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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
DO THE CHILDREN DRINK ?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have.you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-OH 1t is de-
licious and nourishng and takes the place of cof-
fee. The more GrainO you give the children
the more health you distribute through their sys.
TENS, Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when
properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of
coffee but costs about one fourth as much. All
gcrocers sell 1t; 10 and 25 cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
Government Crop Report for Vermont.

Haying is generally finished. The crop
is spoken of as above the average in guam
tity, but of poor quality. Corn, in order
to mature well, viii need the most favor
able weather from now on. Reports on
potatoes are becoming less favorable The
excessive rains are beginning to tell on this
crop, especially on low lands. "Small and
few i'll hill'' is the complaint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
ChiIdren's Nightly Habits.

DR.. E. Detchon's Anti Diuretic may be worth
more than 500 if you have a child who soils bed
ding from incontintence of water during sleep
Cures old and young alike. 1t arrests the trouble
at once. 81; Sold by George, E. Greeue, drug
gist, Brattleboro, Vt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
SPORTING.

Pttsburg has given Tommy Leahy his 10 days
notice of release
Manager Stalngs of Philadelphia is being
criticised for inng Tom Dowd 800 because he
did not report for duty, Dowd was i'll a. his ho-
tel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

Ex-Governor "Blood to the Brides"
Waite of Colorado, ers,whle the leader of
the Populist party and ready for any deed
of fury and daring to avenge the wrongs
of the dissatisfied millions" who were
supposed to compose his party, is now
plain Mr.. Davis II. Waite of Texas, the
advance agent of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
~ Gulf railway company, and travelling
lecturer to boom the fruit and vegetable
and farming lands contiguous to that line
in Texas, Arkansas and Indian Territory.
Mr. Waite is no longer furious or blood
thirsty. He is not even advanced" in his
political ideas. He has no more ambition
for political leadership. even. A Denver
newspaper says that "tOday Mr.. Waite
talks in the most conservative way, puts
his trust in the middle classes, and is anx-
ious that his friends and supporters should
put into practice the text that God hel ps
those who help themselves" 1t wouldn't
be right to say that the country breathe
easier because of this change in Mr.. Waite,
for there was never anything to fear from
him or his kind. 1t is evident, however,
that year to "sober off, in, with wheat
now at 50 cents and a fraction and the
silver in a standard dollar worth only 4O+
cents, has had tonic and SOLDERING effec
even on a man of the Waite stamp.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

Great excitement was caused in Con-
stantinople Wednesday by the attempt of
an Armenian to ignite package of ex-
plosyes in the Imperial Ottoman bank.
Two bombs were thrown at other points.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

Why continue TO pass your nights in scratching
aud your days IN miseryS Doans Ointment
brings instant relief, and permanently cures even
the worst cases of Itching Piles. 1t never fails
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

Thousands Of people are subject to bowel trouble
ia some of its ious forms. Dr. Fowler's Ex-
tract OF Wild Strawberry is an unfailing remedy
ia all such cases.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

John Brisben Walker the proprietor of
the Cosmopolitan magazine, announces in
the August number the establishment of
the Cosmopolitan university" the pur-
pose of which will be to provide "a liberal
education for the many who, while force
to work, are yet willing and anxious to
study, and require only wise direction"
The work will be conducted on the Chau-
tauqua home study plan and no charge will
be made to the students, Mr.. Walker bear
ing the expense "until such time as per-
sons of fortune, recognizing the charact er
of the undertaking, shall place at the dis
posal of its president endowments sutii-
cient to cover the widest field of useful
ness Definite announcement is now
made of the fact that President Andrews
of Brown university has accepted the pres
idency of the Cosmopolitan university
and will take formal charge of it Oct. /.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Women-Miss Nellie Coleman, Mrs. May F.
Clemens, Mrs. Edwin Smith, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs
Thos, Thompson.
Men--Richard Hunter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
Chances
tOSaVe Money!
at the
Brooks House
Shoe Store.

