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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25
This Week

in our Kitchen Furnishing Department we are
offering Black Iron Coal Holds for 25 cents. Gal
vanized Iron Coal Holds for IS cents. Black Iron
Stove Shovels for cents, Galvanized Iron Stove
Shovels for 10 cents. Tap our stock where you
will you'll find it rich in value to the purchaser
VAN Doom & MORRIS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25

Mr.. Firgau, graduate of the Leipsc and Ham
burg Conservatives of music, will give lessons on
the violin. Address, Max Firgau, 70 High street
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25
THE FRATERNITIEs
The Grand Master Visiting the odd
Fellows.

Grand Master c. a. Perry OF Readsboro
made an official visit to Wantastiquet
lodge Monday evening. Remarks were
made by the grand master and several
members. He visited Dennis Rebekah
lodge Tuesday evening, when the beautifed
work was exemplitied on several candi-
dates. After the work refreshments were
served. The grand master was at South
Londonderry Wednesday night and at
Bondville Thursday night Within a few
days he will visit the lodges al Saxtons
River, Bellows Falls, Springfield, Chester.
Proctorsyilie, Ludlow and Weston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25

The Red Men will work the adoption
degree this evening.
BrattlebOro lodge, No. 102, F. 4. 4. NJ,
will work the second degree at regular
meeting next Thursday evening.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25
WEST BRATTLEBoRo.


Our village is experiencing quite boom
in the real estate line and we are enioyipg
it, for we are told by the trolley kickers
that sit won't last long" As a starter II
F. Weatherhead has sold two building lots
within a few days on his properly near
Miller's job shop and will erect a neat cot
tage house himself, the foundation ALREADY
being completed. He offers in anotber
column all his remaining lots, includino
those near the watering trough. for sale and
will doubtless find ready customers.
K. NJ. Williams, recently of Keene. will
return to his old neighborhood. having
purchased the farm occupied by LemueI
Smith.
The dwelling recently owned by S. B.
Sherman near Roscoe Fishers has been
sold to Asa Goodenough Of North Hips-
dale. 1t begins to look as though the
speaker at the railroad opening who said
that "Brattleboro village would soon be
suburb was not far from correct.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25
ADVERTIsED LETTERS.

Men.-John S. Arnold. Napoleon Mayott, Henry
NJ. Roberts, NJ. NJ ToWnshend
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25

New England Loan & Trust Co.

G. P. Miller, Office with a. E. Miller, Ellio
street, Brattleboro
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25

meteorological Record
EEK ENDING THURSDAY EVENING, oct "a, 1895
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-25
Announcements.

WANTED lMNEDIATELY-A boy TO work
small farm for his board and to attend school.
Must know how to milk. A good home for an
honest lad. Address, Dwight Bullard, Greenfield,
Mass
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
TERRAPlN CATCHING.
Taken Most Ahundantly in Cold weather
because OF Their one IJnvnryine IIabit.

Taken Most Ahundantly in Cold Weather
because OF Their One unvarying Habit.
No successful method OF catching ter.
rapin in large numbers has yet been de-
vised. A kind OF set net Is sometimes
used, but with no remarkable success.
The general statement holds that ter.
rapin are caught singly. At NO season
of the year do the fishermen. who
make d side issue Of tcrrapin. know es.
actly where t.; look for tiioni. All their
movements are aiIfless, and their only
habit which can be depended on is that
of burying themselves In the mad al
the bottom Of the water during the
continuance of cold weather. In a
vague and general way this enables the
catcher to locate them, says David,
Bruce Fitzgerald in Lippincott's Nigga
zine. Accordingly, it is during the
cold months that terrapin IRE taken
most abundantly. Selecting some part
of the bay where the water is shallow
and which has muddy bottom, the
catcher, in his boat, moves slowly
across and across II, continually
thrusting his long pole into the mud.
When he chances thus to encounter n
alternating diamond back he seizes his
prey with a pair of oyster tongs, or
some similar appliance. and lifts him
gently into the boat lie rarely finds
very many in n day, and he does not
need to find many in order to make
good wages. On occasions. few and
years between, q lucky fisherman will.
discover some particular favored spot
where the mud is full Of tcrrapin e,s
joying their winters sleep. This is all
most equal to finding small gold
mine. In the winter of'is03 poor ne,
gro fisherman CHANGED upon such a
nest of diamond backs near Thnsicr is
land; he took out twelve hundred 6Sl-
lars worth in four hours, and then
gave up only because he was cz.
hausted.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
prof FAla ON 1905.


