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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
An Alleged DYnnmiter on Trial.


Chas. X. Wales is now being tried in the
Washington county court charged with at
tempting to destroy Goddard seminary at
Barre with dynamite Wales is the son of a
highly respected people Of South Barre. He
was seen in the building a short time be-
fore the fire broke out. After the fire was
under control six sticks of dynamite were
found in box in an upper room. Had
the fire reached the dynamite the building
would have been destroyed and many peo-
pie injured. Wales had in the meantime
taken train to Montpelier but returned
from there to Barre on the first train, and
then instead of going to the seminary
building made his way directly to his home.
He said nothing about the fire at home,
and his parents knew nothing about 1t UNI
I'll younger son, who had been fighting
the flames, returned home. Wales has
been identified by the clerk in Blanchards
hardware store at Montpelier as the youth
who bought dynamite there, saying that he
wished to use it in splitting wood.
Rev. X. G.. Bugbee of Wells River has
received a call to the Congregational
church at Athol, Mass, at salary of
$1,000 year and the use of the parsonage.
Arthur f. Stone, proprietor of the ST.
Johnsbury Caledonian, will leave for Eu-
rope Feb. o, TO spend two months travel
ing in Italy, France, Germany and Eng
land.
Rev. Charles A. Reese, pastor of the
Baptist church in Rutland for eight years
has been appointed secretary of the cor
poration and faculty of Newton theologi-
cal seminary, entering upon his duties
Jan. /.
The stock for the new shoe factory at
ST. Johnsbury is nearly all subscribed, and
ii is expected that Amos T. Stocker will
move his factory there from Lynn, Mass,
at an early date. Employment will be
give to 100 hands.
The executive committee of the Yer
mont State Pharmaceutical association has
elected w. II. Gladding Of Barre TO the
presidency of the organization, TO fill the
vacancy made by the resignation of +. NJ
Styles of Burlington.
Felix Liberty an employee of the Smith
Il Brainard company at Beldens, attempt
ed suicide Thursday by jumping into the
river. He had on so many clothes that he
did not sink Immediately, and the cold wa
ter evidently brought him TO his senses
He scrambled to the bank where he was
found groaning and in an exhausted con-
dition.
Fred Lane, formerly of Montpelier, was
arrested in jamestown, y. Y, few days
ago, charged with burgarizing the house
of S. +. Nixon of Westfield, n. Y. Lane
was formerly a salesman in the retail de-
partment of the Montpelier Hardware com
pany. Upon the night of the burglary
Mrs. Lane attempted to commit suicide in
the Powers House at Westfeld, claiming
that her husband intended TO desert her
Mrs. Lane was formerly an actress. Lanes
father is well-to-do resident of Montpelier
The young man is still in Jail in default of
hail
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

Mrs T. q Read D, with her son, +. d. Read.
col A T. r-sr.Ul was home for Christmas.
Arthur F6H-,, D, Ilme from Phillips Andover.
G A Bro.,...Orh hinge, Mass, wa in town this
week.
A.E Batrt-.-r Il, home from Mddlebury col.
lege.
Rev NJ Hardy in New Hampshire this
week
Miss Grace Bleed home from Northheld sem
mary.
Carlton M. ..o.uH Howe visited in town this
week
Miss Cora Mason .a returned home from Sax
tons River.
Mr. and Nj Flord are occupying rooms
in .. o, Ober -S-
Miss Franc, % 4jN OF heene, y. H., is visit
ing her grandId'-l,.
Mrs Holme, a1l ~ grandson from Massa-
chusetts are vsfcg a, u Davenport 3
Miss Ware Of ,r-.r.t.td Mass, is spending the
HOLIDAYS with l-r Var,ubs. Mr.. and Mrs Maurice
Ware.
Union service, a,-e ar at the Baptist church
Sunday morning 10th I'd tors occupying part
Of the time.
Miss Carrie Mason was liged to come home
from her school 10 Craft asst week on account
of bronchitis.
Rev l.. ID. Temp q ttleboro gave very
interesting lectur- 10 b Vbicyce trip through
Scotland at the Baptist end Fch Tuesday evening
A collection was taken for he benefit OF the SUI
ferers from the trr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

Al disorders caused by a biIion.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

,.,l DO not allow your system 10 90.
taking Hoods Sarsapariils. , well a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

ELY'S CREAM BALM is a positive cure.
Apply into the nostrils. tits quickly absorbed. 90
cents at Druggists by mail samples 1Oc. by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren St, New York City.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
WORN OUT"
A COMMON EXPRESSION USED BY
AMERICAN WOMEN.

