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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-19
RAILROADS.
Central Vermont Railway Co.
Southern Division.

Effective Oct. II, 1902.
Trains leave Brattleboro as follows:
6:23 a. m. daily for Springfield, week
days for New York.
7.25 a. m. week days for New London;
connects at Millers Falls for Troy; at
Palmer for Boston.
1850 a. m. week days for South London
derry.
s:10 a. m. week days for Springfield and
New York.
t0:15 a. m. week days for Millers Fans
connecting at Millers Falls for Bos-
ton
Az p. m. week days for Springfield and
New York.
4:35 p. m. week days for New London
and New York via. Norwich Line
steamers; connects at Palmer for Bos-
ton.
4:S5 p. m. daily for Springfield and New
York.
5:45 p. m. week days for South London
derry.
Subject to change without notice.
g. H. FITZHUGH, Vice President and
General Manager.
s. w. CUMMINGS, General Passenger
Agent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-19
Boston & Maine Railroad.

Winter Arrangement
In effect Nov. Is, 1902.
Trains leave Brattleboro, northbound;
u:05 a. m. for stations to Windsor Lam
caster, st. Johnsbury, Newport, shel-
brooke, Montreal via. C. p. Ryn que
bee. Burlington. st. Adams and Mon
treal.
2:S0 p. m. Montreal express.
$3.50 p. m. White River Junction pas
senger.
i0:15 p. m. night express. Daily.
7:45 a. m. Sunday paper train 10 Wind
sor.
SOUTHBOUND.
For Northampton. Holyoke and Spring.
field, 5:23 daily $40. l0:15 a. m z'-'
and 1882 p. m. daily.
d. ]. FLANDERS,
Genl Passenger and Ticket Agent
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-19
Christmas.

OIL| % tIJ(tIO
Here comes old Father Christmas,
WIN sound of fife and drums;
WIN miStletoe about his broaOS,
So merrily he comeS'
His arms are full of all good cheer,
His face 7Vith laughter glo0S;
He shines like any household fire
Amid the cruel Sno7pS.
He is the old folks Christmas;
He 7VdrmS their hearts like 9dnc,
He HdacS their aVinter into spring,
And makes their faces shine.
Hurdh for Father Christmdsl
Ring all the merry betSl
And bring the gydndSireS all around
To hear the tale he tells.
Here comes the Christmas angel,
So gentle and so calm,
rs SONY as me TdllWS makes
He comes 7oith flute and PSALM
Al IN a cloud of glory,
rs once upon the plain
To shepherd boys in Je5ory,
He brings good neaoS again.
He is the young folks Christmas;
He makes their eyes gro0O bright
wan aVords of hope and tender thought.
And visions of delight
Hail to the Christmas ANGEL
Al peace on earth he brings;
He gathers all the youths and maids
Beneath his shining 7cingS.
Here comes the little CIvist-child,
Al innocence and joy,
Ind bearing gifts in either hand,
For eVery girl and boy.
He tells the tender story
about the Holy Maid,
And Jesus in the mdnger
Before the oten laid.
Like any little aVinter bird
He sings this S7Ueeted song,
Till all the cherubS IN the sky
To hear his carol thr0ng.
He is the childrem's Christmas;
They come 7tithom call
To gather round the gracious child,
Who bringeth joy to all.
But 7OlO shall bring their Christmas,
who 7ereStie still 7Vith life?
Not grandsires, youths, nor little folks,
But they 7Oho gage the strife;
The fathers and the mothers
Who fight for homes and bread,
Who 7Odtch and 7Oard the li0'ing,
And bury all the dead.
An! by their side at ChriStmaS-tide
The Lord of Christmas stands;
He smoothS the fnro70s from the bro7Us
Win strong and tender hands,;
81 take my Christmas gift" he saith,
From thee, tired sonl, and thee;
Who giVeth to my little ones,
GiVeth also INTO me"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-19

Sold In Brattleboro by Geo. e. Green Ss,;
In Bellows Falls by H. H. DAVIS O"'
for free sample.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
Mineral Wax.

