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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16
Y. M. @. A. NOTES.

The o'clock meeting next Sunday will
be led by S. W. Edgett.
There will be meeting of the board of
directors soon.
Rev. W. F. Collins has given the Church
Standard and the Mountain Echo, the lat
ter the Episcopal paper of Vermont, to the
supply of reading matter.
An informal meeting of the members of
the association was held at the rooms
Wednesday evening to choose committees
and to plan for the coming years work.
These committees were chosen; Athletic,
Daniels, Harris, Morris, Stickney and
Allen; gymnasium, Howe, Stolte and
Dunlevy; entertainment, Thompson, FL
field and Pettee. The approval of the
board of directors was necessary before
these committees could be appointed.
Hoods Pulls cure Der ills, biliOusness, indi
gestion, headache. sasant laxative. At all
Au..a.r-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16
the Brooks HID
For Sale Cheap.

The Bradley house on Tyler street the Bolander
place, West Brattleboro, the late Mrs. Abby
Doolin's place on Elliot street. Enquire of A. W.
Childs & Co.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16
Hinsdale.
BrattIeboro Y. NJ. c. A.
MRS. PRATT IN BUFFALO.
From the Buffalo Commercial. J


Through Mrs. Truman Martin of North
street, Buffalo had the honor the past
week of a visit from a most talented wom-
an, Mile. Stella Brazil, known in private
hfe-as mrs. : 2ratL Since Mile. Brazzi's
debut in opera in Nice I've years ago, she
has attracted universal attention, being
the first "Siebel' since Trebelli's time
who has invested the part with so much
originality and interest as TO be encored at
every performance, and also the "Fricka"
the London papers so lavishly praised last
spring Anent this last character, she is
said TO have eclipsed every former singer,
no production of the Wagner operas being
excepted.
On Thursday evening Mile. Brazil sang,
for few musical people asked to meet her,
selections from "Samson and Dalia,"
Faust" 1.-The Prophet and several
songs. She possesses contralto voice of
beautiful quality, wide range and most re-
markable power. Add TO this a highly
musical temperament, an attractive per-
sonality, ambition, and capability for hard
work, and there is every reason why the
present should not compare with the fut-
ure for fame.
From the Buffalo Sunday News
The social event of the week was Mrs.
Truman J. Martins reception Wednesday
evening for Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt-Mrs.
Pratt is known to the world as Mile. Braz-
ri. Throughout the three calling hours
North street, in the vicinity of DR.. Mar
tins residence, was thronged with car
riages, and the house filled with a con-
stantly changing company of coming and
departing guests. DR.. and Mrs. Martin,
Mr.. and Mrs Pratt and Miss Florence
Adsit received the guests in the large re-
ception room. Mile. Brazil wore the gown
she wore at DR.. and Mrs. Martins we'd
ding year ago in Westminster, London
a pale rose pink silk, filed in and trimmed
with rich lace. Diamonds completed her
lovely toilet. On Thursday favored COM
pany of friends were asked by Mrs. Mar
tin to hear Mile. Brazil sing and on Fri
day DR.. and Mrs. Martin and their guests,
were given a dinner at Niagara Falls.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16
DIR. n. G. Flower of Boston at the
Brooks House Saturday, Oct. IL.

DR.. R. @. Flower Of Boston will be at the
Brooks House all day Saturday, Oct. II. Wherever
Dr. Flower goes crowds of the sick and suffering
flock to see him, and heretofore Brattleboro has
proved no exception to this rule. The Boston
Traveller says: "There is no experiment in DR..
r. @. Flowers practice. Able as he is TO tell any
one his disease without asking question, he is
not likely to doctor his patients for the wrong
disease" The New York Tribune says; "Dr H,
@. Flower OF Boston is the highest authority on
chronic disease and enjoys the largest practice OF
any living physician" No one should miss this
opportunity TO consult this eminent specialist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16
GRANGE NEWS.
Pomona Grange Meeting at HALIFAX,