Many do not Realize the Full Significance
of Those Two Words.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

posal, but such as intend to be guilty of so Villaineus a Crime" The general court of Massachusetts, appreciating the disturb anee to the peace Of the community likely to attend the carrying out of such a pro- gramme as this, promptly suppressed Har- ris' papers and 1t was fifteen years later before anybody found courage snough to make another and less perilous essay in the same field
 It will besseen from this that in those early days newspaper men had a hard road to travel and It must be admitted that their successors have not found a howery pathway
 If newspaper man fails to print the whole truth he is denounced as a liar. and If he prints it about criminal matters the preachers jump on him and say that he is leading factor of crime.
 A newspaper can't please everybody.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
The South Since the War.

In the last number of The Southern States Mir. H, H. Holladay summarizes the progress of the south since the war. He takes the states of Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Flor ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Texas, which in 1870, five years after the war were impoverished, while the north ern states were prosperous.
 From the census reports of 1870 and 1890, MT. Holladay shows that the south in the latter year had progressed in many lines beyond the north in the for mer year. Here are some of his facts and figures:
 ''In 1870 the total population of the Union, outside the south, was 2. .307, ,96O. The total population of the south in 1890 was S,S27,- 704.
 ."In 1870 the total area of farm lands in the Union, outside the south. was 223, 755,- 317 acres. Tn the south in 1890 it was 24s,- 979,617.
 Tn 1870 the total number of horsese and mules on farms in the Union, outside the south, was 5,7s4.376. In the south in 1890 the number was 4.960,530.
 "In 1870 the total number of cattle of all kinds in the Union, outside the south, was 14,e2S. .402. In the south in 1890 the total was 14,62S 402.
 'The total amount of coal marketed in 1880, including the south, according to the census returns, was -7O,000,000 tons. The production of coal in the south has risen from less than 4,O00 900 tons in 1880 to 24,0Oo,- GOO in 1894, an increase of more than six fold.
 'The toal production of pig iron in the Union, outside the south, in 1870 was 1,922,- 4s5 tons. The total production of pig iron in the south in 1892 was 1.791, ,O36 tons. That is to say, the south fell only 1S1 000 tons be- low the production of the north and the west In 1870, or less than per cent.
 'The total number of miles of railroad in the United States in 1870 was 52912. The south had at that time 12, 514 miles, reducing the total railway mileage of the states and territories outside the south to 4035S.
 "The total number of miles of railroad in operation in the thirteen southern states in 1891 was 4S225, an excess over the total mileage of railroads in the Union, exclusive
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
The Truth About Ice Water.

The, excessive use of ice water in Ansr- dca has drawn upon us the criticism Of all the rest of the world. In many regions of Europe, India and South America this beverage is unknown.
 Us the drinking of so much ice water hcalthful?
 Dr. William A. Hammond the eminent surgeon, answers The question in the neg ative. He says the appetite for ice water is the result of education. It leads to dangerous results, for the doctor says that it may cause sudden death when person Is overheau=d. IA big drink of ice water reduces the temperature of the solar plexus so suddenly that the action of the heart is greatly lesssned, some- times causing instant death Persons fre- quently feel fainN and turn pale after drinking ice water. They attribute this to heat or ovsr-exertion, but the truth is they have so weakened the heart as to preverIt it from sending due amount of blood to the lungs and brain.
 Very cold drinks cause neuralgia and injure the teeth. They check digestion by contracting the blood vessels of the stomach. thus arresting the work of the gastric juice. Confirmed dyspepsia fol- lows, and sometimes cancer of the stom- ach.
 Water for drinking purposes should not be under 90 degrees, says Dr. Hammond. This is within the reach of everybody, even during the hot season. Any we'll will furnish it, or ahousehold faucet, if it is allowed to run few minutes.
 These warning words should be headed, but the great majority will Iashly tempt fate. The Americans are a law unto themselves in the matter of diet and drink. They manage to safely swallow things which would be rank poison to other people
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
Get Ready For Business !