The day of the wax candle is sup
posed to have gone by with the ad-
vent of paraffin, gas and electric
light, yet as a matter of fact an
enormous number nrc used every
year all over the world. But the
wax candle Of today is not the wax
candle of our grandfathers' day,
says CasselPs Magazine.
The busy bee is as busy us ever,
but very little of the wax he Sc
cretes is made into candles. Min
cral wax has taken the place Of bees
wax and is dug from the ground in
Utah and California in the United
States and in Wales, Galicia and
Roumania in Europe. When found,
it has Il dark, rich brown color,
slightly grcenish and translucent in
thin films, but when refined it re-
scmbles we'll bleached bceswax.
The wax mines of eastern Galicia
form one Of the most curious fields
of industry imaginable. They are
situated around Boryslaw, which is
also the center of the eastern oil
district of that part of Austria.
The wax lies in beds like clay at
depths Of from $50 to 600 feet.
Shafts are sunk to the beds.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
A Voice From the Dead.

Newberry, November IA most
interesting letter from James N. Lind
say, formerly or Newberry, but now
Of Cleveland, Ohio, who was suppos-
ed by his relatives here to have been
dead for some thirty odd years, has
been received here and made public.
This man, if it really be he, and there
Is very little cause for doubt, is a
brother Of Coroner F. NJ. Lindsay,
aud the father of John A. Lindsay,
of Newberry.
James N. Lindsay was a member
Of the Sd South Carolina regiment in
the civil war; was taken prisoner at
the battle Of Cedar Creek and was
thought to have died prisoner of
war. 1t appears now, however, that
Immediately after the battle Of Cedar
Creek he took the oath of allegiance
and has been residing in the North
since. In his letter he says: "When
l went in the Cedar Greek fight made
up my mind to quit the hopeless cause.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
Origin OF the Cat.

There was, if we may trust the
Arabic chronicles as set down by
that devout scholar Damirei, no cat
in the garden of paradise. Lion
cubs and tiger cubs, little leopards
end little panthors, Eve had in num-
bers without doubt, but no pussy to
grace and decorate her domestic
hearth. How far this loss was re-
sponsible for the lamentable ennui
which, Charles Lamb says, forced
our first parents to sin themselves
out of Eden it would be difficult to
determine, but in that desolate
world of toll which lay beyond the
cleaning gates and sacred rivers of
paradise no cat was found to COM
fort the sad exiles on their way.
She sprang into existence at the del
uge, for during the long weeks in
which the ark foated over the waste
of waters the rats and the mice in
creased SO alarmingly that the COM
fort, if there was any comfort, of
the inmates was threatened with
destruction. Then Noah, equal to
the emergency, passed his hand
three times over the head of the
lioness, and, 10, she sneezed forth
the cat. - "The Fireside Sphinx"
by Agnes Repplier.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
Tree Trunks and Branches.

It is q general impression that
the trunks of trees lengthen, but
this is not the case. The trunk of a
tree, being once formed, does not
lengthen fraction, no matter if it
lives to a hundred years. A branch
from trunk that is now. say. six
feet from the ground will have the
center of that branch still six feet
from the ground no matter how
many years elapse. If branches are
therefore too low, they had better
be cut off ut once.
Again, it is worth remembering in
cutting off branches that they
should always be cut close to the
trunk or to any main branch, so
that the wound may heal over. If
the branch is very large, so that the
wound is likely to take several years
to heal over, it is better to paint it,
in order to keep the water from rot
ting the wood until it is properly
healed. More good trees are spoiled
through leaving m inch or two of
stump to cut off branch than peo-
pie have any idea of.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26

i hated very much to leave the old
regiment, but when I saw Y. j. Pope
shot in the face-who, no doubt. soon
died-and 0. L. Schumpert, the cou-
rier, bleeding from his wounds, my
mind was made up 70 CO." CAS- every
one knows, Col Sohumpert is now q
prominent member Of the Newberry
Bar, and the Hon. Y. j. Pope is AS.
sociate Justice Of the Supreme Court }
The widow Of Lindsay, for she
thought she was was widowed, re-.
married, her second husband being
her husbands brother, but died soon
after the marriage.
This is the story as it tisgleaned from
the letter. How much truth there
may be in it is to be determined. Mr..
John A Lindsay has written the man
who claims to be his father, propouud-
ing certain questions, and he says if
these are answered correctly he will
be convinced.-News and Courier.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
The 0n!y Negro III Tho Confederate
Army.

