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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
The Popular Bond Issue a Great Sue

cess
Bids for the one hundred millions of
four per cent bonds were opened at the
treasury department Wednesday. There
were nearly 400 distinct offers, aggregat-
ing nearly seven hundred million dollars.
A few of these were the offerings of
"cranks," and a number were graduated
bids representing the same persons, but,
making allowance for these, the aggregate
offered will reach at least three hundred
and fifty million dollars. A large number
of banking institutions and very many of
the leading bankers of the country were
represented by bids. The prices ranged
from par to 120, aud the average will per-
haps be about Several syndicates
made bids for large amounts, in two in
stances offers being made for the entire
loan. The best offer from a syndicate was
from that represented by j. Pierpont Nor
gan, who bid 110.6S77 for the entire one
hundred millions. After the bona fide
bidders whose figures are in excess of Mr.,
Morgan's have been given their allotment
the remainder, about 40 per cent. will likely
60 70 the Morgan syndicate.
The success of the popular loan is be-
yond all expectation. 1t proves that the
country is financially strong, and the credit
of the government unimpaired, notwith,
standing the silver agitation. The effect
upon the business interests of the country
cannot but be beneficial in a large degree
1t will assure the capitalists of Europe Of
the soundness of American investments;
but what is far more important, it will
prove to our own people their strength
and resources and give them renewed conf
dence in themselves. 1t will prove power
full lever for permanent business revival.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Gbe Urrmurt pb@mi..
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, FEBRARY I, 1896.

The stock exchanges throughout the
United States continued strong yesterday
as one of the effects of the revelation of the
great wealth of the country and the popu-
lar determination to sustain the national
credit afforded by the bids for bonds. This
revelation had an opposite effect in Lon
don, where prices sagged in consequence
of the demonstration that the United
States is not dependent on Europe for
gold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
O. J. PRATT,
Granite Block.
Grand Mid-Winter
Closing Off Sale.
important Reduction Of Prices in All Departments
important Reduction Of Prices in All Departments.

Owing to the mildness of the win
ter thus far, l find too many goods
on the shelves for the season, and to
unload them quickly shall make a
big cut in prices.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Silk
Department

The counters and shelves in this
depai tment are literally loaded down
with one of the richest lines of black
and fancy silks to be found in the
state, and at the price reduction for
this month, is the cheapest stock in
New England. Black silk of all de-
scriptions that were 81, $I.25, 81. so
and $I.75 reduced fully IS per cent.
Fancy silks for waists equally cheap.
Don't fail to see them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Dress Goods
Department..

Nineteen pieces fine all-wool serge
and novelty goods at IS cents, usual
price 3S cents; 80 pieces India twills
and covert cloth at IS cents, regular
price so to So cents; as pieces very
fine so and 52-inch twills and coverts
and novelty dress goods at 49 cents,
actual value o9 to IS cents. All
higher grades equally cheap.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Linen and Flannel
Department.

Linen damasks, napkins, towels,
and all grades of flannels marked
down from 10 to 20 per cent during
the month of February. Domestic
cottons and prints at manufacturers
wholesale prices. Hosiery, gloves,
and mems, women's and children's
under ffannels at material reduc-
ton from regular prices.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Carpet
Department.

Here is where you can save from
IS to IS per cent on your carpet
purchases. Cotton and wool in
grains, IS to 81 I-2 cents. Heavy all
wool ingrains and tapestries only As
cents. Best and choicest new spring
styles in extra super ingrains only so
cents. Elegant assortment of the
celebrated Agra carpets only 65
cents. All the best makes of Tap
estries at 65 cents, would be cheap
at 90 cents. Velvet carpets, ele-
giant styles, only IS cents. All the
best makes of five frame Brussels
only % cents made and laid. Art
squares, Smyrna Rugs, Mating and
Oil Cloths at the same reduction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Cloak and Fur
Department.