windham County Pomona grange met with
Guiding Star grange, Halifax, Thursday. Not
withstanding the bad travelling a good number
were present. Grange literature was the first
question taken up. e. S. Allen of Jacksonville
the use OF patrons and their stimulus TO all work
ers. E H. Putnam also urged the reading Of
grange and Agriculture papers that patrons
might know the thoughts of others In their
homes and on the farm to keep up with the
times. Others also urged the patrons TO avail
themselves OF such helps.
After bountiful dinner B. G. Worden vel
spoke words of cheer. The response was by
Mrs j r. Jaqueth of Broad Brook grange, Gull.
ford, thanking Halifax grange for their royal
welcome. humorous select reading was given
by Geo. Thurber. The question for discussion
was, THE farmers home; how to improve II
and how TO make 1t happy" F. II. Putnam OF
Jacksonville opened the discussion by referring
is not simply place TO stay in, but is place
where lovt is and where education, culture and
religion are to be found. All should work har-
moniously, with no discord. Parental authority
seems TO have changed and has grown lax. The
young do not always seem respectful 10 their
elders. Oscar T. Ware thought principles found
ed upon the Bible carried out in the family would
understanding between the heads OF the family
o. j. Hale, Mrs. W. G. Niles and Mrs. E. S. Allen
followed with suggestions Mrs. Henry Allen
Orson Thayer and many others Joined in the dis
cussion. The grange choir furnished music ana
there was q recitation by Gertie Whitney
There will be a sewing meeting at GranP
hall on Tuesday next. AS many ladies
nnsQihla ora "a ouaatad IN QOma early
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Photo Mount Board

In primrose, buff white and gray. Cut to any
size while you wait at THE PHOENIX JOB PRINT.
ING OFFICE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16

G. P Miller, office with A E. Miller, 50 Main
street, Brattleboro.
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DIR. II. c. Flower at the Brooks House.
1t will be gratifying to the many patients and
succtat.G Dr. Floxsg "a know tbaas fssdsdS be at
the Brooks Hpre Saturday, Oct, II. tb
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16

H. A. Scott of Townshend sells his personal
property and household goods by auction next
Thursday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16

There will be a sewing meeting at GranP
hall on Tuesday next. AS many ladies
possible are re quested 70 come early
bring their dinner. Work will be furnis
all who come. n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16

Hoods Pulls cure u Der ills, bIousness, indi
gestion, headache. A ,asant laxative. At all
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-16

To RENT.-A nice convenient tenement. E
auire Of Mrs l. A Cox or A. V. Cox.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31

One of the conversations of the i'm
pecullious is to behold the discomfort
the rich experience in the efforts to
spend their fortunes. Great is the JOY,
therefore, of the poor woman as h
watches her sister, wife Of one Croe-
sus, convert her house into a museum
of ''rooms of periods 1t would be
saddening if it were not infinitely
comic to heal of the trials of a multi
millionaire who is always keenly I'M
comfortable in his Greek drawing room
because he can never find a book there.
The Greeks, you see, did not have
monthly magazines lying on the parlor
tables. Accordingly, the good gentle
mans wife, architect n furnlsher
have impressed upon him h necessity
of not spelling the perfect Athenlan
atmosphere of the apartment by the
introduction of un-Athenian features
such as literature. In their zeal for
complete harmony the powerful trlum-
viate have not vet issued an order for
bidding the master of the houSe to en-
ter his drawing DON except when clad
in the Greek chlamys, but that is be-
cause even architects, furnishers and
wives do not dare to be wholly n
sistent. Meantime, the multi-m1lllon-
aire escapes from his Greek drawing
room to his Gothic library, and thinks
how inappropriate it is to read Dicke%s
under a medeval-arched ceiling and
by the light from a cathedral glass
window.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31
Dresden Walking Dress.

Large figured fabrics are much worm
by young women who have chosen I'M
til this season the tiny dots and small
designs. Many of the large designs
are in Dresden colors, and this fact
softens their outlines and makes them
very wearable.
Pale blue and pale green are so much
worn in combination that you need not
wonder at seeing a silk gown of pale
green, with figures in deeper blue
traced upon it. 1t gives a peculiar pea.
cock effect at first, which is liked later
as "iridescent shade"
One of these Dresdens. of lightest
weight. had actually a rutfie of white
embroidered around the foot. The
same kind of ruttling went around the
yoke and trimmed the front of the
waist. The ruttie was set upon the
edge of the Dresden silk as naturally
as though silk and muslin were com
mon combinations.
The sleeves and collar of the gown
were black silk. The waist, which but
toned down the front with great fancy
buttons. was lined with white satin
one lapel of which of turned back owe
the silk, giving a most charming re
lief. A hat, Il of the graceful Alp
inc shapes, trimmed with white flow
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31
The New Clock Dial.

