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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
Another Administration Scandal
James Roosevelt Roosevelt, who Gave
$4,000 TO the Campaign Fund, Gets
an AppOintment.

James Roosevelt Roosevelt, who Gave
an Appointments.
Dudes come high, but the present ad-
ministration must have them to run the
missions abroad, especially after the dudes
made such handsome contributions to the
campaign funds. The confirmation of j.
J. Van Allen as ambassador to Italy-price
S50,0O0-was hardly cold when President
Cleveland named Van Aliens brother-in-
law, James Roosevelt Roosevelt, to be sec
retary of the embassy of the United States
in London. In order to give the place to
Roosevelt Mr.. Harry White is removed,
after serving faithfully II years. Mr.
White has held the position from the days
when Mr.. Moran finished his long and
honorable period of service and, whether
under Mr.. Lowell, Mr.. Phelps or Mr.. Ba-
yard, has been recognized as an official of
the highest qualifications. The post at
London is one of the most eNacting in our
diplomatic service
Mr. Roosevelt held a minor diplomatic
'
first administration, and during President
Harrison's administration he lived abroad
as a gentleman of leisure. He is well
known in ultra fashionable society and
club circles of New York. Roosevelt mar
ried a daughter of the late VIM. AstoI, his
wife being a sister of Mrs. Van Allen. His
contribution to the Democratic campaign
fund was only $4,000, and, of course he
was not entitled to an ambassadorship.
The price for such an appointment, it will
be hereafter understood, is $4,000.
Before making more appointments to
his campaign fund contributors, President
Cleveland should read the following from
the annual message which he delivered to
Congress in December, 1885:
The allurements of an immense number of Of.
| fees and places exhibited to the voters of the
land, and the promise Of their bestowal in recog.
milton of partisan activity, debauch the suffrage
and rob political action of its thoughtful and de-
| lberate character.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

Admiral Stanton has been sharply dis
ciplined for his indiscretion in saluting the
insurgent fleet in Rio Harbor, and has
been suspended from the command of
the South Atlantic squadron. AT the navy
department at Washington the officers who
believe that the admiral's unfortunate sa-
Lutte was justified by circumstances sup
port their theory upon the ground that a
commander of a naval ship must either
acknowledge the flag floated by another
armed vessel Of a different nation or else
seize or attempt to seize her as a pirate.
If Admiral Melo had no authority from a
recognized government to display the flag
he was flying, he should have been consid-
cred and treated as pirate, but it is con-
tended in Admiral Stantons behalf that
since Admiral Mello holds commission as
an officer of the Brazilian navy, the Amer
lean commander could not have done 9TH
erwse than to pay him the customary
pOurtpSipS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

A meeting was held in Cooper Union,
New York, Thursday night of last week,
under the auspices of the New York Bar
association to protest against the nomina-
tion of Judge Maynard. The hall was
packed. All the prominent members of
the Bar association were present. Reso-
lutions were adopted declaring that May
nard had committed one of the grayest
crimes known to the law, and urging all
good citizens to vote against him. Senator
Hills sneer that the Bar association is
composed of "briehess barristers' will not
down.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
Worlds Fair Finances.
There VIII he "A Balance TO Turn Over
to Stockholders.

1t is possible now only to estimate the
total receipts and disbursements of the
Worlds Fair in advance of the final report
of the auditor. The gate receipts will APP
proximate S10,500,OOO, and the concession
receipts $4,000 900. From souvenir coins
and premiums the exposition has drawn al
most 81, 100000. Interest on deposits has
brought 100000 more, and from various
other sources, entered in the books as mis-
cellaneous receipts, is a credit of about
100000. To these amounts add the S10,-
100000 of capital stock from individual
subscribers and the city of Chicago, and
the total amount of money that has come
to the exposition will be found to be ap-
proximately S2S, 100000.
The buildings, grounds, and administra-
tion and all that comes under the direct
jurisdiction of the exposition officials cost
in round figures S25, 100000. The differ
ence will go to the stockholders if the sal
wage on buildings and receipts after Oct.
80 pay for clearing the dark and the future
cost of maintenance. The cost of the rest
of the fair, the state and foreign buildings
and the midway, has not been more than
estimated, and the figure has been placed
at 81, 900, COO, making the total cost of all
$50, 100000 MIRE Sa---.sg
The exposition will remain open as long
as the managers decide to admit the public
The dismantling has already begun, anC
! railroad tracks are now being built to thu
| grounds on which to haul off the exhibits
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

