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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
Innnnn Con.,rlr,nr.. rold..

While the crowd in the tent was enjoy
ing the ring show in a circus at Detroit a
few nights ago a scene was being enacted
in the menagerie that was more thrilling
than anything on the regular program. The
side show has a snake charmer and among
her pets is a boa constructor Is feet long.
The side show was over and the snakes had
been left for Harry Prince to replace in
their cage. They had been sluggish all the
evening, and he said he could care for them.
Shortly afterward a teamster rushed into
the small tent, shrieking: "For Coils sake
come quick The boa is killing Harry" The
attendants rushed to the spot and found
Prince on the ground with five coils of the
snake about his body The snake was no
longer dormant, but shot angry glances at
the crowd, while he frightened his coils
about Prince, whose face was purple, and
whose eyes bulged out from their sockets.
"Cut him, cut him" feebly called Prince,
and the snake charmer came but could do
nothing. Several of the cowboys were
hastily summoned, and assoed the boa,
finally pulling it off Prince after cutting it
i'm several places. The snake was Gagged and
a doctor Summoned for Prince, who had lost
consciousness. In an hour he was brought
to, and said he thought the snake too slug
gish to be harmful and had been careless
i'm handling it. The snake quickly entwin-
ed him. and nothing but the cold weather,
which made the boa sleepy, saved his life,
Prince had no bones broken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

The widow of Henry J. Raymond has
presented to the University of Vermont
"A marble bust of her husband. 1t is the
work of John Adams Jackson and is re-
garded as an excellent likeness.
Lucius Bgelow, formerly well-known
Vermont newspaper man, has left the
Portland Oregonan, with which he had
been connected for number of years, and
is now writing for Seattle, Wash, paper,
Charles MerwIn SAKE, son of Charles G..
SAKE of Albany, y. Y, and grandson OF
the late John G.. SAKE, the Vermont poet
and humorist, was one of the successful
competitors for military hOnorS at the re-
cent competitive drill of Albany academy
battalion, having won the Gansevoort first
class medal.
Walton's Vermont Register has been
sold by the White River Paper company
and the plant moved to Burlington, where
it will hereafter be published. Mr.. :. /.
Farman, long connected with the publica-
ton, retains an interest in the new com
pany. which is understood to be a strong
one financially
Senator Edmunds has gone to Canada
on a salmOn-i fishing excursion with Senator
Mcpherson of New Jersey and ex-senator
Wade Hampton of South Carolina.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
4 Rnre surgical Operation

Col. Ira Aver, who served during the
war in a Pennsylvania regiment, and for
many years was special agent of the
United States treasury department, has
Just undergone an unusual surgical oper-
alton at the Seney hospital, Brooklyn. At
the second battle of Bull Run the colonel,
who was then captain of a company. re-
ceived a gunshot wound in the left fore
arm. The ball entered the IA Illus about
five inches above the wrist and glanced up
ward. lodging near the elbow. 1t was re-
moved at the time at the point of contact.
At that operation, and in subsequent eN-
ploratons of the arm, the presence of any
other foreign substance was not detected.
For nearly thirty years the wound has been
source of constant irritation and danger.
DR.. Fowler of Brooklyn. who performed
the operation. detected the presence of
metal by the use OF the telephone probe.
He removed piece Of tin about the size of
a 1O-ccnt piece. which, together with pieces
of cloth. was found completely imbedded
i'm the bone. 1t seems that the ball passed
through the coloners canteen, carrying
with it the tin and cloth in question. The
operation was successful and promises
relief
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
Deadly work of a Tornado.

The Patterson coal company's breaker
located at Natalie, Pa, two miles north of
Mt. Carmel, Pa, was destroyed by a tor
nado last Friday afternoon. and six per
sons were killed. The breaker was located
on the summit of Big mountain, about
1900 feet above the sea level. 1t was about
800 feet in length and the highest point
was 100 feet. Four of the men who we're
killed were skaters, engaged in roofing the
breaker at the time of the accident. The
other two killed were carpenters and met
their death while employed at work on
the interior of the breaker. Shortly after
noon the sky in the north became black
and the darkness grew in intensity. The
men perched on their high tower gazed on
the advancing storm expecting to descend
in time to avoid the rain. Suddenly flash
of lightning Illuminated the horizon, a
thunder peal that shook all the neighbor-
hood followed, and the next minute the
terrible wind gust gathered up the mighty
structure as though it were feather and,
whirling it around, dashed it to ruin. The
men were mangled almost beyond recogni-
ton The breaker was one of the largest
in the region, its capacity being about &C,
600 tons a month. The cost of its erection
exceeded 100000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
STATE NEWS.

