davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

Not long ago there vas q remarkable gath
ering in London-the first general conference
of the worlds famous librarians ever held in
England. The entire session was of great in
terest. Among useful facts elected about
book-binding were the following: For pur-
poses of binding, paper, if kept dry, is a most
enduring material, and the binding should be
assimilated to it. Vellum comes next for en-
durance. Perfect specimens of early Italian
vellum binding are still eNtant Hog-skin,
the material for the binding of the early Ger
man books. is beautifully preserved to this
day. Calf is spoiled by dyes. Russia is an
excellent material when in constant use, thus
perpetually relubricated by the hand. There
fore it makes excellent pocket-books. Left
to itself, it drops TO dust. False bands should
not be put on the backs of books. In large
public library books should be bound in white
buckram, lettered in ink. not in gold letters,
which come off, and are only suited to diet
tHH libraries. The ornaplents should be in
red, blue, etc, according to the subject of
the work, The corners are an excrescence,
like the false bands at the back The edges
might be made of some use if lettered.
Pamphlets should not be bound, but inserted
in boxes. Cockroaches will attack and de-
strOy books bound in crimson cloth. Book
binding costs twice as much in America as in
Europe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

his stupidity and vanity; and you are reused
to indignation at the treatment of ungrateful
time servers, which bring him to his death.
Not the least meritorious part of the book is
the translation, which is perfectly done by
Mrs. Lucy IT, Hooper. Another of the mo
Name" series has been published by Roberts
Bros. under the title of "The Wolf Mt the
Door" 1t is society story, natural and
somewhat commonplace, but sufficiently en-
tertaining to make one want to read it to the
end. This same firm has published Bessie
Harrington's Venture" by Miss Julia A. Math-
ews. She is well known as Il writer of iuve-
nile books, but this is her first attempt at nov
el writing. She has written II story of n YER
table child of the streets. who from being the
ringlonder of band of boys almost as bad as
himself, and one of gang of thieves, became
through the influence of II young girl, a mis-
sionary among the class from which he had
sprung. 1t is well and pathetically told, and
there is II spirit of earnestness and genuine
ness running through it.
''The Exiles' is still drawing large houses
at the Boston. 1t has been remarkable sue
Guess. Mr., Fred Williams, the most accom-
plshed dramatist we have, says the success
of such plays as "The Exiles," '"The Dani-
cheff," ana The Dantes" is an indication of
+, turn to legitimate drama. We have had
week of molodrama between two seasons of
burlesque at the Globe. "The Octoroon" be-
ing sandwiched between 'Pippins" and "who
Killed Cock Robin" The Geneva Cross"
was revived at the Museum and Papa Peril
cohn, play adapted from the French, will
succeed it, with Mr. Warren in the title role.
The SuHddy Times is advocating the foreign
fashion of ladies attending the theatre with
out bonnets. / think the idea an admirable
one especially while the present style of hats
are in vogue. I know from experience how
provoking it is to have ones view of the stage
shut off 10y one of the nondescript affairs of
velvet and lace and feathers which women
wear, and l have no doubt have been the
unwilling cause of much tumult of spirit on
the part of those who sat behind me- Why
can't the style be introduced and become gen
eal | know plenty of women who would
be glad to adopt it, if some one would set the
example. SALLIE JOY WHITE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

How MUCH CAN A MAN READ The long
est single poem, l believe. extant is an Ital-
ian poem, the 'Adone" of Marini. who lived
in the time of our James l. 1t contains 45.-
coo lines. AS for Spain, one single author or
the seventeenth century, Lopes de Vega,
wrote 1,S00 plays; his works altogether fill
forty-seven quarto volumes. Alfonso Tostado.
Spanish Bishop of the fifteenth century,
wrote nearly forty folios, having covered with
print three times as many leale es as he had
lived days. To come to England. Our Viii
liam Prynne wrote 200 different works
Chalmers collected edition of the English po-
cts only comes down to Cowper, who died in
1900, and it fills twenty-one volumes royal
Svo. double columns, small type The vol
umes average 700 pages. This gives total
of II, 700 pages, or 30, 400 columns. Now it
takes-I have made the experiment
minutes to read column with talr attention
Here is a good years work in reading over
only once, a selection from the English poets
The amount of reading which student can
get through i'll a given time hardly admits of
Ling measured by the ell. The rate of read
ing varies with the subject, the rapid glance
with which We skim the columns of a news
paper being at one end of the scale, and the
slow sap which is required for page of, say,
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, being at the
other. Still, just to get something to 90 upon,
make calculation in this way Suppose a
man to be able to read eight hours day. No
one can really sustain receptive or critical at
tentiOn to written matter for eight hours. But
take eight hours as the outside possibility.
Thirty pages SvO. is an average hours read,
taking one book with another This would
make 2+0 pages per day, 1,GSO per week. and
S7,3G0 pages i'll the year. Taking the average
thickness of an Svo volume as 100 pages on
ly, the quantity of reading which diligent
student can get over in a year is no more than
an amount equal to about 220 volumes Svo.
Of course this is a merely mechanical compu-
tation, by which we cannot pretend to gauge
mental processes. But it may be worth while
knowing that the merely mechanical limit of
study is some 220 volumes Svo per annum.-
THE FOrtHightiy Rerie'o.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

