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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

"Take this little white powder; il will
give you nights delightful Sleep" says
some persuasive friend, and you look hest
tatingly and longingly at the folded paper
which encloses such longed-for possibili-
ties 1t is so hard to lie awake night after
night, hearing the clock strike one, two,
three, four, knowing full well that you
will be desperately sleepy when the rising
bell shall send its tocsin pealing through
the house, and realizing, too, that the next
days duties will confront you as an armed
battalion, when you will have neither
courage nor strength to face them.
But it is a mistake, believe me. to take
the sleeping powder, unless, indeed, your
physician absolutely orGers it. The mar
cotic, however innocent, the sedatlve, how
ever subtle, is in its way crutch, and the
use of a crutch is always til acknowledge
ment of infirmity. Furthermore, a crutch
is liable to snap, or to slip, or to prove
treacherous, or to lose itself or be lost
when most needed, and only cripple,
never strong man, carries one.
In this whole matter of insomnia the
wiser way is to fight the wakeful fiend by
lying calmly still, with eyes shut and hands
and feet stirless, if you can. TO be genu-
inely tired by exercise in the open air, to
detract the blood from the too active brain
by light repast before going to bed, and
above all, not to fret and worry, are better
remedies than the whole range of the apoth,
ecary's shop affords. N
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
HOUSEHOLD TOPICS.


Shunie-Shoon and Amber-LOcISs.
Shullle-Shoon and Amber Locks
Sit together, building blocks;
Shuiiie-Shoon is old and gray
Amber-Locks little child,
But together at that play
Age and youth are reconciled,
And with sympathetic glee
Build their castles fair to see,
when grow TO be a mani
So the wee ones prattle ran
II shall build castle-so,
With gateway broad and grand.
Here a pretty vine shall grow,
There a soldier guard shall stand;
And the tower shall be so high
Folks will wonder by and by"
Shuflle-Shoon quoth: Yes, know,
Thus l builded, long ago!
Here gate and there a wall
Here window, there a door;
Here a steeple, wondrous tall,
Riseth ever more and more;
But the years have leveled low
What builded, long ago"
SO they gossip at their play
Needless of the fleeing day
one speaks of that Long Ago
Where his dead hopes buried lie;
one with chubby cheeks aglow,
Prattleth of the By-and- By
Side by side twin castles grow
Byand BY and Long-Ago,
Long.Ago and By-and By
All, what years atween them lie
~ Ii, MI
BY what grace art thou beguied
That thou sharest in the play
OF that little lisping chidy
Children both, they build their blocks
Shufile-Shoon and Amber Locks
gene Field in the November Ladies' Hon
Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

Under this title Evalena l. Fryer gives
nearly 200 selections from the writings of
Rev. DR.. j. R. Miller, full of genuine piety,
and practical Christianity, and illustrated
by apt and witty anecdotes. The little vol
ume is exquisitely bound, and has fine
portrait of DR.. Miller, which will be ac-
ceptable to the large circle of readers whom
he has delighted and instructed by his
"Silent times, >" "Making the most of life,' y
and other works. Published by T. Y.
CrOwell d Co.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

the requests of the late Charles b. Beck.
These four benefciaries are the Presbyter-
ian board of home missions, the Presby-
terrain hospital, the society for the proven
ton of crime and the New York hospital.
The exact amount of the estate has not
been determined, but it is believed that the
five residuary legatees will receive a total of
S3,5OO,OOO, to. be divided equally among
them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
Rest.

To understand the way to rest is of more
importance than to know how to work.
The latter can be learned easily; the for
mer it takes years to learn, and some people
never learn the art of resting. 1t is simply
a change of scenes and activities. Loafing
may not be resting. Sleeping is not
always resting, Sitting down for days
with nothing to do is not restful. A
change is needed to bring into play diff
ferent set of faculties, and to turn the life
into a new channel. The man who works
hard finds his rest in playing hard. The man
who is burdened with care finds relief in
something that is active, yet free from re-
sponsibility. Above all, keep good natur-
ed, and don't abuse your best friend, the
stomach. So says the American Analyst,
and it is all very true, but it is also true
that the question of rest depends a good
deal on how you are tried and what has
done it. The good old housewives idea of
heaven was place where she could put
on clean apron and sit down. If
one is worn out with long-continued
overwork and undernourishment, or if
work and mental worry have left the victim
without the power to summon energy
enough to play or to seek new occupation,
a time of keeping still and doing absolutely
nothing, until nature gets hold again, may
be the very thing needed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
The Gar to Abdicate


