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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

A REMARKABLE FEAT OF RAILROAD BUILD
ING will be the line from Portland TO Dalles,
Or, when it is finished Much of the road
way must be blasted in the flinty face Of lofty
precipices, or drilled through no less unyield-
ing rock, and every foot is a struggle with
nature. About ten miles below Dalles is a
bluff of basaltic rock, rising abruptly 800 feet
from the Columbia river, along whose side
the road is to pass. Men, suspended by ropes
100 feet over this wall drill and blast the sol
Id rock, their work being attended by great
danger. The largest blast on the line thus
far has been at point ten miles above the
cascades, mass of rock lG5 feet high 40
wide and 20 thick at the base, containing more
than 40, 900 cubic yards, being removed by
the explosion of 10000 pounds of Judson
powder, equal in force to 10000 of black
Three tunnels from 800 to $50 feet long, are
now being drilled, steam or compressed air
being used in the work. At two points new
and phenomenal difficulty is encountered, the
mountain settling or sliding into the river at
the rate of about II inches a year; and this
trouble will not cease with the finishing of the
road. In other places the mountain-side is
covered with small broken stones, which slip
with every movement below, and walls of
heavy rock have TO be built high up on the
cliff to check the descent Trestle-work and
bridges will also have TO be erected along the
line. The maximum grade is 2G feet TO the
mile, and there is hardly mile of straight
track at a stretch. Notwithstanding these
difficulties and the fact that the road was To-
Gated only year ago, the Oregon railway and
navigation company expect to have the line
of SO miles finished this year. 1t will cost
SO, GOO, O00 or nearly $42, 900 a mile.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

A tree full of birds was struck by lightning
at Owensboro', KY, and $50 of them killed.
The Fortnightly Review says that one
fortieth of the population of Sweden has
booked" passage TO New York
"A polished Scotch granite sarcophagus,
nearly nine feet in height has been placed
upon the grave of Gen. Joseph Hooker in
Spring Grove cemetery, Cincinnati
1t is said that De Lesseps' latest engineer
ing project is the makingOf an artificial lake
to the north of the great desert of Sahara.
The object is to interpose a barrier for the
protection Of the French possessions in Tu-
mis- and Algeria.
"A great country is the United States.
Notwithstanding the arrival of more than
6OO 900 immigrants the past year, the labor
bureau at Castle Garden is wholly unable 10
supply the demand for laborers. Last week
there was q shortage of 800 men with the
minimum wages of 81. 25per day and the max
imum of $75 per month offered.
-AKentucky woman talking was
quito good account the other day. Her naugh-
ty husband had been arrested and confined for
a couple of days, but before going 10 jail
wanted 10 arrange matters with the "old wO-
man." The guard stood outside the door
while the conversation was carried on, the
woman's tongue running like trip-hammer
at high water After an hour or so they got
tired of waiting and entered the room to find
that their prisoner had fed. The wicked
creature had been carrying on g mock conver-
sation with herself.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
Miscellany.


take all sorrows from the sorrovful,
And teach the joyful what II is 10 Joys
gather In my land-lOcked harbor's clasp
The shattered vessels Of vexed world;
And even the tiniest ripple upon Life
Is, TO my sublime calm as tropic storm.
When other leechcraft fails the breaking brain,
only own the anodyne TO still
It's eddies into visionless repoael
The face, distorted with Life's latest pang,
l smooth In passing with an angel-wing,
And from beneath the quiet eyelids steal
The hidden glory Of the eyes, to give
new and nobler beauty to the rest.
Belle me notl The plaques that walk the earth,
The wasting pain, the sudden agony,
Famine, and War, and Pestilence aud all
The terrors that have darkened round my name
These are the plaques Of Life; they are not mine
Vex while tarry, vanish when / come,
Instantly melting into perfect peace
As at His word, whose master-spirit am,
The troubled waters slept on Galilee.
When withdraw the veil which hides my face
30 melt /, with look, the iron bonds
OF the souls jailer, hard Mortality.
Gently-so gently-like tired child,
viii enfold thee; but thou canst not look
Upon my face and stay. In the busy haunts
OF human lfe-in the temple and the street,
And when the blood runs fullest IN the veins
Unseen, undreamed Of, am often by,
Divided from the giant in his strength
But by the thickness Of this misty veil.
Tender am, not cruel, when take
The shape most hard 10 human eyes and pluck
The little baby-blossom yet unbown.
'Tis but to graft It on a kindlier stem,
And, leaping DER the perilous years Of growth,
Unswept Of sorrow and unscathed Of wrong,
Cl0the II at once with rich maturity.
'TlsI that give a soul 10 Memory;
For round the follies Of the bad throw
The mantle Of a kind forgetfuluess,
While, canonized in dear loves calendar,
! sanctify the good for evermore.
Miscall me nOti Ny generous fulness lends
Home to the homeless; to the friendless, friends;
To the starved babe, the mothers tender breast;
Wealth to the poor, and to the restess-rest.
Herman c. Merfvaie in the Spectator.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
Summer
Complaints

