.
ipnllet NIac, Der nbGnor fra 6ri.
hinnia en9on9 ngenIlia til en- Yris
al 50 Gre AunriaIst. 0et ~reoiaerts
Of en- una Nrbuoer ptc Napn $
VI. GnQtbretlen.
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

G%itnOounsiag Npbapns S'ibs.
prrli ueo Bergen CT iolet Of Del
nori's Sp'fsrfomponi III Sa0iercr
Bouncpie Nugsll, Der bar inoflet
BET pr. &ummisii lion for l6. 400
Qrnuer.
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

FlllOlclI9t SO0slalO. Om Wor.
9enen Vuntleaften 9it Vaf. Qreus
S0lt no for at faas / 1lelvn
@t9nrien melsm Vr9iteaaarben
og Ell al Nabogaarbene, meb bpem
Der par pldtRntt gptie at ct min.
ore Stop. eaer Warftpffe. @ep.
fcmmenoe Ser fulbe fremmebe
pad Steoct, o9 VrRiten bauoe, for
ban at blemmenira iagt, at ban
trnt itrar iajen. 0a Bet imibler.
ITO leo no pdo 6rtetmiobaoen, GA
VrRlien enonu life par fcmmet
blem, ~be9pnote man at frpate for,
al mull8enS ell ulpffe par irlp,
trooot, bpctfor 4 Wanb lenbtes
dflteo Tor al lebe efter BAN ; bisie
tanot BAN c9laa ltror bort / Sfop.
fanicn, men eeo % fob meo Den
enc Sdonb trptfet cp mob Siertei
% ben anben omIatteuoe Spaoier.
ltcttens Sndnbtal. Zen Wano.
ban Rulbe meoe I Sfopen, bapbe
eitcr enbt Sorreiniua be0ipet ia
hlem, lad Del nldd antlles, al
Yreus itrag eiter at Wan6eu bar
fcrloot BAN, er bleren rommet al
ct 9lerteRa1 % CT leguet beb on.
tulo. (6eorelanbspenneu).
Den ccenomtalte Batter preus
or ben famine u. Is. VreuS Der
plr Yl9it Der / Mmerlta / manae
Mar, % leneit Tor Soon Vralrle
% nnneffcreoe Wtnigbeper / 8er,
non 60, @ls., burrira ban / 1872
RENE tllblge III Horae.
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

qnittlis tllsr 'crmllsi AT rtli2tacloe Zen
iil iRnlt irm Aptr's 1btIro Qettrs
rial. \ rmirtnt 40 2tir bar ett rGrti
bttlenti Ter 9utlIfua pll @rune al Nf
minle untttfulcs &s!trtbtlifr ei Bar tes
piriti N icm bar 'rsmfilti en- {ilio I'll
ots Tcrtrin lem irlen lneSr M'eitln.
Gntuu / crrt Qlls htltrsrey rtt S,ciit,
NcrtIrltie "a lRr,nl tttre tnr nu3ti ius
et Mfeiilmsni. lem te tlslii2lt Spficrtr
bar trrmla al tilttrett. n. Gberrc
Itetirrl3l bar r%irfslil bcriiljti nR'ien al
6lrt ira tHt Splrruune "A llcTt hem rrs
itn uiiar,ljas, ilifrtmi NltttHlsu belpnotr
II trtls g2teltt lijet. lrer Tamtlis turte
aliir Fare Ten rth 6dlnotH Ter mar AZ
hume pct iins Solt flElp intSu bet blirer
%icrisni. Spleom N eirtlltr icrbinrres. IA
ylrti ielr ril ~irelies rse en- htiimdil ans
ptncelit al etiie Mtciilmtni. Zen Scrils
tils tsret NE llsmme csl. rem Giie ptl life
9lsrt tti. par ott hes 0tm. IA en- hStis
Meta Anreuctiie osrii oil aiptnts SlreTne
pse glufitli9e Anille.
0rRrlrtrti If
Sr. /. e. gBcr 4 Gn.,
gcntu. Mlsi.
Nrlftiiis a lnaloiitt Ssmifsrc.
Sqflfs If ALE Tunss Oh WtNittnb1nNlere.
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

par Iut 6oraItrtS 8leos 90 asG.
li'rsce IN ,snosr / ,SOrr,ininosrn,.
ppotior bars iiblies Bortaaua oil
sf'srlo9e ct ianmeset isltliasrs Gam
Dos DC lsrasnos 5ereIbre. Nibeb,
par mtlem % % % Mnr mammal
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

Ollie Slaas 9sasia9sr %lorsNuots
hos u. &. Yeoerlon. 40 43
Decorah-posten., 1878-07-10

Sfiu q. 6lcuN 6ctel 9psnin1. @ins
nttlSe Ct.
Al. ly. F. k Fulton.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-08-12
@ott 8a1 1,tto Sern>
SnIan 5.