A favorite play with DIR. Whately was pen
his right hand neighbor read and repeat it in
a whisper to the next man, and so on, till ev-
ary man round the room had done the same.
But the last man was always required to write
what he had heard, and the matter was then
compared with the original, retained by his
grace. In many instances the matter was
hardly recognizable, and Dr. Whately would
draw an obvious moral. But the cream of
the fun lay in his efforts to ascertain where
the alterations took place. His analytical
powers of detection proved as usual, accurate,
and the interlopers were playfully pilloried.
The play is entitled Russian Scandal"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

INTERESTING Fossils. Prof. J. II. Kerr,
who is Professor of Chemistry and Geology,
Colorado College, had the honor. on the 18Th
of December, of unearthing some most re-
markable fossils, near the foot of Pixies Peak,
in public resort known as 'the Garden of
the Gods. The chief wasa reptile III feet long.
A part of it exposed to rain and frost had crun-
bled but the remainder consists of bones and
of petrifed casts in well preserved condition.
About 1000 pounds of these, and several hun
dred pounds of bones, have already been re-
moved to Prof. Kerrs home In connection
with these gigantic remains We're petriiied
portions of other animals one of them being
eight or ten feet long-whose position would
seem TO indicate that they had gone into the
stomach of the hundred foot monster. The
Professor also has unearthed about fifty spe-
cies of petrited nuts comprising among them
the hickory nut, buttenut, pecan. variety
of Brazil nuts, and the almond One. which
seems to belong to the Brazil nut family, is
considerably larger than pint cup. These,
MS well as the animal fossils. would seem to
point to a much milder climate than even the
most enthusiastic admirers of Colorado can
claim for it now.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

The FRENCH EXPOSITION. announce
ment is made that the buildings for the grand
exposition in Paris will be ready in advance
of the opening day. The main building will
be surmounted by dome larger than that of
st. Peter, and beneath it an orchestra of a
thousand musicians will give grand concerts
A monster organ by Cavalier Call is to be
placed there. The outside features will en-
brace a series of waterfalls after the style of
those at st. Cloud, only much more magnif-
cent. Twenty-Five millions of litres of water
will pass each day. The horticultural display
will surpass any attempt ever made at any
previous exhibition. The Dutch propose TO
make a show of tulips that will astonish the
world
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18
Mr.. NVhittier,a Response.

The Boston Literary World for January
contains the following graceful poem by Mr.
Whittier, written in acknowledgment of the
multitude of .. .fectionate tributes called oui
by the celebration of his SEVENTEEN birthday
Beside that milestone where the level sun,
Nigh unto setting, sheds his last, low rays
On word and work irrevoeably done,
LIES blending threads of good and i'll outspun,
hear, o friends! your words Of cheer and praise
Half doubtful il myself or otherwise,
Like him who, in the old Arabian joke,
beggar slept and crowned Caliph woke.
Thanks not the less With not unglad surprise
l see my lfe-work through your partial eyes,
Assured, in giving to my home-taught songs
higher value than Of right belongs,
You do but read between the written lines
The Amer grace of uufulhlled designs.
l2h mo, 1877. J. @. W.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

