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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-05
DEAN ACADEMY,
FRANKLIN, MASS.

An endowed Boarding School for young women
and young men. Full course of study. Prepares
for the best Colleges, Schools Of Technology,
Professional Schools and for Business. Students
enter college certificate. Special facilities for
Music, Art, and Elocution. Fine buildings, ample
grounds. Gymnasium new and thoroughly
equipped. Heavy endowment makes charges
very reasonable. The ann Of the school is to
furnish in a homelike atmosphere and under
careful supervision, the best opportunities for
Education and culture. Visitors welcome all
summer. % miles from Boston on the N. Y. &
N. f. r, r. Fall term begins September 6. For
catalogues and further information address
1881 ARTHUR w. PIERCE, PRINCIPAL.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-05

The body of the late Henry F. Arms of
creamtory last Thursday, in accordance
with his request.
Edward H. Green reached here at 3
o'clock Friday from New York and will
spend the summer with his daughter at his
residence on Church street Mrs Hetty
Green will come later.
Rev. j. H. Reid started Monday upon his
vacation of month, which he is to spend
at Salem, n. Y, with his family His
pulpit is to be supplied by different minis
ters from other places during the month
A committee of the proposed Command
cry of Knights Templar met on Friday
evening in Masonic hall for the purpose of
making the preliminary arrangements for
the organization, which will take place in
September.
VIM. A. Hall, wife and son, accompan-
led by Mrs. @. @. Adams and Mrs |. A
Brownell, are to sail from New York Sat
urkay on a Ounarder. Mr.. Hall will re-
turn within few weeks, but the rest of
the party will be abroad a number of
months.
Miss Mildred B. Pelkey, who for the
past year or two has been in the employ of
Mrs. F. D. Stillwell's millinery establish
ment on Rockingham street, has entered
the firm, which will hereafter do business
as Stillwell & Pelkey. Mrs. Stillwell has
been in the millinery business for the past
10 years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-05

Why don't you try Carriers Little Liver PisY
They positive cure for sick headache and
all the ills produced by disordered liver. Only
one pilga dose.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-05
Three New Cases of Diphtheria.

Three new cases of diphtheria were re-
ported on Thursday, and DR.. Ridden, as
health-otlicer, has quarantined the build
ings in which the patients are confined
One patient is Kidder child, who lives on
Center street, and one a Bosely child, liv-
ing on Wells street.
Another suspicious case broke out on
Wells street, and as a matter of precau-
ton, the house has been quarantined, al
though Dr. Ridden has not yet received
notification from the State Board of Health
at Burlington that the disease is diphtheria
On Thursday DR.. Ridden fumigated the
houses in which the last diphtheria cases
occurred, before these new cases broke
out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-05
Tutoring.

A NY persons who wish private lessons to pre-
IA pare for the fall college examinations, or
for teachers examinations; will be received by
MISS +, A. SAWYER at No. North Street,
BratNeboro,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-05

Smith writes from the Repair ship
About His Work.
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

but also 10 carry and drop into the enemys
lines and country large bombs charged with
high explosives.
Continued experiments abroad have brought
he use OF the captive balloon to such degree
Of excellence that its usefulness in any ex-
tended warfare is no longer open to question.
Efforts to construct a dirigible balloon. how
ever which can bc so managed that its move
mcnts will be always under satisfactory con-
troll have thus far been inCOnCiuSlvc. Various
inventors have made balloons which would sus-
tain themselves for good period and were
stccrablc in any given direction, but only at
low speed and when the wind vas not too
heavy.
II has been pointed out 10y competent au-
thority that a first rate war balloon must carry
three or four passengers, "A supply Of explosive
shells ard one or two machine guns II should
he capable Of travelling at the speed of about
thirty miles an hour in calm weather. and have
a lifting capacity OF some fifty-hve hundred
mounds about one-thirI OF the weight To con-
slst Of the passengers. instruments, arms, ex-
nlosiyrs and ballast. The Chalet -Meudon bal
loon. A French invention. has made successful
trips in calm weather. but OF the \. iW pounds
raised by II only 80 pounds could be- Afforded
for passengers and 40 pounds FOR ballast the
experiments OF Professor Langley. OF the smith
sonian Institution. with his aeroplane, ana
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12
BALLOONS IN WARFARE.
THEIR UTILITY POINTED OUT TWO
YEARS AGO BY GENERAL GREELY.

