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LONDoN's FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Years Work by the Brigade and the Appli.
ances They Have to Work With.

Years Work by the Brigade and the Appli-
ances They Have to Work With.
In view Of the adverse criticisms upon the
inadequate and out-of-date efforts of the Lon
don fire brigade in graphing with large conHa-
grations it may not be out Of place to call
attention to the following report by Capt. Shaw
of the years work Of the department, 80 that
comparisons may be more fairly made between
calls and results, when they are gagged by the
standard Of American fire departments: The
number of calls for fires, or supposed fires,
involving the turning out of the brigade,
received during the past year was 3,546. OF
these 76S were false alarms and I, SIS were calls
for fires, Of which 153 resulted in serious
damage and Z, 400 in slight damage. The fires
of 1880 compared with those of 1889 show an
increase Of 217, or compared with the average
of the past ten years an increase Of 400. The
number Of persons seriously endangered by fire
was 212, of whom Isl were saved and 81 lost
their lives. OF these latter 81 were taken out
alive, but died afterward in hospital or else
where, and so were suffocated or burned to
death. The number Of journeys made by the
fire engines has been IS, 1861, and the total
distance run 65,455 miles. The quantity Of
water used for extinguishing fires was between
20, 600 900 and II gallons, or about 90 900
tons.
The strength Of the brigade is a. follows:
ruty-uve iano nre engine stations, noat1ng
or river stations, 50 hose cart stations l79 fire
escape stations, steam fire engines on barges
Al land steam fire engines, Is six-inch manual
fire engines, IS miles Of hose, los hose carts and
reels, steam tugs, Is barges, IA FIRE escapes,
8 long fire ladders, 9 ladder vans, ladder
trucks. trolley for ladders, 2 trollies for en-
gines. IS hose and coal vans, 8 wagons for
street duties. street stations, 156 watch boxes,
706 fremen Gncluding chief officer, second
officer, superintendentsa and al ranks) is pilots,
6s coachmen, lsS horses, Is telephones between
stations, 55 alarm circuits round FIRE stations,
~ telephones end Is bell-ringing Gre alarms to
public and other buildings. There have been
during the year ~ cases Of ordinary illness
and los injuries, making total Of $40 cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-14

From the st. Louis Republic
An smusing story is told in Italy Of the isnor-
ance OF the Sultan of Morocco. Two Spanish
officers lately visiting Fec were received in .
solemn audience By the sultan The prssenta-
ton was gone through with al the rules Of
court etiquette; aftsrwsrd, the conversation
becoming more familiar, the sultan, Mulsy
Hassan, aid to the officers:
Your queen loves the popeT'
Very much, replied the 6pauiards
Ihe pope, does he love your qussn2"
Equally 60"
The sultan renainsd for . few moments IN
SILENCE, then mid: why doe - not marry
her then7''
TO tais snbarrsa.ins question ~ onesshsd
no reply.
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From ths Atchasoa GlobsL
The Lord never intsndsd er5sf 10 spread; -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-14

