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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

At the last session of the Legislature
Gov. Woodbury. appointed commission
to inquire into the working of the normal
school system in Vermont, which has for
some time received considerable financial
aid from the state without being to any
particular extent subject to state control.
The commission has just rendered its re-
port, in which it recommends the abolish
ment of the three normal schools on the
ground that they are little if any better
than local academies, and of no benefit to
the state as higher educational institutions,
for which they are designed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
Across the Continent in Ii Days Via
Bicycles.

The Journal Examiner bicycle relay race,
which began in San Francisco August %,
ended in New York city Monday. The
actual time for the race was - days, 20
minutes, 10 seconds. The pouch which
has come across the country contained two
letters, one addressed to Postmaster Day
ton from the post-office department in San
Francisco, the other from Col. Schafer, ad-
dressed to the major-general in command
of the department of the East at Governors
Island.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
The state Committees close Figuring.

Chairman Olin Merrill of the Republi-
can state committee, paid visit to the
various town committees in every county
during the recent campaign, and, in per-
fecting their organization, laid down
stint for the number of Republican votes
they were expected to bring to the polls.
To show how effective this method was,
the following table is printed, showing the
Republican vote asked for and the vote
polled in each county Tuesday, Sept. l:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Constipation is positively cured by Carter's
Little Liver Pills. Not by purging and weaken
lining the bowels, but by regulating and strength
ing them. This is done by improving the d.
secretion of bile when the bowels will perform
their customary functions In an easy and natural
manner. Purgative pills must be avoided. Ask
for Carter's Little Liver Pills. Price 25 cents
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
Day Unto Day

Uttereth speech concerning the good being done
by Hoods Sarsaparila. By the cures it is ac-
complishing, by the good health restored to men,
women and children, Hoods Sarsaparilla wins
its way more and more into the confidence of the
people.
Its army of friends tell Of scrofulous and i'm
pure blood made rich and pure, of the relief it
gives from the itching and burning of salt rheum,
of the satisfaction at meals experienced by the
former dyspeptic, Of the happiness of those cured
of malaria, rheumatism, and catarrh Of excellent
spirits and good appetite enjoyed by those re.
Gently weak, tired and run down.
It is by such results as these that Hoods Sar-
saparila makes its hosts of friends and does its
own effective advertising.
Its records of cures and the good 1t has done
others sufficient to warrant your giving this
excellent medicine trial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
Coachmon,s Murderous Frenzy.

Isaac Caryl of New York city, while a
guest at the country residence of the fam
lily of the late Civil Justice Wandell, was
shot and killed at Allendale, n. j. Il, Mon
day by William Doing, who had been a
coachman in the service of the family for
10 years. The coachman also attempted
to kill Frank Wandell, and failing in this,
sent bullet through his own heart Not
the slightest motive can be ascrbed for the
crime. Mr.. Caryl was prominent men,
Der of the league of American wheemen.
A coaching party of young people had
gone but a short distance from Warsaw,
Ind, Tuesday when the horses took fright
and backed the tally-ho over an embank-
ment, the people, horses and vehicle roll
ing down the steep pitch in bloody mass.
Six in the party were killed outright and
the others escaped with painful bruises.
Ex-United States Senator II. b. Payne
died at Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, in
his seth year. He was elected to Congress
as a Democrat in 1914, but two years later
was defeated. He was elected to the
United States Senate in 1879, serving two
terms. He was prominent in Standard oil
interests and was worth many millions. 1t
is expected that large part of his estate
will go to his grandson, Harry Payne
Whitney, son of EX-Secretary Whitney.
Young Whitney married Miss Gertrude
Vanderbilt two weeks ago.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Women with pale, colorless faces, who feel
weak and discouraged, win receive both mental
and bodily VlEof Dy using carriers Iron FMS,
plexion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
Salmon Gold Mining Co.'S
Stock for Sale.
DIVIDEND GARNER.
VIM. rompton & Co., so State ST., Boston
Wanted.

