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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-06
How some Famous Mines were DIscOv-
ered--.the Alaskan Gold Fever.

In 1868, says q San Francisco paper, a Sho-
shOne Indian, in consideration of a square
meal and bottle of whiskey, guided John
Turner, Applegarth and others to the sum-
NIT OF treasure hill, in the White Pine dis
trict, and there unfolded to their gaze the
riches of the Eberbardt mine. Some of this
ore was so rich that nail could be driven in
to it as into a bar of lead. From chamber in
this mine big enough to turn a stage coach
and horses around in over So, 600, 600 was eX-
tracted The Indian has been an important
factor in mine discoveries, both in South
America and on our own continent. The
great wealth Of Tabor, the millionaire miner
Of Colorado, arose from Sl75 worth of
grub" furnished by him to come Leadvlle
miners. These men discovered the celebrat-
cd Little Pittsburg, Chrysolite and other
mines, and brought into prominence a camp
which has added nearly SlOO,O 600 to the
worlds wealth since 1879. In 1879 George
d. Robinson was storekeeper in Leadvile,
with n stock of goods valued at about 5000
One day he GRUB -staked" miner with $50
worth of provisions. The prospector sailed
forth and soon afterward discovered the cele-
brated Robinson mine of the Ten Mile dis
trict utar Leadville, and Robinson realized
- 900, 900 by his trihing investment of the
sum of $50.
over to the red and ruthless Apache, and was
supposed to be deficient in mineral wealth
But daring miner, Edward Schiefelin, pen
etrated the region and brought out the news
Of good ore and plenty Of it, His sole cap
ital was $50 but to-day he is a millionaire
His spirit is, however, unsubdued, and, sigh
ing like Alexander for other worlds to con.
quer, he has sailed to the Arctic, and has
there discovered rich diggings on the head Of
the Yukon river. Alaska will receive thor
ough exploration this summer. As soon as
the country is released from the icy embrace
of winter, the adventurous miners and pros
pectors will strike a bee-line for the new
country. Rock of almost fabulous wealth is
exhibited in this city, coming from Alaska,
and stories are told of ledges 100 feet wide
full Of free gold. Who knows but Hum
boldt's prophecy, that in the north the great
matrix of gold is to be found, may be veri-
fled this year Certain it is that the mines
Of Siberia have yielded an average os $22, =
900, OOO year for the last 20 years, and their
product is greater now than ever.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-06
NO. Ia.

the sovereigns of the soil, and also to whales,
the monarchs Of the deep.
Such superstitions are unlike those current
among Europeans, but are not more prepos-
ferrous than such ideas as the tranformation
Of barnacles into geese, the raining down of
toads or the conversion of q horse hair into a
snake-the last double confusion, since the
elongated thread-worm, G0rdius, is not much
like a snake and has never been found in a
horses hair An old writer explained the
disappearance of swallows by the assertion
that they rolled themselves into mass beak
to beak and wing to wing, and plunged into
rivers and lakes, there to remain till spring.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-06
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD.

nO a51eI ssP 3D. vii vi
Eisssa=ssssse47 sS7 fa1i leave BRArTLEBoRO for all
-ponts North at u 80 a. N .,
6 100 and 10 :20p pm.
The 1920 p. IN. train is express for Montrea via
White River JunctOn) with sleeping car attached.
The 10:30a. m. train is mail train for Montpelier,
st. Adams, Rutland, Burlington Montreal the Pas.
sumpsc road and the White Mountains.
The 800 p. u. train is mail train for White River
Junction and Rutland.
Trains leave BELLOWS FALLS for the South, con-
meeting with the Connecticut River line at Bratebo-
ro, as follows: Montreal express train at $50 a. IN
mail and accommodation, 40 q. m. afternoon e1-
press, 4:00p.
The $3.50 a. m. train arrives in New York at IL 100
IN. 4; the 9;lO a. IN, train at 8: :45 p.
Anthese trRins make close connection with Boston
AlbanyR. R., both east and west Of Springfield
90 j. J.MULLIGAN, Superintendent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-06
FISTULA e. PILES

