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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
REWARD.

We the undersigned druggists, offer reward
of so cents to any person who purchases of us,
two 25, cent boxes of Bakers Mandrake Bitters
Tablets if it fails to constipation, biliousness,
sick headache, jaundice, less Of appetite, sour
stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any Of
the diseases for which it is recommended. Price
rs cents for either tablets or liquid We will also
refund the money on one package of either if it
fails to give satisfaction.
GEO. e, GREENE, Bra'tleboro,:Vt.
BROOKS HOUSE PHARMACY, Brastleboro, Vt
e. H. DAVENPORT, West Brattleboro, Vt.
NJ. g. WILLIAMS, Putney, VT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
Two More Women Who
Acknowledge the Help
they Have Received from
Mrs. PiSaEGI1aT11s

DEAR MRS. PIEKHAM-The doctor
says l have congestion of the womb,
and cannot help me. There is aching
in the right side of abdomen, hip, leg,
and back. If you can do me any good,
please write. ''-MRs. NINA CHASE,
Fulton, N. Y, December 20, 1897.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I followed
your instructions, and now | want
every woman suffering from female
trouble to know how good your advice
and medicine is. The doctor advised
an operation. / could not bear to
think of that, so followed your advice.
got better right off. took six bottles
of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used three packages of
Sanative Wash also took your Liver
Pills, and am cured."-MRs. NINA
CHASE, Fulton, N. Y, December ~,
1898.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-Have been
suffering for over year and had three
doctors. At time of mepstruatiOn |
suffer terrible pains in back and
ovaries. have headache nearly every
day, and feel tired all the time. The
doctor said my womb was out of place.
Would be so glad if you could help me. "
-MRs. CARL VOss, Sac City, Iowa,
August /, 1898.
please accept my sincere thanks for
the good your advice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done me. 1 did everything you told
me to do, and used only three bottles,
and feel better in every respect. y
MRS. CARL Voss, Sac City, Iowa, March
20, 1899.
Mrs. PiEIEII1aS91 has Fifty
Thousand Such Letters as
Above on File at Her Of
nce-She Makes no State
n1enfS She Cannot Prove.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
GRAIN-O! GRAZING!

Remember that name when you want dec-
ious, appetzing, nourishing food drink to take
the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked
by all who have used it. Grain is made Of pure
grain 1t aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health
builder and the children as well as adults can
drink IL with great benefit Costs about one
fourth as much as coffee. IS cents and % cents
per package. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
Vermont Life Insurance Company.

Organization Goes out of Business, and
Policies Are ReiRsured I'm MetrOpOII-
tan Life of New YOrk---NOt Up TO
Massachusetts standard.
The Vermont Life Insurance company,
with headquarters at Burlington, has gone
out of business, and its policies have been
reinsured in the Metropolitan Life of New
York. The result was forced by the action
of the state insurance commissioners, j. l..
Bacon of White River Junction and f. A.
Rowland of Montpelier, state treasurer and
secretary of state respectively. There are
two standards of figuring the ratio of life
insurance company assets to liabilities, the
New York and the Massachusetts, The
latter is much higher than the former.
Measured by the New York standard, the
Vermont Life's assets are ample to cover
its liabilities. Measured by the Massachu-
sets standard, there is a deficiency. The
state insurance commissioners insisted on
applying the Massachusetts, standard. The
assets were thus found below the ratio as
TO liabilities. The commissioners also crit
icised some property valuations, and, in
short, claimed that the company was insol-
vent. Hence, with due regard to policy
holders and their interests it became nee
essary for the company to reinsure its poll
cies and sell its business. The company
was actually in better condition than at
any time during its 30 years existence.
Its report for 1899 showed total income OF
S164, Ell, new insurance of 81, 7S4, 104, out
standing insurance of $4, 93S, 94S, assets of
sac, 1888, and surplus of $110,33S.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
STRANGE SUNDAY VISITOR.

