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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05

LONDON. Dec. IA special dispatch
received hero from Antwerp announces
that the dock lahOrcr6 there are rcius-
Ing to unload vessels arriving from
Hamburg. y general strike is feared.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05

Children are
told that angels
bring little ba-
bies straight
from heaven.
They arc told
that when the
littlc on c
comes, the rus-
tic OF angels
wings riay be
heard, Angels
probably do
watch over the
,rntIirr and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05

ci;iid-or il they do not, they ought to- but
angels canaot change the course OF Nature,
nnd il IS rot right that they should. The
woman who wants TO have healthy baby,
and who wants to come safely through tho
ordeal hcrEclf, with no lifelong weakness as
n consequence, will dowIat She Can TO make
herself strong and hcalihful in every way
Above all things, she Withholding the period
OF gcsta;iou-takc rcgularlyDr. Picrcc's Fa.
vO.itc Prescription This is positive sPe-
cite fot all female weakness and disease.
1t may be depended upon 10 purify ard
Strcngt!icu the organs disiinctivcly tcrii-
nine, 10 soothc all inflammation, ard 10 stop
pain and facilitating drains. Il curcs where
doctors have failed, and It cures right nj
home, withOu, ncccssitatirG abhoUent cx-
au!ira;iors and local treatment. II is the
only medicine in the world that makes the
coming Of baby easy and perfectly safe. It
is the only medicine designed for its pur-
pose, that is the invention of 4 regularly
graduated physician, an experienced and
skilled specialist in the treatment of the dis
cases OF women. Druggists sell ii, and any
woman who wants TO Enowall about it--just
how 10 use i; i'll her particular case, may
write 10 Dr. r. V. Pierce, chief consulting
physician OF tho lnvalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute Buffalo y. Y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05
TAKE LESS MEDICINE. .,

There is no Use in tnking n great big pill.
or great big spoonful Of medicine. a tiny
sugar coated granule will do tho SAME work
md do il fully. Dr. Picrre's Pleasant Pellets
cure constitution and other Disorders OF the
digestive organs them surely and COM
u1aby with 10 gripping or other unpleasant
fccling-curc them so that they stay cured, cure
them more quickly and more easily ihnn the vio-
lent medicines that wrench the system. The
pellets" arc SO small that II takes forty Of them
TO fill the little vial they como in They Gust
twenty-five cents mud good druggists sell them,
II = druggist attempts TO sell You something else
which he Avs is Just az good" keep your hand
On your poCkCt.hoOk. The mar who is dishonest
b one thins is net TO be trusted in another.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05

UmpTe-Ioe Baumann. t;corcrs-Arndt
and Webster
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
Highway Commissioners.

The state board of highway commission
provision of the law of 1894 which allows
towns desiring to do so TO elect road
commissioner for three years. But IL
must be noted that, in order to take ad-
vantage of this provision, a vote to this
effect must be taken at the time of election.
The statute reads (Section 29Sl): "A town
so voting may elect a road commissioner
for three years" The state board also
emphasize the Importance of reGlecting
commissioners who have done their work
well. The Office is not one to be passed
around, but, on the contrary, is one in
which experience counts for the public
good more than in almost any other. There
is no doubt that the waste of money while
new men are learning and experimenting
amounts TO many thousands of dollars an
nually in this state. To secure permanent
highway Improvements there must be a
reasonably permanent and assured tenure
of Office. The best Of men in this posi-
tion, expecting to hold his office for only
one year, would not feel like undertaking
important pieces of work such as he might
do if assured of a three years term in
which to carry out his ideas. 1t is the
wasteful policy of patching up and
"carting on and carting or that does
more than any one thing to keep Vermont
roads from being what they ought to be.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
CURRENT NEWS AFFAIRS.
A Wonderful Armor-PieroIng shell.