Washington letter in The Boston Transcript.
1t is thoroughly characteristic OF the bull
headed way in which Congress goes about
things that. after refusing adequate appiopria-
tons for the experiments General Greely has
wanted 10 conduct for several years in the do
main OF military ballooning it's members
should recently have been loudest in their cries
OF inquiry why we were wasting in naval scout
work 80 much valuable time which might have
been saved by the use OF balloons. Even with
a foreign almost upon us. only about half
the money needed by the Signal Corps for It's
balloon work was grudgingly granted it out OF
a fund which had to be made to cover great
deal more ground than II could possibly cover
with satisfactory results. However a begin
ming has been made. and ere long we shall
probably discover just how much we have
missed by not having onr limited aerial APP
paratus ready and our men trained in It's use.
Two years ago especially. General Greely
made a strong plea for a separate appropriation
for balloon experiments. This country was the
first to use the captive balloon for military pur-
poses. about thirty five years ago Since then
European nations have taken mp the subject
where dropped il. ana turned our suggestion
TO good account. while we have remained prac-
ticaik at = staudstiIl in our own newly opened
field just a. we have been outstrippcd bv for
oigncIs In another adaptation of science 10 the
art Of war-th" use Of the electric telegraph
and signal appliances On the battle-ground. I'm
proved method, II equipment, manipulation
and transportation. as General tireely showed
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

COST AND DESIGN or THE INSIGNIA TO BE
SUPPLIED TO THE FORCE

The NeWYork Police Department viii soon be
supplied with new shields The contract
awarded last week and the contractor is making
rapid progress with the work. There will be
i5l shields for the various officers divided as
follows commissioners. deputy chiefs .. in
speCtors -. captains. 80. scrgcauts $50. dctec-
tive S"rgcanfs liO. roundsmen. 100 patrolncn.
700 detective officers 30 ana doarmcn. 100
The shields OF the chief commissioners dcpu-
~ chiefs and inspectors will be made II li-carat
gold The shields If tile captains according TO
the -pcciica lions will b. made of "orode Of
proper thickness on face OF same to he solicred
or properly fastened shell OF 1S-carat gold OF
not less than 20 dwt i'm weight"
The serseants and detective seigeants' badges
will have an 1s-carat gold coating. and the
roundsmen viii have Is per cent German silver
badges. which metal will be used also for the
badges Of the patrolmen. detective officers and
doormcn. The total cost, as per contract, will
bc S5ll4 20
Each badge for The commissioners. deputy
chiefs and inspectors viii cost >3l -. the cap
tains' decorations viii cos, 81; each the SER
ceauts' and detective sergcants' badges will be
delivered AT - cents each and the $50 badges
to he distributed between roundsmen. patrolmen
detective officers and doormen will cost u cents
each
The pat~olmon'- shield a, described In the specI
fcatiors a. follow.
\ shield whose greatest width and height shall
b, about - NJ. inches. wreath 4 laurel caves
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

line matter in the receptacle reaches a certain
point. 1t is blown off like the sediment that Is
found in ordinary steam boilers when the feed
water is not altogether pure. In some evapo.
ratorS the salt shows a disposition 10 form
scale on the coils. thus interfering with he
transfer Of heat from the inside Of the pipes to
which has met with great favor among the initi-
atcd has pipes OF such shape that the alter
nate expansion and contraction that going
on all the time compel The scale to crack and
drop of.
Distilng apparatus OF the kind here described
is used to some extent on land by makers OF ar
tfcial ice and by fastidious laundrymen who
are anxious TO obtain particularly pure water
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

starting point. This balloon carried a car lOo
feet long and its propeller. twenty-three feet
I'm diameter. driven by an electric motor OK
nine horse power. From this point the expeH-
ments went till war balloon vas con-
structed 80 feet long. with motor Of forty
five horse power and propeller thirty feet in
diameter This will carry three or four passen-
gers probably At the rate OF about twenty-five
miles an hour ~ hen all the conditions are IA
vOIable From the data obtained from those
French experiments which have been made
public. and by applying 20 them the latest dis-
cOycres in other but related fields Of engineer
ing. u has been calculated that balloon ,S'u
feet long by - feet diameter could be so con-
structed to carry passengers and cargo
weighing five tons at speed Of thirty miles an
hour The ocular demonstration has yet 10 DO
made. however As the last war in which our
inventive nation vas engaged introduced 10 tho
world the art Of military ballOOning. so possI-
bly, the present war. II il lasts long enough.
may prove TO what extremes that art can b&
Carried
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12
TRrNDfR wirES or SOTVD.