Amherst college has Just conferred the
degree of b. A. upon Fletcher ID. Proctor
of Rutland and George l.. Leonard of Bel
lows Falls.
Fayette Shepherd, a prominent citizen
of East Arlington, employed by Judson a.
Deming at their mandatory in that vii
lage, was caught in a shaft Saturday morn
ing and was terribly mangled. His arm
was wrenched from his body, all the ribs
on his right side broken, his right leg bro
ken IN three places and his head injured.
There was not a particle of clothing on him
when found, and the most singular thing
about the case is that he was conscious
through all. His injuries proved fatal.
Warren Butterield large barn at Wealth
erstield was destroyed by tornado Friday
night
George f. Wiley of Springfield received
severe injuries and some broken bones by
being gored by vicious bull last week.
Simon HoltOn, who died i'm Rutland
Wednesday, was the inventor of the famous
Garfield clock, which at the stroke of each
hour, reproduced the mnutest details of
Garfields assassination. lie was also the
inventor of the escapement for the watch,
the metallic thermometer and the metallic
barometer and made a self-regstering Their
mometer which runs by clock work and
goes eight days on a stretch. He built the
first sewing machine with the shuttle car
ried on a carriage, and it is now preserved
in the Sheldon Museum in NIiddlebury.
Another curiosity of his make was watch
which, with the exception of few portions
of the works, was fashioned entirely out of
ivory. Mr.. Holton was native of North
field, Mass, and was 80 years of age.
The farmhouse and barns of 5. w. Con-
stantine at West Waterford were destroyed
by fire Sunday morning. They were par
TALLY insured
DIR. Charles VI. Trask. of the firm of G.
NJ. Trask Il Co., of White River Junction,
died Sunday morning of epilepsy after a
brief illness. He was formerly practicing
physician of Wells River and later engaged
in the drug business in Boston. DIR. Trask
was assistant surgeon of the Fifth New
Hampshire volunteers in the late war.
Commencement exercises at Middlebury
college have been in progress this week,
opening Sunday with the baccalaureate ser
mon by President Brainerd.
The state officers of the Sons of Neter-
ans elected at st. Johnsbury last week, are
Colonel, X. W. Morse of West Randolph
lieutenant-colonel, II. ). Foster of Burling-
ton; major, w. II. Beadle of Dandy: divis-
ion council, II. O. BiXby of Chelsea, W
II. Boyd, j. b. Ripley of st. Johnsbury
delegate to national encampment, f. T. l..
Benedict of Poultney; delegate at large, f
G.. West of ST. JOhnsbury. The ladies' aid
society elected officers as follows: Presi
dent, S. Ada Hall of Chelsea; vice-presi
dent, Dora Austin of Burlington: trustees
Alice Williams of Middlcbury, Mrs. Ellis %
Burlington AMI Mrs. Clark of ST. Johns
bury; delegate, Cora Francis of Burlington
delegate at large, Mrs. Bonett of st. Johns
bury. The next encampment will be hel,
at Brandon.
The post-oftce department has given on
the readiustment of the salaries of presi
dental postmaSters of the third class 70
the New England states. Following is tn
list for Nermont
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

In a recent issue of The Phoenix mention
was made OF the immense game preserve
which Dr. Seward Webb is establishing in
the AdirondackS \ New York despatch
says: Probably DR.. Webb has in contem-
plation the greatest game preserve on this
or any other continent. He has caused to
be surveyed tract of land in Hamilton
county. 100. 900 acres in all. In these woods
the deer have seldom heard the crack of the
sportsman's rifle. and they fear the panther
and the wolf more than they do man, be-
cause they have not yet become accustomed
to the sportsman. Bears prowl about and
smaller fur-bcaring animals are found in
plenty.
Within a week DR.. Webb has given the
contracts to the foresters and they will be-
gin to cut in a broad circle surrounding
this great area, path 100 feet in width,
making a clearing some 60 miles in circum-
ference as il encircles the park. This will
serve as a barrier to forest fires. On the
inner edge of this path a fence is about to
he erected 10 feet high, made of ribbon
wire, which are SO near together that no
dogs will be able to penetrate the fence.
Thus guarded, this immense park will be-
come a splendid game preserve.
DIR. Webb intends to add to the game
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