sents the rising of the sun, its progress
t. the zenith at nContide. and to its
final disappearance below the horizon
at nightfall. But the disc, instead of be-
ing divided intOtwelve spaces is divided
into twenty-four. marked from II to
twelve. in two series. The upper half
of the dial represents day, and the
lower half night, and the two are dis
tinguished by the very natural eXpedi-
ent of making day white and night
black, with the additional precaution
of printing day" and night in con-
spicuous letters on the respective hem
isphcreS. On the outer rim will he OBJ
served the scale for the minute hand.
This scale is divided into sixty parts,
every fifth part being marked with its
appropriate figure. This, again, does
away with a source of ambiguity in
the present system. People are ac-
customed to ~ "a quarter Of and "a
quarter after or twenty-five minutes
Of" and so forth. all of which express
SiOnS have n greater or less tendency
to cause mistakes. BY the new dial
there can be no errors. Take, for in
stance, the position of the hands as
represented in the diagram. They
mean Il certain time, and 10 other time.
The small, or hour hand, is between
five and six. and as this hour hand
represents the sun, we see that it is
sinking toward the horizon. In other
words, it is between , and 6 o'clock in
the evening. The precise time is
known when we look at the long, or
minute hand. This is pointing directly
at fifty-lve. The time is, therefore,
five hours and fifty-five minutes in the
evening, or 800. as railroad men say.
According to the common method of
telling time you would say that the
diagram shows five minutes of 6 o'clock
p. IN.
Another improvement connected with
the day and night clock dial is an in
vention to simplify the reading of time
tables by incasing the figures that
indicate the arrival and departure of
the night trains in heavy black. Every
body who has had occasion to travel
has suffered the fortunes of the time
table. Most women are absolutely un
able to fathom the mysteries of q train
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31

When Napoleon was in love with Jo-
sephine he wrote to her from Italy that
he lived in perfect anguish because he
had not heard from her for nearly a
week. When, afterwards, he was in
love with Maria Louisa, he had a coat
made so heavily-eInbroidered with gold
that he could not wear it; ordered new
boots SO tight that they could not be
drawn over his feet, and devoted him
self so a%ssiduously to learning the
waltz of which she was said to be
fond, that it brought on an attack of
heart trouble. He was cured of his
love for Josephine by her innumerable
frivolities and infidelities. He never
doubted the fidelity of Maria Louisa,
and when the plainest proof of her in
trigue with Count Won Neipperg was
laid before him he refused to believe
it.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31
Ozone Anparatus.

Ozone is now frequently employed
by clectrotherapists for the treatment
of tuberculosis and affections 'Of the
throat and nose. 1t is an admirable
purifier of bad air, and is used in the
library of the British museum, in Lon
don, and other places of public resort
where ventilation is inadequate to the
renewal of the air vitiated by the con-
tinued presence of a large number Of
visitors. In hospitals ozone is manu-
featured by large static machines. and
then dissipated through the wards by
means of large electrical fans. One of
the latest novelties in electrical irStru-
mcnts is an ozone inhaler for domestic
use. by which a patient can carry out
at home the treatment prescribed by
his physician. 1t consists of several
tubes Il few inches long, surrounded by
an aluminium armature, with electric
connections. One terminal of the Sec
ondary coil is connected to a copper
wire running the length of a vacuum
tube. the other to the aluminium cov.iF-
ing. which has numerous points di-
rectly toward it. From these points,
when the current is turned on, is sent
out a stream of sparks of purple and
magenta tint. and the oxygen of the
air is convertible INTO ozone. The op-
Grafton of this instrument has a most
refreshing and beneficial effect on the
patient.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31
Wells that Are Fashionable.