= Wenn bic 8eget terung, peI6e
iebt lit S6Iei6er in ietnem tpeitz
teranii6en GpngreBbesirfe berri6t, bis gum
SpGtberblt anbGlt, oanm miro CT
trob Der Seinbi6aft bes reaftionGrenS beilS
bet bortigen Democratic gldn3euo ipteoer1
getpGblt perben. 9lu@ in @uero, leiltem
eigentIi6en @obnorte, purbe ct feitlid
empfangen: groBer TaGel5ug, Mu{tf,
&anonenopnner, 6urrabs aus benz Wtlt1oe
bon 3auieuoen. Spdter marc in o%ortigcr
@eaenb S6lei6er gu @bren Elm rieiiges
politil6eS 6eiteiien i'm 6reien Barbecue)
Der~anltaltet; 10 S6lelt, 20 6anrmel, 5
S6tpetue unb etne Maiie @efliigel tparen
5ubereitet. I'm II llbr 8ormittagS iuur6e
S6lei6er bon einsr berittenen Gbrengarbe
nit W1nltfbegleitung mad Dem Seltplabe
gefilbrt; bort angefOmmen, belt CT, pft
bonn Beifau oer Saulenbe bon NntpeIenDen
unterbroden, cine ldngere Gebe s,tr Ser
tbeioignng ieiaes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
I'M GongreB.
= Ben Butler 1T in bieler 8esiez
bung eth gemetni6dolt6er 9emagoge.
&ber 6eSbalb bleibt leiue &rie9spcripal>
tung in Stem Srleans bod etltes Der gld1z
3enOiten Stiife bes 8irgerfrieges. hub
Das btObitnnt9e @eidnGb, baB ct bamals
tn Stem Orleans itIberne 2DffeI gez
ftobIen babe, ioute iebt enblt9 bod auf6Dz
rem. @ine giftige HebeIlenz unb Copper
eabsBreiie ppute ipgar eenau ~tpiiien, 100
Sutler Die itlbcrnen Q0ffeI geitoblen babe
1tdmli9 aus benz Stem S%rteanier Sauie
Des DerrGtbertl1en Generals Ttpi9gS. 8ut=
let bat aber iebt Der Go6ter beS ieitber nerz
ftorbenen 3ptggs bic ibm bamals BON
@enerals0 uartiermeiiteramt ails9eiteuten
0uittun9en etngeDGnbigt. 9tis tbnen err
beut, odB 8utler l6ou ban1als ollie bie
foftburen Silberiaden unb iitbernen Q6f=
fel, bic mad Itpiags' Slu6t aus Stem Or
leans elm Sflape 6es Gerrdtbers aus Dem
8erfted tm tSauie beiielben mad benz 8rttz
Ier'i6en 0auptqlartiere sebradt bate,
idmmt bem @breniabeI, tpel6en GtpigoS
emit ipegen ietner Ebaten tint meritanii6en
Grie9e erbie[t, ans Quartiermeiiteratmt
ab9eliefert bat.
Deuti6 : amerifantide iosiaIifil6e
3eitungen lpre6en iebt in ibren 8enerz
tnngen itber bas @uftreten losialtltil6er
Wortfubrer bor benz 6etpttt'i6en GongreB=
Nusl9aB, BON etnem u@eu, 8artboz
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-08-12
ae,,ersbrunH a,.f hober see.

