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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

In list of appointments sent to the
Senate by the President on Tuesday was
that of John G. Foster of Derby Line to
be United States consul at Sherbrooke,
p. Q. During the official term of the late
eX-Gov. Fuller Col. Foster was a member
of his staff. He is nan Of good re,ute
throughout the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

For persistency and frequency in seeking
offices for his constituents Senator Proctor
OF Vermont is credited by some of the
Washington correspondents with standing
third on the list. Senator Mason of Illinois
heads the list and Cullom of the same state
stand seconds, while Quay modestly takes
fourth place. Well, why shouldn't Vermont
stand high on the list, since she turned
the scale for McKine ey' in the ante-con-
vention work last year
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
President Mckinley signed promptly th,

President Mckinley signed promptly the
joint resolution adopted by both houses of
Congress appropriating $4,000 for the re-
lief of suffering Americans in Cuba, and
Consul General Lee at Havana was au-
thorized to draw at once for $40 600 of the
fund. 1t was decided to send part of the
relief in the shape of grain or other food,
and the free use of Ward line steamer
has been rendered to carry these supplies
to Cuba
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

Senator Morrill, suffered last week an at
tack of bronchitis. His illness was not
serious, but as wise precaution, remem-
bering his advanced years, he remained at
home, and for few days kept his bed.
This week the Senator is in the enjoyment
of his usual health.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

Gov Grout has been credited with hav-
ing good many colonies on his staff, but
he isn't in it with Gov. Atkinson of
Georgia who is going to the Tennessee ex-
position one OF these fine days surrounded
by no less than 81 gilt-laced members of
his "oflicial family"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
A Reform Begun in brooklyn.

An encouraging sign of the times comes
from Brooklyn, n. Y, where the leading
woman's club of the city has taken up the
birdless hat crusade, and is making, at its
club rooms, an exhibition of hats and bon
nets upon which no birds are used. 1t is
added that this new departure in millinery
is greatly admired by the many women
who have visited the exhibition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN.O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you package
of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the
place of coffee. The children may drink it with
out injury as well as the adult. All who try it,
like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains,
and the most delicate stomach receives it without
distress. one-fonrth the price OF coffee. Fifteen
and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grooers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
Gbe Uermunt ]pBemix.
EN- PAGE s.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, MAY 2S, 1897.

President Mckinley has appointed
Whitelaw Reid special ambassador to rep
resent the United States at Queen Vic.
torias Jubilee celebration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
THE VERMONT PHENIX.
o. L. FRENCH.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT uaA-flEBoRo, VT,

TERMS: 81 50 per year in advance; if not paid
within the year, 81 F
RATES OF ADVERTISING furnished on application
Births, deaths and marriages pubiished free.
Obituary Notices, Cards of Thanks, etc IS cents
per inch Of 12 lines or less
Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office as sec
ond lass mail matter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
The Practical Element in this ouestio

n
A writer in the Ladies' Home Journal
says: II have recently gone to consider
able pains to find out from farmers to
what extent the decrease of birds is affect
ing their crops, and find that the condi-
ton is more alarming than we, who live in
the cities and large centres, have any idea
of. All the farmers to whom l spoke or
wrote agreed that last year the increase of
insects was unusually great, while the de-
crease of birds was even greater. For
every hundred birds killed, about sixty are
born. Hence it is easy to see that the
greater the number of birds killed the
more exposed become the crops of the
farmer TO the insects. The same may be
said of our trees, for the bird is really the
balance of nature. To what extent this
balance has been upset by fashion is easy
TO realize from the statement that during
1896 the plumage of over 100000 birds
was received in New York 1t is
these things which l would like women to
think about when they purchase birds for
their hats. Naturally a supply depends
upon a demand. If women would stop
buying hats adorned with birds or their
plumage the birds would not be slaughtered.
Those who kill the bird cannot be rightly
attacked. They simply supply demand.
The reform in this matter lies with the
women who have adopted this fashion"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
Dinner Sets.

