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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
TEE CALORiM
Heasnres Variations in Temperature Pros
 duced by Different Foods,

Prof. francis E. Benedict Of Wes> meter recently, said; Its object is to measure with the smallest margin of error the total amount of excreta of all sorts from q living man for an eX- tended period. It is a living room, which is the inside of nest of five, the spaces between the rooms, or boxes, as the outside ones would be thot ght of, beinS aVailed of as insulat- ing layers of air, while the material o2 different sorts is applied so that no heat shall escape except through the devices for measuring it. The inside living room is of copper. alright, and all the air admitted s measured, test ed for temperature, and cleared of water and vapor to small residue. and samples analysed at stated inter- 0als. The same, or even greater pre- cautions are taken with the outgoing air, in which are the results of the living processes going on in the man within Provisions are made for a large number of precautions against error suggested by experience and prompted by s. entilc caution so thst ...a Siltttsfe plant $ quite a machine shop, the appartus being generally o' the expensive, specially designed or. Gef. and built with is near an approach -a nlathematieal aeeliraey Elaborate freezing machines for removing the water yapor to a constant percentage nearly 400 electrical devices. sory of thermometer scattered over the "oom, designed te record electrical changes in direction induced by heat, measuring thus down to a hundredtN of degree Fahrenheit, and meals for continuously analyzing all the air com ing from the room are examples of what is required, All that the subject eats or drinks must be weighed and 5terilized, and means devised for pass. ing them in without disturbing the cenditiens of obse.y aticus.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
g,o:mor. 4ste ..~aph .Absorbe,..

Col. R, C. Clowry, yice-presldent Of he Western Union Telegraph con- 2any, has completed the purchase of all the telegraph lines of the Deseret Telegraph company, which has here tofore been operated by the Mormon church. These lines extend through cut Utah and to all the Mormon set. dement's in tho states of Idaho and tsevada, and their construction by Brigham Young was in advance of the building of railroads. For many years they were the principal means of i'm medite communication for the Mor- noa church aLd it's business conuec. siCnA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
SILLY VOWS WELL KEPT.
Artist Whose Masterpiece Was Due v
 an Oath He Took.

an Oath He Took.
 The French artist. Gericauld, was determined to allow no distraction to interfere with the painting Of his great picture, "The Wreck If the Medusa." !" He had his head shaved and vowed that he would never allow his hair to grow until hts work was done. ThiA VOW he religious!v kept, in spite of strong temptation to break it, and the reward of his heroism was the most perfect painting of his Ike. A story is told of young man in E gland, a great chess enthusiast, who was So annoyed at his failure to solve an ap- parently simple problem that he vowed he would neither sleep nor eat until ene solution was found. He shut him. self up in disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciateG and out of hia fnin6. He spent year in the lunatie asyidn as the result of his rash VOW; and the problem remains unsolved. 1t was for very curious reason that an old lady. who died a few years ago, condemned herself to more than thirty years confinement to her house She had married a widower, as miserly as he was nnromantic, and he Insisted that his second wife should wear the clothes left behind her by his first wife. The wife was as mutinous as the husband was resolute, and she de- termined that until she could have her own clothes she would never leave tho house. a VOW she kept until her death. Woman appears to be at the root ot many eccentric VOWS, for it was ha- tired of the sex that once impelled a Wellknown lawyer to swear that he would never speak to a woman again as long as he lived. Nothing would induce him to see a lady client, and he would never conduct a case in which 3 woman appeared .s a witness. He neyer employed female servant, and deliberately .cut' all his lady aequain- tanees. The inevitable result was that the men deserted him, his practice dwindled and he died, less than a yeay ago. alone in 8 squ2lid room.~-Pltts- burg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
Swords May Be Abolished.

The suggestion of substituting a Martini-Metford carbine for the sword an officer usually carries is being large. ly discussed in military circles. The objection against the sword is that when marching through hilly country It hampers an officers movements in getting over rough ground, while a carbine could be used as walking stick. thus being a great help and sup- port.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
WOMEN IfJ MARTINIQUE
Sleep Seems 10 Re the Chief Industry
 There.

