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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-11

The British cruiser Oalliope, which es
capped from Apia harbor at the time of the
great hurricane, will arrive at Portsmouth
England, next week, and viii be welcomed
with "a banquet and other festivities 1t is
safe to say that in the speeches on that oc-
casion due mention will be made of the
brave hearted act of the American sailors,
whose cheers, as the Calliope buffeted the
terrible waves, and labored out TO sea inch
by inch, gave the British sailors the cour
age to persevere in their desperate under
taking, and fight their way TO deliverance,
The House committee on railways and
canals have agreed TO report favorably on
a bill 70 construct a canal around Niagara
Falls on the American side This bill had
its origin in the inquiry which was set on
foot in Congress two wears ago in connec-
ton with charges that the Wellsnd canal
Disseminated against shipments made by
citizens of the United States and in favor
Of shipments by residents of the Dominion
II provides for the construction of a canal
at the expense of the United States around
the falls on a route already surveyed The
estimated cost Is SOB, GOO, 900.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-11

The Gazette OF Northampton has recently pub
hshed figures showig the large amount paid ont
20 benefit organizations in that city, aud be-
heyes that these payments constitute serious
drain ON the community, because they come from
people who cannot Afford them and who receive
no corresponding return from them.
This item appeared March % in the To-
cal columns Of Democratic weekly paper
published In Brattleboro
M. Editor The multitudinous benefit soci,-
ties item in The Phoenix Of March takes a diff
ferent turn when We ascertain that Geo. =. Mer-
rill and his son are both members OF the y. j.
B. o. q
March 20 a letter was written from this
Office to Mr. Merrill asking If the state
ment that he and his son were members
Of the 2. +. Y B. O. was true Clippings
from the papers containing the matter
printed above were sent 10y way of expla
nation Mr.. Merrills reply was received
Tuesday and We give it herewith in full
INSURANCE bEpAHTMESI.
COMMONWEALTH BtUuIND.
HugTUN. March 30. iAlHI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-11

A constitution has been drawn up for
Brazil which is patterned closely after that
of the United States
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-11

Ex-Gov. Long is opposed to the proposed
increase of the salary of the governor of
Massachusetts from 5000 70 5000 or $40,
600 III the governor is a rich man, he
says, he does not need any increase IN the
salary. If he Is getting an income of $4,000
or $1,000, then he will receive as much as
governor as his present income. If he Is
getting less than $1,000, then the salary is
an increase of income for him. There Is
the whole matter in nutshell There is
absolutely no increase of expenses in con
sequence OF a mans becoming governor.
! know tins from experience
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-11

Gen. Lewis A. Grant, formerly Wind,
ham county man, in partnership with H.
f. Stoughton of Bellows Falls, has been ap
pointed assistant secretary of war. He en-.
tered the army as major of the 18th Vermont
regiment, and rase 10y regular promotions
to the rank of brigadier-general, command
ing the so-called Vermont brigade at the
close of the war This brigade was well
known as one of the best fighting brigades
of Sedgwick's corps and Gen Grant
record of hard service is said to be second
10 none.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-11

The Boston Evening Traveller has been
sold to several wealthy Republicans of Bos
ton and vicinity as stated last week, who
will take possession within few days, but
II is not true that Col Clarke is TO he the
managing editor The Home Market club
can't spare So good a secretary
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01
WHAT AMERICANS READ.

