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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
FATAL.

You ask me to put von glass lager on shlate unt you drunk tree glasses ain't it?" That's all right; it only proves there's more in me than you gave me credit for, see.'--Life.
 Lady at the Door--I believe in my heart you are the same tramp I gave large piece of pie to a few days ago Tramp-No, ma'am; you're mistaken He's dead.-Yonkers Statesman. Dear father, we are all we'll and happy. The baby has grown ever SC much and has a great deal more sense than he used to have. Hoping the same of you, I remain your daughter, Molly 2 I--Tid-Bits
 'Ah, but it's his good record that stands in his way" "How?'' He has foolishly made it a point to pay casf for everything, and consequently he hasn't the feast bit of redit''-NeA York Dispatch.
 If you don't do something on this bill before the 18th I intend to sue you
 "Ah. And will you permit me to rec, ommend Sharpe & Steele? I receive g percentage on all they get out of me. "- Cincinnati Enquirer.
 That's a curious printers error,s said Mrs. Partridge 'grhe title of this book is printed The Viking Age.'' Well, why not?" asked Partridge What ought 1t to be?" "Why, 'Bikine Age,' oughtn't it?"-Boston Globe.
 Tenderfoot-Wh made Bill kill him Pizenwood Pete--Well. yer see, Bill wuz drunk. Tenderfoot-But there mus have been some provocation? Pizen- wood Pete--I sh'd say so; the saloot was tellin' Bill good thing to sober up on Chicago Record.
 Wife (drearily)--Ah, me, the days oi chivalry are past. Husband-What's
 the matter now? Wife-Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak on the ground fo1 Queen Elizabeth to walk over. but you
 egt angry simply because poor deai mother sat down on your hat.LTit-Bits
 Every experience of your life, my friend" said the solemn faced visitor at the jail, "is for you to make the right
 use of it. Utter no complaint. Beal | your punishment in silence. Take things as you find them"
 'I allus do," said the dejected vaga. bond behind the bars. That's how | got here. ."--World's Comic.
 Capital and Labor.-A--Polltica econ
 omy is ticklish subject A man has | to be wide-awake to understand al about it. For instance, the very idea: of capital and labor. B.-Look here that is simply enough. Supposing 1 borrowed twenty marks from you; tha
 would represent capital A-To b.
 sure. B.-Then, after a while, yol
 would be trying to get your money 1 back. That's labor.-zeitgeist.
 q hope, Jennie, that you have giver 1 the matter serious consideration" sait 1 the lady to a servant girl who hat l given notice'' because she was to bt
 married that day two weeks" "Oh, have, ma'am,' was the earnest reply | ''Ive been to two fortune-tellers and { | clairvoyant, and looked in a sign-book and dreamed on a lock of his hair, anC l been to one of those asterrologers, an( i to meedjunl, and they all tell me to g ahead, ma'am. I ain't one to marr, reckless-like, ma'am. .''-Tit-Bits
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
DRingon f;ay.

The unfortunate selection of the swamp for the site of the town seems inexplicable when it is found that high river bank and stretches far inland
 The higher ground, thickly wooded and covered with short Iawnlike grass, is composed of sand, the drift of untold centuries from the bay. The roads in this part of Lourenco Marques are for the most part sandy tracks, where the pedestrian moves with difficulty, the carriage and the jinriksha not at all: but the government is now onstructing
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, Ono Cent a Word each in sertion. Five cents word for full week (seven times.)
 Display Advertisements-Pe inch, ono fn- sertiun, Sl.20; each subsequent insertion, lo cents; one week, $3.2O; one month, Sl0; one year, $40
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, ID cents per line. Notices of bi ths, Marriages, Deaths and Funera,s, 50 cents each. Local notices, l5 cents per linc.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own jcctionable). and their contracts d) not in- clude Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or moro one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
DUST,

