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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06
Additional Protection Against Fire at
the Mills.

Many changes are being made in fire
protection among the different mills which
will materially lessen the danger of a seri-
GUS fire under the hill, or in the square.
They are made at the suggestion of the in
surance companies which insure the mills,
and include the changing of the hydrants
attached to the ten-inch main from the two
plug ones in common use to those much
larger, to which four lines of hose may be
attached. These mains are so located that
any portion of the village may be covered
from them. They are supplied with water
by either, or all four of the big fire pumps,
or can be filled from the village service or
from both at once. The number of ny
drants is being materially increased under
the hill, and with the larger number of
plugs in each it will more than double the
number of streams which can be used in
case of serious fire. Hose can also be used
from them on fires in our business section,
using pumps independent of cur village
protection. Few, if any, villages Or cities
in New England are more thoroughly pro-
tected from the spread of a serious fire.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06

dren: Herbert G. Everleth of Putney /;
Mrs. A. e. Pettee of Keene. N. H.; Mrs.
n. j. Evans and Mrs. II. r. Stoddard
of Dummerston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06

My mother uses Hoods sarsaparilla and it re-
heves her headaches" Mrs. Charles Cheney,
Barton, Vt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06

G. Everett Ingalls,, who has been en-
ployed some years in the Office of the Yer
mont Farm Machine company, has resign
ed his position to take effect Jan. l, and
will at that time enter the training school
for Christian workers at Springfield, Mass,
for the purpose of fitting himself as gen.
eral secretary for Y. M. G. A. work. Mr..
ingalls,, during his stay here, has promi-
nently identified himself with the Baptist
church work, and was the organizer of the
boys brigade, which he has made great
success. He has been leader of the choir
of that church and in many ways made
himself useful in church and society work.
In the organization of our local Y. NJ. c.
A. he has taken large share of the work.
He will be much missed in this village,
where he has been deservedly popular.
His many friends will hope for him the
greatest success in his chosen life work,
wherever he may be located.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06

Laxol ia the best medicine for children. Doc
tors recommend it in place Of Castor OIL.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06
MRS. Neal MiIIiner
LookHere.

WIE ARE BOOKING orders for green hand
w wood TO be delivered next winter in any
quantity or quality, and if desired will saw split
and put in your shed at reasonable rates we
are delivering hard and soft wood slabs mixed
not split, suitable for shop stoves for s. 25 per
cord j. p GOODFNOIJGH Z SON
West Brattleboro
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06
For Sale at a BARGAIN.

A CHARTERED Oak chamber set which
"A was made to order consisting of a fine
dressing case with three combination mirrors
bedstead, commode with tile back also two large
easy chairs two willow rockers, a couch, center
table, spring and hair mattress, pictures and
lace curtains, all in good order and have not been
used long Address FURNITURE, care Phoenix
ONCE
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06
Building Lots,

NOV Is your chance as have decided to place
IN some desirable ones upon the market at a
very low price. They are near the trolley road
and you can soon double your investment
whether you build on them or not Come and
see. II. F, WEATHERHEAD, West Brattleboro
43-tf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
MONTHLY TREASURY STATEMENT.
The April Expenditures Exceeded the BE.
ceipts by Nearly s9,oo0,o0o

