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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
"Oppressed' Carnegie WorImen.
How the strikes Foremost Chierain
Lives at Homestead.

Lives at Homestead.
From the New York Recorder
Since the troubles at Homestead began
the New York World, in its editorial col
umns, has been Historically denouncing
the "grinding oppression of the Carnegie
company, and calling on Congress to sweep
away the iron sections of the tariff which
care enriching the mill owners and robbing
the mill hands, In its news columns
yesterday our ''vicious and depraved' con-
temporary gave an illustrated description
of this ruin and misery. Its correspond
ent went into the home of the leading
striker, Hugh O'DOnnel, and this is what
he saw:
"When O'Donnell married. six years
ago, he had only few dollars. Now he
has a house and lot as pretty and inviting
as any one would care to live in. 1t is
worth more than $1,000 and it is all paid
for. 1t is delightfully."- furnished The
parlor is a COOL cOsey room. The Brus-
sells carpet is of a pretty figure, and there
are beautiful pictures on the walls. In the
corner is bookcase with a little desk.
There are good books in that case-histo-
ries, standard novels, and economic works.
You will find these in the houses of nearly
all the skilled workmen. There is an En-
every man in town seems to have subscrib-
ed for the big work. There is a piano in
the room, too. The other rooms are fur
nished as invitingly as the parlor. There
are taste and comfort in every room. The
kitchen is furnished relatively better than
the parlor bright, cheerful, and charm
ingly furnished home is that of Hugh
O'Donnell."
That does not look much like oppression.
O'DOnnell, it is true, is one of the best
paid workmen, but there are many as well
off as he. AS to the houses of the less
skilful workers, 'they are palaces com
pared with those occupied by men making
the same wages in Pittsburgh" These
extracts fatty contradict the editorial ut
terances of the World during the last two
weeks. Hugh O'Donnell is only 30 years
of age. If he is wise he will march to the
mill today at the head of the mill hands
and go to work. He should save that
homo
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
Helping the Republicans.
From the Boston Jonrnall

lfIOHl Iht DoslOH JOuIudl
The Democrats seem disposed to help
the Republicans out at possible weak
points The passage of the bill regarding
lead ores will tend to keep the silver states
Republican. 1t is an attack upon the min
ing industry, in the interest of free trade
and the miners and their friends are likely
to see its bearing very clearly, and to vote
down those who have attacked them. As
there is no possibility that the bill can be-
come a law, the movement is merely an eX-
hibtiOn of Democratic folly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

A word often heard nowadays is gerry
mander,' yet it is rarely that it is pro-
nounced correctly. says the New York
Tribune. Most commonly it is spoken as
if the initial letter were IL There is no
justification for this, as the derivation of
the word from Elbridgc Gerry, Governor
of Massachusetts, in 1911, when it first
came into use, clearly shows The proper
name is always pronounced with a hard
"g, and the derivative is, of course, sub
ject to the same rule. The latest diction-
aries authorize only the pronunciation of
"gerrymander' with the sound of "g' as
in give 1t is said, by the way. that
Governor Gerry was not in fact responsible
for the first gerrymander although his
name has been permanently attached to
the manipulation of political divisions in
the interest of a party.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

a Wisconsin correspondent of Farm,
Stock and Home says he has never found
a remedy for heayes equal to a compound
of eggs, honey and vinegar He beats three
eggs into one quart of pure fruit vinegar
and after about three days, or when the
mixture is all together, he adds one pound
OF strained honey. In tablespoonful doses
1t can be given with the feed twice a day or
placed on the tongue of the horse.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
Convincing Evidence.
From the New York Tribune.