A virtual declaration that there is no
further danger of cholera being brought
into this country by immigrants has been
made in the decision of the treasury de
partment to recall most of the agents of
the Marine hospital service who have been
posted abroad on the lookout for the dis
over to see that proper inspections were
made, and to keep the authorities here in
formed regarding cholera, is shown by the
fact that only two cholera ships crossed the
Atlantic; and by the prompt steps taken
here no harm followed their coming.
Agents of the Marine hospital service are
still to be kept in London, Paris, Berlin
and probably Naples.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
GOV. FULLER ON FINANCE.
The Present Monetary Troubles and the
Expected Improvement.
From an interview in the Musical Times Of
Chicago.


Chicago
"The situation which has confronted us
for the past few months is three-fOld in its
scope. 1t covers
''First, the banking interests.
"SecOnd, the finances or question of par
ity between gold and silver.
"Thirdly, the question of the tariff.
"The first or banking interests are very
far reaching and extend back to the time
of the Barring Bros failure. The banking
interests of this country and Great Britain
are very closely allied, our stocks and bonds
being largely held on the other side. Eng
lands losses in the South American repub-
lies amounted to some S500,000, 900, and
her losses in Australia to S400, 900, 600.
Money was needed to cOunterbalance this
and consequently our stocks and bonds
have for the past two or three years been
returning to us and we have been sending
money to the other side. The continuous
drain finally depleted our gold and brought
on the crisis through which we have just
passed. This might have been avoided by
issuing government bonds. Gen. Grant
confronted a much more serious problem
which was easily solved without any detri-
ment to the country by the issue of bonds.
has confronted us is the question whether
we are to continue doing business on our
present basis preserving the parity between
gold and silver or are to start out on an en-
tirely new one.
"And lastly comes the tariff which af-
fects some of the largest industries in the
country"
"Do you think the worst is over?"
"Yes, l think the first two causes are
pretty we'll settled, and now comes the tar
! iff. just how far reaching that will be de
pends largely on what is done with it.
will retard every business affected by i
until it is finally settled. OF course this
country is too prosperous to be kept bacl
for any length of time by almost any meas
ure that might be passed.
1--WE have great recuperative powers anC
easily overcome all obstacles. think iron
this time on business will gradually i'm
prove"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

Ex-senator Edmunds' property in Wash
ington is assessed at S2s,54S; that of Sen
ator Proctor at S34, ,46S; and that of Sena-
tor Morrill, at $50, 79G. This does not in
clude the six new houses lately built by
Senator Proctor, and the assessment of
property in Washington as a rule is not
above half what the property would sell for
at auction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

John f. Russell, the man who will be
defeated in the gubernatorial contest in
Massachusetts next Tuesday, admitted in
a speech at Lowell that "the wages
throughout this country have been raised
by the Mckinley act" although he claimed
that the ratio of wage increase is slight.
And John f. Russell is an avowed free
trader
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

The "oldest inhabtant'' has been heard
from. He lives in Proctorsville and in
forms a correspondent that on the 23d of
October, 80 years ago, foot of snow fell;
that the snow remained all winter and that
many potatoes were not dug in consequence
but remained in the ground all winter and
were in good condition the following spring.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

Arecent letter of j. T. Trowbridge's, an
swering a question as to his favorite among
the books he has written, gives the prefer
ence to 'Neighbor lakewood" +" in spite of
its many faults. 1t is interesting to know
that the first chapters were penned in Wal
lingford, VT, among the very scenes de
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

