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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
congregational Church Roll Call.

Congregational Church Roll Call.
The annual meeting and roll call of the
Congregational church was held last even
ing. Supper was served by the ladies' I'M
ion at o'clock, followed by the roll call
and election of officers at 7. The treasur-
er's report showed an income to apply up
on the current expenses of the year OF
$2532.96. OF this income, S1504.25 was
from pew rentals and S507.7S from weekly
offering envelopes. With other incidental
receipts this makes an income of S2532,9 S
for defraying incidental expenses. Salary
of pastor and supplies for janitor and choir
have amounted to $2141.7j; total expenses,
$2470.14. Charities paid out through the
various arms of the church amount to
$110S.53.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
Captain Hcard's Exploit.

Tho speed of the Baltimore clippers
in days gone by made history rebound
with their exploits. Every boy and
girl has read at some time or place of
the piratical, long, low, rakish look =
ing schooners that cruised the ocean
ostensibly as privateers, but chiefly ms
pirates, in those days, aud have mar
yelled more or less at their astoundiD z
adventures. A good story is told of
the late Captain Augustine Heard, that
while in command of fine ship richly
laden, bound from China to New
York, he was overhauled by one of
this kind, which came up under his
lee, fired II shot into his ship, and de.
manded in ''good English" that she
should be hove to. Captain Heard
watched favorable opportunity,
squared his yards, ran the privateer
down, passed over her between the
masts, aud when we'll to leeward
brought his ship to the wind and re-
sumed his course. She had lost some
of her head-gcar. but sustained no
damage in her hull. Captain Heard
left the 'lonG, low, black privateer,
or pirate, to her fate, and had nc
doubt that all her crew perished.
1t WIS a dangerous thing to do, but
Heard relied upon the good timber iu
his ships bows to withstand the shock,
although his heart grew sad ut the loss
OF life. Still, as he put it, "My honor
and life were Mt stake, so he had to GO
under. - Harper's Round Table.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
SHOPPING IN CHINA.

How would you like to so shopping
in Chinn? In the first place you
would have to have stout servant to
carry your money, aud then you
would have to have second servant
to protect the first from thieves and
to see that he didn't run away with the
treasure. Chinese money is all in sill
yer and copper, aud even small sum
is very heavy to carry. The shops,
many of them, are not much larger
than dry-goods boxes, and each OF
them has silver room, or great safe,
where the money is kept. 1t takes n
long time to pay bill, because the
storekeeper is very particular about
every piece of money which he re-
cciyes. lie weighs it carefully, and
your servant does the same with the
change, SO that you will not !'e
cheated.
When q Chinese lady desires tho
pleasure of shopping, she sends SER
want to her favorite dealer with in-
structions as to her particular desires
The dealer thereupon takes down
enough material to load anywhere
from four to ten porters, and goes
around with the invoice to the lady's
home. A European lady can enjoy
the same privilege without any extra
charge or any increase in the price
OF goods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
Beans as an Army Ration.

"Take it altogether" said the old
soldier, "I think / liked beans the
best of the army rations. Hard bread,
of course, was essential, and we ex-
pected to get that any way; but / am
speaking now of the comparative lux
uries on the army bill of fare. l
should prefer corned beef, il that is
sued in the army had been uniformly
of n desirable quality; but often il
was of hardness more like that of
quartz, and of saltiness past belief
by those who have never tried it.
"Salt pork we'll, fat salt pork, even
of the best quality, is not desirable as
a steady diet of food, and we got more
salt porl, than any other meat, and it
was most always not of the best. In
fact, no old soldier will ever forget the
salt pork of the army, but his recol-
by an aurora borealis of delight.
"Not everybody liked beans, but
according to my notion they were the
best of the army rations, all things
considered. If we had n piece of pork
to put in the kettle, so much the bet
ter; but We had salt auy way, and bean
soup, with hard bread to break into it
and n cup of coffee made of meal that
had decided elements of hopefulness
in it.
at is true that sometimes when we
had beans day after day for days to-
gether some of the men would get
tired of them. But you would grow
tired OF ortolaus, wouldn't you, if you
had too many of them.
IL always used to be glad when we
had beans and to this day 1 like now
and then n dish of bean soup, and /
never eat it without pleasant recol'
lections of the army. New York
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
The insects he wished to preserve. -
Youths Banner.
BOYS IN WALL STREET.