Thirty thousand tons. or two thousand
carloads. of staff will be used in the con
struction of the main buildings of the Chi
cago Worlds fair. 1t has been decided that
all of the buildings will be faced with this
material. staff was invented in France
about 1876. and first used in the buildings
of the Paris exposition in 1878. 1t is com
posed chiefly of powdered gypsum, the
other constituents being alumnia, glycerine
and deXtrine These are miNel with wat
er without heat, and east into mods in any
desired shape and allowed to harden. The
natural color is a murlly white, but other
colors are produced by external washes
rather than by additional ingredients. To
prevent brittlcneSS the material is cast
around coarse cloth, bagging, or oakum.
The casts are about half an inch thick.
They may be in any form-in imitation OF
cut stone. rock, faced stone, holdings OF
the most delicate designs. For the lower
portions of the walls the material is mixed
with cement, which makes it hard. STAFF
is impervious To water, and is a permanent
building material. although its cost is les,
than Onc-tenth of that of marble OF
granite.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
Our New Navy to Have a Practical Test


For the first time in the history of this
country we are to have a series of naval
mannuvres involving the problems of act
ua warfare, as presented in the attack up
on one of our great maratime ports by a
foreign naval force, and its defence by the
American navy. There has been since the
war no naval force adequate to carry out ma
nmuvres of any value. The squadron of
evolution was formed with such purpose
in view, but until recently it was not sutfi-
GENTLY numerous to undertake the solution
of the larger naval war problems, and its
operations were limited to great gun prac-
tice and fleet evolutions. With the recent
additions to the naval list, however, this
obstacle has disappeared and Secretary
Tracy has prepared a scheme to carry out
his views which will be given effect at
once. The first movement will he to at
tach the dynamite cruiser Nesuvius and
the torpedo boat Cushing temporarily to
the squadron of evolution and orders to
that end have already been made out. Adj
miral Walker has also been directed ''to
prepare Immediately program of manGu-
vres for the summer and early autumn
which will dispose of the forces under your
command to the best advantage and confer
practical training on officers and men I'M
der conditions following as closely as posi-
bile those of actual warfare 1t is eX-
pected that the dOuble-turreted monitor
MiantOnOma, now at New York, will be
completed in time to take part in the ma
nouvres. The proposed evolutiOns, ac-
cording to Secretary Tracy's view, will be
of large practical results. The defects OF
the new ships if they have any, will be
fully revealed, and their actual capacity a,
offensive and defensive forces will be de.
monstrated. There will also be Opportuni-
ties in plenty for the display of individual
enterprise and tactical skill on the part OF
the officers and of discipline and marks
manship on the part of the men. Among
the results of the English naval man9u
vres were the revelations of startling de
fects in the systems of coaling, engine con
struction and marine design which have
since been followed by notable changes il
the English navy, and it is presumed tina
valuable results will follow Admiral Walk
er's manpuvreS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
CURRENT AFFAIRS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Disastrous western Floods.

Details from the great floods which Wis
tied northwestern Iowa last week show
that the damage was even greater than the
first reports indicated. An eye witness of
the flood at Cherokee says it is necessary
to see in order to have any idea of the dam
age done. 'Why,' he exclaimed, "it is
simply terrible the way that immense body
of water swept things before it, Houses
were but bubbles on its crest. | was at
Cherokee when the Cloud-burst came, and
i'm less time than it takes to tell it, flood
was upon the town. Houses were seen to
tremble, swing half around and be carried
along by the torrents. Trees were bent
and broken like reeds, and not thing
could stop the terrific onward rush of the
water, and all this occurred before the peo-
pie could possibly realize what had hap
pcned. The most remarkable feature of
the disaster is that any of the people in the
track of the flood escaped with their lives
As far as know no lives were lost at Cher
okee and the immediate vicinity. The
storm rendered 800 or 400 families home
less in and about Cherokee. The Illinois
Central lost nearly three miles of railroad
This does not include the bridge taken out
over the Sioux river. The amount of dam
age will reach quarter of a million dol
lars" Hundreds of head of live stock
were lost.
\ despatch from Neville, Ia, says that
town is almost wiped out. The water ran
in through the depot windows and up to
the ceilings of buildings. Several houses
in the fiat part of the town were swept
away and the railroad turn-table was
washed from its place. Many bridges were
carried away. Similar damage was done
in other places in that section. Consider
able damage was done in Omaha by the
storm. East Omaha was badly flooded and
a thickly populated section of the north
ern part of the city was inundated, the wa
ter being two to six feet deep in the streets,
and the street-car traffic was abandoned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

already there quite number of moose.
which he will not permit to be hunted
until at least five years have passed. With
deer, with moose, with feathered game
in its season, with brook and lake
trout in plenty, it will be seen that this
great park will be truly sportsman's par
adise. DIR. FernOw of the Smithsonian in
stitute, whose reputation in forestry is
worldwide, has been given the position of
GRAND forester
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

Vim. Timmons, postmaster Of ldaville, Ind ,
writes: Electric Bittrrs has done more for me
than all other medicines combined. for that bad
feeling arising from kidney and liver trouble '
John Leslie. farmer and stnckman. of same place
saws: Il find Electric Biters to he the best kidney
aud liver medicines made Inc feel like "A new man.
j W. Gardner, hardware merchant same town
says: Electric Btt"rs is just the thing for man
who is all run down and don't care whether he
lives or dies " He found new strength, good APP
petite and felt just like he had new lease on life
Only - cents a bottle, at F. II Holden Co. 5
drug store.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
wonderful sights on the sun.