l have now in stock about 100
high grade fur capes and jackets, all
this seasons goods, and latest styles,
which l shall offer during the month
at one-fourth and some at one-third
off the usual price. Have also about
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07

so good quality garments carried
over from the last two seasons which
you can buy at IS cents on the dollar.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07

cnehp SnOeS OF
different stores
and buy the
pair that costs
the least! Not
a bit. He goes
to a reliable
store and buys
U,s. that
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07

cost enough to pay for good leather
and good sliOemaking. Good shoes
are cheapest and he knows it.
The really cheapest mems CALF
SKINS shoes that we know of are
those we sell at So and so, made
by HEYWOOD. Most dealers think
them good enough to sell at $3.50
and 81.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07

When an economical man wants a
pair of shoes does he price all the
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
Everything Was Grist For Dickens.

OF the making of new books during our
walks there was no end. Everything sug-
gested copy" to Dickens, either as author
or editor. He was persistent pedestrian,
having acquired the habit Of providing
around London at night when he was suf-
fering from insomnia. One afternoon we
inspected the picture gallery of Lord Darn
ley's residence near Gadshill. A long
line of family portraits extended back to
the crusaders. Among the court ladies,
the grim warriors and stern judges, gold
en- haired boy stood out as If painted with
sunshine. A noise attracted our attention
to the other end of the room, and there
was boy the exact duplicate Of the pic
ture the likeness having boon reproduced
after many generations. "That will make
q good story" said Dickens as we strolled
through the park. "Take the boy of tho
picture and put him through his adven-
lures in tho olden times. First volume.
Then take the modern boy, Identical with
his ancestor in appearance, mind, tastes
and morals and describe his adventures in
our times and show how environment af-
fects the same type Of man. I must talk
this over with Charles Reade. He would
do 1t gloriously. Stephen Fiske in La.
dies Home journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
The Lord Chancellor.

The tidbit of the administration from
the financial point Of view is the lord chan
cellorship The salary attached to the office
is a1O, OOO-e4, 900 as speaker of the house
of lords and go, 900 as lord chancellor In
point of precedence it Is also the highest
office In the government. The lord high
chancellor of Great Britain takes prece-
dence of every other subject of the queen,
except the royal dukes and the archbishop
Of Canterbury. The first lord of the treas
ury who is usually the head of the gov
ernment-so far from being in point Of
precedence the first in the cabinet is near
ly half way down So that at a ceremonial
function Mr.. Gladstone, when premier,
would have had to walk behind five or six
men whom he had appointed to cabinet
Offices and whom he could in effect dis
miss.
The lord chancellor's office is also the
Oldest In tho government. 1t dates back
to the time Of Edward the Confessor The
lord chancellor Is besides, as head of the
chancery division Of the supreme court of
judicature the highest judicial officer in
the land. As speaker of the house of lords
he presides over that house when 1T Is SIT
ting either as judicial or as Legislative
body. 1t is his duty to appoint all JUS
tees Of tho peace, and he Is supposed to
exercise a general guardianship over in
fants, lunatics and idiots. He has at his
disposal an immense amount Of church
patronage and legal patronage and final
ly, he is lord keeper of the great seal,
and member of the cabinet. Chambers
journal
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
THE FRlGATE BIRD.
Beyond Doubt 1t Is the Fleetest Living
Thing In Existence,

