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Walters Big Switch.

It happened in Missouri school Little Dick had been caught throwing paper wads, and the teacher ordered him to step forward. Dick came reluctantly, hanging his head
 Who would like to go out and get a switch for me?''
 Instantly every boy in school rose up in his seat and lifted his hand as high as he could. Getting switches was 3 keen joy.
 You may go, Walter :" said the teacher, and Walter strutted out very proud indeed. A few minutes later he came back with a huge switch and handed it proudly to the teacher. The larger the switch the more excitement there might be when the teacher came to use it. The errand being done, Walter went back to his seat and sat virtuously looking on.
 Dick was switched. In the course of the punishment he jumped up and down and screamed a good deal. The switch struck his shoe and suddenly snapped off short. The end went whizzing across the room straight for Walters seat, where it hit him squarely on the nose, cutting a slight gash.
 Dick, wLo had been wailing aloud, saw the accident and burst out laughing.
 Serves you right, he cried as he limped away to his seat. Chicago Record.
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Game of Three Things.

Three things is a game played by any number of persons sitting i'll a row or circle. Tho one who begins gives to his left hand neighbor the name of three things begi ming with the same letter. which the latter must then connect il, some way and then give three othe1 things to the next in line. When ahy one is unable tc, connect the names he receives, he must pay q forfeit, and the names are passed along to the next play. CT Thus Inc player gives out, sHe1. ham and heayiness. The second says s'The hen tried to eat the ham and found that Aeayiness ill the crop result, ed. give door, dinner and duty. :" The third says, I opened the door to go in to dinner, when had to go back to full fill a forgotten duty, and so on.--Ex change.
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The Colored psacoE5s Eieurative Prayer.
 A white minister, after conducting services at 8 eolored church, asked all old deacon to lead in prayer The broth CT i'll black offered a fervent appeal for the white brother and said: 70 Lord, gib him de eye ob de eagle det he spy out sin afar off. Put his hands to de gospel blow. Tie his tongue to de line ob truth. Nail his ear to de gospel pole. Bow his head way down between his knees and his knees way down in some lonesome, dark and narrer valley where prayer is much wanted to be made. 'Noint him wid be kerosene lie of sal vashen and sot him on fire. ''-Roanoke News.
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COUNTING APPLE SEEDS.

Beside tho hearth one winter night, Made rosy by the great logs light, That, flaming mp the chimney dark, Hit every cranny, every nook, Upon the rug little maid Sat curied in pose demure and staid. In pensiye mood, with dreamy eyes, She sits, while up the chimney flies A thought with every fiery spark, Glintin3 and flashing through the dark. Till with sigh profound and deep She moves as one moves in her sleep. A rosy apple in her hand A weight of thought seems to demand. She taps it with finger light, Then carefully she takes bite, Another bite, now one, now two. The core is thus exposed to view. Another sighl What can it be, My little maid, that aileth thee? Ahl What is this2 Some incantation, Muttered with such reiteration2 Hark As each seed her bright eyes see, These are the words that come to me:
 "One I love, two I love,
 Three 1 love, say
 Four l love with all my heart,
 Five l cast away. Here tear rolls brightly down. What the secret she has won? Who can say? But just behind Sounds a voice so soft and kind: Look again! Thou must indeed Find for me another seedt" Roster her bright cheeks grow In the firelight's ruddy glow. Sure enough, a culprit seed Finds she in the core indeed. "F'rom thy lips I fain would hear What the sixth one means, my dear" "Six he loves, she murmurel low. And the 1irelight's ficlzering glow Two happy faces now disclose, With cheeks a-glowing like tho rose, But here we'll let the curtain fall, For the end is best of all.
 Sacramento Union.
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NIGER AND.GGGs.