We are not looking for profits in this sale, We
looking only the selling oevery pair ofght weight Coored
shoes in the store The has been successful for
cOOred shoethe best have known for colored shoes
and the stock nearly exhausted than expected
for the middle Of August but while there three months yet
for the possible wearing of light weight Shoes nearing
the end light weight stoe selling Prices have been made
the remaining pairs that ought tempt the dollars from
the pockets of even the sowest buyers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
Announcement.

wish to announce to the people Of Brattleboro
that am prepared to do your locksmithing, key
fitting etc. Keys fitted from IS cents up accord
ing to quality and labor Yale Paracentrlc, Coroin
or any lock on the market fitted.
Your Umbrellas and Parasols repaired-one
rib, 20 cents, two ribs 80 cents; covers from 6O
cents up.
They all tell us that we are doing the Bicycle
repairing of the town. Why don't you give us
trial All Work warranted the best in town, and
prices are in keeping with the times. We are
selling lots of our So pair tires and not one COM
plant yet We have just got a lot Of Morgan
Wright inner tubes to put into your old hose pipe
tires for Sl65 each put in, which gives you as
good as new tire. SO if you are anxious to save
money and get good work go to
j. b. DUNTON.
Under Barrows & Co. 8 Coal ONCE,
No. Main Street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20
THE VERMONT PHGNIX.
ILIsHED EVERY FRIDAY AT SRATTLEBORo, v
o. l.. FRENCH,

TERMS; 81 so per year in advance; if Not paid
within the year 81
RATES OF ADVERTISING furnished on application.
Births, deaths and marriages published free;
Obituary Notices, Cards of Thanks etc, IS cents
per inch of ~ lines or less
Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office as sec
ond lass mail matter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

Women'S None are so crit
Fine ical for newest
Brown styles as buyers
KID shoes of fine shoes.
Next season can find little chance
for changes in this seasons styles,
but if there are alterations or inn
prOvements we do not want to be
hampered by partial stock of this
years shoes. This is why we are
selling these handsome 81 shoes at
$3.50 a Pair
Made of fine, best quality leather,
silk vesting tops, silk worked eye.
lets. A few pair with Kid tops and
dark brown patent leather tips and
trimmings. A, b, G and ID widths !;
nearly all sizes.
Sixteen pair of shoes, same style
as the above, best quality cloth tops,
fine dark brown kid leather, kid
tips-B, and ID wide, at
$1.95 a Pair
Misses Made by Waverly
HuSSeT School Shoe COM
Shoes pany and right
up to the standard OF the celebrated
best shoes made by this company;
in button and laced and E widths
regular price, $1.75, now at
1923 a Pair
An assortment OF cheaper quality
from less reliable factory are be-
ing closed out at 50 cents pair.
Women'S Right methods of
Low Shoes buying and cash
selling have made our prices on all
lines of shoes exceedingly low, and
nowhere has this been more in eVi.
dence than in cOlOred low shoes.
Our best sold at $3.50, were made
for us in one of the best factories.
Only best grade materials were Hsed
fashioned over the newest style lasts
So few pairs are left that we have
made the price
$1.9O a Pair
All the chocolate goat an kid OK
fOrds that were $1.1S, $1.25 and
$1.35-alI new this seasOn-have
MORSE e.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

been grouped together and marked
at 9S cents.
A few pair of 81 brown Kid OXfOrds
turned sOles, at So cents.
Mems The "HeywOOd"
Shoes no shOddy shoes
are too well known TO need special
comment. Not Il factory in the
country makes more satisfactory
shoes and none have gained better
reputation among shoe wearers and
shoe sellers. The Haywood 81
shoes are as perfectly made and as
perfect in fiji as modern methods of
manufacture can make them, and
Offering them at $3 a pair is like
Offering gold dollars at 75 cents. 4
few pair of Haywood So dark brown
kid shoes at $3.50.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

Sixteen pair Of shoes, same style
as the above, best quality cloth tops,
fine dark brown kid leather, kid
tips-B, c and d wide, at
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

All the chocolate goat an kid OK
fOrds that were $1.1S, $1.25 and
$1.35-all new this seasOn-have
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

This week we want to call at
tention to our new spring bed
called
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
INSTITUTE AND
EXAMINATION

