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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
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LAME DOWNSTAIRS IN HIS NIGHrpREss.

He glared and glared, but made no reply, and when she was out of sight he opened the window, threw the book at cat on the fence, and then sat down and whispered to himself:
 ''That's another close call for me, and if don't put my foot right down I'll be turned right out of my own house inside of a month!"-Dctroit Free Press.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
IslcYcles of Rare BenutY.

Queen Margharita of Italy is nn ex- pert rider of the fascinating wheel, and recently the Cycle club of Milan pre- rented her with gold wheel, which is, probably, the most beautiful and valua- ble cycle ever made. With English women, who are extremely fond of cycling, it has become fad to have wheels quite out of the ordinary. Lady Dudley has a white enameled wheel, with handles of beautiful ivory.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Why He Loved His Fatber.

(Which do you love most, your papa Or your mamma?"
 Little Charlie-I love papa most
 Charities Mother Why, Charlie. lam surprised at you; thought you loved me most.
 Charlie-Can't help it, mamma; we men have to hold together.-Jcwish Times and Observer.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Depcnded on CIrcums,ar,o,

Bass-And of which variety is vopr wife, the clinging-vine or the seif.a,. sertive?
 Cass-A little of both. When sbs wants new dress or a new bonnet sbe generally begins in the clinging.vine role; if that doesn't bring the monev then she changes to the self-assertiye. and-well-shc invariably gets tho dress or the bonnet. Boston Tran. script.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
His Idea of Bliss.

Ministerial Tourist (solemnly)-My friend, have you, in your sinful and ungodly life, ever enjoyed unalloyed happiness?
 Alkali Ike-Loolz yere, stranger! Do you reckon I've lived in Oklahoma all these years and never participated in a hin-bee?-Life.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Willing to Apologize.

Kniordan-Kajones, you are a gen. tleman. told you a story yesterday which now remember having told you a few weeks ago, and you took it the second time without wincing.
 Kajones-I beg to assure you that 1 did not remember that you had ever told me the story before.
 Kiljordan-Then take back my first remark. k.-Chicapo Tribune.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
A Chance for n Dark Horse.

Sister May-I think if you should propose to Grace she would accept you.
 Brother Jack (eagerlyl-Do you? Has she said anything?
 Sister May-No: but I know she was deeply in love with Harry Maxwell, and his engagement has just been an- nOunccd. cd.=BroolilYn Life.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
No Cause for Anxiety

Hotel Proprietor-What di' .,.a . Jones say when she saw that "on.' .,S here whom she quarreled with 50 u'' last summer? Clerk-She tried hard to retIt .n smile of satisfaction. Brooklyn b'N
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
A Born Detective.

Little JohRny-I know what h. baby is goin' to be wen he grows up He's goin' to be detective.
 Mother-Ofall thingsl Because he's so smart?
 Little Johnny-No'm. Because he never sleeps.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
A RarpIpe in Pain.

Our George is very tender-heartea, | when he saw bagpipe for tho L;S' 5s time the other day he cried ont; 'V- mamma, that man is squeezing Sone thing under his arm and is hurting !" awfully. I can hear it scream. '-fopV lar Educator.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
No Longer & Crime,

Tourist Gin Oklahoma)-Horses are pretty cheap here nowadays, aren't they?
 Alkali Ille-Cheap? They are So blamed cheap that when we capture horsc-thief we send him to the lunatic asylum instead of lynchin' him.-Puck.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Artistic Appreciation,

Painter (with dignity)-I am an art fst, madam.
 Madam (effusively)-Oh, you poor man. Here's a quarter to buy you something to eat.-Detroit Free Press.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
A Denial.

Young Man-I hear you are becom- Ing convalesccnt, Mime. Nurich.
 Mime. Nurich-What storyl The fact is I'm gettin' a heap better.-Chi- cago Record.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
uis Futurs Destination.

Jones-Bahl I hate your plpes ,it gi cigarsl never smoked iE all my Ii l. Smith-Youll begin when you N though, won't you?-N I. Noriu'
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
With Tears in Her Eyes,

She was thrown on the world.
 "Merciful heaven!" she gasped.
 Considerable turf was knocked of tbs world where she struck it.
 Before anybody could reach her she had risen and was swiftly leading her bicycle away.-Town Topics.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Female Amenities.