Reports from every quarter from cap italists, business men, trade journals and commercial agenctls, all agree in declar- ing that we are entering an era of pros perity.
 our big crops, the demand for them in Europe and other natural causes have revolutionized the situa- ion, and we have already crossed the boundary of good times.
 'It may be set down as a fact that our producers will get better prices, and that there will be a greater demand for labor from now on. Capi al will sersk new fn- vestments, especially in the south, and for several years to come we may expect Ito see busy and prosperous times.
 But it may be we'll to remind some great change for she better in their con- dltior unless they have something that is in demand, el.hsr in the shape of materi- al pnodud,s, labor or enterprise The man who produces nothing and is incap- able of doing good work will not fird his pocket filled with dollars every morning when he wakes up.
 Prosperity isi here, but it comss to. visit the industrious, enterprising and thrifty. 1t will not bless the idle and the wasteful.
 We hope to see Birmingham maintain her past reputation, and becom= a vert.- able beehive of industry Nature has deStfne ed o,ir oitv- for ono of tha r,,oa to~t industrial centers of the continent, and now is our opportunity.
 Gat us clear the decks and get every thing in shape for this fall and winter will see everything in Birmingham humping itself" We must show our appreciation of prosperity by putting in our best work
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
"A Hard Road to Travel.

The New York Times gives the follow ing brief account of the first newspaper printed in this country by Benjamin liar ris:
 This was issued from Boston press in 16gO and was entitled Public, ,Occurrances, both Foreign and Domestick." Among the aims announced by Harris was to do some thing "toward the curing, or at least the charming, of that Spirit of Lying which prevails among us. He, therefore, de- clared that nothing should be admitted to the columns of his paper save what he had reason to believe was true, and that in quest of such material he would repair to the best fountains of information In his very candid prospectus, Harris adds: "When there appears any material mistake in anything that is collected, 1t shall be corrected in the next. Moreover, the Pub fisher of these Occurrancs is willing to en- gage. that whereas, there are many False Reports. maliciously made, and spread among us, if any well-minded person will be at the pains to trace any such false Re- port. so far as to find out and Convict the First Raiser of it, he will in this Paper (unless just Advice be given to the con- trary) expose the Name of such person. as a malicious Raiser of False Report. It is supposed that none will dislike this Pro
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
MidMinter Heat of Mexico

Perhaps the most trying sun we have here on the tableland is the midNinter sun, so intense that the native expres- sion is that ''it bites" and yet men per- form great journeys on foot or hersebacG under the sun of winter without injury. This may be the classic land of manana, of delay and procrastination, but the people have stronger nerves, and life. though led on simpler lines, is happier in many ways. Nobody goes mad here from the heat, nobody tumbles down a corpse in the streets from the effects of the sun, and rarely any one remarks about the Wea ther. From the time of United States Consul Strother down to the present time residing and visiting Americans have never wearied of prais- ing the incomparable climate of Mexico's tableland.--Mexican Herald.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
WITH THE ALABAMA EDITORS.