Chester, N. Y. November 15.-Holt
Collier, not Hoke Collier, whom the
dispatches from the South are telling
about ss President Roosevelt's guide
on his Mississippi bear hunts, is not
only famous bear hunter, but he
was unique figure in the civil war.
He was the only enlisted negro in
the Confederate service, and If that
fact had been known during the war
the prolonged horrors Of Anderson
vile and Libby prison would not be
among the sickening details of the
conflict.
The CoDfederatee refused to recog-
nize the negroes as soldiers and, there
fore, would not consent to exchange
such prisoners held Sy the Union
forces. The Union generals refused
to exchange Confederate prisoners un.
less negroes were surrendered for them
on an equality. The Confederate au-
tborities declared that they did not
enlist negroes in their armies, be-
cause they regarded them as property,
the same as horses, put them into SER
vice in the same way, and would not
ask them to be exchanged if they
we're captured by the Union forces.
Therefore they would not recognize
the right of negroes in the Union
army as soldiers, and consequently
,hey had no status in the matter of
exchange.
Long investigation was made by our
exchange commissioners to find some
instance, if possible, where the right
of negroes to be soldiers had been re-
cognized by enlisting them in the
Southern service, in which case the
contention of the Confederates would
fail. The search was in vain. The
Union authorities refused to recede
from their position in the matter, no
exchange of prisoners was made, and
thousands Of Union prisoners at An
sonville and Libby were forced to re-
main there, victims of principle.
Yet all this time Holt Collier was
serving in Mississippi regiment, reg
ularly enlisted and accredited, as the
records will show. His case was the
only one Of the kind in the Confed-
crate army, and if it had been dis
covered opportuntely the untold mis-
cry of the Southern prison camps and
many thousands of lives could have
been saved.-Philadelphia North Am
erican.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
Sources OF Typhei.! Fever.

Fscent investigations have shed a
food of light upon the sources of that
dread and deadly disease, typhoid fe-
yer.
1t was formerly believed that impure
drinking water was the chief and al
most the sole cause of this malady,
but it has been demonstrated that
there are other pregnant sources of it..
The British Medical journal in it's
latest issue gives the results of the in
vestieations made by two medical Off
GERS OF the British army as to the part
played by soil, fabrics and flies in the
dissemination of typhoid fever.
These Investigators reached the
conclusion that, while drinking water
does cause much Of this disease, it has
other causes whose importance is un-
derestimated.
i requires only very slight cur
rent to carry this infection into wa
ter supply. The germ will live in wet
soil 81 days and in the dust Of the
soil IS days. 1t is very dangerous in
The latter form, as the imprcgnatcd
dust is blown in all directions contain
mating food as we'll as water.
Flies are great distributors Of ty-
phoid fever, carrying it's germs to milk,
flesh and other foodstuffs.
Clothing is readily infected with the
germs Of this disease, and will hold
them under ordinary conditions for 50
days.
These three sourccs-dust, flies and
soiled clothes-contribute enormously
to the dissemination Of typhoid fever.
The British Medical Magazine in
sists that the plan of burying cnteric
material should be given up, because
in that way the soil is infected, and
soil turns to dust in dry weather, or is
traversed by flies, or else the germs in
it are carried in wet weather into wells
or springs or other water supplies.
After disinfection it is not important
what disposition is made Of it. The
Investigations prove that typhoid is
not by any means drinking water dis
ease pure and simple. The dust of the
streets and the flies are also deadly
agents. Drinking water may be the
most potent cause. but soil contami-
nation is undoubtly good second.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
How Lincoln Won Ono Case.

DR.. D. B. Hill, who lived in
Springfield, ILL.,, from 1885 to 1e43,
tells this characteristic story Of
Abraham Lincoln, with whom he
was personally acquainted: "Once
Lincoln was defending man who
was accused of cheating another
man in business deal. Lincoln
was arguing before the jury that his
client had no intention to defraud
when the transaction occurred-in
fact, that he never thought he was
cheating the man.
pointing his finger at Judge
Logan, his partner, Lincoln said:
ANY boy you meet in the street
knows how to put on his clothes.
You all know that Judge Logan is
learned in the law, and nobody
would accuse him Of doing wrong.
You will observe he has his shirt on
with the wrong side in front. Now,
the judge never intended to do that
when he put his shirt on. You see,
people do wrong without intending
to do so. If my client has done
anything wrong, he never intended
to do SO any more than Judge Lo-
gan intended to put on his shirt
with the back side in 'front.'
"Sure enough, Judge Logan had
his shirt on wrong, and the use Lin
coin made of his partners mistake
in dress caused his client to get off
free"
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Helping the Preacher.