Are you going to the Dro"D' dancer"
 "No; l haven't been asked.
 'Oh-I suppose it's quite a youD' peoples dance, you know!"-Punch
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
BEDROOM VENTILATION.
4 Curtain Which Defends the Sleeper
 Against Direct Air Currents.

AGn'nst Direct AIT Currents.
 To get plenty of air into sleeplng' room at night without the cold ol damp wind blowing directly upon the bed is necessary alike for comfort and health
 The familiar device of a board fitted to set tightly into the window frame underneath the raised lower sash an- swers for extremely cold nights; but it does not give enough air in moderate weather. On the other hand, if se- were wind is blowing upon the opened window, although the temperaturs may not be very low, the strong cur rent is too trying for most slcepers.
 To those who wish to enjoy the open window at night, and yet to be defend.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
The De ,Jarrs.

Mrs. De Jarr-You forget, sir, taa' you are married to a woman of cducf tion am mistress of many tongues
 Mir. De Jarr-But not of your own N. Y. Weekly
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01

Ohio ranks high among the manu. facturing states, having 331,54 mill and factory hands, who produce every year Gs41, ,6ss, ,064 worth of goods
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Interchangeable.

Tom-Do you want to do me ia'"' sis?
 Toms Sister-Maybe. What is n' Tom-Lend me your bicycle cos'U-' U' for to-day; mines torn.-ChicaSo N" ord.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
To Mir. Henpeck.

Oh. thankless man, pray why coinp''
 Has not your gain been greaV usu Think, you have found a captain "'
 You merely sought mate rru.s
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
MAKE YOUR OWN BUTTER.
Here Is a Handy Churn, Small, Cheap snt
 Effective,

h
 Effective.
 This illustration represents an ordi- nary Jersey milk jug converted into a churn. It is fitted with view-glass and made air-tight by a simple arrange ment of the lid.
 When suspended, as shown in the cut, it will swing with a range of several inches, and, although it has no internal
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
Why IIa Ia RalOvafi

All the world loves a lover;" and de. rivss considerable amusement from him, too. Truth.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01

"Some people do their best work in the winter. Now can do the clearest and most brilliant thinking when the weather is hot"
 "How brilliant you will be when you dier'-Pick- -Me-Up.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01

@Iil be down with humps before sun xise tomorrow. It says that the pre- xn0uitory symp-"
 How many times do children have . ehS mumps?" quietly asked Mrs. YhaTrser.
 ~B.how many times? Why do you aaiS?n
 s~fsseause he had 'em six months @xgo! Your natural anxiety about your
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
MIR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
BY M. QUAD.

AST night" said Mir. Bowser as he looked up from his paper and broke a silence which
 had lasted a quarter of an
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01

"Me man hasn't touched drap fer a wake"
 "Yis; Oi heard that Casey had stopped bis credit. Judge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
The Consent of the BaiIiHs.

y petition asking for a location of the
road exactly the same as that presented to
the selectmen, except that the terminus of
the road was placed at the village line on
Western avenue near Henry Fields. was
presented to the chairman of the board of
| bailiffs at the conclusion of the hearing
Friday afternoon. A meeting of the bali
lifts was held in the evening, at which it
was voted that the petition be granted as
far as the board had any authority i'm the
matter, four of the bailiffs voting 'yea,
and ThOs. Harmon alone refusing his assent.
The bailitfs claim that there was no need
OF their giving public hearing on this
petition as they had attended all the hear
ings both before the selectmen and the rail
road commissioners and had fully made up
their minds as to the question. The bal
lifts, while not believing they had anv real
authority in the case, granted the petition
that it might expedite matters if possible
before the commissioners.
As to the authority of bailiffs and Sc
lectmen, it is noted that three or four
months ago the bailiffs voted to allow a
night lunch cart stand on the street.
The chairman of the board of selectmen
notified the bailiffs that if the cart went on
the selectmen would order it OFF.
This IS the general view and statement
of the four members of the board who gave
their assent to the location of the road
We think it must occur to them, however.
on a sober second thought, that their action
was hasty and i'll advised in allowing them
selves to be called together in a night SEES
sion to act on a matter of this importance
without public discussion. The funda-
mental question is not whether the railroad
is to have location, or whether the bailiffs
have anything to do with granting it, but
whether the rights of the people are to be
suitably protected under provisions clearly
defined and agreed to in advance, in regard
TO the use OF the highways, their proper
care, and the increased cost attending their
maintenance. The points which we mean
to suggest are those which are very clearly
expressed in the letter of the Springfield.
Mass, superintendent of streets elsewhere
published.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01