Morning aud evening, on the train or
on the ferry, by the fire-slde, at the
breakfast or dinnertable. in the office
Or counting. room. at the street corners
and in public houses-it is the daily pa
per.
it is not denied that man should ac-
quaint himself with the leading cur
rent events Of his own and foreign
lands. and that ne should be fully
abreast Of his own business interests;
but the gTandest agencies may become
perverted By abuse.
One may well doubt whether the in
Vulnerable quick, alert. logical. practl-
cal men who devote one or two hours
each day to the issues Of the daily press
are sufficiently compensated for the time
so spent. The constant pouring into
ones mental hopper OF all the geo. IN
different ard bad matter which Is daily
issued by the press, jebilltates the men
tai powers, results in confusion OF
thought. weakens the memory and In
duces a state of mental debility where
ia a man loses the power to cOmpre-
bend and the taste for the more sub
stautial and enduring forms Of litera-
ture.
If by absence or sickness one is forced
to forego his daily paper for season,
il IS astonishing how little Of real value
ne has lost. Men have murdered. have
been arrested, tried, convicted; houses
nave burned: countless couples have
been through the divorce courts; thea
ire, have changed hands: ships have
come and gone: stocks have risen and
fallen: an epidemic has had its course
m the South Sea Islands; the King Of
Spain has been i'll and has recovered
but has the man lost anything by hay-
ing failed to spend many precious hours
in perusing such items?
This prolific prosperous newcomer.
the Sunday newspaper, dlsplaces' by
virtue of its size and time Of sale,
a Tar better element of mental
training or culture than itself. 1t de-
tains At home the weak wIlied aud in
terrnittent church-gOer. aud-settlng
aside all the claims of rellgIOn-it can
be truly said that an hour spent in the
spiritual atmosphere OF church. hear
ing the expression Of high and uplifting
thoughts. affords surer means of IN
spiratiOn TO the better part Of man g
nature than the same devoted to care
less, idle. ainless, and omnivorous
reading Of the interminable products OF
the Sunday newspaper.
The reader becomes so overmastered
by this habit of superficial thought that
ne has no longer strength to command
his mental powers for connected, iogl-
cal argument, or Cor solid literature in
any department. Like the daughters
of the horse-leech, his cry IL, Give,
give" Continual reading Of periodi-
cal literature is like constant tasting Of
different sorts of food. The body Is
not nourished or strengthened. the di-
gestive powers are weakened, and the
annette becomes capriclous and I'M
healthy.-North American Review.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01

OF a possible honesty in my brother, but
oil "A positive conviction in my heart
that he Is really honeso. and of an utter
absence OF the condemnation and in
ward resentment so natural when we
are misunderstood. This lesson ena-
bies me to understand how God can
call men perfect, when their nearest
friends. a. in Jobs case, are satisfied
they are transgressors. ] must try to
judge my brother by my brother S
light and gifts, not by my own
l a man be blind. bow can he see?
Ii he lack understanding, how can he
be logicaly Ii he be wanting in 1sthe-
tic senslbIlity, how can he be refined Z
must be very cure know my broth
er s gifts, light and consequent respOn-
sibiliiy. before | pass sentence upon
bim. Finally. this lesson enables us TO
conquer the growing inward repug-
nance TO those who cgnaot measure up
to our standard, and to follow the ex-
ample of Jesus in sticking close 20
them. endeavoriug patiently 10 win
them 10 himself. and not draw Oft more
and more into isolation and separation
from all God o people. Is cause we
may be in the senior class. we must not
shrink from championship with the
Juniors or freshmen. Captain r. Kels0
Carter. in Divine Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01
DAY IN BED.

4 writer in a medical journal re
marks: The surcst. quickest and Lost
sensible way 10 cure cold is TO 20 to
bed. and stay there. But" he adds,
mot one American in fifty will apply
the remedy. We are too busy. We
would rather risk losing our life than
lose single day. Therein we are
fools.
For other things than colds, a day IN
bed Is "A most excellent specific. For
certain forms of nervous impairment
nothing will more readily restore the
balance than the forced rest ara quiet
Of a few hours in recumbent position.
The exigencies Of life often nccessitate
overwork. The father of family may
be engaged in a business which, at GER
tain seasons of the year. is very taxing
The mother has to meet extra burdens
of sickness or company. The children
are pressed with school work, and show
by their irritability that the nervous
force is being OverGTawn. Better even
than a holiday, as a restorative IN such
cases. would be the prescription herein
recommended. Nature is elastic, and
can stand a great many shocks. If only
the nervous system Is given time 10 re-
cover between them.-Evdngeist.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01

