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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Collection of Coin. Sold for s7os5.

The splendid collection 81 United States coins
gathered by Martin A. Brown. who lives in Win
chester. very near the Mortified line, was sold at
public auction IN Philadelphia. last April. and
Sos ~ realized from the sale. Mr.. Brown has
been Interested in this work good many years
All collectors have some speci Al lice Of work his
interest lay mainly 10 the collection Of the copper
series aud 10 the securing Of cents 10 perfect con
ditiJu This collection was made at the expendi'
if,ra Of much tim. and money be no doubt exp
riencing the keenest satisfaction when some rare
coin had been secured He had some specimens
which could not be- duplicated in 50 perfect a con
diti1u The collection contained 1861 coins.
ranging from 10 cents 10 $50 q coin. Mr.. Brown
has still 10 possession some very choice coins
which were not offered for sale.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17
Notice.

7 HAVE 10 my hands the tax bills assessed by
j the seiectmen for the year 1872. A per cent
discount viii oe gwen on the town tax If paid
within 81 days from TIL date OF the notice
S7s A WHITFIELD. Town Treasurer
Vernon. sept I. 1897
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17
To Rent.

TOP FLOOR IN Leouarl block. nine rooms
L suitable for one large or two small families
Also. single room. furnished or unfinished on
the second floor. Apply TO :. W. EDGET1
s. co a--tf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17

Under Barrovs s. Co = Coal of
No. ! Main Street.
The herald., 1897-08-08
Lost Springs and Mines.

There is a tradition in New Mexico
that many mines once freely worked
have been lost. There is another tradi-
ton that many springs have also been
lost and it is understood that the losses
of both mines and springs were brought
about by the Indians New Mexico is
supposed once to have been much more
attractive than it is now The Pueblo
Indians arose in revolt on the first full
moon of August, 1885, When they had
driven the Spaniards down into OLD
Mexico they set to work to change the
conditions so that there should be little
temptation to reconquer New Mexico.
This idea inspired the filing of mines
which had been opened and worked
during the former Spanish occupation.
The Indians, with great care, destroyed
all traces of many mines. it is said. This
is not so surprising as what they did to
the springs. 1t is tradition, and the
statement is commonly accepted as
historical truth, that in their labors to
render the country as uninyiting as
possible, these Indians suppressed nu-
merous springs. Such results were ac-
complished in an ingenious manner
The Indians dug down and cleared
away the dirt until they found the
crevices of the rock through which the
water came. They took the fibrous
bark of a species of fir tree and tamped
it into the crevices. AS the material be-
came watersoaked it swelled until it
plugged. Nothing remained but to
throw back the dirt and to give to the
surface the general arid appearance of
the surrounding country. This was not
a temporary eXpedient. 1t resulted, ac-
| cording to the present theory, in the
permanent destruction of many sources
of water
To this day the appearance of slight
moisture often stimulates a search for
one of the missing springs. Occasion
ally these searches are successful The
earth is removed, the crevices are
found, the bark is picked out, and the
water, after more than two centuries of
being turned back, resumes it's natural
The herald., 1897-08-08

sides of the box Screw these fiat pieces
together firmly to form square, and
then screw on the bottom pieces of
tongued and grooved boards.
When this is done, fasten the legs in
position with long, stout screws driven
down through the bottom of the box
and into the tops of them, and brace
them with eight iron shelf brackets
screwed firmly as shown in the draw
ing. with one side against the legs and
the other against the bottom of the
box.
These will strengthen the legs and
prevent the box from rocking, and as
they are of the ordinary cast iron style
they can be purchased at a hardware
store for a few cents each.
With thin piece of board, make a
partition inside the box to hold the
brushes, and on top of it at one side
fasten square piece of board on which
a box of backing can rest.
1t is sometimes a good plan to attach
the backing box to the wood with
screw passed down through the middle
of the box: but if a standard size of
backing box is always used, it would
be well to cut hole in the wood with
a compass saw so the box will fit in it,
and another thin board or piece of
tin may be tackled to the under side to
prevent the box from dropping through.
Next a cover is to be made of tongued
and grooved boards to fit the box, and
at the outer edges a strip of wood, call
ed batten, can be screwed fast TO the
ends of the boards to keep them to-
gether. Strap hinges and a stop chain
will hold the cover in place. When ar
ranging the chain do not allow the COW
er to go backward too far, but only
enough to prevent it's falling forward
when the box is in use. Make all the
joints nicely and putty up the cracks,
then give the entire box, inside and out,
two coats of some dark colored paint
When the paint is dry, the front top
edge of the box can be bound with a
strip of sheet brass or iron on which to
put the feet when blacking shoes. This
metal strip will prevent the wood from
wearing away, and the painted front
| from becoming shabby.
In this box the shoe polishing equip
The herald., 1897-08-08
NEW KIND OF
LAWN MOWER.
Sheep Now Turned Upon the
Golf Links to Keep
Grass Cropped.