Soon, ah, too soon, will the famous and the infamous New Haven dust be blowing about the streets. In thought of what is coming it is interesting to read that Dr. E. J. Kuh of Chicago is convinced that taking cold is not so much the result of being chilled as is popularly supposed. He goes so far as to call that idea a Superstition" He attributes colds very largely to dust inhalation. "The slightest reflection, ? he says, should convince us that the germ-laden particles floating about must, when inhaled, irritate and in- flame throat and chest" He speaks of the ''crying necessity of pure, dust-free and germ-free air." And he believes i've shall never succeed in obtaining this in our cities until the public con- sciousness is as thoroughly imbued with these truths as it is with the rapidly spreading knowledge of the in fectiousness of tuberculosis.''
 Those who have suffered from New Haven dust are prepared to believe the worst that Dr. Kuh or anybody else can say about such dust. And even if his theory doesn't happen to be true told in regard to the harm done by the dust. It is to be hoped that no 'deaP' or anything else will stand in the way of vigorous attack upon the dust when it begins to blow about our streets a o,air
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

An Illinois farmer who had no faith in banks put his money, $1,00o, in an oyster can. The other day he went to look at his money. He found the can and $50 out of his sl,0O0. Some banks that have ''busted" have paid as much as eight per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
FASHION NOTES.

A Sufferer From FasIion's FiekIeness.
 While all the world has been exploit ing the recent discovery of a scientist that makes possible photographs of hid den objects. no powerful chronicler has
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

The honest voter will resent efforts to bribe him. Adam Turner, an under taker, recently stood as a Parliament tary candidate for North Belfast, lre- land. He offered to .''bury free" every man who would vote for him. He was defeated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

Tn the northern district of the prov ince of Schleswig, adjoining Denmark, systematic excavations have been made for months past and many ancient oaken collins with their contents, all in a surprising state of preservation, have been recovered. The soil there is of a kind preserving not only the wood fiber but human remains, textile fab rics, weapons and ornaments in almost perfect condition. Some of these cof- fine are 1,500 or 1,6O0 years old, ante dating the irruptions of the inhabit- ants of these moors, the Angles and Jutes, into Britain. The interesting g finds give very clear and comprehen- sive picture of the men who were the forefathers of the Anglo-Saxon race. In some of the bodies found whole or gans were nearly intact, such as the heart or the liver. The features of the faces were still well defined, the woolen or hair stuffs, the carpets and rugs. the combs, knives, poniards and swords were in excellent condition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
Notice.

Wecannot accept anonymous or return re- 5ected communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, but as a guarantee ot good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

Baron de zuylen, president of the Automobile company of Paris, is very enthusiastic regarding the future of the horseless carriage. In Paris the number of vehicles drawn by horses is decreas- ing rapidly, and conveyances propelled The Baron asserts that the horse is no longer useful and must find place in The future simply as an ornament.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
of all in Leavenng PoverLatest US. Govt Report

that time, which writes no wrinkles or oceans azure brow, makes no charge on its resources for the news column and the novelist.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

An effort is being made to raise fund for the purchase and presentation to the Corporation of London of the Bonaparte library. This celebrated pathological collection was formed by the late Prince Louis Lucien Bona parte, who devoted to it's acquisition many years of his life, considerable part of his fortune and his extensive knowledge as a phIlologist of the high est repute. The library both during the ifeof its owner and since his decease has been placed freely at the service of scholars. to whom it has proved indfs- pensaole. It consists of over 9, GOO printed books and large number of valuable manuscripts, the later includ- ing a unique collection of Basque manu>
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

cock, late MaJor U. ,. Vols. and A. A. General, Buffalo, N. Y.
 CATARRH,
 ELY'S CREAM BALM Opens and Cleanses the Nasal Passages, AIIays Pain and Infiam- auon, Heas tn Sores Protectsthe Membrane from Colds, Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. The Balm is quickly absorbed and gives relief at once. A particle is appE ed h. to each n istrii and is agreeable Price D els at druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS ThSaTu&w 56Warren street. New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

Visitors to the Chicago Worlds fair will remember seeing several offices and workshops constructed entirely of hol- low glass bricks joined by an invisible cement, the bricks being of different colors, so that when the room was lighted a fairy-like appearance was made. A glass factory at Liverpool has glass joirnal-boxes for all its machin- cry, a glass floor, glass shingles on the roof and a chimney over 100 feet high built entirely of glass bricks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