The April Expenditures Exceeded the Re.
ceipts by Nearly se,ooo,ooo.
The monthly United States Treasury statei
ment Of receipts and expenditures was is.
sued. The receipts for April were s24, ,247,.
1886, against s22,es2,s 1854 in April, 1894. The
expenditures for April were sS2, ,99O, $751;
against Ss2,072,sSs in April, 1894. Tho.
receipts for the ten months Of,
the current fiscal year are S.
600 greater than for the corresponding ten
months Of last year, and the expenditures
are So, ,000, 900 less for the same time. CusI
toms receipts have increased $1,000, 900 over.
last year. Pension payments have increased
81, 1000, 900 over the ten months of 1894, and
interest payments on the public debt have,
increased $4,000, 900 over the same period.
This is because OF the new bonds issued, agI
gregating S162,000,000.
During the month Government expendij
lures exceeded receipts by nearly $4,000, ,000,l
the National debt increased more than S9,5
600 900, the Treasury net cash balances de-
creased $1,000, 900. and the gold reserve was
increased 100000, although the interest,"
bearing debt on account Of the syndicate
four per cent. loan operations increased
about g. SOC, 900. Il
In detail the interest-being debt was ini
creased 80, 2,S49, $50, the net cash balance defl
creased 81, ,099, ,945, and the non-interest- bear
ing debt decreased s339, ,4S7, making In all
net increase in the debt Of $9,109, ,808. The
Treasury net cash balance stands at $780,
81, ,916. and this includes gold reserve Of
s91, ,247, IA or 5000, 1897 more than on April u
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
MARVELLOUS ARMoR THIS.
Unprecedented Results Of a Test at Indiani
HeadsP

Unprecedented Results Of Test at Indiani
Head:Proving.Ground.
There was battle royal at the Indian Head
proving ground near Washington betweenl
the biggest guns of the Navy and AMI
eighteen-inch Harveyized steel plate,l
made by the Carnegie works, with
wholly Unprecedented results. After f1ringl
twice at the great piece Of steel with al
twelve-inch rife without making any
practical impression on 1t, the great "peace-l
maker" as the thirteen-inch gun Is called,
discharged its haIf-ton projectile point blank
at tha armor, and though driven bodily back
into the sand bank supporting 1t, the plate
survived
Great interest has been manifested In the
test, as it was practically competition
OF the hitherto suspected Carnegie product
and the uniformly successful Bethlehem
manufacture. The Bethlehem Company
furnished the eighteen-inch plate that passed.
the ordeal two weeks ago, and on this day
the Carnegie armor was tested with e1-
actly the same grade OF shells, made In France
for testing purposes, and all the conditions
were made uniform. The plate was finished
to size and cost about $4,000. It weighed
79,300 pounds, was sixteen feet 81 inches
long, and seven feet 5 1916 inches w1de,l
anu was OF taperlng thickness, pelnS el8n.-
teen inches thick at the top and
extending -four feet down, where
the taper to eight inches thickness at the
bottom began. Represented the second lott
Of 906 tons or ten plates, for the side amor
OF the battleship Oregon, nearly completed
at San Francisco. The plate was attached
to backing Of thirty-six inches Of solid oakt
by twenty-six three-inch bolts, the entireI
structure being firmly anchored in hillside
about 100 yards from the muzzles Of the gum
battery.
Upon careful examination the ability Of
the plate to keep out the heaviest projectilet
was fully proved, by the fact that but one Of
the fastening bolts was damaged, and the
other twenty-five would have held the plate
In position on shipboard.
This plate Is said to indicate that the fight
between gun and armor, which has recently
been rather one-sided In the guns favor, is.
now about tie, and that with the refor2ing
process the armor may soon be invulnerable
to any existing weapon. Si
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
wEsTLAKE CORRECTED.

A very commonly Inexperienced text Is
the one In James l :5: "If any Of you lacketh
wisdom" Prof. Thayer is certainly right In
giving in his Lexicon as the meaning Of
the Greek word used here, 'the knowledge
and practice OF the requisites for godly and
upright livings' In other words. what God
promises in this place to grant literally is not
the wisdom of this world, prudence and
skill in business, or even guidance IN
daily perplexities (his is promised else
where, but "the wisdom that Is from above"
e: ~, or that genuine goodness and right
eousness which is "flrst pure, then peace
able" With this corresponds that other text
g :13): "Who is wise and understanding
among you? Let him show by his good life
his works Of meekness of wisdom" And
corresponding also to this thoughts the gen.
eral use Of the word "wisdom" in the Bible,
especially in the Proverbs, which corresponds
in the Old Testament to the book OF James
in the New. The promise in James that
"wisdom" shall be given literally to all that
ask is, therefore, of exactly the same sort as
the many others that assure the penitent
seeker Of salvation that he shall surely find
his Saviour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
DRUNKENNESS IN THE NAVY.