CMART REPUBLICAN in every town who will
- work for SOS week for two months and
viii earn it. Address WIN. NJ. SMITH, Greenfield,
Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
HESITATE NO LONGER.

Modesty in women is natural. It Is
one of women's chief charms.
No one cares for one who roallv
lacks this essential to vomanlinas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
The Potato In Trance.

In France we find that the potato
was placed on the royal table in the
year 1916, but it was Parmentier, an
apothecary, who really introduced it and
did all he could to get it generally Gull
tivated, though not without the assist
ance Of the government. In It'll a high
prize was offered by the Academy Of
Besancon for the discovery of a new
food which would fill the place of &C.
reals in case of famine. Parmentier
showed his potatoes, and Louis XVI gave
him 80 morgen of land to plant them
on. When showing the first flowers Of
his potatoes, the king used them as a
buttonhole bouquet, Queen Marie An
toinette had them in the evening in her
hair, and at once princes, dukes and
high functionaries went to Parmentier
to obtain such flowers.
All Paris talked of nothing but pota-
toes and the cultivator of them. The
king said, France will thank you some
time hence because you have found
bread for the poor. And France has
not forgotten Parmentier, for saw my
self in 1882 potatoes growing on his
grave in the grand cemetery of Paris,
the Pere la Chaise, and I was assured
that they were planted there every year,
SO that his services might never be for
gotten by Frenchmen.-Journal Royal
Horticultural Society.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
He Advertised.

"Once, when I was publishing a pa
per in Seattle, I convinced man in a
most emphatic way that it paid to adj
vertise. said an old journalist "He
was fairly prosperous merchant, and I
had tried for a long time to get him to
insert an advertisement in my paper.
"fOh, it's no use, he would say. 4
never read the advertisements in pa
per, and no one else does. I believe in
advertising, but in way that will force
itself on the public. Then it pays. But
in newspaper = pshaw! Everybody
who reads newspaper lodges the adj
vertising pages as if they were poison.
"'Well, said ], if I can convince
you that people do read the advertising
pages Of my paper, will you advertiser
"tOf course will. Iadvertise wher-
sver I think it will do any good.
''The next day ran the following
line in the lightest faced agatein the
office and stuck it in the most obscure
corner Of the paper between couple of
patent medicine ads:
What is Cohen going to do about it?'
"The next day so many people annoy
ed him by asking what that line meant
that he begged me to explain the matter
in my next issue. I promised to do it if
he would let me write the explanation
and stand to it. He agreed, and wrote:
&C He is going to advertise, Of course.
And he did. San Francisco Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
HUXLEY as a Lecturer.

In lecturing to his classes Huxley ad-
hered strictly to business, and it was
rarely that matter of levity was intro
duced to give merriment to his listeners.
I recall, in course of some 70 lectures,
only single instance of this kind,
when, for some reason (no longer in my
memory, reference was made to
Chamisso's "Peter Schlemihl''-a book
which Professor Huxley frankly admit
ted gave him more genuine pleasure
than any other in nonscientifio litera-
ture. Whether it was the refreshing
frankness of this admission or the fact
in itself that was quoted which on this
occasion brought forth an unbounded
-merriment from his students was per-
haps not fully decided for all Of us.
but there was no questioning the spon-
taneousness Of the applause which fol-
lowed the utterance. And this, as ! now
recall it, was the only instance Of ap-
plause greeting the lecturer in the mid
die of the lecture during the entire
course of my studentship. Popular Sci
ence Monthly. ff@a iats
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
When Hansoms Are Dangerous.