In an article entitled Unknown parts
of the world in the November number
of McClure's Magazine, the writer saws of
the Great Sahara:
One-tlfth of the whole African continent
is desert, the area being estimated bv Mr..
Ravenstein at over two and quarter mil
lion square miles, of which all but a small
traction is contained in the tract of land
popularity known as the Sahara.
Except for some school children who
know better, and school teachers who are
instrumental in that being so, the miscon
ceptlon OF the Sahara, which is wide
spread, would be practically universal.
The average man pictures the Sahara as a
vast sea OF sand, for the most part below
sea level, across which the camel speeds
before the poison blast of the simeon from
oasis to oasis. Schemes for hoodino the
Sahara have come before the public occa-
slonally, and we have read accounts of tho
vast inland sea which might be formed ri
Valllng the Mediterranean in size. giving a
southern seacoast to Morocco and Aloaria
and admitting steamers directly To the
wealthy states of the Sudan. The Sabaro
as known to the geographer. corresponds
badly with this conception: for. in fact
there is no risk of the "ship of the desart''
ever being supplanted by the shps of the
sea Few parts are below sea level and
theY are small and scattered In the inta-
rlor the desert is a plain high above 600
level, covered with vast dunes of red s,nJ
IN many parts; in others it is an elevated
plateau with lofty mountain ranges of hare
rocks intersected by stony valleys II is
ara, save where spring bubbles IN and
gives rise to small oasis of Grass anJ
PAIN trees. The Sahara proper is mn
known, except for few trade routes rom
larly traversed by Arabs, and occasionsiI,
oy adventurous Europeans. These utiIils
the GASES as resting places, stepping-stones
as II We're, and keep up communication no,
tween the wealthy Mohammedan stotos
round Lake Chad in the south and Trino
H. runs, Algiers, or Morocco on the Ma
iterranean. Between the trade rontas oil |
Is oank OF sand or barren rock Fvnlor
alton is only possible when water 90 ,t'',,
as 1000 can be carried, and this condi.ion
las Practically stopped all attempts AT de
coNery Tor the present, on account of III
sleat expense and the purely scientific na
lure OF the possible return. raiIn- go"
!t from the French possessions o2
cue Meulterranean across the desert m TIL
OuKtu, the scarcely known trad 10 I'M = IN
neaI Ihe Niger, is talked of. Sucb a In
may Iis oe constructed in the future bmt tho
ulllcuitles are enormous. mucb oro, ,le
~ man Il lhose overcome by the Rnssion u"' 81
IHe lranscaspian line through tbo Jason III
OF central Asia. 'ie ueserts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
Life on an IroncIad at Sea.

Admiral Won Werner, a high AUTHORITY
IN naval matters in Germany, describes in
a work recently published the behavior az
armor-plated men-of-war in a heavy sea
lie says; Even with a moderate gale and
sea an armor-plated cruiser. If qoing
against the wind, will find herself in con.
dltlons similar to those of a storm
least the crew will have that impression
"Ihe movements of the stern of the
snip are violent and exceedingly DISAGREE
aole. The waves pushed by the adyanciDr
pro" sweep continually over the ship from
DOW to stern. All windows and portbole,
must be closed, and air reaches The love
decks, where the heat increases unbeara.
Oily, only through the artificial ventilators
with the exception of the sneciary
projected command bridge all the uncovered
portions OF the ship are impossible. Tins
Tue whole crew must bear as well as tbsy
can the hell OF the closed decks. On suci
snip no one can feel comfortable. and
%Heh there Is a storm in which a sailing
snip would feel comparatively at ease the
ere" OF an armor-plated ship imagines II.
sen sen 10 be IN a heavy hurricane which
'ni ItT destruction every minute.
Inc long, narrow forepart of the shin
"hich Is not borne lightly bv the water
anu Is rendered extremely heavy bv the
inignty ram and the armored deck and the
Fam and torpedoes, forces the shin in a
aIsh sea TO pitchings and rollipgs of sncb
an n, extraordinary kind that they cannot be
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
THE HOLDEN g. MARTIN BUILDING