CTILL they come in great variety. II you are
Othinking OF buying dinner set, It will pay you
to look our stock over. We have some Of the pret-
tiest patterns out, and very cheap. Look at our
ten-piece toilet sets In four coors, pink, blue,
the new green, and brown, only $l9S per set. Our
81 90 set Is a beauty and would not be high at SO.
OnT new glass ware is exceedingly pretty. We
have just received another large invoice Of steel
enamel ware at a very low price. Teapots, 25
cents and up; wash basins, To- 20 and 25 cents. In
fact our store is chuck full of bargains and we
cannot tell you all about them. Come and see
them. W1LCOX'S NEW YORK BARGAIN
STORE, Bratteboro. Vt. Athol and Greenfield
Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

The suggestion is current in Washington
that President Mckinley may appoint ex-
Senator Edmunds minister to Spain, on
account of his well-known opposition
to jngoism, and because his opinions
would be respected, and he would not be
influenced by passion or prejudice in either
direction if he were at Madrid. When
this matter was mentioned to Mr.. Ed
munds he said president Mckinley and
the members of his cabinet understand my
sentiments in reference TO holding public
offices. retired from the United States
Senate to enjoy the rest and quiet of pri-
vate life. am averse to holding any pub
lie Office and have no inclination to go
abroad in any capacity"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
where Algrettes Come From.

The aigrettes, which have come to be
such a common adornment in the bonnets
Of women, are composed of the slender de-
composed feathers that grow at one time
of the year (the breeding season. on the
back of the egret or white heron, and drop
gracefully over the sides and tail of the
bird. This is one of the most beautiful of
the Southern birds. W. H. Hudson, an
eminent ornithologist, in writing or this
subject and the cold-blooded cruelty and
loss of bird life which are involved in Sc
curing these plumes for the market, saws
the time when the hunters make their at
tack is when the young birds are fully
nedged but unable to fly, because it is then
IhaI the sollctude OF the parent birds is
the greatest and they are most forgetful
OF Their own danger. Taking advantage
OF this instinct for the protection of their
young the onslaught is made at this care
fully chosen time, and when the killing is
finished and the few handfus of coveted
feathers have been secured the bodies of
the murdered birds are left to tester in
white heaps and their orphaned young to
starve miserably.
The cruel methods of these Florida
plume hunters are notorious. One New
York milliner alone has employed from 40
to 90 gunners in this wretched work, and
1t is not uncommon for single hunter to
Kill as many as 100 birds day for days at
time. The suffering and desoation
which result are dreadful to contemplate.
ANY person who notices these agrette
plumes waving not singly, tut often in
clusters, on the heads of so many women.
must know that the slaughter has not been
by thousands but by Millions"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

trimming and ornaments being in the
main of flowers, ribbons and laces. Nav
it prove the beginning of a new and last
ing departure in the milliners' art.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

c. J. Bell, president of the Vermont
Maple Sugar Makers association, estimates
Nermont's maple syrup and sugar crop for
this year at l6, 600, 600 20 Is, 900, 900 pounds.
This is one-third more .han in 1896, and
double the product oi 1895. The quality
of this years crop has never been sur
passed. The value Of the crop to Yer
mont farmers is estimated at $1,000, 600.
Twenty-three states of the Union make
maple sugar, but Vermont produces nearly
one-half of the total annual crop. New
York stands second in the amount made.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
Wanted.

A MIDDLE aged woman of some experience to
N work on a milk farm near the village OF Put
new, Vt in family OF three. Address, A. W. J.
WILKINS, Putney, vt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
BICYCLES FREF.
Ask about it SENG BROS.
A BAD LORD.

San Francisco. Cal, Sept.-In the
person of Sir Harry WestwoOd Coop
er. now confined in the city prison,
Chief of Police Lees believes he has
bchlnd the bars. one of the most noto-
rious bank swindlers who ever -operat-
ed in this or any other country. Cooper
claims that he is a nephew to the
late Sir Ashley Cooper, surgeon to
Queen Victoria and that he had come
into the Sir Ashley title and succeeded
to his vast estate in Australia with the
present value of 100000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
MORE GOLD.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Sept. l.
Later Developments tend TO substan-
tate all that has been reported con-
corning the discovery of the recent
gold mines at Michicoten. There is
no end of excitement here in conse-
quence.
The tug, Annie Clark returned from
the gold fields last evening with
Mackie, one of the owners of the first
location. Mr.. Mackie brought down
with him 30 ounces OF gold valued at
500. This gold was extracted from
surface quartz. The tug will return
today with prospectors. A party Of
fourteen residents of the 500 depart
ed last evening on specially charter
ed boat The territory characterized
by gold indications is an extensive one
and it will take some time to prospect
it thoroughly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
a soUTH AMERIcAN R. R.
Engineers on Their Way Down There
TO Survey The Route.