From Industries md Iron.
While lightning may be seen ana It's Illum'na-
ton OF clouds and mist may BE- recognized when
IL IS even two hundred miles distant. thunder IS
rarely audible more than zen miles. The thun-
der from very distant storms. Therefore, seldom
reaches the ear Tie reason ~ this great un-
certainty i'm the aud.bility of thunder Is not ilf-
fcult to understand. It depends not merei! IN
the initial intensity of the crash. but quite aS
much On the surroundings Of the observer even
as in the quiet country one WIZ ebse'Ne ie'oe
sounds that escape the ear I'm a noisy city Per-
haps the most curious and important condition
II audibility is that the thunder wave ot sound
shall not be refractcd or reflected by the layers
OF warm and cold air between the observer ana
the lightning or bv the layers Of wind, swift
above and slow below 80 "a entirely To pass
over and around the ohserv r. Sound, IN ltS
waye-like progress obliquely through layers Ok
air Of different dcnsities. is subject 10 reiractlon
and this refraction may occur at any time ana
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

in his argument. have come with improved in
duHtrlal anl inventive methods but there have
yet been n experiments sufficiently complete
10 prove the dds stability u substituting free
balloon, for the captive balloons used by Cen
cral Fitz John Porter In the ciyil War, either
FOR extensive "Reminiscences Or as instruments
Of onenslle warfare. The important part 10
Dc piay ed in war AZ some future tim" by free
dirIelhle balloons or by nylng machines s not
doubted by men ~ practical mind a. Mr..
Maxim for Instance who has written When
tho first flying machine succeeds IT, irst great
use VIII be for military purposes IL
viii AT once become al engine II war. not only
to reconnoitre the enemy position. as has been
attempted by the so-callcd dirigiblr balloons.
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

place Thus observers AT the topmast or sn'p
frequently hear fog whistles that are inaudipis
at sea level. those on hilltops near thuhuet thas
cannot be heard in the valley; those in 'front.' Ok
an obstacle hear sounds inaudlble tO those be-
hind it, The rolling of thunder, like that OF .
distant cannonade, may be largely due 10 spe-
cial reflections and rcfractions OF SoInd. again.
the greater velocity of the air at considerable
altitude above the ground distOrtS the sound
wave and shortens the limit OF audlllilty % mo
leeward. while increasing it 70 Ihe HIni"afd
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12

others made by Duchcmin and Maxim, have
demonstrated the practicability Of making
aerial flights with machines heavier than tho
air through which they fly. but it is obvious
that really satisfactory results can be attained
only with q motor considerably lighter than
any now employed
While we have been qubbing over the ex-
penditure OF $4,000 for balloon experiments
BY our Signal Corps, the French Military De-
partment has been spending fully as much ~
$50 900 in some years in the same direction.
II has maintained an aerolautical station at
Calais and though for obvious reasons much
reticence has been preserved with respect to III
accomplishments II Is known that as long ago
as 1884 an elongated balloon 165 feet long by
271. feet in diameter successfully launched
which in fair weather not only reached speed
OF ten and quarter miles an hour. but on nvo
trips out Of seven returned with ease to ito
New-York tribune., 1898-06-12
THE CUBAN "WlTER uONkEY."

From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cubans have a domestic utensil called
",Vater monkey" that IL to be found IN houses.
hotels and Offices 1t answers the same purpose
as the OLA and the clay jugs IN Mexico. II Is
made. of gray porous clay ana - manulacturcu
in Malaga where the raisnS come from. by
ABSORPTION and evaporation Didnkr, OF 'ool
air surrounds the jug continually and Keeps the
water almost as cold as If II contained Zee. III
a country where ice is both scarce and eNpen-
siva these Jugs are Indispensable
The water monkeys have two apertures' one
,hou, th.. size Of "A dollar. through Whcn the
water is poured into n glass. ON the opposite
eide is a prOtuberanCc with "A small mole run
ming through il. From this the experienced
cuban drinks without touching II I" ms ilps
when about 10 drink he holds 1t TWO or thirc
frcbes from his mouth. into which me tny
cream of water pours. Gradually ana slowly
n. Ufts the monkey away from hiin uhtli IL -
aI,uost al arms length. the water continuing To
Gn,c through the monkey down his throat oc-
c,sionally the drinker gulps. and when his thlrst
haa boen satisfied ne returns the monkey to"ard
his mouth then suddenly tips II up, shutting OFT
,ha stream IT takes considerable experience 10
dr;rL out OF 4 water monkey gracefuliy. Inc
han;nner sends a stream ~ water Town ms
neck instead Of his throat four times Owl VI H'e
untu ne has mastered the art
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
LADDONTA ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
LADDoNIA, Aug. 23.-Mr. and Mrs.
William Freels, Of Hannibal, are visit
ing here with relatives.
Little Coda Frank returned to her
home in Mexico yesterday, after
spending several weeks with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lippen-
colt.
The NJ. E. Sunday School had a pic
mic Friday afternoon, the Presbyterian
Sunday School on Saturday afternoon
and the Baptist and Christian Sunday
Schools will have picnics this week.
The Baptist ladies have bought new
and comfortable seats for the church.
The NJ. e. church is being painted
and papered.
Miss Fannie Burgamyer, of Jackson
vile, ILL.,, who is visiting her sister,
Mrs. @. A. Wilder, made an interest
ing talk to the League Sunday.
This warn weather makes it difficult
to keep up the interest in the church
matters.
By the vote Saturday Mrs. snidow
was Laddonia's favorite.
A wedding is talked of in the near
future, but it depends on the rain. II
1t rains this week and next the young
man says he will raise enough corn
to enable him to marry. The young
lady has consented to the proposition.
Many from here attended the con-
vention at Rock Hill and reported a
very pleasant and profitable meeting
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
Sales.