A Washington despatch says: Isaac G..
johnson, of the projectle manufacturing
company of Isaac G. johnson & Co., of
Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y, has again aston
ished the ordnance experts of the navy.
Last fall twelve-inch solid projectile with
a soft cap, made by Mr.. johnson, pene-
trated an eighteen-inch plate made by the
Carnegie company as though that plate had
been made of pine wood instead of Harvey
lied steel. Never before had such thing
been done. Mr.. johnson developed his in
vention and invited competition with the
Misunderstanding company, whose projec-
tiles had been considered the standard.
The Misunderstanding company accepted
the challenge, and Wednesday series of
contests was begun. The experiments
with high velocity we're made at Indian
Head. A seven-inch plate made by the
Carnegie company for the turret of the bat
tleship Iowa was used as target, 1t was
declared by the department TO be the best
plate ever submitted to test. The first shot
fired was one of the johnson projectles of
six inches, with soft steel cap. 1t made a
clean hole through the armor and pene-
trated twelve feet in the earth beyond. Its
point was broken off, but it was upset only
one five-hundredth of an inch. Under the
same conditions a Misunderstanding pro-
jectile penetrated the armor only 3-4
inches and broke into multitude of small
pieces.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
scottish Rite Masonry.

The Burlington Free Press publishes an
article which goes to show that not only
good but great men are among the jealous
patrons of Free Masonry. 1t says that
Daniel n. Nicholson, Esq, of that city,
deputy grand master of Masons and COM
mander-in-chief of the Vermont consistory
of Scottish Rite Masons, attended meet
ing in Scottish Rite hall, New York city,
the 18th inst, and had the pleasure of
witnessing the comforting of the several
grades, including the 32nd degree, upon
exGov. Roswell p. Flower, Hon. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, Rt. Rev. Henry c. Potter,
bishop of the Episcopal church, ex-collect-
or Joel b. Erhardt, Rev. Charles r. Treat,
who with 80 others formed one clsss. The
work of the Goth degree was exemplified
in full ceremonial form.
"The goth degree calls attention to tol-
Grafton, justice and truth. The postulants
are instructed that liberation teaches that
no man has the right to dictate to another
in matters of belief or faith and when a
man persecutes for opinions sake he
usurps the prerogative of God. Justice
teaches that man should judge others as
he judges himself; find for their actions
the excuses that he readily finds for his
own, and look always for a good rather
than bad motive. Truth teaches that no
fa1sehood can be other than evil; it is the
act of a coward TO lie, expressly or by imp
lication, and t is base and dishonorable. :"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
The Inward witness .

1t is the mans part and the woman's
part to stand erect, to be courageous, to
keep sweet and hopeful. We may all we'll
pray that the fitting epitaph which Brown
ing unconsciously wrote for himself, when
we pass on, may fit us, too:
Zone who never turned his back, but marched
breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong
would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are bafied to fight better,
sleep to wake"
Are we marching breast forward, do we
believe in the sunshine behind every cloud,
have we undoubted faith in the ultimate
triumph of right over wrong, do we return
hopefully to the conquest after every fall,
are we sure that happy awakening must
follow every sleepP If so, 1t is not because
of these hands, these eyes, these feet; it is
not because of our muscular systems or our
veinous systems or our nervous systems.
1t is because of the divine spark within us
which costs so much, and is worth so much
it is because God hath not left Himself
without witness in any human life. May
we cherish the spark and fan it more and
more into living flannel May we listen
to the witness, and be strong, reverent and
serenelEFfederick a HiRkley.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
Olney ror the p,mocrn,le C.ndIdnte.

A dinner given at the Exchange club,
Boston, last Saturday afternoon, under the
joint management of the Democratic state
committee and the Young Mems Demo
cratic club of Massachusetts, was made
the occasion for a demonstration in favor
of the nomination of Secretary of State
Olney as the Democratic candidate for
president. A company of 800 was present,
including guests of prominence from sew
eral states, and each of the several speak
ers praised Mr.. Olney and gave his boom
a lift. The basis of his boom is his inter
probation and assertion OF the Monroe doc
trine. Mayor Quincy of Boston declared
that if peaceful solution OF the Venezue-
Ian controversy results from the admins
tration's course in.regard to it Mr.. Olney
will become the "logical candidate" of the
Democracy. The movement was undoubt-
edly put out as feeler, and this week it
has been still further tested and cultivated
through interviews, letters and kilograms
from prominent Democrats all over the
country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
Cuba n FIIibusters Seized.