The cost of keeping golf links moved
is one of the reasons why the Scotch
game is so expensive in this country.
1t takes a good many acres of ground
to make suitable links, and in June,
when frequent rains are forcing the
growth of the grass at the rate, appar
rently, of half an inch day, it makes
a golf treasurer groan to have a semi
weekly interview with the boss lawn
mower. From the nature of the case,
especially where there are many artifi-
cial obstacles, moving machines cannot
be of much use. 1t is the common prac-
tice to use large lawn mowers oyer as
much of the ground as possible and
trim up the difficult spots with a scythe
or even a sickle. This costs money.
All this expense is likely to be avoided
in the future by a method common
enough in canny Scotia, but which was
first employed in this country with con-
spicuous success by a golf club in
Chicago This is to keep a flock OF
sheep on the links. They bite the grass
down much shorter with their pointed
muzzles than COWS would do, and are
not otherwise such a nuisance. The
lambs are born at just about the right
time in the spring to help eat up the
surplus grass in June, and when the
crop begins to fail in the dry season,
the flock can be correspondingly re-
duced by occasional sales to the butcher.
/ 1t is said that the pioneer golf club
The herald., 1897-08-08

Newport, r. l., July 29.-Ducks are
plenty at Bailey's beach. The extra
rigor of the game law has something
to do with it. With no snap shots to
fear, fiocks of aquatic beauties dive and
float and preen their plumage which is
from the best houses devoted to fine
feathers. White ducks with red heads
are particularly abundant One. of these
played in the waves long time yes
terday. swimming under water, per-
forming all sorts of tricks and coming
out at last upon the beach as unruft1ed
as one of Mother Careys chickens in
gale.
This duck was in white duck. which
am not recommending, however, as
particularly good material. But it was
well handled. OF It was constructed
skirt barely covering the knees and
hiding the white knickerbockers. This
skirt had a gored front and what little
fulness it boasted was all behind. 1t
was trimmed at the bottom with two
broad bands of scarlet linen fastened
down with little coils of scarlet braid.
The waist was a blouse gathered to a
square cut yoke at the neck, leaving the
throat bare Yoke, belt and the but
ton hole hem were of scarlet, and scar
let bands finished the short puffed
sleeves Scarlet silk covered the little
rubber bathing cap and scarlet cords
laced the sandals drawn over the long
white silk stockings.
Newport has not had great fame in
the past as a bathing resort in spite OF
it's luxuriously furnished bathhouses 1t
has been a part Of the Newport tradi-
tion to bathe at unearthly hours and to
bathe in dark and decorous garments,
so as not to be seen of men. The New
port maiden who had to break bonds
three or four times a season went over
to the Pier to snap them and tied her
self up tighter than ever in the GUS
tomary conventionalities after her taste
of freedom when she saw Bailey's beach
again. But now that Bailey's has be-
come quite like private bath tub all
this is changed. The great unwashed
never were allowed to contaminate this
particular bit of ocean, but the present
effort to shoe them even off the sands
has brought out brighter stockings and
caps and gayer costumes than Newport
ever has known. Cottagers posing be-
fore excursionsts had to be demure
The herald., 1897-08-08
WATER TERRORS
IN VENEZUELA.
Stories Of Strange, Fierce
Fishes, Water BOas, and
I AlligatOrS.
THE GA OF THE IRON CLAD JAW.
IriShman'S Narrow Escape from His
Morning Bath in the Guam
ucO River.