Man Says the Combination May Result Tn Death.
 eat eggs while you are an. d A. E. Stewart of Boston. enti1n was first called to this fact by the tragic and sudden alady acquaintance in Boston years ago. accepted her hus- hvltati0n to dine with them. aWere going i'll to dinner a u something that caused the lnte 8 terrible rage. She had table from some minor com several days, and her hus- med her rufiled feelings suffi- N tho dinner to be eaten in f. l noticed that she ate an large amount of soft seram.
 Fifteen minutes after we lllag room she was a corpse. ln frightful eonvuisions be- nearest doctor reached the Y doctor was unable to aseribe 4 few months later I was brother in Connecticut, and sons died under similar cir
 Before breakfast one morn " who was about 15 years aent With a neighbours boy.
 anger had subsided my 4 called to breakfast. He ate 0llea eggs. Had I known as as l do now I would have V ln less than a half hour siast the boy died with exact gmptoms that were present alend's wife died. This set
 s aoout the matter.
 " long after this before a Trend of mine expired sud
 a meal. The doctors, as dlylded in opinion on the ss'a' some of them contend was heart failure, whatever \ Others are still holding out {, ,Aa Aapsoplexy. ! Inquiry by me 'ae s iact that my friend was Waen he sat down at table ". v ate five eggs. With these :, ls searched no further for
 hls death. He was angry, z ana m he died. If these are 'ne chain of cause and eff ssia aap Intellect is incapable of 'Aiag St. Louis Republic.
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.,ooRs IN LIVING.

x. Appetite and the b0dyS pss,,sa s.oaeIty For Food.
 e'ps 'ind nothing seems to au- al, lll laay IL nm in favor of robust health yI7as lasls appetite. ID FurthermoTe' la''gy 'p'g seem cen to be a strong s4'sd, con, ''a'i Q tho public mind, 7d.osa sanotldse ;a1nei Etion llpa ,ba more a man eats ths tla' The Tle quantity of food that S'pls pls ''astl with their actual phyai- z, l'lsa l'tlssaa,rsnents. Slsa Add to this the
 l9as forms in which food IS pplauI5 aa t5e palate by our modern ..t' Y tn the sharpening of the ap- aI',' .as ants, mi indial cocktail, the ilasrded las dest the appetite by 8 bot !, SlO ~ine. and the result is often a4;oo p0a gS of an amount of food 'allp ll,g 'oavgrwhelms the assimllas plpls snch indulgence, if unre- 'llsl aaa bsbitual, taxes both the as- au1 and the exeretory organs to l,s.st capacity, especially when gDss, pi+b sedentary life, and, more 4,s ',a5s m additional impetus to {, ,ariuging from the use of i'm |suaIity of food. '.a l.la was evidently adjusted for W wear and tear to an average ..riod of about 70 years. Uns asr cent of extra work we must rssDect impairment or break tbe mechanism much earlier. IN therefore excite no special ,setso large a proportion of our x people die from Bright's dis failure and allied diseases at wbo should, and under prop |alated lives and habits would, |siaaa the natural age of TO or |,,adoxical though it may seem, |'9e usually spring from excep- ipslthy stock and often point |ids to the fact that their imme- sestors lived to advanced ages ,n or more. This paradox. how |nOre apparent than real, for in Bn will usually reveal the fact the most part the parents in X were people of moro simple neh as coFresponded with New liie f5 or 100 years ago.
 gfB is that the we'll to do man
 j. | faster age than that Rer and grandfather. He meets ater opportunities and possi- Ind therefore greater stimulus
 energies, He more easily ae- peeuniary resources, and in tm0unts, and therefore he pos sater luxuries of domestic life. se come greater temptations to While he has often inherited q constitution from his ances- Ike them he has run his phys ianism at @ breakdown rate, lst of necessity more quickly t-Gharles ". Purdy, Nj. D. i. American Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-09
Ten ThousaseI .relesra.ns at once.

In 1871, at @ ration held in New York in honor c Professor Morse, the original instrument invented by him was exhibited, connected at that mo- ment by wire N tn every one of the b., GOO instruments then in use in the coun- try. At signal 8 message from the in- ventor was sent vibrating throughout the United States and was read at the same time in every city from New York to New Orleans and San Francisco. - St. Nicholas
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FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
LEAP FROG.
A Game of Many Variations, Some os
 Which Are Unusually Exciting.

Ganae of Many Variations, Some of
 Which Are Unusually Exciting.
 Leap frog, bombay, foot and a half and sailors bombay are all forms of that game where 6 boy ties himself into 8 knot and lets his companions dig their knuckles into the muscles of his spine and leap over him. Leap frog is sim pie jumping of one boy over another. h bombay those leaping have first a free over, then they must leap upon the spine of the boy who is down first with their knuckles, then with slap on the part of his anatomy sacred to the slip per, then with kick ill the same spot as they are going over Then each lad must deposit his hat on the upturned back. Here is where the finesse comes in; also little strategy on the part of the young man who is down.
 When 8 companion for whom he has little love is making an over in hot,
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Melting

1t was evident to the practiced per. captions of the young woman that he was in q melting mood.
 As if to verify her acumen, as soon as her father appeared the young man ran. Indianapolis Journal.
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piseovery of Sulphur Mines.

