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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
vermont's Claim as the Mother Of Re-
publioanisn.
TIlroo1x1Nu Eagle.

Those are good partisan campaign
speeches of Secretary Hays and Senator
Fairbanks's at the Republican birthday
celebration at jackson, Mich. They serve
to call attention to the multifariousness
of the birth of that party which the
Eagle has heretofore pointed out. This
year the party will throw its emphasis on
Michigan. unless, indeed, the people Of
Flushing shall succeed in getting Presi-
dent Roosevelt to attend their celebration
this month, and give his sanction to the
claim that the only true cradle of Re
publicanism was rocked by the waves of
Long Island sound. few years ago,
when Blaine was running for President
and it was important to make Maine
prominent, the Republicans organized a
celebration of the partys birth on Au-
gust Z. at Strong in that state. On that
occasion Mr. Blaine spoke. and one of the
Republican leaders from Michigan was ON
hand to proclaim that the organization at
jackson. which Secretary Hay now glori-
fics was not birthday at all, but merely
"A premontory warning. Now the Re
publican leaders forget all about
Maine and the claims Of Strong and lend
distinction to the Jackson holiday. 1t is
great pity for the state Of Vermont
that it was never necessary to put forth
effort to keep her in the Republican coll
umn. Her claim to have brought the Re
publican party into being is older than
either that of Jackson or Flushing or OF
Maine. And as the Nermonters elected
the governor they nominated as the re-
suit of that June meeting. and as they
nominated and elected him under the new
name Republican. they could make out
definite case of priority. But they
would find difficulty i'm securing the pres
cnce of Republican president or cabi-
net officer I'm a presidential year. so the
NcrmOnters have taken no steps for o
celebration. II their state were as doubt
full as New Hampshire has sometimes
BEEN the whole country would be ring
ing with Vermont as the cradle of the Re
/ publican party.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
Great Increase in Amount Of Corporation
tBarre Times.l

The state tax commissioner, !. +.
Cushman. has completed his report for
the last biennial period and the figures
therein quoted are most gratifying, the
total receipts from corporation and collat-
eral Inheritance taxes showing a large
increase over the report of the same Of
fcer two years ago and a still larger gain
over that of four years ago. The collat
eral inheritance tax Is c0nsidera hlV less
this time than two years ago but much
larger than it was four years ago. The
receipts from the corporation tax, how
ever. more than make up, so that the net
gain OF the period, just passed, over the
previous one is more than $4,000. And
glance at the figures of four years ago
shows that the net gain in four years is
nearly 1925. 900 State Tax Commissioner
Cushman is showing himself to be the
right man in the right place. The good
results of his efforts are evident.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
VALLEY FAIR IMPROVEMENTS.
Contracts Awarded for Enargino Grand
Stand and Widening Track-Stand viii
Seat 5000 People.

The Valley Fair executive committee
have awarded the contract for charging
the grand stand to Holden & Martin The
work will be completed in time to have
the stand painted before the fair They
have also awarded the contract for Wild
ening the track on the home stretch and
around the turns according to Engineer
Walcotts survey, to David T. Perry
This work will include the moving and
resetting of the fence on the new line.
Mr.. Sexton, who has the contract for
moving the grand stand, has the work
well advanced. While these projects have
been contemplated for years. the present
year is the only time when it has seemed
feasible for carrying out the improve
ments.
The MANAGEMENT have in view. with
the completion of the present work. the
reservng of fair proportion of seats on
the grand stand which will meet a de-
mand made repeatedly by people coming
from out of town, particularly from the
cities, who have criticised the fair man
ayers for not providing in some way for
securing seats on the grand stand with
out running a gauntlet in order to get
any kind of seat. The entrance to the
reserved seats will be entirely separate
from the others. The seating capacity
of the grand stand will be nearly 5000
when completed. This change will be a
great convenience to the public, and it
speaks well for the policy of the Valley
Fair which has always been character
lied by liberality and progressveness.
The judges stand will be moved up the
track away from the turn. This change
should have been made long ago, but is
necessitated now by the lengthening of
the grand stand The track improve
ments will be greatly appreciated by the
horsemen, especially the drivers. who
have always had a fear of the turns,
more particularly the one at the start.
With the liberal cash purses offered il
will naturally follow that the patrons of
the next Valley Fair will see some fast
horses in good races
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
RESULTS TELL.
There Can Be no Doubt About the Re-
suits in Brattleboro.