The hanson cab is perhaps the most
convenient hackney carriage in the
world. 1t is light and handy to drive,
reasonably safe, and, to the trained Lon
doner, not too difficult to enter. But it
has one serious drawback, of which we
are reminded every returning winter.
This is that the seat is very liable to
get damp in wet weather. A mile Or
two's sitting on the soaked cushions
may easily result in rheumatism, sciati-
ca or general chill, ending in more
or less serious illness.
The hanson cabman is very amenable
to public opinion, and if the public gen.
orally were to take to examining the
state of the cushions before engaging
the cabs it is probable that means
would be found to keep them dry. Even
as it is, the men take good deal of
pains. but are not too we'll seconded by
their fares" who are very disposed to-
get out, leaving the doors open, where
as a moments care will shut them
British Medical Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
WEIGHT POSSIBILITIES OF CARP.
II Well Fed and Treated. They Attain to-
Enormous Size.

II Well Fed and Treated. They Attain to-
Enormous Size.
Big fish chronicles are always inter-
esting Attention is just now being be-
slowed upon the weight possibilities Of
carp. These fish are VIGOROUSLY long
lived, and, provided they are not caught
before they have had chance Of living
long, and, provided again, they have
few enemies and solicitous keepers to-
supplement their natural food supply
regularly, it is only natural that they
should grow to relatively great size.
Under normal conditions, Of course, they
do not exceed few pounds, and, as it
is the normal conditions that prevail,
discussion Of what they might attain
may be regarded by not a few as some
thing Of futility. Still, they are some
times placed in peculiarly favorable cir
cumstances, and, as the question is
really concerned with what weight they
can reach, it is not such futility after
all
We must 60 abroad for the biggest
carp Of which angling history has to
tell. In a private pond in Saxony there
used to be pair of breeding carp whose
united weight in Saxony measure e per
cent heavier than English) reached 81
pounds. The male was 43 pounds ands
the female 48 pounds By good living
and attention they even exceeded this.
In 4 years the male put ON 9 pounds
and the female 10 pounds The pond
which afforded a home for these crea-
lures was famous one. In one year
1000 pounds of carp were taken from it
Ito say nothing of tench and jack. In
this same pond-which, by the way, COW
cred II acres-the proprietor had left
several carp for breeding. Five of these
weighed 103 pounds Saxon, and the
largest of the five, Spiegel carp, aged
16 years, drew in the scale 81 u pounds
English. lineage of the two first alluded
to could not be estimated. They were on
the estate when it was purchased from
another family, so years before.
We have never to our personal knowl-
edge known carp that exceeded %
pounds to be caught in English waters.
A brace which weighed 35/pounds was
once presented to the late Lord Eyre
mont. A curious thing about these big
fish is their tameness. Mr.. Pennell tells
us he has seen carp in the garden ponds
of Rotterdam eagerly following visitors
about to be fed, while one immense fell
low, with side as broad as fitch of
bacon and an appetite that seemed in
satiable, actually pursued him for near
~ 100 yards along the side Of the bank
until his stock of bread had run out.
This fish, he adds, must have weighed
Is pounds. Their rate of growth has
been approximately computed to be
pounds during the first six years and
pounds before the tenth year.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
Impor.ed Song Birds rhrive.

Inquiry has been received by The
Spokesman Review concerning the re-
suit of an experiment made a few years
ago with European singing birds in Ore
gon. Several hundred were brought over
and released in the vicinity of Port
land, with the hope that they would
thrive and multiply and enliven the for
ests with their inspiring notes. Includ-
ed in the collection were specimens Of
the skylark, nightingale, thrush and
mavis. The experiment has proved a
pleasing success. The imported songsters
have spread over a wide area, and oc-
.casionally alfew have been seen east of
the Cascade mountains. The climate is
favorable and the citizens Of German
birth, who raised the purse to introduce
the songsters Of the fatherland, say the
little strangers sing as sweetly here as
in the land across the sea. -Spokane
Spokesman-Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
HOW he WON.
The Stroke Of Genius That Gave . Well
known Reading Clerk His Place.