REMARKABLE FEAT IN MECHANICS There
was an instance of swift mechanical execution
probably never paralleled before in putting
together two locomotives III the Michigan
Central's yard Mt jackson. the other day. At
: O'Clock the shop doors Were opened the
boilers We're hauled in and the two gangs of
II men each sprung to their work and earn
est, generous rivalry commenced to see who
should make the quicker time. The Jacks
were applied. the huge boilers were raised
and bolted on their frames. then they were
placed on their wheels with all possible eXpe-
diton, while simultaneously work was pro
crossing on every portion of the machines
which were rapidly assuming perfect form.
Water was let into the boilers, and even while
men were working Mt the CRATES the fires were
kindled and the infants" began to warm up
for their work. All this time not an unneces-
sary word was spoken and every man worked
as though his very existence hung upon the
uninterrupted prosecution and speedy COM
pletion of his task. Great drops of sweat
gathered on their heated faces and trickled
down i'll streams but no thought of rest sug-
gested itself TO n man. and II feeling Of ann
lous pride pervaded all alike. workmen shop
mates, officers and spectators. At last one of
them is ready for the smoke-stack and is
pulled along the track until she stops beneath
the one designated for her, which hangs above
her. Four hours from the time the work
commenced the two engines were coupled TO
an excursion train filed with the employees of
the shops, and started for Detroit Both tn
gines made the run of 76 miles without heat
ing journal or bearing, and run as smooth
ly and evenly as though they had been in com
mission a month.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18
NO. 3.

flee, he is most benign and showers his di-
vine fayors of health and prosperity all round
him.
Hours pass by. The trembling crowd stand
rooted to the spot. Suddenly the dancer
gives a great bound in the air when he de-
scends he is motionless. The fiendish look
has vanished from his eyes His demonical
laughter is still. He speaks to this and to
that neighbor quietly and reasonably.
He lays aside his garb, washes his face at
the nearest rivulet, and walks soberly home.
u modest, wel-conductcd man.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

Mr. JoHS G. WHITTIER, thanking the Flor.
encc, Mass, Free Congregational Sunday
school for its celebration of his birthday, says
You do not err in your hope that may glad.
ly receive this token of your good will No
difference of religious sentiment can make me
insensible to words of kir lness In the long
struggle of the past have learned to value
above all the orthodoxy of a good and true
life have learned in the same school with
John Woolman to feel no narrowness as to
sects and opinions, to use my own words in
this connection, which you will pardon me for
quoting:
The truths worst foe is he who claims
To act as Gods avenger
And dreams. beyond his sentry beat
The crystal walls in danger.
Who sets for heresy his traps
OF verbal quirk and qubble
And weeds the garden Of the Lord
With Satan's borrowed dibble'
Or course every earnest man would rejoice to
have all men share the faith and hope which
sustain and comfort himself, but this feeling
should be always tempered by the charity
which sutfereth long and is kind"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

The estate of a man in New York who
died about year ago, leaving large bequests
for public charitable institutions, and as he
supposed ample support for son and daugh-
ter, has since shrunk 50 much that the socie-
ties referred to have passed resolutions offer
ing homes to the heirs of the deceased after
their attaining the age of co. if their circum-
stances require such aid.
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22
Fight Over n $1,000 Lawyers
Fee.

The case of Chapman Freeman and
wife against Z. Mercer 6hreve, ESQ.,, a
New Jersey lawyer, wac argued before
the Judges of The Supreme Court yester-
day. The question involved was wheth-
er Judge Thayer, In the court below,
erred in bis charge to the jury in the suit
Of Shreve against the Freemans, in which
he obtained a verdict of 81, ,6s9.40, as the
balance of fee Of 5000 for professional
services rendered for the Freemans in
their claim against the estate Of Isaac b.
Parker, deceased. Shreve bad obtained
an allowance from the New Jersey Chan
cellor Of $3.50 out Of the general fund
for services rendered the estate in gener-
al, and on claim Of the Freemans that
this amount should he deducted from
the $4,000 they were to pay him, the
Judge charged that the allowance made
by the Chancellor ought not to be taken
out of the fee agreed TO be paid by the
Freemans. The decision was reserved.
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22

Gest can pass the Dardanslles. Unlsss
q large British army should be landed
the enhance Of the Russians could not
be prevented. II all Europe is Indifferent
10 the fate of Oonstantinople, will Eng
land, singie-handed, undertake to Keep
back the Russians? This Is extremely
doubtfnl. There never was such b good
opportunity as the present for settling
permanently the Eastern question. It is
to be hoped the Russians win avail them
selves Of 1t, and not leave incomplete
the task which they have undertaken,
The Turks are strangers in Europe. They
have no sympathy with It's civilization OF
Its institutions. The time has come fol
them to retire to Asia.-Phiid. Press.
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22
On to ConstantinopIe.