Der NIan'i6e Oampfer yMornz
bian," ipelder fiirSli6 bon europa in
Quebcc atfam, Bate auf bODer See beiz
na6e DaS grGBlt6e S0td al
Sc 81 II ltria" gcbabt.
9lm 20. Sltlt Wtor9enS stptlden 8 uro
4 ltbr bcnlerftcn Der SberbDotSmann Sin=
clair uun Der Sc9clmahcr Wforris, ipie
9taud aus DEM Sd)iff5raum brang. Nol=
%lenipa0ren, tpeld)e int untern Jtaum in
8allclt perpadt naret, |brdn1ten. Wfnr
Difnete logleih Die 2uten, nn gSoller btn7
cin5ui6lcuoern; ba fuDren 6lammen ltlto
geiualtige Gan6tpolfcu empor, Die cinen
beinabc erltidenben 0erud perbrettetelt.
Ser 0ohbDot5mann Sinclair itieg oenno6
mutbig Dinab, nm bic S6lQl6e gu bonDz
bnben; dber balO lauf CT 1T Obnmod)t
unb mlBte raid cnlpDrgcSDgen iperDen,
hal6 erltidt fam CT ipteoer ans S0gcSlttbt.
Der erie Sfftsier GDompion nabm nurt
Sinclair'S Ylab ltnten Elm, aber Die ttb
entipiGelnOen 0nlc beorpbtem l6neu au6
Ieilt Qeben ulo audi ct mHBte beraufgcz
l1afft merbeu. Sic unteroeiien berbeigez
rutene S0iffSmanni6oft arbeitete ieOO6
in 10 auSgcSei6uetcr Srbnumg unO nit
lolder Strait, baB man bes SeuerS int
S6tffSraum allmGli9 6err muroe.
Sin GROCER Ibcil Der brenneloen @aaz
rem purDc Derarsge5errt uuo ilber 8Oro
getporfen; Die I'M ShiffSraum suriidbletz
benoen Wdaren litten ldtper Dur6 bic Din>
abgelGlcuoerten 9Sa~ilergiiiie; oils oos
fSeuer gel0ibt mar, ltanO DaS 8aIier DOIe
leds Sub bod in Dent INTERN 9taume Der
pon ser Seuersbrunit betroftencn SGiffSz
abt6eilung Compartment, 10 gepaltige
W2ailen lSafler bate 1talt btuabgelprtbt.
Sie @efa6r mar I'm 10 fur6tbdrer, ais
mG6ren0 Der SeAerSbrunlt Elm befttger
Stlrm brauite Ino Die See 10 bod cling,
bab Die fletnen Clearinghouse ii6 nt6t
batter beba1pteu f%Otnen..
Oabet bcoenfc man, baB It'll b un>
bert Meniden an 8oro 6eS brernenz
Sen S6iffes maren! Die 3tptlben0edSz
paliagiere tpedte man, ba Der brennenoe
9tulm in i6rer 9tdDc mar. Wan6e BON
tbren nurben angeii6tS ser l6redlibcn
@efabr bon ipilber Gerstpeifung ergriffen,
anoere tparen POM S1redcn tpie gelGDmt.
Die Carbohydrates merften gar nt6tS
BON ber @efabr, lon6ern l6ltefen ru6ig
tpeiter. Gt1e Ma6e ipar pDr ben Gaiiltenz
9tGulnct aufgeiteat nno lteB Jtlenlano Dinz
etn.
Die @efabr mar alth beSbalb 10 entieb7
lid, neil Die Slammen 9anS III Der 9tGDe
Des SelraumeS ipdren, in peldem it'd cine
ORcnge Sel bcfano; ldon mar bic Wano,
ncld)e oielen &aum bonn Naarenralnte
trcnnte, bcil1abe gdns Derbrannt, ais bas
fSeucr betpdltigt tpurDe. 6atten Die Siam
men Den Oelraum icIbit crgrtffeu, 10 tpdre
bos S6iff nit Otann nlto Wtaus pcrz
brannt.
Ntan Dcrmutbet, DAB ein SeufeG in Meuz
i6engeitalt boS Seuer anLc8te. 9lnbere
pernlttben SelbitentSiinbung; bod ptro
gcgcu lebtere 9e8art geltcno gemadt, baB
nm oieie Sabre5Scit piele 0ampfer Wolz
%Ielt=9Saaren an 8prb ba6en, obne baB ie
elm Seuer babel ausbrad.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-08-12
snate saatbans sefeaf@aft.

