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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

[From Judge Lawrence weldons "Reminiscences in
the Sunday Trbune.l
Another story is told illustrative of Mt.
Lincoln's ability to relieve the embarrassment
OF his situation AZ President by master
stroke OF wit. In 1862 the people of New
York City were apprehensive Of lombard
ment by some OF the Confederate cruisers
public meetings were held to express the
gravity of the situation, and to induce the
Government to do something by way Of per-
manenty protecting the city. In consumma-
tion Of that purpose a delegation OF fifty gen.
tlemen representing in their own right $780,
600 600 was selected to visit Washington and
have an interview with the President, and in
duoe him TO detail gunboat to protect the
city. The committee requested a gentleman
then staying at Washington to arrange with
the President time when he could 500 them.
Mr. Lincoln seemed TO be much puzzled what
to say or do, and remarked TO the gentleman
who was arranging as to the interview: al
have no gunboats or ships of war that can be
spared from active service; but inasmuch AZ
they have come to see me, shall have 10 see
them and get along az best can" The com
mittee called at the appointed time, and were
introduced as gentlemen representing SlOO,-
900, 900 in their own right" The chairman
of the delegation made a very earnest appeal
10 the President for protection, and remarked
that they represented tho wealth OF the city,
lone hundred millions in their own right"
Mr.. Lincoln heard them attentively, evident
ly impressed with the hundred millions"
and replied ~ follows: Gentlemen, am by
the Constitution commander. in chief OF the
army and navy of the United States; and as a
matter Of law / can order anything done that
Is practicable TO be done; but a. a matter OF
fact am not in command Of the gunboats or
ships Of war an a matter of fact | do not
know exactly whore they are, but presume
they are actively engaged. 1t is impossible
for me in the condition of things to furnish
you a gunboat. The credit of the Govern
ment is at very low ebb. Greenbsoks are
not worth more than 40 or 80 cents on the
dollar, and in this condition of things IL l WAS
worth half a. much as you gentlemen are rep
resented to be, and as badly frightened AZ you
seem TO be, l would build gunboat and give
II TO the Government" The gentleman who
accompanied the delegation says he never
saw one hundred millions sink 20 such insig.
nihcant proportions "A the committee recrosa-
ed the threshold of the White House, sadder
but wiser men. They had learned that mon
ey az we'll az muscle was a factor of war.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

TRoT, TRoT, TRoT, along the smooth, sunny,
but bamboo shaded high road, have little
leisure now TO observe these astonishing rick
shaw coolies They wear the enormous ira
ditionAl mushroom Chinese hat, suitable in
case either Of beating rain or fierce sun, under
which are tucked their hard plated pigtails-
for even a coOlie would feel himself disgraced
we're he minus pigtail. They are barefoot
ed, bare-legged, bare-Rrmed, and wear Just
sufficient rags to save themselves from the
charge of indelioacy. Their skins are sAlloW,
their Mongolian faces are pinohed, their stat
ure is small, their limbs seem AttennAted and
loosely put together. And yet these demonia-
cal looking wretehes 10 call whom brethren"
ia indeed r heavy demand on our charity,
throw themselves forward into the shafts and
drag their carriages with their passengers,
who may be ten or may be twenty stone, not
at walk or a shuttle or an Rmble, but at .
good round trot of about six miles an hour.
They neither flag, pant nor perspire, but
keep up this pace for two or three miles at q
stretch. Would not the most renowned Eu-
ropean athlete or pedestrian be but q feeble
coney in comparison2 Moreover, these ooo-
lies have TO content themselves at the end of
their journey with FIVE oents-R cent is frao-
tion less than hAlf-penny. They exult II
they receive ten cents, and consider the do
nor an utter fool il he gives them fifteen
cents.-"A Chfnese AscOtt."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

A GOLD MEDAL FoR BRAVE MAN. "A
Portland, Me-, despatch of the 18th ult.
says; Commander Orowningshield this fore
noon took party on board the light house
steamer Iris for the purpose of presenting to
Marcus A. Hanna, keeper of Cape Elizabeth
light, gold medal granted by Congress for
bravery in saving the lives OF two seamen on
the schooner Australia The circumstances
of the rescue OF the men were that on Jan.
2Sth the thermometer below zero and a
binding northeast snow storm, schooner Au-
stralia, from Boothbay for Boston, ran ashore
near two lights and sunk near the shore in
the breakers Mr.. Hanna went 10 their as
sistanoe alone. There were three men on
board-the captain and two seamen. They
clung TO the rigging while Mr.. Hanna made
an endeavor to throw line TO them. 1t was
at the risk Of his lifo that he braved the froz.
en- spray, which stifened his clothes and iced
the line 30 that 1t was almost impossible to
manage it. During his efforts the captain
was swept out of the rigging by the waves
and drowned. After protracted exertiors the
line reached the sailors, the stronger of the
two bound the rope about his companion and
Mr. Hanna hauled him ashore. Then he sue
ceeded in getting the line TO the wreck a sec
Ond time, but was so much exhausted that he
would not have been able to pull the second
man ashore II assistance had not arrived
Congress voted him gold medal for this act.
The medal is large and heavy and appropri-
ately inscribed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

