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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-08-18
Wbite Slaves.
New York journal.


to America when the time comes
for writing truthful history.
Once" the historian will write,
I'VE used i'll America to whip black
women in the South. They were
employed to pick cotton. They
received no wages, SO the plan to
get work out of them was to whip
them when they were careless A
severe whipping was found effica
cious.
The negress at first would show
sulkiness. When the time for
whipping came, she knelt and beg
ged for mercy. During the whip
ping she screamed. After the
whipping she was a much more
valuable slave. She did her work
carefully, and the other negresses,
observing her punishment, avoided
her bad example.
Nothing apparently could have
been more satisfactory. But the
people of the North, though en-
tirely ignorant of the needs of
cotton growing, interfered. The
screams of those negresseS SO
worked on their nerves, particular
ly in New England, that they
fought for four years to stop slav-
efy. And they were pleased with
the result, although it cost millions
of lives and thousands OF millions
of dollars.
The American nation talked d
good deal after that about Ameri-
can treatment of women, and much
of this talk came from New Eng
land.
Great surprise, therefore, when
in 1898 an attempt was made to
reduce to starvation wages by 10
per cent revealed similar system
of women treatment in New Bed
ford.
Again the cotton industry was
involved. White workers the
women in this case. Great COM
petition among cotton manutact-
urers, and mills paying about 10
per cent profits. A system discov-
cred far better and cheaper than
slavery.
Instead of owning the worker,
feeding her and taking care of her
as valuable chattel, she was hired,
She fed herself. Her sickness or
death meant no loss. Invariably
she sacrificed herself to her child
ren, supplying workers to take her
place at the loom when she should
take her place in the graveyard.
The mill owners, by agreement,
paid as little as would let the
workers live and breed more mill
hands.
1T was ideal. The slavery sys-
tenn was costly extravaganza COM
pared to it.
"And the getting of the most
work was not difficult. The whip,
of course, had been laid aside.
After the grand national howl
about the screaming negress the
whip could not be thought of. In
the first place, the mill owners
were too refined to think of using
it, and in the second place they
would have been lynched if they
had tried.
"But something, of course, had
to be done. The tired women,
watching eight looms, working
hard all day with an aching back,
with tired eyes and brain and
heart, would get careless. Her
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-08-18
Spi'IIlgtlIIle

Is the sweetest season in human life, 40
it is in Nature generally. 1t is the time
of promise. As the young girl draws
near to that mysterious line cWhere
woranhood and girlhood meet" her
whole destiny is in measure being de-
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-08-18
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-08-18

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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-08-18

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ers and droops
like some blighted
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-08-18

FINEST oE CARn GIVEN STOCK.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES,

Nearly 40 hands are now employed at
the Winchester tannery, and the pay roll
amounts to about 5000 per week. An
addition of 40x46 feet is being added 10
the south end of the main building, to
make room for more big tanning wheels.
The citizens of Newport are searching
the woods and dragging the streams for a
possible clue to the whereabouts of Avian
II. Chase, a prosperous shoe dealer, who
disappeared Tuesday. No satisfactory
reason can be given for the mans disap'
pearance Mr.. Chase is about "a years
old, member of the Grand Army and
prominent knights Templar.
A family in Chesterfield treasures an ex-
celent picture of Gen. Lafayette, made on
canvas at the time of the generals last
visit to New England, when he was the
guest of Boston and other cities. The
banner has hung in Chesterfield home all
these years, together with a printed an
nouncement of numerous and special at
fractions at the Boston museum during
Gen. Lafayette's stay in that city. The
picture is a large and striking likeness, and
is much sought by antiquarians and others.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
Besieged by FilipinOs.

10 Americans Of the 43d Volunteers
KIIIed and 10 Rescued In Exhausted
ConditIon---TOOk Refuge in Church,
which the Rebels Burned.
The American garrison of Catubig, island
of Samar, consisting of 80 men belonging
to the 43d regiment, has been attacked by
rebels. Twenty Of the Americans were
killed. The remainder were rescued.
The Americans were quartered in the
Catubig church, which the enemy, num-
bering several hundred men, surrounded
and fercely attacked. The Americans
fought for two days and then the rebels
managed to ignite the roof of the church
and it burned away and finally fell upon
those inside the edifice. The walls re-
manned intact, however, and were used as
shelter by the beseged Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attacking the
building on all sides at once. The Ameri-
cans continued firing from the windows
and doors of the church and did great ex-
ecution among the Filipinos. 1t is esti-
mated that over 200 of the latter were
killed, many dead bodies being removed
from the scene of the fighting.
After five days resistance by the Ameri-
cans a lieutenant and eight men arrived
from Laosn and engaged the besiegers,
who thereupon retired. Another despatch
says word of the position of the detach-
ment finally reached Maj. Gilmore, who
made a forced march, relieved the be-
sieged force and scattered the insurgents.
The fortunate arrival of these reinforce
ments prevented the humiliation of the
American force intrenched in the church,
who had repeatedly declined TO surrender
when ordered to do so by the Filipinos.
The 10 survivors were without food, had
little ammunition and were physically ex-
hausted, when relieved. This fight has
encouraged the Filipinos, who are now
acting in an aggressive manner and threat
ening that section Of the coast. particular
ly the town of Catarma, whence the gar
rison will probably be withdrawn to Laoan
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
Alaska Civil Code Bill.