Son Sort Smith in Qrtanlas 1tno iebt
mebr ais breiBig Der gefGbrli6lten SSrDto1
ncr, 6albbluts oSnoianer, Neger, Mulatten
unb ciltiae 8eibc mad !3u6tbduieru III
Midieau unb Sn0iana g%eliefert poroen,
I'm bort i6re i'm Snbianer : Serrltorttm
periibteu Serbre6en ab51biiBen. Serltr7
tbeilt puroen 1e bort SulbeSgertbt 3h
Sort Smith, Dor tpel6em ia ilber aue be-
6ertenberen 8ergeben aus Dem Snotaterz
Serritorium abgeurt6eilt piro.
Wforb, Sei6itlfc bcim Wtoro, 'Garb,
8ferocbiebitabl, GerIebung Der Steuerge7
ieBe uno bic manuigfa6itcn lonltigen Ser
bred)en muroen BON biclcn Gcrlen begall7
gen. Namcntlid bic Snnianer inter bic
ien a~ngebenbeu 3ii0tlingcn itno 0rellt6e
1lnbolOc; bic meilten bon ibnen lchett eDell@
10 ipilb u16 mDrberil6 ais 9enetn Dcr@
l6ntibt aus l1b geb0ren sum Nbldaume
Der inoioniihen 8cD0lferltng. Ser ge@
f6hrlidlte lit &alalula pber Der Noler nit
bcnt tablen @ciidt", Elm Woro5fcrl, pelien
6auptlult oa5 9l6sieben Der S6Opfe BON
nod lcbcnbcn Otenidcn iein iOu. Setrl
Miti6ulbiger, der blutise 8HffeI", 1T Elm
id)0n 9ebauter Surl6e nit tpabrell Gel17
felsauget. Serner Derhicnt @rtp0bnu19
@alducab ober der Wtann, Der 1td por
ieinem S0atten fIrdtct", unD @o6ila
oocr ber s@rpBe lln6efannte", eit
Smuggling bon crit suan5i9 Sahren nto
bod ld)pn M6roer. Oie Gcrbrc6cr itno
in ihwcren &ctten, beren &lirrct tmmer
pieocr ibre Mutb crregt.
Die mciIten fomuneu ing 3rtdthauS SIT
Sefferionuiuc in SnDiana, Die anbern ms
2u6tbaus 3u SaGion in Wtt0igon. Die
8.antcn uto llntcrbcantcu bieier Qlnitalz
ten iinb um bieisu !3uipa0s ipaDrli6 ni6t
III beneioen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

The WAL11NGroRD ToBNADo- GEApuIc De
scHpTIoS BY a Boy. -Elbridgo Doolittlc,
IL bright boy Of fourteen years, who lives in
Center street. about half way up The hill was
sitting at rear window in the second story
of the house, Watching the lightning when
the tornado originated. JIo says; Il saw
the flashes OF lightning, and then all of n
sudden, heard queer noise / turned around
and looked toward the lake. where the noise
came from. There was crash, and then
something shot up into the sky that looked
like cloud Of smoke and was so thick that
couldn't see through it, There was an awful
roar, and it came along about five rods, and
then there were pieces Of boards and shingles
aud pieces of Eoof l should think that were
about five feet square. Those, I suppose,
came from Grasser's shop. The tornado, or
whatever you call it, was about as wide as a
house is long, and kept whirling round and
round, being a good deal bigger at the top
than at the bottom. IL swept along awfuly
fast, and tapered down at the bottom like a
balloon, with long tail stringing under it,
out of which a stream of water kept rnnning
Just like it would out of tunnel. The tail
kept swinging aud whipping around like n
snake. After it got well started, the boards
began to get thicker in it, and it struck some
thing else and things We're lifted right up in
| to the air and came scudding along until it
TthCntu the tdluOllC tuhINu anu lihl anu Allt
| houses on the plains went over Just as tall
| grass blows down when stiff wind blows
across it. The buildings went right over,
some going. up into the air, and it seemed to
me as if the tail had twisted right around
| them and lifted them up. When it got op-
| posite our house the thing was terribly black
and thick, and was full of timbers which kept
turning end over end instead of spinning
| around like top. 1t was full Of limbs of
trees, too, and they looked like big kites with
| the leaves at the top, and the limbs or trunks
| hanging down like the tail to a kite. Every
| little while the stuff in the air would drop and
another building would be picked up and
| thrown around. The tail kept dragging along
the ground, and all moved very rapidly, there
being no stop until it reached the school
house. Then 1 thought it stopped for sec
ond OF two rs if the school-house was too big
for it, but it went up into the air, and the tail
seemed to wind around the school-house-I
could see it so plainly. After it had wound
| around the school-house, it started again with
an awful roar, and instead Of blowing it over
it lifted the top of the school-house right up
into the air Part of it dropped back again
after it had got up little ways, but the big
| gest part seemed to start on with the tornado.
| After it left the school-house lost sight of it,
l should think it took about three minutes for
the whole thing to come from the lake to the
school-house. ."-Netr Hduea PdlLadiUm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

