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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-05
.HOLLEY A FREE NAN.
Was Imprisoned Fourteen Years In
a Colombia Bastile.
MISTAKEN FOR A SPY.
his Aged Mother and n Lady Whom
He Has Long Been Engaged to
Eagerly Await the Return
Of Loved One.

New York. July AFTER spending
fourteen years In prison in Colombia,
Frank Holley. formerly OF New York,
is on his way back 10 this country.
An aged mother. and n woman to
whom he was engaged are awaiting his
arrival They believed Holiey 20 BE-
dead for fourteen years until they re-
ceived a letter from him some months
ago.
Holley was employed by the Engle-
ron Drill company OF New York He
was an expert driller and received q
large salary. His wife had died year
before. leaving with his two sons and a
daughter. He became enRged 10 a
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-05
BArrLssHIP ExIAz porrnKrrr.

young woman IN New York. when the
Engelson company made him an offer
TO go 10 Colombia. lie accepted and
with his hance planned for "A wedding
on his return. Colombia was in the
throes OF an uprising on his arrival.
Letters received from Holley said that
be was going into the interior OF CO.
lombia. Nothing more was heard from
him until some months ago when he
wrote telling of his imprisonment and
saying that he had been taken fer a
spy BY one Of the factions.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-05
HUSBANDS REVENGE.
Shot to Death Negro Who Attempted
20 Asaault Ills Wife.

Little Rock. July "A special 90 the
Gazette from Yorktown. Ark. says
that WIN Green. a negro. attempted IA
assault Mrs sam c Edwards He
hid In the cornheld and seized the
lady. After a desperate struggle she
escaped.
A posse was formed. but Mrs Ed
wards husband when alone found the
negro and empteid both barrels Of a
shotgun into him. killing him instantly
Edwards was not arrested. as the kill
ing was considered wholly justifable
Greene escaped the gallows once be-
fore for the same crime on a Negro
girl and brother was hanged ai
Yorktown for murder a few years ago
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-05
Eir,t En,aIl,x of ,h. Eourth.

New York. July t.-The FIRST fatal
accident due 10 the Fourth % July was
reported shortly after midnight Tuea-
day morning. when Morris Komerstein
was pierced through the heart by a
pistol bullet. which came through a
window OF the house IN Monroe street,
IN which he lived.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-05

New York. July f.-The Toledo. 81
Louis and Western railway stockhold-
ers' voting trust has terminated and
certificates Of stock have been pre-
pared for the stockholdsrA
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-05
In,Imlda,inn chri,,ian,.

Canton. July i.-Native Christians
are being intimidated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
A Railroad In the Clouds.

When the Jungfrau Railway is COM
pleted, 1t will unquestionably be the
steepest railway in the world, for its
grade is within two per cent Of As de-
grees.
The Jungfrau. one of the most beau
tiful mountains in Europe is one of the
chief peaks of the Bernese Alps. and
rises far above the limits of perpetual
snow. For many years all efforts to
render this virgin mountain more access
sible proved unavailing, until the late
Guyer -Zeller of Zurich, solved the prob
lem that had puzzled so many engineers
In 1894, he obtained concession, extend
ing over so years from the Swiss Federal
Council for what is unquestionaby one
of the most stupendous engineering feats
ever attempted.
The difficulty OF the project was in
creased by the fact that the Eiger and
the Moench had to be. pierced before the
Jungfrau could be entered, in order to OBJ
tain the required grade. But by August.
1896, all preliminary obstacles had been
surmounted. the line of the railway had
been decided upon, and rail-aying had
been begun. And in September, 1898.
the first section was opened.
The starting point Of the railway is at
Scheidegg, on top of the Wengernalp.
which may be conveniently reached by
rail from Interaken. From here, an
electric car takes you to the Mer de Glace
station, which has been just completed
and is the present terminus OF the road.
ten thousand seven hundred and twenty
feet above sea level. The trolley line
runs first on open ground, gradually as
cending on the slopes OF the great snow
capped Eiger. When the mountain side
is reached. the line punges into the rock
at a grade Of % per cent. Thus far only
four miles Of the siX-mile tunnel have
been completed. the length OF the entire
road. as projected bpinp piAsbt miles
work of tunnelling is very slow. owing
to the tenacious character of the calca =
reous rock. At the present rate of pro-
gress-two yards a day--it will be sew
eral years before the remainder of the
task will be accomplished. Three hun
dred Italians delve in the hearts Of these
mountains all the year round, being cut
| off from the world during the winter
months-eXiles in the snow.-[Review OF
| Reviews for October
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
HE SIZE oE AN ATOM.