Sleep Seems 10 Re the Chief Industry
 That the woman who was Napoleon ( first empress, the unhappy Josephine, was born in Martinique, and lived there till she was fifteen, is remember ed,perhaps by very few who have read Of the current disorders among tES peop1-s of that French West Indian is. land, but by the residents thereof it is never lost sight of for moment. IL vas in Martinique that Josephine ac- Quired thvs-e qualities which later made her so much trouble-passion, indo- IOnce and indulgence. The conditions that nodded Josephine's character still < exist, unchanged and apparently un- Manageable. If there has been any change in recent years the movement has been retroGressive rather thaE forward. Every thing tends towarl al
 most continuous slumber in the French West Indies, from the climate to the rum, and. to speak truth, no one eeems in the least to strive against the slumberous influence. To che out. gider sleep seems to be the chief in- dustry of the islands; the people ap- pear to sleep, sleep, sleep, from morn Ing till night. Of course there are Hines oi 5he day when the sleeping is more nearly general tha1 at other Hines, just after the midday breakfast, for instance, and again just after din- ner; then no one remains awake. The Attempt to Christianize the harmless and peaceful savages who originally peopled the islands, now French West Indian, began 400 years ago, resulted in practical eyterm.nation, and thu place of the carlos was taken by the negroes Little by little since thee the influence of tie negro blood has increased; since emancipation in 184S the white population has decreased, the influence and interest of the whites have grown less year by year, home and social life has grown nar- rower, preiediees have grown stronger and more numerous, and there is little likelihood of lasting improvement in any direction. Washerwomen in Mar tinique are made, not born The strength, health and constitution re- Quired for their calling is not neces- sary in any other. 4 habit of standing for days in the cold river is cultivated from childhood.-Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
aiu6= =ef Rirda

French naturalist asserts that If the world should become birdless man would not inhabit it after nine years, In spite of all the sprays and poisons that could be manufactured for the destruction of insects. The insects ard slugs would simply eat dp our orchards and crops.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
WEST DOVER.

Mrs. Clara Cook has returned after a
visit of week with her daughter Leila,
in Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bliss of Pittsfield,
Mass, visited their niece, Mrs. Sherman
Hill, last week. Mrs. Carrie Harris re-
turned with them as far as Florida,
Mass.
Mrs F. E. Thatcher of Florida, Mass,
is visiting at T. F. Bogles and with other
friends.
W. II. Churchill is improving his build
ings by adding a piazza to the house and
by painting the barn. Barlow, Adams
and Bond are doing the work.
Mrs. William Parsons was the only per-
son from here who took advantage of
the excursion to New York. She visited
her son, Harry, and other relatives.
The ladies' aid society will hold an en-
tertainment and supper at school house
hall Thursday evening, Oct. 10. The
ladies are requested to bring cake. All
are cordially invited.
Nearly all of the male portion of the
village went to the fire Tuesday evening
when Frank Gallup's barn was burned
with its contents of hay. The stock and
farming tools were saved. 1t was thought
at one time the house would surely CO.
but the direction of the wind took the
flames the other way. There was a
small insurance on the barn, but nearly
enough to cover the loss.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
WEST WARpSRORo-

Mr.. and Mrs. o Lyman have returned
from visit in Ware, Mass.
Mrs. c. II. Ryder will have an auction
sale of personal property. etc. the 18th.
II. Il. Eddy is in Burlington attending
the University of Vermont
Rev w. V. Grattan preached his fare
well sermon last Sunday. but 1t is ex-
pected that services will be held next
Sunday.
Maney Brown has sold his store build
ing to b. c. Ryder and II. II. Forester.
and his interest in the store to the latter.
John Edwards has moved from the vil-
lage to the John Ramsdell place i'm
Jamaica. stephen Bills has moved into
the tenement in Mr.. Armstrong; house
vacated by Edwards.
jerome Hall, who was discharged from
the Brattleboro Retreat in the spring.
and who has been working for his mother
during the summer. has become deranged
again and was taken to the Retreat lion-
day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
GUILFoRD CENTRE.

