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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-19
WHAT YOUNG MEN MAY DO.
Plenty Opportunities to Work in the Tenn
perance Cause.

Plenty Opportunities to Work in the Tenn
perance Cause.
1t is very common error to suppose
that the Temperance cause has relation
only to those who have been made
wretched by drink, and that temper
ance workers are of little account un-
Jess they have been drunkards
The fact is that the influence of a
young man who in cool blood chooses
the right, on the bare-hand sense of it,
is many fold greater on boys and men
of his own age than is that of a man
who having gone through the saloon
and got the worst of it," comes out
against drink.
1t is a splendid thing to be saved
from drunkenness, but infinitely more
splendid to have been clean always.
The men who lead in all professions,
who weather the panics and fires and
foods in mercantile pursuits, who sway
the world by voice and pen, are as
rule those who have been clean from
boyhood, and if a redeemed drunkard
sometimes makes his mark in the world
it is a mark much lower than he could
have made under conditions of absti-
pence from the beginning, Sometimes
n rescued drunkard prizes opportunity
more and works harder than he would
have done otherwise, but in the whole
range of Stiffness the characteristic
inbecile is the young man who thinks
st ''smart" to drink. So, then, ] should
say young man can do everything TOR
the temperance cause.
On the political sida the temperance
cause is q YoNng mans affair; old men
will not change easily; their eyes are to
the rear. If the question of prohibition
were now presented to the Christian
men of America as new thing unen-
tangled by party loyalty, prejudice and
habit, every man of them would be an
vltra-prohibitionist As democrats and
republicans they have drifted into Ii
cense and other dilatory policies as
kance from the view of real merit and
now they will drift on to the end, cap
tive to name, tradition or theory.
If j were q young man would keep
Clean and that is the first thing for any
man to do for any cause. Paul did his
best for Timothy when he wrote to
him, keep thyself pure. Rest Is
lander
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-19
A FOOLISH CUSTOM.
One of the Social Iniquities of the Amer
lean People.

lean People.
You see that man at the bar?
Yes.
He is respectable man, is he not?
AS men 60
But he is intoxicated.
Surely.
Do respectable men knowingly get
into that condition?
Some times: but this particular one is
not so much to blame after all
Why not, pray?
He met some friends about an hour
ago.
Is that the same as saying that he
was forced to drink more than was
good for him?
Pretty much the same.
But could he not have stopped at a
proper time?
He might have, but 1T was scarcely
practicable.
Why not?
Because it is hard to refuse to drink
when one is asked.
But accepting once would not have
made him intoxicated?
No; but there were five of his friends
and each one insisted on setting 'em
up" in turn, and then, of course, he re-
ciprocated.
'NWas each one obliged to ''set 'em
up?''
Certainly, and probably more than
once
Why certainly?
Because no American citizen is al
lowed by social custom to drink alone.
Never?
No, never, unless he does it on the
sly.
Do many do it on the sly?
Very few comparatively.
Then every American citizen who
drinks is liable at any time to be COM
PEELED to get drunk?
That is about the size of it.
What is this custom called?
Treating.
Why do not sensible Americans try
to discourage it?
A few do.
Only few?
Yes, only few are brave enough
Then the majority approve of it,
1t would appear SO, but they do not.
They submit then, to a social custom
that often makes them Intoxicated and
forces them to spend much more money
than they ought?
Yes, they submit, and upon the whole
quite cheerfully.
Are all American citizens fools?
In the matter of treating most en-
phatically they are, every time, now
and forever, and in all probability
always will be. Brooklyn Life.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-19

The arrests for drunkenness alone
in Hartford, Conn, for the twelve years
between 1879 and 1899, average 81. per
cent. annually, of the whole number OF
arrests, while for drunkenness and i'm
iuediately allied offenses, the percent
age is so. 0.61-more than four-tifths.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-19
WHAT 4: 4: 4: IT # ss'" pc

The original and only genuine Compound ONy-
gen treatment, that of Drs. Starkey & Palen, is
Il scientific adjustment ol the elements of 0Ny-
gen an,i Nitrogen magnetized; and the compound
is so condensed and made portable that it is sent
all over the world.
II has been in use for over twenty years;
thousands of patients have been treated, and
over one thousand physicians have used il and
recommended ir-a very significant fact.
''Compomd 0s.geR~l.s Made OF Action and
Results" Is the title of book of 200 pages.
published by Drs. Starkey & Palen, which give
to all enquirers full information as to this re-
markable curative aseut and good record of
surprising cures in "a wide range OF chronic
cases-many of them after being abandoned to
die by other physicians.
VIII Is ...,ied Free TO any address on appli-
cati6n. DRs. STARKEY 4 FALLEN.
1929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
40 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Please mention this paper-novi26M;
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-19
a MlSSiC !.