The INCREASE OF DRUNKENNESS IN GERMA-
NY. Dr. Baer, the chief physician of the
Plotzensee Prison, says the New York Trib-
une, has just published some interesting sta
tistics concerning the drinking habit in Ger
many. They show that drunkenness is very
prevalent and is rapidly increasing in that
country. In 1880 there we're about 200, 600
places in Prussia alone where 'hard" liquors
we're sold, against less than 100, 600 in 1869.
Ten years ago, on an average every adult
German was in the habit of drinking -four
glasses of alcoholic liquors every day, and
the average is much higher now. DR.. Basr's
investigation shows that the use OF spirits has
almost gone out of fashion among the upper
and well-to do classes, 30 that the drinking
habit is largely confined to artisans and work
ingmen who can least afford it, and to whom
1t is most fatal. II il pleasant to know, how
ever, that az yet German women are oompRr-
atively free from this vice. These facts will
put upon the advocates of light beers az an
aid to temperance the necessity of explaining
how Il Ia that drunkenness Ia increasing in the
country where beer is the national drink.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
THINGs or CURRENT INTEREST
The OonaututIOnaIity OF Civu Service.
Reform.

FROM the boston JOutnhlsl
Some Democratic journal lately promulga-
ted the theory that the civil service reform
law is unconstitutional and this notion has
been caught up quite generally by the Demo
cratic press and IL becoming exceedingly pop
ular The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Times says that the testing Of
the oonstitutionality of the law Ia a growing
idea with a number Of persons who are not
only opposed 10 the measure, but who believe
that IL would not stand the test before the
highest Judicial tribunal. The constitutional
provisions regarding appointments are con-
tanned in the second section OF the second ar
ticle, which provides that tho President
'shall nominate, and by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, shall appoint am
bassadors, other public ministers and consuls,
judges Of the Supreme Court and all other
officers OF the United States whose appoint
ments are not herein otherwise provided for,
and which shall be established by law. But
the Congress may, by law, vest the appoint
ment of such inferior officers AZ they think
proper in the President alone, in the courts
OF law or in the heads of departments" The
Democratic argument is that the system Of
competitive examinations and Of certiiicating
for appointment candidates who pass them
successfully il violation of the foregoing
section which veste the power nf appointment,
l, in the President with the approval of the
Senate; O. in the President alone; 3, in the
courts of law and T., in the heads OF depart
ments. But the Democrats, az is natural per-
haps in their somewhat hysterical anxiety TO
get full control OF the Offices, exaggerate the
strength Of this objection, and overlook the
fact that the commissioners do not appoint,
but certify as to the eligibility of applicants
for appointment. The appointing power re.
mains whore 1t is fixed in the constitution.
This discussion in the Democratic journals Ia
chiefly significant Az indicating that the at
tack upon civil service reform is to be made
along three lines First, an attempt will be
made to change the personnel Of the commits
sion second, the consttutionality Of the re-
form act will be questioned third there will
be a direct effort at repeal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07


A little miss of three years, who lives under
the shadows of Hope Church, was playing
with the neighbor's children one morning,
when the latter we're called in for prayers.
She accompanied them, and, when seated In
the sitting-room, she observed that she was
the only one without book. SO she jump
ed down and helped herself from the book
case In the room, returned to her chair, and
opened her book like the others, aud endsaV-
ored to read unrequested. After reading
she shut her book and waited till they had
all knesled then she assumed q like posi-
ton. putting her hands TO her face, but
keeping lookout between her fingers all the
while TO observe what was taking place.
When the others rose from their knees, she
ran over to one OF ths little girls, and, oall-
ing her by her name, said 81 like this
game first rate. What is the name OF II ?"
N. z. Homestead.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
FOR THE YOUNG FOLK.