Since 1861 I have been a great sufferer from catarrh. I tried Ely's Cream Balm and to all appearances am cured. Terrible head aches from which l had long suffered are gone. - W. J. Hitch-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

It is asserted that if the present street done by horses instead of the trolley 1t would require 34,00O horses, 5000 stablemen to take care of them, 15,O0O bushels of oats and 100000 tons of hay to feed then, annually. Then it would take thousands of blankets to cover to keep the horses equipped to do their work. If this is the change of condi- tions in only one city on account of the sum the aggregate in all the cities must take.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

Much has been written about the new experimental colony established at F'itz- gerald, Georgia. One of the notable features of the colony is that negroes cumstances. Another colony, with sim liar restrictions, is soon to be establish ed in Ware county, near Fitzgerald. Meantime a colony of colored people is being established on the Abbeyville and W'aycross railroad. adjoining the Fitz- gerald colony. In this no white people are to be allowed under any crcum- stances.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21

In the Senate last Friday when Senator
Morrill,, chairman of the committee on
finance, moved to take up the emergency
revenue or tariff bill to provide increased
revenues for the government 1t was defeated
20 TO 81. The Democrats and Populists
voted solidly against consideration Of the
measure, and We're reinforced by the votes of
four Republicans, Senator Carter and Mr..
Mantle of Montana, Senator Dubois of
Idaho and Mr.. Teller of Colorado. Sena-
tor Carter is the chairman of the Republi-
can committee, but he certainly did not
represent the views of his party on this
subject, as the vote in the House on free
coinage the same day shows. This action
of the four silver senators aroused indig
nant comment in Washington. The ques-
tion is whether they mean to use free silver
as a club to kill all other important legis-
lation until they have secured concessions
to the silver interest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
Spontaneous Combustion of Hay.

Does IL Ever Occur, and Does this Ac-
count for the Large Number of Fires
of "UnknONn" Cause In Farm Build
ingsI
The Insurance Monitor of New York,
one of the leading insurance journals of
the country, contains in its February num-
Der an interesting article on the sponta-
neous combustion of hay. The article
is suggested by facts and correspondence
furnished by l.. S. Hayes of Bellows Falls,
the well-known insurance adjuster Mr..
Hayes sends to the Monitor a letter from
II. n. Taplin, the president of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance company in which
Mr.. Tapln gives an account of a fire which
occurred in a barn in Fairfax, this state,
in September, 1893, which he thought
clearly the result of spontaneous combus-
ton. While the hired man was doing the
chores one afternoon, two hours earlier
than usual so as to get ready for the coun-
ty fair, he saw sparks dropping down
through the floor of the haymow into the
basement occupied by the cattle With
unusual presence of mind he closed the
basement door to prevent draft, dashed
pail of water into the opening which was
two feet over his head and then stuffed
the opening with wet hay twisted into
hard wisps. This checked the fire until
help arrived. To reach the fire and com
pletely eXtinguish it a shaft or opening
was cut down through from the top of the
mow a very difficult task because of the
sitting smoke. 1t was found that for a
space of two feet above the floor the hay
Il. a.. r.. &
and half above this the hay was charred,
and for distance of eight feet upward it
was smoked and discolored The hay in
the NOW was meadow or swale hay. Mr..
Tapln thought this clearly case of spon-
taneous combustion in hay not sufficiently
cured.
Mr.. Hayes, in a letter on the subject,
recognized the fact that such hay may be-
come very hot, but said his experience
led him to believe that fire does not act
ually occur unless some foreign substance,
like an oily rag, intervenes. Mr.. Tapin
answered that the same idea occurred TO
him, but he could not find anything in the
ashes that looked like the remains of
rag, though it was impossible to tell def
nitely.
Other letters and insurance clippings are
given, several of them holding, or taking
for granted, that spontaneous combustion
may occur in partly or badly cured hay.
The Monitor emphasizes the Importance
of the subject, and says further space will
be given TO its discussion in future issues.
Personally Mr.. Hayes is not yet entirely
satisfied that fire occurs in heated hay by
itself alone, but he admits the possibility,
and suggests that it raises an interesting
question as to the origin of some of the
large number of fires in 1arm property in
1895, the cause of which was "unknown.r
OF l29 fires in farm buildings during the
year the cause of %, almost one-fifth, is
placed under the unknown" head.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
Candidates Galore.