The Teachers Institute for Mantle
woe County will be held at the North
Side High School Manitowoc, Wis
beginning Monday August 9th 1897.
and continuing five days.
The conductors are Prof. ". G..
Hewitt, Of Oshkosh. Prof H. j. Evans
Of Manitowoc, and Miss Harriet G.
Magee of Oshkosh A full attendance
of city and country teachers Is expect.
ed
The second series of Teachers Elk
aminations for 1897 will be held as
follows
For Third Grade Certificates
Two Rivers, Monday and Tuesday
August Is and IL.
Manitnwoc north side) Wednesday
and Thursday, August Is and 10
For Higher Grades.
Manitowoc August 20 and u.
Friday A. NJ. Physical Geography
Friday p NJ Elementary Algebra
Higher Algebra
Saturday A Nj. Physics.
Saturday L. NJ. Geometry.
Each morning session will open at
S:3e.
All teachers wishing to raise their
present standings or complete higher
grades should attend the above as
there will probably be no fall series
of examinations.
Manitowoc, Wis. July q, 1897.
EDWIN h. SMITH.
Comfy superintendent
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
PRESIDENT KRUGER'SHLITERACY

Nor can this modern Sonth African
Colossus write any better than he can
'ad To be sure he can sign his name
to public documents, but in somewhat
the same way that OSman tie Great,
the founder a1d first sultan of the Os
nanli Turks used to sign his name to
lablic docnments-by dipping his
hand i'll a saucer of ink and spreading
1t on: on the paper thus literally max
ins,h:s sign manual. Not that Pre- i
dent Kruger has not got beyond Os-
man the First, for be can guide the
quill sufficiently to sign his name TO
papers of state; but to Write one Of
those papers, or even an ordinary let
ter, with his own hand, would be quite
beyond his powers, is the story often
told IN Frestoria. And yet should
leave the impress ION with ny readers
that he was simply an ignorant old
Boer it would be a very false impress
SION. From the scholars standpoint.
possibly he is that, but from the stand
point OF the politician aud man of af-
fairs he is one OF the shrewd great men
of the time If he cannot write a state
docnmenthe can de- ate one. He know,
what Is in every one thot he signs, and
his native shrewdness enables him to
get the better of far more scholarly
rulers Of mightier realms than his
when the interest OF his poor bur
ghers," as he pa hetically calls them.
are concerned-From "The Two Re
publics of the Southern Cross" 10y
frrncis +. Clark. D. d., in American
Aonthy Reciew Of Reriers for Ang
nst
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
THE CEMEt.'S EXPERIENCE.
this Ship of the Desert Looked Woe
full for a Time.

this Ship of the Desert Looked Woe
full for Time.
large camel which was landed q.
lloboken a few days ago from the Bre-
men line steamer Dresden had an ex-
perience which probably never before
fell to the lot of IA ship of the desert, =
says the New York Press.
He made the voyage in a large box,
and as there wasn't room enough in it
for any self-respecting animal the
camel sat down in sheer disgust. He
sat that way for days and days while
the ship rolled and made all sorts OF
heavy weather. When the detected ami
NAL was finally landed and tried to
stand up he couldn't use his rear props
ut al. They had become paralyDed with
their long stay in cramped position.
The camel wasn't any good, it seemed
and, as big price had been. paid for
him. there was a general lamentation.
Such a picture of woe was never seen
in Iiobolten.
At last a genius suggested a radical
cure The camel, by his advice, was
placed in a sling and hoisted up until
his toes touched the ground. He pad
died the air for sell with his fore
legs, and finally the rear props came to
life and joined in TIE exercise. They
lowered him to the floor and. after he
had tested his rear legs somewhat gin
gerly, he was as good as new. But he
doesn't sit down any more. Once was
enough for him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
SINCE VICTORIA WAS CROWNED.
There Have Been Great Social He
forms AID Wonderful Inventions.

There Have Been Great Social Re-
forms AID Wonderful Inventions.
Great social reforms belong to Queen
yictoria's reign, writes William Henrge
Jordan in Ladies' Home Journal, mar
rating the progress of the world since
Queen Victoria assembled the throne
go years ago. The degrading practice
Of fogging has been abolished in the
armies and nayies Of America and Eng
land. Children are no longer permitted
to work in the mines Of Britain. Press
gangs no longer force men into the
service of the queens navy. The Red
Cross society, approved by 40 nations,
has softened the horror of war. The
transportation Of criminals, with its
many evils, has been suppressed. En-
rcutions are no longer conducted in
public. The treatment of criminals has
become humane. Factory laws and
building acts MAKE life easier for the
poor.
Inventive science has made marvellous
progress IN every department during
Wet oria's 60 years as queen. Cantiicver
bridges nave surprised lhE sBi ~
Travel has been wonderfully quicl<ened
by street ears, cabs, trolleys, cable cars,
elevated roads and other triumphs of
invention. In 1887 there were 40 type
writer's. no passenger elevators, no mod
crn bicycles. no soda-water fountains,
no horseless carriages. no chemical fire
extinguishers, no ironclads, no perfect
ing presses. Fully chronicling the in
ventive progress OF the last six decades
would make it seem as if nothing Of
real consequence to mans comfort had
been done before 1881.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
Stuck to Victoria.