Doe Traversed Large Part or the VII
lRgs, Eluded WOuId-be CaptOrs, and
Aner Two Icy Swims Disappeared on
Mountain.
Bratteboro promises to become a rival
to Rutland as a rendezvous for frightened
deer. Two weeks ago The Phoenix told
the story of the appearance of large buck
in the north part of the village, last week
a deer was chased into the street of West
Brattleboro by dogs, and on Sunday a
handsome doe created more discussions
than all the Lenten sermons combined by
gyratiCns through large part of the viii
lage. This deer was first seen about s
O'Clock, having come from the fair ground
to South Main street. The animals course
was through the new cemetery and then
probably along the line of the railroad in
to the village, but where it was first seen
in the thckly populated section is not
known definitely. Green street, Elliot,
Flat, Main, Canal, Brook, Prospect, Pearl,
| South Main and other streets, and several
cross lots were traversed. When the an
| imal came up Main street several men at
tempted to catch her, and in front of the
| American House three or four got their
hands on to her ami threw the struggling
animal down. Mr.. Grout, former proprie-
tor of the hotel, shouted TO the would-be
captors to let the doe go or he would see
that they were prosecuted, but the advice
was not needed, as the doe shook herself
free and started down the street at two
minute clip, distancing two or three small
dogs which followed a short distance out
Canal street. After a run to Prospect
Hill, then back down the hill, the deer
passed through G. II. Ryder's yard on
South Main street, down the bank OF the
railroad yard. plunging into the river back
of the gas house and swimming to Goat
island. A little later the deer appeared in
the water again, swimming to the larger
island, which 1t crossed and then, after
fording Little river, disappeared on Wan
tastiquet.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
DON'T LEAVE THE CITY.
Plenty of Proof Right Here in Brat.
tlebOrO.

Claim is one thing, proof another.
Columbus claimed the world was round.
Did people believe it' Not until he proved it.
Unproven claims have made the people skep-
tics.
Every claim made for the Little Conqueror''
is proven,
Proven in Brattleboro by local experience.
Here is one case from the many we have.
Mr., George H. Newton of Flat street, employ
ed as teamster by s. A. Smith & Co., says by
spells my kidneys troubled me for years and at
such times l suffered with a steady dull aching
pain across my back. used more or less med
icine said to be good for it, but never found
anything that gave II permanent relief until
tried Doan's Kidney pills learned of them
through the papers and my wife procured box
for me at drug store. found them to be just
what needed They went straight to the spot
not only relieving my backache but curing it
permanently.
For sale by all dealers, price so cents. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States
Remember the name Doan's and take no sub
stitute.
Sold by Geo. E. Greene, 50 Main street, Brat.
tleboro, Vt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
Vermont Academy Alumni Dinner in
Boston.

The first annual reception and dinner of
the Vermont Academy club of Boston, re-
Gently formed, will be held at Hotel Bruins
wick on the evening of March 81, and it
promises to be very largely attended and
most successful affair. There will be a re-
ception at $3.50 followed by dinner at 7.
Judge George D. Alden, 'S5, will preside
and the guests of honor will be DR.. Ed
ward Ellery, principal of the academy,
Miss Flora e. Pope, preceptress, DR.. H.
NJ. Willard of Quincy and Prof. George A.
Williams of Exeter, former principals, and
Mrs. Willard. The Vermont Academy song
written by Misses Knapp and Goodell, '9S,
will be sung for the first time at a gather
ing of the alumni, and another interesting
feature of the occasion will be the musical
program by quartet of club members.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
Women.
Remember
This
Fact

That in addressing Mrs. Pinlham
you are communicating with woman
"a woman whose experience in treat
ing wOman's ills is greater THAI that
Of any living person-male or female.
\ woman can talk freely to a wo-
man when it is revolving to relate her
private troubles to a man.
Many women suffer in silence and
drift along from bad to worse, know
ing full well that they should have
immediate assistance, but a natural
modesty impcls them to shrink from
exposing themselves to the questions
and probable examination of even
their family physician. 1t is unneces-
sary. Without money or price you can
consult woman, whose knowledge
from actual experience is unequaled.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are invited to freely
communicate with Mrs. Pinllham at
Lynn. Mass.
All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women only.
This is positive fact-not a mere
statement. 1t is certified to by the
mayor and postmaster of Lynn and
others whose letters, all in a little book,
Mrs. Pinkham has just published.
Write for a copy, it is free. Thus
has been established the eternal CON
tidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the
women of America which has never
been broken and has induced more
than 100000 sufferers to write her for
advice during the last few months.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which she has to draw from, it is
more than possible that she has gained
the very knowledge that will help
your case. She asks nothing in re
turn except your goodwill, and her
advice has relieved thousands. Here
are some of the nses we r.efn1. To.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09