A Wall street boy is expected to be
at the Office Mt nine O'Clock in tho
morning, and remain there as long as
his services are needed, though he
usually gets away about four o'clock.
He has an allowance of half an hour
at noon for luncheon, but the rest of
bis time belongs to his employer. He
is expected to he neat in appearance,
clean as to hands and face, well man
nered, truthful at all times, prompt in
obedience, and faithful in guarding
the secrets of his employers.
The duties first assigned to him are
to carry messages, deliver stocks mt
other brokerage Offices, and obtain
checks for them. After n while he is
advanced to making compar isons of
snles of stocks and taking the checks
received from other brokers to be cer-
titled at the banks.
OF late years the Stock Exchange
clearing house has done away with 30
much of the stock delivery by boys
that the number Of them on
the street is not more than half what
it used to be. Formerly it was not
uncommon to see from twenty five to
one hundred boys waiting in line at
each of the prominent banks to get
checks certified, and nearly every
bank employed private policeman to
keep the boys in line and in order.
A story is told of new boy on tho
street who once went to make delivery
; of stock. When the bookkeeper made
/ up tho accounts at the close of the
| DAY he found himself eighty thousand
dollars short, and an examination OF
| the books showed that one Of the boys
had failed to bring back check in
raturn for some stock he had de-
! 'vered.
He was perfectly innocent about tho
! rnatter, and said that he had handed
: .he papers in at the Office whore no
was sent to make the delivery, and as
they gave him nothing he supposed
there was nothing for him to get.
; His employer trented him kindly, and
told him to be careful not to make the
same mistake again. He never did.
That boy is now at the head of one of
the largest brokerage houses on Broad
street. -Harper's Round Table.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

The Y rays have made their appear
ance in court in France. A Marseiles
merchant was run over in the street
and had his clavicle broken. He sued
for large damages, which the owner
of the wagon sought to reduce by al
leging that tho bone had knit together
again and the results of the accident
were therefore not serious. The
plaintiff, however, produced in court
radiograph of his thorax, which
showed that the fractured bone had
not been reunited, Notwithstanding
outward symptoms to the contrary,
and that an incurable injury was the
result. The court was convinced by
this novel testimony and awarded
damages, as claimed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

The Cologne Volks Zeitung says it
has proof that Emperor William, after
the recent political revelations, wrote
personal letter to Prince Bismarck,
appealing to him to be patriotic and
to cease his talking of Germany's past
policy. The Prince, in n published
interview, is quoted as saying: 81
feel tired but not i'll. My complaint
is weariness of life. no longer have
an object in life, and have no official
duties and nothing to see as a spectator
which gives me pleasure. The longer
live, the longer this will be the case.
feel lonely, have lost my wife, and
my sons are occupied with their own
business. Husbandry and forestry
have lost interest for me with advanc-
ing years. / seldom visit the woods
and fields, and do not desire to see
them now that 1 do not ride and do
not shoot. Politics, too, are begin
ming to bore me-"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
THE sPiDER-MoTHER.

A gentleman who was very fond of
collecting insects for preservation was
in the habit of killing them by placing
them in alcohol. He inferred that,
because they soon became qnier, they
had lost all sense of feeling.
One day he had "A large mother-spi-
der and twenty-four of her little ones,
about the size of black pinheads,
which he wished to preserve. So be
put the big spider in the wide-mouthed
bottle OF alcohol, and watched for Il
few minutes her writings and frantic
efforts to release herself; but by and
by the deadly alcohol wrought its
work. She folded her limbs close to
her body, and was Mt rest. The man
was glad that her senses were at last
benumbed. and proceeded to put in
her little children. The instant they
touched the liquor they began to
manifest great pain. That moment
the mother reused herself and, DART
ing her arms in every direction, gath
cred them to her bosom, snd held
them close until death relaxed her
grasp. Who can tell the mother love
in that poor insect, which even the
fumes of alcohol could not deaden!
The naturalist learned lesson by
the experiment, and ever after used
chloroform in destroying the life of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
A NEST THAT TRAVELLED