Following are the land sales since
our last report:
James @. Mundy to City of Mexico,
strip of ground along Aoat street,
Mexico, 81.
John B. Gregory to City of Mexico,
strip of ground along Abat street,
Mexico, $50.
William Yates to City Of Mexico,
strip of ground along Abat street,
Mexico, $50.
John T. Martin to City of Mexico,
strip of ground along Abat street,
Mexico, $50.
]. r. Torreyson to Levi Lee, lot 1,
block %, original Martinsburg, s25.
Wesley Judah to John R. McDon.
aid, one fifth east half northeast $3.50
II, s225.
T. q. Gilliiand to Mary L. Templeton.
descriptive tract in Farber, $40.
@. G. Dry to Catherine E. Schwarts
northeast 25-52-11, 5000.
T. A. McMurtry to VIM. Fl. Douglass
lot 4, block 8, original Rush Hill, $1,000
T. M. Barre to Jas. W. and Waite,
hampton, northwest southwest $3.50
7, 500.
Martha j. Martin to Flora Simpson
house and grounds on South Jefferson
street, Mexico, $500.
L. W. Stephens to B. r. White
north half northwest 24-50-11, $1,000
]. ]. Winscott to W. ]. Winscott
lots 1 and 2, block 5, original Mexico
sl.5o0.
John w. Robinson to Caleb Berry
south half southwest 27-51-10, s1,60C
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25

Mr.. Moran, Of Calico, Mo-, was the
guest OF his sister, Mrs. Fred Burwell,
last week.
Mrs Lon Hughlett and children, of
Wellsvllle, visited here several days
last week.
Miss Maggie French has returned
to Mexico after q pleasant visit at this
place.
Elder MCGEE began q protracted
meeting at Liberty, Galloway county,
Monday.
Uncle Billie Cornett is able to be
around once more. Miss Sudie, his
daughter. is taking q much needed
rest,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
MRS. SNIDOW WINS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
HISTORY OF AUDRAIN A
WOMAN Is ELECTED.
Mrs. Snidow, 1914; Carter, 85l; Hor'
ton, 204-Joe James Justice of
the Peace in Wilson Town
ship-The Result Of Vote
by the District.

For the first time in the history OF
Audrain county a woman has been
elected to a county Office. 1t is not a
ase Of victory for the "woman in
politics." Not at all. In this case the
voters say there was provocation.
Last spring the Democratic voters
OF the county selected for County
Clerk Jas. 8. Snidow-that is, he was
on the Democratic ticket,
which, In this part OF the world, means
that he would have been elected-no
unlooked-for event taking place. But
the unexpected happened.
A short time after Mr. Snidow was
chosen, he was taken very i'll and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25

disease. Mrs. l.. A. Johnston, Io3
Pilham and Ripley Sts., Montgomery,
Ala, tells her experience with catarrh
OF the stomach and how she was
cured:
81 will state to you that I have
taken eight bottles of your Pe-ru-na
and two of Man-a-lin and rejoice to say,
God bless DIR. Hartman and Pe-ru-na.'
And 1 earnestly assure you that it
has done me more good than any medi-
! n L have ever taken in my life. I
prescribe it to every one I meet who
is suffering, as the best medicine in
the world, and have made many con-
verts who are now rejoicing in the
great good which they have derived
from the same. I can tell O that /
I'm almost entirely relieved of indiges-
ton, that great foe which has tortured
me so many years, and can nov eat
anything 1 desire withoutit is fruits or
something acid"
To understand the scientific action
of Pe-ru-na it is best to have DIR. Hart
mans special book for women or his
book on chronic catarrh. These books
are mailed free by the Pe-ru-na Medi-
cine Company, Columbus, o. All
druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
Advertised Letters,