An inhabitant of the Orinoco River,
of which little is known beyond the
shores of the waters in which it lives,
is that strange mail-clad fish called the
ga. or armadillo-fish. 1t grows from
five to eight feet long, and is of extraor-
binary thickness i'll proportion to its
length Its body is protected by armor
similar to that of the armadillo; and its
head terminates in a triangular beak.
from twelve to twenty inches long, and
eight to fourteen inches broad at the
base which, when opened displays a
series of cross-ridges above and below,
sharp edged and as hard as teeth.
This fish will attack anything that
comes within it's reach--horse, OK. ia
guar, OF man-seizng its prey with its
beak and taking out, in a clean trian-
gular piece, as large n mouthtul of
The herald., 1897-08-08
ELLEN OSBORN'S
FASHION LETTER.

of the same material and there was a
full blouse with a little black vest and
a wide collar, trimmed with black braid
and turning over a black silk scarf tie.
black kerchief to tie up the blonde
hair, black belt and black stockings
completed very effective outfit for the
slight figure and fair skin of a pretty
girl who has not vet made her debut in
fashionable society.
That black and white make an excel
lent contrast is evidenced further by a
suit of striped serge worn by one of
the smart young matrons of Tuxedo
who swoop down on Newport, for the
much needed limbering up of New
port, every summer. White sandals,
black stockings, skirt barred black and
white perpendicularly, striped blouse
with broad white collar stitched with
black, white belt and white cap are her
equipment, together with a long white
cloak tied with heavy black girdle.
Dark blue used to rule the roost in
costumes aquatic. 1t has disappeared
almost entirely. When it is revived it
carries broad white collar or is turned
up with a deep white hem, or is differ
entiated in some way from former
braid trimmed editions. Braid is used
eis idNlSHly tHlS year DIS III Olner sea-
sons but with difference. Wide braids
have been displaced by bands of cloth
of color contrasting with the dress.
Serpentine braids, often the narrowest
to be had, are the preferred sorts for
trimming. These are used to edge
blouse and collar or to fasten down in
most elaborate twists the cloth bands
above mentioned. Bright blues and
light blues have not shared the fate of
the deeper tones White trimmed with
light blue and light blue trimmed with
white are almost as popular as red
and white or red and black, which rank
as the leading combinations.
| Knickerbocker suits without skirts are
worn by the more athletic swimmers A
French model has rather full "cu-
lottes of white washable silk, ending
at the knees. The trim blouse of the
same material is lined with silk also
to give it some consistency on the fig
ure, and is pulled down under broad
belt of dark green silk, it's basques
forming a little friH about the hips all
around. 1t has short sleeves and
broad sailor collar Of green silk fasten-
The herald., 1897-08-08

Noblesse oblige. Cottagers posing be-
fore one another only can be as lively
as they please. Hence the red-headed
ducks and other pathological speci-
mems.
Silk serge, mohair and flannel are the
favorite materials. Brilliantine is used
to some extent. Duck and pique are
not forbidden and denim, because of
the great range of colors it takes, has
some followers. There are no eccen-
trio or extreme costumes, but bathing
suits are as carefully planned as tea
gowns and there is almost as much
variety to them.
One of the best costumes at the bath
ing hour today was of dark red serge.
The short skirt had a wide hem turned
up plainly with several rows of black
stitching. There were knickerbockers
The herald., 1897-08-08

dead, which they find in the water. de-
vouring it piecemeal. The caribe's
mouth is fitted with sharp, cutting teeth,
and, whatever victim it fastens to, it
comes away with a bit of flesh. Let
an alligator or manatee be shot wherever
the caribes abound, and almost instant
ly the waters around the floating body
will be alive with these fish crowding to
seize upon it; they even leap upon it
from the water, so thickly as literally
to conceal their prey from view. So
suddenly and fiercely do they come that
| have known horse. that had waded
out into the water only up to his knees,
to be fatally injured by an attack from
caribes. Seized at once by every leg
and by the nostrils, the fish clinging to
him in swarms. he got to the shore only
to fall helpless on the bank. hamstrung
in both forelegs. Painful stories are
told of human beings attacked and de-
voured alive by caribes.
Monster aliigators are found in all
the fresh waters of Venezuela. 1t is a
favorite trick of the alligator to lie in
wait at the drinking places of cattle
watching for a chance to seize an OK
or horse by the nose and drag him into
deep water where it can drown him.
This done it swims with its prey to
some secluded place, and there tears it
to pieces and feasts on it at leisure. I
have known allgators eighteen feet in
length to be killed in the Orinoco. and
have seen others in the water that 1
knew were still longer
"It is a common practice to shoot at
these reptiles from the decks of steam
ers plying up and down the Orinoco,
and it is seldom that some of them are
not seen lying within rifle range. The
eye is the point aimed at by expert
marksmen. An alligator shot in the
eye dies instantly and will float; if hit
in any other part, whether killed or
wounded. it sinks.
"Snme of the branches of the Orinoco
The herald., 1897-08-08

