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The state herald., 1890-06-27
RAILROADS EoR AFRICA.
G, P, Huntington Expatiatss upon the
Possibilities Of the Dark
GSntjnent.

Mr.. Coils p. Huntington, the head
and principal owner Of the most extensive
system OF railways In the United States,
was recently interviewed at the Nor
mandie In Washington by Post reporter
and warmed up on tho subject of railroad
building III Africa: He said
''One thousand miles of railroad In Az
rlca properly planned will open up 1000
miles OF Inland river and lake navigation,
will surround the African siavs trade and
choke 1t to death: The English are will
Ing to give the thirty-five miles Of railroad
they have built inland from Suakim to q
company which will complete 1t to the
Nile, with sovereiguty under grant from
the khedive to an enormous territory
"From tho Nile another link OF road
would reach Lake Nysssa, another would
stretch from Nyassa to Tanganyiku, which
is but short reach from the Congo 70 tho
west md the chain OF lakes at the head Of
the Zumbcsi system to tho south. The
Congo railroad to connect Stanley Pool
with navigable waters below the lower
falls will be finished in two years. Tho
materials will come from Belgium, as II Is
essentially Belgian enterprise. Thirty.
five cents pound is the present price for
carrying freight from Stanley Pool to be-
low the falls, so there Is wide margin
for profit In steam carrying. Ivory and
rubber will be the principal exports Cot
ton, cloth and rum are the principal i'm
ports.
The king OF Belgium asked me how he
could stop the importation Of liquor into
the Congo country. Station health
officer said !, at the port OF entry, with
orders to pour into the Congo all impure
liquors, and not one cask In 10000 will
pass by him.
Fifty million dollars is all the capital
needed to build the 1000 miles Of rail-
roads to which ] refer and put the neces-
sary steamers Oh the lakes TO connect.
Then the slave trade will have to sue
cumb. About all the African trade is in
the hands Of the Arubs. They are the
Scotchmen of Africa, shrewd, energetic,
md their word is their bond. They are
cruel, but honest The missionary sta
tons are many OF them getting very
strong, and IRE rescuing hundreds from
slavery. A Mr.. Maclie nzie, who is one
Of the best und ablest men I know Of,
saved 1850 men, women and children by
pledging the payment of comparatively
small sum, 1900. Mackenzie speaks
Arabic as fueDtly as the Arabs themselves
and has gone fearlessly into tribes where
armed forces had failed to go"
The state herald., 1890-06-27

LABOR organizations should beware
Of the Socialist He watches carefully
for any measure the adoption Of which
would make the working man better
OF md therefore more con,nntcd with
his lot IN lie. III. object I. to mike
tho working man dscon,cnicd. To
make tho wagc-enrnor's lie almost I'm.
bcarablC :, his aim, 4 workingmnn.
earning good wages living In hi. own
house adding weekly to the savings
bank account aul roaring n family 81
that iis members viii have y fuircr
start in lie than ho had. IL II sigh,
TINT iii, the Socialist with contempt,
nnd anger
The state herald., 1890-06-27

Mosr great new productions. discov-
cries and inventions In art commerce
md industry have been rejected ut
first by the experts. Experts must DO
gaidcd by we'll established rules. They
must In the course Of their nvoca,lon
reject thousands OF crude and worth.
less Innovations aud must hold back
their patronage from IDEAS which have
already been carried out by men with
standard regulations, As much genius
is required 10 nnalyze, weigh and make
place for new work OF amy kind ns
10 construct IL
The state herald., 1890-06-27

ALL men engaged In busine.s or II
profession arc dependent In grcater or
less degrees upon advertisement. no
matter what form II taxes, The pun.
lic Is nblo 10 discern whether or not
tho advertisement Is moctrlqious, The
doctor who throws out his slan adyer.
iiscs 10 that oxiept 50 does the law.
yer. Each lie elnd OF mention In the
the press calculated 10 advance his
employment or 10 conduco hitherto.
Ono must make stir 10 the world or
20 10 the wall. II he Inns pots or kct.
'ics or professional service 70 sell tho
fact must be made known In some way.
The means ought 10 10 matter Of In
tlviduki judgsnsn. Of prsisNpsA
The state herald., 1890-06-27