Results tell the tale,
All doubt is removed.
The testimony of a Brattleboro citizen
Can be easily investigated.
What better proof can be had?
JOS. Whitney, now retired from active
business, residence North Main street
says: IF l did not positively think and
had some good reasons on which to base
my belief I would not recommend the
use of Doans Kidney Pills at the present
time, neither would I have publicly en-
dorsed them in 1897. have never lost
an opportunity of advising friends and
acquaintance to take a course of the
treatment and l have heard more than
one say they were benefited by the use
of the pills. I was subject to kidney
complaint for years, proven fully by the
sharp pains which occurred in the re-
Slon OF my kldneys' was even told
was on the verge of brights disease Sew
eral boxes of Doan's Pills procured at
Greene's drug store brought absolute re-
lief when severe attack was annoying
me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no other.
Sold in Brattleboro by Geo. e. Greene,
druggist
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

The Springfield, Vt. aggregation, her
aided as amateur champions of Vermont,
proved easy fruit Wednesday. They
could do nothing with Thompson, the
Winchester lad, who was in the box for
Brattleboro, and not until two men were
out i'm the ninth inning did they score
Brattleboro played Clean lively game
and biffed the ball freely. There were
few spectacular features aside from a
one-handed catch by r. Allen i'm left
field. Allen also led in hitting. ID. O'Con-
nell was the only visitor who could con-
meet effectively with the ball. and his
fielding was off color at second base.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
5000 Cotton Mill Operatives on Strike
at Fall River.

The strike Of 10000 operatives in the
cotton mills of Fan River, Mass, i'm pro-
test against wage reduction of 12l2 per
cent. became effective Monday morning.
The manufacturers announced that they
would open the mills if enough employees
appeared. but out of over 20 establish
mcnts the Narraganset mills were the
only ones i'm which the spinners Contin-
ued tn work The state board of arbitra
ton has been i'm Fan River in conference
with Mayor Crime and the union leaders
i'm an effort to bring about Cancellation.
Only a fraction Of the operatives are
members of the union, but the feeling
against the manufacturers is evidently
as bitter among the non-union operatives
as with those affiliated with the labor
organizations. Both sides are thoroughly
prepared for the struggle. Several small
stores have been obliged to close owing
to the falling off of trade. and an alarm
ing decrease in business has been shown
throughout the city. Policemen are on
guard at the mill gates, but thus far
there have been but few disturbances.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
Losses In Famous Battles.

Sedan-Germans, 5000; French, IS. 600
Plevna-Russians 10000: Turks. 50. 900
Leipsic-French loss, $4,000, allies. So,
600
sadowa-Prussians 5000; Austrians,
1900.
shiloh-Federal, 1858 Confederate,
L.. 699.
Bun Run-Federal. 1853; Confederate,
LISP.
Borodino-French loss, 10000; Russian,
10000
Waterloo-French loss, $1,000 allies,
-, 900.
Wagram-French loss, 10000; Austrian
$4,000.
Northumberland, 1896; Confederate,
% 800.
Northumberland loss. 10000; allies,
49, 600.
Wilderness-Federal. S7,7S7; Confeder-
ate. 1.4OO.
Gettysburg-Federal, 2S,1S6; Confeder-
ate, 1921.
Stone River-Fedcral, 11,57S; Confeder-
ate. 1850,
Chickamauga-Federa 1851; Confed-
crate, 1884
Hohcnlinden-French loss, 5000; Aus
trian, 90. 600.
Solferno-French-Sa rlinian, Is, 900; Aus
trians, 20 000.
ellorsville-Federal 16 $50; Con-
federate, 12,2Sl.
The bloodiest ten minutes of the civil
war was the first rush of the Union army
against Lees impregnable works at Cold
Harbor, In half an hour the Federal loss
was about 1000 and probably $500 fell in
ten minutes.-lBoston Transcript
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
Secretary Shaw's Hit.