The list of candidates for the Republican
presidential nomination is growing inter
estingly large. Reed, Mckinley, Allison
and Morton are all candidates of national
prominence, and all will have support out
side their own states. To these there Is
now being added list of "favorite sons"
1t is announced that the Pennsylvania del
egatiou will give their votes to Mr. Quay
at the start, Michigan will pay like COM
pliment to Alger, Illinois TO Cullom and
Kentucky to Gov. Bradley, whom his
friends feel sure has presidential timber in
him. This week ex-senator Manderson of
Nebraska has yielded to the solicitation
of his friends" and still there is room for
more.
1t may be added, as a sort of postscript,
that the very latest news under this head
is that the Mckinley boom is assuming
such alarming" proportions that his oppo-
nents!are cultivating these "favorite SON.
diversions as a means of holding Mckinley
in check, and with the hope that at St
Louis deal may be made for the nomina
tion of some other man.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21

The free coinage bill which the Senate
passed and sent to the House as a substi-
tute for the bill providing for the issue Of
short-time low-rate bonds was killed by
the House last Friday by the decisive vote
of 215 to 90. The affirmative or free coin
age vote was made up of IS Democrats, %
Republicans and seven Populists; the mega
tive of 81 Democrats and Isl Republicans
Free coinage did not receive a single vote
from any state lying east of the Ohio and
north of the Potomac river, and in addition
to those states West Virginia, Indiana and
Florida gave their entire votes for sound
money. This is notable gain for the
cause of honest money since 1890 when a
free silver bill was defeated in the House
by only II votes. At that time the craze
had laid hold on severa! of the great CEN
trail states, Ohio among them, and the East
was not free from it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
Those Government Seeds.

The House of Representatives passed
the agricultural appropriation bill Tues
day after amending it so as to make it
mandatory upon the secretary of agricul
ture to buy and distribute seeds. The
seed division, abolished by Secretary Nor
ton, was rehabilitated with a full quota of
clerks to enable the secretary to execute
the law. The farmers will, therefore,
have their seeds again if the Senate con-
ours in this action. But it is an open
question whether the farmers care very
much about the seeds under the present
method of selection and distribution. The
seeds which are thus sent out are by no
means rare or choice, but are mostly the
commonest kind of garden seeds, and since
it is impossible for congressman to know
who really need or want them a very large
proportion of them goes into the hands of
people who care nothing for them and
make no use of them. This is the case in
the East, at least. In the West and South
the conditions may be different
A Windham county farmer, who concurs
in this view, suggests, in letter to The
Phoenix, that the distribution of any really
rare seeds which the government may pos
sess should be made to and through the
several state agricultural colleges so that
all the people may have a share in them.
''and if there are any men in Congress
who cannot retain their position without
the government furnishing them with gar
den seeds, let them remain at home.
The great trouble with the southern Sen
ators, like Vest and Livingston, who have
denounced Secretary Morton so bitterly, is
that they do not like his sound money
views and take this occasion to vent theil
spite on him."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
wARDSBORO.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Martin are visiting in Mt.
Holly.
Miss Carrie Ware has been on the sick list for
the past week
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Franklin have gone to
keeping house in the Ober building, Townshend
Several friends of Mrs. l.. r. Plumley called
and congratulated her on her birthday, which oc-
CURED on Tuesday of this week.
The singing class taught by Julian johnson,
will give a concert in Union hall tomorrow even
ing. after which the ladies' will serve huled
corn supper.
On the Goth instant Rev. G. II. Rogers officiated
at the funeral q Mrs. l.. j. Smead, mother OF
Deacon II. @. Smead of Wardsboro, and of the
wife of Welcome Ramsdel of Brattleboro
The people of Wardsboro and neighboring
Helen F. Steele wife of Rev. Joel A. Steele for
merly of Wardsboro. A sketch of Mrs. Steele
is given under the Putney head
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
A Contested Case From Delaware