Edna NJ. Ward of Quechee is with her
sister Tor a few days.
Mr. and Mrs Elliott Thomas visited
friends in town last week.
Mrs. c. A. Clark of Springfield Mass,
visited at S. NJ. BulIock's last week.
Walter and Fred Jacobs and Walter
Thayer are at the Pan-American this
week.
Rev. R. X. Marvin will preach in the
church Sunday at 2.3O p. IN. Sunday
school after services.
Miss Ethel Buchanan. teacher in No. 2
went to her home in Bellows Falls last
Wednesday, returning Monday.
Broad Brook Grange will give a mas
querade ball about the last of October
Everyone is invited to attend in mask.
Ed Squires has bought all the pine
lumber on Frank Wellmans farm, and
is negotiating with ]. G. Thayer and C.
p. Wood for theirs.
Lyman B. Bullock, Mrs Sarah NJ K
Bullock and Mrs. Fannie Crawford or
Springfield, Mass, were guests at Samuel
NJ. Bullocks during the fair
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Parsons, Dr. H. s.
Ward and wife of Readsboro, and Fred
A. Ward of Londonderry were guests at
F. E. Wards during the fair.
Following is the program for the Grange
meeting to be held Oct. 3: Singing by
choir; defamation, Edwin Canedy; read
ing, Mrs. Johnson; song. Mary Mullock
defamation, Jasen Baker; singing by
choir; question-"Why is our agricul-
tural college entitled to the support and
patronage of farmers, and in what way
does training at an agricultural college
benefit young'farmer?"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
Will Cartons Lecture.

VIII Carlton came, and lovers of his
poetry had the greater treat of hearing
popular ballads recited by the author
himself Besides his fame in recitation
he is an orator to the manner born. In
his lecture, THE Drama of Human
Nature" he made drama of the church.
the Sunday school, the day school. So
ciety, business and individuals. Indeed
nothing escapes his dramatic instincts
He hates shams and humbugs, and all
his illustrations are sweet and whole
some. He gided deity from descrip-
lions in various prints to his popular
poems illustrating the ground work of
his lecture in humor and pathos. For
two hours he kept up steady interest in
an eager voice, with scarcely the full
pause for periods at times.
In the audience was a lady whose de-
murely pleasant expression, as If de-
corum required her not to smile broadly
at the speakers droll limitations, led
some to guess her individuality as Mrs
VIII Carlton She is a native of Halifax
who lived there till the age of 10. In
conversation here she said she had al
ways wanted to come to Windham
county seat. Possibly to this wish may
be due our opportunity to hear Mr..
Carlton. Mrs. Carlton was a Niles OF
West Halifax and her maternal grand
father. Elder Fish, was the beloved Bap-
fist minister of that town generations
ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton have spent
the summer in the White Mountains.
Arriving here in the rain they had the
qualification of succeeding pleasant
morning which made them desire to
linger longer in Newfane, but an APP
pointment called them to Keene. We
hope they will take a notion" to spend
a longer time here next year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
WEST puMMERsroN.

John Reoux has returned from a short
visit in Maine.
Mrs.C. NJ. Dinsmore is entertaining her
sister from Weston.
j. Il. Townsend is slowly recovering
from an attack of influenza.
Fred Nichols 81, died Tuesday at the
home of his sister, Mrs. o. A. Norcross.
VIII Connarn is at home after being
employed in the White Mountains during
the summer.
Anthony King, an employee at the
quarry, started for his home in England
last Thursday.
Mrs. Will Leonard is confined to the
house with a severe case of neuralgia.
f. G. Rogers and others are i'll with
grip.
Road Commissioner Robbins has a num-
Der of men drawing stone chips from the
quarry to the river road north of John
Tafts.
John Taft expects to start the cider mill
this week. The jelly made by Mr.. Taft
is an extra good quality, and is shipped to
customers in many different sections OF
the country.
c. d. Hosley of Springfield, Mass,
spent Sunday at Will Leonard's. His sis
ter, Mrs M. T. Johnson of South Dakota,
intended to return with him, but was de-
tanned by the illness of Mrs. Leonard.
The saw mill at Skinner, Maine, where
]. w. Remission and son are now work.
ing, is operated on a scale almost un-
known in this section of the country.
The mill is situated in the forest near the
northwestern border of Maine, in a vi
entity inhabited by none but the employees
of the company. About % horses are
used to draw the logs into the mill yard,
and the lumber when worked up is taken
from the mill by a locomotive owned by
the milling company. 1t is so planned
that the lumber is not lifted by the men,
but carried from one machine to another
by chain rollers. The carriage is oper-
ated by a man who rides upon it. AS the
mill is geared to a high speed, this seems
a precarious position.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04