The civil code bill for Alaska was passed
Tuesday by the Senate. This measur,
has been under consideration for som,
time, and was threatened with defea
through amendments relating to the locat
ing of mining claims. To save the bill
Senator Carter, who was in charge of it
succeeded in having those sections anC
pending amendments relating to mining
claims eliminated. He explained that tht
most elaborate preparations ever known in
connection with the settlement of new
country were being made by persons and
companies intending to emigrate to Alas
ka, and that it was of the highest import.
ance that laws for the protection of life
and property should be enacted He was
convinced the proposed amendments would
prevent the passage of the bill, and he
therefore asked that the Two sections to
which they were offered be struck out,
which was agreed to, and the bill was
passed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.
FOREST TENT CATERP1LLARs.
some Suggestions About Combating
the Pest and Protecting our Shade

some Suggestions About Combating
the Pest and Protecting our Shade
Trees.
The Boston Transcript of April 81 con-
tanned the following, which shows what Is
being done by the children of Utica, n. Y,
as we'll as by those of many other towns,
to diminish the number of the destructive
caterpllars which made their first appear
ance in Brattleboro last season.
Utica school children have been enlisted
in the good work of collecting for destruc-
ton the eggs of the brown caterpillar,
which worked havoc last year on the foliage
of the trees in the city and vicinity. In
cidentally the children are learning some
thing about insect life. The eggs of
the destroying worm are found in rings on
the ends of tree twigs. These are broken
off by the children and carried TO the
schools for enumeration, the committee on
economics of local club having offered
prize of 50 to the school destroying the
greatest number of these egg rings. A
better stimulus, in its appeal to the pocket
sense of the young collectors, is the offer
made by one of the teachers to her pupils
to pay 10 cents per hundred for the rings
brought in. Each ring is estimated to be
capable of Matching out 200 worms, and
in one month the work of the children re-
suited in the destruction of some 10000 900
of the pest. The work will be continued
up TO the Matching time.
Caroline G.. Soule of Brookine, Mass,
who has made study of the pest, says it
is not too late to do this work until the
caterpillars hatch. The egg-rings can be
removed very easily by Sitting the ring
with knife or a stout pin and pulling it
off. In this way not an egg need be lost
AS soon as the leaves begin to open the
trees ought to be sprayed-not with the
spray of soap, kerosene, and something
else, which burned the trees badly last
year, but with the entirely harmless pre-
paration used over large tract of Massa-
chusetts to kill the gypsy moth caterpillars
DR.. Woodward has the formula for this
arsenate of lead spray which can be pre-
pared by any of the druggists.
The sooner it is applied after the leaves
appear the more effective it will be, for it
takes much less poison to kill small cater
pillars than larger ones.
AS soon as the caterpillars appear every
tree ought to be banded with Raupenleim
over strips of cloth or paper which prevent
its injuring tender bark. This prepare
ton can be bought of VIM. Menzel & Co. 4,
Ga Broad street, New York, or the Bowker
Fertilzing Co., Boston, Mass. Kegs of
25 pounds cost SO 10, while in large guam
titles the cost is less.
Whatever is done ought to be done at
the very first appearance of the caterpillars
and leaves. This is economy of time,
money, and the health of the trees, all of
which are worth saving.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
300 Miners Killed.
Terrific Explosion ina Utah NIIn.--.2O,
Bodies Already Recovered.

Bodies Already Recovered.
A terrific explosion occurred Tuesday
in the winter quarters of the Pleasant Val
ley company's coal mine at Scofeld,
Utah, on the Rio Grande Western railway.
near Cotton, by which many miners were
killed.
The explosion is attributed to the blow
ing up of a number of kegs of blasting
powder. Superintendent Sharp of the
coal company and Superintendent Welbv
of the railroad company have gone to the
scene on special train.
A despatch from Salt Lake, City last night
said: So far almost POO bodies have been
recovered from the Scofield mine, and It is
thought sufficient bodies yet remain to
bring the list of dead nearly to 300. 1t is
now only a question of recovering the
bodies of the victims, and that cannot be
finished for several days. The fact that
the rush of air from the mouth of the main
entry of the mine was sufficient to blow
a man and his team across the gulch, al
most 200 yards, indicates what force was
eXerted within the workings of the mine
at the time of the explosion.
II any one man is to t'ame for the ac
cident ii will never be known, for no man
who can tell the story has come out of the
mine alive. Many old coal miners, famil-
lar with these mines, state that they have
always been regarded as the safest mines
in the state. The relief fund last night
amounted to $500 and contributions in the
shape of money and provisions are being
received from many places in and out of
the state
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04

