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The age-herald., 1897-11-21

No invention, says the London Graphic, involving so radical a change in the construction of steamships has been put before the public since the first steamers were produced at the beginning of the century, as the "roller'' steamship of NJ Bazln, the French engineer Hith- erto the hull of a ship has been built, more or less, egg-shaped, but the Ernest Bazin consists of fiat rectangular deck. supported upon twelve disks or wheels. The vessel, which was launched last year, is only an experiment, so to sp;ak. and is, therefore small, being only of
The age-herald., 1897-11-21
HARPS OF ALL AGES
Instrument Dear to People of
 Many Lands and Periods.
Erom the chieago chronlele.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 Minstrel boys do not go to wars these days with wild harps slung behind them;" neither do venerable bards sit on the gnarled roots of ancient oaks and draw tuneful praises to the god of Baal from the strings of soulful harps. Many another romantic notion that has its setting in the graceful outlines of a | harp is likewise a memory saved from the centuries, but along with them has the harp been preserved to make music as sweet as the souvenirs of it's past.
 The building of harps today is not a neglected art. The progress in this work has been commensurate with the ad- vancement in the construction of other musical instruments and following this has come a revival of interest in the l mellow music of the harp It is even true that the modern harp is such an or nate and costly thing in it's highest ex- ample that the modern possessor sets as much store by it as did the ancient. So much place has been given in his- tory to ths harp that the very appear ance. of one of these instruments today may recall to the least romantic mind a .tinge of the past. One who has read the k old Testament has read of the harp of 1evid. In the holy writ it is relat: q that when he was a shepherd he played on his harp as he tended his sheep. Again when David became king of Israel he did not forget his skill with the harp and when dancers came before him to beguile Che time of the monarch, wEo had so nany deep concerns, the grace of their movements was borrowed from the tones of harps.
 First Known in Israel
 Israel was the first to have harps, and they were held in high esteem by the chosen people of Gcd. In Egypt, how ever, according to the historians who g down the momentous things of the pharaohs, was the harp first introduced into religious rites. These same histo- rians offer to tell the origin of the harp. They recount that Hermes, high priest of Osiris, was one day wandering on the banks of ths Nile, deeply absorbed wi h weighty problems. His foot struck Q tirtoise shell, across the hollow of wi ieh sem dry garments were stretched taut. The vibration of these strings produced pleasing sound that attracted the notics of the priest. For such man bilites in the incident and soon he had primitive harp and gas making music on 1t.
 Following the Egyptians the story of the 'hnrp is next found in the annals of the Irish. It may have be;n the Gaels bof4owed tine harp from the Egyptians It Siay have been a heritage to them from the Israeltes, taken with them when they wandered from the other tribes of the chosen people. It is re- lated in the ancient history of Ireland that the Gaels were dwelling in Egypt at the very time the Israelites were in bondage there. At any rate many
The age-herald., 1897-11-21
TABLE MANN FRS.
Vail of the Man Who Caryes For Large
 Family.

From London Answers.
 "A Veteran" writes to the Listener of the Boston Transcript to complain of table manners in these lattetr days, incl dentally protesting against the hard lot of the father who has to carve for a large family:
 "In the old way we are taught to wait until the carving and helping was done before, b. ginning to dispose of the food, out of respect to the carver, and so that he might have a chance to get some thing to eat and not come out behind all others at the table, but modern ta- ble manners seem to have changed all that, and if the carver gets anythingn to eat he is lucky. Modern table manners also do not appear ito regard it as any way Inappropriate to have newspaper at hand to occupy the time at table. The old way was to occupy the time in lively conversation and reading a paper or N,k was disrespectful. In modern ta-
The age-herald., 1897-11-21
A ROLLER STEAM SHIP.
It's Trial Trip What Experts Say

vessel Is. in Sir Edward Reeds opinion,
 very unsuited to the application of the Bazin system. The rollers are of ne- cessity too close to each other. and conssq squently the systems of waves which the onward movement of he7rollers cre- ates and sends off on each side of each roller very soon reach each other and cause rsactionary turmoil, which is un- favorable to smooth and easy progress, whereas in a much larger ship the pro gress would be much less interfered with by this cause. Then. too, so small a vessel is necs ssarily shallow. and no proper immersion can, under ordinary conditions. be given to the screw pro- peller, and a screw propeller works at a
The age-herald., 1897-11-21