Small am, I've a mission. hclJw-
"A mission that widcns, and grows a. J grow.
,Tis TO let alone cider, and bran is and GIN
'Tis TO keep well away from these poliOns CT
sin.
'1'is to make myself noble, and manly, and true;
'Tfs to touch no tobacco, not smoke, and not
chew
That unhealthful weed than true women detest,
And all people know is q filthy old pest
tTis to say unto all what say unto you,
Let these things alone, II you would be true;
They arc foes Of all virtue, and lead down To
shame.
Shun drink and tobacco and keep your good
Gold water that comes from the we'll is my
drink,
The healthiest, purest, and sweetest think;
IT never makes drunkards, it never brings
woe
III praise it and drink il wherever GO
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Union Signal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
whist Clubs and Prizes.

DR.. Rexford at the Roxbury Universal
list church last Sunday morning created a
sensation in his congregation by calling at
'tention to the wide practice now INDUCED
in by the ladies of playing whist where
prizes are awarded. He said he did not be-
lieve that any wife or mother should be
willing TO bring home FIRST prize from
the whist club unless she is willing TO
have her husband and son bring home
money won at the gambling tables. The
successful wife or mother brings home the
silver card case the vase, or a delicate cup
and saucer and exhibits them at the tea
table with much delight The next even
ing Harry comes 10 the same table and eN-
hibits a silver dollar or a five-dollar gold
piece, and his mother asks him where he
obtained il. and he replies: ooh, a cOmpa-
ny of nv chums played whist last night at
Toms and ! won it," / think the father
and mother would exchange some panied
chances at this recital But suppose the
mother takes her son TO task for his con
duct and meets this response: "Well, you
won the silver case, the cup the vase, and
suppose we put them with my dollar and
balance the account What has the
mother to say? The boy wins money di-
rect while the mother wins what costs
money, In eltnef case a Nalut Is WOu
without returning an equivalent, and this
is hazardous approach to gambling
When women are willing to see their sons
gambling they may engage in it, but am
certain that no thoughtful woman will win
and exhibit her winnings to her sons from
the "whst club | do not believe that
women, who are good women and Chris
tian women, have bestowed the thought on
this matter which its seriousness involves,
and would be glad to know that the clubs
existing among the ladies Of this cOngrega-
tion had abolished the prize feature, and
that ladies belonging to clubs which will
not reject the prizes had withdrawn from
them 4 woman who can find no interest
in the game without the prize is precisely
the woman who should not play, and it is
a social certainty that woman OF this
type can add no quality to the club
There are hundreds of ladies in this city
who would scorn the idea of sitting down
and playing cards with an habitual gam
bier but where will You draw the line be
tween gambling for money direct and gam
bling for prizes which only money can pur-
chase?-BoStop journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24