The Russians will reach Adrianople
in better condition than in 1929, when
Diebitsch entered 1t with only $4,000 of
his original force of $4,000, the greater
part of the remainder having been car
ried off by cholera and plague. They
will now be sufficiently strong to march
on Constantinople and capture it if so
disposed. Never was the Turkish capital
in such defenceless state as now. The
only army of considerable strength that
can be maneuvred for its protection is
that of Suleiman Pasha. 1t is demoral-
lied by repeated reverses, and can hardly
escape being cut in pieces by the enemy,
who are enveloping it on all Sides
Should it be obliged to surrender, there
will remain only mass OF undiselplined
raw recruits, with small body OF veter-
an soldiers, to resist the Russians should
they advance on Constantinople. Such
troops cannot be relied OH, and the more
so as large part of them consist OF the
civic guard, which is made up of different
races. All but the Ottoman portion
prefer the success of the Russians. The
little fighting they might do would be
under constraint, and not from sympa.
the for the cause. They would seize
the first opportunity to throw down theil
arms, and either join the enemy or scat
ter in disorderly flight before them.
| Constantinople is 130 miles from
Adrianople. 1t is connected with it BY
railroad. There are but few points out
side of a range of low hills, ten miles tt
the north of the city, where works o
any strength have been thrown up. They
would require at least 100000 men u
man them. The Russians know th
weak points, and where to assail then
with success. The line can easily b.
broken, as in no place would storminl
force be exposed to the concentrated fir
of many pieces Of cannon. With the as
surance Of an easy conquest of the Turk
lish capital, it is doubtful if the Russian
will, stop short at Adrianople. At st
Petersburg the Emperor is said to hav
declared that though he might not occn
lpy Constantinople, he would enter
with his army, as the Prussians did Par
is. He may get there before the Englisl
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22
R1rs. Dolsfnsse~,e'. Career.
A HUsBANp's' LIPE WRECKED, A PAN
MoUR LYNCnED AND A CHILD MUIR

MOUH LYNChkD AND CHILD MUIR
DERED. 40 faaf3 fsASs AS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1S.--The Hon James
j. Mcbride returned last night from Hills
boro, Mo-, having succeeded, a. counsel
for Miss Rose Bell Rebecca Boltlnghouse
who Is accused Of murder in the first
degree, In procuring q continuance of the
case until the second Moncay In May.
In the summer OF 1874 one Howardwas
arrested In 81. Louis on charge Of steal
ing horses In Jefferson county. It was
supposed that he belonged TO gang of
horse thieves. He was transferred to the
authorities of Jefferson county, who came
up to st. Louis TO get him, As he was
about TO depart, Howard said at the
-Four Courts: "If they get me down there
In their hands they will swing me up to
the first tree they can find." On his ar
rival at franklin be was taken by mob
from the jail, and after being carried to q
beautiful grove q short distance from
town, was tried bya band of masked
men, who pronounced him guilty, and
hanged him from a tree. -,a.f,4.l, N,
The newspaper reporters who went down
to franklin from st. Louis heard that
Howard was guilty also Of murders a child
having Ymysteriously disappeared who
bad been living with him and his para.
mour, Mrs. Eads, beauty who had
wrecked the life of her husband, a we'll
known captain ON the river. About a
lyear afterward II was announced that
Mrs, Eads, who bad In the interval be-
come Mrs. Boltinghouse, had been ar
trested in Platt county on informati on
furnished by Mary Taylsr, the sister o.
the little boy, Lewis Merrill Taylor, who
Is supposed TO have been murdered.
The story told by Mary Taylor is I
strange one. She said that In April 1877
when she was fourteen, her little brother
offended Mrs. Eads by some piece Of dis
obedience, and she took him to,a smok,
shed near the house. Selling an ak,
handle, she best him over the head ant
body until the last spark of life had beer
extiDguished. The body was given intt
Howard's hands and he buried 1t In th'
woods near by. Miss Taylor says sh,
continued TO live with MRS. Boltinghous,
|. for three years afterwards, moving witt
her 10 st. Joseph and st. Louis, am
Then to Camden Point, Platte county
where Mrs. Boltinghouse's father, JohI
Eldridge, cultivated farm. After liv
ing with her for seine time In Platt
county, Miss Taylor removed to the resi-
dence Of a neighboring farmer, name'
Kirtley, to whom she first communicat
5 ed the story above given. i..a ui
Mrs. Boltinghouse's account of the bo
is that she gave him into Howard's han
10 be taken 20 her father's,i in Platte coun
Il lty. 1t Is certain that the boy never ar
! rived there, but her allegation Is tina
a Howard probably took him TO st. Loui
and designedly abandoned nim to what
' ever fate he might happen OH. The sci
evidence against Mrs. BoltinRhouse
the testimony OF Mary Taylor.
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22
From the Philadelphia Times. .,.
MOrtgage-HOlders Gained.
THE COURT PUTS THEM ON THE TRACK
OF RECOVERING THEIR $4,000.