THE MORMON BIBLE.
But the book was more interesting than the
building. 1t is written, and all the world has
read that to Joseph Smith an angel came down
from heaven with pair of celestial giglamps
whereby he was marvelously enabled to inter-
pref certain plates Of gold scrubbed over with
dots and scratches, and discovered by him in
the ground, which plates Joseph Smith did
Enthusiastically he spelled the mysterious char
acters ''caractors'-and out of the dots and
scratches produced q volume Of 600 closely
printed pages containing the Books Of Nephi
first and second; Jacob, Enos, Jsrom, Omni,
Mormon. Mosiah, the record Of Zeniff. tbs
book Of Alma Holaman, the third of Nephi. the
fourth. another Book Of Mormon. the Book of
Ether (the whole thing is o powerful anes-
thetic, by the way) and final Book Of Maroni.
Three men, Of whom one believe is now living.
bear solemn witness that the angel with the
spectacles appeared unto them; eight other
men swear solemnly that they have seen the
golden plates Of the revelation and upon this
testimony the Book of Mormon stands. The
Mormon Bible begins at the days of Zedekiah,
King of Judah, and ends in q wild and weIter.
and Wholesale theft from the Bible. Very sun
cerely did 1 sympathize with the iuspired
brothers as / waded through their Joint pro-
duction. As . humble fellow worker in the
field OF fiction knew what 1t was to get good
names for ones characters. But Jossph and
Hiram were harder bestead than ever I have
been, and holder men to boot.
They created Teancum and Coriantumy.
Pahoran. Kishkumen and 9adiGnton and
other priceless names which the memory does
not hold; but Of geography they wisely steered
clear and were absolutely vague - to the local
tiles OF places, because, you see, they were by
no means certain what lay In the next county
to their own. They marched and counter
marched bloodthirsty armies across their
pages and added new and amazing chapters to
the records Of the New Testament and reor-
ganized the heavens and the earth. a. it il
always lawful to do in print. But they could
not achieve style, and il was foolish Of them to
lei into their wierd mosaic pieces Of tho gem
uine Bible whenever the laboring pen dropped
from its toilsonc parody to . sentence or two
of vile, bad English or downright "penny
dreadfulism-" And Moses said unto the people
Of Israel, Great Scott, what air you doine?'
There is no sentence in the Boob OF Mormon
word for word like the foregoing, but the gen-
eral tone is not widely different
There afs the mskinGs Of q very nne creed
about Mormonism. To begin with, the church
Is rather more absolute than that of Rome.
Drop the polygamy plank in the platform, but
on the other hand deal lightly with certain
forms of excess. Keep the quality Of the re-
cruit down to the low mental level and zee that
the best Of all the agricultural science available
Is in the hands Of tho elders, and there you have
first-ciass engine for pioneer worn. Tho
tavdzy mysteisn and Ne bexrovtng non Ere
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and experience shows that they are in fact
sometimes seen. In truth, apparitions of the
sort have been within my personal experience
on more than one occasion. Since childhood
l have found myself possessed of an organism
in which the threshold Of consciousness 10 ca
pable Of that shifting which have described
On several occasions when the occurrence has
taken place have been aware Of the presence
OF the spiritual bodies Of deceased persons,
which gave to me information not otherwise
attainable and conveyed to my mind con-
viction Of their identity. But do not indulge
the hope Of being able to admit any one else
into my consciousness to such degree that
the evidence mentioned would satisfy their
own minds. The evidential value Of these ex-
periences u wholly personal and seldom il ever
transferable, because, unlike experiments in
physical science, psychical occurrences cannot
subject to the ordinary processes Of vertical
ton.
TEE CONDITIONS SPECULATIVE.
'The conditions which govern the existence
Of the ghost or spiritual body are only open to
speculative discussion. As have said, one Of
these conditions appears to be that the spirit
nal body is not subject to the law Of gravita-
ton. Il ID unquestionably capable Of chang
ing its location by its own volition, though
probably not exactly in accordance with our
Ssa ao sh bsas ss sssona Ss ass:
quite different from our own. This givos II q
duration Of existence which might be
compared with our notion Of endless existsncs
and 50 represent eternity II may very we'll be
that the spiritual body 10 by no means confined
to this planet upon which We live. AL take it,
the spiritual body II the soul Of ordinary Ian.
guage. The soul consists Of body q densa
Tor the conditions Of it, own environment q
our physical bodies are for the conditions sur
ever rsscquiree material body Of Assh h slto.
gethsr . speculation. Evidsnco = insu06ieni
= vasr1nt - s0gUatlyo eonoluGion. 4 boalo(
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-14

The Mask certainly acts upon the skin with n mild
and benencsl result making Il aer and Clearer
each application"
For softenins and identifying the skin there IA
nothing to compare with it !"
that Is used for beauti:ying purposes
plexon should have one
For bleaching the skin and removing imperfections
i know VI nothing good"
II have worn the Mask but three nights. and the
biackheads have all disappeared"
The Mask should be KEEP. in every iady's toilet
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bALI LAkE CHI.
I'm seriously concerned for the sake Of Mr.
Phil kobinson's soul You will remember that
he wrote q book called Saints and Sinners. in
which he proved very prettily that the Mormon
was almost altogether an estimable person.
LIVER since my arrival at Salt Lake have been
wondering what made him write that book On
mature reflection, and after a long walk round
the city, am inclined to think il was the sun.
which II very powerful hereabouts.
By great good luck the eyil-minded train
already delayed twelve hours BY burnt bridge
brought me to the city on q Saturday by way
OF that valley which the Mormons. over their
efforts, bad caused to blossom ike the rose.
Twelve hours previously had entered into a
new world where, in conversation, every one
was either Mormon or a Gentle. IL ia NOT
seemly for free and independent citizen TO
dub himself . Gentle, but the mayor OF Ogden
which 10 the Gentle city of the valley-toid me
that there must be some distinction between
the two hocks. Long before the fruit orchards
Of Logan or the aiming levels of the Salt Lake
had been reached that mayor-himself a Gem
tile, and one renowned for his dealings with the
Aormons-told me that the great Question
Of the existence Of the power within the
power vas being gradually solved by the ballot
and BY education I'VE have" quoth he.
kills round and about here stuffed full OF silver
and gold and lead, and all hell atop Of the
Mormon church can't keep the Gentle from
rocking In when that's the Gaze. At Ogden,
thirty miles from Salt Lake, this year the Gen.
NE vses svsDpsd Ne Mormon ct The municipal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28