Cured without use Of the Knife.
WILLIAM READ IN. D., Harvard, l842) and ROB
RRT M. READ On. D., Harvard, 1870, Al sum m q 4
Street, Boston, give special attention to the
treatment Of EIhTULA, PILES, AN - ALL
DISEASES OF THE HECTUM, without
detention from business. Abundant references given.
Pamphlets sent on application, lyJ
once Hours-l2 10 4 O'Clock p 4, Except sundayHl.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-06

asked a man from Alexandria that curl
Gus old town, once a part of the District of
Columbia but now sleeping on the Potomac
five miles away from the district line-wheth-
er his town contained any old people.
Thousands" he said quickly. "Who was
the oldest ?" jackson, the fellow who shot
young Ellsworth, the zouave. Knew him
well. Very eccentric fellow. Cut down the
first federal flag unfurled in Virginia during
the war times. 1t was some months before
hostilites broke out aud down at Occoquan,
Just below Alexandria, among some Aboli-
tionsts, who had lived on Occoquan creek
for many years, and maintained their princi-
pies right in the midst of a hostile communi.
ty. respected them for it, because I be-
lieved them to be sincere But they were al.
ways thorn in the side Of most OF the men
around them. When war was imminent these
men held a meeting aud planted a pole with
the Union flag at the top as an evidence Of
their attachment to the federal government.
When jackson heard of it he swore like Kei-
fer for five minutes, and then he got a crowd
of loafers together, and went down to Deco
guam. He cut the federal pole down with his
own hands. and announced grmly that he
would split the poll of any man who put 1t in
place again. Then he marched his men back
to Alexandra, and they drank all night in
honor of their achievement. Oh, l remem.
Der him very well-him and his picked ears 4"
''What his own ears z" mo, his enemy's.
He cut them of with a sharp knife and put
them in pickle | remember them standing in
the front window of his hotelin an old fashion
ed thick glass bottle Oh, he was terror, was
Jackson, and it did not surprise me when he
shot Ellsworth. But it panied me and every
body else in Alexandria except few hot
heads"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-06
FITGHBURG RAILROAD.
HOOsAC TUNNEL ROUTE.

Runs Sundays; omitted Mondays.
The trains arriving in Boston at :05 am :55 $50
p. and the trains leaving Boston at 30a 100
and $500 pm, are through trains with through
sleeping or drawng-room cars to and from the West
via Ho Tunnel.
General once Hoosac Tunne Route, $50 Washington
Street, Boston. JOHN ADAMS, Genl Sup't
+. K.TUREER, Ass'tSupt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-09
UDELL & SON
CALCIMINE RS,

In Plain, White or Tints.
PL A STE Rim G
Crate Setting, chimney Topping, Cis-
trns and Filters Built and Repaired, etc.
White Washing and General Job5ing
Shop and Office, North side of Eirst
South Street, opposite Continental Hotel.
in Mo1ris' old Paint Shop.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-09

SHILOH'S VTTALIZFR Is what
you need for Constipation, Loss of
Appetite. Dizziness and all symp-
toms OF Dyspepsia Price l0c. and
!bc per bottle. Se.9 ~ e g Nj
Sszs ssess 90
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-13
Youths Department.
PUNCH AND TIE SERIOUS LIT
TIE BOY