It is said that the sulphur mines near Buckley, Wash, were discovered by a camper, whose fire on a rock gave rise to such fumes that he was forced to move long distance to escape suffoca- tion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-09

In I Sydney newspaper lately there was this adyertisement: Wanted, a man able to teach French ;nd the piano and to look after bull ,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-09

Chess has been known in China and Japan since 5000 B. c. The game of chess, as now played in Europe and America, dates from the sixteenth cen
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-09

Within the last decade the population of Europe las increased by about 30,- 900, 000, of whoin Russia contributed 12, 51o, 000 auI france only 7,00o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-09
l. 0'st and worser.

Jrsll. sl the Aston constables, l ssssa4 sss'''aan' while in the wit Is ' sa as'faiea q bull which bdust as' ID a roar Degcrib- |lista,S,' S' a man who had been ls ',as qs aance, he said:
 i, gsaslaant. iha He made the
 s9t,as. world, and then he
 iIps;s1 and made a worser. !.
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Tie Pens Fault.

"Why, how did those blots come te Dc there?" asked mammal.
 ssOh, said Mabel, 1I couldn't helT that because the pen leaked l,-Youth'l Companion.
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's@ea cn Boston Sboata.

1n 's man looked up from his |sis IisIT,tlle-girl T lives in Bos- |'@la |sS ao his chum. Don't you |ps s'd nalSe a hit with her if I lines of poetryf',
 bn sa1w v the verses by heart. y |tbissaa axe ahy chances. I tried ka , ohee and got shook be- E hs.. senlieolon where there
 ssn a comma. ''--W Wash
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Companion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The EpIscopRl Church.

The floral decorations at st. Michael
church were profuse and were tastefully
arranged. The altar and chancel appeared
especially beautiful as one entered the
church. Most of the flowers were Easter
lilies, the gifts of Andrew Blakesley, Mrs.
Matilda Ryan, Miss Alice Brooks, Mrs.
Washington Manley, Mrs. Henry Devens
and G. E. Allen. They we're given in
memory of departed friends. At the early
morning service holy communion was cele-
brated. The music by the full vested
choir was well rendered and in all three of
the services of the day followed the order
given last week.
At the midday service the church was
well filled. Rev. Mr. Collins preached a
helpful and appropriate sermon from the
text "Christ our passover is sacrificed
for us, therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness, but with
the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth" | Cor. ", :, s.
A children's service was held at o'clock
when a large number of children with
parents were present at evening prayer
and the singing of the Easter carols The
children gave their Lenten savings at this
service as their Easter offering for missions
Rev. Mr. Collins preached a short sermon
to the children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The Methodist Chnrch.

The Epworth league held a sunrise ser
vice at I O'Clock which was well attended.
AT the morning church service Rev. Mr..
Hough showed that an empty tomb 1900
years ago made possible divinely filled
life now, using the words of the angel
"He is not here, He is risen," the
words of the assembled Christ, "If
any man hear my voice and open
the door l will come in" and Che
words of Paul. "Christ liveth in me-
The historical evidence of the resurrection
of Christ is more complete than the wit
ness to any other fact in his life The
same effects are produced today that were
apparent the first Easter, but we can have
an up-todate proof by a personal expert
ence, "Christ liveth in me-" Our lives
are submitted to the same test that came
to Christ's. We can go down into the
tomb and be forgotten or live in other
hearts, as Christ lived, forever by speaking
Christ-like words and doing Christ-like
deeds. Special Easter music was sung by
the choir and Harry Smith sang Gounod' S
Easter Eve" with good effect. A chill
dren's concert was held in the evening by
the Sunday school, which is said to have
eXcelled any previous concert.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The TniNersalIst Chmrch.