The ancents who believed that the sun
was as smooth and spotless rs golden
mirror would be unspeakably astonshed if
they could see it as it has appeared when
viewed with telescopes during the past few
days. Two large groups. or rather rows, of
spots. which are yet visible near the centre
of the disk, have exhibited to a wonderful
degree the terrific effects of the explosive
and cyclonic forces that are now, month by
month, gathering greater energy upon the
sun. Holes large enough to swallow up
the earth with plenty of room to spare have
been formed there in the sight of the as
tronomer: shining bars have been shot
across the dark chasms like bridges of fire;
the twisted forms of the great fame-like
phenomena which project hundreds of
miles over the edges of the seemingly black
and bottomless pits, have given evidence of
a mighty whirling power, and the punctur-
ing of the bright disk with crowds of com
parativelv small black holes in the neigh
borhood of the greater spots, has shown
that over hundreds of thousands of square
miles of the solar surface a tremendous
rain of elected matter is falling back upon
the blazing philosophers.
Yet the changes that these outbursts are
able to effect in the solar light and heat
bear so small proportion to the whole ra-
diative energy of the sun that it is still an
open question whether the earth feels then
to a perceptible degree or not. 1t is only
when sun bursts out with such over
whelming might as was exhibited by the ia
nous star in CassiOpea in 1872, or by stal
in Cygnus in 1876, or by a star in Androme
| da in 1885, that the planets circling around
it are swept with fire. There is no know
reason to believe that our sun will behave
in that manner at least in our time, an'
SO everybody can enjoy the marvellous
spectacle of the sunspOts without appre
! henson for their consequences.
] No,g YorL sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
The White and COIOred Population of
the Southeastern States.

From the New York Mail and Express,
Probably at no time since the close of
the civil war has the question OF the rea-
tive growth of the white and cOlOred pOpu-
lation in the, Southeastern states possessed
greater interest than at the present The
rapid development of the industries and
the remarkable increase in the number of
cities in this section make the question one
of vital interest, and a late bulletin of the
census bureau bearing on this point affords
an interesting study.
The tabulation of figures in this bulletin
covers the South Atlantic and South Cen
trial states, including Missouri and Kansas.
The total population embraced in this
count is 23,S75, 259, of which Ii, sos, POS
were white, 6,09G, 1866 colored and lO,SSS
Chinese, japanese and Indians. From the
fact that fifteen-siXteenths of the entire
cOlored population of the United States is
found in the states mentioned, these figures
form fair basis on which to ascertain the
percentage of increase for the entire I'm
ion, which for the decade from 1880 to
1890 was as follows:
/ Colored population 6l42,3GO 6996, l6t
/ White population 1880, nos l6e6s,AG
Percentage of increase C "L1, i5g
In 1880 the proportion of white to per
sons of color was in the relation of lOO,-
600 to 1897, while in 1890 it was as lOO,'
600 to Al, 475, from which it will be seen
that in a region where the climate and con
dtions are the best the country affords
and the best suited to its development, the
colored race has not held its own agains
the white.
Previous to 1880 the cOlOred race in
creased in this section more rapidly THAI
the white, but since that period the whit
population has grown steadily, the proper
ton in 1890 being 10 to /, as against 10 t.
q in 1880
The last two tables in the census bulletil
treat of the movement of the colored ele
ment during the past 50years, which tend
to show that instead of any movemen
toward the North, the border states hay
lost rather than gained, and during the las
decade this emigration has been towar
the Gulf states, more particularly int
Mississippi and Arkansas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
For over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect success
Ii soothes the child, softens the gums allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best remedy for
dianhea. Sold by druggists In every part OF the
world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow' s
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind, Price
Twenty five cents a bottle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
RucLIen,s Arnicn snIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts bruises,
sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores, letter chap
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and positively cures piles or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction money
refunded Price p cents per box. Fer sale by
F H. Holden a Co.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

Palpitation of the heart, nervousness. trem-
blings. nervous headache, cold hands and feet,
pain in the hack. and other forms Of weakness are
relieved by Carter's Iron Pills, made specially for
the blood, nerves and complexion,