There was once a serious little boy.
Who never smiled. and who rarely spoke;
Arithmetic was his only joy,
And he could not be made to take joke.
II ever any one chanced to read
Or tell him n Joke, in accents chilly,
To an older person he said: Indeed
To a younger person: That Is silly
1t happened one day. when he went to school,
That his tender mother wrapped up his
Though such was not her general rule
In a leaf from a recent number of Funch.
When noontimc came. and he spread il out
The picture attracted his notice ut once;
And he said, with scorn beyond doubt
There are people who like to play the
duncc"'
Now, what this picture was, my dcars,
! would gladly tell you if knew,
For should not be troubled by any fears
That what happened TO him might happen
TO you.
He read the ioke-'twas a brand,new ioke--i
And then for n minute sat perfectly still:
Then he went as it he were going to choke,
And said, with an effort: That Is sill
a violent chuckle stopped him here;
He did not know what to make of it.
He said to himself: "Ihis is very queer
L wonder if it can be tity
"The sensation is singular and new.
l can not be laughing; I've too much
sense"
Once more Il chuckle shook him all through,
And he tumbled abruptly OH the fence.
He had never laughed in his life before;
He was Just eleven years old, and so
When he tried to stop he laughed the more,
For he'd all that time to make up, you
know.
His mother CHANGED to be passing by;
She was sensible, rs well as kind, nj.
q a. N n IN ~ Il .a-N
But showed at once her presence of mind.
She leaned him up against the fence
For to stand alone he was quite unable
She put MIN through pounds, shillings and
pence,
And then the multiplication table.
By the time he had got to ten times ten,
lie had almost recovered his self-command;
He was only smiling little then,
Ana by twelve times twelve he was able to
stand.
But his mother was fully convinced that day
Inat 1t $ sai' to laugh as one goes along,
For If it accuIrIlates in this way
1t Acquires u force that is terribly strong.
So now she keeps telling him little jokes,
And he's learned an almost agreeable
smile
He may some day laugh, as do other folks,
But she can not expect that yet awhile.
The moral is plain to be seen, of course
We should all learn laughing while we are
SMALL
If we don't it may come with alarming force
Or-mOre dreadful still--never come at all.
-umDdret ldndegUt, "a ST. Nicholas.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-13
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A society miss makes hit if her
father is rich.-N. o. Picayune.
-Remember that however things
may seem. no evil thing is success, and
no good thing is failure.-The House
AoH
The young men who are on the
lookout for "a soft place," through dis
like for honest hard work, can find one
under tLejr hats. Boston Herald,
Man man spols good fortune by
grumbling because it is not better
God sends the corn, but the devil
makes hole in the sack.--N. y
Herald.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold, but
he whose thought embraces all his sub
iect, who pursues it uninterruptedly and
fearless OF consequences, is a diamond
of enormous size.-LGUatcr.
-"What do you mean. you rascal,
by spilling my coffee all over me?"
shouted an enraged passenger. "Never
mind, sir!' protested the waiter; cpl
get you some more, sir ~ Y. hide
pendent.
There are two or three dozen diff
ferent ways of spelling Shakespeare
name. and if you begin with a capital S,
and run in about q dozen letters, you
are sure to strike one of them. Norris
torn Herald.
Trouble in the Ramsbotham family:
- nearly quarreled with him. said
Mrs. Ramsbotham. 81 felt inclined to
say with Shakespeare Cry haddock
and let slip the hogs of war. Ion
don Pat11ch.
-" What is that mans name who is
talking so loud" said customer of a
beer saloon to the Teutonic proprietor.
81 don know vat hees name vas" said
Hans, "but hees peesness vas q dead
peat. Boston Bulletin.
In Boston; Ma, | really think l
shall marry Mr.. Perkins" "Wcll, my
dear, if you must, you must, | sup
pose - cahn't see, ma, why you
should object. Mr. Perkins is rich; he
is actually a narobert, ma" "a what,
my dearg" "A narobert, ma; you
wouldn't have me make use of that
vulgar word nabob, would you, map"
-LouiSUiHe COurier-JOurnGl.
"A distracted dude stood on the
corner of Broadway and Courtlandt
streets this morning, gazing anXiously
around. He didn't remember where
he intended to go, and had forgotten
where he came from. A policeman
kindly took him in charge and led him
TO the station-house, where he was put
in pigeon-hole of the desk and la
belcd; to be delivered when called
Tor. IN \. Commercial.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-13
+" He Struck Me First.