At this season, various diseases Of the
bowels are prevalent, and many iircs are
lost through lack Of knowledge of a safe
and sure remedy. PERRY DAVIS PAIN
KILLER Is a sure cure for DiarrhWa, Dys-
entery, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Summer
Complaint, etc., and is paJectiy safe.
Read the following:
BAtNBHIpoK y. Y, March 81 ISL
lERHY DAVIS PAlS killer Hsr'r fdfis 20 dfOrd
"HH"' Ff''H Tor criinp ana pain m the stomach.
JOSEPH BunDIrT.
NIcHoLyILLE n. l., Feb >, ISL.
~, Ihe rsTy ss,i medicine know Of ior dyscntery,
uaed II for years, and 1t IS sa'e cess every time.
MoIsGosl. Iowa March Mare l2. 'i,i issl.
have used your Pans KILLER IN severe cases Of
cnmp, collie ana cholera Inoib bus and gave almost
p.,......... CAPSEsyILLT; Ga, Feb ., lssl.
cmnphinls mud II aitnys Would not feel safe
"''H''' o'''i' HI '' h57 ssco. Me- Jan 3 3. iHJf iI
Hayc gsed pEGRY DAVIS PAIs KILLER Tor twelve
should allow it e b out Of the family N' l'''i'r
Oneida. N.Y.,feb. fit hsfsi i. III
aMsys 9siS@ 3a sns GsfF ef e Ss3S b S1S 4
l" 20 10 bed without bottle IN the hopse
CoSwAYnoRo. s G., Feb y, issl.
g., N&Sariy YEA every family III this section kegs bottle
III tle muse n q O.. On j. MORTON.
CREFELD, RHRsGsn PHUssfA Feb g. ISL
have known PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER almost
from the day 1t was mtrud uced and after years of
observation and use | n gard its presence in my
household as IN iRiispeasGbis nscessiig
s. POTTER, q. S Consul.
BURTON ON -TREST. ESQ.
Il had been several days suffering severely from
diarrlda, ACCOMPANIED with intense pain, when
tried your PAIN kILLEn, and found alnost instant
relief. II j. NooSE
q MoSTAGUE ST, IONDoE, ESQ.
During residence of twenty-three years In India
! have given II in many cases of diarThRa, dyFen.
teFy and cholera, and never knew 4 g fail to give
relief H. CLARIDGE.
No family can safely be without this
invaluable remedy. It's price brings il
within the reach of all.
For sale by all druggists at 25c., 5Oc.
and Sl.00 per bottle.
PERRY DAVIS & son, Proprietors,
Providence, II. /.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

The skill and precision with which the op-
erations of the United States mints are con
Quoted are we'll illustrated by the yearly de-
crease in the percentage of waste for which
an allowance is made by the government.
Mr.. MeGinnis, chief-engineer of the Phila-
delphia Mint, has Just had cleaned small
sewer which carries of the drainage from the
roof and boilers. The filth which it contain
ed was first dried, then pulyerized, then put
through the washing machines and finally the
gold and silver were removed from il by
mercury. The amount of bullion thus recov-
cred is worth only $l43. S5, whereas when the
same sewer was last cleaned, nineteen years
ago, gold and silver waste worth $21, 900 was
found in it. The precious particles escape
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