This year surpasses any one in history
for railroad accidents. From November,
1892, to November, 1898, 231s persons
were killed on the railroads, and 2OOO per-
sons have been manned or crippled. These
figures include those persons who have
met with accidents on street railways.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1893

scribed. 1t was then laid aside, to be COM
peted later in Paris, where he was aided
by the sympathetic and suggestive criti-
cisms of his friend, Lewis Baxter Monroe,
afterwards well known in Boston as Prof.
Monroe of the School of Oratory, which he
established and made famous.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

Van Allen has been confirmed as ambass-
ador to Italy, but the nomination of Horn
blower to the supreme bench of the Unit
ed States is still in suspense. This leads
the Kansas City Journal to remark that
possibly the Senate is waiting for infor-
nation as to the size of Hornblower's con-
tribution.n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

One of the most imposing funeral pro-
cessions ever witnessed in Chicago was
that of Mayor Carter Harrison Wednesday.
Fifty thousand mGurners preceded or fol-
lowed the casket, and million of people
looked on with bowed heads from sidewalk,
windows and hopsetops along the route OF
over six miles.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
GBe Dermunt pB@miT.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, NOVEBER 8, 1898.

Senator Morrill,, who has been on leave
of absence from the Senate for some time,
resumed his place in that body Monday
morning, ana was cordially greeted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

The bill for unconditional repeal did
not pass the Senate until after 81 days of
debate, during which five volumes of Con-
gressional Record had been filled with
speeches amounting in the aggregate to
about 20,000,000 words, a stream of talk
that would stretch in cold type from the
seaboard 1900 miles into the interior; from
Liberty enlightening the world in New
York harbor to the foothills of the Rocky
mountains.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

The grandest exposition that the world
has ever seen closed Monday. The final
triumphal ceremonies were not carried out,
owing to the death of Chicago's mayor.
The magnifcence and beauty of the
Worlds Fair palaces has been a revelation,
while within them has been even greater
revelation in the most complete exhibit of
human !progress in art, science and indus
try ever collected. The fair itself and the
great congresses held in connection with it
have been a source of incalculable inspira-
tion:and education.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

The lion Wallace, owned by Wombe's
London circus, escaped from his cage in
East 18th street, New York city, Friday,
and for more than "A hours "held the fort
in a stable, where he killed horse. The
beast was finally driven into a cage by
keepers from the Barnum circus at Bridge
port, Conn. 1t is singular that the escape
of this lion should cause so much excite
ment in the city which has been overrun
by the Temmany tiger for so many years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

There was a young lady out west,
Who longed to appear at her best,
And when she came east
The longing increased
And would not permit her to rest.
She hurried at once to my store,
Exclaiming, when inside the door,
All! This is the place
To find Ribbons and Lace
With Bonnets and Hats galore.
She ordered a hat trimmed in green,
And said she never had seen
A better display
OF Millinery
All stylish enough for queen.
The fact is, my stock
Is made up of styles
Suitable tor everybody,
At prices that are
Reasonable.
MRS. ". H. PHILLIPS,
50 Main st.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

New England Democrats have sought
to give the impression that the Demo-
cratic party is entitled to the credit of
the repeal of the Sherman bill. Senator
Cockrell of Missouri probably knows as
much about the result as any one. In the
final debate previous to the vote for repeal
Mr.. Cockrel declared, "Republican sena-
tors had to be consulted before anything
could be done, and the Republican party
will be infinitely more responsible for un-
conditional repeal than the Democratic
party"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

The American express company is re-
sorting to extreme measures to prevent at
tack upon its employees by robbers, 1t
some time ago issued revOlvers to all of
those who have the handling of money
and last week an order was sent out offer
ing a reward of $1,000 for each robber shot
dead in attack upon an employe, $500 for
each one shot and crippled so as to be un-
able to get away and 500 for each one ar
rested in the act Robbery of express
men, under these circumstances, does not
offer an attractive field of operations
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL.
The Bill Became an Act Wednes-
day.
The Final Struggle I'm the Senate and
the Speedy Action of the House.