In II volume of "reminiscences the
writer, Mrs. Bagot, tells of visit
she made with her father, British
admiral, to St. Helena many years
ago. The governor was very com
ic person apparently. She writes:
"On Sunday we were taken down
to church in James Town. The gov
ernor asked us into his square pew,
in which was a small table with a
bottle of eau de cologne upon it.
Immediately after I had entered the
pew the governor in a loud voice
said, Dab your face over with eau
de cologne, Miss Percy During the
service he made all the responses in
a stentorian voice. During the SER
mon when he approved of what the
preacher said he stood up and ex-
claimed: Very good! Amenp Very
proper indeed! Amenn with en-
phasis. We could not help shaking
with laughter"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
SALT STARVATION.
As Bad as Thirst or Hunger, Although
In a Different Way.

AS oao as inlrst or munger, Attnough
In Different Way.
a well known authority asserts
that whenever the annual consump-
ton of salt falls below twenty
pounds per head Of the population
the public health is likely to suffer.
In regions of the earth where salt
Is scarce the article ls regarded as q
substance of fgreat value. Salt star
vation Is, in its way, as distressing
as thirst or hunger, although it
shows itself in a different way.
The want Of salt does not produce
definite disease, but reduces the
vitality of the body as whole, SO
that the persons deprived of it will
fall more readily victims to prevail
ing cpidcmics rs we'll as epidemic
maladies.
But, as many ask, wild beasts do
not have salt supplied to them, yet
they manage to exist in fairly good
form and if left alone probably die
Of old age, full Of years and sweet
memories of juicy missionaries cat
en- without salt. Well, even wild
beasts take advantage Of salt when
they can get it, but the reason why
they can do without it better than
We is that they eat their food whole
and unpreparcd.
We use salt because there are salts
in our food in it's unrcfncd state, MS
nature prepares it, before it is
skinned and boncd and peeled and
cooked, and VIC must replace these
salts or our bodies will not he fully
benefited by what we eat. We use
salt also because our blood contains
it; likewise our muscles, our nerves
and, indeed, our whole bodies, and
it gets used up during the life proc
esscs constantly being carried on
within us.
But the salt contained in natural
foods and that required for our liv-
ing bodies is not common" salt,
but combination of that substance
with phosphates and other things
which are even more necessary and
more natural than common salt it.
self.-Medical Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
Mark Twain's First Money.

While travelling recently Mark Twain
was asked by friend and fellow. pass
enger if he remembered the first mon
ey he had ever earned, says the Balti-
more Herald.
eyes," answered Mr.. Clemens, puff
fng meditatively on his cigar. 81
have distinct recollection of it.
When was younester, I attended
school at place where the use OF the
birch rod was.not an unusual event. 1t
was against the rules to mark the
desk in any manner, tho penalty being
a fine of So or public chastisement.
Happening to violate the rule on
one occasion / was offered the alterna-
tive. told my rather and, rs he
seemed to think it would be too bad
for me to be publicly punished, he gave
me the g.. At that period Of my ex-
istence s5 was large sum, while a
whipping was Of little consequence
and 80" here Mr.. Clemens reAec-
lively knocked the ashes from his ci-
gar-'well," he finally added, "that
was how earned my first $5."
= When man gets full it is a good
time to take his bust measure.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
Popping the Question.

A bashful Irish swain wished to
make a proposal of marriage, but
his courage failed him, and he in
duced his sister to become an inter
mediary, he remaining outside the
half closed door, hidden, but within
earshot, to hear the result.
1t was not favorable. The fair
one saucily tossed her head and re-
piled:
''Indadc, now, if I'm good enough
to be married Pm good enough to
be axedp
Hearing this, the anxious lover
thrust his head inside the door and
said beseechingly:
"Norah, darlin', will ye do what
Maggie. axed YEP"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
DRESSING T0 WRITE.
Peculiar Styles Of Attire az Aida to
Words and Ideas.

