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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

their position or point the way? Saw
ing his assistants pack the professor
had carried off everything.
No. Not everything Even as
this thought sank like a stone into
Harding's heart his eye fell upon
something glittering at his foot. With
shaking hand he grasped it. lifted it
- and broke into a cry of mingled tri-
umph and thanksgiving which startled
the Khirgiz from his lethargy. Push
ing back his long hair the man made
an effort to sit up.
THE master? Where is the mas
tcr?' he asked. looking about him in
surprise
Harding laughed grimly. Heaven
alone knows. since he has left his
compass here"
And heaven alone knows to this
hour the course OF the wretched Kirk
honcr's wanderings When Harding
and the Khirgiz guided by the instru-
ment which he had dropped in his
scullle with the Englishman. reached.
after manifold tolls and sufferings. the
confines of human habitatiOn they
could obtain no tidings Of their van
ishcd chief. And although Harding
insisted on organizing new expedi-
tiCn to search for him his labors were
f"uitless. His fate remains as un-
known to the world as the history of
that ancient empire whose records lie
buried with him in the sands of Cen
tral Asia Constance Smith in the
Hartford Courant.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
The ORIGINAL Stars and Stripes.

The story of the original stars and
stripes is worth recalling. 1t was
made in Philadelphia by Misses Mary
and Sarah Austin, under the supervis-
ion OF Gen. Washington and Capt
John Brown. II had only u stars,
as Georgia had not yet Joined the fed
Grafton, 1t was presented to Paul
Jones, who put it at the masthead of
a small boat and sailed up and down
the Schuylkill river to show the Phila-
delphians what the ensign of their ma
tion looked like Next he raised 1t
on the Bon Homme Richard On cap
turing a British ship he found among
her American prisoners James Bay
ard Stafford q young man of educa-
ton. whom he made lieutenant on the
Bon HOmme Richard. In the battle
with the Scraps the flag was shot
away and Lieut. Stafford leaped over
board and saved it, Whereupon it was
nailed to the mast and taken to the
Alliance when the Bon Homme Rich
ard was sinking After the war the
relic was presented to Lieut. Stafford
and was handed down by his descend
ants until finally pia sented by one Of
them to the nation and placed in the
Smithsonian institute. - Springfield
Republican.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
New Lax Commissioners Chance.

From the Montpelier journal
"CuShmau proposes to be- tax COM
u.i -ionrr i'm the fun meaning of the
tide declares the Essex Record.
THE contemporary AYERS that the com
missioner lis after those Inheritance
fellows with a tWo-edgcd axe and
that tho corporations, too. are likely
tu SEQ Mr.. Cu-nman and To be given
an opportunity to get acquaintcd.'
Editor Hays cNhorts CuSh 20 Whoop
er mp and let us have two years of
actual enforcement of the tax laws
In this connection II may be interest
iuL TO note that member of the leg
i@iaturc. i'm a position To know and
competent to judge, said recently that
the revenue from the corporation tax
law could be lacked up some $l50.00O
~ 100000, through a full enforce
iUcnt of the provisions of that law, in
its letter and spirit, by a competent
commissioner. This remark throws
side light on the Records charge
that the men who have previously
held this office have been afraid of
offending some people The new
commissioner appears To have a field
and an opportunity for distinction,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Selling Apples.

At present the apple market is ALI
in favor of the seller, Anv man who
has apples on hand now can turn them
into money at very liberal rates.
It was not ALWAYS Thus. We can
all Of us remember as far back as last
Septembcr.
Al that tir,a +baro ,,.ero ,,.iso ,,,or,
in tba land v-bo eaid that mice $50
NOT worth moro tbar fift,, ~. so,.o,,,,e.
fve cente Larral Sorne foIl.s IN
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a-rov.cre o,,ybt tn f,lrnisb h ,o,,,aI
also and i've a rbrn,,n ,,.i+b a.ob
pnrcbase
Mo wise mon said that tbe orr1o
cron was Iaron,. tt,an ia iS1e ord tbat
nriree would he Lower. and many
growers frightened INV tho racoIIec.
ton nf thar had vear cf nIe,tv +ooly
what tbay corld oct for III f,.,i+ ond
LET il 90 to tba fret buvar
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
China Accents Fully.