\ well-informed business man of West
cm Pennsylvania writes to the Tribune:
Business has taken me to England many
times from 1850 to date. | observed that
many things supposed to cost more in
America than elsewhere because of the
protective tariff are really as cheap here as
in England. Notably, carpenters tools,
farming tools and builders hardware. To
satisfy myself brought with me last month
a lot of samples bought at three different
hardware stores i'm town of l.. 600 i'm an
agricultural district. On comparison find
that in farming tools American prices are
about the same for better goods, in builders
hardware a lower price for better goods,
and in carpenters tools, where possible to
compare them, American prices are not
higher than the English" That is the
kind of evidence which convinces voters of
the utility of protection. The home in
dustries flourish and offer diversified EN-
ployment to a population that needs it.
The prices of carpenters tools, building
hardware and farming implements are Oft
en- lower here than they are abroad, and
never higher The producer has the trade
of the home market, and the consumer
has the benefit of the low prices, Nobody
is taxed and there is work for American
wOrkmen. That is the outcome of what
the Democracy condemns as "a system of
public robbery and jobberyn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

The Republicans of Vermont, and espe-
cially the younger element Of the party,
are enthusiastic over Col. Fuller's nominal
ton for governor, and are preparing to
give him one of the largest majorities ever
polled in that state, They recognize in
Mr., Fuller a gentleman who will bring
rare executive ability and dignity to the
office, and who has the brains and dscre-
ton to give wise administrations Gran
rile, N. y, Sentinel.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

The singular name of the Democratic
candidate for vice-pre>ident is attracting
attention. 1t is pronounced in three syla-
bles "Ad-la-i,' and is Biblical name.
Adlai in the Bible was the father of Shap-
hat, who was one of King David's officials
and had charge over the herds that were in
the valleys. He is mentioned in First
Chronicles, XXvII, 29.-BdituOre Sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
A Million Friends.

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you that il has wonderful curative powers in all
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
CIeveland's substitute.

From the Rochester Post ENpress
\ reader sends the following question:
To decide wager will you please say whether
or not Grover Cleveland sent substitute to the
late war:
He did. The name of the substitute
was George BrinSki, and he died at the
Soldiers home at Bath on Aug. -, lSS1
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22
POLITICS AND NEWS.
Our Foreign Trade.
Remarkable showing for the First Year
under the Mckinley Law.
IFrom Tie New York Press.

under the Mckinley Law.
From the New York Press
The United States governments year
ends June 80, instead of December 81
The fiscal year 1892 is, therefore, just end
ed 1t is the first full year of the McKin-
ley laws operations. 1t is the best year
the government has ever had. In the vol
ume of exports it has never been approach
ed before. The proportion of free imports
has been greater than ever before. Every
Democratic prediction with regard to the
operation of the new tariff law has been
disproved by experience. The Republic
cans predictions, that there would be de
creased "taXcs,' increased exports, de-
creased competitive imports, and an in
creased balance of trade in our favor have
all been verified in a greater degree even
than most Republicans anticipated.
The completion by the treasury depart
ment of the figures for the year enables
the following table, showing the compare
tive total of our foreign trade for the last
six wears tO he made nm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

A small goat ate a tomato can
Aud then eight pounds of nails,
He finished his meal, by way of dessert
BY consuming four large fence rails.
He said to himself, with a ioyial smile,
As of to his home he ran:
I'm sure the nails can't disturb me.
But think the tomato can"
Yale Record
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

When an article has been
sold for % years, and its sales
have increased each year, in
spite of competition and cheap
limitations, it must have superior
quality and absolute uniformity
and purity. Dobbins' Electric
Soap has been constantly made
and sold since 1869, more each
year. Can the sale of an inferior
article constantly increase for
g years? This soap is to-day
as ever, the best, the purest
family soap made. 1t contains
no adulteration of any kind, and
is intrinsically the cheapest soap
made, because it will go so far,
and do such perfect work. Ask
your grocer for it.
00A'T To read carefully the directions
JUN around each bar, also what is
EhII said on the inside wrapper. Be
Tail sure that our name appears on
each, as there are many inferior imita-
tions palmed off as the genuine Dobbins'
Electric. None genuine without the name
on the wrapper of
/. L. CRAGIN & CO.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

Dyspepsia in its worst forms will yield to the
use OF Carter's Little Nerve Pills aided by Car
ter's Little Liver Pills. They not only relieve
present distress but strengthen the stomach and
digestive apparatus.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-22

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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11