Words and Ideas.
Many writer's, composers, paint
ers and .culptors have believed that
their food Of ideas was helped by
the adoption Of some peculiar style
of dress. Dumas, for example, used
to take of his coat and vest, nn-
fasten his shirt collar and turn up.
his sleeves to the elbows before.be-
ginning to write.
a fancy costume of"black velvet
was always donned by Wagner when
he was composing, and Tam
O'Shantcr cap. a signet ring pre-
scntcd to him by Frederick of Prus-
sia was worn by Haydn while he was
working, and Beethoven would wash
his hands dozens Of times before
beginning his composition.
Mascagni while working on his
japanese opera arraycd himself il a
flowing robe of eastern style, with
all his surroundings oriental in
character, oceans of coffee being
consumed as necessary to inspira-
ton.
Red was q color detcstcd by Lew
is Carroll, and a little girl who
came to visit him was absolutely,
forbidden to wear a red frock of
bright hue while out in his COM
pany. Pink and gray were his fa-
voritc combinations Of color. In
personal matters he had a great
fear of extravaganza and would only,
wear cotton gloves. He never wore
an ovcrcoat and always wore tall
hat, whatever might be the climatic
conditions. lie was devoted to the
cup which cheers, but does not in
ebriatc, and while writing "Alice In
Wonderland" he consumed enor-
nous quantities of tea. While COM
posing he used to walk up and down
the room, swinging the teapot back
ward and forward while the tea
steeped.-Answers.
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Crops are being harvested some
where in the world during every month
in the year. South Africa and Peru
harvest in N ovember, and Bengal,
Burmah, and New South Wales in
December.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26
: Since tho Colnmhia World

= Since the Columbia World Far
was held at Chicago in 1893 the w'r"
less telegraph. the automobile, dirivi-
BILE balloon, wireless telephone, trans
mission Of sight by wire and elephon-
ing from railway trains and trolley cars
IN motion Lave been invented. All Of
these will be on exhibition at st Louis
in 1901.
- The man with clear conscience
doesn't ind if people see through
him.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-26

= In Russia when weapon Of uny
tn"d l. purchased permit must be Sc
r;r. d from the local authorities. The
Lame of the man who makes the pur-
chase, with the number Of the weapon
is recorded. If the purchaser ever
wants to dispose If the weapon he
must notify the authorities and cause
the transfer to DO recorded on the
books of the firm which sold it,
- Sometimes it is his lie.abilities
ehss increase man's assets.
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FOR SALE Z

WE offer for sale the Caihoun Falls
Spring and Plantation adjoining. The
whole property cantaipa ssghi hundred
and fifty acrAs. more or les.. Will sell 80
. whples or tha SPRING and fffy aorT=s I'd !.
QUATTIEBAIAa Is COCHRAN.
Atrn1nsS p Is Law A tiar2on, g. q. E
I Seps a. 1902 is 8 u
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Three Women.

II will grant each of you one wish. "
assented Fate to three women.
II choose beauty" exclaimed the
youngest.
"Give NE power" said another.
"ADd to me a low, persuasive
voice" the last murmured.
Each had her will The beauty Of
the first was ruined by en- accident.
The power Of the second lasted but
one season. But the third woman
kept her tailsman through long life,
and from it came many things, among
them power.
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cr1pples is recruited. Their bodies ar,
the joints become SO stiffened and bent
that they are at last compelled to give
up or hobble about on crutches.
Nobody ever out1ived Rheumatism;
the disease never loosens its grip or
leaves of its own accord, but must be
driven out by intelligent and persist
.ent treatment through the blood, for
Rheumatism Of every variety and form
is caused by an over acid condition of
the blood. and the deposit in muscles,
joints and nerves of corrosive poisons
and gritty PARTICLES, and it is these
Irritating substances that produce the
inflammation. swelling and pains,
which last asl long as the blood -ems;ns
in this sour and acid state.
To cure Rheumatism permanently
the blood mus: be purified and invig-
GRATED, and no other remedy does this
refreshes and restores to the thin aci6
tanning properties. And when strong,
the body the acid poisons and irritatin
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[sRALl JOHN q. wArK1rs, Q c. c. P.

To the absent Defend an,s, Codle Brown. John M.
Warren and j. C. Jacksou, as Adminlstretor OF
the Estate OF John NJ Warren. deceased.
Please take n0ttce that the Summone and Com
airt Ia this action were filed in the ofce OF the
Jerk OF tho Court of Comu Oh rleaB for Ander, q
opnty. 3: G on October 10Th, 1902, aud that the
ot5sct OF this actton 10 to procure partition and
kONHAM & WATKINS, Plaintins Afs'ys. J
Is GAIL Jxo. c. wATKIss, o c. c.Ps -. s
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