Harry Smith of " .nchester, y. a.. a
senior at Yale, won the half-mile ru., al
the Yale spring games on Saturday, lead.
ing by three rods and finishing in the fast
time of $50.
5. b. Watson of St. Adams played two
match games of billiards with Moses Vat
ter of Boston at Rutland Friday night His
score in the straight line game was 300 TO
IFS for Gatter and in the balk line 200 to
%. Watson's highest run at straight bill
lizards was 81, Yatter's % At the balk
line game Watson's best run was 30 Vat
ter's u. This remarkable score was i'm
spite of the fact that Mr. Watson has not
entered billiard contest for over two
years. Mr.. Yatter was for nine years bill
liardlchampion of New England losing the
title four years ago.
Several of the old Brattleboro base ball
players are still in the game. Henry Bur
rell will pitch for the Omaha, Neb., team
The Omaha World Herald of last Sunday
contained a half-tone portrait of Burrell
with sketch of his career. Tom Dowd,
after several years in the National league,
is now playing for the Chicago club in the
American association Garry is captain
and outielder of the Milwaukee team of
the American association. Hickey is held
in reserve by the Boston National league
club, but is farmed out to Cortland in the
New York state league, and Jimmie Col
lopy is with BinghamtOn in the same
league. Leahy is catching for the Prov
ldence team in the Eastern league.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
TAR AND FEATHERS
Ride on a Three. COrnered Rail
Followed.
PLIGHT OF GRAFTON MAN
Attentions to the Wife of Another Man
Caused Trouble and Led 10 the Visit
from Irate Citizens.

A bath of extremely warm tar and a
liberal sprinking Of feathers and ride on
a three-cornered rail suspended between
the shoulders of dozen stalwart men,
through the village was the fate that over
took Thomas Penniman at Grafton Fri
day night.
Albert Fish, an honest, industrious man,
lived with his wife and family in Grafton.
All went well until Penniman, few
months ago, went there to board
Pennman has a lengthy police court
record at Bellows Falls and general repu-
tation for all-around toughness. He be-
came enamoured of Mrs. Fish, and soon
the husband was virtually driven from his
home.
The conduct of the couple was town
talk, and at last public feeling became so
strong that The people of that staid little
village, outraged at the conduct of Penni-
man and the woman, took the law into
their own hands and administered a dose
OF wild western justice such as is seldom
seen in conservative Vermont.
An impromptu committee was formed.
Without any attempt at Disgusting them
selves, they proceeded Friday night 70 the
Fish home.
Here they found Penniman, and the tar
being quickly heated, he was stripped and
treated to liberal coating, after which he
was rolled in the contents of feather bed,
mounted upon a convenient fence rail and
carried through the streets to the outskirts
of the village, where, after being given
some plain ak, he was released and warn
ed TO leave town.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
Work and IdIsnes,

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
In former years, much more than at
present, there was an idea that the goal of
business was to obtain a competency and
then retire" The thought of dropping
a regular pursuit and doing nothing there,
after, or as one pleases in the matter of
recreation, may look attractive on the sur
face, but invariably leads to disappoint-
ment, and as a rule, to physical and other
ills unknown before. A healthy man
wakes up in the morning with a complete
days work stored up. There is no method
Of retirement from this provision of nature
The salt of life is the accomplishment of
something useful and this requires more
or less of close effort and skillful knowl-
edge. People are truly said to be as old as
they feel. Among the busiest brains in
the world today are those of the remark
able old President of the Beers and Lord
Salisbury, both past 20, and both carving
on their shoulders, somewhat bent by age
though they be, the cares of a nation.
The rule of Queen Victoria's life has been
state and social work promptly and thor
oughly performed. Her trip to Ireland
with its round of functions, has been no
light undertaking from one past so. but
her physicians do not conceive that il in
yolved serious risk, or, indeed, might not
be beneficial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
Bellows Falls letter in ST. Adams Messenger OF
Saturday