In the crowd of applicants for nat
uralization papers recently IN Jersey
City was an Englishman, says the New
York Times. \ blank was given to him
nmI he was told to sign it I'll read it
Irst,- said the applicant. ''See here,
said lie. IA moment later. This paper
says that | renounce my allegiance to
the queen Of Great Britain and Ireland
forever. Can't the word forever be
stricken out?' There is only one
FORM" said the clerk. IF you don't APP
prove of it "ou reeda't sign it, but YOU
can't become an American citizen I'M
less You do" We'll, | won't sign it. |
don't mind renOuncing my allegiance
to the queen while remain in America,
but suppose | was to 90 home and say
ia foresworn the queen forever. what
would NV friends think of me? No, sir,
I'll not sign such a paper as that"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS.
The Time Has Arrived to Put Legal
Restrictions on Their Sale.

The Time Has Arrived to Put Legal
Restrictions s,n Their Sale.
Several more or less dangerous arti-
lies of chemical manufacture are be-
coming so largely employed for va
riety of useful purposes now that some
restrictions as to their sale, conveyance
and storage are imperative, says the
San Francisco Argonaut. Thousands of
gallons of liquid" carbonic acid gas in
.teel cylinders under high compression
may now be seen every day being con
veyed in carts from place to place, and
similarly other gases are stored under
pressure in "tubeS,' as, for instance,
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrous oxide and so
On, all of which may expose the public
to danger. Solid bricks of metallic
sodium, again tkept under naphtha, of
aourscl, are every day carried from
port to port as part of a ships cargo.
and very serious accidents have occa-
siOnally arisen from the intermiXture
of various chemicals on board ship by
the damaging effect of a rough passage
upon the packages. Still another chem
zeal substance OF comparatively recent
discovery is carbide Of calcium, which
on simply becoming moist gives off the
exceedingly intiammable gas, acetylene,
which, with air, forms an explosive mix
..Ir
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
OUARRELSOME BIRDS.
The MISSED Thrush Is Cruel and pitt

less.
The robin, that ''pious'' bird, is very
quarrelsome, and i eNasperateS one to
watch him wasting the precious hours
in hunting another hungry robin down,
and round and round, till the sparrows
have cleared the board. says the Con
temporary Review. The blackbirds, too,
are very annoying in the way that they
snatch up q lump Of bread and fly off
with it, only TO be chased about for the
rest of the morning by other black
birds, while "A sparrow makes square
meal off the morsel fallen meanwhile
Gnder a shrub. But, relentless as they
are in pursuit, the curious fact is that
rhcy seldom fight. If the pursued
turDa, the pursuer stops, perks up his
tail, and. being promptly charged by
he other, becomes in tnrn the pur
sued. BIT woe TO both when the missed
thrush comes. lie is pitiless in pur-
suit, and | have seen them pass my
window time after time in the course of
4 morning, the storm cock hard on the
heels" OF the blackbi,tj. And when
they overtaile them what happens? For
myself, | have often said before ] be-
,ieve the missed thrush a cannibal. At
any rate, | attribute some of the dead
blackhirds and thrushes that one finds
about the grounds to his cruel beall. He
watches for birds for hours at time,
ike a bird Of prey. and attacks like one.
I have often stopped chase which
knew could only end in one way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
JERSEYS BLIND HE.RESS.
Most Interesting Woman Ia Mis-
Alice A. Holmes