Secretary Herbert, of the Navy Department,
wisely decides that drunkenness will not be
tolerated In the Navy, and that no officer
either when on or off duty shall become
intoxicated. His ruling Is most sensible
and practical, and deserves to be quoted
literally:
boards of examination should clearly un.
derstand that drunkenness at any time ana
under any circumstances is inhibited by the
law and the regulations OF the Navy.
1T is not true, as was contended IN tnls
case. that the Government is not concerned
about the habits OF naval officer in h1s
home, in his club, or at the house OF friend.
The time has passed for considering drunk.
enness on cornwall occasions vice in which
naval officers can indulge with impunity.
The habit of drunkenness on duty or OH duty
is one that. Ike other habits, seizes upon
and eventually controls the victim. Drunk
enness on duty is properly recognized in the
regulations as more heinous offense than
when off duty. but commanding oft1cer at
sea is practically always on duty. and he
certainly has no hours in which he could in
dulge this habit. Nor is it to be permitted,
either on or off duty, that naval officer any
where shall become intoxicated. 1t un.
doubtedly is sufficient ground for the re-
fusal or promotion if it shall appear that an
officer is in the habit OF becoming intoxicated
at any time or under any circumstances.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
DOCTRINE OR CREED.

A doctrine or creed is often bound up in
common saying. More than that, it is
sometimes an unsupported doctrine. We be-
lieve many things which we have never for
mulated. Here is one from st. Paul in the
fourth chapter Of Ephesians. The apostle
warns these people against giving themselves
over to certain kinds OF wrongdoing. as II
themselves" were better than the things
they do. They all seem to imply that self is
something above and superior to those sins,
wrongs, follies, which yet that same
self commits. Respect yourself Rever-
ence your own nature. Think too much OF
yourself to do that. "To thine own self be
true" But why respect that which Is not
respectable, or revere that which is not noble2
What do We mean when we say that man
has abandoned himself to wrong course?
He has not left his identity; he has left good
ness. The word ''self-abandonment" Is cur
iously suggestive. We abandon ourselves to
pleasure, ease, luxury; to tears, grief, de-
spair; but who ever abandons himself to vir-
tue? Virtue, goodness in all its forms, all
high, heroic qualities, imply selfpossession,
not abandonment. Goodness always controls,
and has mastery, even in Its gentlest manifes-
tations. Language recognizes this, and gives
expression to it. as well as many another OF
our deep, unconscious beliefs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
HUMAN PERSONALITY.

'Human personality has attributes, self
consciousness and freedom, which distin-
guish 1t in kind from the world Of mere ani-
mails and things, and relate 1t to spiritual
order, of whose eminent reality II is itself the
witness and the proof. With this conviction
in mind man looks at the universe outside
him and divines there. with an instinct
which age or argument cannot eradicate, the
presence OF Person, whom. he feels. but may
not see. On reflection this grows more GER
tain; for the world is rational, harmonious,
beautiful; it works out moral purposes, and
must, therefore have spiritual cause, and
these are notes Of personality, and OF person
ality alone. When he asks why, II this be so,
God has not made Himself more manifest, he
is met by the analogy of human inter-
course, and the restriction which sin imposes,
even on the knowledge Of a sanity friend. At
length, as is meet, from the holy race comes
forth the Holy One, guiding man into the life
Of love, wherein his true perfection lies, and
revealing God as the source OF love and Him
self as God incarnate; in union with whom
our finite, imperfect personality shall find, Id
the far eternity, its archetype and end"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
cRAZED WITH DRINK.