Itwould seem as if some of Gods crea-
lures had the ability to sleep almost as
long as the hero of Looking Backward.
Says the London Standard:
A wonderful case in ON record Of
snail which went to sleep ON March 25th,
1S46, and did not wake up till March Z,
1850.
II seems that this snail was picked up
in the Egyptian desert, and as he retired
to the topnost recesses of the whorls OF
his shell, he was gummed on to TSece
of cardboard. as though dead, labelled
with the date and sent TO the British Mu-
seum.
He slept unconcernedly for nearly four
years, when, showing some sign of life.
The authorities ordered him tepid bath,
and, at the first touch of the welcome
moisture, the snail thrust forth his head
very cautiously, and then commenced to
walk to the top of the basin.
The West African mudfish affords an
other instance of long continued exis-
tence in a state of torpor This f-I.
known as the lapidosiven, lives among
the shadows Of the River Gambia, which
are completely dry during the tropical
summer.
But, before the drouth comes, the mud
fish is wise enough TO hide deep down in
the soft clay at the bottom of the pools.
and there it lies in a torpid state for
months together. while the surrounding
mud hardens into cake. While in this
state the natives dig them up, and prize
them as great delicacy for the table.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11

Preaident Low, Of Columbia College.
has put his foot down on hazing
Mrs Robert L. Stewart bequeathed
$500 900 20 Princeton Theological Sem
mary,
b. Andrew Franklin is said by the
Rochefort (Mo.) Commercial 10 be the
first negro student in the University OF
Heidelberg, where he is now taking q
course.
A parental school is TO be established
in Boston tc supply family life and az
industrial education to boys who are
without homes OF opportunities for per-
sonal training
At the new Chicago University there
will se four quarters, each consisting OF
wO terms, six weeks in each term. A
student will be allowed to choose any
two terms in the year for his vacntion.
Christine Frederiksen, Of Copenhagen,
the author OF book on intuitional ia.
struction, has won university gold
medal for an orderly collection aud deri-
walton Of the most important laws Of
elucsti theory as far as they can be do
rived from modern psychology and ethics.
Vasssr, University Of Pennsylvania.
aud Johns Hopkins are all about 20 erect
new buildings 10 accommodate the great
numbers OF students with which their
halls are oysrfiowing The sending of
SO many youths to receive the higher
education is another good symptom Of
the prosperity Of the country.
The University of Wyoming, located q
Laramie, was founded in 1886 by Terri
torial legislation and $751; 600 building
erected In 1883 Preparatory School
and College Of Liberal Arts was opened
Besides it's Academic Department snd
College OF Liberal Arts there is Normal
School, Agricultural College, School Of
Mechanical Engineering, and Of Mines
and Metallurgy. It has fine Laboratories.
Its faculty numbers 13 professors, all
young, active, and able men, and the ia.
stitution is growing rapidly under ths
presidency OF A. A. Johnson, d. D., this
founder and late president OF Fort Worth
University, Texas. The institution is
thoroughly equipped in all departments.
is entirely out Of debt, and has an an.
nual income for current expenses Of over
So, 900.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11
PRICE ONE CENT
Some cuser TrsRsfsrmss,om % Oidsn
Tanss with New Ward..