1t is now considered necessary to
wear a veil on all occasions, and to be
really chic. two should be worn-onc
of dotted net. white or black, put on
close to the face. and another of chif-
fon or mousseline, put OF loosely
around the hat and hanging in waving
folds. AT present the plain brown is
considered the SmarteSt of all, but
there are many pretty varieties in dark
blue with the embroidered dot. There
are also chiffon wells in the dark colors
which have white or black chenille
dots, and the plain white or black net
with the dots also are equally fashion
able. The sheer wells without dots
save the skin somewhat from the dust
and sunburn, and they are made thin
enough not to be very warm, while the
fashion of pinning them loosely also
helps to make it possible to wear them
in very hot weather. Real lace wells
are occasionally seen worn on the
broad shade hats-the old fashioned
tambour laces so fashionable many
years ago. Many of these are heir,
looms. and have that soft yellowish
color that old lace carefully packed
away for years possesses, and which it
is impossible to get by any artificial
coloring.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31
Household Hints.

An easy way to remove spots OF
paint from glass is to make a strong
solution of soda in hot water n wash
the glass with a fiannel dipped in this.
To clean the range after frying
crumple a newspaper between the
hands and rub the range with 1t. This
will absorb the grease and leave the
range bright as before.
Don't throw away ribbons because
they are soiled. Wash them in suds
made Of fine toilet soap and cold wa
ter, squeezing them quickly through.
Place them between two cloths n
press with a moderately hot iron.
When clothing becomes wrinkled
from packing or from other cause the
wrinkles may be removed by hanging
the garments owe night in a heated
room. Spread the clothing over a
clothes horse as smoothly as possible.
Tumblers that have been used for
milk should never be put into hot wa
ter until they have first been rinsed in
cold water. The heat drives the milk
in and gives a cloudy appearance to
the glass which cannot be removed.
If velvet capes or collars have be-
come wet or spotted rub the spot care
fully with a little warm water, and
| raise the pile of the velvet by covering
a hot iron with a wet cloth and holding
the velvet over it. Brush the velvet
quickly while damp with a soft brush.
To make linen white use refined bo-
raX in the water instead of soda or
washing powder. A large handful of
powdered boraX to ten gallons of boil
ing water is the proportion, and YOU
will save one-half in soap by this
method. BoraX being a natural salt
does not injure in the slightest degree
the texture of the linen, and will
soften the hardest water,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31
The Silk Baby,

To put a baby in a silk frock would
have been violating all the traditions
of our grandmothers, who kept them
in embroidered white for years. But
the latter-day mothers have found
very desirable wash silks, cheap, east
ly done up and much more comforta-
bic for baby and nurse. The little silk
slip does not rumple, and SO keeps
baby looking fresh during the after
noon-something not to be said of cam
briCs.
The best pattern for a baby's frOcls
is the design sent to all three of Mrs.
Cleveland's babies. The little dress is
cut in two pieces, with a at each
side. The pieces come together at the
neck to make a small throat, and the
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acknowledgements
THIN MATERIALS.
Fashions DEGREES Call for Thin Ma.
terfaIs.

Fashions DEGREES Call for Th1n NH
. terfaIs.
Chiffon and mousseline de sole are
how made with much more stiffness
than when the material was first
brought over, and it is quite possible
to have entire gowns made of these,
even for seaside wear, provided the
Innings used are of good quality. by
good enough is meant heavy enough.
The most brilliant cOlorings are used
In these materials. but, as has been be-
fore said, are toned down by the I'M
ings and trimmings. One noticeably
pretty gown, made of the brightest APP
pie green, is IN eXquisitely delicate
shade when made up over white SILK
and trimmed with black, while a yell
low, so brilliant that it is dazzling to
the eyes, ssumes an odd, soft, warm
shade lined with heliOtrope and
trimmed with white lace and the IN
evitable touches of black, which are
again seen on every smart gown. Ihe
grass green Over white was a notlcea-
BILE gown at a dance. 1t was made
with a ruching of the material sepa-
rated and also headed by bands OF
very narrow black velvet ribbon. the
waist nnlSneQ around lne SEouluelo
also with a ruche and the narrow
black velvet. A black velvet belt and
bow of ribbon velvet two inches wide,
and very odd sleeves in big puffs sepa-
rated by the black velvet, completed
this extremely odd design. The bright
| yellow gown, which was made up oven
heliotrope, had each seam of the skirt
outlined with a band of lace insertion,
| and rutf1es of lace were put on in seal
lops around the skirt. The waist was
also trimmed with strips of insertion,
| while a deep frill of lace was put on
bertha fashion, but caught in at the
armholes, and hen falling a second
time over the sleeves. A folded belt
of black satin shaped like a corselet
was trimmed in front with two rows
Of rhinestone buttons, while at the
back the same ribbon was drawn down
through a rhinestone buckle and fell
in long ends to the very hem of the
gown. The touch of black sounds very
daring, but it gave a point Of color that
was most effective, and which intensi-
fed the colorings of the yellow and
heliotrope.-Harper's Bazaar.
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never be absent. With this quality
present, the sailor and shirt waist are
acceptable in all summe company.
To keep the shirt waist thus, a sim
pie material and plain design are ne
cessary. The plated front, the full
sleeves and the slight blouse are best.
with the turned-over collar of the same
material. A black silk tie or stock go
very well with it.
The sailor hat can be kept white
with magnesia or with any Of the
cleaning soaps, often and quickly ap-
piled. The hat should be very substan-
tial straw, to keep it's shape, and the
band Of ribbon or heavy black silk.
Extremely clever girls paint the under
side of the straw hat with thin white
enamel. In that case a slight line of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31