Engineers on Their Way Down Their,
To Survey The Route.
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 1.-W. E.
Hanson and John Case, civil engineers
of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railway, will leave shortly for Bo-
gotta, Colombia, South America. to
make survey OF the route for the pro
posed railway to be built by Kansas
City capitalists. They are sent by L.
l.. Martin, A. w. Sillwell, Robert
Gillian, Robert j. Trimble and other
officers of the Plttsburg & Gulf sys-
tenn, who have secured concession
from Colombia, through James Ed
ward Buckley, acting vice-consul of
this country at Bogota. The engineers
expect to be gone three months, sur
veying route of $50 miles of rail
way from Port Kilches, $50 miles from
the mouth of Magiliena river to Bogo-
ia by way of Bucaramango. If they
make a favorable report it is the in
tention to organize stock company
TO build the road.
Mr.. Buckley, who went to Bogota
two years ago to secure the concession
left Kansas City for New York last
night. He will meet Hanson and
Case there and the party will leave
New York on September A for South
America. Buckley lives in Spokane,
Washington. He was a school boy in
Kansas City Recently he was APP
pointed vice-consul by ConsulxGeneral
JacOn Sleeper. The building of such
a line of railway will require at least
two years. Native labor, with Ameri-
can overseers will be employed. All
care, engines and train equipments
will come from this country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
BICYCLE FREE.
Ask about it SENti EROS.
MILLIONAIRE WEEDS AN ACTRESS

MILLIONAIRE WEEDS AN ACTRESS.
San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 1.-Miss
Margaret Craven, daughter of the de
PENDANT in the Angus-Craven suit, who
claims a portion of the estate of the
late Senator Fair, will be married to-
day to Henry Koehler, president of the
American Brewing company, of st.
Louis. Miss Craven is a professional
actress and is noted for her beauty.
The groom is 80 years old and a mil
lionaire. The engagement was an
nOunced some time ago, but was de
MED. 1t is now stated that the we'd
ding was postponed until Miss Craven
had testified in her mothers behalf.
This she did last week and the marri-
age ceremony will be performed by
Rev. NJ. NJ. Gibson, of the First Unit
ed Presbyterian church.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
JUDGE GREEN'S COURT
A Murder Case from La Sale Coun-
ty Set-Other News.


A Murder Case from La Sale Coun-
ty Set-0ther News.
In the Thirty-seventh District court
this morning a case of James L. Long,
charged with murder, being change
of venue from La Sale county, was
set for trial for September p, and a
special venire of 100 men was order
ed.
Judgment nisi was rendered in the
cases of e. ]. Hammond, Albert Smith,
Jack Lyons. Burt Wolfe, David Fairly
and George Fennell, appeal from JUS
tice court
The appeals in the following cases
were dismissed on account of defective
bonds, and writs of procedendo were
granted: r. A. Radke, Julia Melon
aid. Louise Moore, Casper Ringlestein
and Kittie Griffin.
A case against Antonio Rivera was
dismissed on account of the death OF
the prosecuting witness.
Jacob Schurch pleaded guilty to q
charge appealed from Justice court
and was fined $25 and Mrs. B. l.. Nix
also pleaded guilty and was fined $40
Cases against Pedro Ruiz and JohT
and Sarah Brewer were dismissed.
A defaulting witness in an appeal
case of Levy Wurzbach was fined
S25. and attachments issued, returna
BILE Saturday.
A case of John Mcnamara, charged
with assault. appealed from Justice
court. was continued and I. ]. Por
ter and Tom Smith. defaulting wit
Inesses, were fined $25.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
A WORTHY APPEAL.

