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An exchange tells of woman
whose husband is, in the habit of
coming home tipsy at night, that
tried to frighten him as a cure.
Dressing herself in frightful apparel
and when the boozy husband entered
the door she said in q dread and
sepulchral tone. II am the devll!'
"Zat so" said the husband. "Shake!
I'm your brother-in.law-marrted
your sister"
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

Immense SHOWS have fallen in the
mountains and over the greater portion
ofthe state during the past week. being
four feet deep on the level in many
places. This is extremely gratifying to
the farmers of the valleys as it insures
an abundance Of water for irrigating
throughout the summer.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26
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Mrs. j. N. Leslie il still on the sick
list but is slowly improving.
Last Sunday Henry Parish received
the sad news Of the death Of his little
son in Valley Springs, south Dakots,
He has the heartfelt sympathy of all
his friends and neighDors..
PIX. Hansen and George Klalm we're
out on wolf hunt this week.
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The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

The people of Barton county, Kansas,
have raised money to build ditch con
meeting the Arkansas river and
Cheyenne bottoms and the scheme will
probably be carried through.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

The situation in the Mississippi has
grown worse during the past week. The
river is still raising and the people are
badly alarmed lest the levees give way
and inundate the entire bottoms. Dis
patches state that the loss of life. of
property and of live stock is frightful
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

In Washington and Oregan extensive
tests Of sugar beets have been made un-
der the auspices of the state stations.
The report is that "there is no doubt
about the ability of vast areas in both
these states to produce beets as good as
those in California. The same il true
in large measure of other sections Of
the did west. ."-Field and Farm.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

Secretary Sherman has given his
promise to take immediate action in the
Ruiz case and have it thoroughly invest
tgated. The Senate also passed reso-
luton calling on the president for all
correspondence he has regarding the
ySaffar
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

Kansas City is going to have Pingree
potato raising system. That town seri-
ously objects to being considered a
''small potato" by the large eastern
cifioe
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

Jerry Simpson says that if Long is
nominated for governor Of Kansas and
the boys are willing. he will make the
race against him. Jerry likes to aggra-
vate Long
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

The twenty-one votes cast for Mr.. Bell
for speaker were a testimonial
Of the esteem In which he is held by his
fellow member. Added to his own vote,
they show twenty-five populist votes in
the house Of representatives, which is
the largest number of third party mem
bers that has been seen in that body for
more tLan forty years. Denver News.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

One thousand shirt workers went out
on strike in New York the other day
They ought to keep their shirts on
and stick to their jobs these hard times.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26

4 man in Indian Territory at
tended social one evening. During
the evening the ladies inaugurated
hugging bee. Prices were graded
according to the person hugged.
Crib ten cents, married women
fifteen cents and widows twenty.
five cents. This man was blindfo.ded
and paving fifteen cents. said he
would take married woman. After
he had hugged fifteen cents worth
the bandage was removed and he
found he had been hugging his wife.
Then he got mad and wanted his
money back.
Old man Crosby come over last
night. for a. dose of strengthening
cordial and to ask me what tobog-
gaming was. When l. told him it
was sliding down hill on a sled he
looked relieved. "You see" 10.
marked the old. man, 'sthet there
Denver dood 10 treadin' on his
wing to my darter Morena agin and
he allows he would tex her q tobog-
gaming mex Saterday. i amt up
on all these new tangled, things but
eff Its only slaY ridin' / guess. her
mar will let her CO." Crosby says
tha, the ground hog sign is not In
fallible in Colorado and may not BIZ
depended upon as surely as it can in
Missouri or OHIO. He banks his
faith ON. the goose bone while Goof-
by rather depends on pigs milt :or
weather prediction. Crosby thinks
the crops will be good this year but
irrigating water will not be so plen-
ty.-P. Grean in Denyer Field. and
Farm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