From the New York Tribune on the Benning
Centennial

From the New York Tribune on the Bennington
Centenniall
Loyal even among the loyal, Vermont
was one of the few states. seven in all,
that furnished more than their quotas of
troops for the maintenance of the Union.
With population of 315, 900 she compiled
a record of 3.2SS enlistments, represent
ing probably as many as -, 900 soldiers, or
one in every II inhabitants. How these
brave men acquitted themselves in the evil
hour is writ large in history. If they had
a fault, it was. or so their old comrades
love to say, that they were tri1e too
ready to make their skirmish line do the
work of the line of battle. Thus or other
wise, Vermont lost 3.6j killed in battle out
Of every hundred men enlisted, as com
pared with 2.SS for all the troops of the
Union. In the Vermont brigade of the
Army of the Potomac. 1.-THE fighting brig
ade OF the fighting Sixth corps, the per
centage of loss is even more appalling. ris-
ing to ll.03 killed and mortally wounded
in every hundred enliStments, against !. %
for all the Union armies. Including the
deaths from disease in the hospitals and in
the Confederate prisons, of this splendid
brigade more than one man in four per
ished; yet nobly. for il was to save their
country, and content. as knowing that the
colors they so stoutly bore were stained on
ly by their life blood.
The same manly qualities the men of
Vermont have carried with them into the
arts of peace. If the population of the
state has in the last decades increased so
slowly, it is that her people have gone to
other regions to practice, in building the
new states. the sound lessons of thrift and
energy, and integrity, aye, and of good
humor and good will, which they learned
in youth in the valleys and ON the slopes of
the Green mountains One seldom sees a
sour Nermonter; lazy one never, or never
when there is something TO be done that
needs doing. OF all the states her people
are the most homogeneous and the most
American. Those who have stayed at
home can point with the easy humor and
quaint smile of their race TO their Vermont
horses, their Vermont butter, their Yer
mont sheep. their lush green pastures
where the sleek Vermont cattle Craze. their
Vermont maple sugar, half sweetness, half
romance. Vermont modesty might make
them shy of speech as to the best products
of their state; Vet what shall hinder us
from speaking of the Vermont men and
women that have done all the rest and sur
pass all the rest?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28
A Chinese Dude.

The costume of an ordinary Chinaman
of the town is not expensive as compared
with what il costs men of other nationali-
ties to dress. Twenty dollars year is the
outside limit allotted for the purchase of
new clothing. and even this sum is rarely
expended unless it comes to a question of
actual necessity. It's poor side of a for
eign quarter, however, that cannot present
an exception 10 the ordinary in most things,
and Chinatown enjoys the distinction of
being able to show genuine johnny"
Suy King Hop is the leader of Celestial
fashions in Mott street. Hop is really a
well Informed young man, and. being
bright and possessing a fair knowledge Of
commercial life, has managed TO accumu-
late quite little pile of the needful with
which TO meet and counteract the results of
the proverbial rainy day He does a good
business in furnishing toothsome luxuries
TO tickle the Celestial palate, and as these
are imported from the "Flowery King
DOM he is in constant communication
with his agents in China, and thus has ad-
ditional facilities for getting the latest
things that are worn by the Picking and
Hong Kong dudes.
He eXpends about II, 800 a wear on his
clothing His purchases are always made
al the lowest quotations of the Picking
market, and as the question of paving du-
ty is rarely involved. thanks TO the shrewd-
ness OF his agents, he is able to get a fine
lot of silks. blouses, breeches, nobby caps
and felt-soled shoes, and thus accumulate
quite an assortment Of fine toggery. His
greatest JOY, however, is a fsh-bone brace
let, inlaid with gold, which was slipped
over his hand by an indulgent mother be-
fore he was 10 years old. The develop
ment Of his hand has left the gorgeous cir
clet as firmly welded about his wrist as if
Joined together by rivets Of steel.
His most ravishing costume. the one in
which he attends funerals, weddings, and
picnics on Tom Lees celebrated roof gar
den, is made of an eye-dazzling shade of
scarlet silk; beneath this he wears a white
blouse embroidered in the most elaborate
colors, designed in true oriental style and
worked out with care and precision by the
nimble fingers Of hundreds of his country
women. The breeches he wears with this
are made OF soft white silk; light blue
socks, and an elaborate pair of sandals en-
broidered in silk and precious stones, COM
plete the costume. When he gets himself
in this attire he is a feast to behold-and
no wonder.-NaH and Express.
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Brattleboros ;, Northamptons 3.