Tho Stroke Of Genius That Gave Well
Known Reading Clerk His Place. y..-.
One Of the interesting incidents at the
opening session of new congress is the
selection Of the reading clerk Of the
house. The reading clerk is appointed
by the clerk Of the house, but candidates
for the place must take part in COM
petitive speaking contest before the
house. John A. Reeve, who was read
ing clerk during Harrison g administra-
tion, was politician from Cairo, Ills
and one Of the best known characters in
Washington at the time. Reeve tells this
story: ~ y
j. "I.didn't suppose had any show for
the place when it came to the test. !" said
he, 'for most, of the candidates were
college men. and some were elocution-
lists, while the only elocution ] had ever
practiced was calling hogs in southern
Illinois, though had been able to get
up in political nesting and make the
fellows on the back seat hear me; so
thought I would 60 into this contest
anyhow and do my best in my own
way. But you ought to have heard those
elocutionists. The way they rolled their
RS and Kissed their SIS and said .ah' and
81 was caution Some of them didn t
talk like human beings and others had
voices SO rich and melodious you
couldn't hear them 40 feet away.
"By the time my turn came I had
sized up the hall and knew just about
where to throw my voice, and I deter
mined to make myself heard if I did
nothing else. Each candidate had re-
ceived copy of a house bill to read. 1
noticed that the other fellows started
out this way, 'Uh bill, and SO on. Now
'uh' is sound that won't carry, and
you can't attract the attention of the
house by grunting 'Uhp So when I
started 1 sang out in loud, clear voice
that took them off their feet, .Aa-a-a-a
bill!'-long "a They weren't used to
that, and wondered what had broken
loose, but it seemed to catch them. !
saw was on the right track, so I went
on singing her out clear as a bell, and
when got warmed up felt as good as
I ever did in the hottest speech of a
campaign.
''The thing they gave me to read was
a terror. 1t had words in it as long as a
dictionary, hut I hurried up and slid
through them and was doing pretty well
when looked down the page and saw a
lot Of Spanish proper names Now, I
didn't know Spanish from Apache, but
I was going about 100 words a minute,
SO without stopping I gave them two
verses Of little German poem had
learned when boy, and hang me if a
man in that hall seemed to know the
difference except Congressman Med
ringhaus of st. Louis. You ought to
have seen him laugh when he heard his
native tongue worked off on the house
Of representatives for Spanish.
"Yes, got the place, and it was the
long "a and the German poetry that
saved me. New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
ENGLAND AND SPAIN.
When 1hey Both Wanted to and Neither
Dared Declare War.

When 1hey Both Wanted to and Neither
Dared Declare War.
Devotion to the queens majesty was
the picturesque form of an intense pa
triotism, and as the sixteenth century
entered its last decade patriotism be-
came simply hatred Of Spain. Strange
dogs which have never seen one another
before snarl when they meet; they scent
antipathies. Two men will feel an IN
stinctive mutual dislike even when the
course Of business makes formal polite
ness necessary. So it was with English
man and Spaniard. The necessities OF
politics kept the two courts for long
years on terms Of hollow politeness. It
was strained again and again to break
ing point, but neither side. could afford
to break it. If Philip were to declare
war, France might remember old scores
still unsatisfied and the prosecuted
Netherlands would rise for revenge II
Elizabeth yielded hastily to the pressure
of her ministers or her people or her
foreign allies, she might find the French
listless, the Dutch powerless and herself
pitted alone against the worldwide pow
er and, enormous wealth Of Spain, and
then her disaffected subjects would rise
and rally round her rivals Mary Of Scot
land.
Each was obliged to play a waiting
game-lying, complimenting, protesting.
with war at the heart and peace on the
lips. It was game which, though con-
genial to the peculiar temperament Of
Elizabeth, wore out her ministers and
made Philip gloomy monomaniac.
Both sides were heartily sick of it, yet
neither dared throw up the cards. But
while the courts went through the weary
farce, the peoples knew that they were
enemies. There was sphere far re-
moved from the control of cabinets-the
sea; and for years, while London and
Seville were at peace, on the high seas
there was war. The ''sea dogs" not only
snarled, but snapped. This was their
Importance in English history. At their
own risk, but with the full connivance
Of the queen, they took the Spanish
matter into their own hands and dealt
with it in their own downright way.
The tales of their deeds kept the ma
tion from growing dull and tired of the
wearisome policy of the government,
and so forgetful of the great work which
God had given it to do. And when the
time came for the wornout masks to be
thrown aside, and Spain and England
looked at one another with the, frank
war light in their eyes, the sea dogs were
straightway at the queens service, with
captains, crews and ships, not only ready
but trained for the great struggle. =
Good Words.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
TO EDUCATE ONESELF.
Lines Along Which Young Men Arc Adj
l4.u s..s.. vised to Pursue Knowledge.