How large is an atom? perhaps the
though not the most exact, way
of arriving at rough estimate of the size
of atoms. is by measuring the thickness
of a soap bubble film, where it is as thin
as possible, just before it bursts" says a
writer Such a film if composed of
atoms. must be something like a pebble
wall Now pebble wall would not stand
if it we're not several pebbles thick, and
if we had reason to suppose that it was
about dozen pebbles thick we could cas-
ily make an estimate of the size of the
pebble by measuring the thickness of the
wall
That is the case with the thinnest
region of a soap film. 1t is found to have
a very definite and uniform thickness. 1t
is the thinnest thing known, and by re-
fined optical means its thickness can be
accurately measured. 1t must contain
not less than something like a dozen
atoms in its thickness, and yet it is only
about the twenty millionth OF an inch in
thickness by diroct-measuremeut So
that the diameter of an atom comes be-
tween one two-hundred- milliOnth and
one three hundred millionth of an inch.
In other words, from about 200. 600. 600
to 900. 600, 600 of atoms can lie edge to
edge in linear inch."-[ From Science.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
philadelphia Ledger. ]

Nowhere on earth have men ever
fronted men with such mighty engines
of destruction on one hand, such colos-
sal and artfully contrived works of re-
pulse on the other. Probably never be
fore did such daredevil infatuated, fatal
istic bravery confront and wrestle so long
with an indominatablity that might been
of the blind. the dumb, the unthinking
the unfeeling, but the unwearying and the
underspairing 1t takes just japanese to
fight like demons. and just Russians to
resist like some elemental thing of nature
which exists to he pounded and to know
no difference. Exhibited though they
have been in the horrid work of war, the
qualities shown by the combatants at
Port Arthur have been those splendidly
heroic ones which i'm every age draw out
mems enthusiastic applause: on one side
Valor ready to adventure any impossible
enterprise of arms, on the other fortitude
to endure to toll, to suffer and to fight
on, never to weary, never to sleep, never
to hope, but never to yield so long as the
command is to hold out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
IBostOn journal. |

Three hundred and twenty-nne days
and the "impregnable fortress" has fall
len! The capitulation Of Port Arthur,
after one Of the most magnificent, self
sacrificing defences in history, shows that
no stronghold can stand before such an
army as Japan has proven to be against
Russia. When to the patience of the
sapper and miner are added the mar
velous skill of the military engineer,
tho genius of the general and the daring
abaT don of the soldier, human hands
can contrive no defence able to maintain
its integrity in opposition to them. The
-Four of doom may be near. or IT may be
far. but ii is certain.
Inevitable as the surrender of their
once-splendid garrison city has been con-
sidered, even in St. Petersburg its actual
downfall and ruin must be like two-edged
knives in the pride of the Russian. His
boosted fortress Is in the hands of the
little brown men. his dream of empire
in the East over, perhaps forever. He
now faces the danger that will come to
his army from releasing the thous-
ands of Japanese soldiers around Port
Arthur; he fronts the grave possibili-
ity of the destruction OF another fleet;
he will lose Vladivostok. as he has lost
Port Arthur. He would be optimistic,
indeed, If he could see a single ray of
light in the present terrible predcament.
1t is good to read that, in all the
natural joy at Tokyo. the Mikado found
time to send word that the brave Stoessel
must be commended, and treated like the
hero he is. The world will join in that
appreciation of the one man on the Rus
sian side who has thus far merited glory.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06

How many cases of nervous prostration
would there be in the weeks preceding
Christmas if handkerchiefs weren't so
prominent part of the stock in trade of
the dry goods shops? Probably we shall
never know just how many times hand
kerchiefs have saved the situation, but
the chances are the number could not be
too large to tally with the facts Singly,
by half dozens, and by dozens they have
answered that ceasless question, What
shall | give?" and as every wise shop
keeper knows this, it is easy to under
stand how they occupy the centre of the
stage in the domains of Santa Claus
Small white mountains of them are en-
countered here, there, and everywhere
by the shopper, and like snow they melt
away on their problem solving mission
49, Boston Transcript.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
A BIG WESTERN FARM.

Indian Territory is famous for its big
farms and ranches, the fertility Of its
soil and the extensive scale upon which
agricultural operations are conducted.
One of the largest farms in the South
west is that under lease by II. Gilliland
of Ponca City who holds the old Bill Con-
nor ranch in the big bend of the Ar
kansas river Usage Reservation Mr..
Gilliland's leasehold is upon twelve sec
tions of land lying within the bend, 1900
acres of which are in cultivation. In 1908
he produced thereon over I2s 600 bushels
of corn, and his crop for the past season
will fully equal il. The corn is now being
husked and piled on the ground in the
field. Mr. Gilli'and a few days ago sold
pile of corn in the field, containing 3o,-
600 bushels at thirty cents per bushel,
realizing thereon 10000 in cold cash.
The value of this years corn crop on the
Gilliland ranch is estimated at S3s, 600,
but other crops were also raised and it is
believed that the total value of field
products on the ranch for the year 1904
will reach fully $4,000 L Kansas City
Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
THE TAKING OF PORT ARTHUR.
tBoston Herald