Beyond Doubt 1t Is the Fleetest Living
Thing In Existence.
met scientist on tho street the other
day and asked him whether he believed
success to be nearly within the grasp Of
the Darius Greens of our day-the men
who are trying to master the secret of the
art of flight He replied in the affirmative
and made the affirmative strong.
1--WE shall soon fly" he said, "but," he
added, Inventors must study natures
machines more carefully If they would win
complete success in that line. They should
study the frigate bird, for instance. 1t
can fly faster and farther and remain
longer In the air than any other creature
that wings the ethereal blue Beyond
doubt it Is the flectest thing in existence.
Crossing the Atlantic In day and q
night would be travelling at lively clip.
1t would DO maintaining rate Of nearly
1876 miles an hour for almost 5000 miles.
1t would be such speed achievement as
has only been dreamed of so far, even by
the widest enthusiasts And yet it is de-
clared by some who are familiar with the
frigate bird that such q flight Is quite
within its power.
''The body of the bird Is not much larger
than chickens, and yet when its wings
arc spread for flight the tips are fully seven
feet apart Unfortunately for an accurate
measurement of its pate of speed when fly
ing at its best, it is not migratory bird,
but some enthusiasts among tropical bird
hunters have declared the belief that with
the wind 1t ought easily to make ESQ miles
On hour, which would be flying twice as
fast as would be necessary to go from New
York to Liverpool in "a hours. Others not
SO enthusiastic place the rate at 175 miles
an hour, and others at only 100, but all
say that it is incredibly fast detroit
Free Press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
THE HUMBLE TOAD.
Ills Circle of Life Described In Prose
Poetry by q French Canadian.

Ills Circle Of Life Described In Prose
Poetry by French Canadian.
In general the toad is an animal with
which we have little to do and which we
do not like to meet in our path at night
fall in the country In the spring as early
as tho month of March the toad gives signs
of life. He croaks at evening as loudly as
he can in the fields and the meadows he
halls by the repetition Of his song the COM
ing of pleasant weather. He has but o
single note, yet it is melodious in the 81
lence of the first fine nights. He keeps 1t
up till April, whom the nightingale arrives.
And as in the case of the bird Of spring,
his song Is not disinterested. The male
alone calls. He wishes to contract union.
His voice is answered A marriage Is con-
tracted. Tho ways of toads are very
strange, II we may believe Mr.. G. Hart
mann, who has observed these animals for
long periods In different parts of Germany,
amid the Vosges mountains, and even in
the neighborhoOd of Paris.
Matters at Paris proceed, for that mat
ter, as they do elsewhere The toad who
has found mate embraces her, caresses
her, and she gives him in exchange for
his tenderness q pretty chaplet made of at
least 200 eggs The toad picks this up
delicately, twines 1t around his hind legs
In the shape of figure s, passing one foot
through each loop of the 8. 1t is the we'd
ding ring The male goes away delighted
with his ring and blissfully promeuades
amid the croaking folk. He goes about,
hunts, seeks his food and seems us nimble
as If he did not drag about with him his
200 eggs.
One fine day, exactly three weeks after
receiving the gift, he is seized with sud-
den impulse. Nothing can stop him. 1t
is irresistible. He casts himself into the
water, not to break the bonds he has con-
tracted, not to commit suicide, but, on the
contrary, to fulfil his part as father. He
Is seen to move about, to wriggle and roll
over and over like mailman. At last he
stops That Is because he has succeeded
In detnching tho chaplet Of eggs that had
become glued to his body. He climbs up
the bank again, solmenly leaving the eggs
in tho water They soon complete their
development, and from each egg issues
tadpole. The marriage ring thus provides
200 tadpoles!
The young Of the toad spend the fall and
winter in the water They fear neither
cold nor even the freezing of the water.
Mr.. Hartmann has seon them more than
once frozen in block of ice. When the
block melted they once more gave signs
of life and took up tho ordinary course of
their existence Young tadpoles live on
animal matter, the corpses of frogs water
lizards and doubtless some Of the lower
plants. A year goes by; then, between
May and September, they leave tho water
and are transformed. They lose their
tails They live among stones and go out
only at night. During this time they feed
on snails, dies, worms and insects. And
then having become toads, they begin
again tho cycle described abovc--marriage
600 eggs, and so forth.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
LOW DOWN BREED.