1ils Announcement ~ the critical DAYS
Tor The enilnz Year
Prof. Rudolph Falh. - i.eipxig. the
discavercr ~ the critical days II giy-
ing their number. order and dates for
the coming year in The columns q the
Deutsclie kaiser .IlaiendeF Tor 1898.
states that observations begun 10 1858
eonvincedhimt ha. the influence Of the
attraction 81 The moon and sun upon
the waters % the sra had similar ef,
feet upon the ocean Of the earth,s At
mosphere. ~ we'll ~ upon the liquid
and volatile masses contained 10 the
interior OF our globe He discovered.
says the Baltimore sun, that great at
mospheric disturbances. shocks Of
earthquake and explosions in mines
were surprisingly often cnincident with
the days upon which the most exten.
sive tides and other oceanic commo.
tions were caused by the influence Of
either moon or sun, or both These
periods Prof. Fnib distinguishes BY the
name Of Critical days. because they
mark. on the one side, periodical turn.
ing points In the equilibrium Of the
neptunic, plutonic and atmospheric
masses above mentioned. and ON the
other side afford the measure and
means for computing the degree and
effect Of lunar aud solar forces upon
our planet.
The individual consultations effect
ing each for itself an increase OF these
forces are: First, the perigree. that Is
the time when moon and carthare near
est to one another; second. the moons
equatorial position; third, the peril
hclion, when our globe Is nearest the
sun; fourth, the suns equatorial posi-
ton; fifth, the syzygies, or new moon
and full moon; sixth, the lunar or solar
eclipscs.
The coming year will be especially
notable for the fact OF its three most
critical days being accompanied by
cclipses. In mentioning the dates in
the different orders and grades of indi.
vidunl effectiveness, Prof. Fnlb takes
care TO state that the results OF the
observation-disclosures often preceic their
critical days us theoretically com
putcd, by one or two days, while those
of lesser import may be from two TO
three days later than periodically fixed
The latter may also be the case ut the
time OF critical days Of the first order
whenever long-continuing and extern
sisc atmospheric pressure or eastern
winds prevailed previous to these dates
The following are the critical days"
for 1895:
OF the first order: September 1s,
March II. August 20, February 0. Octo-
Der Is, April 0. July - and january Ii.
OF the second order: May 0, Noven-
Der 10, March go, April %, December 81,
October u, February "a, June 90, Sep
tcmbcr and November ..
OF the third order; May "a; Dccem-
berg December 10, June I. August 5,
January % and july.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
he RIDES IN HIS CARRIAGE.
The Young, Man WHO Saw Chance :,
Get Ahead In the World.

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$50 "a. 80. ~. 2 m ~
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
BEsoRE MArcHEs 1870