THE London Lancet recommend, a
beverage made from the new kolanut
rs II substitute for tea anl coffee. II
contains very little iannin. not much
more caffeine, and its power o; reha.
bila,lng after fatigue and aliuying the
pangs OF hunger are such that 1t might
be used by an army on the march In
place OF regular rations.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

One OF the queerest things about
human nature is the passion some peo-
pie have for organizing societies.
With them organization is not
means but an end. They enjoy organ
izing societies. whether there is any
thing for them to do or not. and
whether they are II help or hinder
,p,n
The state herald., 1890-06-27

The abnormal development OF sec.
lions OF the south, while likely to lead
to some disappointmcnts among specu-
la,ors is tending to cheaper. the price
OF iron and coal. Cheap Alabama iron
may yet be an important factor in the
development of many New England
iron industries
The state herald., 1890-06-27

We sometimes forget tina: there
were more men killed on the Union
side alone ut tho battle of Gettysburg
than were killed, wounded and cap
tured in both the British and tho Amer
lean armsie, exclusive OF Yorktown,
in the whole Revolutionary war.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

TnE old weights aud measures OF
ounces and pounds aud inches and
yards olgh, 10 be made u join tho
antique pounds, shillings aud pence
tables. so many years ago driven on,
OF American reckoning. la South
America the metric system Is univcr.
sal aud IL is quite general in Europe.
II ought 10 he the only system OF
measurement known Ia this country.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

By new process, cows milk can be
reduced to u dry powder and sold in
packages. When it first comes into
general use in that form old milkmen
will be somewhat embarrassed by the
necessity of keeping their powder dry.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

F., \ ST. Louis paper publishes the sen.
sa,ional statement that the waters Of
the earth ure gradually shrinking in
volume. Strange thata decrease in the
water supply should arouse any COM
ment in st. Louis. is 1t not?
The state herald., 1890-06-27

4 VERY large horse costs n great
deal before it 10 mature and the de.
mand is comparatively limited. Rails
ing running horses is not profitable
except TO u few experts.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

\ WRITER in Fores. and Stream
claims that fishes are insensiblc to pain.
II is probably uncomfortable pleasures
that causes them to dart, jump and
ilutter about with hook in the mouth
The state herald., 1890-06-27

TIE American traveller in France
ridiculcs the hot-water foot warmers
and the whistle OF the locomotive. and
he bewails the absence of leo water and
the pcripatetic ncwsboy.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

Vessels from Spnln arc guaranteed
At nearly all European ports on account Of
the prevalence OF cholera In Spain. II Is
spreading ind there Is reason to fear u
terrible epidemic.
The state herald., 1890-06-27
AS AN agent OF capital punishment
siectrioity is more successful In killing
time than in killing murderers.

THERE are many reasons for bcliev-
ing that the country Is about entering
upon term OF unusual business activ-
ity and prosperity.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

ST. Louis Is wild with niger ut the
announcement, that her population Ia only
1000 according 70 tho eensus rcturns.
The state herald., 1890-06-27
MONDAY. JuSE 20.

SrNArE.-Mr Ingalls, offered n rc.olu-
tion instructing the committee on prvi.
lcgcs md elections 10 inquire ~ To tho date
when, under the law md presidents, tho
salaries OF tho senators from Montana,
Washington and North ind South Dakota
began. Agreed 10.
The Senate resumed consideration OF tho
agricultural college bill.
Tho Senate agreed 10 the conference 10.
port on the dependent pension bill, which
now goes 10 the President.
Hor-E.-rhc House went into committee
pf the whole on District Of Columbia bus
inrss. Tho committee rose without final
action on tho District bill. Tho confer
rccs OF tho general appropriation bill
failed 10 agree. The House insisted upon
and adjourned.
The state herald., 1890-06-27