Palpitation OF the heart, nervousness, trem-
blings, nervous headac g, cold hands and feet,
pain In the back, and other forms of weakness
are relieved by Carriers Iron Pills. made spec
tally for the blood, nerves and complexion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09

A case of what is supposed to be bubonic
plague, though the exact nature of the dis
ease is uncertain, has been discovered in
Chinatown at San Francisco.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
mo- Cure a Cold In One DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund the money If it fails TO cure. e. W.
Groves signature is on the box 2tc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
New Club Rates with the New
York Tribune.

By an arrangement just made the new
York Weekly Tribune will be furnlshsu WIN
The Phoenix hereafter at Do Genus SeAl'
or $500 for the two papersi and the ne"
Tri-WeelIy edition of the Tribune WIN 10
furnished at SI.OO year or SS,oo IoI ~
two papers. We recommend the III, "eo'
Tribune 20 those who do not take daily pa
per, but who wish TO keep in touch with the
general news of the day as II happens,
Address THE PHOENIX, Brattleboro, w.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
mere matter Of business" she re-

a mere matter of business" she re-
| piled.
The weather became warm, and
Margaret, who was unused to the
fatiguing routine of stage life, began
to look tagged. Cyril could not help
feeling sorry for her, Notwithstanding
her constant ungraciousness.
Il wish we were to have a weeks
holiday" he said. II think a few
days in the country would do you
good, Miss Leigh; you look quite pale"
Pray don't disturb yourself; the
makeup will conceal any paleness."
You know well l am not worried
| hate to see you looking ILL.," He
spoke harshly. He was annoyed at
her willful misunderstanding of his
words, but as he looked down into
the tired girlish face his voice soft
ened, and he continued kindly: II do
wish you would let me be your friend"
The tears sprang into her eyes For
an instant he thought she was going
to break through her reserve, but she
hastily brushed her hand across her
eyes.
They are weak" she said defiantly.
Il shouldn't think you would desire
to have a 4stage-struck baby for a
friend.''
20 Margaret, is that the trouble?
Have o been harboring those
thoughtless words of mine all this
time? How did you know what I said?
Surely Marsh wouldn't repeat our CON
versation.'
mo, indeed; or the contrary, I had
the pleasure of hearing you. You may
remember that the stage was quite
dark after the rehearsal, and as I came
back to find a glove I had dropped I
heard my name mentioned. Hoping in
my trustful ignorance to hear some
thing encouraging, or even a helpful
criticism, I listened, for l was anxious
to do my part we'll"
Don't you think you have punished
me long enough for words that / re-
greet most sincerely? l would like to
be friends with you" There was a
ring of tenderness in his voice that
most any one would have found hard
to resist.
Thank you," she answered. II
have no time for friends"
Cyril turned away, deeply hurt. He
determined never to bother her again
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
SHE KNEW
Mr.. On a sedgwlck Tells Of Her Ern