eral ways; but thsre remains the re- markable fact that the vessel steaming at say 58 knots, only with 295 I. H. P. applied to her screw, is increased in speed by fully a knot by the applica tion of only one-ninth of that power to her rollers (from 6.S1 to 6.97 knots) was ob- tained by increasing the power on the rollers to 52.2 I. H. P. Small as this in- crease was. it nevertheless points to the fact that the additional IS I. H. P was much more efficient Whsn applied to the rollers than it would have been if applied to the screw propeller"
The age-herald., 1897-11-21

disadvantage when too near the surface. However, in spite of the disadvantages under which the system was tried, the vessel surprised Sir Edward Rsed by its performance, and he gives the following results of the experiments made on the trip:
 'We began the trials off Havre with very small power and speed. In this first two measured runs only about 112 I. H. P. was exerted by the screw pro- peller engines, giving, with the rollers at rest, g. speed of 4.25 knots. Keeping only the same propelling power al work,
The age-herald., 1897-11-21
The Extraordinary Values
C1OakS.C1OakS
 Fall Wraps
Fine Millinery

If you care to look at
 pretty novelties in French
 Millinery you are cordially E62 .lsx invited to visit our Mili- AEAk/z. .V#S 5 ] ] , ]
 nery Department this XN&xDM DMZ&MM week. We want you to see &sSSxMzzy#H#N the aprettiest hat idsas Ar A#x##M we've introduced this sea- iS<zy# son. In millinery, each IzX brings in it's own colors sz4k and peculiar styles Hence wi 1.[lL' it is that this week ESI 3R show many new novelties @IS2S*3 kNXY the latest French creations $6##z 24Y specially designed and got &SEN NSSJf1 ten upN for November. We H& MNN$SE4A venture to affirm that JS kWMSsF /hEN there is nothing quite like NM sME& these designs shown NhWM elsewhere. N"
The age-herald., 1897-11-21

Last call on Thanksgiving Table Linen. Our assortment is superb. The values we give are unmatchable; first floor.
 LOVEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB
The age-herald., 1897-11-21
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if l. fails to cure. 25c. 9-23-S1t.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
A Sugar Makers Bureau.

AT the animal meeting of the Vermont
Maple Sugar Makers association at Rut-
land last week, Victor |. Spear of Braintree
spoke of the project of establishing a
bureau. His idea is that all sugar makers
must come under the operation of the
same law. To establish a central station
or bureau would enable Vermont to obtain
a more uniform grade of sugar and syrup
than she has at present. The advantage
of bureau would lie in the fact that we
would put the sale of the product in the
hands of men who would attend to it in a
business-like way.
Following out Mr.. Spears suggestion a
committee was appointed to investigate
the advantages of such bureau, and re-
port in regard to the bounty due the sugar
makers. To President-elect Mckinley
and his wife were sent bCX of the best
maple sugar and syrup, frosted cake with
maple flavor and a number of sample
packages of candy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
The Typhoid Fever Epidemic at st.
JOhnsbury.

Health Office Aldrich, of St. Johns
bury, in a letter on the cause of typhoid
fever at that place says: "In the year end
ing December l, 1896, there occurred in
the town of st. Johnsbury AZ cases of ty-
phoid fever. OF these two occurred at St.
Johnsbury Centre, and as both cases were
near the river bank, they are important as
a possible source of infection of the river
water. There were four other cases in
which the disease was contracted else
where-that is, these persons were taken
sick soon after coming to st. Johnsbury,
so it could not have been contracted here.
This leaves 36 cases originating in the viii
lage, and of these "a used the river water
Since December l. 1896, there have been
reported to me 80 cases of typhoid fever,
and 81 of these used river water. One con-
tracted the disease elsewhere and one is a
case of direct contagion, the patient being
taken with the disease while nursing an
other case" The remainder of the letter
is an argument against the river water, and
its utter condemnation for drinking pur-
poses. In conclusion the doctor warns
everybody to boil the water before drinking
it. DR.. Hamilton of the state board of
health has also been at st. Johnsbury, and
after examining the conditions unhesitat-
ingly condemned the river water and warn
ed against drinking it unless boiled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22