one generous giver may mean the sur
render Of some point that is OF vital
importance TO the whole line of work.
Ii must always add veritable load OF
care to the self.denyiDg men who re-
fuse to take posts in uptown churches
in order to obey what they believe to
be the call of God.
It seems to me only fair and reason
able, that this question should rather
put: why not endow our churches!
We endow universities. hospitals, lib
raries. foreign missions. and some men
spend their whole time In endowing
their children; and yet 1t has not yet
occurred to the religious intelligence Of
our land, to any great extent. TO endow
that organization which we all believe
to be the real witness and mainstiy oil
all that is best in all of sthese. An en-
dowment so great that it would para
lie all effort is. Of course. not desira-
BILE; but this might be fairly
left to the wise direction and
management of Christian men of ex-
perience. ] am very sure. that three or
four great down town churches. open
and free, placed where populations are
densest. managed and served not by
one or two clergy. but by half dozen.
and each, say. endowed with million,
would do more to leaven and tincture
with real Christianity the life of our city.
than all the downtown missions of all
the churches putt together. But such
churches as these, Of course, | know
well. will be possible. till the religious
common sense Of all has pronounced
them essential. and has forever thrown
overheard and cast aside as utterly in
adequate. the present too often popu-
l5r conception of the duties of the
church to our social. municipal and
patural life.-Rev. w. S. RainsfOrd, in
The Independent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01

ParadoxIcal as the assertion M y
seem. il is none the less fact that
one of the most significant evidences
of the growth and advancement OF the
southern iron industry Is the decay
and almost entire disappearance of
> hat was bu. a few years ago most
important branch Of that industry. III
is to the old forges and bloomaries that
we refer. Ia the days when the South
was Young in iron making, when the
great manufacturing interests OF An
niston, birmingham, Sheffield, aud
Bessemer were but thoughts IN the
minds of supposed visionary dreamers'
there were scores of quaint little iron
works that made iron bars ia rude
vay direct from the ore along the ban ks
of the mountain water courses IN the
counties Of Lee, Carroll, Wythe, ana
Pulaski. in Virginia: in Johnson and
Carter counties in Tennessee, and IN
Mitchell. Lincoln and Cherokee coun-
ties in North Carolina. but TO DAY not a
dozen OF these primitive iron-making
establishments are III operation IN the
entire South. The invasion OF the
South by modern methods, the extern
sion of the raiIroaI system and the es'
adjustment OF great blast furnaces, a
single one OF which will make more
iron in day than half hundred
bIoomaries. have driven the quaint
old FORCES aud blOomaries out or ex
istence. Their hearths are cold, tn,
water FLASHES over their idle and rottins
wheels. and the only lament for theil
departed ac ivity is the mournfui
wheeze Of their broken water-blasts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01

poet. 10 runs the legend. was Ia love
with young lady Of the nameof Brad
shaw. and expressed his feelings TO-
ward her in the following lines !:
The British Governments has earned
the distinction Of issuing one -pt the
largest literary works Vt the tins.
This is the Report" Of the scientific
res It's Of the voyage Of tho CHALLENGER.
1t has cost up to this period-incIudiug
the sums voted for scientific work Ia
connection with the expedition since
the voyage was contemplated-at ieas
$40 900, and sales Of thirty-six volumes
Issued have brought in only about 800
90. IL is said that last winter q steam
err conveying from Leith to Lceuon
some 800 copies of volume then I1'cly
issued was run into and sunk oil The
Lincolnshire coast. Among the d.n,-
aged cargo afterward recovered from
the wreck and sold by auction by diroc-
ton Of the Trinity House wero
thirteen cases. containing about
100 OF the lost Challenger volumes In .
more or less spopgy state. These were
bought back by the stationery office.
They have since been taken out OF the
covers and dried. aud 1t is considered
probable that from them. with the addi-
ton of new copies Of some OF the plates
which happen still TO remain on the
stone. about a hundred copies may bs
made up. stained. but for all practical
purposes perfect. These doctored copies
Will not, unless specially asked for, DO
issued for sale, we are .old, until the
uninjured stock Of the volume is ex-
hausted
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01
THE FRENCH ACADEMY.