a farmer who had stored his buggy
in his barn all winter without using ie,
went to market at Mi6dletown in it o
day or so ago, and as he jaunted along
the lonely highway he noted queer
sounds that appeared to come from
the box beneath his seat. Once in a
rough part of the road the vehicle
iolted severely, and the farmer thought
he heard feeble squawk, but he paid
slight attention to it.
Arrived at grocery in Middletown,
however, he thrust his arm beneath
the buggy seat and his fingers touched
something sleek and lively, and there
was no doubt this time that something
in the buggy squeaked loudly. There
upon he threw back the cushion flap
and peered into the dark recess be-
meath the seat. In the middle of the
buggy box in nest of straw and with
fourteen eggs under her, sat one o!
his best Plymouth Rock hens, who had
been trying to keep her temper and
her seat on the eggs all the way, twelve
miles, to Middletown city. She had
about lost her temper, though. and
when he thrust his arm into her nest
she bridled up and flew into his face.
The farmer replaced her and drove
straight home and restored the incu-
bator-buggy, nest, hen and eggs
to its old place in the barn. Chicago
Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
A CHINESE DRuG.sHop.

In st. Nicholas there is an article
by Theodore Wores, the artist, en-
titled "Ah Cans New Year Celebra-
ton" Mr.. Wores gives the follow
ing description of Chinese drug
store in San Francisco: The interior
of the shop presented strange and
Oriental aspect. One corner was
occupied by the household shrine, the
chief feature of which was highly
colored picture of some favorite god.
The smoke of burning incen Sc issuing
from a brightly polished brn2an ves-
sci rose from the altar before this
deity and filled the air with its mys-
terious fragrance. Beside the shrine
on table was an abundant supply Of
refreshment, consisting of cakes, both
red and yellow; of lichi nuts, oranges
and candied ginger,a n number of boxes
of cigars, and last, but not least, of
bottles containing sam-sheu, the favor
lIe beverage OF tne Onlucsc-
All Gau's uncle, dressed in long
yellow silk blouse, was standing near
this table, busily engaged in do
ing the honors to his numerous callers.
He greeted his nephew and his
friend with great co rdiality, and in
vited them to partake of rafresh-
ments; but All Gau modestly contents
ed himself with handful Of dried
watermelon seeds which he dropped
into his cnpacious inside pocket.
One side of tine shop was taken mp by
long counter, and shelves and drawers
extended all around the room. These
were covered and filed with IA great
and miscellaneous collection of strange
and rare herbs and roots. Deerhorns,
in their velvet stage, were suspended
from the ceiling. These, after being
sliced as thin as waters, are boiled,
and produce what is supposed 70 be a
valuable medicine. Dried lizards,
neatly spread on thin bamboo
sticks occupied n basket at one end of
OF the counter. Dried toads, sharks
tails aud many other curious obiccta
used in tho preparation of Chinese
medicines, Uttered the shop from end
to end ;and richly carved and gilded
open-work screen, with two dragons
in the center, extended across tho
middle of the ceiling.
The Chinese are very much behind-
hand in their knowledge OF medicine.
Their methods, which are based on
ignorance and superstition, are quito
as absurd and primitive as were those
OF the Europeans of the Middle Ages.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

When the present war in Cuba be-
gan Spain declared that her admins.
tration of affairs in the island was all
right, that no reforms we're needed
and that no concessions whatever
would be made to the revolutionists.
Now, however, she comes of her high
horse and offers large and varied as
sortmont Of inducements with the
earnest hope that the Cubans may nc
cept them, stack their arms and resume
their labors in the cane fields and to.
bacco plantations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

The Good Roads Congress in Flori-
dn has the satisfaction of knowing
that few people, if any, disapprove of
its avowed purpose, observes the
Washington Star. This country is
not lacking in labor. material or ex-
cusc for the enterprise. A compare
lively few years should find its attain
ments in this respect more in keeping
with its Advancement in other things
which pertain to progressive civili-
ZntiOn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Bicycles are taxed in Frauce.
Maine has n state photographer.