What may be accepted as an accurate
statement of the main features of the Nc
Kinley administrations financial policy ap-
pears over the signature of K. V. Smalley
of Minneapolis, who has been having a
talk with the president-elect. These are
the points
/. An immediate revision of the tariff
on moderate protection lines. No extreme
ly high duties that might foster trusts or
defeat the purpose of obtaining adequate
revenue to pay the expenses of the govern
ment.
?. The restoration of the reciprocity
treaties of the Harrison administration.
3. The maintenance of all kinds of
money at a parity with gold.
1. Efforts toward international bimetal-
ism, in fulilment of the pledge of the St.
Louis platform
>. Gradual retirement of the green
backs, as soon as the government has a
surplus of revenue to apply to tins purpose
and some other form of currency, bank or
metallic, can be substituted for them. No
new issue of onds will be favored for the
purpose of taking up the greenbacks.
6. An enlargement of the national bank
ing system TO enable Independent banks or
branches of city banks to be carried on in
small towns. This might lower the inter
est rate in the country districts and tend to
lessen the present centripetal tendency of
money toward the large cities.
7. Economy in government expenditures
to correspond with the economies enforced
in all L yer lines of business by the condi-
tion of the times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

The bank failures in the West and
Northwest appear to have afforded consid-
cradle qualification To the enemies of hon
est money, who are pointing out that Nc
Kinley was heralded as the advance agent
of prosperity" and they are demanding
the evidences Of that prosperity. 4 sufii-
cent answer to this would be that Mex in
ley is not yet in office, but better answer
is that if good times have not arrived the
country is going forward instead OF back
ward, as it assuredly would have gone had
Bryan been elected. Moreover, the recent
bank failures are of little significance, as is
clearly shown by Comptroller Eckels in a
letter written on Tuesday. He shows that
of the failures since November there were
in the West eight out of a total of 1888 To-
Gated in that section; in the East, two out
of 1899, and in the South, three out of jj7.
In the whole country, out of $500 banks,
only l3 failed, which is certainly a very
small percentage when one considers the
strain to which our financial institutions
were subjected during the political cam
paign.
Furthermore, says Mr.. Eckels, an
analysis of each case demonstrates that in
the failing bank itself is to be found the
direct cause of its failure, and while gen.
eral conditions may have FASTENED the end,
they could not alone have accomplished it,.
Bad methods of banking, and incompe-
tence and neglect on the part of directors,
will inevitably produce failure, however
good the times may be. As an offset 10
these failures the comptroller submits the
bank returns under the call of Dec II,
which shows that deposits are increasing
and loans and discounts are expanding.
This is convincing proof of the betterment
of the situation. Referring to the great
ness of the United States and the abund-
ance Of her resources, he quotes from Mul-
hall, the noted English statistician, that
'in the year 1857 the people of this coun-
try must be considered as the richest of
either ancient or modern times, with their
wealth increasing at the rate of seven mill
lion dollars per day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

The official vote of South Dakota has
Just been declared, over six weeks after the
election. The state was long in doubt,
owing to the closeness of the contest, and
at one time it was reported that Bryan's
plurality was only 10 votes. The official
returns show that he won by the greater
but still narrow margin of 1873, while Nc
Kinley's plurality in the neighboring state
of North Dakota approXmates 5000.
The supreme court of Missouri has rem
dered decision to the effect that Kansas
City has no legal right to tax qualified
voters who fail to vote. A section of the
city charter of Kansas City provided that
each qualified voter who failed to vote at a
general election should be taxed $3.50
The court declares the section invalid on
the ground that no one can estimate the
money value to the public of a vote, and
that it is degrading to the franchise to as
sociate it with such an idea,
William j. Bryan suddenly threw up
his engagement to give so lectures for
$50, 900 after his first appearance, which
was in Atlanta. Mr.. Bryan, it is explained,
was disgusted with the posters and adver-
tising matter used to announce his lectures.
He took especial objection to lithOgraph
in which he was pictured standing beside
jackson, jefferson, Lincoln and Wash
ington. He returned the $4,000 to his
manager and refused to go ahead with the
proposed tour. Some people are unkind
enough to say that lack of "drawing
qualities" was the real trouble.
Out Of the 13 banks which were doing
business year ago in Superior, Wis, the
"twin city" of Duluth at the head of Lake
Superior, only four are in business at the
present time. In view of this fact the
officials of the various banks are said to be
interested in plan to re0rganize and con-
solidate into one large institution with a
capital stock of $1,500,000, which will be
able to command the business of the flour
mills and elevators, which now goes to
Duluth. The city of Superior during the
last 10 months has lost upward of $500, 900
in the failures of the city banks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