Mrs. On a SedgwIck Tells of Her Exue-
rience with the Noted Author.
l do not ~recollect Hawthorne's talk
ing much at the table. Indeed he was
a very tactiturn man. One day, tired
of seeing him sitting immovable on
the sofa in the hall, as I was learning
some verses to recite at the evening
class of recitation formed by Charles
A. Dana, / daringly took my book.
pushed it into his hands, and said.
will you hear my poetry, Mr.. Haw-
thorne?" He gave me a sidelong
glance from his very shy eyes, took
the book, and most kindly heard me.
After thai he vas on the sofa every
week to hear me recite. He was one
evening alone in the hall, sitting on
a chair at the farther end, when nv
roommate, Ellen Slade, and myself
were going upstairs. She whispered
to me, Lets throw the sofa pillows
at Mr.. HAWTHORNE" Reaching over
the banisters, we each took a cushion
and threw it. Quick as a flash he put
out his hand, seized a broom that was
hanging near him, warded off our
cushions, and threw them back with
sure aim. AS fast as we could throw
them at him he returned them with
effect, hitting us every time, while we
could hit only the broom. He must
have been very quick in his move
ments. Through it all not a word was
spoken. We laughed and laughed, and
his eyes shone and twinkled like stars
with laughter. Wonderful eyes they
were, and when anything witty was
said I always looked quickly at Mr..
Hawthorne; for his dark eyes lighted
up as if flames were suddenly kindled
behind them, and then the smile came
down to his lips. We laughed merrily,
and went off to bed, vanquished, with
out a word. I suppose Mr.. Haw-
thorne's face must have worn that
wonderful smile, which always seemed
suddenly kindled behind his eyes.
twinkled there for a second, and then
ran swiftly over his intensely grace
face.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

Although the inhabitants of the
earth are not perceptibly affected by
the wandering motion of the North
Pole, yet it is a phenomenon Of I'M
ceasing interest to astronomers, and on
January 1st a new plan for investigat-
ing it went into effect. The motion,
which is suggestive of the wabbling
of a top, is extremely slight when the
vast size of the earth is taken into
account. Since 1890 the North Pole
has never been more than 35 feet away
from the place it should occupy if the
earth's axis of revolution never varied
in direction. But the motion is err
ratio, and its cause is obscure. The
new plan of observation provides four
observing stations, all close to the 39th
degree Of north latitude, and all within
500 feet of the same parallel. These
are at Midzusawa, Japan; Carloforte.
Sardinia! Gaithersburg, Maryland, and
Ukiah, California Precisely similar
observations with exactly the same
kind of zenith telescopes will be made
at each station on carefully selected
stars. Any change in the direction of
the pole reveals itself by a Shift of the
stars
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

James J.. Corbett is anxious to be-
com a congressman from New York
city, and his friends declare that he
will be elected. Mr.. Cor5ett might not
shine in legislative halls, hut it should
be a difficult affair to tear him from
his seat if once in the chair. He is a
larger mar than either Senator Clark
Or Mat Quay, and his science should
enable him to whip any s~ergeant-at-
arms that ever trod the eisles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
THE POND.
"A Refreshing but Little-Noticed Fea-
ture of Rural Scenery.

A Refreshing but Little-NOticed Fea-
ture of Rural Scenery.
The wayside ponds in England are
one of the most refreshing, If least
noticed, feature of rural roads, beloved
OF all the weary animals, but not cele-
brated in verse or prose, and rarely
painted, because they are too confined
IN area, n have no vista beyond
them. They are all alike; shallow by
the road and deep under the farther
Dank, from which oaks or elms, or
OFTEN one single tree, rise with an up-
ward curve, with a woven mass of roots
n rootlets going far down below the
surface level. The field ponds, often
set at the corner where four fences
meet, so as to afford water to four
nelds equally, are prettier and more
varied, but often so overhung by
masses OF thorn and briars that the
TaIlen leaves make the waters thick
and when still on their narent
branches shut out the light and air.
When these ponds lie in the center of
the meadows they are really beautiful
OBJECTS. In the more waterless coun-
ties, such as Suffolk and Essex. they
are numerous and very ancient. Rare.
indeed, is the farm on which history
records the making of any one of them.
AT n end the cattle enter to drink,
and the way down is made broad and
easy. There the tall water plantains.
with pale gray flowers, and the water
grasses grow. Beyond, the whole sur
race is covered with a narrow-leafed
surface plant, more beautiful than the
water lily leaves, because they lie
pointing all ways, like the leaves of
frost crystals, just separated by mar
row settings of water. The finest
haWthorns and the Oldest pollard oaks.
tull OF ~polypody fern on the lower side.
mans over these ponds, and in them
dwell a tough and ancient race of carp.
PROOF against all weather and drought,
n killed only by the hard winters.
which seal the field ponds with ice
from lip to lip. In the clay counties,
and in places where there was little
running water, the larger ponds were
only half left to nature. They were
dug for fshpools, or purely for orna-
ment, though the fish were mainly
carp and tench, and not the good trout
OF the southern pools. The grass is
still kept smooth upon their banks and
the sides of the pools are planted with
the trees in fashion eighty years e
The ounce was the favorite pondside
tree of our ancestors. 1t grows best
by water, and from spring, when the
PINK blossom and gray leaves cover
the dropping branches, till late in au-
tumn, when the golden fruits dropped
into the pool, and were gathered thence
after a weeks bath, which was be-
lleVed to improve their flavor, the rec
was always an ornament to the mar
gin.-London Spectator.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