Mr.. Voorhees, s substitute for the Wilson
bill, repeating the silver purchase clause of
the Sherman act was passed by the Sen
ate Monday evening by vote of 43 to 30.
How carefully the Senate was canvassed
was shown by the fact that a majority of
II against the bill has been predicted for
many weeks. The following is the vote:
Enr IIenenI.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
For a FLEXIBLE" Currency.

The Southern Democrats Introducing
Bills for the Repeal OF the Tax on
State Banks.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
Noise From a Toad.

It is a matter of common observation
that the loudest sounds are not always
made by the largest animals. The roar
of the lion exceeds in sOnorousness the
cry of the elephant. Any one who had
only heard without seeing a bullfrog
might well suppose that its fearful voice
breaking the silence Of the night must
certainly come from the throat of an an
imal Of formidable dimensions.
But perhaps the most remarkable case
of vocal power in an animal is that re-
lated by a recent traveller in the high
lands of BorneO. He was informed by
natives that they had heard a tiger roar
ing in the neighborhOod. Such news is
always startling to a stranger in the jun
giles of the east and hardly less so to the
natives.
An investigation vas accordingly set on
foot, which resulted in the discovery
that the alarming roars had been emitted
by a toad! This toad of Borneo, how
ever, was by no means an ordinary mem
Der of the family. 1t measured no less
than AL inches around the body.
That the natives should not have rec
ognized the true source of the sound
shows that the existence of such toads
was either unknown to them, or that, at
any rate, they had never discovered the
remarkable vocal capabilities of the ami
mals.-Youth's Companion.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
Three Curious Words.

F~ilibuster, freebooter and buccaneer
are words curiously interrelated. The
French and the English sea adventures
once made common u against Span
ish settlements in the new world, and all
three of these words came in time to de-
scribe the rude sea soldiers who de-
spoiled the Spanish main and the towns
upon the coasts of the Spanish posses
siOns. Filibuster is said to be the result
of an attempt to make a French word of
freebooter, and the English borrowed it
back from the French because it sounded
less frankly brutal than the English
word.
Buccaneer was originally French in
form, and it meant at first one who
hunted the bOucan or wild cattle and
hogs of the West Indies; then one who
made jerked meat of their flesh, and
finally, because this meat was used to
provision the ships of the sea rovers, a
flibuster or freebOoter.-New York Sun.
An operation or injections of carbolic
acid are extremely dangerous. Try Jap
aneee Pile Cure. Positively guaranteed
by w NJ. Yearly
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
Advice to a Would Be LAWYER,

\ correspondent asks, How would
you advise a young man of moderate
means, desiring to become a lawyer, to
proceed:' We would advise him not to
proceed. OF ours if he shows signs of
becoming a good and great lawyer, he
might properly borrow money, make his
way to the bar and repay the loan as he
can. But for most men of moderate cir
cumstances who seek, as you do, free
legal education, our advice is to give up
he idea. There are enough poor law
yers now. There are too many lawyers,
Tor that matter. Very few can do more
than earn their salt.-New York Sun.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
A Singular Coincidence.