The largest filibustering expedition that
has yet been fitted out in aid of the Cuban
revolutionists came to grief in New York
harbor in the small hours of Tuesday morn
ing, when United States officers seized the
steamer Bermuda flying the British flag, a
lighter and two tugs. The lighter was
loaded with arms and ammunition and the
tugs carried 200 men to be placed on the
steamers, which were then to sail for Cuba.
Next day the men were all released except
the five leaders. Information which led
to the seizure was furnished through the
Spanish embassy in Washington. Some
one in the secret undoubtedly betrayed the
patriot cause. Gen. Garcia, who planned
the expedition, was leader in the Cuban
revolution of 1858 and has twice been SEN
fenced to death by Spain. There is gen.
eral regret at the failure of the expedition,
but the government had no alternative in
making the seizure.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
Sensational Divorce Case.

Newport (Vt.) has been the scene of a
sensational divorce suit brought by Mrs.
Belle H. Morse, well-known turf writer,
against her husband, Julian A. Morse.
The persons involved all move in the very
best social circles. During the trial some
very spicy letters written by the fair CO.
respondent to her darling Julian" were
read. They were of such a compromising
character that the petitioner was granted
an absolute divorce. Just befone the con-
clusion of the trial the gallant Julian and
his inamorata left town, it is alleged, and
the husband of "the woman in the case"
who is one of the most substantial citizens
of the place, will apply for divorce, bas-
ing his petition upon the evidence adduced
in the recent suit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
A brother fFrede rick RnlIngs.

Charles Jason Billings, for years prom
inent figure in financial circles at Fitch
burg, Mass, died Saturday. He was born
in ROyalton IA years ago, and was a
brother of the late Frederick Billings of
Woodstock He went to Fitchburg in
1852, and was in the store of F. S. Wilson
& Co., until he went into the Fitchburg
Nationrl bank, of which he was at one
time president and later vice-president,
when he became treasurer of the Fitchburg
Savings bank. He married Miss Sarah
A. Towne. She survives him, with two
sons, Fred S. of New York, and Rev.
Charles T. Billings of bingham.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28

With the March issue, the Atlantic
Monthly begins two important series of
papers. The Irish in American life, by
II. c. Merwin, is the first of the promised
articles on race characteristics in Ameri-
can life. Readers of the Atlantic will re-
call Mr.. Merwin's papers on Tammany
Hall, which created so much interest at the
time of their publication. Under the gen.
eral heading "The Case of the Public
School," the Atlantic will discuss the pay
ment and standing of teachers throughout
the country. Over 10000 teachers have
been requested to contribute information
as the basis of these papers. The first, ap-
pearing in this issue,is by G. Stanley Hall,
president of Clark University Worcester,
Mass,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
Trouh,. I'm the Salvation Army.

A prolific topic of discussion in the
New York newspapers has been furnished
the past week by the enforced resignation
of Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth
from the command of the Salvation
Army in America. Their relief from this
command has been known to be imminent
and a great public protest was raised
against it, voiced by leading men who rec
ognize the important work which Mr.. and
Mrs. Booth have done in this country since
they were sent here to assume the COM
mand in 1887. The orders which arrived
from Con. Booth at the international head
quarters in London we're for Ballington
Booth and his wife TO turn the command
and its property over to Commander Her
bert Booth, a younger brother, and to re-
turn at once to England. The latter part
of the order the Ballington Booths will
not obey. They will remain in this coun-
try and will continue their work in some
form. The secret of their removal is said
to lie wholly in the fact that they have
succeeded in almost completely American
izlng the Salvation Army in this dountry.
Since they began work here with a mere
handful of adherents the number of Sal
vationists in America who wear the uni
form and devote their lives to this work
has grown to be over 10000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28