Tunes with New words.
Some of the old transformations OF
songs are due TO What must originally
have been very much ike theft Thus.
Willie. We Have Missed You" Is only
paraphrase OF the famous Scotch song.
Jock o iiszledeau The Vet mora
celebrated John Anderson. NV Jor is
suspiciously like, When Johnnie Comes
Marching Home Again popular song
OF war time Bus sometimes these re-
eemblances 10 Scotch music come about
very innocently Thus strathspey i
changed into loft in the Silly Night,
and this Is by no means distant relative
Go Nearer My God 10 Thee, thus max.
ing favorite hymn tune first cousin 10
an ungodly aud very energetic dsnc,>
Such changes might occur through tho
unconscious retention of tuna in the
mind, rs onee happened t. Mendellsohn
while composing Elijah: He had
heard Aud Robin Gray sung TO l4eeve's
tune this popular melody is not the
original tune which went with the
words) and the melody chung 10 his mem.
ory without his being aware Of the fact
When, therefore, he set the words @.
"Oh, Rest in the Lord, " to the extreme
horror Of the publisher, he used Ieeves
tune without in the least being conscious
Of plagiarism
When his attention was called 10 the
fact lac altered the melody: but the care.
ful observer will still discover some
thing OF the flavor of Aud Robin Gray Z"
in oh. Rest in the Lord. Many OF the
songs OF the German students have been
stolen and reproduced in new guises on
this side OF the Atlantic. Maryland, Nv
Maryland, for example, is note for uote
the old German song, 20 Tannebaum. "A
song in praise of fidelity. The simple
little song SO often heard in kindergarten
on Sunday school as "oh, Come, Como
Away is one Of the most popular
OF student songs; but in Germany il rep
resents the merits OF fiery punch called
Crambambuh.
Our national music is full OF metamor-
phoses akin TO those mentioned above.
yankee Doodle being old English.
"The Star Spangled Banner" jovial
drinking song and America, the Eng
lish national anthem. Even the hymnol-
ogy is not exempt from these inoppor-
tune resemblances, for "Sun of NV Soul"
is not very far from Mozarts "Se Nuol
Ballare, and many other instances OK
metanorphoses could be cited. But
enough has been noted to prove that Sol
onions saying, "There is no new thing
under the sun. may be- very strongly
applied 10 music. Boston Musical Hor-
aid.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11
chin... Embroid.rY.

Chinese embroidery is the most re-
Ylarkable which ever came from human
fingers Any lady who has ever at
tempted embroidery understands the
difficulty Of giving neat appearance to
her work on only one side of the article
embroidered, but the Chinese embroider
both sides, so that Ivy turning the work
it is impossible to detect difference or
TO say which is the neater aud this, too,
on material so thin that it seems impos
sbIe to work with it at all One OF the
most peculiar features OF a piece OF
Chinese fancy work is the hem with which
they finish the cut edge. American
ladies fold down Fat hem and fasten it
with whipstitch; the Chinese roll the
edge so as to make cord, and then hold
it in position by blind stitch The
work is wonderfully delicate, and is said
to be done by Chinese women working
at what we would consider starvation
wages. Whole dresses are embroidered
Just as beautifully and with the same
regard to detail as tbs smallest ar
ticIe of luxury or comfort, and the
amount of work done on one OF these
large pieces Of heavy silk is simply as
founding to one not familiar with Chi
nese workmanship
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11
SIR wM. rnoMsox's INVENTIONS
Known snd Used All over ths civlI.
tzed WerId.

IL ever peerage Is the tit reward FOR
scientific eolinence. never was that lis
tinction better bestowed than ON Sir
William Thomson. president Of the
Royal Society, on whom the British
queen has just conferred the title Tho
days are past when a man could say with
Bacon; :" have taken all know ledge TO
be my provinces" nor is it now possible
even 10 so take all science, hut Sir
William Thomson may Justly claim TO
have taken all physical science as his
province. aud there are few who can rival
MIN in any one branch of it. Go where
you will, we find traces Of his restless ac-
tivity.
Every telegraph office is stocked with
instruments of his invention large part
Of London is lighted by dynamo ma
chimes which are notifications OF one
Of his aud in the test rooms Of all
the installations in the world the
most accurate instruments are his
also We 20 to sea. and VA find the
means Of taking soundings without
stopping the ship. designed by Sir Will
liam Thomson; we arrive in port, aud
lind She height and time Of the tides
predicted by Sir William Thomson's
tidal clock
Perhaps we are interested in questions
of speculative science-the age Of the
earth. the constitution of matter aud tho
size Of its ultimate molecules, the origin
of life on the earth and its probable dura-
ton; none of these questions can be
adequately discussed without mention
Of his name, aud on some Of them he is
the only authority.
In collaboration with Professor TAFT he
has written what is generally accepted as
the text book on natural philosophy, and
some of the most brilliant mathematical
Investigations We have ever seen are
due to him. When the history Of science
in the 10Th century comes to be written,
three names will stand out preeminent--
those Of Faraday, Darwin, and Sir Will
liam Thomson. Builder.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11