Solomon Millington of SALISBURY was
held at Bennington Tuesday in the sum of
$1,000 for his appearance before the grand
jury on the charge of manslaughter. The
state presented nine witnesses, including
the three physicians who conducted the
post-mortem examination. They agreed
that death was caused by the wound in
flicted The other witnesses knew moth
ing of the affair only as they were told by
John or Solomon after the shooting. All
testified that John said between the time
of the shooting and death, that he assault
ed Solomon first. Solomon took cafe of
John most of the time from Sunday night
until Wednesday evening, when he was ar
rested Solomon will furnish bail.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
THE VERMONT NEWS.
5000 Stolen
In Jevelry and Other Goods from th,

In Jewelry and other Goods from the
Doe Brothers store at bradford.
The jewelry and clothing store of Doe
Brothers was entered at Bradford Monday
morning. The bun glars took a lot of cutlery,
silverware, gold pens and clothing valued at
5000. They gained entrance by breaking
light of glass in the store door. A hat
left behind was recognized as belonging to
Henry p. Burke, who on Sunday was seen
about the building, and that evening had
made an inquiry about the hours of the
telephone office, which is over the store.
Burke and his accomplish, who gives the
name of Carroll p. Glass of Sanford, Me-,
were arrested at Lyme, n. H., and brought
to Bradford Monday afternoon. They
were arraigned before Justice l.. f. Hale
and placed under bonds of $1,000 each for
their appearance al the June term of the
county court. In default of bail they
were committed to Jail. Most of the stolen
property was recovered.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
VermOnters in Boston.
Their Annual Banquet a Notable Az
fair---Gen. Towards FelIcitous Adj

Their Annual Banquet a Notable Az
fair---Gen. Towards FelIcitous Adj
dress.
Vermonters by birth in Boston were
told Tuesday night how industrious, how
handsome, how stalwart, how dignitied
and distinguished appearing they were at
the 18th annual reception and banquet of
the Vermont association at the Hotel Ven
dome. Among the people present were
Gov. and Mrs. Wolcott, Gen. and Mrs. o..
o. Howard, Gen. w. w. Henry, president
of the Society of the Potomac, and Mrs.
Henry, Rev. and Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin, Geo.
A. Martin, Charles A. Prouty, interstate
commerce commissioner, and Mrs. Prouty,
President o. d. Adams and eXPresident
f, E. Ladd of the Springfield association,
with their wives; President Lewis IL.
Meader of the Providence association, Miss
Helen Winslow, President and Mrs. DIN
Croker Stevens and Mrs. William A. Bar
ton of the Daughters of Vermont, o. H.
Stevens, Mr.. Barton and Mrs. G. Chandler,
Before dinner was served these officers
were elected: President, Alden Speare;
vice presidents, William +. Fuller, E. j..
Sherman; chaplain, Rev. DR.. Ezra II. By
ington; secretary and treasurer, Elmer f.,
Foss, George w. Brown, Dr. John b.
Brainerd, James NJ. Gleason, Charles A.
Miner, Chester w. Clark, Hasley j. Board
man, Henry A. Hazen and George b..
Knapp.
President Alden Speare next introduced
Gen. o. o. Howard. He asserted that the
only danger to Vermont lay in the posi-
bility of her being depopulated by the TAX
ing of her sons for high political office in
other states and the carrying off of her
daughters for wives of prosperous Boston
men. Other speakers were Gen. w. w.
Henry, George o. Martin, Mrs. c. Chand-
Ter of Cambridge, Miss Helen Winslow
and Charles A. Prouty Letters we're read
from Gov. Grout of Vermont, Congress
man Grout, Senators Proctor and Villas,
Edward j. Phelps and Col. Bancroft and
Gen. Greenleaf.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
Rutland Salesman Disappears, Leaving
Unsettled Accounts.

Willis A. Carpenter, for about 10 years
the travelling salesman of James Everson
& Co. of Rutland, has disappeared, and it
is understood that he is now in Canada.
Carpenter left an unsettled account with
the Everson company of about 5000 and
some unpaid bills. He was in Rutland
about Thanksgiving time, and told his
wife that he was starting on a business
trip. Mrs. Carpenter is now staying with
her father, c. c. Holden, at Shrewsbury,
and her child is with her Mr.. Holden's
son, who married daughter of Senator
Redfed Proctor, is in the employ of the
Vermont Marble company and is stationed
at Boston. 1t has been reported in Rut.
land that Miss Harrington, a real estate
dealer at Melrose, Mass, had disappeared
and that she probably went with Carpen-
ter. No Miss Harrington is known at
Melrose, however. Carpenter was seen in
Troy, y. Y, last week
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
Native Cuban Sentiment.
IL Is the Policy of the Insurgents tc
Bleed Spain TO Death.