On the eve OF the election OF Emile
Augier's successor in the French Acad-
envy. which took place on May 3 the
felicitous idea is carried out IN La
Lecture, of presenting a BRIEF article
poem. sketch, or story from the hand
of each OF the candidates for the vacant
fauteuil. There were thirteen candi-
dates. but N. .Nlaurel, in Driily charac-
terjzipg the position Of each in the world
of letters, dismisses y. Regnault, who
could only be found by the editor III his
quest for a specimen Of the literary
stvle and quality of the pcstulants, as
the great unknown. some venerable
praybeard, who in 1853, as eX-Archivist
Of The Government, was elected cor
responding member of the Academy Of
LYONS. and was now deluded by senile
vanity into coming forward as candi'
date.
.Jules Barber, librettist for all the
great French cOmpOsers. hoped Tor a
Mace among the immortal forty on the
strength Of his Jeanne d. Arc, IN
which Sarah Bsrnhardt has scored a
triumph.
Henri Becque, the author OF the LA
ParisienDe, " is said to have told each
of the Acasemicians, when presenting
his candldature- in due form, that he
really preferred to wait till another
chair became vacant that would suit
him better-that of his interlocutor.
Ferdinand Brunetiere is the critic OF
the Revue des Deux Mondes, one of that
race who accompany praise with bitter
restrictions and treacherous reserves.
and in the form of qualified censure
damn a book utterly. His principles
of criticism are very simple. He adj
mires exclusively the great writers oil
the sixteenth century, and VIII allow
no degree of merit to any author OF the
last two hundred years whose manner
does not resemble that Of the masterG
" no illumined the reign of the Great
King. .
Ferdinand Fabre is the author oil
"L'Abbe Tigrane," the celebrity OF
which. apart from its high merits. l.
dine TO thu new field that the author
has orene 1.-The life. ambitions, strug
gles and s)rrows of the priests-drawr
from nat IRE. for NJ. Fabre was edu
Gated for the clerical vocation.
Henry Houssay'. though his father I
great reputation threatened 10 strange
his before its birth. has made himself
an enyiable name by choosing another
walk in literature. lie has writer
one of the clearest and best histories OF
Athens in the time of AlcioIades, al
epoch So attractive 20 all Atheniahs
such as we like to consider ourselves
NJ. Henry Houssaye n "lsl4, TO u
followed by "lsi5. has given us th'
| first complete and philosophical wofi
ON that gloomy period. aud II he tfem
bles with sorrow and with rage. 1t Il
because it is France that Is IN question
la his early works treating OF anclen
Greece, and in his books OF modern
history: he has shown tine, Unbiased
philosophical intelligence
Ernest Lavisse overcoming his mod
esty came forward az candidate at In
eleven h hour, but is nevertheless on
Of the noblest and highest. he ha
devoted himself to instruction III
chair Of the faculty, and 1t Is be VIII
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01

After many unexpected DELAYS, con-
tracts have finally been let for the big
cotton mill at benson. Texas, and work
is to begin Immediately. The mill Will
be built of brick and stone, four stories
high and basement; dimensions. 400 feet
long. 100 feet wide, with an l. 100 by
100 feet. The entrance towers Will Do
20 feet square, rising 10 feet above the
roof. Ia the rear center OF the nam
building will be another tower, ~ feet
high, equipped with water tank tor
supplying automatic sprinklers aud TO
provide power for the elevators. Besides
the long and W ide l., there will be anoth-
er 52x50 feet. two stories high. to con-
tain engine room. slashers and electric
dynamos. There will also be q repair
shop 45xG0 feet and boiIer-house AK
100 feet. one-stcry high. Some addi-
tional facts are these number OF spin
dies. 25 900: number Of looms, 7o2; num-
Der OF horsepower to drive, 700; bales
of cotton consumed per annum, s.oV
tons coal consumed PER aunum, DOW
wards of cloth manufactured per an.
mum. 1900. 600; amount OF psyso!l
DER annum. $3.50. 900; number OF hand1
employed. $50.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01