The Iiint nad Ssesl and Rush t.~ht. -
reiies sltps af our Aacestnrs.
To the present generation Il NAV
seem next door 10 Incredible that III the
hrst years OF the reign Of William IN
tnere WERE NO lucifer matches. In iieu
thereof there were only long matches
or spiints OF wood tipped at each end
with melted sulphur. and, before the
complicated system of dipping the sui.
phuretted match In concentrated snl.
phuric acid came into use, these natehea
We're kindled by arst striking light
with flint and steel and then causing
the spark'to ignite small quantity Of
hnder-an intlamtnable substance. usu.
ally composed Of partially burned linen.
This simple adjunct to the process 81
obtaining a light had been Il, use nil
over the world from time immefnorial.
says the London Daily Telegraph. The
French finder was called 'snmadou. n
word the etymology Of which has been
fercely contested, some philoioScrs a..
irving 1t from the old French adjective
"amadon, equivalent to amorous. and
conveying the moral idea Of the sweetly
agreeable sensation of the hand
coming in contact with very soft
substance, while others trace IL to
the Latin lad manum dulce." The
French finder was often made Of the
spongy portions Of mushrooms and
other fungi, and prior TO the tntrodue-
ton OF lucifer matches the manufac-
ture of amadou was one of considera-
BILE Importance. The cryptogamic
substance was beaten on n block some.
what after the manner of felt until Il
became homogeneous, and IL was then
impregnated with a solution of salts Of
inter or simply pulycrized gnnpowder.
The Germans still fabricate a delicate
kind of amadou which is used in sur.
gerry for stanching hemorrhage. AS for
flint and steel they have as completely
faded out from our domesti: sconomy
as they have from firearms, and the
tinder-box is so rarely seen that 1t might
well be included in an exhibition OF old
social curios,
With finder and finder boxes has also
vanished the rushlight which, when
William Goblet was a boy, English
cottagers used to make for themselves
by gathering rushes and dipping them
successfully in melted tallow until suf-
ficient thickness of adipose matter was
obtained. In houses where refinement
was supposed to prevail the rushlight
was placed in iapanned tin shade per-
forated with circular orifices, and the
insomnolent invalid had the pleasure
Of contemplating a large number
OF round spots Of light ON the
ceiling, reflected from the rush.
light screen. dips" another form
of tallow candle, much given to sputter-
ing, which smelt abominably, have also
died the death; and mold candles, .
which strove to emulate wax ones in
their form, but hardly succeeded in do
ing so, have been superseded by cheap
err candles. almost as shapely and us
light-giving as the old and costly sper-
macetf Seventy years ago gas was lit
tie used; there were no railroads, few
steamboats, and nolucifer matches; yet,
us Walter Iicsant might put II, the
world went very well then.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
CURIOUS euRlAL CUSTOMS.

Province OF France IN which skulls Arc
rnt In Foxes.
Think OF land so crowded that only
the rich can afford TO have gravel
And that land is not China, or linda.
But modern, prosperous France.
Down in the quaint little Basqre
province, among the people that lived
there centuries before the rest Of
France and Spain were settled, and
whose language had n closer rcsem.
blance to the North American Indian
and Chinese than French or Spanish,
they have curious ways One OF them
Is, after man has been dead year or
so, to take up his bones aud throw all
except the skull into great pit dug in
the floor of n chapel and grated over.
The skull they put into queer little
box with stecplc on 1t that looks like
one of those birdhouses you see pcrched
up among the branches, and through
the heart-shaped hole in front the eye
socket staring out.
All around the bare little chapel are
shelves from floor to ceiling with these
little houses neatly arranged side by
side. the occupant of each staring
fixedly through his little front door at
his ncighbor. fla skull crumbles, the
dust is shaken into u pit, and the little
house has soon new occupant. They
have quaint custom in this sumo
queer country on All Saints day. A
great many OF the relatives live at u
distance, and so have no time to come
and say prayer over the grave, or else
are rheumatic and find lsneeling on the
damp, chilly ground not conducive to
comfort, so they hire small boy for SO
much quarter of an hour to say their
prayers for them. In consequence all
over the cemetery you may see small
boys dcvoutly digging their little bare
toes into the ground and repeating the
prayers in n businesslilte manner, that
must give the powers above a curious
impression OF human love and remcm-
brance.
In Paris'they have the same custom
of exluming the bones after certain
time. but there they throw them all in
the common trench, where the poor are
crowded together in death. as they are
crushed together in life. There is also
a curious survival of French feeling in
our own country-in New Orleans on
this very subject. There they have
cntacombs above the ground, and the
coffin is put in one OF the inches, which
is then filled with quiclslime and sealed
up. Justas soon as the lime shall have
destroyed the contents of the niche it
is opened and made ready for the re-
ccption OF a new occupant.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
SIZE SIZES rAE PEoelE u.