Secretary Lincoln has enough of his
fathers nature to enable him to make
good stories and to tell them well,
When he was in Chicago with President
Arthur he, with number of other gen
tlemen, was enjoying an after-dinner
chat, when he told this story illustrative
OF the craze in Chicago for entering the
plea of self-defense: Three men quar-.
relied in u room above saloon, where
one of them fell dead from heart dis
ease. The others were fearful that they
would be charged with murder, so one
went TO the saloon and cnticed the bar
tender out while the other carried the
corpse down and placed it in a chair
with its head on Il table as ii sleeping
oil Il drunk. When the bartender re-
turned two men took a drink, saying
the drunken man in the chair would
pay for it, ana went away. The bar
tender soon shook his customer and de-
manded his pay. The corpse fell over
on the floor, and rs the bartender
stood trembling with fear the two men
returned with an officer The lar
tender, anticipating his arrest, quickly
said; He struck me first - Chicago
NJ t0S,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

~ writer IN the fTubf1e FUf1neT,
after extended experiments, is con-
vinced that whcat is generally sown too
deep.
The advantages of having early-ma-
turing corn have never been so well
demonstrated as this year. Bear it in
mind in saving seed for next year.-Er-
change.
--IIickory-nut cream cake is made OF
two teacups of sugar, half a cup of but
ter, one cup of thin cream, three and n
half cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder mixed with the dry
flour, three eggs, the whites and yelks
heated separately, and one large cupful
of the hickory nuts chopped or broken
in small bits. " y. Post.
An agricultural writer has found
salt sprnkled on u manure heap an eX-
cellent application both for summer and
winter. He saws Z" In warm weather
it attracts moisture and keeps the ma
nure from fire-fanging or burning from
excessive fermentation. In winter it
keeps the heap from freezing solid, and
at any season it makes the manure more
soluble
Chicken Fritters: Cut cold roasted
or boiled chicken in small pieces, and
place in an earthen dish. Season well
with salt, pepper and the juice of a
fresh lemon. Let the meat stand one
hour; then make fritter batter. and
stir the pieces into it. Drop, by the
spoonful, into boiling fat, and fry till n
light brown. Drain and serve imme-
diately. Any kind of cold meat, if
tender, can be used in this way.-M. y
Times.
Jenny Lind Pudding: Peel ten or
twelve good tart apples and slice them
very thin, or chop fine; CRATE several
thick slices of dry bread, or rub them
through a colander; place in Il pudding
dish, well-buttered, layer of apple,
with plenty of sugar and grated lemon
peel, or powdered cassia; then layer
OF b,ead crumbs, with bits of butter
scattered all over it; fill up the dish in
this way, and bake for three-quarters of
an hour; serve with whipped cream
The household.
"A favOrlte way to cook potatoes
now is to boil them in their jackets I'M
til they are tender, and then dry them
OIL in hot oven. Sweet potatoes are
excellent also cooked in this way. OF
course care must be taken to remove
the potatoes from the boiling water us
soon as they are tender. There is no
vegetable that gains more by being pre-
pared with due attention than the po-
tato, and the difference between Il soggy,
water-soaked potato and one that is
properly cooked is greater than many
women seem to know. Chicago
Journal
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-13
Feed Versus Phosphate.

A ton of phosphate costs from $40 TO
$40. When applied to a crop it may
or may not improve it. Its beneficial
effect, taking the average of phos-
pilates, does not last more than year.
Now. if this same amount of money
should be invested in lnsccd oil meal,
half a ton costing S14, and the bal
ance in buckwheat bran costing S18 a
ton, there would be 3,444 pounds of the
latter to mix with the oil meal, which
would be good proportion for feeding
any kind of stock for any purpose. My
line of experience and philosophy
teaches me that it is far better policy
for farmer to buy extra feed and give
his stock the benefit OF it, than to ex-
pend the same amount of money, or
any money, in purchasing at eXorbitapt
prices chemical compounds about
which he really knows nothing. Two
tons of oil meal and bran will make a
profit on the stock which may be win
tered, BY giving them Just as much eX-
ira growth, without which the feed in.
the form of fodder is really wasted en-
cept the manure it may make. Ny
point is this: the farmer feeds out u
harmful of fodder to lot of stock
which may weigh less, or no more, in
the spring than they did in the fall.
What gain has he had on his harmful
of fodder more than the manure which
it has made? This is the condition of
thousands of farmers who work hard
all summer, that their stock may lire
through the winter. An exception may
be made, perhaps, in the case of mich
cows who are thus brought through to
the period when they may be made
profitable.
This period of profit can not begin,
as cows are usually fed, until after an
other period of recuperation has been
reached, which varies from a month to
two months, and sometimes longer, after
they have been out to pasture. My
second point comes in right here.
Which is the wisest thing to do, to
leave the cows in the above condition,
with their manure lacking everything
except weakness, and to depend upon
going into the phosphate lottery to
make up its deficiency so that crops may
be raised, or to invest the same money,
or more, in buying linseed oil meal and
bran to improve the condition of the
stock, make a profitable growth, and
cause the COWS to increase in llcSh and
the flow of milk? There is no lottery in
this kind of investment. but in all cases,
every time and everywhere, it is a scnsi-
BILE and profitable thing to do. 1t means
more freedom from disease, fewer abor-
tons, less of the abomination of 'hol-
low horn" ''tail soak, and other evil
dences of the want of vitality; less
"tailing up" of cows, less tottering
frames, with staring coats and hollow
eyes. 1t means glossy coats, bright,
full eyes, rounded forms, no sickness,
big udders, full pals, fat calves, lots OF
butter and large pile of manure, rich
in plant food. The sequel is-inde-
pendence and home fertilizer which
has already paid for itself in milk and
flesh, which then costs nothing and
which will show its good effects for
years 49, Colonel Curtis, in N. !. 1'i6-
tIne.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-13
FACTS AND EIGURES.