Ii is with no Il told YOU So feeling
that The Phoenix calls the attention Of the
Northampton Gazette to the closing sen
tence of an article directed to that paper.
in our issue of July 18th, after the first
game here. which the Gazette characterized
As "teaser" This is the sentence in
question: do not be SO sure Of the
series that YOU can give Us a 'teaser, for
we will be with you at the finish. sat
urday's game. on the home grounds, was
the 18th in the series. and was the eighth
victory for BrattlebOro, one game resulting
in a tie. Our team also won the only eN
hibiton game played. Saturdays contest
was such a one as ii is delight to witness
close exciting. with free hitting and
sharp fielding. O'Neill was the only Brat
tlebOro player who did not put up strong
game. The good natured captain fell all
over himself in his attempts to pick up
ground balls. and his wild throw to the
plate. following hits 10y O'Rourke and Far
rell. gave the visitors two scores. Their
other scores were obtained on hits, aided
by a wild pitch and passed ball,
Stuart scored for Brattleboro in the first
inning He made hit, stole second, was
advanced to third on O'Neilrs short hit,
and passed ball allowed him to score. In
the third inning two runs were earned on
Stearns's single and two baggers by Collopy
and Cain. Hits by O'Neill and Stearns,
with a stolen base. error, passed ball, etc,
gave the runs in the fifth and seventh inn
ings.
Cross's pitching at critical times was all
that could be desired. Gains catch in the
fifth was the phenomenal play of the day,
When Person hit out long fly a number
of people were heard to gasp, "a home
run, but Cain judged the ball perfectly
and captured it after a long, hard run up
over the slope. Stuart's throw from centre
field in the seventh. cutting off Slater at
the plate, was another pretty play. and a
stop by Murphy and catches by Ellsworth
were also loudly applauded.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28
Northampton. II. Brattieboros l.

The Brattleboro ball team did not ex-
actly end their career at home in blaze of
glory. They will not be remembered
however, by the closing game, but by
what they have done through the season
as a whole-in winning the championship
of Vermont from the L. V. Ms. and the
series from Northampton, Notwithstanding
the lavish outlay Of money in that place.
Wednesdays drubbing was the worst Of
the season. With the exception Of one
inning the game was well played. In that
inning errors by Hickey and O'Neill. com
bined with lucky hits, did the work There
were many sharp plays. Collopy's work
al third has not been eNcelled this season.
Stearns made two difficult stops at second,
and Leahy's throwing. particularly when
he caught men mapping at third. aroused
the enthusiasm OF the spectators. Tenney
played his usual strong game for North
ampton. Person was hit harder than the
score shows. the Northampton outneld
hacking him perfectly capturing II long,
hard hits down 10y the fence. This game
ended the season sport in Brattleboru.
The two teams will play at Northampton
tomorrow. and after the game the Brattle-
bOroswil dishand
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.
Roll Call of the Baptist Church with
a History of the Organization.