Recent observations tending to show
that ants possess a sense of hearing
have been described in this column.
Professor Metcalf of the Woman's Col
lege, Baltimore, adds some interesting
testimony on the subject in a letter to
Science. One of his students discover
ed that a colony of black ants was
thrown into a state of great excitement
by sounds of one particular pitch.
Other sounds did not affect them, but
when the peculiar note was struck,
either on a violin or with a whistle,
the ants would become excited, and if
the sounds were continued would grow
frantic, some Of them falling into a
water moat surrounding their nest.
Ants of other species paid no attention
to the sounds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

F." T. NJ; Roberts Supply House, Min
neapo1s, Mimi, says: I'VE have made a.
great scoop on binding Irvine and one that
makes the twine trust, our competitors
and country dealers very tired. We are
selling twine u Of a cent less han the,
Minnesota State Prison sold theirs. OF
course, no time must be lost in ordering
twine to obtain these prices. 1t will not.
last long; order at once before you for
get 1t. DO not be afraid of this Irvine, 1t
is new. bright andgood. Wear e able to.
make this very, low price because we
round a manufacturer who wanted money
badly. OF course we could sell it at the
market price n max more money, but
that is not the way we do business. When
we get a good thing we pass it along to-
our customers"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

The members of the International
Commercial Congress held in Phila-
delphia were told by Mr.. W. c. Barker,
as the result of his observations among
European manufactures, that time
seems to be regarded as of compare
lively little value abroad, while in Am
erica the maxim that time is money
is practically applied. Mr.. Barker
found that in a large agricultural ma
chinery mandatory IN Europe the
only trip hammer in use was worked
by hand, the weight being drawn up
with ropes and pulley, and allowed to
drop. The American power-hammer
strikes 100 and more blows in a min
ute.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

There has been provided a machine
for automatically cleaning shoes. The
foot is inserted into a properly arrang-
ed opening and the railing of the ma
chine is firmly grasped. A small
motor ~actuates rotary brushes that re-
move the mud. The foot is next placed
in the backing arrangement proper,
which acts as the dauber, and the third
set of brushes is devoted to polishing.
A needle on a machine indicates the
various stages in the operation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

certainly need a protector, and l most
respectfully apply for a life appoint
ment in the place. Will you marry me,
for love you. Margaret"
She was too weak and exhausted to
argue the question, SO she simply chung
to his arm a little tighter. and said:
o can you, Cyril, when I'veLal
ways been SO horrid?"
He leaned down in the shadow of
a great building and kissed her.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

Too much business pressure seems
to be responsible for the fact that Chi
cago's gang Of porch-c1imbers succeeds
in evading apture. The police, accord
ing to a recent victim Of the burglars,
are always too busy to attend to such
cases and the porch-c1imber5 are en-
gagged in so f%1ourishing a trade that
they have no time to bother with po-
1icemen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
Merely a Suggestion.

A Somerville man went out hunting
gray squirrels up in New Hampshire
one day last fall. A native of the
place accompanied him. After the
Somerville man had fired his shotgun
thirty or forty times the native stopped
and looked at him.
Say" he said, gray squirrels amt
your size. You ought to go out hunt
ing elephants. "-Somerville Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09

is made from cheap chemicals, and
when added to u certain quantity Of
water will furnish electricity enough
to light a house or drive an antonio
bile. But this is nothing compared to
the strengthening power contained in a.
bottle of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters-
1t cures indigestion, dyspepsia, bilious
ness, liver and kidney troubles.