I'd "a got off mighty sartin an nebber would
ben eollered
Ef dat stunted yaller rooster hadn' loosed his
naick an hollered.
Dat pctterroller nebber SEQ mo comm f'om de
rOos',
An step as light as folders OATS a-drappin
fo'm do goose.
Oar warn't no dogs yelpin an no squinch
owls anywhar,
An all de game had fought war bypnotiso
TO- far.
De night war eben darker dan dis dark COM
plected gent
An do a'mosfere 30 hoaby dat dc bloodhoun
couldn' scent.
An I'm suah-yas, / knows-I wouldn' chen
BON a-foilered
IF dat scabby yaller rooster hadn' lifted up
an hollored
An dat speunce sorter teach me wen do mer
fuchur pickin's
Dat wants ter draw dc limit at dis low down
breed er chickens.
Boston Courier,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
Claude DuvAl,

THIS gallant robber Of mems purses and
ladies' hearts was Of French extraction.
Duyal became so rich with his Ill Cotton
gains that he was enabled to retire from
the profession and return to France But
a quiet life, free from the excitement of
his old career, did not agree with his ad-
venturous spirit He returned again to
England and resumed his ayocation AT
length he was captured at the Hole In
the WALL" In Chandos street. While in
prison awaiting his doom many ladies Of
position visited him and endeavored to OBJ
tain his release, but justice was memorable,
and be was hanged OF Tyburn In January,
1870 His epitaph In St. Paul's church,
Covent Garden, speaks of him as "Old Ty-
burns glory, England's illustrious THIEF, !"
and tells US:
Here lies Duval. Reader, II male thou art
Look to thy purse; If female, to thy heart.
Much havoc has he made Of both.
Just beyond the borders Of our county,
about mile from the village of Bagshot,
stands solitary, picturesque, reed matched
farmhouse, once the residence Of Claude
Duval. The late Mr. G. NJ. Hughes, the
historian Of Windsor forest describes in
his work the interior Of this haunt ard
tells Of the old freside and chimney in
which hiding place was so contrived that
its only access was through trapdoor in
the back, which, when closed, was conceal
cd by the smoke. Here Duval often lay
concealed when the soldiers searched his
dwelling. Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
EVER VICTORIOUS ARMY.


-
lean Sailor In China.
With a spirit of liberality and quick dis.
comment little characteristic of his coun-
trymen Ii Hung Chang early recognized
the fact that the methods and weapons of
Chinese warfare were antiquated and i'll
suited to tho work in hand and he well
coined the opportunity afforded by his stay
at Shanghai to introduce into the CAM
paign modern military appliances. A for
eign legion, enlisted from the unemployed
and adventurous Europeans who frequent
ed that port, was admitted into the Chi
nese army under the command of an
American sailor named Ward, and which,
ON account of its brilliant successes, and
following the Chinese practice Of adopting
high sounding titles, was called the lever
victorious army" Ward, after O thorough
organization of his foreign contingent and
series of triumphs over the rebels, was
killed In au assault upon the enemy, and
Colonel Gordon, who was detached from
the British army for that purpose.
This foreign contingent was the most
trustworthy ally Of the Chinese generals in
the suppression Of the great rebellion, and
much fame has justly come to Gordon for
the part he bore in the contest. But there
is general disposition on the part Of Brit
ish writer's to belittle the services and
sniroh the reputation of the American,
Ward, Who Is always styled by them an
adventurer How he differed from Cor
don in that respect Is not apparent. But
certain it is that he Is entitled to the credit
of having displayed marked military abil-
ity both in organizing his forces and in
leading them in battle, and no demonstrate
ed the wisdom of the Chinese commander
in onlisting the corps and its utility as
means of putting down the rebellion. No
greater Endorsement Of his military genius
could have been given than by Gordon
himself in adopting MS organization and
following his metho' the smallest de-
tails.-John W. FcH Century.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
oicurean.