Lines Along Which Young Mon Are Adj
.s.. .,44. vised ia. Pursue Knowledge.
"A young man in a letter to the editor
of The Ladies' Home Journal inquiries
the best systematic course of reading as
substitute for an academic education,
with the view Of equipping himself for
literary pursuits, and also which books
would be the most beneficial to read
with the-idea Of preparing himself to
enter the field of fiction. To the query
regarding substitute for a college edu7
cation Edward w. Box replies: GAS a
substitute for college education, where
it is q matter Of choice, am not so sure,
since 80 much depends upon the man.
To one man good course Of reading,
wisely chosen and followed, would be
infinitely more helpful than a college
education, while in the case Of another
man just the reverse would be true.
Some men absorb information more
readily and retain it better under self
training, while others need the compul-
sorry force Of teaching to impress things
upon the mind. But where college
education is, for some reason, not access
sible, and a substitute must be found,
then course Of reading is unquestion-
ably good-none better, in fact
With respect to the inquiry concerning
a preparation to enter the field of flc
tion. Mr.. Box considers it difficult to
answer, "since SO much depends upon
the particular field of historical fiction
desired. However, the best reply, per-
haps, is that which suggests the reading
of number of the best novels dealing
with successive periods of English his
tory from Saxon times to the early part
of the present century. Igive.a list mot
reproduced in this extract] which in
cludes typical books by the various mas
tiers of English historical fiction, but it
might be doubled in length several times
over without exhausting the available
books Of value IL this one field A like
selection may be made from the novels
treating Of different historical periods
severally of France, Germany Spain,
Italy and other countries Of Europe and
America. The field is almost limitless,
but / have begun with the history of
England, as containing the direcssources
Of American history which need to be
grasped before one can fairly understand
the beginnings and progress Of our own
national life. 7"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
Eloquenee Cruelty interrupted.

When Sala went to Australia, he ar
ranged to deliver a series of lectures,
and he was fond of telling an anecdote
about one Of his platform experiences
there.
ST was describing to my audience"
he said, Sin my very best English the
coronation of her majesty. I had seen
the procession from the corner Of Par
lament street, and was telling how the
young girl-queen drove by in the statei-
ness of childhood's simplicity, the dig
nifty of sovereignty already seated upon
her pale young brow, with heaving
breast. "A hectic flush upon her blanch-
ed Cheek I was saying. her sweet,
pallid lips slightly parted, teardrop
trembling on her quivering eyelid all
showed 'BoshP suddenly murmured
q buxom old dame in the front row, and
my inspiration was gone. "-Westmin-
cster Gazette. - = ~ ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-01-23
He Was Taken In.

A stranger arrived in town the other
day, and hearing the hotels were crowd
ed, told the cabman to drive him to
some hotel that did not advertise. He
knew there he could get room. The
cabman inquired Of fellow Jehu, and
they drove to it. The clerk was asleep,
but they awakened him, and the stran-
ger had his choice of the best room on
every floor. There is moral to this
little, truthful incident as plain as the
statue Of Liberty to all on deck on the
steamers coming up the bay.-Hotel
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