Bicycles are taxed in France.
Maine has n state photographer.
A pound of phosphorus heads l,000,-
900 matches.
The Isle of Man possesses many
privileges and unique features. 1t has
music all its own.
The ancients knew how to cheat.
LOADED dice have been found in the
ruins of Herculaueum.
Twenty years ago there were only
32S miles of railroad open in South
Africa; now there are 2, 800 miles.
The highest village in Switzerland
is Inf, in the valley of the Ayers, 3, 1873
metres above the sea. But on the
Italian side there is the village of
Rery, which lies twenty metres high
er.
Sailors do not like cats. They have
n saying when the cat is frisky she
has gale of wind in her tail, and a
charm is often resorted to in calm
by throwing the cat overheard to raise
storm.
Dentistry is one of the oldest pro-
fessions. 1t is known that the Egyp-
tians had dentists 5000 years ago.
DIR. Gelst-Jacobi of Frankfurt, Ger
many, has written history of dem
tistry from 300 b. @. to the present
time.
There are $50 authorized guides in
the Alps. One hundred and four of
them have taken II regular course of
instruction in their profession and
have received diplomas; 80 of them
are between go and 70 years of age,
and six are over 20.
A London thief has been doing a
thriving business by providing him.
self with hook attached to line, by
means OF which he managed, from
the flat roofs, to secure birdcages with
their inmates, which he sold at great
profit on his investment.
The largest mountain lion probably
ever killed in the State of Washing
ton was killed near Mount Baker two
weeks ago by hunter and brought to
New Whatcom. Its body is seven
feet long, and with tail outstreched it
is more than ten feet altogether.
The "Drummer boy of Arcola H."
who saved the day for Napoleon, is
not myth. At least France does not
consider him myth, and is about to
erect n statue to his memory at Casta-
net, in Vaucluse, his birthplace, where
he was known AS Andre Etienne.
King Humbert of Italy holds the
record of having shot the largest ibex
ever seen. The horns measure thirty
five inches in length the circumference
at the base is nine inches, and the dis
tance between the horns twenty seven
inches He has also shot the second
best specimen, whose horns measure
thirty-four inches.
Perhaps the most remarkable art
exhibit in the world is that of the Luz
natics in the Ville-Evrarl asylum in
Paris. Most of the patients in the
asylum have been painters or design
ers, and the physician in charge inau-
gnrated ''salon" of their works.
The effect on the minds o; patients is
said to be excellent
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

1/
cun get her fair and hold her against
nll comcrs." But when both had
been refused, each man thought the
other was accepted, aud each waited
for the other to brouch the subject.
It was II difficult time. There were
dark looks, but no explosion. They
avoided each other, and this little
cloud, no bigger than woman's
hand, seemed about to cover the whole
sky. Bddy asked for leave of alb
scnco and got it. They did not meet
again until the wedding day.
That day found Biddy still storm
ing ut fate; but Robert, who had
simpler and stronger nature, had put
his own disappointment behind him
and was looking forward with pride if
not pleasure to his friends happiness.
What follows is in Roberts words:
''I got there early and took seat
in the back part of the church. /
wanted to be where | could get out if
my nerve failed inc. Mnny people
came in, and at last the bride, looking
very beautiful, came out from n side
door with three men and stood up in
front. And 1 was proud for Biddy
that he was going to have such Il fine
wife. But | couldn't see him any
where. And the preacher said any
man having an impediment was to
step forward.
"Then | looked for Biddy, but he
| didu't come. | had never before been
at wedding in church, and | thought
maybe it was the way to keep him
corraled in the little room until the
last moment, for fear he would go
back onto the old range.
"The preacher went on saying
things, and didn't pay close atten-
ton, because L was thinking how pretty
she looked, until bold mau in a
Hereford shirt md low-necked vest
took her hand, and the preacher said
q pronounce you man and wife.
"Then / jumped up wild. Great
Scottl' L yelled, that's the wrong
mani
"At that instant somebody clapped
hand over my mouth and hustled
me out of the church.
4" Tf You don't want to get shut up
for drunk and disorderly, said Biddy,
for he it was who dragged me out,
stop that racket
What's up?' 1 said, soon as
could get my breath. why aren't
you in there getting married?'
Il am not in there getting mar
ried,' said Biddy, 'because she
wouldn't have me. / thought you
were to marry her today
"'What, me?' says /. Il never was
within thousand miles of it..
"'Why didn't you say SO, old
man?' asked Biddy.
"'Say so yourself, said /. 'You
were dumb as an oyster.
"Then we both laughed, and while
the folks inside were crowding up to
the front to congratulate tho happy
pair, Bidly and me had hearty
hnndshake on the sidewalk, and we
went home together. "-Argonaut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