Secretary Shaw has way of hitting
the nail on the head that is decidedly an
noying to the Democrats. In his College
Point speech he said: The Democratic
party. after staggering for a time and
stumbling frequently, finally expressed its
mature judgment in its Chicago plat
form of 1896. as reaffirmed in 1900, and
neither retracted nor apologized for in
1904
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

stolen bases, Ferriter 2. Riley 2.
Stolte; two base hits, Aver, r. O'Connell;
double play. Stolte. Fisher and Waite.
Aver and Waite, j. OConnell, -. O Con-
nell. Sanders; bases on balls, Stolte.
Fisher; hit by pitched ball. Riley; struck
out. by Thompson :, by OConnell 4; wild
pitches Thompson .; umpire. Darcy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

Wilson Barrett, the noted English ac-
tor and playwright. who had made trips
to this country. died in London Friday
after an operation for cancer
Fletcher c. Parker, so. room cashier in
the Parker House. Boston. has disappear
ed and ii is known that he stole at least
81 200 and the sum may have been much
larger. He had charge Of the safe in
which the valuables of the guests were
stored. He left wife and son four
years old in Medford.
America. represented by the Yale and
Harvard athletes. won the match from
the representatives of Cambridge and
oxford at the Queens club grounds near
London Saturday. taking six out Of the
nine events, Yale leading in four and
Harvard in two. The Americans won the
100 and 40 yard dashes. the hurdle race,
the high and broad jumps and the ham
mcr throwing. while the Englishmcn won
in the half mile and two mile runs
Schick of Harvard ran loo yards in ga
seconds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
For Over 60 Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for over 80 years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect sue
allays all pain; cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhea. II will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
bottle. BE sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's
Soothing syrup and take no other kind
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

What man dares l dare" exclaimed
Macbeth
But he continued to the delegation
Of ladies, Il do not feel equal to the peris
of accepting your kind invitation to act
as one of the judges at the baby show"
The unanimous opinion of the thames
was that he had acted wisely.-[New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
Pen Picture of Rogers of Standard Oil
Fame.

Thomas w. Lawson of Boston for
years the confidential agent of Standard
oil magnates, who is writing the inside
history of that concern under the head of
'Frenzed Finance" for Everybody s
Magazine. describes II. II. Rogers, one of
the three heads of the system, as follows:
Away from the intoxicating spell of dol
lar making this remarkable man is one
of the most charming and lovable beings
have ever encountered. But once he
passes under the baleful influence of
The Machine he becomes a relentless,
ravenous creature, pitiless as a shark,
knowing no law of God or man in the
execution of his purpose Between him
and coveted dollars may come no kindly
human infiuence-all are thrust aside,
their claims disregarded, in minstering
to this strange, cannibalistic money hun
ger, which, in truth, grows on what ii
feeds on
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
Gov. Mccullough Recovering from oper-
alton.

Gov. Mccullough, while returning from
Chicago last week was seized with
sharp attack of indigestion. The intes-
final obstruction was so serious that it
was necessary for him to undergo an OPP
Grafton. 1t was performed at the Roose-
welt hospital in New York. He is now re-
covering RAPIDLY
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

There are many forms OF nervous de-
bility in men that yield to the use OF
Carriers Iron Pills. Those who are
troubled with nervous weakness, night
sweats, ETC., should try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

Hiram Bean of Marshfield charged with
assaulting Josie Kent, IA, was held for
trial under $4,000 bail and placed in Jail
at Montpelier Saturday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

All kinds of corn are altered by heat
The bamboo sometimes grows two feet
in 2i hours. There are 80 varieties of
this tree; the smallest is only six inches
in height and the largest $50 feet.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29

Following are the resolutions adopted:
We, the Democrats of Windham county,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-15

about as much as a large condor.
One of the largest bones of the wing,
two feet long and two inches through,
was, as Professor Williston tells us,
no thicker than a sheet of blotting
paper, and the great head, with a
beak over three feet long, was equally
light. This great toothless beak is
believed to have been used for snap
ping up fishes; and we a imagine
this huge creature sailing swiftly
over the sea, now and then %swooping
down to pick up a fish as deity, for
all its size, as a real swallow.
But what did Ornithostoma-this
is the animals name-do with his
wings and beak when he made an oc-
c~asional visit to the land? One
would think they must have been very
much in his way, and that the animal
was as awkward on the shore as he
was graceful in the air. And how did
he start to fly? With such normo
wings, we think Ornithostoma must
have dwelt on cliffs about the sea and
launched off them as the gannets do
from Bird Rock. This great flying
reptile lived some six million years
ago; the sea over which it flew long
ago disappeared, and the mud into
which its bones sank became chalk,
and from the formation of these
great ~chalk-beds the time at which
Ornithostoma existed is called the
Cretaceous Period.-From "The
Largest Flying Creature" in March
ST. Nicholas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-15
FLYING REPTILES OF OLD.
Of Great Size, they Were Once More
Common Than Birds.