Ii Huns Chang and Prince Ching
have signed and sealed with the i'm.
pCrial seal China's acceptance of the
preliminary demands of the Powers.
Chang Chh Tung has withdrawn his
opposition and it would seem that the
beginning of actual negotiations for
peace We're at hand. How long they
will take and what they will amount
To is of course a matter of speculation.
China Will make every effort to secure
a modification of the terms and the
Powers themselves are as yet divided
as to what they want. Endless delay
is the only thing certain. Meanwhile
the only immediate gamer by the pro-
longation of the present situation is
Russia. She will proceed to weld
Manchuria more closely TO her and
whichever way the peace negotiations
term mate will be richer by an enor-
nous territory through which TO run
her Siberian railroad to the open sea.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Small ROOhS.

Publishers today are bringing out
the very best books in the world in
pocket sizes, says St. Nicholas. The
portable little classics can be carried
about and read at odd times, and there
is no longer the same excuse for read
ing trash because it is more conven-
lent Reading little now and then
there is time to think between times,
and a good book gains greatly in inter
est if it. be not swallowed at a mouth
full. Our readers should remember,
when about to buy some book they
Ought to read that it is usually to be
had in half a dozen forms at least,
When we see certain enormous vol
umes in fine print of SCOTS novels,
for instance, we wonder that any one
ever had strength, patience, and eye
sight to read them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
James Walsh's Fatal Fall.

James Walsh, %, unmarried, at
tempted to walk across the Massachu-
sets Central railroad bridge over the
Connecticut river, near Northampton,
Tuesday The bridge wa covered
with snow. Walsh fell through to the
ice below, 20 feet with sufficient force
to break the ice and go into the water.
He was able to get out on the ice be
fore assistance came to him, although
one shoulder was broken in two places,
two ribs were broken and he was in
jured internally. lie died as he was
being taken to the hospital
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
NATIONAL CELEBRITIES
Declare Peruna to Be The Greatest Ca.
tarrh Remedy of The Age.

Hon. M. c. Butler ex.
Governor of South Caro-.
lima, In a letter from Washing
ton, D. C., says: 81 can reCon1-
mend Peruna for dyspepsia and
stomach trouble. / have been
using your medicine for short
period and ! feel very much re-
heVed. 1t is indeed a wonderful
medicine, and besides, a great
tonic"
u. S. Senator Stephen z.
MRHOry, Pensacola, Fla, says:
al have used your excellent REM
edy, Peruna, and can recommend
it both as a tonic and a safe ca.
farrh remedy"
Hon. William Young
blood, Auditor for the Interior,
writes from Washington, d. c., to
DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O., as
follows: ave often heard of your
great medicine and have persuad-
ed my wife, who has been much
of a sufferer from cafarrh, to try
Peruna, and after using one bottle
she has wonderfully improved. IT
has proved all you have claimed
for it,"
Hon. Rufus B. Merchant,
Superintendent and Dis
bursting Officer u. S. POST
office, Washington, D. c., says:
al take pleasure In commencing
your tonic, having taken q bottle
of Peruna with very beneficial re-
suits. II is recommended to me
as a very excellent cstarrh cure"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance or NOR,
frequently from mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter
Tradition says woman must suf
fer" and young women are so taught
There is little truth and a great deal
of eXaggeration in this If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it,
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for eNamina-
tion but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

From st. Adams Messenger. ]

The Congress- by the abolition of the
army cantcen. has voted against its
own Judgment, against the testimony
of the majority Of men of army cN-
pcricuco and against the acCumu-
lated evidence of years of experiment.
ing with temperance question. And
all because Of fear Of band of enthu-
siasts most of whom never saw the
inside of an army post. Ask the for
mor members Of the Vermont volun-
tcers in the war with Spain what they
would have done at Chickamauga
without the Cantecn when a small bar
rel of filthy water was made to serve
81 men for washing. cooking and
drinking for = hours
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Found Dead in Bed.