Bleed Spain TO Death.
Senator-elect Money of Mississippi, who
recently visited Cuba, says: The first great
force in favor of the Cubans is the senti-
ment of the islanders. The Spanish party,
the tories of Cuba, are at best but few. 1t
is no exaggeration to say that fully 95 per
cent of native Cuban sentiment is on the
side of Gomez, and in feeling, if not in
person, fights for the revolution. The
great wants of the insurgents are horses
ammunition and arms. 1t is not money;
they can get that from hundred sources
But they are unable TO arm themselves. 1t
is this lack of arms which makes the insur-
gent force now actively in the field no more
than 10000 Two hundred thousand all
over the island would join the Cuban
cause if they could lay their hands on guns,
and horses, or other furniture of war.
Public sentiment in Cuba gets much of
its inspiration from the harsh cruelty of
Spanish measures. The Spanards take
no prisoners, but kill the insurrectionists
as soon as captured; they slaughter the
sick in hospital cots, strike down the
nurses by their side; "Pacificos" for slight
or no cause are dragged from their homes
to be butchered; others are deported to be
lost for life in horrible Spanish penal colo
MES on the coast of Africa. 1t is these
things which set the Cuban temper on
edge and make even the women resolve
to perish or free their homes from Spanish
rule.
There have been two or three stories
afioat which told of starvation and lack of
food among the insurgents. This is nom
sense. They will never starve; bread
less condition is impossible in agricultural
Cuba. The insurgents are playing a wait
ing game. They intend that Spain shall
exhaust herself. They know that the war
costs Spain 10000, 900 month they con-
fine themselves, therefore, to keeping out
of Spanish reach, with the purpose of Civ
ing her time to bleed to death while they
harass her.
1t is frequent sad occurrence to see peo-
pie march through the streets of Havana
TO the steamer to be sent for life to the
Chaffarine Islands, off the north coast of
Africa, or to Ceuta or TO Fernando Pc, off
the west coast of Africa. The horrors of
this deportation are incqnceivable in Amer
lea.
Cubans will not now accept pacification
without independence; nor is it correct
understanding of the people there to sup
pose that it would be virtually a negro re-
public if independence should be secured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22


performed, and many personal mat
ters to be attended to. They have
mending to do, and dresses or bonnets
to make, and long into the night they
toll, for they must look neat, and they
have no time during the day to attend
to personal matters.
Women, therefore, Notwithstanding
their delicate organism, work longer
and more closely than men.
They do not promptly heed such
signs as headache, backache, blues,
pains in the groins, bearing-down, "all
zone" feeling, nervousness, loss of
sleep and appetite, whites, irregular
or painful monthly periods, cold and
swollen feet, etc, all symptoms of
womb trouble, which, if not quickly
checked, will launch them in sea of
misery.
There is but one absolute remedy
for all those ills. Any woman who has
to earn her own living will find it
profitable to keep her system fortified
with this tried and true woman's friend.
Lydia f. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound speedily removes the cause and
effects lasting cure.
We are glad to produce such letters
rs the following from Miss NJ. G. Nc
Nance, ia Catherine St, Utica, NY:
For months l had been afflicted
with that tired feeling, no ambition,
no appetite, and heavy bearing-down
feeling of the uterus. began to use
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Soon those bad feelings passed
away began to have more ambition,
my appetite improved and gained
rapidly in every way, and now am
entirely well. advise all my friend 5
to use the Compound. it is womans
truest friend"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
CTATE OF VERMONT. MAINLAND Isl

- The Probate Court for SAID strict.
To all persons interested in the estate of MARY
j. WILDER, la e of Wardsboro, in said District,
deceased, Greeting.
Whereas, Henry n. Fits, Administrator upon
the estate Of Mary J. Wilder has FLED his petition
in this court setting forth that the sale of the
whole of the real estate will be beneficial to the
heirs and all persons interested therein, and pray
ing for license to sell the same. and at the same
time filed in this court what purports to be the
consent in writing Of all the heirs residing in this
state TO such sale. Whereupon it is ordered that
the same be heard al the session thereof to be
held at the Probate Office in Rrattleboro on the
last Saturday of January, A. d. 1897. when and
where you may be heard in the premises, if you
See cause. A. F. SCHWENK, Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22