instructinR the committee on grounds to
enter into negotiations with tho city OF
Chicago. the Illinois Central railroad and
nil OF tho interested parties to secure IN
area Of the Lake front, Of not less than $50
acres, to be bounded oil the north by Mon
roe street. The directors arn 10 hold m.
other meeting June -, which 10 lust prior
to tho gathering Of tho national commits.
sioncrs.
RatcliiIc. the train robbcr. who
died Mt Tcxarcann on tho ?lst, loft u wIfc
and three children, In his dying moments
no said II wns too lato for him 10 talk, bu,
that his wife would make u statcmcn, for
him. Shc made "a detailed statement Of
the whole affair M far ms she knew, to
which she will testify In court. Tho
poor woman Ind bcsought hcr husband TO
avoid tho company that brought him TO his
ruin, ind whom no came homo wounded
she felt sure that rctributlon had visited
him. Her statement as takon down be-
fore rotary, covers fifteen pasu., and
clears up many OF tho mysteries that sur.
sounded the robbery. Shc states tina, tho
persons now In jail, Detective Williams.
Napoleon Mcdaniel and John Browicy,
with her husband, committed tho robbery
Tho excitement among French NOR.
chants arising from the difficulties caused
by tho now regulations concerning tho
importation Of goods into tho United
States Ia spreading 10 the Chamber Of
Deputies and TO tho newspapers. A few
rxci,ablc people talk about retaliation
Government officials md the artistic com
munity arc both startled by tho news that
tho finance committee Of tho American
Senate has stricken out tho clause In tho
tariff bill putting works Of art on tho FREQ
list There 10 great cutlery over tho
action.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29
Springfield, Vt, Aug. 25, 1890.
One More Windham County Resident
of Washington.

Editor Of The RhTair 1t is said a vet
eran Of the Grand Army" was asked to
name the principal generals commanding
it. To the astonishment of his questioner
he did not include Napoleon in the list, and
he excused himself for the omission by say
ing it was unnecessary, since everybody
knew Napoleon was the first of all 1t is
ON some such principle as this that the writ
er must be pardoned for having failed to
mention, in the letter published in The Pho.
nix of the 10Th inst, the brilliant and
handsome woman, Mrs. Gordon A. Stewart,
nee Miss Mary Cornelia Hopkins of Brat
tleboro. Mr.. Stewart was an experienced
journalist, and, since his unfortunate death
some years ago, Mrs. Stewart has given
much of her spare time TO correspondence
for some Of the better class of periodicals
q work for which her natural endowments
as well as her experience well fit her.
She lives very comfortably in her cosy
aud handsome cottage on Capitol Hill, with
her son and daughter, who are man and
woman grown, and worthy scious of the
parent stock. The son was formerly a
page in the Senate, but now has charge of
all the pages, under Mr.. Bassett, so widely
known for his long official service. He has
the two years legal course at
one of our best colleges, and his natural
quickness Of mind, with other necessary
qualifications, will help him to win in the
practice of law should he decide to quit his
present employment The daughter is an
musician-like her mother
and has that delicate type of beauty one
sees only among American girls. A. W II.
Wa hingtou, Aug. lS, 1890,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29
STATE NEWS.

A bold attempt at highway robbery was
made at West Randolph one night last
week. Pistol shots and the effort to stop
the team frightened the horse so that the
attempt was frustrated.
It is proposed to have a reunion of mem
bers Of the Vermont legislature of 1874 :
some time during the next session.
Lyman Raymond of Dandy was arrested
last week on the charge of spelling a pair
Of horses owned by Mr.. Kelly Of DANNY bv
mutilating them with knife.
President W. Seward Webb of the Wag.
ner Palace Car company had a narrow es.
cape from serious accident last week at
North Bennington, his special train running
of an open switch. No great damage re-
suited
The result of the contest for the Rutland
Herald sword, which was announced Fri.
day at the close of dress parade at the en-
campment at Bradford, gave the prize to
Capt. Gray of the Kingsley Guard Of Rut-
land, he having received 10000 votes
Capt. f. w. Childs Of the Estey Guard was
second with 81 900 votes, and was the win
ner Of handsome gold badge The pres
entation was by Editor Dillinbeck of the
Herald, and suitable responses were made
by the recipients
The annual meeting Of the state Chris
tian Endeavor union will be held at St.
Johnsbury Nov. II and -. DR.. f. E. Clark.
Secretary Baer and other notable speakers
are expected to be present.
George Taber. employed in the Central
vermont freight station at Montpelier. at
tempting to jump on a train Monday even
ing, fell under car and lost ons leg
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29