THE HOLDEN q MARTIN bOIADiA'
The new Holden & Martin building
which is nearly completed at cost Vi
about $4,000, is probably the oest sVruc-
ture for manufacturing purposes Whlch mas
been erected here in recent years IL Is
five-story wooden building, lO2X4Z teel'
built i'm a very thorough manner under Ine
personal supervision of Mr.. Holden. Inc
five floors contain over 21,OOO feet OF nooI
space. The first floor with the basement
is to be occupied by G. H. Eddy 20;
This floor has been arranged with speclai
reference to the needs of this tlrln ana
seems to be well adapted to their business,
The rest of the building is to be occupied
bv Hooker. Corser d Mitchell, overall
manufacturers. On the second floor VIII
be the offices and stock room OF the con-
Germ: the third floor will be the sewing
room. fitted for over 100 machines; the
fourth floor is the cutting room, while the
fifth will be used for storage. All the floors
are of hard wood, the offices being finished
in hard pine. The building will be heated
by steam and lighted by gas. An elevator
runs from the basement to the top OF the
building. Each floor is fitted with wash
rooms and closets. The precautions taken
against fire are first-class in every respect,
the building being supplied with over 400
Walworth automatic sprinklers, the doors
leading from floor to floor all being self
closing, and the partitions at each floor being
stopped. The east side, toward the Hol-
den d Martin factory, is brick veneer put
up in the most approved manner, the win
dows being protected by fire-proof iron
shutters Under the caves on both sides
and ends of the building are open sprinkler
heads so that in case of fire in an adjoining
building the outside of the building could
easily be drenched. There are iron fire
escapes on the north and west sides of the
building. The building shows careful
construction in all respects and is valu-
able addition to the manufacturing facii-
ties of the town.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
a MiIIiou Dollar Fire at HaIIfa..

A fire, which started in the Deepwater
Terminus, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, We'd
nesday, destroyed wharf property, store
houses and property valued at a million
dollars. OF this amount the dominion
government will lose fully one-third.
Mrs Sarah Fernald of East Lebanon.
Me-, was murdered in her bed Wednesday
and her house set on fire by her son, Lee
roy Fernald, who is probably crazy.
The investigation into the defalcation of
State Treasurer w. w. Taylor of South
Dakota has been completed, and Charles
T. Mccoy, one of the leading politicians of
the state, was arrested Wednesday. The
complaint charges Lawyer D. X. Tenny of
Chicago, John T. McChesney of New York,
Charles H. Wells and Charles /. Mccoy
with conspiring with Taylor to rob the
state of S367, 600
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
THE EVERLASTING TROLLEY
Very Little New to Say About 1t.

