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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26

of 27O illuminate factories started in Eu-
rope during the present century POI have dis
appeared by explosion. Eliminates are now
made in small quantity at a time in low sheds.
These are so arranged that an explosion
throws them over and little damage is done.
"A surveyor in Colorado reports that he
has found mountain of almost solid alum of
over mile square, some of the cliffs of which
rise to an elevation of 700 feet above the bed
of the Gila river Most of the alum is in an
impure state, but some of the cliffs show i'm
mense quantities of a nearly pure article.
The difficulty of deciding upon a baby s
name, which threatened to destroy the domes-
tic peace of the family of Morris Hoffman of
Morrisania, N. Y, was happily settled by in
viting the neighbors to vote on the name pro-
posed. A ballot box was provided, a check
list kept, the polls were kept open forty eight
hours, and the returns showed that the infant
had been christened Louis Francis Joseph
by the franchises of his fellow citizens.
A short distance above the railroad bridge
which spans the Connecticut river between
Wells River and Woodsville there rises from
the water a rock in the top of which a hol,
has been drilled. By survey, its location is 81
exact that person standing on one foot so a.
TO completely cover the hole, stands at tn,
same instant in two states, Vermont and New
| hau pbuHo luI6b cOuullth, OhleuOulh, OfhuBl
and Grafton and four towns, Barnet, New
bury, Bath and Haverhill
The bastinado is still one of the authori
zed punishments in Egypt, and is so terribl,
that even the silent and much enduring Arab
scream with pain after the first few strokes
First the victim is laid on his face on ston,
and held there firmly Then his legs ar
raised till the fiat soles Of the feet are upper
most, and secured in that position. The lasl
is species of cat, but with fve strands in
stead of nine, and it stings and cuts frightful
ly. The torture is inflicted for very slight of
fenses, and mains the sufferer for many days
Another Florida lake has disappeare
through a subterranean outlet. Peaooc
Lake in Suwanee county, favorite resort 70
pionics and sportsmen on account of its beau
tiful surroundings and the abundance of fin
trout, has disappeared through hole in th
ground, leaving thousands of dead fish fc
the buzzards to prey upon and contaminAt
the air. Although heavy rains have fallen /
the vicinity the lake has been steadily rece(
ing all summer, and has probably gone
swell the Suwanee or some other adjaceI
! river.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
HEREDITARY CONSUMPTION CURED.

Dear Sir In the autumn of 1877 had a
severe cough, with terrible pain in my sides
and between my shoulders. ! had very little
appetite, and what little could eat only dis
tresscd me. consulted physicians who said
my condition was very bad one, and gave
me five different cough syrups and tonics,
from which | received no benefit, but seemed
to grow worse, and kept losing flesh and
strength. had Aight-sweats, and sweat most
of the time during the day. | coughed and
raised blood and a salt, foamy phlegm my
throat was filled with ulcers, ] could hardly
swallow sometimes could not speak loud
word for weeks my lungs grew more painful
every day, with difficult breathing, while
pleurisy pains would almost stop my breath.
] had collie pains, sour stomach, and vomiting
up everything / ate. My whole body was
filled with pain. ! could not lie down, but
had to recline in n sitting posture to breathe.
/ gave up, and did not think of ever getting
up again, us it was hard moving myself; my
feet and ankles began to swell badly, and my
hips had given out long before, In this sink
ing condition l thought / would try your
remedy for Consumption; it might do me
some good il could do me no harm, for was
certain / could not live month longer the
way | was. At that time, May, 1873 pro-
cured your Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills, and took them as di-
rected. In q week | was better, and began to
throw of from the lungs n greenish-yellow
matter streaked with blood. | could eat a
little without throwing it up, the pains in my
sides were not so severe / could sleep an
hour very soundly, and that was what had
not done for three months.
took your medicines steadily six months
my cough got better, did not sweat so bad
nights, kept gaining slowly, and in yeaI
after began your medicines | could say
felt we'll. began to gain flesh, and last Sep
tember weighed one hundred and thirty-fvC
pounds-ffteen pounds more than | eyel
weighed before in my life.
Your medicines, know, saved my life
and would say, from my own experience, tC
all Consumptives, take DIR, Schenck's medi
cines, for they will certainly cure you. | had
Consumption; it is hereditary in our family
nv father and two brothers having died of it
l have had better health the past winter thar
for ten years previous.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. SARAH A. CARTER
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
Proof Positive.