before the autumn has fairly begun. Al.
ready the fever has shown itself, and there
are indications Of an outbreak like that
which accompanied the famine Of 1874.
The Irish newspapers are full Of alarming
reports, and parish priests are already beg
ging for relief for their people
The Sawtell murder case will come up for
trial at Dover, N. II September g. when
the grand jury Of Strafford county will be
asked TO find an indictment against Isaac b.
Sawtell for the murder of his brother Hiram
IL is said that a mass Of strong evidence has
been secured TO show that the crime was
committed in New Hampshire and not in
Maine, The question of jurisdiction is CON
ceeded TO be the most important TO be CON
sdered by the grand jury, and its decision
will be of vital Importance to Sawtell since
a conviction in New Hampshire means death,
but under Maine law imprisonment for life.
William Hanlon, one Of the acrobatic
Hanlon brothers, fell from the dome of the
Academy of Music in New York Saturday
evening, a distance of 6J feet, struck two
orchestra chairs, one with his head, the
other with his feet, and broke them both TO
peiees, yet broke no bones, and was uncon-
scious but few minutes. The terrible fall
caused great excitement, but when il was
known that Hanlon was alive the perfor-
nance of the troupe went on, though the
trapeze act which was in progress was not
resumed. The accident was caused by the
giving way Of the wire sustaining one end
Of the horizontal bar on which the acrobat
was performing. He has only a bad scalp
wound and probably will recover. The
funny story" of the negro who fell from
building and split flag stone with his
head is now deprived of all exaggeration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29
Edi-on,- Lnte., Experiment.

The most interesting and perhaps the
most important of all the experiments which
MI. Edison Is now prosecuting, says the
New York Herald, is a gigantic one de-
signed TO catch and record the sounds made
in the suns photosphere when solar spots
are formed by those mighty eruptions from
beneath its glowing surface. sometimes
10000 miles in diameter, and usually asso-
ciated with beautiful but awful flaming
"eruptive prominencesn of hydrogen gas
which occasionally shoot out to elevations
of 100000 and even 100000 miles -phe-
nomena which Professor Young says lit is
no exaggeration to speak of as veritable
explosions"
At Ogden, n. j., there is a mass of iron
ore mile long standing perpendicular and
extending into the bowels of the earth to
great but unknown depths, said to contain
several hundred million tons of magnetic
material. AS the violent storms and up
rushes in the sun produce disturbances of
the earths magnetism which are recorded
on the magnetOmeters at the Kew and other
observatories, it has occurred to Mr.. Edison
that the strength of the solar disturbance,
as exerted on our planet, could be increased
enormously by utilizing a vein of magnetic
iron ore, and running around the body of
ore several miles of wire, forming an induc-
tive circuit, into which powerful electric
currents wolld be thrown by any disturb
ance of the earths magnetism. "By the
use of instruments every change" " he says,
could be recorded, and by the use of the
telephone all sounds produced on the sun
would be heard on our planet He is, ac-
cordingly, erecting telegraph poles on each
side of the Ogden ore hill and parallel
with it, on which he is coiling an insulated
wire many times around the whole area
where the earth's magnetic lines leave the
iron mountain and extend into space The
two ends of the long wire will be taken into
his observation station and connected with
the receiving telephone
From every point of view--poetic, spirit
ual and scientiic-this promises to be one
of the most thrilling experiments ever made.
Its successful conductor will be able to
listen to the awe-inspiring rush and roar of
the suns mountainous pillows of fire as they
splutter forth in inconceivable fury from
his cyclopean furnaces. What a sermon
will be preached into the receiving instru-
ment A voice from the central orb of our
planetary system-type answering to anti.
type-thundering forth the eternal power
and Godhead of him whom the Christian
pulpit, often too feebly for our dull ears,
proclaims "the Light of this world"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29

The Swiss authorities are convinced that
the story Of William Tell is pure fiction,
with no foundation of fact, and have issued
an order forbidding the legend to be taught
in the public schools. 1t will take some
thing more than government order, how
ever, TO Danish from literature the inspiring
story of the patriot and skillful marksman
who shot the apple from his little sons
head and slew the tyrant Gesser.
Instead of increasing the weight of loco
motives TO secure better traction, efforts
are being made TO use the electric current,
as experiment has demonstrated that the
passage OF a current through the driving
wheels increases the traction far beyond
what additional weight accomplishes.
The government printing office in Wash
ington now employs 600 compositors and
80 pressmen. 1t is the largest printing Of
flee in the world, its annual out-turn being
valued at about SO, ,000, 900
Jean Ingelow, who has now an honored
place in literature, lives in retirement with
her mother in Kensington, England She
is 90 years old, and has never married.
She writes but little now, but devotes her
time and spends her income in charitable
work.
A carpet used in room of the mint after
being in wear some years was burned the
other day in pans and yielded some S2500
worth of gold.
Or. Koch, the famous Berlin physician,
is said to have discovered a destructive
agent for the bacillus of consumpt ion: he
himself made the announcement TO the Ber-
lin medical congress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29
BORO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 1890.