1t is reported on good authority that the
discovery of an anarchist plot at st. Pet
ersburgh, has caused the czar to decide
that for the safety of his royal person he
will turn the empire over to his youngest
son who is said to be idolized by the masses.
The car will embark on war vessel,
manned by English and American sailors,
and sail for America, with the intention of
passing year or two in perfect peace, and
at the same time studying the methods of
government in the United States.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

Consul Sandberg at Bagdad, in a recent
report to the authorities at Washington
says: "rhere is rumor here that $4,000
persons died of cholera in Mecca during
this years pilgrimage, which was unusually
large. No rational attempt is made to stay
the disease. AT any hour that | choose to
look out of the window | can see a,dozen
women washing clothes soiled with cholera
defects, in the river, and Immediately be-
low water carriers obtaining our daily
beverage"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
100 Persons Drowned on the West
Coast of Mexico.

The recent storm which swept the Pa
citic coast west of Guadelajara, Mex, did
more damage than was at first reported.
The foundations in the Topic territory
caused thousands of dollars of loss to stock
men and farmers, and entire villages were
swept away. The number of lives lost is
now placed at $50. Many bodies have al
ready been recovered, and the search for
missing ones continues.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
Highest Peak on the Continent,
Mt. Orizaba in Mexico LOnier than st.
Elias by 200 Feet.
From the San francisco Chronicle.l

From the San francisco Chronicle.
The much vexed and much disputed
question of the Hottest mountain on the
North American continent has at last been
settled. John Partridge, secretary of the
geographical society of the Pacific, has re-
ceived letter from the chief of the United
States coast and geodetic survey, Washing
ton, D. c., stating that Mt Orzaba, in
Mexico, is the highest. Mt. St. Elias,
Alaska, has for many years past been con-
sidered the highest, but Orzaba has been
proved to be higher by 300 feet. The ex-
act figures, as forwarded to Secretary Par
fridge, are; Mt. Orizaba, 1884 feet; Mt.
ST. Elias, 1S,O15. "These figures" said As
sstant Secretary Trenor, "are authentic,
and doubtless it will interest every one to
know that the question has been settled by
so undoubted an authority"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
The AtrocIties Mt Rio Lnneirn.

The New York Herald correspondent in
Rio Janeiro says there are 500 political
prisoners in the jails in that city, arrested
under orders from PeiXoto. Barbosa's
friends tell him of scenes of atrocious
cruelty and tyranny in Rio. Cases arrive
at the cemetery almost every day contain
ing the headless bodies of legislators and
other political prisoners who have been ex-
ecuted, often without trial, by the govern
ment.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
A Fortune of 100000 Lost.
An Illinois Spectator Defrauds His
Aged Father.

VIM. Glenn Reeve of Princeton, ILL.,,
after brief career in speculation and high
living, has disappeared, leaving behind him
debts and forgeries aggregating 100000
The state bank of Larned, Kan, and the
bank at Tiskilwa, ILL.,, have been closed
mainly on account of his frauds. His father,
81 years old, was wealthy man, but his
son has probably dissipated his entire for
tune, through fraudulent means in large
part. His mother is niece of VIM. Cul-
len Bryant. A favOrite method with him
of raising cash was to employ persons of no
financial standing to make out notes which
he would indorse and get the money from
the banks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
Liberation Notice.

'I'HlS is to give notice that have given my son
4 Lemuel A. Cowdrey, his time the remain u
utr of his minority and shall claim none OF ms
wages nor pay any debts of his contracting aIter
this date FRANK L. COWDREY.
Jamaica, Vt, Oct. IL, 1898.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
Dark and Light Shades.
The story of GIoucester's Suffering and
Her Success.