The text and theme of Rev. Mr.. Max
wells discourse was from John XX., Is,
81 have seen the Lord" Such was the
startling message which Mary of Magdala
brought to the disciples upon the first
Easter morning. When you recall who
this woman was and what she had been,
you may think it strange that she should
have been honored with the first vision of
the risen Lord. Only a few months be-
fore she had lived in the depths of degra-
dation, poor, stained, fallen, abandoned,
loathed and Stunned by the respectable
members of society. But at the home of
Simon, the Pharisee, she had listened to
the earnest, pleading, persuasive words of
Jesus, and had been drawn from her old
life to a purer and higher by the ire
sistible power of that divine personality.
Hers had been a severe and holy training;
she had passed through the discipline Of
sin. remorse and forgiveness; her life had
been purified with the fercest fires; her
spirit had been wholly broken in humilia-
ton, and from it all she had emerged with
soul clear as crystal, hungering and
thirstng after righteousness. It's through
such lives, such characters that the deep
est and sweetest messages come from God
to humanity; such character is an inner
organ of vision which directly perceives
the unseen realities of the universe, such
as God and immortality. Mary declared
that she had seen the Lord; it was not a
matter of reasoning, or demonstration,
but simply of spiritual observation. I'm
mortality cannot be proven by argument,
II cannot be demonstrated with mathe-
NAUTICAL precision, it must be seen with the
invisible eye of spirituality. 1t is not to
be wondered that there are so many doubt
ers and agnostics. So many OF us are
blinded by Pharisaic pride, by narrowness,
| selfshness and litteness; all of these
things are spots on the inner organ of re-
iipio1s perception. The message of Easter
| is this: If we would be persuaded that the
Lord is risen, if we would know immor-
tality. there must be a complete self-sur-
render, a complete sef-renunciation, a
complete self-effacement; every part and
power of mind and soul must be placed
willingly and unreserVedly at the service
| of the master.
Besides the regular music Clinton Du-
gan gave a violin solo, "Ave Maria" by
| Gounod. The usual Easter concert was
given in the evening before large audi
| ence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The Congregational Church.

The services at this church were of an
inspiring nature. The decorations of
Easter lilies, palms and hemlock bougbs
were particularly beautiful and the music.
oy double quartet, especially the grand
chorus unfold we portals" from Gou-
mods Redemption" was beautifully rem
dered.
Rev. Mr.. Day preached from Psalms
NVII., 10, 81 shall be satisfied when |
awake with thy likeness" The satisfac-
ton of the Sons of Man has been the prob.
lem and the failure of the ages. Yet it is
believed in as possibility and sought as a
tact. A true human experience is the best
book in which to read and test the answer.
The old thinker, the Job of the Psalms,
held fast to firm convictions, that God is
true; that the external conditions of life
cannot yield true satisfaction: that this is
found only in "beholding the face of God"
and that this shall be "when he awakes."
Believers in all time have held the first con-
viction; moralists of all lands, Hebrew.
Persian, Greek, German Goethe and Eng
fish Mill, have maintained the second.
Christian faith holds that in the awak-
ing of death and the immortal life. at
least, man shall find the satisfied life.
But faith goes further, it finds it here and
now. The very Office of faith is so 10
grasp the anticipated satisfaction as to
make it a present power. When Christ
made the little fire of Goals by the troubled
sea of life he was carrying into "the daily
round, the common task" the inspiration
of divine meaning and presence, and
preparing mems hearts to live in the light
of the "near, new day" rising and break
ing all about them. The process of thus
carrying "the eternal into the experience
of time is a gradual one, not learned all at
once. 1t begins with holding fast to an
indomitable hope that somehow fright is
right" it goes on to accept this troubled
life, in company with an army of the no.
blest souls, as grand school for character;
it then discerns in and through it all one
"wbose nature and name is love-" and
finally comes to live a life of gratitude
amid the thickest possible trials. The
satisfaction is here and now, new every
morning, and with clear and waking"
not dreaming vision. 1t is the satisfaction
of the Lord of life himself.
At the Sunday school service each
scholar was presented with a flower,
mostly white rose buds, the gift of c. f.
Allen. At > o'clock an Easter concert
was given by the Sunday school Children
the attendance at which waSlarge At the
close of this service the flowers used in
decorating the church were distributed
among the sick.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The Baptist Church.