\ writer in the Contributors Club in
the March Atlantic draws a sensible dis
tinction between good slang and bad: The
distinctive test of good slang from bad is
that it has a real meaning. Bad slang has
no meaning; it is simply a succession of
sounds which, because they come tripping
ly from the tongue, impose on the ignorant
imagination of the hearer. When the
mathematical professor silenced the fish
wife by calling her "scalene triangle" a
'parallelopiped, and an 'hypothenuse."
he used this weapon. As a rule, the slang
of the very low classes, the thieves Latin,
the "argot, the clash language" is not
inexpensive. Not only is its meaning
clear enough TO the initiated, but there is
apt TO be a vigorous and picturesque felici-
ty in its terms when once their history is
disclosed. For instance the word "socdol-
lager" once quite current, was manifestly
an uneducated mans transposition of
"doXologer," which was the familiar New
England rendering of "doxology" This
was the Puritan term for the verse of
ascripton used at the conclusion of every
hymn, like the "gloria" at the end of
chanted psalm. Everybody knew the
words of this by heart, and on doctrnal
grounds it was proper for the whole con-
gregatiOn to join in the singing, so that it
became a triumphant winding up of the
whole act of worship. Now 'socdollag-
err was the term for anything which left
nothing else to follow, a knock-down blow,
a decisive, overwhelming finish, TO which
no reply was possible.
There is a slang of great cities which
owes its whole life to senseless repetition.
Its phrases are like the unsavory missiles
caught up from the gutter, dead rats, old
shoes, battered tins, which street Arabs
throw at one another To this order be
long most party and national nicknames,
class appellations; and such slang may be
described as the quintessence of vulgarity.
They have their brief run in a city, get
place in the leaders of a daily journal or
two, where they appear in quotation marks,
as pickpocket in irons before the court of
police, and then disappear forever. Such
terms as Sin the soup" ''boodle," "the
bari, "fat-frying,' etc, belong to the
more recent unsayory imbecilities of poll
tics.
Good slang is automatically expressive
and has narrow escape sometimes from
being poetical. An English traveller had
quarrel with the mate of a Mississippi
steamboat, and the case came into court.
The counsel for the plaintiff, in his opening
address to the jury, thus stated his cause of
action: "The first officer of the Bella
Richards addressed my client in most VIC
lent and peremptory terms, and threatened
him that if he did not Immediately remove
his personal effects from the entrance-way
of the steamer he would precipitate him
into the raging food below" The evil
dence of the bystanders as TO the mates
words was as follows: Look here, strang-
er, if you don't tote your plumber off that
gang-plank right smart, I'll spill you in the
drink"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
A Hlghly Accomplished wei.

On the farm of John Mclaughlin, in
Mitchell, this county, is a whistling well,
200 feet deep. AT depth of 40 feet there
is crevice in the panel work, through
which the air PUSHES with great force.
When the wind blows from the northeast
or northwest the pipes freeze to the crevice,
below which they are exceedingly warm.
The well has been covered and provided
with a silver whistle, which, when il
sounds, can be heard for a mile and a
quarter around. When the wind blows
from the south, east, southeast or south
west only will the sound of the whistle be
heard. When the wind blows from the
other directions it is still. There is always
a roaring, like the sound of a heavy water
fall, at the opening. The well will also
indicate a storm "a hours in advance in
either winter or ShebOygdn,
Wis, Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
"Great Is staRiu

Many of the smaller structures would be
notable for beauty and for size if they were
not here made pigmies by contiguous grand
eur, Like the larger buildings they are
veneered with "staffn Great is staff"
Without staff this hand sketch of what
the world might have in solid architecture,
If ii were rich enough, would not have been
possible With staff at his command, Ne
TO could have afforded to fiddle at fire at
least once year. One of the wonders of
staff as seen at Chicago is its color. Gray
ish-white is its natural tone, and the basis
of its success at jackson Park; but il will
take any tint that one chooses to apply,
and maintain a liveliness akin 10 the soft
bloom of the human skin. staff is an expe-
dent borrowed from the Latin countries,
and much cultivated in South America.
Any child skilled in the mechanism of mud
pies can make ii, after being provided with
the gelatine mOlds and a water mixture of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
Even Pork NAV DE Grnss.

One of the curious things We have
taught our hogs to do at Klamath Falls,
Ore, said G. W. Smith, a merchant of
that place, is to eat hay like horses. They
will do it, too, and thrive on it. In fact,
in winter they get nothing else. 1t is al
falfa hay we have taught them to eat. 1t
is put In rack that is not too high, and
that they can reach up to, and they pull it
out Just like horses and cattle. What do
we do to stiffen up and round out the hay
eating hogs? Turn them into a field of
wheat, hundred acres or so, according to
the number you have, and let them eat it
right from the stems. 1t finishes them up
in fine shape, and makes as handsome pork
as you would wish TO find anywhere.-San
Francisco Examiner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
A MISUNDERSTANDING freshman accosted