The Shelby Sentinel joins the Age Herald for an armor plate factory for Birmingham.
 The Abbeville Banner is no calamity howler:
 The prospects of Sand mountain. and esp eciaily of Albertville, continue to grow brighter.
 Gadsden is on the verge of a stock law election and the Times-News remarks:
 Dog days are upon us, but we have "hog days the year round in Gadsden.
 The Dothan Siftings thus refers to the recent storm that passed over that city:
 A calm after a storm; but business. in Dothan, moves right on this week just as usual.
 The Pinebelt News is worried with croakers:
 Watch Brewton take a new lease on life ere long. The cioakers might as well hunt their holes
 The Pinebelt News idea of some pub lie opinion mouders:
 Newspapers are "moulders of public opinlon, but some of the dies used are quite small
 Fort Payne is not envious, says the Journal
 Birmingham is elated over the new steel mill It has been tested and found to work all right and to turn out a good quality of steel, so the papers say We E trust the Birmingham mill Is in the hands of a bstter management than the one in Fort Payne. Steel of pronounced good quality has been made here for a long while, yet the plant which cost near a quarter of million lies idle while new plants are built right in the same district
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Thlres IeB&ers for the Age-Heraldl Now is the time to subscrlbe.-Conecuh Rec ord
 Binmingham's morning daily game out Sunday under it's new management, with it's name changed to the Age Herald and greatly improved every way.-Gurlcy Herald.
 The Birmingham state-Herald is no more. It's the Age-Herald now. Mo- ticsable improvements have already been made in the appearnce of the pa- per.-cleburne Plowboy.
 Birmfngha ms daily changed hands and name last Sunday. It is now the Age Herald again. and E. w. Barrett has complete control The first issue under the new management iy wonderful im- provement oven the old.-Bridgepo News.
 fWo are glad tha- the Birmingham morning paper, the State Herald, has been recifanged to the Age-Herald. It is also a source of pleasure to note the marked typographical and general im- provement of the paper.-Coosa River News.
 The stette Herald has made some very dscfded changes recently. It has discard ed the name of State Herald and re- turned to theSsame of Age-Herald. The fii9t papar under the new management appeared last Sunday, ard reflects credit upon its ublshers.-CheIokee Sentinel.
 The Sentinel congratulates MT. Bar fs iihn of fb4a RirminQ- ham Age-Herald, oD the first issue of the paper. It was a splendid edition, and if he keeps it up to that standard the Age-Hera1d will soon rank with ths best of southern dailes.-Shelby Senti- nel. F
 E. W. Barrett took charge of the Bir- mlngham State Herald plant Sunday. and brought out paper which sayors of genuine newspaper, and which will be known as the Age-Herald. If the poll icy marked out in the first number Is fol- lowed up, success must crown the efforts of the nsw manag sment.-Cullman Tri- bune.
 We'll we are delighted. As predicted, the State-Herald has thrown aside it's chrysalis, and has come into our midst as welcome as a beautiful charming butterfly, bearing a new yet a very fa- miliar name, the Age-Herald. We read it through and harded it to our wife, and said that even the Advertiser would find something in it to admire.-Haynes- vile Examiner.
 E. ". Barrett. formerly of the Atlanta Constitution, took charg= of the Birming ham Sta:e Herald last Saturday and his first work was to change the name to the Age-Herald. BarreIa is a)n experienced newspaper man., and it is confidently hoped fhab he will give Alabama an up- to-ddte morning daily-and we believe he wilL-Albertville News.
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 The Birmingham State Herald went un- der the nanag eman- of MT E. w. Bar rett on last Sunday morning and assumed it's old name of Birmingham Age Herald, The three issues of the new paper s,nce that date have been good ones, and if the clip fs kept up Granny Advertiser will be distanced. Alabama should have one good dadly. and we hope to have t in the Age-IIe aEd.-F'of; Payne Journal.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
An Armor Plate Plant.