The exercises on Wednesday, at the roll
call meeting at the Baptist church. were OF
deep interest to all present. At 10 A. NJ.
the meeting was opened by prayer. Rev.
O. P. Fuller, pastor of the church.
read brief sketch of the church from the
time of its organization to the present day.
after which the roll call was begun and con
tinued until 1880. when the company re-
paired to the veStry, where bOuntiful din
ner was served by the y. p. 5. {. L. AT
2 p. NJ. the company again entered the
church and prayer was then offered by
Dea. Kinsman. followed by an invocation
in song 10y Julian johnson. The roll call was
again resumed and continued until all pres
ent had responded. with many interesting
letters from absent members. over so of
which were read 10y Mrs. O. P. Fuller SUI
perintendent Of the Sunday school. The
exercises were intersperSed with beautiful
singing 10y the johnson Brothers, Mrs.
Henry Converse, and Miss Mary Pierce.
with Miss Halle Thompson at the organ.
Miss Conyerse's solo. The better land, 80
deserves special mention. The church
was very tastefully decorated with flowers.
One of the most interesting features of the
day was the large collection of pictures OF
dead and absent members Of the church
and choir, among which We're those of Capt
Albert Buxton, Mrs. +. +. Rugg, Rev H.
c. Leavitt. Rev. Sem Pierce. which occu-
pied the chair in the desk, Rev. Nehemiah
Pierce and wife, at the right hand of the
orchestra, and near where he had stood as
leader of the choir for over 20 years was
hung the crayon of William W. Pierce. Just
above which hung the lovely face of Mrs
j. L. Martin, whom all will remember as
enc who ever contributed her fine voice 10
the worship Of God. On the left was
large crayon Of Mrs. George Smith, who
for so many years presided at the organ
with power surpassed by few. The day
was one long TO be remembered, and was
the outgrowth Of a happy thought of Dea.
L. F. Rugg.
The Baptist church in this village had
lis origin in the town Of Peru, Oct. p,
1909, with a membership Of nine. The
first addition by baptism was in Dec y.
1907, and within year 81 more We're add
ed 10 the church. In February. 1911. the
church in Peru with - members from he
Baptist church in Windham became the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28
BRATTLEBORO WINS
The Series from Northampton and Two
More Games from the L. V. MS.
BrnttIeboros :. Northanptons ..

The embers of hope, which had burned
low at Northampton. were famed into
flame by the victory of last week Thursday
in that place, and the Herald undoubtedly
expressed the feeling of the devotees when
it said on Friday: "The boys have struck
a winning gait again, and propose to capt
ure this afternoons and tomorrow game.
The proposing did not count, even on
Northampton grounds. Bowers, Leahy,
ONeill, Stuart. Cain and the other Brat
tleboro players also proposed to do some
thing, and they backed up their 'propos-
ing in a way that brooked no resistance.
Sexton, ''the born pitcher was hit at
time when hits were needed, Stuart,
O'Neill and Cain lining out three-baggers
when men were on bases. Bowers pitched
well. and was almost perfectly supported,
all of the Brattleboro team doing good
work, especially Collopy in the field and
Cain at the bat.
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The Northampton people are born kick
ers. They kicked on the umpiring Of
O'Donnell, Freligh, Phersick and Ketchum,
and then they selected Brady and declared
that he alone should umpire the games Of
the series. Now they are kicking because
Brady decisions gave the series To Brat
tleboro, and the Herald has the assumption
To say that all the close decisions were
given to Brattleboro. 1T is a sad ease for
Northampton and BrattlebOrO extends her
sympathy. Before the season began the
Northampton management began hustling
and secured all Of the old Brattleboro team
who could be engaged. This team had for
two years walked over anything that
Northampton could put in the field, and it
was thought that if its leading players
came to northampton that place would
have a club which could down anything in
the valley. Well, the team did down every
thing until Brattleboro was met. Then
came defeat. NorthamptoniteS wondered
and said lit is only a teaser.' But the
teasers began to fall so fast that they be
came positive aggrayations. Money was
no object then and the country was secured
10 get the best players possible, Nearly 80
men were tried, but 10 no use, Brattleboro
Won the series. Poor Northampton cranks
They can no longer kick against the UNI
pire. All that is left for them is 10 kick
themselves and TO mourn over the money
which they spent so lavishly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28
wHITINGHAM.

lFrom the North Adams Transcript

From the North Adams Transcript
Over in Nottingham. near the pleasant
village of jacksonville Vt, is a pretty little
lake. upon the shores Of which mountain
laurel and groves of white birch, spruce
and maple flourish abundantly. Near at
hand are high hills from which command
ing views can be obtained of pleasant land
scape studded with farm houses and vii
lagos. Noting the natural advantages of
the place, a few interested persons a short
time since fitted up the grounds and built
cottages. Laurel Beach. as this quiet lit
tie resort is called. is rapidly becoming pop
ular. All who seek rest and recreation at
this place are delighted with its attractions.