The surrender of Port Arthur brings
to a close a siege which Is without par
allel in the worlds history. Writing of
this place a year ago last fall, the au-
thor of THE Manchu and the Musco-
vite" said that everything that military
skill and foresight could plan and do In
the way of defences had been undertaken
and carried out by the Russians at Port
Arthur, and that 1t was asserted in Japan
that the Japanese general stan conceded
that II would require the sacrifice of co.
900 or so, 600 men in order to capture the
place. Added to its wonderful natural
defences, the art of man had constructed
a series of Notifications arranged line be-
hind line in such a manner that the effect
of the capture of one by the enemy was
strikingly minimized, because It was pos
sible for the uncaptured surrounding
forts to concentrate their fire upon the
one that had been lost These fortifica-
tious, occupying a series of commanding
hilltops, were protected by wire entan-
clements, frequently heavily charged with
electricity, with searchlights which eX-
posed attempts made at night surprises
and meats cut out of the limestone rock,
which were frequently forty and fifty
feet deep, and sixty or seventy feet in
width: hence those who ventured into
these with scaling ladders or through
tunnels were brought within direct range
of rapid firing guns.
There can be no question that Port
Arthur, when the siege began, was
abundantly supplied with guns and am
muniton, and that 1t had at that time
as large a force acting on the defensive
as it was thought desirable to have.
The only other great siege in modern
times that it can be compared with is
that of Sebastopol-a fortress which
occupied the efforts of the allied French.
English, Turkish and Sandman armies
for more than a year. The garrison Mt
Sebastopol was not cut off by the be-
siegers, but was i'm daily receipt of fresh
supplies. If this had been the case with
Port Arthur-that is If the Russians
during the last six months had had en-
tire control of the seas and could have
sent fresh men to garrison the fortifica
lions in place of those killed or wounded
it is not at all probable that Port
Arthur could have been captured for its
defences were almost as much superior
to those of Sebastopol as those of Sc
bastopol were to the defences Of the
city of Troy--so great has been the adj
vance made in methods and in instru-
ments of warfare during the last half
century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06

Exports of manufactures in the ca'en-
dar year 1904 will not only exceed the
highest figures of any earlier year, but
may probably pass the $500, DOC, 900 line,
as against 81 "a, 900, 600 in the high record
year, the fiscal year 900, SI5I 600, ooo in
1890 SIo3, 900, 900 in 1850, SOS, ooo, 900 in
1870, and $40, COO 600 in 1900 Not only
will manufactures as whole make Their
highest record during the present year,
but this is also true of iron and steel
manufactures, which form the largest
group of manufactures exported and
which seem likely 10 show for the calen.
dar year total expectation of $40, 600.
900 as against ST. % 900, 600 in the high
record fiscal year 1000, $40 600. o o in
1890, $4,000, 900 in 1850. SI3. 600 in
1870, and 50, 600, 900 in 1900.
The largest stone ever taken from an
American quarry is Maine product. 1t
is in the form of a monolith 90 feet high,
six feet square at the base, and weighing
100 tons. The stone was loated by barge
to Troy, n. y, and then transported by
rollers for two miles to the Oakw cd
cemetery, whe'e it will be set up as
monument to the memory of Gen. Wood
When in place it will be a landmark for
miles up and down the Hudson.
A New Hampshire minister would
have the promise 20 love eliminated from
the marriage vow. There are so many
cases where it is impossible for either
party to perform what they promise that
he thinks they should not undertake too
much.
A flourishing catnip farm is being con
Quoted near New York, and the owner
sells as much of the herb as he can raise
to petstock dealers in the city, who sell it
to people who own fine cats.
Canada has forests which, at the pres
ent rate OF consumption of timber for
paper, would supply the world with paper
pulp for $40 years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
ALPINE WINTER sPoRT.
Switzerland Becoming the Playground Of
Europe In Winter az We'll as in gunnnoer