Tt is hopeful sign when the managers of the S.eel plants in this city believe an armor plat- plan. can. be established in Birmingfam by the government where plate can be made within the price speci- fled by'thelast congress of $500 per ton, and as good a quality as that heretofore furnished by, she Pennsylvania milis It will be remembered that MT. Car negie and the BethGs hem steel works of Bethlehem, Pa, which is practi- cally under MT. Carnegje's co-trol, refused the request o1 the sscre-ary of the na9yto make bids for armor plate at the price established by the govern ment..~ In the past it has been the GUS from $4OO to $55O per ton and much of that was. full of blow holes and not fit for use" Mr.. Carnegie has in fact grown rich from the government at exorbitant prices charged for armor plate, and when the government took the matter in hand with any idea to economy. MT. Carnegie was of the opinion that the government could not procure it except upon his terms.
 The fact that armor plate can be made in Birmingham and furnished to the gov- ernment at the price specified is an ind cation that this section of the country will be able to furnish plate for Amer ica's great war vessels. Mr. Carnegie emste-have gone upon the theory that this tssa paternal government and that he and his great steel plants should be sup ported exclusively by the government. Mir. Carnegie furnished armor plate to Russia for $225 per ton and the require ments for the plate for that government were if anything more specific than re- quested of this government and in fact quired by this government.
 If Birmingham can furnish an armor plate as it is stated can be done, it is not necessitated that the. government shall establish plant of its own, which has been contemplated since the steel plants of Pennsylvahia declined to bid for ad-
 It. is~true .tllat MT. Carnegie has sp-nt a great deal of money in es- itabdishing a. fine steel plant, but ir- vestigation has shown that the actual cost per ton for armor plate furnished and accepted by the government did not exceed a cost of $167 per ton. At this rate there would be a profit to MT. Car negie of about $133 for every ton fur nished. and that would unquestionably be a very fair profit on the investment, especially when taking into consideration the amount of armor plate that has been consumed within the past tel years ant will be used in the next ten years in building 3p the American navy to it's proper place, and as contemplated by both political parties.
 When Secretary Whitney began to re- habilitate the navy in 1895 MT. Carnegie was a bidder without a rival, and in truth he has had few if any rivals from that time until the present, and during that time he was paid fabulous prices for armor plate which Birmingham can pro- duce atsa handsome profit and cost re- duced, to the government of nearly one half. All hail to Birmingham and the enterprise of it's people.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

After Birmingham es-abli:hes h7r armor plate plant and can furnish the government with the required plate at the government price, MT Carnegie may th5n regret that he did not remove his plant from Pi.tsiburg to Birmingham
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

During the first six months of this year eighty-one lynchings occurred in the country at large, seventy-eight of which were in the south It must be admitted that Judge Lynch does most of his work down this way.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Tine difference between a journalist and a newspaper man is. that the first prints a lot more than he knows, and the second iaiows a lot more than he prints.-New York Press
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

When Johr Addison Porter, the pres.- dents private secretary succeeds in car rying out his scheme to uniform all per- sons in the government service, he will firld himself none, unpopular. than was his predecessor ard yet Mr. Thurber had no idiotic schemes
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

It is expected that Mark Hanna pro- poses to make himself the entire circus three rings and an after concert in the Ohio campaign while MT Foraker will not even be a one ring show
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

With over eleven million deficit for the month of July, the advance agent of prosperity seems to have been far in ad- vance of the real thing.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

The money Mark Hanna is making by the increased price of coal may be placsd where it will "do the most good" for Han ma with the Ohio voters.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Senator Tillman still has the farmers of South Carolina at his back.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Senator Turisy of Tennessee. is the first lawyer who ever succeeded in put ting city into the hands of a receiver. Memphis was the sufferer.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

President Mckinley did the next best thing he could from taking to the woods when he went to Lake Champlain.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Henry Watterson continues to see neith- ing but a slaughter house and an open grave for the democratic party
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Texas now spends $i.000,000 a year on her schools, four times as much as she spent on them sixteen years ago,
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Butcher Weyler still possesses the fac ulty to convent defeat af.er defeat into tha most superb victories.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

If the populist party is really dead, Tom Watson no doubt has talked it to death.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

If Weyler is doing so well, why does he call for 40. 900 more soldiers?
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Kentucky proposes to erect a substan- tial monument to the distiller of Belle of Neson" whisky. The living munu- ments to it are probably rapidly going to decay.-Richmond Times.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Henry Watterson is having a jolly time in Kentucky politics, and the boys are making it hot for him.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Former Senator drby, of South Carolina, se.ms to be given the hot torch from all sides.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

There will be hot times in Ohio, Ken lucky and Maryland during the forth coming campaign.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07
The Fall,

The scorcher, racing swift and fleet, Ran into Deacon Brace. ThA scorcher fell some forty feet, The deacon fell from grace.
 Cedar Rapids Record
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Prince Damrong. who is a member of the suite of the king of Spain. has of- fendsd several Englishmen of high de- gree. You should not have done so Dam-
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

There may be few old-fashioned gold brick stories in all this talk from Klon- dyke.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

Beautiful and numerous August me- teors are now visible in the northeast every night.
The age-herald., 1897-08-07

There is not nation upon the globe to which Japan is more deeply iniebt. d fora start in modern civilization than to the United States.-Chic3go Inter Ocean.