According to the statistics recently
published by the Spanish gov
ernmcnt, S,727,5l persons out
of 100000 Spanish inhabi-
tants are not engaged in any
business. No wonder the naughty and
impecunious Dons sneer at the United
States as "a nation of tradesmon, re-
marks the Trenton (N. J.) American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

While Spain craftily tempts the
Cuban patriots with offers of sham re-
form, Weyler makes their acceptance
more and more impossible by his
monstrous brutality in dealing with
Cuban women, exclaims the New York
Mail and EXpress.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

1t is said that Lord Salisbury was
influenced, first in the matter of the
Venezuelan treaty and then of the
general arbitration treaty by the
Rothschilds. When England and the
United States were apparently about
to come to blows over the alleged
Venezuelan encroachments, Baron
Rothschild is said to have gone to
Salisbury with the advice that Eng.
land should give up India and its
South African possessions rather than
to break friendship with the United
States. In these interviews it came
out that the house of Rothschild was
better informed as to the resources
and possibilities of the United States
and the two Americas than even the
Americans themselves. This Roths-
child information has been gathering
for forty years and comes from many
sources. Today ii is compressed into
one great report, which would make
many bulky volumes il put in type. 1t
exceeds in interest to Americans any
report ever compiled and in geo.
logical, agricultural and industrial
way is marvellous for the research
shown to have been made and the
keen insight into the future dis
played by the person who compressed
the facts and jotted down the COM
ments thereon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
A Question of Pronunciation.

Guest (sarcastically) How do you
pronounce the ELECTROMAGNETIC"
Hotel Waiter-I pronounce it "but-
ter" or Id lose my job. Boston
Traveller.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

Millions of men in India live, marry
and rear apparently happy children
upon an income which, even when the
wife works, is rarely above fifty cents
n Mnpk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

Switzerland is the oulv civilized
country in the world which grants no
patents for inventions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-21
FOREST PRESENTATION.
minnesota Forestry Association
Tackles the Problem.

Minnesota Forestry Associn ton
Tackles the Problem.
st. Paul, Jan. 16.-The State Forestry
association held IN interesting and well
attended meeting, President Owen pre-
siding: Interesting papers were read
by j. n. Avis, NJ. O. Nelson, Il. Ii. l..
Jewett. Prof. w. w. Prendergast.
Chief Fire Warden Andrews and 9th
ers. Gen. Andrews drew attention to
the fact that owing to lack of settlers
there We're districts unprovided with
fire wardens, and owing to the fire.
quent visits of hunters, cruisers, land
seekers. tourists and others, these Sec
tons were the ones most exposed to
extensive fires. The number of fires.
he thought, was likely to increase as
the country settled up more He urged
the planting OF white pine on denuded
tracts and more thorough diffusion Of
knowledge of forestry among the peo-
pie through the public schools. He ad-
vocatcd, too, the furnishing of the seed
lings free to those who would plant
them.