..,....e,. near the great cathedral front
.rl ST. Mnrk'S-an oid-timC legend
,,...... i,, thc tower the solemn bell TOLLS noon
l...I.ir.l> linm all thc CITY round about
' r.,fire with 81 nlNrmuT Ike the wind
..ffl, fearless Boa the broad stone square.
....., ffnm rtlEnuotiug door nninth Steps
,.1 ~anfttr~ showers oi ctumiN Win hci
,.fn'. .i.4. hrr. thick ms summer bees,
i..i~ come croWdlng, uu tnc crumbs die
gone ,~c.ry ch.rp heir'hanks, and ny
aW.y.
... l..crd Slys that long and long ago
,...fr lady. s.rrowing uN God Wih'
..f tNfou.h ths square upon Winify
,,. ,sw SOME spsrrows hudiurg n the
.... 20 c>ient. hcr -buricncd heart
.,...f Win p.fr ant WIN tenderness.
....r.rr. she purchased crumbs and scat
....,c' alI Tie square, and fed the starving
.., q. isc tower tac solemn bell toiled
noon.
,.... passed ODD. and ,tiu the Indy came
,...,.I.. thc hour, with hct sweet lace,
..r.n.l with joy of doing good;
N.l u.lpri her bear her hic-i"ht
...... au thc birds. she came and vent,
.... .r.wn rui ior hcr daily tce,'
.. u., >tw Der blessed her j" inc"
....... He'd 1.-THE Lady Of the Birds .'
...Ifrf... Dut. nlt,d iu her hands
... wlI. IeQuctthug 1ll her store
..~llrlI "lo.eVCr fo fnc birds
.-alhlt 40 stroke of noon
..r. within ,he .puaic of Ola 81 Mark h.
..- mrssIfe ol tuc freshest crumbs
..Utlr maii should scatter Tor Inc iiuH
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01
ICUABOD.

Alas, for the lofty dreaming.
The iOnged-fOr high emprisc,
For the man whose outer seeming
His inner self belies'
! looked on the life before me
Win purpose high and true.
When toe passions Of youth surgcd DER me
And the world was strange and new.
Where the hero-soul rejOices
would play the herO's part;
My ears were attuned To The voices
That speak 10 the poets heart.
/ would conquer place IN story
with "a soul unsgirched by sin;
My head should be crowned with glory,
My heart be pure within.
But the hour that should have crowned me
Cast all high hope adOWn.
nd the time OF trial found me
i sinner, coward, clown.
All which was the false or the real
or the Powers above ldspeakD
The saint W TN his high IDEAL
The sinner whose flesh was weak,
The hero who yearned for duty,
The coward whose sinews failed,
The poet who worshipped beauty.
On the clown whose uttcrancc failed?
William 5. Walsh. in Harper's Magazine
for June
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01
PROSPECTIVE ADVANCE OF MIS-
SIONs.

PROSPECTIVE ADVANCE OF MIS-
sIONs.
The few missionaries first entering
the field could nowise have been ex
pected to become. within the lifetime
Of children then born. the great army
OF more than 5000 missionaries and as
sistants. with nearly $4,000 90 1874
native helpers now engaged the service,
And it would have appeared simply IN
credible that in the world in which II
has been affirmed By high authority
that up to the year 1900 not a convert
had been made by modern missions
there should be at this day three
quarters of a million l1J2, 1922 OF
Christian cOmmunicants in native
churches. while adherents to Chrlstiln
ity are counted by millions among those
whose fathers, if they knew it at all,
knew il only to repuse it with scornful
hate. The rate of increase in these
numbers is yet more surprising than the
Increase itself. Il admits no parallel
and outruns expectation.
Plainly the efforts which seemed at the
outset too small To be noticed by OBJ
servers of society had virtue and q
significance far surprising what world
ly prudence could have surmlsed. They
showed the emergence and swift conta-
zion Of a spirit whose force mathemat-
les could not measure. because 1t IN
yolved an infinite impulse. '-Rlbhard
, Siorrs, ID. ID.