other for the privilege of publishing her
inimitable New England stories. Saws
late Harper's Bazaar:
Almost the first Of her stories 10 attrnct aerious
httsnton was Two Old Lovers" which was sent
To Miss Booth for Harpers Bazar. and which was
written In 80 Uniformed a hand that the expe-
fenced editors first impulse was TO regard ID as
the work OF child. But presently the editorial
eye caught sentence or two, and discovered
new literary artist
Miss wilkins belongs to the dialect and
realistic school Of writer's. As 10 her rank
among literary artists William Dean How
ellis is reported in a recent interview as
giving the following opinion; He pro
nounces the realistic novel more poetic
than the romantic, because of its simplicity
and truthfulness, and he ranks Miss Mary
p. wilkins, Miss Sarah o Jewett and Mr..
George Parsons Lathrop among the first of
the realists. Miss wilkins has written
play entitled "Giles Corey, Yeoman."
dealing with the days Of witchcraft, which
was read at the Deer1eld summer school
OF history and romance the past month
The play was pronounced highly successful
and it is said that it will be published and
prepared for the stage Miss Wilkinss
style in many Of her stories verges on the
dramatic form Of expression and one
would be led to think that she would run
naturally into this manner OF writing.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-29
NO. 30.

arrived ! trust you have not been worry.
ing about me"
Mrs. Coddleman on his entrance SLOWLY
closed the Bible, laid it on the table. folded
her hands before her, and waited
Matthias began to get nervous. "Has--
mas not your sister come, my love :" he
asked, hesitatingly.
wretch ~ returned his spouse, and dis
solved into tears.
nat IL the matter, my angel 2" he in
qulred, in vain attempt TO appear at ease
Monster !" she calculated. and swept bv
him, out of the room and up stairs and
this was the extent Of their conversation
for that night By personal observation he
discovered that her sister had not vet ar
rived, but Of the circumstances he could
learn nothing.
=, AT breakfast the next morning, Mrs. Cod
uleman wore the expression Of a martyr
undergoing torture; she poured the coffee
with Christian resignation beautiful 10
see and the manner in which she passed
her husband the butter would have brought
tears TO the eyes Of the most hard hearted.
Mr. Coddleman determined TO make a bold
oreak, and summoning up all his courage.
addressed his wife
My dear !" he said, 81 fear you did not
rightly understand the events of Yesterday
in short, that, that"
No explanation can avail, Matthias. 1
saw it all 4"
saw all what, my love 2"
DO not attempt to deny it, saw Won
when you passed through the rear car.
though you did not see me | followed YOU
INTO the front one TO speak to yon. and saw
you meet that odious woman-by appoint
ment, I've no doubt | saw you devote
yourself to her, and finally go off with her,
| don't know where. 1t is well for her that
l was without my glasses and could not see
her to know her, or"
just at this moment a carriage laden with
trunks drove up to the door.
There is your sister, my love. said Mat
thias. For heavens sake, don't let's have
family row just as she is arriving"
Coward !" replied his wife, and left
the room. Mr.. COddleman groaned, and
awaited results in the dining room He
now heard the voice of his sister-in- law in
the hall it sounded familiar.
My darling, what happiness this is ~
she cried 81 thought | should never get
here, for | could not find you at the station,
and one of the stupidest men You ever saw
offered to help me, and put me on the
wrong train, and sent me off ever so far.
got the name of your town mixed up, to
be sure, and told him l wanted TO 20 to
Bellville instead of Belmont but he ought
to have known even if didn't. Men are
so dull-why, that's the very man /" she
gasped, as she entered the dining-room;
who is he y
That" replied Mrs. Matthias, smiling
for the first time that day-a smile in which
surprise and relief we're curiously mingled
that is my husband. "-Hdrcard 1dro-
cate.