Travel.
should like 10 rise and go
Where the golden apples grow
Where below another sky
Parrot islands anchored lie,
And, watched by cockatoos and goats,
Lonely CrusOea building boats;
Who're In sunshine reaching out
Eastern cities, miles about,
Are the mosque and minarot
Among sandy gardens set,
And the rich g0oda from near and far
Hang for sale In the bazaar;
Where the crest wall round China goes,
And on one side the desert blows,
Aud with hell and voice and drum
Cities on the other hum;
Where are forests hot a. IRE,
Wide as England, tall az a spire,
Full Of apes and cocoanuts
Aud the negro hunters huts;
Where the knotty crocodile
Lies and bllnks In the Nile,
And the red flamingo flies
Hunting lsh before his eyes;
Where In jungles, near and far,
Man-devOuring tigers are
Lying close and giving ear
Lest the hunt be drawing near,
Or comer-by be seen
Swinging In pelanquin;
Where among the desert sands
Some deserted city stands,
All Its children, sweep aud prince,
Grown TO manhood ages since,
Not foot In street or house,
Not stir Of child or mouse
And when kindly falls the night,
In all the town no spark Of light.
There IN come when I'm a man,
With a camel caravan;
Light iro in the gloom
OF some dusty dining-roOm;
See the pictures on the walls,
Heroes, nights aud festivals
Aud In q corner mud the toys
Of the old Egyptian boys.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
Miscellany.


with kingie, klangle, klngle,
Way down in the dusty dlngle
The cows are coming home;
Now sweet and clear, and faint and low,
The airy linklngs come and go,
Like chimingH from some far-On tower,
Or patterings Of an April shower
That make the daisies grow;
Ko-kling, ko-kiqng, koklingieiingie,
Way down tho darkening dinglo
The COWS come slowly home;
And od-time friends and twilight plays,
And starry nights, and sunny days
Come trooping up the misty ways
When tho cows come home.
with Jingle, jAngio, Jingle,
Soft sounds that sweetly mlnRle,
The COWS are coming home;
Malvne aad Pearl, aud FlOrimel,
De-Kamp, Redrose and Gretchen Schell,
Queen BeBs, and sylph, and Hpangled Sue
Across the fields hear her loO-Oo,
And clang her silver bell;
GO-iing, go-idng, goiingtetfngh,
with faint, far sounds that minRle,
The cows come slowly home.
And mother-sonRs Of long-gone years,
And baby Joys and childish tears,
And youthful hopes, and youthful fears
when the cows come home.
with ringle ranee, ringe,
BY twOa and threes and single,
Tho cows are coming home
Through tue violet air we see the town,
And the summer sun a-Hlipping down;
The maple in the hazel glade
Throws down the path longer shade,
And the hills are growing brown.
TO-ring, to-rdng, tOringieringie,
by threes aud fOurs and single,
The cows come slowly home;
The same sweet sound Of wOrdleHs psalm,
The same sweet June-day rest and calm,
The same sweet scent Of bud aud balm,
When the cows come home.
with tinkle, tankle, tlntle,
Through ferns and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home;
lettering in tho checkered stream,
Where the sun rays glance and gleam,
Starine, Peachbloom and Phoebe Phyllis
Stand knee-deep 10 the creamy lilies
In q drowsy dream;
TO-iink, fo-idnk, tOhHkielinkie,
Der banks with buttercups A-twinLle,
The cows come slowly home;
And up through MemOrys deep rRvina
Come the brooks old song and ita old-ume sheen,
And the crescent Of the silver Queen,
when thecovs come home.
With a kinge, hlanRe, klinRle,
with a loo 90, aud mOo-oo, aud Jingle,
The cows are coming home;
And over there on Merlin hill
Hear the plAntiVe cry OF the whip-pOor-will;
The dew drops lie on the tangled vines,
And over the pOplArs Venus shlnes,
And over the silent mill;
RO-iing, ko-idng, kOiingieiinglS,
with ting-a-ling and Jingle
The COWS come slowly home;
Let down the bars let In the train
OF long-gone songs, aud flowers aud rain.
For dear old times come back again
When the cows come home
Mrs Agnes h. Mitchell.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

The LAUGHING PLANT.-There ia a plant
found in certain parts of China called the
laughing plant because the seeds produce ef-
fects like those of laughing gas. The flowers
are of bright yellow, and the seed pods are
soft and woolly, while the seeds resemble
small black beans, and only two or three
grow in pod The natives dry and pulver-
ize them, and the powder il taken in small
doses, makes the soberest person behave like
a circus clown or a mailman, for he will dance,
sing and laugh most boiqterOusly and cut the
most fantastic capers, and be in an uproar-
iously ridiculous condition for about an hour
When the excitement ceases the exhausted
exhibitor of these antics falls asleep, and
when be Rwakes he has not the slightest re-
memberance Of his frisky doings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

Ten years ago, according to the San Fran.
cisco Bulletin, il one had predicted that hill
land in California, we'll up the mountain sides
and covered with ohapparal, would be cover
ed with vineyards and orchards, most people
would have put no faith in such antieipations
But to day one sees the vineyards and or
chards creeping up the mountain sides from
one thousand TO twenty-five hundred feet
high, and some at even greater attitudes.
Dwelling houses are perohed upon elevations
where few years ago no one would have ta-
ken the land az gift under an agreement 10
cultivate IT, These new vineyards and or.
ehards are the last 10 be overtaken by any OF
tho pests found at lower elevations.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