There were preaching services both
morning and evening at the Baptist church,
both of which were largely attended. In
the evening the rite of baptism was con-
ferred upon two persons. Mrs. Hubbard
was assisted in the musical program by
Clinton Dugan, the violinist, and male
quartet consisting of Messrs. Morse, May.
nard. Crowell and Knight The theme OF
Rev. Mr.. Temples discourse in the morn
inc was "Resurrecton triumph" lie
said: H..
"Death has never been the same since
the resurrection OF Christ. He has been
no king of terrors' since then Jesus
was a splendid figure on Palm Sunday, but
he was more splendid still when he ascend
ed into heaven, having risen from the
dead. Wherever the natural course OIL
things ends in unhappiness, injustice OF
failure, the resurrection of Christ means
that there shall be a reversal OF THIS un'
happy order. 1t is not death but lie when
holds the keys of the future. Beyond
death is life which, with a more powerful
sceptre, raises to a more splendid life the
victims of decay. These triumphs the re-
deemed share with Christ. The resurrec'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The Unitarian Church.

The floral display at the Unitarian
church was beautiful and effective, with
flowers massed in front of the pulpit and
at either side. The musical program
voiced the joy and triumph of the Easter
festival. 1t opened with Mrs. Knowlton's
organ voluntary, the "Triumphal march"
by Dudley Buck. Mr.. Miller was at his
best in his solos, Come see the place
where Jesus lay and "Hosanna." The
program was enriched by two cornet solos
by Sewall Morse, played with organ &C
compartment. Mr.. Osgoods sermon from
the text, "Come unto me all We that are
weary and heavy laden" pointed the les
son of the day in brief and simple phrase.
The carols of the Sunday school followed
the sermon as a part of the service and
lent to it a spirit and color which charmed
and uplifted the large congregation which
listened.
The annual collection for the work of
the American Unitarian association was
taken up during the service.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
THE PHdNIX BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY APRIL 3D. 1897

ton of our Lord has an important bearing
on all present day problems. 1t is the revel-
alton of divine purpose to overthrow all
forces of unrghteousness. The victory of
Christ over death prefgures a still greater
conquest when he shall have put all enc.
mics under his feet and return to vindcate
the faith and devotion of his people,
The subject of the evening sermon was
The power of Christ's resurrection"
What an interest people take in ceme-
teries Cities vie with each other in the
beauty and order of these sleeping places
Tor the dead. The day is coming when
tombstones and cemeteries will interest us
no more There will be gates, streets and
mansions in heaven, but no cemeteries
The hope of our race is not in evolution
but in supernatural help. Life is uncon-
querable when God is behind IT,"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23

1t will not cure everything. 1t is not claimed
that it will cure but one complaint, that is dys-
pepsa We cannot say that it will cure every
case of dyspepsia, but it will cure large major
ity of them. Such cases as are adapted TO its use
will derive immediate benefit. One small bottle
viii De sufficient to test il.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial is especially
adapted for emaciated or elderly people whose
food does them little or no good because it is not
digested. The Cordial contains an artfcially di-
gested food and is a digester of food happily
combined. BEAD one of the little books which
your druggist Is now giving away and learn of
this wonderful remedy.
A really palatabe Castor Oil can now be had
under the name Of Laxol.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
In THE LOCAL FIELD.
BRATTLEB0RO'S EASTER,
AL nature in Harmony with the
Spirit of the Day.

me Sermons on the ResurrectIon In IA.
iower-Decked Churches and the Spec
i"l Musical Exercises.
Typical Easter weather marked the great
Snils'i , festival of last Sunday. The sun
shole oLlgnt and warm in an unobstructed
SKY, ana the landscape everywhere gave
evidence OF the quickening into new life
nature own resurrection after the long
steep OF winter. Within the Brattleboro
churches stirring sermons were preached
On the theme which the day suggests,
ana the truths expounded were reinforced
III special musical programs of unusual ex-
Sellence' In all of the churches beautiful
moral displays gladdened the eye and tend
ca TO put the worshippers in touch with
the spirit of the day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
The Roman Catholic Church.

Three services were held at the Catholic
church beginning with low mass at 9
o'clock. At 1880 o'clock high mass was
observed, Rev. Father Cunningham preach
ing helpful and appropriate Easter ser
mon. A vesper service was held at 1880
The choir rendered special Easter music
at each service and the altar was bright
with candles and floral decorations.