Nine. Adam, the famous editor Of the
NoureHe Revne of Paris. recently sent out
invitations for a series of receptions and
inscribed on the cards TIE words to
talk. I" She SAYS that the uiisicales
which have amused Partisan society OF
recent years show the decadence of the
drawing room, a decadence she is desir-
Qua OF checking. There must still be
some 81 or 40 women left in Paris who
know how 10 converse, and will Try to
gather them together. saws sIns adam.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11
ANNAPOLIS Md FRIDAY EVENING MARCH IL, 1sss
Carrying the Iron Hor.s late Darksss
Africa.

Africa.
The builders OF the Congo Railroad
are now in the midst of their greatest
difficulties. Nine-tenths of the engineer
ing problems were centred in the first
Is miles. Near Matadi. on the Lower
Congo, the engineers are compelled TO
blast out the rock nearly every step of
the way. For about three miles the road
bed is dug in the solid rock that rises
almost precipitously above the Congo.
II then turns up the Mposi Valley. one
Of the toughest spots imaginable. Every
quarter Of a mile or less the track will
have TO be carried across the river on
bridges. The first five miles of this diff.
cult part Of the road have now been COM
pleted aud the work is making good
progress on the second section. BY tho
end Of this year the engineers expect
to have all their bridges in place
and to have the road completed
to Palabala, at the summit OF the
plateau, and then the work will advance
rapidly to Kinchassa, on Stanley Pool.
The number of workmen has been
argely increased Of late 2,750 native
.aborers are grading the roadbed and ex-
cavRting the rock. The managers are well
pleased with the progress they are max
ing. The building OF the bridges in Bel
gium has advanced far ahead of the work
on the Congo, and great deal Of ma
terial is now on the river ready to be pus
in place.
The need Of ther is increasing every
month. The trading stations above Stan
ley Pool, maintained by Belgium, Dutch,
and French traders. have increased 20
about 100 in number. and they are col
lecting great deal of ivory and rubber,
which is now sent to the coast on the
backs Of men. About 10000 porters arc
now employed in the transportation busi-
ness.
The railroad company Is carrying out
one work which is unique in the history
Of railroad enterprises. Ithas constructed
at Belgium three iron buildings for the
use OF Belgium missionaries. The whole
cost is betrayed by the railroad company,
whose officials say that it will pay them
to give this assistance to the missionaries
on account of the excellent Influences
they have upon the workmen aud the
solicitude with which they look after the
health of the black personnel. The COM
pany has also taken steps to establish q
sauitarium at Kinkanda, and has COM
petent medical staff to care for the sick,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-11
Anwora Goats,

The mohair industry of the United
States has assumed proportions little
comprehended by the ordinary OBJ
server. Angora goats are raised largely
in Texas, New Mexico, and California,
there being focks, however, in many
other Western States and Territories
Little is published regarding heindusny,
consequently many who would interest
themselves more in their search for
knowledge are obliged TO be satisfied with
q few such fancies as are harbored by the
average stock breeder. Anything but a
goat, " they will tell you. "The odor is
enough for me, you will hear Preju-
dice has barred them from many parts of
the country admirably adapted for their
breeding.
We are reminded Of an Iowa sheep
breeder who purchased small flock Of
Angoras, much to the disgust of his
neighbors. After years trial, however,
his stock was eagerly sought by the same
neighbors. As protection from dogs,
wolves, and other marauding animals,
they are next to q shot gun, and have
been known to ward of disease where
run with other stock. Notat all delicate,
they will eat anything from smallsized
stump to an old shoe. When good past
ure is scarce they viii put up with fence
rails or young trees.
The United States can boast Of some
large flocks Of Angoras, containing thou
sands Of highly bred goats, growing the
finest Of long, lustrous mohair. Itwould,
indeed, be an unwarranted oversight on
the part Of the Worlds Fair directors in
the live stock department if Angoras
were not accorded special class at tho
Columbian Exhibition.