"Whst occupation has the defendant fol-
lowed ?" asked the attorney for the defense
in case of petition for the appointment Of a
conservator. "He carried q hod for 81. 80 a
day." replied the Witness Had be succeed
ed in saving any money 2" "He had saved
up $1,000" "Well, said the lawyer, point.
ing his index finger at the nose of the wit
ness, "do you swear that you believe the de-
fendant to be crazy ?" 81 do, said the wit
ness, firmly. "What did he do to make you
think him insane?" "He threw down his
hod and started country newspaper y
THAT will do. said the Court, put him in
the asylum, and the conservator will be ap
poiuted."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
Origin of Common Oath..

The expression, Don't care a damn" is
said to have been invented by the Duke Of
Wellington. Its derivation is most innocent,
the damn referred to being an Indian coin, a
dam, of infuitesimal value. The curse in
mot worth a curse" is identical with the
plant "cress." The expression is so used in
a work of the fourteenth century, "Piers
Ploughman's Vision" The English were
known as "Goddams' as far back as the time
Of the Maid of Orleans. Joan addressed the
Earls of Warwick and Stafford, when they
held out to her hopes of ransom, as follows {:
81 know you we'll. You have neither the
will nor the power to ransom me. You think
when you have slain me you will conquer
France, but that you will never bring about.
No! although there were 1000 Goddams
in this land more than there are !" by jim
go" comes to us from the Basque peasants,
who have long sworn by Jincoa, which is the
Basque name for God. 'What the deuce" is
said to have reached az far back az the Nor
man conquest, when Deus" was a favorite
exclamation among the Norman knights. We
now come to the vulgar and Objectionable ep-
tibet "boody." This has been said to have
originated in the aristocratc oath of days
gone by, "By'r Lady" but We are assured by
our present authority that it is simply the
German "blutig," which our soldiers brought
with them from the Netherlands. The word,
which is now seldom heard except in the
mouths of the lowest of the people, was not
formerly considered Objectionable. 1t is us
ed by Dryden, by Sir George Elheridge in
the MAN of Mode" by Shakspere in Mac
beth, and other plays; by Beaumont and
Fletcher in "Philaster - in piers Plough
man." and we find Dean Swift writing to his
love- Stella, sit grows bloody cold, and have
no waistcoat" Laws have often been made
against swearing. In March, 1919, quarter
master in Cromwelrs rebel army was found
guilty OF swearing and condemned to have his
tongue bored with red-hOt iron, his sword
broken over his head, and himself ignomin-
iously dismissed from the service. writer
in later days proposes to deal with the habit
in different way. He said the clergy en-
couraged swearing by declaring it to be a sin,
and that the custom would die out if it was
believed to be q virtuous one. He added that
a clergyman of his acquaintance not only as
sured his congregation that swearing was not
wrong but constantly used oaths in his ser
mons in order to prove that il was right.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
Miscellany.



The rlpened corn lie sken plumes Ia waving;
The partridge beats It's drum among the trees;
The red yerbena lifts its fair head, braying
Septembers chilling breeze.
The clear, warm moon succeeds the frosty morning;
The summers warmth returns TO bless the day;
But In the night the north wind sounds a warning
OF autumu's harsher sway.
From harvest fields the groaninR walns are vending
Their homeward way, aud laden deep with corn
The peach its fair face to the light is bending
Its hues Of sunshine born.
/ mind me Of distant, dim September,
When life was young and happiness was new,
When there was never sorrow to remember,
And passing grefs were few.
I stood, az I now stand, within tho meadow,
And heard the twittering Of the wbip-poor-win
when faint suggestions Of the evenings shadow
Crept slowly DER the hill
l stood, but not alone. Her face, upfted,
Was close TO mine; and, gazing In her eyes
Deep, wOndrous eyes-my willing fancy drifted
Beyond September skies.
| saw the future like a scroll before me;
And love had set its seal and sgnet there;
And sweet content aud peace were broOdng DER me-
Aud life very fair.
Tonight | stand alone within the meadow,
Beside the brook IN which the oxen laye
Aud lol beyond the brook the evenings shadow
Is cast a grave.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
From the Rev. STEPHEN RoEsE.
MAIDEN Rock, PIERCE Co. Wis, June Is. Is;