The 37th annual festival of the Orleans
County Musical association will be held in
Lanes opera house February l, 2, 3, and
), with the following list of artists: Con-
ductor, Prof. Henri G. Blaisdel of Concord,
n. H.; pianist, Mrs. Martha Dana Shep-
hard of Boston; soloists, Mrs. Rose Jen-
kins Maynary of New York, Ross II. May
nard of New York, DR.. Carl E. Duff of
New York, Miss Clara Merrill of Richford,
and Mrs. f. Z. Brown of Boston; reciter,
Mrs. Lucia Mead Priest of Boston, and II
members of Blaisdel's orchestra
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
COMMsSIONERs' NOTICE.

" ESTATE OF GEO. S. DOWLEY.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Pro- bate Court for the district of MARI
boro Commissioners to receive examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Geo s. Dowley late Of
Brattleboro, in said district deceased and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto hereby give
notice that We will meet for the purpose afore-
SAD at William 5. Newtons office in said Brat
tleooro, on the last Saturday of February and the
last saturday of June, next. from O'Clock until
CLOCK each of said days. and that six
months from the seventh day Of January, A D
1887 Is the time limited by said court for said
creditors to present their claims to us for exam
nation ana allowance
uary, A d 1857.
WILLIAM S. NEWTON, .,--,-
q. c, ANERILL. Commissioners
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
--=.-1- oF VERMONT. Marlboro. IS.

Court Of Insolvency.
N matter Of JOHN E. TOWNSEND, an in.
Notice is hereby given that John E. Townsend
OF Dummerston. in said district. on the 9Th day
of January. A. b 1.97. filed his petition in insol-
vency in this court and that a meeting Of his
creditors will be held at the Probate ONCE IN
b attleboro in said district on the goth day OF
January 1897 at ~ o'clock in the forenoon. for
the purpose Of proving claims against, and for
the purpose of choosing one or more assignees OF
said estate and that the payment OF any debts
apo the delivery of any property belonging to
said estate to him. or for his use. and the trans
fer of any property TO him forbidden by law.
A. F. SCHWENK. Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
-l,TATE OE VERMONT. Marlboro. SIS.

- By the Probate Court for Said District
To all persons interesed in the estate OF LINDA
D. SMITH late of Brattleboro in sad district
deceased GREETING.
You ar hereby notified that this court will de
eide upon the allowance of the account OF Charles
d Smith. Administrator upon the estate OF Linda
d. Smith late Of Bratteboro, in said district de-
ceased. and decree distribution tn -reof TO the
persons entitled thereto. at the session thef eof
TO be held at the Probate Office in BrattleborO
in said district on the last Saturday Of January,
A. D. 1897, when and where you may be heard IN
the premises, If you see cause.
F SCHwENK. Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22

= BY the PROBATE Court for Said District.
To all persons Interested in the es tate of NAN
CY NEWTON, late Of Newfane, in said district
dece sed Greeting
hereas nne W. Newton. Executrix, has
presented to this court an instrument purportng
TO be the last will of said deceased, for probate
You are hereby notified that this court will de-
eide upon the probate OF said instrument at the
session thereof to be held at the Probate office in
Brattleboro, in said district, on the both day Of
January. A d 1897. when and where you may
appear and contest the same, # YOU see cause.
A. F. SCHWENK. Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
CrArE OF VERMONT, Marlboro. IS.

y VOuTI OF ITsO TNtlcy.
In matter OF GEO. l. CLARK, an insolvent
debtor.
Notice is hereby given that George l.. Clark. Of
Halifax in said district. on the 9th day of Janu-
airy, A. d 1897, filed his petition in insolvency in
this court. ami that meeting Of his creditors
will be held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro
in said district, the 18th day of January. 1897
at 10 O'Clock 10 the forenoon. for the purpose of
proving claims against and for the purpose Of
choosing one or more assignees OF said estate and
that the payment of any debts and the delivery OF
any property beon Zing to sail estate, to him, or
for his use, and the transfer of any property to
him are forbidden by law.
AZ. SCHWENCK. Register