e. e. Blakeley 3d. unmarried, was
found dead in bed at the Avenue
House in st. Johnsbury Wednesday
morning. Heart disease was probably
the cause of death. He was proprie-
tor of the Citizens drug store in Mont
pelier and had recently bought a drug
store in WilliamstOwn. He also did a
real estate and Western loan business
and was formerly treasurer of the Cap
ital savings bank. About a year ago
he lost one leg and the foot on the
other by falling between cars on the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Mote in Vermont's Eye.
From Montpelier Journal. !

Vermont cOuntenanccs at home a
more thoroughly unjust and unrepub-
lican basis of representation, persist
emily adhcres to this basis, spurns
every proposition to rcpublicanize her
basis of representation, and (as a
matter of consistency can he the last
one of all the states to throw stones
at the offending sisters of the south
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Vermont is Prosperous.
[ Waterbury Record. /

Vermont is prosperous. The year
just past has been one of the best for
business i'm the history of the state.
Farmers have commanded good prices
for every article turned off the farm.
Lumbcrmen have received handsome
prices for their stock. The granite
business in the state has been brisk
and orders plenty All in all, Yer
mont should be- as good for the next
ten years as it has been in the year
just past. YOU can count the abandon
Oh farms ON one hand
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Christian Work in This County-Some
of the Problems Revealed More
Clearly by the Convention at New
fame

of the Problems Revealed More
Clearly by the Convention at New
fame.
In previous article it was shown
that there are in this county 20 Pro
testant churches, SO resident minis
ters, about 500 church members. and
a Protestant population of about "a
600. At the convention at Ncwfanc
it was gathered that the average CON
gregatiOns at the Sunday service
somewhat exceed the membership of
the churches, but not in most cases
very largely. As a fair estimate it
is believed the congregations would
not exceed 1000 upon average pleas
ant Sundays, and that the total
church-going population would not be
more than 1900, or ouc-half the Pro
testant population of the county
This very nearly accOrds with such
canvass as has been made in recent
years by the agents of the Vermont
Bible society. 1t is about the same
throughout the state. 1t seems a safe
estimate to make that nearly 10000
people in Windham county do not at
tend services at the churches at all
or SO seldom as not to be classed with
church-going people.
The question then comes, are these
people reached in any way by out
district work. or by other means with
religious influences? This question
received some attention at the Conven-
ton. Rev. l.. G. kimball, the chief
promoter of the convention. had given
considerable attention to the Outdis
trlct problem. He had prepared a
chart outline of the county which pre-
scented to the eye an idea of the locali-
ties not reached by churches. From
the Investigation he had made hes
gathered the conclusion that a large
number of people residing within half
a mile OF the churches dld not attend
them. that the Church-goCrs were
drawn mainly from the circle between
halt q mile and mile and half
away, and that very few persons, liv-
ing more than a milo and hali away
were i'm the habit of attending church,
He had diagram Illustrating this
view. number OF pastors disscntcd
somoW nat from this conclusion, as APP
plying TO their own fields although
every one seemed to admit that many
near the church did not attend. and
comparatively few at more than the
greater distance did
In respect to school house or out
district work it did not appear that
any large amount of it is being done
at the present time. not SO much
probably. as at some periods in the
past. One reason given why less
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

Prof. Pupin of Columbia University
is the latest scientific investigator to
reap a large and substantial reward
for his work. A cash payment of
100000 and an annual salary of $500
for his discoveries in ocean telephony
furnish evidence that there is fame as
we'll as fortune in the field of scientific
achievement, for those who know how
to apply their genius to the practical
solution of the great problems that
confront them. incidentally, also, it
is to be noted that the pioneers in the
telephone field are wide awake to their
opportunities and are ready to pay
handsomely for inventions that prom
Use to contribute to the advancement
of their interests.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
sprInafleld STYLES.