At q negro wedding, when the minister
read the words "love, honor, and Obey" the
groom interrupted him and said
Read that agin, sab read it Wunoe mo,
SOS dc lady kin kstoh the full solemnity of de
meanin'. Ise been married befO'."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

He-"You don't sing or play. Then, l
presume, you write or paint" She-"oh,
no Pm like the young men We meet In So
ciety. l simply sit around and try to look
intelligent "-HdrpeT's Basar.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

II was a bright, cold winter day. Carrie
was out with her pupils for their usual mid
day walk, and coming home she sat down on
a seat under the now leaAeaa oaks In the old
oloister gardens while the little girls trundled
their hoops along the well. kept gravel paths
Presently an old man with q mild, benig-
nant oountenanoe, bright blue eyes, and very
white hair, came and sat down near her, and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07


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HOW TO GET A PUBLIC OFFICE,

There are one hundred and twenty thousand
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APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

EUREKA, NEVADA, November "a, 1884.
NOTICE 10 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN sweetwater Mining Company, of Treasure
Hill, Nevada, whose Postofice address 10
Hamilton. Nevada, has this day filed it's appli-
cation for o prtent for fifteen hundred linear
feet of the Hidden Treasure Number 2 mine or
vein bearing silver with surface ground slx
hundred feet in width, situated in White Pine
Mining District. County Of White Pine and
state of Nevada, and designated BY the neid
notes and oficisl plat on file In this once IS
Lot Number no, located upon unsurveyea
land, the exterior boundaries OF said L'
Number ITO being az follows. to-wtt; 49,.
Beginning at Q post marked NO. ! on.~
States survey No. ITO, whence the secuor "a
ner common TO sections "a and 70, TownsnH
10 north, Range 81 east, and sections ~ sSa VWt
Township 16 north, Range 90 east, Mouooe
Disblo Meridian, bears south SO degree os
minutes west 5,642 feet, and peak NO. 80,
north 50 degrees l6 minutes west olO - S
thence running, first course, north loS uss,tsd
east 1900 feet to post marked NO. = nnss
States survey No. ITO; thence. seconu ssSad
south 55h degrees east 600 feet TO posi- nancs
No. 8. United States survey No. III; sao Tast
third course, south 10Y degrees wef. ~ No.
t. post marked No. 4, United States survuZ do.
110; and thence, fourth course, no,'n oIIinited
grees west $50 feet TO post NO. 2 Node.
States survey No. 10l. Hidden Tressur ,s. snr'
$50 feet to post No. 2 OF said United pts'ss
vey No. 101, 600 feet to post No. !, tno
beginning, containing Is 87-lOo acres'
Magnetic variation 16 degrees east, n Aha
The location Of this mine Is recoraeu - Ms.
Recorders Office of White Pine y, s.strJct.
trict, in book L of the records OF saiu
This claim is bounded on the
Hidden Treasure mining claim. ..o,v any
Any and all persons claiming sdVeas rnins
portion OF said Hidden Treasure NO. III "A,
surface ground are required to hle thelI : !,
verse claims with the Register OF tne
states Land Once at Eureka. in the st aubli.
Nevada, during the sixty days perlou h Ur Urine
cation hereof, or they will be barred ny N
of the provisions of the Statute; pa,,atar.
1t is hereby ordered that the foIegcihs ,or The
of Application for Patent be puoIisneu ic psiiy
period of sixty days. in the EnT Si,snsd
SENTINEL, a daily newspaper puoiisneu
hI nas.sod Ss r. Il. HINoKLEY. Register
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MEDICAL.

Cure for Nervous
UD ei y.Exhausted
~o.dty, seminsl
mMI. sperm..
! LOST
MANHOOD,In
potency, parslysts
and all the terribl,
effects of self.Abuss
youthfulfolliess nS
excesses in mature,
YaaFa-annh
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-12
NOTICE
Toa Delinquent Co-OWne'
I'm the Hannah and Par
nell Mines.

TO THOMAS FERGUSON: YOU ARE
hereby notified that / have performed
the annual and necessary labor to the amount
and vslue of $50 on each of the above named
claims, In United States gold coin, during the
year 1884, upon the Hannah and Parnell mines,
situate in Secret Canyon Mining District. Eu-
rska county, Nevada; that your proportion of
the cost Of said labor amounts to 800. in
United States gold coin, and you are
notified that you are required to pay me
the said sum of 500. and that IL you
fail to pay the same within 1870 days
from md after the first publication OF
thi. notice, your interest In the said minos
will become my property, according to the
laws Of Congress. Ny residence is in the
town Of Secret Canyon, Eureka county, Ne
vsds. JOHN
Secret Canyon, April 80, 1885. my1-Sm
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-12

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