WHEN STEPHEN GIRARD died, fifty years
ago, he little thought of the magnitude to
which his bequest for the foundation of
college for orphans would grow. The college
contains 1000, and accommodation for still
more is in course of construction. Its finances
have been managed with the greatest fidelity
and judgment, and its gross revenue for 1880
was 1886, 1853. The real estate he left to the
college, especially the coal mines, has in
creased in value beyond all expectation. His
tory furnishes no example of college whose
success has been so great. 1t was opened for
the reception of pupils in ls4S. The build
ings thus far have cost about 50, 900, 600, the
main one, in the form of Corinthian tenn
pie, being l69 feet long, Ill feet wide, 97
feet high, and is said to be the finest speci-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
Correspondence of The PHGNrx.
-. Paul's Church.

~. Paurs Church.
NEW YoRK, July IS, 1881.
Why l commence this letter with the fol-
lowing ballad will appear further on:
"At st. Paul's, by the Astor, down in Broadway,
There eshrouds for the dead and flowers for the gay
A jolly old place for beggars and poets,
A place to shine boots, place to buy billets."
had just returned from visiting old st.
Paul's in London, whon passing its namesake
in New York, was struck with the similar
surroundings of each structure. The former
is oil feet in length and 203 feet in width; in
one of its towers, at the height Of 225 feet, is
the famous bell, ten feet in diameter, and in
its crypts are preserved a museum Of English
history. Each Of these historic buildings is
located in the old and crowded thoroughfares
of their respective cities. Both are surround
ed by high iron fences, upon which INDECENT
vendors hang boot-laces, cheap jewelry, bou-
quets Of pretty flowers, and an untold num-
Der of sheets Of popular poetry, among which
was the verse above quoted. One of the last
things which had purchased from of the
London st. Paul Church yard fence was
ballad commencing:
"a good woman is Victoria,
Children nine had Castoria, ETC.
/ had never doubted that Queen Victoria was
a good housekeeper and wise mother, aud
was not at the time overwhelmed with this
compliment to her maternal affection. In
vesting, by way of comparison, in some of
the ballads from the fence surrounding the
junior Apostle in New York, l read
'If q man who turnips cries.
Cries not when his father dies,
It's proof that he would rather
Have turnip than father"
Judge of my surprise on reading No. .,
headed:
nABIEs MAUNEE.
Potatoes they grew small,
And they ate them tops aud all
In Maumee.
The babies kicked and squalled,
And mothers spanked them all
In Maumee.
Castoria's cured them ali,
No babies now that baWl
In Maumeen
There were more Of the same sort, and, in
the innocent manner known only to cores.
pondents, l inquired what this thing meant
My attention being directed across the street,
there beheld in immense letters, covering
the entire front of a fve-story brown stone
warehouse, the word CASTORIA, announcing
that here, under the very shadow of holy St
Pauls steeple, and by the side of its sepultur-
ed dead, is the mothers paradise and the
headquarters of the energetic proprietors
whose baby medicine" is said to have cured
the gripes Of half the children on two conti-
nents. felt as If l had the collie or was cut
ting my wisdom teeth, for, laughing in spite
Of myself, still read
at is fact, there is no may be-
mothers milk can't save the baby,
While sweet Castoria digests their food,
Gives them health, and makes them good"
The great bridge across the East river to
Brooklyn is now fnished-that is, nearly fin
ished-I mean is expected to be finished in
five or ten years more, if the money holds
out TUBAL TATTLER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
AsH-ToNIC
A Perfected Purifier of tho system.

A Perfected Purifier of tho System.
ToSIc.- Increasing The strength, o5riatiag The
WEBSTER.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms of Liver Com
plaint, Impure and Impoverished
Blood, and Functional Deranee-
ments attendant upon Debility, and
for Building up the weak, ASH
Tonic Is doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lb. bottles, 10 cents; Six bottles,
81. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymen, who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with not
exceeding six bottles, at One-haIf
the retail price, money to accom-
pany the order. Sold by Druggists,
and by d. b. Dewey x Co, 20 Dey
St, N. Y.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Iiniiment.