Some astonishing results were obtained
recently in the Boston University school Of
medicine, while experimenting with these
rays upon person who has been blind al
most from his birth. This person was DIR.
j. +. Cooke, a neurologist. His sight was
destroyed when he was but three weeks
old. In every respect but that of sight
his senses are wonderfully acute. The
tests in his case were made with a special
tube and with an intense current--as high
as 100000 volts. Holding his head
down so that the ray struck the top, he de-
scrbed perfectly objects placed in the path
of the rays-a pair of cutting pliers, ham
mer, a screw-driver, hand, a bunch of
keys certain letters of the alphabet, etc.
He noticed instantly any change in the
position of these objects, and described it.
When these changes were made rapidly,
they caused him distress and vertigo. He
could not see these things, he said: 81 only
feel their shadow. It's just a sensation"
These interesting experiments seem to in
dictate that the brain may, in a certain
sense and with the aid of these rays, see
without visual organ. They seem to
prove Edison's conjecture that the blind
may enjoy a species of sight by the aid of
the Roentgen rays and the tluorescent
screen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

the money metals and the price of any
farm staple, like wheat, for example.
The report prepared by Henry Farquhar,
assistant statistician, in compliance with
these directions, has just been printed,
and it forms a document of great interest
and importance. The conclusions to be
drawn from it are. in substance, that the
area carried for free silver in the presi-
dental election is nearly double the area
for the gold standard, while its population
does not greatly exceed half the latter;
that the percentage of electoral vote is
larger in the free silver states than that of
population, showing that those states are
favored by that method of choosing the
president; that the free silver area con-
tains nearly three-fifths of the iliterate
native whites; that property, both personal
and real, shows higher percentage than
population in the gold standard states
that there is a far higher mortgage indebt-
edness per inhabitant in the gold standard
than in the free silver states, but that the
rate Of interest is much less, and that the
depostors in savings banks of the gold
standard region outnumbered those of the
free silver states 10y - to /. Finally, the
report shows that there is no necessary re-
lation between the prices Of agricultural
products and the price Of silver. The
demonstration is complete and now that
the campaign is over may be accepted by
men of all parties instead of being dis
missed as partisan statement.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
sunlight soaps Latest scheme.

Messrs. Lever Bros Ltd, proprietors of Sun
light Soap, do nothing by halves. They have
built up the largest soap business in the world,
first, by turning out very superior article, and
second, by uuck and attr active advertising Their
latest stroke in the United States is bold one 1t
is a Monthly Wrapper Competition, the tempting
features OF which are the presentation of
S34OO in cash, bicycles, and gold Watches every
month of the year 1897, TO those who collect and
send in TO Lever Bros. New FORK office the largest
number of Sunlight coupons" The total value
of the prizes to be awarded during the year sl97
is S40.S00
This competition will commence in January
when first prizes, each of 500 cash, 20 second
prizes, each of 500 Pierce Special Bicycles, and
40 third prizes. each Of S25 Gold Watches viii be
awarded TO the successful competitors of that
month
A great advantage in this competition is that it
is held monthly, and, therefore, those who do
not succeed for one month have plenty more op-
portuuites during the year. Rules and full par
tlculars are given in our advertising columns
from time to tire. The firm of Lever Bros is
thoroughly responsible aud will do all they
promise.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