That which gives us only momentary en-
joyment, and Immediately pals upon the
appetite, can never be justly called work
of literature, nor of any fine art, said DR..
Butler of Colby before the Schoolmas-
ters' club at Boston Saturday. "Rob.
ert Elsmere." "The quick and the dead"
"She," are not literature; they will not
last. Already they seem to have gone the
way of "The detectives crime, Tracked
by a woman" "a lfe's remorse," and all
the duchess" literature. Time sifts the
books. Such books as | have mentioned
are the chaff. But when book, an essay,
poem is read not only by the writer's
own generation, but by generation or
two after him, then We can safely call that
work literature. Here belong, without a
shadow of doubt, Longfellow, Lowell,
Bryant, Hawthorne, Irving, Thackeray,
Dickens, Goethe, Dante, Milton, Shaks-
pere
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
One Would Think So.
From the Boston Transcript. ]

Senator Thomas II. Carter of Montana,
who likewise holds the position of chair
man of the Republican national committee,
should resign the last-named Office if he
has any sense of proprlety in his compost
tion; but perhaps he intends to hold on
until he is evicted by a majority vote of his
associates. The free silverites never were
noted for their modesty. But the Republi-
can national committee will probably dis
pose of him in the right manner when it
shall again be called together. The "sena-
torial courtesy dodge is not operative in a
committee expected to do work for the
party and not against it. There lis an
anomaly in Mr. Carter's present chairman
ship of the committee charged with con-
ducting the Republican canvass for the
presidency which should be corrected as
speedily as may be.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28

a story is told of a Kentucky family re-
union held the other day at which were
presen; a man 0S years old who weighed
only 63 pounds, baby two years old that
weighed SO and one-half pounds, and a
woman with II toes and II fingers.
The prediction is made that when the
next national census is taken it will be
found that the centre of population has
moved eastward for the first time since the
government was organized. The eastern
states have shown a more rapid gain in
the last five years than those of the West.
Rev. Madison c. Peters of New York,
in recent sermon on the restlessness of
the woman who lives only for pleasure and
fashion, said: "There is nothing that will
take away the restlessness like caring fol
children. | know that children are be-
coming questionable. You say you don't
like children. You will have TO learn TO
like them when you go to heaven, for heav-
en- will be full of them. IL l could take at
least two children and put into each of the
childless homes in the city would wipe
out at least nine-tenths of the restlessness
there. Do good 10 someone who needs it.
A wealthy woman of this city went to one
of our most successful physicians and asked
for.something to relisve her of restlessness.
He gave her prescription, which she took
TO druggist to fill. The druggist handed
it back and said: That is meant for you to
FILL 1t contained the words: DO some
thing for somebody"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
Senator Proctor Makes a Strong Plea for
Coast Defence.

Senator Proctor of Vermont addressed
the Senate yesterday in favor of complete
and effective system of coast defence, as
against the use of the governments money
in large annual sums to build up navy
which may speedily become obsolete. The
Senator's remarks gained force because of
his experience at the head of the army as
secretary of war. In substance, Mr.. Proc
tor said:
"If appropriations for naval construc-
tion cease for few years, the navy will
sink into insigniticance; in other words,
the policy of seeking naval supremacy
commits our government, simply for the
purpose of keeping good its previous ex-
penditures, to an outlay estimated to
amount every eight years to the entire sum
required for the fortifcation of our sea-
coast in such a manner as to enable us to
defy the navies of the world. 1t would be
much better to provide the land fortifca-
tions at a cost so many times less than the
expense of making our navy anything like
equal to that of Great Britain, inasmuch
as it is universally admitted that the land
Notifications will render our coast impreg-
nable II Is also a matter at least of con-
graduation that whatever money may be
spent to build and maintain coast fortifi-
cations will be spent in the United States,
while much money that may be appropri-
ated for the support of the navy will find
its way into foreign Golfers.
The question of coast defences is no
local question. The honor of the nation
is as dear to any American citizen on the
praries of the West as to one in the rush
of Broadway. Nor is the nations honor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
The official directory of the Roman c.