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending August %, 1898, which if not
called for in thirty days will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say "advertised:"
Lille M. Anderson, Mrs. Sallie At
kinson, Judge n. 81. Bleobaum, Allie
Carroll, Frank Currens, Albert Fry,
Rev. B. j. Griffin, Edna G%wathney, M.
o. Johnson, Mrs. r. J. jackson, N. 8.
Norton, James Poole, Eli Patterson,
Mrs. Artemisia Rhodes, Alex Rogers,
Mary Schmoeger, Mrs. Eliza Spicer,
Kenard Stephenson, Claude Suain,
John sammons, Nash Triplett, Joseph
Taylor, Priscilla McDonal, Rev. J. F.
Mcdonald.
W. M. TRELoAR, Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25

ak, but it has not been decided who
yet. Sergeant James Galloway will be
one. He is looking better than at any
time since we left the barracks and he
is simply leaving on a furlough, not a
sick leave.
Hello, Central; 154, please. Another
report is on record. One Of the boys
from KS Company was just over with
1t. He tells me that a man named
MoFaddin, of his company, who is
detailed at the regimental hospital,
had come to the company street a few
moments ago and arranged a bet of
$15. so, a months wages, that the Fifth
Missouri would be outside of the
Georgia boundary by or before ~
O'Clock Wednesday night next. Fol-
lowing this came Tony Knoderer, of
this company, who is also detailed at
the hospital. He came over to me and
told me that an orderly had come in
to headquarters a few moments before
with orders that the Fifth Missouri
report at jefferson Barracks by next
Sunday morning. I don't know. If 1
were to write as the reports come in
I would attend to nothing else. So I'l
close before some one else blows in.
WILL g. HUTTON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
MARTINsBURG, Aug. 23.-The meet
ing at the Christian church closed Sun
day night with 10 additions--10 young
men and 8 young ladies.
The Catholic picnic was a decided
success, being n of the best ever
held here.
The dance at Adolph Fennewald's
Monday night was q very enjoyable
affair. Refreshments we're served.
DR.. Taylor accompanied Mrs. Ed.
Pritchett, vi postmaster's wife, to
st. Louis Tuesday. She win likely un-
dergo an operation. She has the best
wishes of her many friends.
Miss Maggie Torreyson has returned
from an extended visit to st. Louis
and other points.
Our Martinsburg KIondyke boys,
Huber, Watkins and. Baker, are ex-
pected home soon.
Miss Bertha Pritchard leaves this
week for Chiliicothe to enter school
there.
Mrs. Matte Romans left for hen
home in 81. Louis last week.
MI. and Mrs. Barney Fennewald are
| going to celebrate their silver we'd
ding two days next week. II will b
the affair of the season and everybody
win wish them many happy returns d
that day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25

Ia progressing nicely with nine addi-
tions.
Mrs. P. o. sansbury is visiting her
parents here.
T. ]. Harrison and wife, of Slater,
returned home Monday after several
days visit with relatives here.
O. F. CLARK, ]. A. Potts and Ohas.
Lewis each received a car of corr here,
which they will feed.
Fannie Tiger and Mary Fletcher are
visiting friends in Jonesburg.
Brown & Hayes shipped one car
hogs Monday night and 81. T. CANT
shipped one a cattle Tuesday night.
Joe H. Davis has gone to Bryan
Station, where he has a position.
Miss Martha Roberts, of Moberly, ie
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Jas. Sur
Der.
Henry Cant has lately purchased q
wheel and has put in the past few
days trying to ride it.
W. E. Mcdonald has bought No. 4
Dooth at Centraiia Fair Grounds and
will run a first-class booth during fair
week.
Mrs. o. B. Mayes is visiting in Macon
City.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Reid, Aug.
18th, a boy.
J. w. Rutter and VIM. Mckinney
have completed a cable bridge one
mile north Of here on the new road.
Jno. Wills, of Macon City, has been
a visitor at DR.. Mayes'.
w. w. Northcutt, living s4 miles
west of here, died suddenly Thurs
nay night, August IS, of heart trouble.
MIR. Northcutt was over an average
man in intellect and al upright and
honorable citizen.