lbelloWs ais letter IN 81. Adams Messenger OF
Saturday
The Republican ticket of Windham
county at this rather early date promises
to cause but few changes in the list of
county officers. There seems to be no
question but that the judges of probate, E.
l.. Waterman, of Brattleboro, for the dis
trict of Marlboro, and Lavant NJ. Read,
of Bellows Falls, for the district cf West
minister, will be retained in Office without
the slightest opposition from any one.
There is apparently no disposition either
to disturb the assistant Judges of the coun-
ty court, Frank WOrden of Halifax and
Daniel Kellogg of Westminster. But the
Office of states attorney, which vbrates BIZ
ennially between Brattleboro and Bellows
Falls, is due to swing this way, Herbert G.
Barber, of BrattleborO, having been elected
two years ago. The lot will undoubtedly
fall upon George A. Weston, of this place.
who was a candidate for the office four
years ago when he was defeated by his fell
low townsman, G. II. Robb.
Robert K, Gordon, of Brattleboro, who
has held the office of sheriff for four wears.
is very likely to be succeeded by one of his
deputies, A. w. j. Wilkins, of Putney.
who has served as deputy several years
under different sherffs and is recognized
as an efficient officer A. H. Thompson,
chief-of-police of Bellows Falls, is also
mentioned for the office and has something
of a following. The county commissioner,
G. F. Thompson, of Brattleboro, is at pres
ent without a rival in the field.
Though the candidacy of Hon. Frank
Plumley, of Mortified, for congressional
honors is more or less favorably looked up
on at this end of Windham county, there
is nevertheless a general impression that
political differences will in due course of
time be tremendously adjusted, and coun-
ty pride secure for Col Haskins a solid
Windham delegation.
The Grout and Dillingham; forces divide
this end of the county to the entirs exclu.
sion of Mr.. Prouty. The younger polti.
clans in Bellows Falls as we'll as In Brat
tleboro rally strongly around the Dilling-
ham standard, and in their company are
found two candidates for the state senator
ship, Y. II. Allbee, of Bellows Falls, and
r. FL. Hadley, cashier of the First Nation
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
A Bad Companion.



One portion of the great speech deliver
ed by Senator Hoar is attracting wide at
tention because it is absurdly overstated.
1t is that portion in which he eulogizes
Aguinaldo and says of him: "He deserves
to be remembered with that small band
who have given life and everything dearer
than life, to their country in losing cause.
He shall live with Kossuth, with Dom
Paul, with Joubert, with Emmett, with
Egmont and Horn, with Nathan Hale, with
Warren, with all the great martyrs of his
tory"
Senator Hoar knows that Aguinaldo
sold out to Spain for a money considera-
tion to be taken by himself and a few fell
low cOnspirators. He knows that no real
patriot ever sold out his people for gold or
silver and to compare Aguinaldo with Kos
suth, Dom Paul, Joubert, Emmett, Egmont,
Horn, Nathan Hale and Warren is little
better than mockery. If the other state
ments made by Mr.. Hoar have no better
foundation than this, how can he expect
the people to believe that he is sincere?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
SPORTING.
Vermont Academy 10. Dartmouth RE
srr.eH III

Vermont Academy 10, Dartmouth RE
serses IL.
Vermont Academy defeated Dartmouth
Reserves at SaXtons River ApIn .. For
the first innings Vermont Academy coull
hot find Clark enough 10 score, bu. in the
siNth the academy bye got the college men
IN the air and scored ! | runs. Then both
teams steadied down for two innings, but
the teams played Loose ball again in the
ninth. Clark for Darimucth IN the box
had to be replaced by Emerson in the sixth,
while Huse for Vermont Academy pitched
very steady game lr'i the ninth, and
had he had good support Dartmouth would
not have scored in that inning. Geen
played his usual game behind the bat.
Farmer for Dartmouth put up good show
ing as catcher, and was sure Of his throws
TO second. Booth made a wonderful catch
in centre for Vermont Academy that no
one thought could be got, but he put up his
left hand and held the ball, then cheer after
cheer went up from the crowd. Higgins's
helding was fast aud sure and he brought
down four flies. At bat O'Connor and
Crowell for Dartmouth, and Alden, Huse
and Geen for Vermont Academy. did the
most effective work. Vermont Academy's
outlook is very bright, and if none of its
players get injured she doubtless will make
the best showing in base ball this year that
she has for many years past.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04
A Calm and ThoughtfuI Statesman

AT banquet Of the Sun1ower league,
a collection of Kansas Democrats and
Populists, ETC., presided over by a states
man OF the name of Sapp, Col. Bryan was
present and so was the Hon. Allen o.
Meyers of Ohio. Mr., Meyers addressed
the colonel, as follows:
You may be elected, sir, by a million
majority, but they will not permit you to
take the Presidential chair. Look at the
fate of William Goebel."
In conclusion Mr.. Meyers predicted "the
sword and gun, violence, revoution-a
new order of things" Calm and thought
full statesmen like Mr.. Meyers must attract
many votes to the Democratic party.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04

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