ed with a white tie. A green silk bath
ing cap and dark green or black silk
stockings are to be worn with this cos
tune. The bathing cloak belonging to
it is of dark green and white striped
serge turned over with white and braid
ed with anchors
A suit for child, also French, is OF
scarlet silk throughout, blouse, knick-
erbockers, cap and stockings. The wrap
to go with it is of scarlet and white
striped silk, belted and collared like
Kate Greenaway cloak and finished
with an elk-like pointed hood tied un-
der the chin with broad white ribbons.
There are bathing suits not meant for
wetting, but to deal properly with such
would require a fresh start and some
really painful thrills Of inspiration.
ELLEN OSBORN.
The herald., 1897-08-08
SHOE BLACKING
BOX FOR BOY.
He Can Make It Himself, and
Will Find It Con-
venient.

How many boys are there who have
shoe blacking boxes of their own in
which to keep brushes and blacking?
Perhaps there are not many who
have, but here is a box that every boy
can own. because he can make it HIM
self with hammer. saw, and plane, and
some wood that can be purchased from
a carpenter at a small cost.
Obtain four pieces of pine. two inches
square and fifteen inches long. for the
legs; and four pieces. each sixteen
inches long, five inches wide, and seven
eighths of an inch thick, to fern the
The herald., 1897-08-08
New York's CONSUMPTION Of Eggs.

New York consumes 10000 more than
80,000,0 900 dozens of eggs every year-al-
most billion. Placed end to end they
would reach 10000 miles, entirely
around the earth with about 5000 miles
to spare. Maybe you think that's
good many eggs for New York but it's
less than dozen week for every in
habitant of the town. They cost $14,-
400 900, or about as much as it cost to
build the Brooklyn Bridge.
The herald., 1897-08-08

in the sheep raising business sold $1,000
worth of wool and mutton in year in
stead of paying a considerably greater
sum for moving. The Riker's Meadow
club of Brooklyn, and several others.
are thinking of trying the experiment.
Copyright, 1897 by Bachelor Syndicate
The herald., 1897-08-08
Old Time Bavarian Prices.

In Bavaria in the thirteenth century
a quart of wine could be bought for S
pfennige Il cent?, chicken for u cent,
a loaf of bread for 1-5 cent and pig
for cents.
The herald., 1897-08-08

The largest building stones are those
used in the cyclopean walls of Baal-
beck, in Syria. Some of these measure
63 feet in length by 26 in breadth, and
are of unknown depth.
The herald., 1897-08-08

ment can always be kept, and every
boy that makes one should take pleas
ure in keeping it tidy and in good Or
der. j. HARRY ADAMS.
Copyright. 1897. by Bachelor Syndicate
The herald., 1897-08-08