From Springfield Reporter.
Burlington has started it's Rumage
sale-thc city liquor agency is open.
\ bun calf three days old owned
by G.. f. Blaisdell Of Randolph, which
rescmblcd a bear in appearance, was
kicked to death by a wise COW. She
wasn't going to have her offspring on
the stock exchange. See,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
5000 People Witnessed Awful Ven
geance Wreaked Upon a Negro Who
Assaulted One Girl and Was
Charged With Numbering Another


Fred Alexander. the negro who on
Saturday evening attempted to as
sault Eva Roth and who was supposed
to have assaulted and killed Pearl
Forbes at Eeavonworth, Kan, i'm No
vcmhcr last, was taken form the shcr-
IFS guard by a mob Tuesday and burn
ed at the stake at the scene of his
crimes, half "a dozen blocks from the
centre of the city. Probably 5000
people witnessed the lynchiug.
he was struck over the head with
a hammer and was beaten with fists
before he was taken from the court
house yard to the scene of the lynch
ing. The poor wretCh's hands were
shackled, he was bound to the stake
with chains. stakes and boards were
piled about him and coal oil was pour
ed over him. He protested repeated
~ that ne was innocent, and told John
Forbes, the father of the murdered
girl, that he knew nothing about the
crime. His pleadings were in vain
and within five minutes after Mr.
Forbes touched match to the wood
the negro was hanging lifeless by the
chains
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
oIeomargarine Hearing Concluded.

The Senate committee on agricul-
turc concluded it's hearings Tuesday
on the oleomargarine bin by giving
Congressman Wadsworth. author of
the substitute for the Grout bin, an
opportunity to present the merits OF
his measure and Mr.. Grout a chance
to reply Mr.. Wadsworth claimed
that the requirement for imprinting
the word oleomargarine in large let
tiers in the olcomargarne rolls and
upon the boxes inclosing the packages
would insure the public against fraud.
Mr.. Grout conceded that Mr. Wads-
Worth's device would protect persons
who buy through retail dealers, but
that not more than third of the olco-
margarine was sold TO persons who did
not know its true character. The
other twothirGs. hc said. went TO hotel
restaurant and boardinghuusc men
who knew what they We're getting. but
palmcd it OF ON their unsuspecting
guests. 1t was against such a prac-
tice as this that he protested He
urged that the only protection was in
the enactment of a law To prohibit the
COlOring of OloOmargarinc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

Mrs August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1899, saying
her daughter had suffered for two
years with irregular menstruation -
had headache all the time, and pain in
her side, feet swell, and was generally
miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly
replied with advice, and under date of
March, 1899, the mother writes again
that Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vegetable
Compound cured her daughter of all
pains and irregularity.
Nothing in the world equals Mrs
PinlSham's great medicine for regu-
lating womans peculiar monthly
troubles.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
GREEN MOUNTAIN GEMS.
Bad to Worse.

From White River Junction Land
mark.
Massachusetts, has substituted cleo
trocution for hanging, and the Boston
journal styles the change one from
bad to worse. Modern civilization
is teaching the truth of Abraham Lin
coins remark that the worst use so
CiCty can put a man to is to hang him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

An Irish bull of the fine old typ4
was perpetrated by representative
Murphy Republican, Of the Missouri
House in opposing the recent resolu-
lions for celebrating the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans and hon
oring the memory of Andrew Jackson.
"Presentday Democrats announced
Mr.. Murphy, with oratorial fervor,
have little reason to feel proud of
ANDY" Jackson. And if Andy"
jackson were alive today he added,
with telling effect, he would be glad
he was dead
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

Louis Lavignes skull was fractured
by a falling limb while he was at work
in the woods at Underhill recently.
He lived only six hours after the acct
dent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

c. L. Alvord, the note teller, who
stole $4,000 from the First National
bank of New York city, has been SEN
fenced to 10 years Imprisonment
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Mileage Books