A suspicious-looking Irishman accosted
gentleman on the street late at night with
request for the time. The gentleman,
suspecting that Pat wished to snatch his
watch, gave him singing rap on the
nose, with the remark, "lt has just struck
one" "An' it's glad ! am l didn't ak
yez an hour age" retorted Pat
A gentleman travelling in Ireland stopped
at village in Tipperary and engaged an
aged iarvey to drive him from the station
to the inn. During the drive he asked,
"Well, jarvey, what's your name?" "My
name is Oliver Goldsmith, your honor -
"Oliver Goldsmith! Why bless me, that
name seems very familiar!" "Well, /
should think it ought TO, your honor Here
have l been dhriyin' this here cyar for
about 25 years, your honor"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
STATE OF vRRMONT. Marlporo- s

- BY the Probate Court for said Distr..-
To allpersons Interested in the estate Of FRED
4 GALL, late Of Nottingham. in said dis.--
deceased Cr.-.r,-.-
Whereas Mary {. Gale. Administrators L.
on the estate Of Fred a. Gale, late Of Wt--i--s-
ham, has filed her petition in this court. s..-rg
forth that the sale Of the whole OF the ia
estate OF said deceased will be Dene- a.
70 the heirs and all persons Interested the--L.
ana praying for license 10 sell the same ami al,
the same time filed III this court what uurr1--,
- De the consent Of all the heirs 70 such sale
hereupon II is ordered that the same b- heard
al the session of said court to be held az the r5
bate office IN Brattleboro on the last Saturcav q
March 4. d. 1898. when and where Won msr
Or heard IN me premises If you see cauSp
10 L. ". STODDARD. Reglst-r
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24

cement and plaster. How the workmen
appeared to enjoy Selling handouts of ex-
celsior or fiber, dipping them in the mix
ture and then sloshiRg the fbrous mush
over the surface OF the mold. When the
staff has hardened the resultant cast is
definite light, and attractive. A workman
may walk to his Job with a square yard of
the side of a marble palace under each arm
and a Corinthian capital in each hand.
While it is little green it may be easily
sawed and chiseled, and nails are used as
in pine. Moreover rough joints are no OBJ
lection, since little wet plaster serves to
weld the pieces into a finished surface.
In the rough climate Of Lake Michigan
staff is expected to last about six years,
which is the average life of the ablest En-
glish ministry. Great is staff The Cen
turn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
STATE OF VERMONT. Marlboro. s.

= By the Probate Court for said District
To all persons interested In the estate Of pRIS.
ella r. WALKER. late of Brattleboro IN sad
district deceased. Greeting
Whereas, Mary B. Sampson has presented to
this court an instrument purportIng 70 b. the
last will Of said deceased. for probate: You ar
hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the probate Of said instrument at the session
thereof To be held at the Probate Office IN Brat
teboro. in said district. on the last SATURDAY O,
March. 1893. when and where you may appear
and contest the same. If you see cause
10 L W STOnDA I'D Rla-l.t.-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
observation-disclosures, NOTICE.

y ESTATE OF LEcLIF {. ADAMS
The undersigned having been duly appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the district az
Marlboro Commissioners to receive. examine ana
adjust all claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate of Leslie c. Adams lat- o.
Guilford. IN said district, deceased. am al
claims exhibited in Offset thereto. hereby give
notice that We will meet for the purpose afo-s-
said. at the residence of the deceased on the
sth day OF April and the Goth day OF july
next. from J O'Clock until 1 O'Clock p a. on
each OF said days, and that months from the IS
day Of March, a. d. 1873. is the time limited
by said court for said creditors to present tnef
claims to US for examination and allowance
Dated at Gmlford. this 9Th day OF March lsl3
10 a SSNwTrT1a4NG' Commissioner
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
a Little Girls Experience i'm a Light
house.