One of the most interest ng women
imaginable is Miss Alice y. Holmes,
the heiress. Miss Holmes has just como
into S5Uc 600 or more, but there IS no
di.nger al her marrying any young
and ardent lover. for she rs now IN her
e,enty-fifth year, says Pennsy wanna
Grit Then the old " oman is blind ard
has been blind ever since she was H.
Recently her brother died in California,
and left her a big fortune, which she
Purposes TO spend in the acre lioration
o. the sufferincs of her feiio5. afflicted
kind. Miss Eolrnes lives in quiet and
pretty street IN Jersey City, and for 20
wears she has struggled through de
cent poverty. Her brother in taiiior-
lila has always looked after her wants.
but Miss Holmes j,ride would not al
low him to support her, and she has
earned her own living we'll through the
Years of her solitude. Early in life
she conceived a love for music, and al
though deprived of her sight she man
aged to master that difficult art. Once
that she became proficient she desired
tn teach. And, strange to say, she was
quite as proficient as teacher as she
was as Il performer. She found she
could succeed with pupils who had their
eyes as well as with pupils who had not.
And in that way she supported her
self, if not III elegance, at least in com
tort. Now that Miss Holmes has been
rendered independent, she will devote
her money to the education of her fe /
lows who are afflicted with blindness.
A number Of years ago Miss Holmes
published volume of verses that have
the true ring of poetry in them
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
COURSiNG COYOTES.
They Gave the Dogs All the Run They
Wanted.

''Coursing used to be ore of our great
sports in Nevada in flush times,' said
en- old newspaper man in the San Fran
cisco Post. but instead of using jack
rabbits we had good, able-bodied coy
otes, and they can give dog the race
of his life. There was another advan-
tage. We could use one coyote until he
got so old and rheumatic that he
couldn't run ami then make a rug of
his hide. 1t was this way:
I'VE would catch a good, big coyote
IN a box trap, take him out on the alkali
desert, which was as smooth as table
for 20 miles in every direction. turn him
loose and sick the dogs on him. It
didn't take long for the coy ote to real
lie that his chances of getting away
1ere very small unless he could find
a hole, and be had sense enough to
know that holes were scarce in the dos
ert- Then he would recollect tie good.
safe hole be had just left and commence
circling toward it. All we had to do
was to sit down and watch the race
for about half IN hour. till the coyote
completed the circle and ran back to
the box. Then we closed it, carried b: m
back to town and kept him for another
race the next week"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05

The official title of the Grecian mon
arch, which is king of the Hellenes. is
sand to have been adopted by way of p
challenge of the sultan's SOVEREIGNTY
over the millions of Hellenes residin.
In Macedonia. Roumelia, on the islands
OF the Aegean sea and the Levant aud on
The coast of Asia Minor. King Georges
eldest son, Crown Prince Constantine.
seems to have been named in the same
spirit of defiance Of the grand Turk. and
IN anticipation of the day when the
ruler of all the Hellenes shall sit en-.
.hroned in the imperial city on the
,i'osporus founded by Constantine the
Great. which for I,Oo0 years was tho
capital of the Grecian half of the Ro-
man empire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
Low RATES TO BUFFALO AND
POINTS EAGg

On August Fl and 22, the Chicago
~ North Western R'y will make less
than one half rates to Buffalo and re
turn at the time of the Grand Army
Encampment, tickets good returning
until September 20, by deposit with
JOINT Agent at Buffalo, enabling pa
irons of this line to extend their trip
TO New York, Boston, and other points
in the east, and make liberal saving
in railway fares. This is the route
selected by COMMANDMENT Chief Gen
eral Clarkson. For time of special
trains ana other information, inquire
of agents Rate from Manitowoc TO
Buffalo and return SI5.4O. 3t19
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
STANDS AT THE HEAD.

Aug Bogel, the leading druggist
of Shreveport, La, says: DIR. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing thai
cures my cough, and 1T is the best
seller have" j. f. Campbell, mer
chant of Stafford, AriZ., writes: ''Dr.
Kings New Discovery is all that is
claimed for it; it never fails. and Is a
sure cure for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds | cannot say enough for
its merits" Dr. Kings New Discov
cry for Consumption. Coughs and
Colds is not an experiment. 1t has
been tried for quarter of century,
and to-day stands at the mead. 1t
never disappoints. Free trial bottles
Henry Hiprlchs Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
ELECTRIC BITTERS.

Electric Bitters Is a medicine fol
any season, but perhaps more gener-
ally needed when the languid exhaust
ed feeling prevails, when the liver is
torpid and sluggish and the need 81 q
tonic and Alternative is felt. 4 prom ri
use of this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
No medicine will act more surely in
counteracting and freeing the system
from the malarial poison Headache,
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness
yeiid to Electric Bitters. soc. aud
Sl.O0 per bottle at Hinrichs Drug
Store.