81 am not a fatalist." said I. ElyiSs
Henning, but occasionally / run across
things that puzzle a great deal. Not
long ago DR.. Tom Hewitt of Leadyille,
Colo, died. Hewitt was somewhat Of
a fatalist and believed in a great many
things that I didn't. Omens and har-
bingers of evil he was much given to be-
heve III. You have undoubtedly heard
stories Of people dying and the clock
stopping at the same time, or some nu-
merical of its face popping out. Hew-
lit had a sign in his Office window in his
residence which read, DR.. Tom Hewitt
1t was composed Of II white letters
glued to the pane. Hewitt took sick
about 16 months since. a few days
after his illness l noticed that one of the
white letters had dropped off and was
gone. The illness of the doctor caused
the family to forget most everything
else, and SO the letter was not replaced.
ga month later Hewitt was still sick,
and l noticed a second letter was gone.
He fingered along, up and around now,
and then sick again, for a period. Mean
time the white letters We're not replaced.
Month after month went by, and every
succeeding month saw a letter disappear.
Hewitt noticed it, and then he would
not allow them to be replaced. After
over 10 months of sickness, and when 10
of the letters had disappeared DR.. Tom
got an extra severe spell of illness and
died. The morning after his death l
visited the house and noticed as I passed
in that the last letter was gone."-St.
Louis GlObe-Democrat.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior 10 any prescription
known to me" H A ARCHER, VI. D..
III So. oxford St, Brooklyn, V. Y.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
A PunCtilious Man.

4 card should be turned down at the
upper left hand corner when a call is
made in person and the recipient is not
at home. An amusing case of the pune
tiliousness with which this rule is OBJ
served in Europe is that Of an old Span
ish gentleman who went to pay his de-
vOtions at the shrine of a saint, but dis
covered that the church was undergoing
repairs and that there vas nc priest Off
ciating at the altar. Unwilling to lose
credit for his devout intentions, he drew
a visiting card from his pocket, and care
fully turning down the corner reverently
deposited it on the altar.-San Francisc,
Argonaut.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
SEE WHAT
~ ~ 44H
MRS. JOE PERSONS REMEDY
WILL DO
NURSING MOTHERS
And Female Troubles!
%HopcwcII P. O., Mecklenburg Co., Sept. A.

IiopcwclI p. o., Mecklenburg Co., Sept. 4.
s.. Mrs, Joe Person:
MADAM FOUR years ago | took violent cold,
winch rCSulted in QuinSy, and after suffering
almost death, got relieved but alas the dis
ease was in my system, and finally eliminated
IN "A womb trouble which caused me great
suffering that winter and spring. | could
scarcely drag around, and was often so miSer-
anI" would pray To die. | begged my hus-
hind 10 let me try your remedy. He bought
ne one hoN, and 1t has made a perfect cure OF
me. 1t has also cured me of Indigestion, and
furthermore, after the birth OF five of my
children | would nearly lose the use of my
arm, and suffered untold agony with Rhema-
ilNiu and Neuralgia. | have not been troubled
with either with my last two children. | keep
a bottle of the Remedy in the house all the
time. My husband says il is better than a
doctor. With all my other children | had
great trouble with them during dcntltiOn. |
teeth with SO much ease and as little trouble
AS my last two have. Whenever | see any
>i2n OF their teething ] III taking the
hrulrdy. Ii keeps my stomach and bowels
regular and in Il healthy condition, and seems
10 nave the same effect on theirs. 1t is GER
tlluly the best Tonic lever tried. A few doses
viii brace me up and make me feel like a new
person. Yes, publish any part of my letter
That VIII help your cause in the least. | hate
puhlrltN, but If my experience with the Rem
ely Will bc the means of others trying il, | am
willing for the public TO know the good il has
dome me and mine. May God bless you.
am very truly,
MRS ABNER ALEXANDER.
For sale hy Durham druggists. n. NJ. John
son Co., Wholesale agents, Durham.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
A BACHELORS MUSE.
NO LACK OF SENTIMENTALITY IN A
DULL MANS REVERE.

An Estimate of Women That Appears Luz
dicrous to the Student of Changing Con-
ditions-A Few Criticisms and Remind
ers For the Single Man.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03
His

Prscilla-Tell me honestly what quail
ihcaton has your iance for a husband?
neutrality-suspicious. He has been
married three times before.-Vogue.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-03

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its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
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to all and have made it the mos
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
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may not have it on hand will pr
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wishes to try it. Do not accept g.
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FG syrup GO.
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