MAIDEN Rock, PIERCE Co. Wis, June 1j 1879.
Dr. J. II. SCHESCK, Philadelphia
Worthy Gentleman 1t Is with feeling Of gra.
titude | seat myself to write you this letter A
little over year ago received from you a small
box Of your valuable medicines, Pulmonic Syrup,
Seaweed Ionic and Mandrake Pills. for NY wie, who
had ocen very SICK for many years with female
weakness and weak lungs. She had had two Sc
we're attacks of Pneumonia, and our physician
gave IL as his opnion-As from her great debility
that she could not live through the third one She
began to take your remedies according TO direc
tions, and we Immediately saw great improvement
in all her symptoms. She was soon free from her
cough, and began to gain in flesh rapidly. At this
date she is perfectly well.
wish TO add that your PUIMoSIc SYRUP is the
only medicine have ever found that gives relief
in my bronchial complaint, usually called clergy
mans sore throat During the winter season, If
speak much in public, often suffer from IT, but
your PuLMoNIC SYRUP gives me immediate relief,
and strengthens my voice.
Since my wiiC's cure have recommended II to
many Of my ncighbOrS who have used 1t with
great benefit in coughs and colds. Yours truly,
REV. STEPHEN ROESE,
Missionary for American Baptist Pub. S1cidW
Maiden Rock, Pierce o., Wisconsin
The REV Mr. RoEsE again writes, under date Of
IprH T. 1882:
My wifes health remains good, showing that
yonr medicines have made perfect and permR-
nent cure. / think your PULMOSGC SYRUP the best
cough remedy in the world. am advertising you
wherever go in my travels.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
The RaiIroad subject.

Having been requested by some of the
business men of this town TO write an article
on the railroad subject, we comply, for we
prefer il rather than political subjects. We
shall be abrupt and somewhat pointed in our
remarks for several reasons. Want of space
prevents much evidence from being intro
duced, but we will say something in favor OF
railroads. At the commencement OF this
railroad agitation the writer asked the opin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
THE FOLLOWING LETTERS
are selected from a large num-

are selected from large NUM-
Der that have been received by
ur. J. II. SChenCk, of Philadelphia,
in regard to his Remedies for the
Cure of Consumption.
Those who are afflicted or threat
ened with any Disease of the Lungs
will be well repaid by giving them a
careful reading.
They are all plain statements of
fact, without one word of misrcpre-
sentation. This can be proved by
any one who will take the trouble
to call on or write to the people who
sign them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26

Beware of green fruit. Tue fruit cannot
help being green, but you can.
Sydney Smith being in, his physician Rd-
vised him to take a walk upon an empty
stomach" Upon whose ?" asked sydney.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26

E1-Nope genuine without bunch of green Hops
on the white label shun all the vile, poisonous stun
with "Hop" or "Hops" In their name.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
HThIOPhOrOS! !

Don't be skeptlcal II you have any doubts as
10 what ATuIOPHoRos can do, write TO some OF
those whom II has cured. For instance, Rev. $.
II. Dennen, j. D., Pastor Third congregational
Church, Of New Haven Conn, the Rev. W. 7.
Corbit, pastor George 81 NJ. L. Church. OF New
Haven. the Rev. j. T.. Sclrles, past " llett st
NJ +. Church, New y ork city. Mr. Brummell. the
well known candy manufacturer OF New York.
EN-GcV. Blgnlow. OF Connecticut, ana many
others, equally well known.
hyou cunot 80 ATHLorHoRos of your drundst,
No VIII -tIl d tNI ri'-'t Iall. uu rusrt of REGULAR
Iroc-nue 'llar iyr igtt g. We lrftr that on buy
il from yHur dta-. T. bat 81 he hasn't H. a not Le
from tl- aA directed
ATHL15"c2CS Co., ~ WILL ST., KEW YORK.
;liiisgf,sssg. -sfss'.E = ,, ,rsisSIssR7,,JstE'VN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
Home Items and Topics.
GAN your own fault,
II you remain sick when you can
Get hop bitters that neYer-Fail.