According to a report from Havana by
way of Key West certain of the Cuban in
surgents still claim that General Maceo is
alive. Their story is that when he fell
from his horse his followers thought him
dead, but found that he was still living,
and spread the news that he was dead in
order to carry him to a place of safety.
Under strong escort they carried him to
a hospital, where, under skillful treatment,
he is now-s4owly recovering. The acute
period has now passed. The only danger
Gus wound was one in the stomach. 1t is
said that Maceo's first words, when he was
able to speak, were an order for the capture
of Zertucha, but Zertucha had already fled
to the Spanish lines. Iertucha wrote the
paper found on the body of young Gomez,
the son of the insurgent general. Gomez
was killed by a bayonet thrust, and did not
stab himself, as the Spanish say.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
A Practical Lesson for the Farmer.

The outspoken position on the side of
sound money, taken during the presiden-
tial campaign by Secretary Morton of the
department of agriculture, is well known.
This position he took, not in a partisan
way, but because he believed it to be es-
sential to the well being of the farmers,
whose interests he is the official exponent.
Since the election the secretary has deemed
it proper to set forth what may be called
its lessons in fulfllment of the duty i'm
posed upon his department by law, of
which is, "To dtfuse among the people
of the United States useful information on
subjects connected with agriculture In the
most general and comprehensive sense of
the word"
In letter of instruction to the chief Of
the division of statistics, Mr.. Morton
pointed out that with agricultural products
farmers buy money; that their products
must be of high quality, fitted to pass in
spection in any markets of the globe, and
that as money is bought to sell again the
farmer should buy only that money which,
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bring him value at least equal to that
with which he parted when he bought that
money. The farmers, in short, should
purchase with the fruit of their toll only
the best quality of money-that is, money
having purchasing power with a mini
mum huctuatiOn in all countries. To guide
the farmers on this subject the secretary
directed the division of statistics to collate
from the census reports and other gov
ernment reports such facts as would serve
to show the social and industrial condition
of the states voting for the free coinage of
silver at 10 to 1, or for the present gold
standard, and also to show what relation,
if any, exists between the price of either of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

1t is a matter of general belief in Wash
ington that Spain is ready to accept the
offer Of the United States for friendly me-
diation for the settlement of the Cuban
troubles, but the Spanish government can
not make the fact known for fear of an
uprising at home. The Spanish prime
minister gives out the announcement that
the government is ready to grant reforms
in Cuba, but that no movement will be
made in this direction until the island has
been quieted. Weyler's method of "quiet-
ing appears to be to destroy all the Gu
ban property and all the Cuban lives which
come in his way.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
Fire destroyed in Barre, Tuesday night,
the buildings on the farm of Robert Kelly.
Cause unknown. Insured for S2700.

Fire destroyed in Barre, Tuesday night,
the buildings on the farm of Robert Kelly.
Cause unknown. Insured for S270O.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Sugar Makers association will be held at
Rutland Jan. Is and IA. Interesting papers
will be presented and prizes will be offered
for the different classes of maple products.
The Busby Bell II Tool company of Fair
haven was attached yesterday by Nahum
j. Busby of Boston, through his attor-
neys, Joel {. Baker and Frank d. White
Of Rutland, in the sum of $4,000. The
claim is breach of contract.
S. L. Smiths grist mill and other build
!ngs on Marble street at Rutland were
burned yesterday, with contents, including
80 tons OF bran, 220 barrels Of -four, 20 or
30 tons of cOrn 1900 bushels of oats, guam
tity of hay, salt, grass seed, etc. The loss
is estimated at S6000 with insurance of
$500
Joseph Brtton, IA, son of A. Britton,
was smOthered to death in a corn bin at the
A. F. Davis Feed company's mill in Rut-
land We'd esday afternoon. He stepped
into large bin containing several tons of
corn, which was being drawn away at the
rate of 100 bushels an hour. The rotary
motion drew him into the corn. A young
companion attempted to pull him out but
vas unsuccessful, and before the machinery
could be stopped the corn was several
inches over the boys head. 1t was neces-
sary to cut away part of the bin and
shovel out the corn before he could be
reached, and life was then extinct.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