at suffered for months with
troubles peculiar to women which
gradually broke down my health and
my very life. l was nearly insane
with pain at times, and no human
skill l consulted in Milwaukee could
bring me relief.
my attention was called to Lydia
r. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the first bottle brought re-
lief, and the second bottle an absolute
cure. 1 could not believe it myself,
and felt sure it was only temporary,
but blessed fact, | have now been well
for year, enjoy the best of health,
and cannot in words express my graf
itude. Sincerely yours, SADIE E. Koch,
124 10th St, Milwaukee. Wis 5000
forfeit II dboUe testimonial is not genuine.
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the power of Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound over
diseases of women.
Women should remember that
they are privileged to consult
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
about their illness, entirely free.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
WEST HALIFAX.

Mrs. VIII Carleton of Brooklyn has
been in town this week.
Horace Worden and family, who have
been visiting parents and friends here.
started for their home in State Line
Indiana Tuesday. They will stop in
Buffalo for a few days.
The barn on the Henry E. Adams
farm, formerly the Luther Adams farm
was burned with all the contents early
Friday morning The barn was probably
the best in town, and had been built only
few years 1t cost about $4,000. 1t was
insured with contents in the Vermont
Mutual company for $1,000. This is one
of the best farms in town, with an ex-
cellent set of buildings, and the loss is
felt by the entire community. We under
stand from Mr. Adams that he will re-
build at once
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
GREEN RIVER,

Henry Stowe is confined to the house
by Illness.
Fred Stowe has been cutting his winter
supply Of logs for chair stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Denison of Keene
called on friends here Saturday.
Byran Stowe and family of Readsboro
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bracket recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas and little
daughter, Eta, of Bellows Falls visited
at Charles Brackets one day last week.
Albert Barney of Newport this state.
and his sister, Mrs. Coates of Provi-
dence, r. l., spent Monday and Tuesday
with relatives here.
Mrs. s. a. Richmond, our school super
intendent has papered the school room,
making a great Improvement. Now the
directors should see that the roof is
slated.
Mrs. Jane Fletcher returned to her
home here Thursday, She has spent sew
eral months in the employ of a book con-
Germ as canvasser. She is now can
vassing for the Life of Mckinley.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
WARDSBORO.

J. NJ Gleason has returned to his home
in Boston.
Charles Martin and wife of Proctor are
visiting here.
Mrs. A. L. Howard went to Chester
Monday to care for the sick.
ora Underwood visited his brother,
Fred Underwood, the first of the week
c. =. Nelson and son have moved on
to the Whitaker farm, which he bought
lately.
Moses Dexter of Troy n. Y, is spend
ing a few days with his mother ana aunt
Mrs. Laura Blanchard.
Mr.. Esterbrook and wife of Hoosick
Falls are staying at the hotel a few
days and calling on friends.
Fred Underwood and wife, who have
been visiting in Greenfield and Brattle-
boro two weeks, have returned home.
Mrs Laura Stowell. who sold her place
a short time since to the Methodist So
ciety, sold her household goods at public
auction Wednesday. She will leave town
soon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
Cure for Asthma and Hay Fever

The statement published below con-
firms the claim of DR.. Schiffmann that he
has now discovered an absolute remedy
for Asthma and Hay Fever.
Mrs Mary Zachery. Pleasant Hill, La.
says: II have found your Asthma Cure a
permanent cure for asthma, for which I
used it years ago. l have never had
the slightest return of the trouble since
| have also found your remedy excellent
in Bronchial affections. l shall ever
have feeling of gratitude for the bene-
fits derived from your Cure"
A Hay Fever sufferer writes:-"I have
had Hay Fever for IA years. | bought
a package of your remedy (Schiffman's
Asthma Cure, of our druggist and due to
its use this is the first summer that 1
have not been troubled" Mrs. Frank
Guilfogle, 62S7 Ridge avenue, Roxboro,
Philadelphia.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
NEWFANE.
Mastery Address of Judge Stafford.