The LATEST DARIEE CANAL SURyEY.--Ever
since the rush Californiaward in the golden
era of 40 there has been talk of a canal across
the isthmus of Darien. During the long in
tervening period of incubation which this vast
project has required, no less than eight or
ten different lines have been surveyed for the
proposed canal under both American and for
eign direction Four or five of these surveys
are of so nearly equal merit that an interna-
tional commission is now proposed to decide
upon which is the most eligible. Ferdinand
de Lesseps-he of Suez canal fame-will
probably be upon this commission and pos
sibly its president. The latest route surveyed
grandson of Lucion Bonaparte. He has
spent something over year, all told, upon
his work, meeting the expense himself, and
he is naturally prejudiced in favor of lis own
particular route, especially as he holds char
ter from the Colombian government for the
construction OF the canal, beside various valu-
able concessions in case his survey is ulti-
iuately selected by the International commits
son. The starting point on the Atlantic side
of Lieut.. Wyse's survey is at Acanti, North of
Cape Tibaroro. and the outlet is through the
valley of the TupisG into the gulf of San
Miguel. The distance is 40 miles, and one of
the engineering obstacles encountered is n
mountain which must be tunneled for seven
miles, while the estimated total cost of the
canal is @115, GOO, ,00G. OF course, the COM
mercial advantages of such canal whenever
built, will be immense, and there is more or
less rivalry between Nicaragua, through
which most of the various routes are located,
and Colombia for its possession.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

GRANT AS BoTANIsT. years ago
Mr. A. G.. Lewis, florist, of Youngstown, was
anxious to obtain very rare plant, and wrote
to a number of the leading nursery-men of
the country to obtain it, receiving uniformly
the reply that it could not be had. He then
wrote to the agricultural department at Wash
ington for the plant, but his letter was not
answered. Not discouraged by his failures he
addressed Gen. Grant himself, then president,
and received from private secretary letter
in which it was stated that the plant could not
be procured in the United States. This was
some years ago. Last winter Mr.. Lewis re-
ceived from Europe the very plant he had
been seeking with the compliments of U.
S. Grant" 1t is really wonderful that these
things should remain in the memory Of man
perplexed with countless public cares and be-
sieged with requests for favors of one sort or
another - YOuagsto'rH (O.) Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