OF RECOVERING THEIR $4,000.
The excited holder> of the $190,00O
worth Of mortgages on the dwellings at
Fifteenth and Columbia avenue, which
we're in danger of being wiped out by the
results ofa recent Sheriff's sale,when they
brought nominal prices, ranging from $50
TO $500 apiece, were relieved OF their
anxiety by the decision of Judge Hare
and Mitchell on Saturday. 1t was
thought that the fine dwellings, valued
at from. $4,000 to $4,000 each, were
sold subject to these claims. But the
purchasers afterwards had show of rea-
son TO believe that they had obtained
them ''for a song" as the question arose
whether the mortgages were not dis
charged after the discovery had been
made that the city's claim for damages
in behalf OF the Monument Cemetery for
the opening of Fifteenth street through
the latter's grounds remained liens upon
the sites of the dwellings. These liens
had been overlooked when the mortgages
were executed, and their existence was
not generally known until after th g
Sheriff's sale. On Saturday the Courl
set the sale aside, an order which is tc
stand provided that by next Wednesday
the city's claims are paid by the mort>
gage-holaers. The latter have signified
willingness to pay them. The dwelling
will again be put up for sale, but the
| 100000 claimants can cow protect thei
interests and bid them up to cover wha
they hold against them.
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22

The Best quality pf MEDICINES
AT WILLIAMS
rHE MOST RELIABLE PROPRIETARY
MEDICINES,
At Ninth and Market.
Choice PERFUMERY COLoGNES, &c.
AT WILLIAMS'
A fine assortment of HAIR, TOOTH, and
NAIL BRUSHES,
At Ninth and Market.
A Glass OF ICE COLD ARCTIC SODA
WATER,
AT WILLIAMS
Choice ceFLAvORINGE q EXTRA CTS, ,strons
and Pure,
At Ninth and Market.
A Good KEY WEST or DOMESTIC
CIGAR,
AT WILLIAMS
Fine AMERICAN q IMPORTED SOAPS
AtNinth and Market.
SECT the best" WILLIAMS SAPONA-
CEOUS pENTIFRICE.
AT WILLIAMS
Ctoice Goods, Accurdcy IN dispensing, dat
Reasonable Prices.
WILLIAMS PRESCRIPTION STORE
Corner Ninth and Market.
The daily gazette., 1878-01-22
EOIAL NOTICES.
X unk els Bitter
Wine Of Iron.

|yer been known TO fall In the cure
hess, attended with symptoms, in
On TO exertiOn, loss OF memory,
b OF breathing, general weakness.
disease, weak nervous, trembling,
horror OF death, night sweats cold
Rkness, dimness of vision, languor,
al lassitude OF the muscular sys-
normous appetite, with dyspeptic
not hands, flushing OF the body,
OF the skin ,Dallid countenauce and
ns on the face, purifying the blood,
tne back, heaviness OF the eyelids,
u black spots flying before the eyes.
npOrary suffusion and loss OF sight;
attention. etc. These symptoms
e from weakness, and TO remedy
Pc Il, II. Kunkel's Bitter Wine Of
~ never falls. Thousands are now
Pg health who have used IL. Get the
n; Sold only In 81 bottles. Take
+. Kunkel's.
Ior Kunkel's Bitter Wine OF Iron
fuly valuable tonic has been SO
sniy tested by all classes OF the COM
4 that IL Is now deemed indispensa-
"a ionic medicine. IL costs but little.
the blood, and gives tone TO ii e
~, rehovates the system and pro-
only ask a trial OF this valuable
rriee only II per bottle. L. r,
Ell, Sole Proprietor, No. 259 North
ftreet, below Vine, Phila., Pa. Ask
hkePs Bitter Wine oil Iron, and take
tr, A photograph of the proprietor
wrapper; all others are Counter
re OF counterfeits. Do not let your
se II you any but Kunkel's, which
T. only as above represented. You
siA bottles for So. ALI a. k is one