A story told of Lord Kelvin is that,
during a long curse Of lectures on
magnetism, his characteristic definition
of an ideal magnet rs IAN infinitely
long, infinitely thin, uniform and uni
formly and longitudinaliy magnetized
bar was received with applause.
which drew a. sharp SILENCE" from the
professor. Before the end of the sea
son the definition and reprimand had
been sc often repeated that the stu
dents. II day, through accident or de-
sign, did not respond. Lord Kelvin,
however, from force Of habit, cried
out 'Silence!" all the same.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31

All the world now rides a bicycle,
and there are a few who have not tried
to light their wheel lamp on a windy
night. Those who have will be CRATE
full for the little match gun which has
been designed to facilitate that usually
eXasperating performance. 1t is
worked on the same principle as an
indelible pencil. After placing a par
lor match in a slot, all the rider who
wishes to light the lamp has to do is
to poke the lighter into the small hole
at the side of the lamp, and then press
the end or trigger of the gun. The
head of the match is thus pushed be-
tween two rough jaws at the muzzle,
and the lamp is lighted.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31

Nicotine stands unrivalled as the
safest, surest cure for scab and ticks.
1t is the only remedy that does not in
jure or shrink the sheep, while stimu-
lating wool growth. The reason why
waste tobacco is not universally used
for a sheep dip is the im~possibility OF
preparing a bath from it of uniform
nicotine strength. Another objection
is heavy freight charges on weak to-
bacco extracts or bulk scraps and
stems At the Skabcura Dip Co.'s
large factory in Chicago, nicotine is
obtained oe uniform strength, guaran-
teed twenty times stronger than any
tobacco extract ever made before.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-31


Prof. w. f. Massey in Practical
Farmer gives the following plan of
burning a small kiln of charcoal to feed
hogs:
Begin by laying two stout logs paral-
lei to each other, each about our feet
long. Lay the cordwood sticks across
these so as to make a sort of CRATE to
start the fire on. From one side of this
CRATE lay large sticks parallel to each
other and about a foot apart, to make
the main draft hole, and cover with
short pieces of wood. This draft must
extend to the outside of the pile. Now
set the wood on end, beginning on the
middle of the CRATE first made n lean
ing together at the top, so as to form a
sort of chimney, and then continue to
pile the wod on end around these, so as
to make a rounded conical pile as large
as you want. Now cover the whole
with sods, except the draft opening,
| and some smaller openings around the
sides of the base, leaving the chimney
| open. Now, by stuffing straw and in
flammable matter down the chimney
| and dropping Goals on it, you can start
it to burning. Keep the sides well
covered with earth, and watch it day
and night. SO long as smoke comes
thick and white it is burning all right,
but if it gets clear and blue, the wood
is burning too fast, and some of the
draft holes must be stopped, and some
ashes thrown down in the chimney,
When the combustion is complete
cover the whole tightly with earth, and
let 1t stand for a day OF so. Then pull
it to pieces and wet the hot mass tC
prevent it taking fire again.