Headquarters United Confederate
Veterans, Texas Southwestern Di-
vision.
Brevet Major Gen. W. G. Kroeger,
commanding.
Col. ]. Rieley Gordon, A. A. G.
Lit. Col. Il. p. Claudon, A. A. A. G..
To the citizens of San Antonio:
Six weeks from today the Texas Di-
vision United Confederate, Veterans,
consisting of lac camps will meet in
San Antonio in annual reunion.
From information on hand there will
be very large attendance.
The same organization met in this
city ten years ago. Thanks to the
very liberal assistance which the
home organization then received from
the good people of our city, it was a
grand success and is today a green spot
in the memory of many old veterans.
On behalf of Albert Sydney Johns
ton Camp, No. IA, U. G. ", in behalf
of myself and those who are associat-
ed with me in charge of the sub-divi-
sion of Southwest Texas, of the U. G.
v. l now appeal to the good people of
our city, to their patriotism and their
pride in "Old San Antonio" for an
equal, as liberal and generous assist
ance as our predecessors received.
This will be perhaps the last time
that you will have an opportunity to
entertain the men of 61-65; IL they
perchance should meet again here ten
years hence, 1t will be only the rear
guard. The main armies of the Con
federacy will have crossed the river
to eternal rest.
In a few days a committee will
make a canvass of the city. l hope
all will subscribe as their hearts die
tate. Respectfully,
W. G. KROEGER,
Brevet Major Gen. S. w. Division OF
Texas, U. G. V.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

| residence on New Braunfels avenue
| had been robbed last night. He sent
| her to the detectives. She did not
give her name.
The floor on the Navarro street
bridge has been completed and traf-
fic has been resumed.
-Sallie Ewing will be tried before
Recorder Lewis tomorrow for cursing
Emma Brown.
Recorders Court Clerk HertZberg
issued an alias warrant for the arrest
of Pearl Daniels this morning. She
failed to appear in court TO answer
to the charge of fighting. a $500 bond
was ordered by the recorder to be
exacted of her before she should be
released.
The open season for wild turkey
begins with today, lasting until May
10Th.
During August there were 1,530
meals supplied city prisoners.
-AIissLizzieBetzer,a charming young
lady milliner, is confined to her home
with the dengue.
The fines assessed by Recorder
Lewis this morning amounted to $40,
but Capt. Hennessey did not collect a
cent, all the prisoners fined going to
Jail.
Police officer Pat Stevens vagged
Bernardo Soils on his beat yesterday
for draining the contents of beer kegs
standing on the sidewalks. Recorder
Lewis this morning fined him $40 or
thirty days.
Nineteen city prisoners were sup
piled with suppers last night and
eighteen were furnished breakfast
this morning.
SO far during the sewer investiga
ton 1T has been discovered that eX-
Mayor .ElmendOrf was not connected
with the sewers.
The city assessment committee
will hold an important meeting tomOr
row afternoon.
Miss Lizzie Sens has begun cree
ton of a dwelling at No. 323 Denver
Ward Z, 10 cost $3.50.
One of the city fire engines was
used yesterday to pump out cellar of
Franck Bros. store at the Sunset de-
pot which had become filled with wa
ter rom a spring. in the floor of the |
cellar.
The city sewer cOmmitte met yes |
erday afternoon and received the an
sWer of Messrs, KatZ, Crandall & |
IIatz, on the condition of the outfall |
sewer. The contractors throw the |
blame for the defects in the work on |
he city engineer,in the use of inferior |
Now is the small boys season for |
marble playing and the toy hsops are |
having quite a run on 'aggies."
Mr.. Otto Robitsch, the popular
Austin street grocer, wears a broad |
smile on account of the safe arrival |
IF fine 12-pound boy.
Miss Lizzie Franz celebrated her |
18th birthday anniversary and the |
of her teens yesterday after
noon with jolly party of young peo-
Die at her parents residence, No.
1923 Buena Vista street.
-GeroniIno Cassiano was saving a
BOARD this morning at Sloan and Shell
ley's and almost sawed off a piece of
his left hand.
Mr.. David Lambeth, a well-known
man and Miss Hortense
Ross were quietly married this morn
ing at the brides residence on Avenue
G, and left for Corpus Christi ON a
honeymoon trip.
Emma Studer, aged % years, died
yesterday at S07 Chestnut street. She
was afflicted with heart failure and
also had the dengue fever. The fun
eral will take place this afternoon at
) O'Clock.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
BICYCLE FREE.
Ask about it SENG BROS.
AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSN

Saratoga, N. Y, September 1.-The
third day of the American Social Sci
ence association was devoted to the
department of health. Papers on va
rious subjects were read.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Prof. James Lukin and wife have
returned from Boerne.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
ADvANCE IN LUMRER

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. There
is a marked advance in the price of
white pine lumber, which will take
effect next week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
pRosELYTING MINERs.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. Miners and
their wives continued their marching
early this morning and several min
ers were induced to quit work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
BICYCLE FREE.

a Spaulding Bicycle, brand-new,
price $75. Given away October 9th.
S-31-2t SENG BROS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
RICYCLE FREE.

A Spaulding Bicycle. brand-new,
price $50. Given away October 9Th.
S-31-2t' SENG BROS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
HORSES! HORSES! HoRsEs!!!

II you are in need of Of a horse, be
sure and call at once. Special prices
during the summer.
7-2s-tf d. ]. WOODWARD.
Evening star., 1897-03-06

with them the suction engine now in pos
session of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen
of Washington, at 10th and II streets.
1t is refreshing to read. in the accounts
OF the three inauguration balls in March,
lS4a, that Mrs Col. Bliss Miss Bettyl. the
daughter of President Taylor. in her sim
pie white dress, with roses in her hair
took all hearts by storm, with the artless-
ness of a rustic belle, and the grace of a
duchess, and that Frederika Bremen STYLED
her One of the Graces.' There may have
been at the ball this week more elaborate
toilets. but 1t is doubtful If there was a
more attractive lady there than was Mrs
Bliss when she accompanied her father to
their balls given In his homer forty-eight
years ago. Mrs. Taylor was so domestic
In her tastes that she spent most of her
sixteen months at the White House in her
ors OF the house, and these she assumed
with such unassumng dignity that Miss
Betty was soon the most popular lady in
Washington.
1t is interesting to note that slightly
over half century ago the Baltimore
Washington, and fifty feet front on Penn
sylvania avenue and I'd street was amply
sufficient for its ordinary purposes The
time made for that day was great, for
Harrison's inaugural address was carried
TO Baltimore in seventy-fiye minutes AT
the Eext Inauguration Polk's in ls45. some
enterprise was exhibited by the railroad
company providing three morning trains
from Baltimore for excursionists on which
the price for the round trip ii twenty-four
noGrs was S2oU. the rate of single fare.
Inc train bearing the inaugural address
left at I:51 and reached Baltimore AT
l2:es. and at the Relay House. and I'm
baltimcre printed copies of the address
were passed 10 engines to carry to Cum
berlard, Philadelphia and other places
Evening star., 1897-03-06
UTILIZING WAVE POWER.
An Enzlishman's Invention Expert
mentally Successful.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New lOIk 1rlDune.
One of the great forces of nature which
engineers have sought to utilize is that of
the waves. This originates. of course. in
the friction between wind and water. many
miles away perhaps: but II is a recognized
and considerable power, that at present
goes 10 waste. Among the more recent at
tempts to harness the waves is that made
by B. Morley Fletcher. a civil engineer of
London. His apparatus has been tried. ex-
perimentally. during the last few months in
Dover harbor. and the results have en-
couraged the inventor and his hackers to
contract for the construction of a much
larger motor of the same kind.
In Mr.. Fietchers device there is a metal
buoy. shaped like a cheese box. four feet
In diameter. This rises and falls with the
waves. Fifteen feet below il, far
enough down not to be affected by the
having four five times the area of the
top of the buoy. This plane remains. sta
tionary when the latter rises and falls.
Frcm the center OF the plane a guide rod
reaches upward, and. encircling this. a
tube extends part of the way downward
of the apparatus maintain the same vertical
axis. although they alternately approach
and recede from each other.
To the under side of the buoy are also
attached two slender pump cylinders. which
rise and fall with the buoy. Pistons are
fitted thereto. and the Npiston-rods are se-
cured to the motionless plane below. 1t
will be seen that by this arrangement the
pistons are kept stationary, while the
cylinders slide up and down on them. Some
times the stroke Is scarcely more than an
inch in length, and sometimes 1t Ii nearly