A Pratt Seller Tells why She Sometimes
Sets Exorbitnnt Prices on lIer Wares.
While waiting for cross-town ear to
the ferry the other day, said lady
according to Chicago paper, ] saw u
wel-drcssed woman stop at fruit.
stand on the corner andnsl5 tho woman
IL charge the price of ounces. did.
not hear the response. but heard the
inquircr's exclamation as she tlounced
away
oh, YOU are exorbitant!'
Two Italinn laborers stopped to price
the tempting,iooliing fruit
Fifty cents apiece for ounces"
said the fruit seller, and the astonished
men passed on alpost at run, talking
sxcitedly together in their native
tongue and evidently feeling that they
tad barely escaped serious financial
peril.
Curious to learn the reason for her
high valuationsI timidly advanced in
my turn and inquired the price of
ounces. Her terms, courtcously given,
were moderate which cmboldenedme to
ask why she had named so high price
W tne person VINO nau como before me.
u have been selling fruit NJ this
stand for ten years, she said, and
smiled wisely, and / ought to be some
thing ofa judge Of people by this time.
The lady you saw did not mean to buy;
shes one Of the kind TINT cannot get
paste sale stand or counter without
stopping TO price everything ON It, and
l was pleased TO have her think me ex-
orbitant ON the first question. AS for
the Italians they thought the ounces .
new kind OF fruit that they might buy
and eat like an apple. so it was useless
TO waste time with them, and l gave
Them figure that nearly caused them
to fail down. Now, with you the case
is different. You came to me fairly for
information about something that In
terested yon, and that am very glad
to give. Behind fruit stands, as we'll
as in bigger concerns, we get TO know
how to Aizc up the people, and to treat
them accordingly.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
pA1 NOLAN ] rAirs


The old steeplechnse JOCKEY npins so,.e
fanns 1nrna
Old Fat Nolan. the cele bratesl steenle.
chase jockey, acquired considerable
.fcstune In the gala dayaof the snort
between the flags. and, having laid. M
treasures enough for his wants % this
world. proceeded to build q honse AZ
Sheepshead bay, says the philadeiphla
Press. While II was in the course 81
construction a countrymnn came along
and, after regarding Il with interest,
said:
Ayeh, Patsey, it's mtny's the toiIna.
Patsey, ye wint oyer the wather iump
% get the money TO build that house. !,
Yes, responded Pat, knowingly;
an it's miny's the toime, Moike, oi
didn't 90 over tho wather Jump 10 Git
the money TO build that house,"
Jack Bachelor ut one time owned
the celebrated mare Princess. He was
robbed going down TO the track one
evening and couldn't think Of any
easier way TO get his money back than
70 run the mare In two races that shc
was eligible for ON the next DAYS pro.
gramme. II looked like butchery. but
Jack did II One of the races was a
stake event. He started Princess and
won, and Immediately after sent her to
the post IN purse race, which she also
captured with case. "a man has got
to get even some way said Jack, san
lgucss | got there
Uncle Bob, the famous old colored
retainer at the Belle Meade farm, Is a
Chesterfield in his way. On one occa-
sion President and Mrs. Cleveland paid
a visit TO Gen. jackson and, Of course.
they inspected the famous racers. Rob
led them out one by one until Iroquoisl
stall was reached, and II was with
much pride and dignity ne exhibited
the winner Of the English derby.
What beautiful horse. and how
proud he loolssr' calculated the lady Of
the white honse
Oats case he knows who's loolSin'
at him, Mrs. Cleveland" responded
Bob, removing his battered chapeau
and bowling like courtier.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

Two young Buffalo schoolgirls were
talking about their future, says the
Courier of that city, when one OF them
said that shcdi not care to be a school.
teacher, as she preferred to teach mu.
sic. She said that her sisters, though.
were going to be school.teachers They
can be teachers Just as easy as can be, :
said she, because my papa and my
grandpa know all the politics" The
little girl probably meant politicians.
when She said politics." but her idea
was n practical ono,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

Chemistry, while yet in its infancy,
has already shown what the possi-
bilitics OF chemical compounds are.
We can already produce tea and coffee
artificially, as well as many other food
substances A new process claims to
produce sugar from gases at the cost Of
one cent per pound. There is always
3 a supply when demand becomes inn
peratiye, and when concentrated food
tablets are insisted upon, there will
not be wanting inventive genius 70
study ont the why's and wherefores Of
chemical theories and furnish the
ARTICLES required.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

Save money when you have a
chance in dry goods, notions,
hats, caps and shoes, at the new
Clarksburg Bargain Store on Sd
street. 10
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
NOTICE.