Home Items and Topics.
-"AIl your own fault,
II you remain sick when you
Get hop btters that never-FAil.
The Weakest woman, smallest child and sickest
invalid can use hop bitters with safety aud great
good.
old men totterng around from Rheumatism, kid
ney trouble any weakness will be made almost new
by using hop bitters.
eB-My wife and daughter were made healthy by the
Of hop bitters and recommend them to my peo-
ple.-IMethodist Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor If hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
On earth!!!
Malarial fever, Ague and Blousness, will leave
every neighborhood as soon as hop bitters arrive
"My mother drove the paralysis and neuralgia all
out Of her system with hop bitt0rs Ed Osmego Sun
E5-Keep the kidneys healthy with hop bitters and
you need not fear sickness.
Ice water is rendered harmless and more refresh
ing and reviyng with hop bitters In each draught
The yigor of youth for the aged aud nhrm in hol
| bittersl!l
(-"At the change Of life nothing equals
Hop Ditters to allay all troubles ncidentS
| Thereto"
-"The best periodical for ladies to take monthly
and from which they will receive the greatest beneh
| Is hop bitters."
| Mothers with siokly, fretful nursing children
will cure the children aud beneht themselves by tab
ing hop bitters daily.
Thousands die annually from some form of kid
ney disease that might have been prevented by
timely use Of hop bitters.
-Indieestion, weak stomach Irregularities Of III
bowels, cannot exist when hop bitters are used
A timely use Of hop
Bitters will keep whole family
| In robust health year at little cost.
To produce real genuine sleep aud child-llke r
pose ali night take little hop bitters on retiring
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
Nodern'SCienCe
a2d SkePIiCiSm=

What has Skepticism done for the world?
Nothing but TO suggest doubts II has even
suggested that rheumatism cannot be cured.
Sseptlcisin Is as bad as rheumatism.
What has Science done for the world?
A good many things; for instance, It has
Shown that rheumatism can be- cured.
1t has shown that Neuralgia can be got rid OF.
Modern science has proved that Rheumatism Is
blood disease, and has provided ATHLOPHoROs
as the remedy which can completely cure 1t.
II has proved that although the old doctors
failed tOuvercOme Neuralgia, ATHLoPHoROs can
reach II, and eradicate iL from tls system.
II has proved that though these tOrnenting
diseases were 50 slow and obstinate, they can
be overcome in little while by means OF
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26

EXTRA GOOD NEW EXPRESS WAGON
i \ for sale. Low Price -
MOVES II. WHITE,
High Street. Brattleboro'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26

GOOD CHEER Subscriptions
H Received at THE PHOENIX OFFICE
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26
THE GRAND ARMY CoL0RGUARD.

FROM MEMORIAL DAY SERMON PREACHED be
FORE THE TowNsHEND GRAND ARMY POST ON
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1884, BY REV. n. 3. MITCH
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-26

To produce real genuine sleep and child-llke re-
pose all night, take little hop btters ON retiring
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31
A. w. WESTGATE,
Insurance and Real Estate Agent
Office opposite postoffice recently occupied
Snovtf byJ. P. Sutton.
Probate Order.

State Of Michigan, County of Cheboygan, IS:
At session Of the Probate Court for the
County OF Cheboygan, holden at the Probate
Office, in the Village Of Cheboygan. on Friday
the fourth day Of January, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-f0ur.
Present. Edwin T. Perkins, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Moses w. Horne,
deceased On reading and filing the petition,
duly verified, Of Sarah T. Horne, widow OF
said deceased, praying among other things that
she may be appointed administrative OF said
deceased's estate.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday the 28th
day Of January, 1884, at 10.0'cl0ck in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing Of said petit
ton, and that the heirs at law Of said deceased,
and all other persons interested in said estate.
are required to appear at session OF said
Court, then to be holden at the Probate Office,
in the Village of Cheboygan, and show cause,
If any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted.
And it is further ordered. that said petitioner
give notice. to the persons interested in said es-
tate, Of the tendency Of said petition, and the
hearing thereof by causing copy Of this order
to be published in the Northern Tribune,
newspaper printed and circulated in said Coun-
ty of Cheboygan, (3j Three successive weeks
previous to said day Of hearing.
EDWIN 2. PERKINS,
5jan4t Judge of Probate.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31
Beware of Imita-
tons of our Six Step
Steel Flange made in
Cast Iron.