Close Of the MISREPRESENTATION Hear
ing---BailiTs' Hasty Action---o Good
Time to Keep Cool.
The afternoon session of the railroad
commissioners last Friday was held in the
upper town hall to accommodate the crowd,
which numbered between 800 and 400. +.
w. Stcddard opened with legal point as
to the method of procedure taken bv the
directors of the road in applying to the Sc
lectmen alone for a location, claiming that
for so much of the route as is within the
corporation limits the location should be
granted by the board of bailitfs as the vii
lage charter of 1872 gives them the con-
troll of the streets within the village limits
The petitioners claimed that this power
had never been exercised by the bailiffs,
and in fact an attempt to so amend the vii
lage charter as to give them control of the
streets and the expenditure of a part of
the highway money was defeated in 1877.
f. j.. Waterman, after briefly reviewing
the steps that had been taken to secure a
location, examined G.. A. Boyden and K.
{. Crosby as to a meeting of the select
men and directors of the road, at which
any route passing through Main street was
practically refused. The testimony of the
occurred at this meeting +. c. Crosby
was questioned by counsel for both sides.
Among the facts brought out by Mr.. Cros-
by's replies were that it was not necessary
to cut the grade on the High street hill,
and that the highway near Canal street
schoolhouse was wide enogh to allow room
for the cars. On question by Mr.. Stod-
dard Mr. Crosby admitted that no stock
had been paid in. Mr.. Haskins claimed
that under the charter the company could
not acquire right of way until $4,000 of
stock had been subscribed and 80 per cent
had been paid in. To this the petitioners
replied that the question was not one of
acquiring a right of way but of getting
permission to do so.
f. l.. Waterman presented a petition of
citizens, containing about 500 names, ask
ing for the location of the road. To this
the counsel for the opposition objected, but
the objection was overruled and the petit
ton was received amid applause. There
was more applause when, at the suggestion
of Lawyer Waterman, Chairman Merrill !
asked Lawyers Haskins and Stoddard |
whom they represented. After some hest |
tation the Estey Organ company, J. J. Es- |
tey L. X. Fuller, G. W. Hooker, b. D. |
Harris, Francis Goodhue, y. F. Cabot and |
oIleIs were named as among their clients. |
AT this point an adjournment was taken to |
allow the opposition to examine the petit
ton.
AT the session Saturday morning the rel |
alive amount of grand list represented by |
the petitioners and by the remonstrants was |
brought out by the opponents to the road.
The petitioners showed that the bailiffs |
had voted to locate the read at a meeting
held the previous evening as far as they
had authority. After the closing argu-
ments the commissioners took the case,
leaving for their homes by the l1:1O train.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
FOR SALE BY
F. H. HOLDEN g. CO.,
Druggists, BrattIeboro, VT.
LAST EVENINGS FIRE.

The fifth fire in 1895 to call out the fire
department occurred last evening, about
S:2O in the house owned by Lucus w.
Adams at the north end of Oak street.
Mr.. Adams was splitting kindlings in the
cellar, and had set his lantern on a pile OF
loose stuff. In stepping about the lantern
was tipped over, the oil was spilled, and
the pile was instantly in a blaze. There
were no blocks to stop the lower ends of
the partitions at the cellar floor, and the
flames quickly went up through them.
Mr. Adams ran to the nearest box and
pulled in the alarm. Steamer No. and
its hose cart, the cart of No. ,, and hose
companies 10 and q responded The first
water was got in about nine minutes from
the hydrant at the corner of Oak and
Chaplin streets. Two streams were used
from the hydrant and two from the steamer.
The department found another "blnd''
fire on its hands, and an effort was first
made to reach it through one of the eel
lar windows. Soon after an opening was
made through the lath and plaster into the
partitions in the front hall. The flames
quickly blazed up through into the attic.
but the only place where they reached the
outside was in a small spot on the north
side of the house. An opening was also
made by the firemen through the roof, and
through this and the holes into the parti-
tions the fire was drowned. 1t was under
control and the recall was sounded shortly
before s. O'Clock. The partitions in the
front part of the house were pretty thor
oughly Quilted, and the furniture and other
household effects of the occupants, the
Adams family and David A. Young and
family, were drenched.
The Young family found an asylum at
j. L. KnOwlton's, and Mr.. Adams with his
brother, L. F. Adams. Mrs. Adams was
out of town.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
Westminster, Westminster West, SartonS
Rirer, CdmJridqepot and GRAFTON cor
Repentance ,cW he found on Sd page.
WEST DUMMERSTON

Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark are visiting
in Marlboro, n. II.
James Grimley,has moved from Mr.. Car
den's house to the Sidney Barrett farm.
c. G. Osgood and daughter have return
ed from their visit in Belchertown, Mass.
A son was born recently to Mr.. and Mrs.
Marcelore Miller, the first Italian birth in
West Dummerston.
Frank Tenney caught wild cat We'd
nesday. The animal was nearly starved
and easily captured. Mr.. Tenney has it
chained in his, barn, where it can be seen
at any time.
School closed in district No. /, west,
Feb. 20, with spelling match. Ellen
Fits won the prize in the first class, Will
lie Connarn in the second class and Michael
Hopkins in the third class. The pupils
gave their teacher, Harry Shaw, a nice
writing desk