ALWAYS for rent at my Office i'm Mil
ler's confectionery store, Brooks House
block. or of myself at the Brooks House
and at all trains. EUROPEAN TICKETS
by all the leading transatlantic lines.
r. j. HEAPHY, Brattleboro. Soft
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

He. 81 am afraid you don't like my
dancing"
She. "On the contrary, ! think it is
very amusing. - Life,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-23
THRILLED WITH sARGEANT.
Then Young Woman Was Afraid OF
Being Arrested.

young lady cashier suffered sew
eral hours of torment a day or two
ago because of joke she played on
one of the desk sergeants at police
headquarters. She received a sub
poena to appear in Police Court on
a charge of interfering with an officer
In the discharge of his duty, and only
after she had shed tears of repent
ance was she told that the sobpoena
was not the genuine article.
The cashier had occasion to call
up a telephone the number of which
ended with IS. Through mistake she
was given So, which is police head
quarters. The desk sergeant answered
the telephone, and when he heard a
lady's voice spoke in his softest and
most pleasing tone. He told the per-
son with the feminine voice that she
was talking to police headquarters.
will you please do me a favor %
she asked.
why certainly I WILL" answered
the man on the desk.
We'll, go way back and sit down"
said the cashier at the same mo-
ment hanging up the receiver.
The desk sergeant turned red in
the face, and sputtered and hustled
around without finding out who had
trifled with him. The cashier told of
the joke. and her employer got even
by having the false subpoena issued
for her
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-23
COLD SPELL ENDED
sAVANNAHIANs ARE HAPPY THAT
1T HAS GONE.
NOT MUCH DAMAGE LOCALLY.
BUT VEGETABLES AND FRUIT FUR
THEIR SOUTH INJURED.

Mercury Failed to Get Below 26 De-
Erees Yesterday observation-disclosures
err Weather All Over the Country.
Truck Farmers Around the City
VIII Know in a Day or Two How
Much Damage Has Been Done to
the CrOps-Few Crops Likely to BE
Injured, Anyhow Unsettled
Weather Predicted for To-day.
Warmer weather prevailed over the
entire country yesterday. In Savan-
only those to whom cold weather itself
is distasteful, but by those who have
still to do their Christmas shopping,
and, of course, by the merchants whose
trade during last week was decidedly
slack, for this season, on account of
the unusual cold.
The minimum temperature, register
ed at 8 o'clock, was 26 degrees, and
the maximum, reported at 8 p. M, As
degrees. The mean for the day was
81, decidedly an improvement over that
of the day before, though still II de-
grees below the normal for the day.
The accumulated deficiency for the
month is now 127 degrees, and that of
the year 535. The deficiency of rain
for the month is L. 6 inches. and for
the year, IA. SO inches.
At 8 o'clock last night the coolest
city in the country was Boston, which
reported temperature of % degrees.
Savannah showed 40, Augusta, SO, and
Atlanta, 80. Decidedly warmer wealth.
er was reported also in the far North
west, where Davenport showed So de-
grees,, St Paul "a, and Marquette
the same.
The truck growers near Savannah
are still unable to say how badly their
crops were damaged by the present
snap. That there is a damage they
all agree, but the extent of it will de-
pend on the weather that is had DUR
ing the next few days. Mr.. M. L. Ex-
ley, speaking of the matter yesterday,
said that fall of snow or rain before
the snap would have been a distinct
advantage to the truck grower and
that such fall even now may help
the crops.
The present season, he says. has been
exceptionally dry, and therefore
there was little sap in the plants
when the cold came which is an ad-
vantage. Again as the temperature
fell gradually for nearly week be-
fore the severest cold was felt the
damage to the plants will be less than
if it had come suddenly. Practically
the only crops now growing are cab
bage, turnips, beets and such plants,
all of them semi-hardy and not easily
hurt.
The state forecast for to-day is
cloudy and unsettled weather: to-mor-
row probably fair; southerly winds.