A majority of the Senate committee on
privileges and elections have reported in
favor of the admission OF Col. Henry A.
DUPONT as a United States senator from
Delaware for the term beginning March 4,
1895. There was a deadlock in the Della
ware legislature over the election of a
United States senator last year, beginning
Jan. IA. On the 9th of April Gov. Mar
vii died, and under the constitution of the
state William T. Watson, speaker of the
senate, became governor. This left 80
members entitled to vote in the Joint as
sembly. The deadlock continued till May
8, the last day when vote could be taken.
On that day DUPONT had 10 votes agains.
Is scattered among several other candi-
dates-enough to elect him. But at this
stage of the proceedings Gov. Watson ap-
peared in the joint assembly and, as state
senator, voted with the Democrats to pro-
long the deadlock. The speaker of the
House declared DUPONT elected on the
ground that Watson had no right to vote,
and without his vote DUPONT had received
a majority. The Senate committee bases
its report in DuPont's favor on the ground
that the Delaware constitution provides
that no person holding a federal or state
office shall at the same time be senator
or representative. The decision would ap-
pear to be right, both in law and in COM
mon sense. A minority of the Senate
committee, consisting of four Democrats,
presented report contending that Gov.
Watson had a right to vote as a member
of the Senate,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
OAMRRIDGEPORT.

D. F. Gushing, who has been i'll, is reported on
the gain.
Singing school closes next Tuesday evening, IL
the weather is favorable
F. E. Howard has moved into the house recent
ly vacated by H. NJ. Wyman.
Misses Jennie Harwood and Jennie Bird have
work in the wrapper mandatory in Chester.
Mrs. Eva Cushing entertained the ladies' benev-
olent society Wednesday evening at a valentine
social
Monday and Tuesday were the coldest days of
the season, the mercury falling to 2l' and S0' be-
low zero respectively.
Mrs A. A. Wyman will be "at home" to the
members Of the Loyal Temperance legion to-
morrow from 12 until Pm.
Miss Alice Weaver has a handsome display Of
pansies, some of the largest blossoms measuring
one by one and one-half inches across
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21
GRAFTON.

Not minding the snow or blow the Townshend
stage came on time Thursday, the 20th.
The sale OF the magazines belonging to the club
of 1895 has been postponed until next Monday
evening.
Edwin Sherwin was in town over Sunday. Ill
health obliged him to take a vacation Of several
weeks but he has now resumed his work.
Last Sunday at noon the mercury stood at 40
degrees above zero. It went down that night,
and Monday morning registered 22 degrees below
zero; Tuesday morning 80 degrees below.
Geo. Walker died on Monday, the 18th. He was
a worthy citizen and at all times and in all places
was the same upright, honorable man. Rev. Mr..
French conducted the funeral service and the
Grand Army post paid fitting tribute of respect
to a brother soldier.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-21

The man who eats because he is hungry is,
thus far, on level with the brutes. The man
who stops eating the moment his hunger is ap-
peased is the wise man. Nature needs no more
food than she calls for. Continued excess brings
about indigestion or dyspepsia, with loss Of flesh,
strength, sleep, ambition and mental power, and
an accumulation of aches pains and many
dangerous local maladies.
The stomach now can do nothing alone. We
must appeal TO some artihcially digested food
which can also digest other foods. That is to
say, we must use the Shaker Digestive Cordial.
The effect is prompt and cheering The chronic
pain and distress ceases Appetite presently re-
wives. Flesh and vigor gradually come back, and
the sufferer RECEIVERS. But he must be careful in
the future A trial bottle for 10 cents
Laxol is the best medicine for children. Doc
tors recommend 1t in place of castor oil.