This incident is sent to us by a railroad
surgeon and vouched for az correct. An en-
gineer who had been on the road twenty
years was laid up with influenza two years
ago, and since then has drank spirits to eI-
cess ut intervals, especially at night: The
Superintendent paid no attention TO this and
permitted him to 20 on his usual daily runs
One day he came in to the end Of his route
very much Intoxicated, ran up to the yard,
and left his engine in the proper place. then
staggered back towards the depot muttering
The train he brought in went on, when sud.
denly he sprang on a waiting engine and
started down the road after the train. The
yardmaster conceived this to be drunken
freak. and wired to turn the switch off from
the main line at a distant station. This was
done just in time to avert dashtng into the
rear OF the passenger train. The engine was
ditched, and the engineer escaped unhurt
and was taken to an asylum with acute
mania, where he is still confined. A very
serious accident was narrowly averted, and
the stupidity OF permitting an inebriate en-
gineer to run train was literally criminal1ty
Of the most fragrant type.-Journal OF Indus
try,
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A QUADRUPLE KILLING.
The Deadly End of Tennessee Feud ut
Sewbern.

The Deadly End of Tennessee Feud Mt
Sewbern.
Shortly before dark the sound OF fusilade
of pistol shots was heard on the main street
of Newbern, Tenn.
Within ten seconds of the first shot the
four participants lay dead in the street.
These four ore R. ". Townsend and his son
Beauregard and Abb and John Fulgham.
The quadruple tragedy was the outcome
of feud that started two years ago. Muir
ray Fulgham, meeting young Avery Town
send, began to abuse him. He finished by
administering beating with an az handle.
Young Townsend swore out warrant.
Fulgham ut once left town. His father sent
for him and brought him back. Young
Fulsham was arrested upon his return and
gave bond.
He was taken before a magistrate for
hearing and fine OF $50 with costs attached
was inflicted.
At the conclusion of the court business the
crowd moved out and near the door the
Townsend and Fulgham parties came to-
gether. There were few angry words.
Then weapons were drawn and the shooting
bccan,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND RELIGION.

Political economy and religion would never
be one and the same thing, but IN identity OF
purpose. so far as part of mans benefit
and improvement were concerned. would
ever make them friends and allies. They are
the brain and heart of the coming civilization.
The one must point the way, the other must
pursuade us to take it. even if it involves con-
cessions and sacrifices. Religion has at
length aroused itself to consciousness that
it has duty toward industrialism. Enter
pris!ng religion, which is observed by the
larger conception Of salvation, is alive to the
fact that it has duty toward every form OF
human movement, and has already begun to
prepare seriously for its work. Political
economy will remain 1.-The dismal science"
until it thoroughly accepts love rs the sole
Medium through which 10 speak.-Rev. DR..
Donald.
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CHAPTER XXX.
MY OWN TRUE WIFE.