Mr. and Mrs Loren Tresscott are keepers of
the Government Lighthouse at Sand Beach Mich
and art blessed with daughter four years old
Last April she was taken down with measles,
followed with a dreadful cough turning into a
fever. Doctors at home and at Detroit treated
her, hut in vain, she grew worse rapidly unAl she
was mere handful of bones" Then she tried
DR.. Kings New Discovery and after the use of
two and half bottles was completely cured
They say DR.. Kings New Discovery is worth its
weight In gold, yet you can get trial bottle free
at F. II. Holden q Co. s drug store.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24

builds her up; If she suffers from any Of the
distressing arrangements and diseases that
affiict her sex, IL corrects and cures.
It's an invlgOrating, restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine, and the
only guarantee remedy for the ills and all
ments TINT besct a woman. 1t regulates and
promotes ali the proper functions, improves
digestion, enrchos the blood, dispels aches
and pains brings refreshing sleep, and re-
stores health and strength
All female complaints and weaknesses
are positively and permanently cured with
the Favorite Prescription It's the only
medicine for them that can he, and is, guar
dnteed If it doesn't benefit or cure, in
every case, you have your money back
Something else may be better for the dealer
to sell-but think for yourself whether it can
be g. just as good for you TO buy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24

The fair patient had described her symp-
toms with much voiubility and minute
ness, but paused a moment for breath.
Madam" gasped the doctor, ''please
let me see your tongue. Thanks. Oblige
me by holding it in that position while |
write prescription. Chicago Daily
Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
Railroads.
VERMONT Valley RAILROAD

On and after Oct. 8, 1899. trains on this road
will leave Brattleboro for all points North Al
6l5, 1910 A. N, $500. $40 and 10: l5PM
The o. A. n. train is accommodation to Bel.
lows Falls and Windsor
The ii:l0A. NJ, train Ii mail train for MontpelieI
81. Adams, Rutland. Burlington, Montreal and
the Passumpsic road
The 900 P A.. is the Montreal ana Quebec day
express.
The $50 P H.. train is mail train for White
River junction and Rutland
the 1919 P. ~, train Is express 20 Montreal
Sherorook and Quebec, with sleeping cars at,
tached This train runs daily (Sun laws 20 Non
treal only.)
All these trains make clOsa connections with
Boston Albany r. r.. bath east ana west OF
Springfield j. MULLlGAN Supt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
crArE oF VERMONT. Markham $.

- BY the Probate Court for said District
To all persons Interested in the Estate Of MAR
TIN AKELEY. late Of Brattleboro. in said Dis
trict. deceased. Greeting
Whereas. Austin ". Akley has presented 10 thu
court an instrument purporting 10 be the lau
will Of said deceased. for probate: You are hers.
by notified that this court will decide upon u.
probate of said instrument al the session thered
TO be held at the Probate Once in Brattleboro n
said district. on the last Saturday of March
A. 1873. when and where you may appear and
contest tine same, il you see cause.
10 Z. W. STODDARD. Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
.,TATE OF VERMONT. Marlboro. ;,

- BY the Probate Court for said Distr.--
To all personsfaterested IN the estate Of ROY.
ANA SARGEANT. late Of Brattleboro. In said
District. deceased. Greeting
You are hereby notified that this court vii. DE-.
eide upon the allowance of the account O.
Geo. W. Walker, Executor Of the last W. q
said deceased and decree distribution thereof t1sr
persons entitled. at the session thereof to b- held
at the Probate ONCE in Brattleboro. on the las
Saturday Of March. A. b. 1888. when ami
where you may BE- heard IN the premises j. r0-
So cause. 10 z W. STODDARu- Re--.---
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24
10 ". II II. 6cAA Gibbs, Commissioners.
STATE OF VERMONT We-,nnins,-.-

STATE OF VERMONT. Westminster. IS
~ by the Probate Court for said District
I'll, an persons interested in the estate of DEX.
i iI IohhEH, late Of Jamaica, in said district,
VTIou, Greeting.
whereas, Clarence J. Torrey, Administrator up
on tue estate OF Dexter Torrey. late of Jamaica,
~ SAID district deceased, has filed a petition
inns court setting forth that the sale of the hole
VI INT rei estate OF said deceased will be beneficial
70 70 Ine nelrs, ana all persons interested there
~ ana praying for license to sell the same and al
lhe same time filed in this court what purports 70
% the consent in writing of all the heirs r5-
upon it is ordered that the same BE- hear 81
me session OF said court to be held at the Probate
OInce IN Bellows Falls, on the first day o.
Al API ~ a u 1875 when and where you may
"e heSru IN the premises II you see cause
~ ZlNA II. ALLBEE. Register