We are apt to think of reptiles as
creeping and crawling things, forget
ting that there was a time when fly
ing reptiles were more common than
birds. These reptiles, the ptero-
dactyls, or fying-dragons, not only
flew, but some of them reached a
size much larger than that of any
bird, for the largest birds do not fly.
The South American condor some
times measures as much as ten and
one-half feet from tip to tip of out
stretched wings, and it is quite posi-
BILE that the finest examples of the al
batrOss may measure a little more.
But the great pterodactyls which
flew about the sea that in the days
of old reached from the Gulf of Mexi-
co to the Rocky Mountains, measured
as much as twenty feet, the width of
an average city lot, acros their
wings.
Most of us. have seen an eagle fly
ing, and we can appreciate the size
of this ancient dragon by remember
ing that it was nearly three times
the size of an eagle. 1t was not.
however, three times as heavy, for
the body of this strange reptile was
so small and its skeleton so wonder
fully light that the entire animal
is thought to have weighed not more
than twenty-five pounds, or only
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-15
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
Leedle Yawcob Strauss.

/ hat Won funny leedle poy
Vot goomes schust to mine knee,
Der q~ueerest schan, der Greatest
rogue
As efer you did see.
He runs und schumps and schmashes
dings
In all barts of der house
But vot off dot? He vos mine son,
Mine Leedle Yawcob Strauss.
He gets der measles und der mumbs,
Und eferyding dots oudt;
He sbills mine glass of lager beer,
Poots schnuff indO mine kraut;
He fills mine pipe NIT Llmburg
cheese
Dot vos der toughest chouse-
I'd dake dot vrom no oder pOy
But Leedle Yawcob Strauss.
He dakes der milkban for a dhrum,
Und cut mine cane in dwo
To make der sticks to beat it NIT
Mine gracious, dot vos drue!
l drinks mine he'd vas schplit abart,
He kicks CUP sooch a touse-
But nefer mind, der poys vas few
Like dot young Yawcob Strauss.
He asks me questions such as dose:
Who baint mine nose so red!
Who vos it cuts dot scumoodth blaze
oudt
Vrom der hair upon my he'd?
Und where der PLACE goes vrom der
lamp
Veneer der glim | douse!
How gan l all dose dings eggsblain
To dot schmall Yawcob Strauss?
| sometimes dink / schall go Wild
Nit sooch a crazy pOy,
Und wish more | gould hat
rest
Und peaceful dimes enshoy;
But ven he was ashleep in ped,
So quiet as a mouse,
| prays der Lord, "Take anydings,
But leaf dot JawcOb Strauss"
Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-15
A Good Catch.

This little catch seldom fails
Hand your victim a pencil and paper.
and ask him to write a small "I'
with a dot above it. He will be sure
to write it with only one dot, thus
a." but a small "i" with a dot above
it ought of course to appear with an
extra dot.-March Woman's Home
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-15
We WILL PAY you TO SOLICIT
SURScRIProMs-

The Progressive Farmer will pay a liberal
commission to reliable men who wish to So
lictt subscriptions among their n~eighbors
and friends For particulars, address
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Raleigh, N. G.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-14

by growing no more cotton in TeXa
|and Louisiana until tho weevil is ex-
tinct. All agree that if no more cot
ton was grown in The two states thus
|affected the boil weevil would naural.
" starFe 10 death, but the matter
of getting the farmers and planter
in the states to quit growing that
staple which has made them a living
for many years does not seem to
meet with popular favor here. It
means a sort of concerted action
V hich il is thought IT will be impos i
hle to get. The idea Of getting con
gross 10 set aside enough money to
reimburse the farmer seems to be
considered a good one but il is not
feasible
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-14
WAREHOUSE BURNED
EIGHTY BALES OF COTTON AND
TWO NEW BUGGlEs ALSO
DESTROYED.
Warehouse and Cotton Owned by Gen.
Knox and the Buggies by l..
Q. Knox Company.
Warehouse and Cotton Owned by Gen.
IS 49,. :, .,
TIE LOSS WAS OVER $1,000,