Last year Kansas had 62 tornadoes;
Illinois, 81; Missouri, A; Iowa, 81; In
diana, q, and Minnesota, 21.-Prdirte
Farmer.
New York eats $4,000, 900 worth OF
oysters year, Philadelphia So, 500, 600,
Baltimore $4,000 Boston 81, 75O.-
600 and about $1,000, 900 worth of
beans. How grateful the Boston oyster
must be to the bean N y Times.
Seven tunnels, with an aggregate
length of about seven miles, will be
built IN the line of the Harrisburg &
Western Railroad between that city and
the Youghiogheny River. The road is
to cost $50, 000,0 900, or about 100000
per mile, and is to be completed within
two years. Philadelphia Press.
There are about 500 fancy biscuit
bakc-shops in this country, and each
has capacity of from 100 to 600 bar
rels OF biscuit day. Crackers cut in
to flnciful designs are carried around
the world by travellers and, a baker
says, are not only thing of beauty,
but u Joy forever. Detroit Post.
In 1866 the best railroad time be-
tween New York and New Orleans was
live days, and passenger had to make
nine changes, many of them long rides
from depot to depot. In 1869 the time
was reduced to four days; in 1873 to
three and half days, and in 1878 to
three days and only one change. Now
the time has been reduced to fifty-eight
hours.
The Gar of Russia gets So, 100000
per year, or $50, 900 per day. The Sui
s.r
day. Francis Joseph. of Austria, re-
ceives Sf,O00,000 a year, or $4,000 a
day. King William, of Prussia, is paid
$4,000, 00OO year, and King Humbert.
of Italy, 81, 200, 600. The President of
the French Republic gets $l50,000 a
year. and President Arthur $4,000 a
year. uriralf r9.BE
The peach-growing center is grad
ually moving south. 4 few years ago
there were great orchards in New Jer-
sey. Then Delaware was the chief pro-
ducor. Now Maryland and Virginia
are coming to the front. The largest
peach farms are in Maryland. The
Round Top farm has 1850 peach
trees. On the estate of Colonel Wat
kins there are 120, 900 trees. A peach
trees usefulness is over after ten or
twelve years of life, and the soil in
which it grows is unfit for peach cult
ure.--N y Sun.
According to figures furnished to
the American Bar Association Conven-
ton, in 1856 there were 29,939 lawyers
in this country; in 1870, 40,876; in
1880, "a, 1S7. The number of lawyers
in the States at the close of the Revolu-
ton was from 800 to 700. Only 136
attorneys had been admitted in New
York by royal license prior to the
Revolution, and many of these were
dead when hostilities broke out. In
1880 there were seycnty-flve female and
G4,0G2 male lawyers; siXtyfour of the
seyenty-tiye female lawyers were under
sixty years of age, eleven were sixty
and upward. To-day there are 10000
lawyers in the country, In another
half century there will probably be
800, Co., Chicago Tribune.