Mastery Address of Judge Stafford.
The address by Hon. Wendell p. STAFF
ford, presiding judge of the county
court, drew a full house Monday evening"
and the confident expectations of an APP
preciatve audience were more than full
filed.
Judge Stafford was happily introduced
by Rev. r. e. Danforth, who babe the
people keep their eye on the Judge as q
rapidly rising man in the state, at a com
paratively young age.
The speaker modestly said he would
read a paper delivered before the state
society of Colonial Danes at Montpelier,
but he was hardly dependant on his man
uscript His voice was pleasing in its
clear and penetrative quality, his sketch
of Vermont history in Colonial and
Revolutionary days forcible, judicial
and eloquent, his oratory calm, easy,
finished. He exalted his hearers by pas
sages of eloquence and restfully led them
back to a dispassionate consideration of
the main subject.
He manifested clear, resolute, indepen-
dent convictions on moral questions, re-
ferring to Vermont's prohibitory law in
open and courageous Vindication. His
use of adjectives would interest a stu
dent of the meaning of words as when he
characterized the liquor traffic as
"brazen" and serpent-like.
In summing up the speaker said: ITO
say that a word or deed was like Yer
mont, has always been to praise II and
to give it the highest praise. She has
been first on many fields. She gave the
first blood of the Revoluton-at West
minister; received the first surrender OF a
British fag-at Ticonderoga; was first to
seize and sell the property of Tories. first
to prohibit slavery by bill of rights, and
first to answer Lincoln's call for volun-
teers 1t is a great record"
We shall hope to hear Judge Stafford
again in this community.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
GUILEORD,

Miss Mary L. Smith is spending the
week in North Adams. Mass.
Miss Alice jameson Of Boston is spend
ing the week at George p Milers.
Services will be held in the Episcopal
church Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Lulu Smith of North Adams is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Stephen
Smith.
Gospel service will be held i'm the Baker
district school house at $50 o'clock Sun
day, oct. 6.
Miss Emmerette Weatherhead had an
auction sale of personal property We'd
nesday. She will move soon to her new
home in West Brattleboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Cobb Of Boston
and Mrs. Nelson Whittier OF Springfield,
Mass, were in town this week. greeting
old friends and visiting old time scenes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04
X BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901
JAMAICA.

Mrs. Flora Howard visited relatives in
Manchester last week
Mrs. Stella Howard has entered the
normal school in Westfleld, Mass.
Mrs. j. w. Harriss sister from St.
Johnsbury Is here on a visit.
Mrs. Jane Howard will go soon to
Maine, where she has three daughters.
Covenant melting will be held Saturday
afternoon at the Baptist church.
Miss Mabel Sage will attend Leland &
Gray Seminary at Townshend.
Ransel Frost has returned to Jamaica,
not finding the condition of things in
Bennington as he expected.
a missionary melting was held at the
Baptist church vestry last Thursday
afternoon
Mr.. Bazel has moved from West Hill
to Ransel Frosts house on Mechanic
street to remain there until spring.
Cassius White has gone to Rome. N.
Y, where he will remain through the
winter
Albert Howard has bought II. II. Reeds
house on Mechanic street and has moved
there from the depot.
Charles II. Allen and Hubert White
left Tuesday for a ten days trip to the
Pan-American exposition. They will
visit Niagara Falls and other places of
interest before they return.
Membership day was observed by the
w. c. 7. U. in an effort to gain new
members, and a meeting to find the result
was held with the president Monday
evening. when nine new names were
added to the roll in addition to one new
honorary member. making a gain since
last year of - regular and four honorary
members. Ice cream and cake were
served during the evening.
Mrs. G. F. Wyman's millinery parlor will be
closed Tuesday and Wednesday if pleasant; If
not, the next two pleasant days.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04

Four children who live in the north
part of Burlington in a crowded district
are i'll with small pox.
In the October Atlantic r. r. Bowker
shows, in The Piracy of a Franchise
Corporation, how by political pull" in
New York, even the strongest corpora
ton may be ruined and swallowed up, If
it strives to be too honest and takes too
little heed of practical politics" SINH
larly, A Pennsylvania describes the Ills
of Pennsylvania, and portrays the power
of Quay and the sad condition into which
the people and politics of the keystone
state have fallen, which he ascribes
largely to inherited Quaker weaknesses.