The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. 1t
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
1t heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISM,
Sciatfca, LumbaSO, ScaIds.
Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell.
1ngs, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Calls, and
Lamencss from any cause. Su(-
ferers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, EruptiOns, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords. Neu-
ralgia, Palsy or dislocated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saving. that
CENTAUR IMMINENT
brings relief when all other Lini-
ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca.
lions have failed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
THE MILK PROBLEM. +"

'efsey cows that can be found In Windham county,
'uu can therefore furnish the best milk that put
pon The market, will supply all responsible customers
~, 'he old price Of cents per quart. will also
Se'er milk to my customers morning or evening" or
10th, as they prefer.
5ltf l. q NEWTON
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
SEWING MACHINES
OF ALL KINDS
CLEANED, ADJUSTED 6 REPAIRED.
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENcRAVINcS,
CHRoMos

Picture Frames Of every conceivable kind. Also
frames made to order Also a fine assortment Of Vel
vet Frames Cabinet Photo Frames, etc, etc.
hne stock u Stationery, Pens, Ink, Pencils etc
wedding aud Visiting CARDS engraved or printed 10
order. Business Stationery of all kinds--printing
done to order.
My store is connected with the DIattleboro Tele-
phone Exchange, and customers ON the line Of the
telephone can send in orders free Of charge.
Remember the place
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Wy l.. BEMIS, House and Sign Painter, or
w namental and Freseo Painting Graining, Kal
snmining Paper Hanging, etc.
lyg Green Street. EEattleboro. VI.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06
ARare Proof If Devotion.

About month ago F. A.. Learott, Of
Oakland, an engineer in the employ OF
the Central Pacific railroad company,
and stationed in Arizona, was serious
ly scalded by the overturning Of his
locomotive, and one Of his legs was so
badly injured that the flesh fell away.
The attending physician told him that
if his friends would each contribute a
small piece Of flesh they could repair
the limb and restore it to its own use
fulness. The statement was widely cir
culated and twenty EIGHT OF his fellow
workmen volunteered and bravely barred
their limbs to the surgeons knife. Ehe
transportation of flesh was seccessful-
ly made, and to-day the leg looks al.
most as natural as does the uninjured
member. The heroic act of the men
was duly rewarded. The railroad com.
pany hearing Of the case, leave Of
absence was given and two months ex-
ira pay was ordered paid to each OF the
men. Mr.. Learett is now at his home,
No. 8O3 Peralta street, and is rapidly
recovering.-San Francisco Chrom-
iCle. A.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06
TEXAS STEW.

Did you ever hear Of drouth,
A regular Texas stsw'
No, then I'll invoke my painting muse
And issue verse or two.
Thermometer ninety and nine,
One hundred degrees at four;
And ninety again at nine p. NJ,
For . full month or more
So hot that You fall asleep
Over the nows by mail
A cow can't low or q chicken crow,
Or watch dog wsg his tail.
So hot that men don't speak
In . hesithy, natural tone,
But greet as they meet on the street
with scarcely an audible groau'
A staggering rooster reels
After . sun.struck fly,
A hog just winks ut an ear Of corn
Which chanses to lie near by.
Not drop Of dew by night
3 Nor . drop Of rain by day;
The wells and cistern going dry,
And the creeks have run away.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06

Letitias and nsskly asksd leave 70
look at the animals who had committed
the trespass. He would have done Il
without asking leave. only that thrifty
Miss Letitia always shut her barn doors
at night. f
While he stood looking over into the
pens whore the COWS were confined,
and trying to negotiate with Miss Lett
tia for the release Of the heifer. along
came Mr.. Small in quest Of his Brindle.
The two men stared at each other in
blank dismay, then hung their heads
in confusion.
II was useless to assert that the dam.
ages were too high, for had they not
fixed it thsmselvesP It was useless to
plead that Miss Letitia was in man.
ner responsible for what had happen
ed, on account Of the open gate, for
had they not assured her that that cir
cumstance did not alter the case? II
was useless to say she had no right to
keep the COWS in custody, for had they
not counseled her to do soi As to going
to law about it. would they not become
the sport of the whole town.
ale that diggeth pit, he himself
shall fall into it," said Miss Letitia,
who read what was passing in their
minds as we'll as il the had spoken, for
the light of Isaac's lantern fell full on
their faces. However, on one condi-
ton will free the COWS and forgive
the debt"
aWhat is that?" both thought the
question but did not ask it. h
lathe condition is that you promise
to put new fence in place Of the old
one that separates your estates. divid-
ling the cost between you, and that
henceforth you will live together peace
fully, so far as in you lies. Do you
promlse| .aa q
q Yes" muttered both, in voice
scarcely audible.
sShake hands upon it, then" said
Miss Letitia.
They did so. 90 aa tiitasG g
"Now elet, the cows out, Isaac; It'll
time they were MIXED" said she.
| And the men went away, driving
their COWS before them, with shame
faced air, greatly in contrast to the
look of triumph with wieth they had
before quilted her presence.
The fence was built and the strife
ceased when the cause was removed
but it was long before Miss Letitia'l
part in the affairs came to the public
ear, for she herself maintained stric
silence concerning it, and she enjoinet
the same upon her man servant, Isaac
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-06