The official directory of the Roman Cath
olic church in the United States gives the
number of followers of that faith in this
country as 9,4l0,700. Considering that
the total population of the United States
must be more than 5000, 900, it will be
seen that followers of other faiths outnum-
Der the Catholics more than six to one In
view of this fact, the alarm which so many
of our citizens profess to feel lest the Vati-
can trample on our liberties appears un-
called for. Doubtless there are many ex-
cellent people who are sincere in their be-
lief that "Rome" is already ''running
things" in the United States, but there are
others whose alarm is for revenue only
Boston Transcript.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28

Goods at hard times prices. Read and be con.
vinced.
Fresh crackers slightly broken, but as good
ones as you ever ate, cents pound six pounds
for 25 cents; 334 cents by the barrel. Soda, five
cents pound, six pounds for 95 cents best four
crown raisins, 10 cents three pounds for 95 cents
The best three crown raisins you ever saw at five
cents, six pounds for % cents. Golden drip syrup
80 cents a gallon; good molasses for 40 cents
gallon; better at so cents; best at go cents gal
lon.
The finest canned corn on the market, IS cents,
two cans for 25 cents. and good one for 10 CENTS
three for 25 cents
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28

A double lynching took place at Wichita
Falls, Texas, Wednesday night. The vic
tins were Younger Lewis, alias "The
Kid" and Foster Crawford. A large mob
battered down the doors of the Jail and
then took possession of the prisoners.
The two men were carried to the bank
which they had attempted to rob on Tues
day and an improvised scaffold was erect
ed. "The Kld' jeered, laughed and cursed
the mob before he was executed, and
showed no fear of death. The Crawford
weakened and attempted to throw the
blame of the robbery upon "The Kidd"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
The Republican Position.
From the Boston Journal. !


The overwhelming majority of the Re-
publican party is in favor of sound money.
That majority must make itself effectively
felt in the councils of the party. 1t must
resist every suggestion of compromise upon
this issue. No formality is needed for read
ing out of the party men who occupy the
position of these free silver senators. They
have taken themselves out of the party by
their own act. If they retain a nominal
connection with the organization, it is only
for purposes of mischief. Their true char
acter and intentions are now so clearly dis
closed that there can be no excuse for mis-
understanding them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
The Woodbury. Libel Suit Referred.

The Rutland Herald has agreed with
Gov. Woodbury. to refer the libel suit for
$4,000 damage to any one or any three
judges of the supreme court, the judges to
be named by Gov. Woodbury. himself. A
supplementary stipulation was also signed,
providing that if the governor gets judg-
ment it may be entered in court against
the Herald in the usual formal way. The
Herald has word from Burlington to the
effect that Chief Justice Ross and Judges
Rowell and Tyler will act in the matter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
GBe Dernrur't 1pB@mi..
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, FEBRARY 2s, 1896.

Last Saturday was the fortieth anniver-
sary of the formal organization of the Re
publican party into national body. Pur-
suant to call issued by the chairmen of
Republican committees of nine states
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts,, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Mich
igan and Wisconsin, convention was
called at Pittsburg Feb. %, 1856, at
which "a states were represented, a ma
tional organization was formed, and call
was issued for the convention held in Phil
adelphia June II, 1856, when John C..
Fremont of California was nominated for
president and William L. Dayton of New
Jersey for vice president. 1t is curious
fact that at this convention the leading
candidate against Dayton for the vice presi-
dency was Abraham Lincoln of Illinois.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28
$4,000 for short stories.

The publishers of McClure's Magazine
have decided to spend $4,000 for short
stories during the coming year. They al
nounce that new writers will be especially
welcome. Payment will be made, on
very liberal scale, and it is believed that
this will be more satisfactory than offering
prizes. Stories should run from 1000 to
5000 words. The shorter the story, the
better chance of success.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-28

only at stake. Any financial misfortune
that befalls a seacoast city has its direct
effect on the material interests of every in
land city and every inland community.
The needs of the country appeal to Con-
gress for action in this direction. We can
effect the purpose more cheaply now than
hereafter. Let us provide suitable fortlfi-
cations and render our harbors impregna-