/ will teach a Spring Term of
School at West Milford, w. Va,
beginning on the 11th day of
March, 1895.
Special attention will be given
to those preparing to teach,
For further particulars call on
or address, A L. DAVIS, Ro-
mines Mills, w Va After
March list, West Milford ". va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

Go to the Clarlsburg Bargain
Store for dry goods, notions
hats. caps and shoes. y
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

SALESMAN WANTED. To
sellnursery stock. Good sales.
man with expo Renee preferred.
For terms and particulars ad-
dress G. w. SouTHERN AND
Sons, Clarksburg, w va. Box
go.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
a BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Million. Upon Million. Of saow-whi,

Millions Upon Millions Of snow white
Birds.
In "Trans.Siberian Sayages" the au-
thor gives the description OF a beauti-
ful and unique phenomenon which he
witnessed Off the shore of SalShalin Is.
land. The bright blue water was so
clear that for long datance from the
shore he could see aAe bottom, and
even the fishes, shoalA VI which were
moving gently hithcr ann thither
Above the swimming FISH was a
strange phenomenon; the surface OF the
water was like daazling snow. This
brilliant white surface, which extended
over an area of nearly square mile,
was not sca-foam, for with the excep-
ton of the ocean swell, the water was
placid MS a lake
My friend, seeing my delight, mo-
TONED me to hand him one of the rides.
He took no aim, but simply fred.
Instantly the air was full Of skim.
ming snowaakes, scintiliating In the
bright sunshine against the deep blue
sky right across the horizon, while the
surface of the water ceased to be white,
and became uniform in It's blueness.
This Is the most beautiful sight this
latitude has to offer, and most 1ortun-
ate WINS ] In getting 1t. Just at that
season millions upon millions of exqui-
sitely white birds migrate to that spot
They are whittier than the whitest Of
gulls, and their plumage is much more
brilliant, 50 as to be quite dazzling in
the sunshine. What these birds are i
bad no opportunity Of determining.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

Some people sell cheap some.
times. Sometimes some people
sen cheaper, but you can depend
on Ii that the Holmes Shoe Co.
sell cheapest all the time Att.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01

Big drive in Millinery Every
body can afford new hat, for we
give you your choice for fifty
cents. and we have hundreds to
select from Miss e. e. Roger
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-01
sars HENRY HUpsoN. 81 the IN

Miss l. A. Bartlett. of West
Milford, w. Va, has just pur.
chased a complete stock of Fall
Millenery goods. She vii! now
devote her tune exclusively to
10 this trade and will be able to
please her most, fastidious pat
[ons. Call and see her. 45tf.
NorlcE-To all persons who
want Detornina done, call on s
address JAMES +, STOUT, Quiet
Dell Harrison county. s.tf.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-07-12
The Supreme Court Refuses the
Floyda q New Trial.

TIE Supreme Cosrt Refuses the
Floyds . New Trial.
st. Paul, Special.-Judge Collins. of
the state supreme court, handed down
his decision this morning, disposing
permanently Of the appeal for a new
trial for Frank and Lou Floyd. Ills
opinion is very concise, and Judge
Jamison, who tried the case, is amply
upheld in his actions. The objection
raised to bis cautioning the Jury about
rumors 10 characterized as fully usti.
ded. II the rumors were 80 serious as
to require the dismissal of the fury
and the empaneling of another to try
the case. the defendants counsel
should have moved in the matter az
soon ~ informed, and not sit silently
BY and speculate on the result, The
irregularities alleged In the address
Of the prosecuting officer and the mis-.
conduct OF Jurors, the supreme court
says. were matters for the determine.
tton Of the court below, and the su.
preme court had no legal grounds on
which It could reverse ito dispositions
- theee questions in favor of the
seefA Ihe verdict 10 also found to
haye ben 1uatinsa ty The evidence. =