President Cleveland has formally recog-
nized the new government called the
"Greater Republic of Central America" b"
which consists of the three states of Hon
duras, Nicaragua and Salvador, by receiv-
ing the envoy sent by the new government
to Washington 1t is hoped that this
movement will prove the precursor of a
consolidation of all the Central American
states into one nation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
Another step Toward n settlement.


Senior Andrade, Venezuelan minister to
the Unit d States, and James j. Storrow
of Boston, counsel for the Venezuelan gov
ernment before the boundary commission,
who went to Caracas in November with
the protocol of the Venezuelan agreement
for the settlement of the boundary dispute
and to secure its ratification by President
Crespo and the Venezuelan Congress, re-
turned to this country last Saturday.
While they are sufficiently diplomatic to
refrain from making public the success of
their trip, the intimation appears plain
that President Crespo and his government
are content with the arrangement entered
into between Secretary Olney and Lord
Salisbury. Senior Andrade showed to the
reporters who met him upon his arrival in
New York clipping from the Venezuelan
Herald, which, he said, represented the
views and opinions of the people of Vene-
zue.a, The article in question asserts that
the boundary question has been settled
satisfactorily and that the treaty is similar
to one proposed by Venezuela and rejected
by Great Britain 40 years ago. 1t also de
clared that under the 50-year clause the ad-
vantage will be upon the side of Venezuela
and that this clause will exclude Great
Britain from the Orinoco country and the
Cuyuni river, which is the portion of the
country Venezuela is especially desirous of
retaining.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
Annual Report OF the Interstate Conn
merce Commission.

The report of the interstate commerce
commission recently published, dcvotes
much attention to the traffic associations
by which railroads now combine to pro-
mote their interests. The agreements of
these associations, says the commission,
quoting Judge Cooley, are drawn with
"maryelous ingenuity to evade the law
against pooling" The commission recites
the history of the case against the joint
traffic association, which is the greatest
of these railroad combinations. The suit
was begun by the department of justice at
the instance of the commission. 1t was
brought in the southern district of New
York, and was heard by Judge II. IL.
Wheeler of Vermont, because he was tho
only one of the eight judges who was not
disqualified from sitting by reason of his
relationship with some one of the 80 de-
fendant corporations. The joint traffic as
sociation was represented not only by its
regular counsel, but by the counsel of each
of its 80 component corporations, and by
the Hon. George f. Edmunds and the Hon.
Edward S. Phelps. Judge Wheeler decid-
ed that the agreement of these corpora
tions to maintain rates was not in viola
tion of the antitrust law, and that the
| agreement to divide traffic was not in vio-
lation of the anti-pooling provisions of the
interstate commerce act. The case has
been appealed by the government and is
now pending in the court of appeals. The
commission reviews other decisions of the
courts during the year, and concludes by
recommending several amendments to the
interstate commerce law, which will help
to prevent violation of its provisions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
Mckinley. Plurality oao.7s5.

The official canvass Of the vote of Mary
land for president, November 3, was com.
pleted yesterday, this being the last state.
The total vote in the different states was
13,SsS, ,7G2. Mckinley Republican), re-
ceiyed 7,1Ol, ,4O1; Bryan DemocraU, re-
ceiyed 6,470,Gj9; Palmer Gold DemocraO,
1886; Levering ProhibitionisO, l3O,-
$50; Bentley CNationaD, 1892; Matchett
(Socialisp, 53,53S. McKinley's plurality
is $50, 74j; and his majority over all 3lG,-
200.