The Door Frames and Jams of these safes
are made of NJ ALLEABLE ROLLED STEEL,
of great tensil strength, crimped and rolled
into six offsets or fang s, for which the Com
pany holds exclusive patent. Tie advantage
of our methods are as follows:
The thinness of the metal which connects
the outside box with the inside box, The
toughness ofthis metal which forms the DOR
frames and jams; the close fitting of the door
frame to the jamb; The position OF the bolt
round of the safe oSer safes
made I'm the United States have Cast Iron
door frames and jambs, which metal must be
70 direct for
tho introduction of heat to the inside of the
safe. while, thick as II is, 1t Is constantly
cracking, especially when exposed 20 fire,
owing to its well-known briltleness.
BY the use of this thin steel, we have solved
the problem ofhOw to make the front OF n safe
as invulnerable to fire as its other walls. The
unequal contraction CT cast iron in cooling
renders it impossible to TIT the door casting to
the jamb casting with eloseness and regulari
ty-a glaring evil which our system obviates
easy to keep both in order. while at the same
time they are far more difficult to be tambered
with when the safe is lock. The filling. by
this sy stem. begins at the extreme outside of
the door, while by the old system of placing
the lock. and bOltwork Immediately under the
outer plate of the door. the heat was allowed
T Tno9str9cted about naf through the door
the contents of a safe are surely protected
through any fire to which a burning building
can expose it. The round corners give double
the protection against the bursting of a safe
by heavy fall,as the full strength Of the
welded hoOpsi Is thus preserved, while in a safe
with square corners the rectangular bend in
the hoops is a constant source of weakness
and danger. These safes are in use through
out the length and breadth of our land, as
well as in the countries VI the Eastern Hemis.
phere; they have been everywhere exposed
to fires of all kinds incident to human expert
ence. but there has never been single case
where they have failed to protect their con-
tents against loss or damas from heat, hence
we do nor fear to assert that they are the best
fire-proof safes in use, and while they are fin
ishcd in all their appointments with great
b Oroughness and beauty, we arc able: on ac-
count of grvat facilities for manufacturing,
to offer them at a price SO reasonable that we
think no one who has books. papers or valua-
bles to protect should no without one.l
BANK SAFES AND VAULTS, constructed
with all the latest and most approved Burglar
Proof appointments.t made to order. Also
Vault Doors, Iron Shutters and Jail work.
Detroit Safe Company.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31
ORDINA

An Ordinance Relative to Removing Snow and
Ice from Sidewalks
The village Of Cheboygan ordains:
Sec. l. No person shall permit any snow
or ice to remain on the sidewalk in 'front.' on
the side or rear of any house, premises, build
ingor lot occupied by him or her, or sidewalk
in front, on the side or rear of any unoccupied
or vacant house, premises, building or lot own
ed by him or her, for which he or she is agent,
lessee, administrator, administrators or guar
dian, or OF which he or she has charge or con-
troll for any purpose whatever, longer than
twenty-f0ur hours after the same has fallen or
formed. And when ice IS formed on any side
walk as aforesaid, such occupant, owner,
agent lessee, administrator, administrators,
guardian or person or persons having charge
or control thereof, as above provided, shall,
within four hours after the same has formed
cause sufficient quantity of salt, sawdust. to
be strewn on the sidewalk, as aforesaid, in
such manner as will render il safe for
persons walking thereon. Provided the pro-
visions OF this ordinance shall only apply to
the following streets, and within the limits as
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31

stated, VIZ: On Main street. between Flrbt
street and Seymour street; on Third street be-
tween Huron street and the Cheb0ygan river.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons neglecting
or refusing to comply with the provisions Of
this ordinance shall be punished by fne not
exceeding twenty-five dollars, together with
the costs Of prosecution, and in the imposition
of any such fine, the Court may make further
sentence that the offender be imprisoned until
such fine and costs be paid, not exceeding,
however, period Of thirty days.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect on
the first day Of February, 1884.
Adopted Jan. 9Th, 1884.
GEO. E. FROST, President
c. j. HUNT. Clerk.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31
Notice to Wood Dealers.

The Board of Water Commissioners will pay
one dollar and twenty-five cents per cord for
green body hemlock wood delivered and piled
on the pump house lot in the village Of Cheboy-
gan, in lots Of not less than ten cords.
j. p. SUTTON,
Secretary.
Dated Jan. 10. "a.