The close of the fishing tells melan-
choly story of sorrow and disaster as well
as success and gain for Gloucester, Mass.
During the year there have been lost at sea
from that port 81 men, leaving 10 widows
and 80 children. Ten vessels valued at
about $50, 900 foundered or stranded From
1880 to 1898, there have been $50 vessels
cast away at sea, a value of s., 700, COO
The number of lives lost was 1921. Such
has been the price paid for the supremacy
which Gloucester enjoys as the greatest
fishing port in America and perhaps in the
world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
Atlantic Records Broken.
The New Cunarders Lower the Tim
Both Ways.

The steamer Campania from Liverpool
by way of Queenstown, which arrived at
the bar off New York Friday night, made
the passage in five days, 10 hours and 20
minutes, which lowered the westward rec
ord of five days, 10 hours and 45 minutes
held by the Lucanin, a sister ship OF the
same line. The Lucania reached Queens
town Saturday from New York. The time
of her passage was five days, ID hours and
30 minutes, which beats the eastward rec
ord, made by the Campania, by one houI
and 20 minutes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

"Was the play bad?' "Well, guess
it was; why, even the gas went out at the
end of the second act."-Te1as Strings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

Sa.5OO, 900 for Benevolent and Ed"e"-
tIOnal Purposes.
Columbia college and four excellent be-
neyolent and philanthropic societies IN new e
York are in a fair way to profit largely Oy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
Domestic Animals need
HARVELL'S CONDITION POWDERS

Mediocrity always copies
superiority. Dobbins' Electric
Soap, first made in 1869. has
been initiated more than any
other soap made, because it is
better than any other. If every
woman in the land knew for
herself the actual quality of this
soap. no other washing soap
could be sold. Millions do use
it. Other millions have tried
it. Have your If the millions
that use it are right, you ought
to use it. If they are all wrong
one trial only will demonstrate
it to you, and you will go back
to the use of some strong soda
and rosin soap, that costs you
cent or two less.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27
A LIVE MAN WANTED

ITO take half or third interest in a lumber
Il mill on the narrow gauge railroad Said
shingle and lath mill. broom handle machinery,
steam dry house; saw mill complete and all ready
to stock up 100 900 feet of lumber near the mill,
boro, Vt. so
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-27

nCMnu For your self, in your own
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every wrapper bears the name OF DOB
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The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21

The Socialist party has been in the majority for some years in the Paris municipal council. This council found ed the establishment frequently alluded to during the Paris riots as the labor ex- change. It was intended as the head quarters of the various trades unions; also to servo the purpose of an intelli- gence office for unemployed laborers. Common councils in America do not provide clubrooms for trades unions or intelligence offices for workmen out of employment, but this seems to have been quite the right thing to do in the jpdg- ment of the Paris city council. Not only was tho labor exchange founded by the council, but large sum of city money was voted yearly to main tain the establishment. Its enemies charge that it is the source and cen ter of all manner of wild political propaganda, regular school for fos- tering hatred of civil government. It has always deied the French govern ment at any rate, refusing to make its members register their names and ad- dresses in accordance with the national law requiring trades union members to be so registered. When therefore the national government closed this concern, a great howl went up.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21

After all, and az always, it is the farmers who are going to bring this country up from its financial depression. For the year ending June 30, 1898, our agricultural exports, chiefly bread stuffs, amounted to nearly $i00,000, 900 less than for the corresponding year end ing June 60, 1899. But now Europe is short of breadstuffs, there is great de- mand for American wheat, it is already on the move, the price paid for it must come back to this country, gold will flow in, the money situation will be relieved, all will be well, and even farmers may be happy yet.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21
American Carclcssness.