So far as known the Mediterranean
sea is deepest between Malta and Crete,
the depth being IA, 436 feet.
The advocate., 1897-05-12
First Published April 81, 1897. |
PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of trustees Of the State Charitable In.
stitutions until the 18th day OF May, 1897, at
10 o'clock o. m, at the Insane Asylum, Topeka,
Kansas, for the construction Of hospital
building at the State Institution for the
Idiottc and Imbecile Youth at Winfield, Kan
sas.
This work is authorized by the Board OF
Trustees OF the State Charitable Institutions
under chapter ~, session laws OF 1895.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
office Of j. G.. Haskell, Topeka, Kansas, and
also at the Institution for the Idiotic and I'm
beetle Youth at Winfield, after April 20, 1897.
Each proposal must conform to the form
provided in the specifications, blanks for
which, may be had on application to J. G.
Haskell, Topeka, Kansas, or to the Superin-
tendent OF the Institution at Winfield, Kan
sas, and must be accompanied by a check to
be certified by the president or cashier Of the
bank upon which 1t Is drawn, for sum not
less than per cent. Of the amount of said pro-
posal' made payable TO p. II. Dolan, Treasurer
OF the Board, and to be forfeited to the State
OF Kansas for damages sustained in case the
bidder fails for five days to enterinto contract
for the work bid upon, and to give satisfac-
tory bond for the faithful performance Of the
contract In case award is made to him.
The attention OF bidders is called to chapter
IA, session laws Of the State Of Kansas 1891, in
relation to eight hours constituting q days
work.
Bids will conform to forms prescribed at the
end Of the Specifications; win be sealed and
marked on the outside Of the envelope with
the name OF the bidder and with the following
statement-" Proposal for construction OF hos.
pital building" and win be addressed to w.
l.. Brown, President Of the Board of Charities,
care OF the Insane Asylum, Topeka, Kansas.
The right Is reserved 20 reject any and all
bids. s. @. WHEELER,
Secretary OF the Board Of Tusteea az the
atSas Charitable institutions.
The advocate., 1897-05-12
Fell 10 The Floor,
HIS LEGS SUDDENLY GAVE OU'
Thomas p Biggy Of Cleveland, Stricken as He was
pairing for a Visit TO Friends.
From Me Leader, Cleveland, ohio.

Of the list of the many sO-calIed incura.
bic disorders none has proved to be more OF
an enigma to the most learned and accom-.
plished physicians than locomOtor ataxia. or
as it is more commonly known, creeping
paralysis. This dread disease has baffled
their skill, and they have been forced TO
admit that they cannot successfully cone
with 1t. All they have been able to do is
to mitigate the accompanying pain and suf.
tering; beyond this the science of medicine
has been Of little or no avail to the many
untortunates who have contracted the dread.
ful malady, which, many people, especially
those who are thus afflicted, believe is a fore
runner OF the grim messenger of death.
Thomas p. Bigg who lives at No. 1913
st. Clair Street, corner of Lawrence St.
Cleveland, o., has been suffering from loco,
motor ataxia for nearly five years, and
nothing but his wonderful vitality has pre-
vented his dissolution long before this.
The maady is directly attributable to his
exposure during army life. He enlisted in
Che Third Regiment Ohio Cavalry in Toledo
and served nineteen months in the yolun.
teer service, and after the close of the rebel
lion, eighteen months in the regular army.
AT first" he said in narrating his experi-
ence, "my stomach went back on me. and for
six weeks | was laid up in a hospital in
Texas. Ever since that time that organ has
caused me trouble, and about seven years AGO
the doctor told me was suffering from acute
indigestion. That was bad enough, but four
years ago last July paralysis came on, and / |
have been using these crutches ever since.
The paralysis was in my legs, and it came
rather suddenly. l noticed at first that nv |
knees were little stiff, a sort of rheumatic |
pain, 9you know. This quickly developed |
into paralysis"
/ tried all kinds of remedies, and 7 tried
but did not improve. All this
The advocate., 1897-05-12

by the empty teams passing over it.
Then it Is ready for the second course
Of the same thickness, to be treated in
the Same manner as the first, care al
ways being taken to roll from the out
side towards the center. With this
course the shoulders of gravel are TO be
rolled and it is then ready for the last
course of screenings or dust. Care
must be taken in putting this on; it
should be spread just thick enough to
cover the broken Stone and fill the
spaces between them, then watered and
rolled until the mud shall flush to the
surface. This works the dust down be-
tween the stone, making solid COM
pact waterproof roadbed.
The above description applies to
roads built entirely Of macadam, but
where there are soft places or wet clay
or springy land, it is first drained by
putting in tile drain pipe, then Tel
ford paving is used. This consists of
stones four to ten inches in width and
six to twenty inches in length and not
less than eight inches in depth, placed
vertically and lengthwise across the
roadway, making firm pavement
when driven down and rolled. Upon
this the broken stone is placed and
treated as before stated. During all
Of the work from the beginning, teams
should not be allowed to pass over 1t
unless absolutely necessary, as any dis
turbing of the foundation on the diff
ferent courses of stone is an injury
to the durability of the work.-R. Z.
Allen, G. f., in American Agriculturist.