The estate of a rich man is hallowed
ground to the lawyers and they will
travel for miles to prey upon it.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31
NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.

nARTIFs DESIRING PASSAGE TO RAIL
WAY Stations will please procure ticket
at the jackson House, or at the Fashion Stables
and leave orders TO be called.
W. II. SWEENEY & co.,
Bus Proprietors.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31

AMERICAN LABOR UNION.
rTvHF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE
i American Labor Union Will De held st
each week Any person desiring information
In regard to the Union. can obtain the same by
applying to the Secretary. at Armory Hall, be-
tween the hours of and ocleck ?. n, daily
A. O. BISHOP. President.
A. NJ. CAMPBELL, Secretary. aplf.n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31

ALPHA LODGE NO. 1, A. o. U. w.
NrEErs AT THE FOLEY AND RICHARD
M building every Tuesday evening Ct
O'Clock. Sojourning brethren IN good stanoins
are invited to attend.
Examining Physicisns DIR. M. Rockman and
DR.. @. II. Thoms. -
l. @. O. WHrrMoRE, Recorder
Eureka Iulv %. 1asn. jy2s-h
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31
Turn Out Your Stock,

DETE MAGLAY WILL RANCH HORSES
and cattle at reasonable fgure by the
month, at his Antelope Springs ranch. 1t is q
good winter range. and will take stock from
town every two weeks, returning them when
desired. oiS-u
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31

EUREKA LODGE. NO. I6. r. Il A. M.
vTvHE STATED COMMUNICATIONS OF EU.
reka Lodge, No. 1e, r. A. NJ. will be
held In Odd Fellews' Hall Saturday, on or be-
fore the full moon.
Members Of sister lodges, and sotournine
brethren in good standing. are cordially invit
ed to attend. EVAN JONES, W. M
ALEX. D. ROCK. Secretary.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31
SOCIETIES.

ST. JOHNS CHAPTER. NO. 8.
YTNHE STATED ooNvoCATIoNs OF ST.
Il Johns Chapter, No. s. R. A. NJ, will be
held at Masonic hail. on the Saturday next sue
ceeding the pale Of the moon in each month.
All Royal Arch Nssons, in good standing, are
cordially invited to attend.
A. L. FITZGERALD, Il. p.
A. D. ROCK, Secretary.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31

BULLION ENCAMPMENT NO. 10.
L. q. o. f.,
HOLDS REGULAR SESSIONS ON THE
H First and Third MONDAYS OF each
month, at IN O'Clock. p. NJ, In the Foley.
Richards Building.
Sojourning Patriarchs are invited 10 attend.
SD. HENRY, O. p.
r. NJ. HErrMAN, Scribe. mrlotf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31

CE IN con per day z h at home, as,.asa Samples spi
SON L Co., Portland. Maine.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31

NEEET, EVERY FIRST AND THIRD SAT.
NI urday of each month. at their hall,
corner CLARK and Edwards streets, at T:S0
O'clock. THOs. MURPHY, President.
PATRICK HANNoN. Secretary.
Eureka. July 10. 1880. jy2o-u
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31
NOTICE

n NJ. PARIS HAS PURCHASED THE IN.
W. terest of Frank Doutrick in the mercan.
tile firm Of T. r. Hutchinson 4 Co. Mr.. Paris
will be the resident partner of the firm in this
place. 7. r. HUTCHINSON 90.
Eureka. Dec. 8, 1880. dAh