We have two object lessons on this subject recently, One is the terrible blaze on the Worlds fair grounds. in which brave tiremen and several other persons lost their lives-victims of Amer ican carelessness. The cold storage building had been reported unsafe by one of the very men who was burned to death. He was uneasy about it. 9th CTS connected with the fire department had complained of it too. The inside was reported to be a "perfect pile Of kindling wood" But nothing was done With that happy go lucky American spirit which takes desperate risks it was let alone, and the disaster followed which will live in the memory of those who witnessed it as a ghastly horror the rest of their days It was not an accidents; it was a crime. Only for the direction of the wind all the buildings on the ground might have burned.
 The other illustration of American CafGleSSDSSS COllieS llOlu Slllild' " ID known that some time since the Chinese collector of customs at Annoy refused the admission to that port of American kerosene. "It is a measure of retaliation for the Geary exclusion act" immedi- ately cried the knowing ones. Later ad- vices prove that it was nothing of the kind. American kerosene shipped to Annoy was packed so badly that the col lector did not think it safe to admit the inhammable material to that port any longer. The Annoy customers now take Russian oil, though of an inferior qual- ity to ours, because it is safely packed. Dr. Bedloc, the American consul at Annoy, writes that in two years not a cargo of our kerosene has arrived at that port which did not contain more or less broken and loaky cans. Nails are driven through the boxing into the tin of the cans with the utmost recklessness, and boxes and tins are broken, leaving the dangerous liquid and gases to escape.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21
What a Frenchman Says of Us,

The correspondent of tho Paris Figaro at the Worlds fair does not like us or anything in America. This is very sad. The gentleman describes even the throngs at tho fair in way that is not aattering to us He writes of an Amer ican crowd: ..
 The Midway plalsance is enormous and op. pressiveiy melancholy in spite of the innu- merable attractions that are accumulated in it, But sadness is one of tho leading character lstics of American crowds, whose slow, monot- onous and silent movements give even to the places they pass through the melancholy eX- pression which belongs to all their feasts, with out smiles, without flowers, without gayety and without music. They move along like a procession of Quakcrs. They have no jokes, no rrolics, no sholts no fun. The dead silence that marks their promenade makes one think of the proCcssions of the pupils of some deaf and dumb institution. Nothing arouses them from the torpor in which the joyous spirit and the ringing laugh of Q nation are entirely wanting. The thing is oppressive, The people who come to visit our Parisian cemeteries on All Saints day are less distraught, make pore noise, exhibit more cheerfulness and commu- nicative gayety than can be found fin the very livelest sections of this singular Worlds fair, this vcritable campo santo Of American qual- ities.
 The correspondent would doubtless think more of us if we raised riots and mobs, built barricades across our streets and stoned and clubbed policemen and tried to precipitatea political revolution about every six months. Then we would be lively and resemble a French crowd. We are sorry, but fear we cannot ac- commodate the correspondent Of the Paris Figaro.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21

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The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21

One more of the new navy is ready for fight if necessary. It is the cruiser New York. Tho New York is the flagship of the home squadron. After being put into commission she will probably go for three years cruise around the world.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-21

Gladstone gives the British house of commons till July 81 to talk. Then it must vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-28
PRICE 2 CTS.
AUCTION SALES.
BY O'Neal & Lunt, Auctioneers.

By O'Ncal & Lunt, Auctioneers.
pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- from Ewell C. Atwcll to the undersign-
ed, made the 26th day of January, 1893,
Will sell at No. 62S King street, on TUES
DAY, April %, the following property:
The stock Of HEATING and COOK
ING STOVES, Tinware, Wood and Willow
Ware, Crockery, Glassware and Cutlery and :,
number Of cases of Glass Fruit Jars, the same
being the stock contained on the above prem
ises
Also on SATURDAY, April Doth, at twelve
O'Clock, In front of the Market House, on Roy
al street, one two-story FRAME HOUSE and
LOT situated on the north side of Wolfe
street, between Alfred and Patrick streets.
No. (No. 913) fronts Oh Wolfe street is
feet and runs northwardly so feet. No. .
mo. 9l5l fronts on Wolfe street IS feet, and
runs northwardy in depth 80 feet
NJ. C.. MITCHELL. Trustee.
At the same time will be offered the HOUSE
AND LOT, No. 917, fronting on the north
side OF Wolfe street aud running northwest
wardly about the same as the other property.
ap17 is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-28
MEETINGS..

FJ1HE ANIMAL meeting of the Stockhold-
4 ers of the WIRELESS ELECTRIC
RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at No.
212 King street Alexandria, Va. on W.
DAY. May 1st, 1898, for the e!"'ti.'n "f n'''"
directors and the transaction of such otin
business as may be lawful Polls open fom
to o'clock p. m.
DE-. MERRILL, jr,
ap17 I'd Secretary
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