Lady Inchcape and her daughter were
seated in heathery dell, sheltered by
the stunted frs of Sleatna-Vrecken; for
the summer flies early from the bleak
Northland, and already winters moan.
ing winds echoed the hoarSer roaring OF
the sea-
sHow fond you are of this spot, love!~
said Engelonde, tenderly smoothing tho
pale cheek of Ulva, whose head lay upor
her breast: @why is it? There are many
lovelier views on our Toor Sleetna-
Vrecken. and many softer mossoeds'
and yet it IS to this one dell that you
come day after day, as to shrine!"
"And is it not shrine?" answered Ul-
va, family, her dark, mournful eyes,
grown larger and deeper than Of old,
fixed upon certain spot of the rocky
lath, which passed near by. @For here
saw for the last time one whom I shall
never sec again till the sea gives up her
dead. Over there-there mamma, our
hands touched each other for one little
noment-I feel the clasp upon this poor
wasted hand yet And here, where we
it alone, / stood when I met his eyes
Tor the last time-for the last time"
Her low, sweet tones broke, and sank
into silence.
Lady Inchcape watched her with
yearning gaze.
"Yes, Ulva, we lost true friend when
Captain Edgar died; truer, God never
swelled with unforgotten grief.
She would not tread closer to the
sacred ground of Ulva's hopeless love,
for by no spoken word had the maiden
ever confessed her secret; though her
long illness, followed by this settled
apathy of grief, had long convinced
Lady Inchcape that Ulva's heart was
buried with the dead.
Heavy indeed had been my lady's sor-
row for the brave man who had taught
her how to hope: but she saw with ter
ror and self-reproach that Ulva's was
! heavier yet, and would last her life long.
In the silence which fell betwaan
them, the sound OF heavy steps hurry
ing up from the shore reused them; and
! both ladies gaZed with wondering eyes
! at Kenmore, as he burst into their pres
ence, then stopped stock. still, lingering
! his blue bonnet, which he had snatched
| from his head, and "clowering" las he
! himself would have saidD at his lady
strangely.
"We!l, Kenmore!" said Lady Inchcape,
1you wished to find US, did you not?
What is it? Why! how bewildered you
look! Kenmore-what is the matter?"
She rose quickly, drawing Clva with
her; with arms twined round each other
the two beautiful women stood wonder
Ing: but Kenmore seemed to find it hard
! to speak.
How changed the stern old face was!
how tho keen eyes blazed! how Dallid the
Drown cheek! And why should he gaze
at Lady Inchcape with that wild look?
"Speak, Kenmore!" cried my lady, in
sudden panic, "there is more SORROW
! some one else that we love-oh, Ken
more, my husband is not-dead?" she
shrieked, swooping forward to him.
ana, ma, Leddy Inchcape; God Forbid"
at last he found voice tc say, very
I broken voice, and accompanied by
very exulting smile; "it'S no i'll news,
me Teddy; It's the bonniest news-it's-
och! I Gamma wait to brak it sma'; he's
! here himself" and the words came out
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15

The mother of Charles Stewart Parnen,
Mrs. Della Tudor Stewart Parnell, Is the
daughter of Commodore Charles Stewart,
who was the commander OF the old Constitu-i
tion, the frigate which fought her way into.
the hearts OF the American people during the
War of 1912. Miss Stewart was born in Phil
adelphia in 1916, and Is now in her eightieth
year. She was married to Henry Parnell, an
irish gentleman travelling for pleasure In
America, in Grace Church, in New York
City, May IS, 1855. Mr.. Parnell died in 1879.
His widow, to whom had been born six boys
and as many girls, returned to America and
entered upon the possession OF her fathers
estate In Bordentown. Commodore Stewart
died in 1869, leaving small property: Dur
ing her life in the United States Mrs. Parnell
number Of speeches in favor of the Demo
cratic nomination during the campaign OF
1883, until failing health intervened. She
has been an invalid for nearly eight years.
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OUR TRUST IN GOD.

Looking at death as difficulty that stands
in the way Of our trust in God, says popu-
lar clergyman who is not In bis convictions
80 far from the domain Of the Spiritual Phil
osophy, there are many Of its circumstances
and Accomplishments that are avoidable, and
especially the haunting terror in which we
are schooled In relation to 1t. We have even
created figure which we have called the
King of Terrors. We have supposed that
death was the result of sin, q token Of Gods
wrath that came because of the fall. On the
contrary, death Is part Of the natural order
of the world, and has been here since life has
been here, millions Of years before man
appeared. In the mere fact Of dying there Is
almost nothing painful or disagreeable.
Would we wish to live here indefinitely on
the earth? Who would wish to become
hundred years old, and have all those he
cared for and loved in hiS childhood, in his
youth, in middle age, pass away and leave
him alone? We would not want to stay here
alone. There is unspeakably more Joy on
this old planet as the years go by than there
possibly could be il one set OF inhabitants re-
manned here year after year and age after
AGE.