The cotton warehouse Of Gen. Il. NJ.
Knox on the river front between
Pine street and Walnut street was
destroyed by fire last night and only
the good work of the fire department
saved Pine Bluff from disastrous
fire. The building was surrounded
by other valuable warehouses and
buildings and for time il seemed
that others would be sure to catch
fire. The fire in the K, NJ. Knox ware
house was first discovered about IL
O'Clock, and had evidently been burn
ing for some time before the alarm
was turned in. In the house was
stored about eighty bales of cotton
and some buggies. The flames had
spread all over the inside of the
Chief Frazier kicked down the double
,uAAAa.- Vi front and the department
soon had several streams of water
playing on the flames.
The Bluthenthal warehouse next to
the Knox warehouse was threatened
for time and only by special effor,
on the part Of the fire department
was this saved. Other store buildings
were threatened and the rear parts
of several were scorehed but no fur
ther damage was done. Had the
flames spread to any extent the bust
LESS block on West Barraque street
would have been threatened
The warehouse and cotton were
fully covered by insurance. The
building itself was insured for 50 ,000
and the cotton for $3.50. The loss
was over $1,000.
The new buggies in the building
belonged to the l.. O. Knox company
and were insured, excepting one. The
buggies were placed in the building
for storage and had not been un-
packed
The fire caused much excitement
in that section of the city when the
flames wtNe first dscoverel The
telephone girls in the building just
south of the warehouse We're greatly
excited for d time and could rot an
swer inquiries regarding the blaze.
Guests at the hotel Trulock also
watched the flames with interest
The night was very cold and citizens
who went to the scene stood around
shivering Notwithstanding the intense
heat. i
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-14

Belt railway below Keeville. a station
midway between BrinkIey and Clar-
endon. They We're going to the depot
To board the northbound train. They
were late and when they heard the
train coming behind them they be,
san running, expecting to beat the
train to the depot
Apparently they underestima
the speed OF the approaching train.
OF failed to take the precaution Of
looking behind to see how far it was
from them. They continued to run
along the track until both were struck
almost simultaneously by the locomo-
tive. The train was stopped and the
men taken aboard Gagan was dead
when the train crew reached him. He
was apparently instantly killed. Gra-
ham was terribly mangled but sur
yived until he reached Brinktey.
Graham was about % years Old
and leaves a widow and family. Ga
gan was p years old and unmarried.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-14
OLD MOTHER GOOSE
is PICKING HER GEESE. AND.
PINE BLUFF HAS FIRST
SNOW OF WINTER.
Began Last Night, and Continued to
Fall Nearly All Day
Today.
TEMPERATURE so ABOVE ZERO.

This morning when the people OF
Pine Bluff arose from their nights
repose and looked out a window
heecy fakes greeted the eye every
where, and they We're not tieecy
fakes of cotton. but snoW-"thc beau
ltifHl. the beautiful SNOW, as the poet
a~ter would sing; as the small boy
would say who delights in that merry
sport Of snowbal,ing; and as the
wee tot" would put it. rMother Goose
has been picking her geese"
Men were seen with their great
coats on hurrying to their places Of
business and employment
Wood and coal We're piled into
heaters. but it seemed impossible to
get them warm enough for a person
to keep comfortable
The temperature was not so low
50 degrees above zero: only two de
e1ees below freezing-bu the sight
and thought of the snow caused a
shiver which il seemed that the heat
ers could not overcome.
The snow melted rapidly. but Il
continued to fall most all day. and
the weather outside was as disagree
able as it ever gets to be in Pine
| Bluff
The only people who seemed to
really enjoy the severe weather were
! the dry goods dealers, clothing mer.
chants and shoe men. The fall. and
the winter, up to the present were
entirely too mild to make the big
winter stocks carried by the mer-
chants 10 move rapidly hence tho
present disagreeable spell has been
fortunate for them. But there is an
o'a sewing that 'it is an i'll wind that
blows nobody good, and il may be
as truly said that lit is an i'll snow
ina brings nobody good" II is the
time for the Pine Bluff retailer to
reap his harvest.
The snow has also brought a hoIi-
day appearance With H. and it now
looks as if Santa Claus time were
relily here.