BARGAINING IN MADRID. The following is
the way they buy and sell in Madrid;
A nut-brown maid is attracted by n brilliant
red and yellow scarf. She asks the sleepy
merchant, nodding before his wares:
"What is this rag worth y
lie answers with profound indifference:
Ten reals.
''IIombre! Arc you dreaming or crazy ?"
She drops the coveted neck-gear, and
moves on; apparently horror-stricken.
Don't be rash The scarf is worth twen-
ty reals hut for tn sake of Santissima Ma
ria, | offer it TO you FOR half price, Very
well You are not suited. What will you
giye;'
"Caramba! Am buyer and seller MS well ?
The thing is worth three reais-more is sim
ply robbery
''Maria Jose and all the family We
cannot trade. Sooner than sell for eight reals
I shall raise the cover Of my brains Go thou.
1t is in the morning and still thou dream
est"
She lays down the scarf reluctantly, saying
Five"
Bat the outraged merchant snorta scornful-
ly:
Eight was my last word. Co..
She moves away, thinking how well that
scarf would look in the Apollo Gardens, and
casts over her shoulder Parthian glance,
and bids
Six"
Take it Ii is madness, but I cannot
waste my time bargaining"
Both congratulate themselves on the oper-
alton. He would have taken five, and she
would have given seven
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for September
opens with q long poem by Whittier, and is
otherwise rendered notable by a serious and
tender poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes. A
new story by Horace L. Scudder is begun,
entitled "a House of Entertainment" " in which
some ofthe characters are Shakers, and Shaker
views and customs are described; Mr.. James's
Europeans" moves on strongly and satisfac-
toriy. An article that will be turned to among
the first, is on "Pope's Virginia Campaign
and Porter's Part in it," by Gen. Francis j.
Lippitt who makes out that Fitz John Porter
has been a much mis-used man, and that Gen
Mcclellan is really responsible for the failure
of Pope's campaign. The other principal pa
pers are an essay ON American Finances
from 1889 to 1885," by John Watts Kearney,
a sketch of the noted Russian diplomat, Count
SchouvalofT, by Axel Gustafson, something
about primitive Communism by Arthur G.
Sedgwick, a piece that will only be under
stood by accomplished musicians on ''Addi-
tional Accomplishments to Bach's and Han
del's Scores" by William T. Apthorp, the
fourth of Richard Grant Whites papers on
"Americanisms," " and the usual editorial de-
partmentS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

WEALTH AND ScIENcE.-There lived in Eng
land in the last century, man of science,
named Henry Cavendish, who was born i'll
1871 and died in 1910 He was gentleman
of fine cultivation, an excellent mathemati-
clan, n profound electrician, and a most acute
and ingenious chemist. He published many
papers, containing results of recondite inves-
legations and the most important discoveries.
He was not only great original thinker, but
a most indcfatigable and accurate experiment.
er. and one of his main lines OF research was
the chemical constitution of the atmosphere.
lie made no less than SEQ analyses of the air,
and it is to him that we owe our chief knowl-
edge of the composition of the breathing me
dunn. Now, there is not an American that
will not commend all this as most proper and
admirable But there is another side to the
case. Henry Cayendish was q man of enor-
nous wealth, for which he cared absolutely
nothing. He was one of the greatest propri-
etors of stock in the Bank Of England, and
when on one occasion his balance had accu-
INFLATED to $3.50, 600, and the directors, think
ing it too much capital to lie unproductive
asked him il they should not invest it, lie
simply replied: Lay il out if you please" 4"
That small portion of his wealth which he
could make use of in his investigations was
so used, but he did not allow the remainder
of it to divert his thoughts in the slightest de-
gree from the unremitting prosecution of his
scientific labors. He died worth $1,000 O0O
which was an immense sum of money at the
beginning of this century, but he had not the
slightest interest in those objects for which
wealth is generally priced. Now, the whole
case being given, TO the eye of the typical
American, Henry Cayendish viii be regarded
as a fool with all that money" the repre-
sentative American would say, 81 could keep
\ ! r F.. I, g.,,II I,,,1 -
church, and endow a college, and send a doz-
en- missionaries to the heather, and run a
political campaign at my own expense and
you say this odd creature actually spent his
life in the smudge and stenches of a chemical
labratory, puttering with gases, and worried
about the composition of the air "-Popular
Science Monthly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23

The True STORY OF JOHN Brown. There
has been a great deal of violent expression in-
dulged in regarding an honest and trust
worthy servant of Queen Nictoria's known the
world over as John Brown. This man is a
quiet, sober, middle-aged and conscientious
body-soryant of the Queen He goes where
she goes, and where few, if any, of her other
servants are permitted to go. Why? The ma
jority of English servants, from the palace to
the plain residence in England, are great
sticl1lers about their proper duties. The but
Ter would see the kitchen on fire, the cook
see the pantry flooded, before interfering in
saving the property of their employer, simply
because it was not in their department. John
Browns above such narrow prejudices. If
her Majesty has to go anywhere, have any
thing done, from cup of tea to the packing
of a trunk, from the selection of a horse to
the purchasing of book John Brown is al
ways on hand, ready able and willing to bound
over all the barriers of red tape and formal
departments, and get and do things or see
that they are done promptly and properly.
In this readiness and untiring attendance he
has ingratiated himself with the good Queen,
who fully values his honest energy and integ