Your typical is epicurean to
the toe tips His sms and yearn-
ings are quite oti. -,an those of the
northerner. Give him 2 francs day for
life and he will toll no more. He may be
a marquis and seventh or eighth in direct
descent, but he will be content to forogo
the assertion of his rank so he may thence
forward enjoy the priceless boon Of leisure
and independence. His leisure he will dis
sipate at the cafe, with perhaps two 8
hakpenny sweet fluids per diem, and you
may study the effect of his independence in
his courtly manners, even though his hat
be worn at the brim and his coat back be
deplorably shiny. He is a pellucid brook
shallow as you please, yet engaging for his
pellucidity.
AS he sits on the red velvet cushions and
looks forth at the carriages and gowns of
fashion in the Via Tornabuoni, he shows
no trace of envy on his open countenance.
What, in effect, have these rich ones more
than he, save the ennui of modishness and
the indigestion of high feeding2 The mon
uments and blue skies of Florence (not to
mention the glorious or stirring memories
of its history arc rather more his than
theirs-Cornhill Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
ROBERT BURNS A NON DE PLUME.
Tho Habit Among Authors Of Disgusting
20 the Real Name,

tho Real Name.
Almost every writer at the beginning Of
his career knows q trepidation and timid-
fly that make him glad to hide behind a
s0briquet, or, as the French usually call
them, noms do guerre 1t might DO
thought that these are chosen haphazard.
Though this may be SO in some cases, Ii Is
usually otherwise. As much thought Is
often expended in their construction as
was ever devoted to the title of u book
Some adopt nom dc plume because Of
innate modesty; others through neral
fear of the public and critics Yet larger
class find satisfaction in writing over
name more suggestive, 1t may be, or ro-
mantle than the original family name
Sometimes the style and kind Of work
Gone by an author suggests or decides the
pseudonym, while in the great majority Of
cases simply that of a euphonious or fanci-
full name 10 desired.
The simplest form-and these constitute
o goodly number-consists Of the initials
Of the authors real name, such as L. E.
L. Letitia Elizabeth Landon); G. A. s.
George Augustus Sala) and B. (the late
Lord Bramwell), or some transportation Of
the real name, such as Dalmocand FUSED
by George Macdonald) and Draw, which
Is simply Ward written backward. As
another example might be mentioned the
famous prima donna Nine. Trebelll, whose
real name was Gillebert, her nom de the
atre being her surname spelled backward,
with the initial sc" omitted.
1t has been a favorite fancy with authors
to assume fictitious names upon tho in
itials of their own. Thus, Annie Bronte
wrote as Acton Bell, Charlotte Bronte
as Currer Bell and Emily Bronte as Ell
lis Bell. In all the wide field of liter
nture can three other such illustrious
names be found belonging to one family
1t Is a scarcely known fact that Robert
Burns was nom dc plume, tho Scotch
poets name being Robert Burmese, but 1t
has by right of usage become the family
name, as In the case Of Sir Henry Irving
and Henry M. Stanley.
1t Is not unusual for lady writer's who
desire to cultivate masculine style of
writing, and who feel that good mascu-
line name would carry conviction, to adopt
names of the opposite sex. Mrs. Henry
Wood used to write as Johnny Ludlow.
Mrs Cross immortalzed herself as George
Eliot Nine. Dudevant, who was no mean
factor in the literary and social circles
Of the last century, as George Sand and
Mrs Stannard, who delights the reading
world with bright military tales, as John
Strange Winter.-Philadelphia Times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
Tho Mystery of the Heavens.

Look through telescope at some tiny
star invisible to the naked eye The light
from that star perhaps left its surface be-
fore the time Of william the Conqueror. 1t
may belt is not quite impossible-that
the tiny star has since those days actually
left off shining, but still we see 1t in our
sky, because the rays which started while
1t yet shone arc arriving moment by mo-
ment, telling us the story of what the star
was like hundreds Of years ago, before it
parted with its brightness.
Perhaps, again, We are examining
through large telescope faint and far
off nebula-a mass Of whirling gases the
light of which has taken, say, 10000 years
to get there. We SEQ what the nebula was
like in prehistoric ages. 1t may since then
have lessened in size and changed in shape.
1t may now wear very different aspect,
and men looking from earth 10000 years
hence will be able to sec what that nebula
was like In our days All these things help
us to understand what the immensely Of
the stellar system Is, and yet more, to i'm
agine dimly what the measurement and ex-
tent Of all creation must be If many such
star systems float side by side throughout
the vast domains Of space.-Chambers'
Journal