Switzerland Becoming the Playground Of
Europe In Winter as Well as In Summer.
Switzerland has long been the Summer
playground of Europe but In recent years
it has become the winter playground as
we'll Indeed its popularity in that chat
acter is steadily increasing; and skating
enthusiasts rush eagerly to land where
they can enjoy their favorite pastime in
bright sunshine under a blue sky and
free from the fear of an untimely thaw.
No one who has not experienced them
can fully appreciate the delights of a
winter in the Engadine. The clear dry
frosty air fills even the idlest visitor with
an enthusiasm for exercise in the day
time, and with an overwhelming sleepi-
ness in the night time. The prosaic
business of everyday life is forgotten.
Skating becomes every mans most seri-
Gus occupation, and the performance Of
elaborate figures his highest ambition.
He retires to remote corners of the skat-
ing Kinks to conceal his innumerable fail
ures; then suddenly, having attained
perfection, he comes forward to be adj
mired of all men for his intricate turns
and spirals When he is weary of soil
tary prominence he can Join a merry
band of his fellows at a curling match or
take part in game of hockey or handy.
But if skating is the serious occupation
of Swiss holiday in winter, "coasting'
is its wild delight. 1t is the champagne
at the feast. The long, slow, toilsome
climb to the top of the run only gives a
keener edge to the enjoyment which fol
lows. To rush down the long snowy
slopes, shooting sudden drops, flying at
full speed round dangerous corners on a
coasting sleigh. is to taste the full JOY of
living. 1t is the rapture of rapid motion.
And beside the delight of such sports,
for the lover of beauty is added the
wondrous spectacle of Alpine scenery.
Around the lakes where the ring of the
skates and the tinkle of the sleighbells
make pleasant music in the frosty air,
the heavy pine woods stand out dark
against TIE glittering expanses of snow,
while far above the majestic crests of the
snow-covered mountains are sharply out
lined against the pale blue sky Lon
don Chronicle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
A Doe That Can Trot in EEL.

John North, a Tyson farmer, has
challenged trotters Offering to match his
trotting doe for mile heats on the ice at
Echo lake. North has broken the doe to
drive to sulky and hopes to do a mile in
2-1O or better.
North caught the animal a year ago
but the game warden compelled him to
released it, The deer persisted however,
in returning to the house In course of
time the doe attained its growth, became
hardened, and North broke her to har-
ness. The doe has developed great speed.
On level stretch, it is said she has made
a mile in 2.21 and as a runner. her
natural gait, she has made much better
time but North has laboriously trained
her for a trotter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
ANIMAL PICTURES FREE.
Boston Sunday Globe to Give to Its Young
Friends a Complete Menaserle In the
Form of Pictures

Form OF Pictures.
A series of animal pictures is to be
given away by the Boston Sunday Globe
until its young friends will have a COM
plete menagerie, These pictures are in
cOlors and printed on heavy cardboard.
They will stand alone. With each of
them is an instructive'story of the animal
which is pictured Thus the series will
afford both fun and instruction. Every
boy and girl in New England should have
the complete set, as they may have, if
an order for the Sunday Globe is left
with their newsdealer.
The women of New England owe you
a debt of gratitude which they can never
repay" is an expression written i'm many
letters to the editor of the Sunday Globe
The debt is really due to the hundreds of
clever and experienced women who eX-
change valuable ideas about cooking,
fancy work, needle work, care of babies,
dngng up of children, care of the sick,
And general homework and home manage
ment in the Household Department of the
Boston Sunday Globe.
Order the Boston Globe regularly from
your newsdealer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
The New York Tribune Farmer.

The Tribune Farmer has no superior
anywhere in this wide world as a publi-
cation for farmers and their families II
does not, to be sure. tell how to extract
green cheese from the moon. but every
thing worth knowing about the theory
or practice of farming is treated by men
recognized as experts in their various
lines. But The Tribune Farmer does
more than supply such information.
II Keeps the farmer in touch with all the
latest improvements by text and pictures.
and pays special attention to the work be-
Ing done at agricultural colleges all over
the country. Besides all this 1t has fea-
lures to interest the women folk The
price is 81 a year. For a free sample
copy send postal card to The New York
Trlbu1e, New York.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
A card.

We the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on a 50-cent bottle
of Greenes Warranted Syrup of Tar, If II
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
Thomas Pharmacy, G. r. Greene, Brooks
House Pharmacy, F. H. Holden & Co.,
Brattleboro.
J. l.. Stockwell, West Brattleboro.
NJ. s. Mann Hinsdaie. N. II.
w S. Holland, Townshend.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
THE ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS.

From the Saturday Evening Post
A little boy fell into the habit of setting
up fearful bowling whenever a banana
cart came into the neighborhood and
would not be calm until his mother had
bought him bananas. A little girl who
lived next door watched this performance
until she had reasoned it out. When
the banana cart again appeared she burst
INTO shrieking which made the clamor
of the boy seem in comparison polite
and demure appeal The mother of the
little girl promptly withdrew with her to
a secluded room and gave her the one
spanking of her life. when you see a
, banana cart again, my precious the
mother said in conclusion, don't think
how much you want a banana, but how
little you want a spanking.
The power of association of ideas is
one of the great moral faculties-if
rightly cultivated
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06
WHERE NOAH LIVED.
An Arch@olosIst Who Thinks That the
Patriarch Was a Millionaire.

Patriarch Was a Millionaire.
X. V. Willard, who now resides in In
dianapols. has been for several years
studying the archaeology of Egypt. For
the last year, until his recent return to
this country, he was engaged in making
excavations at various places on the Nile,
especially at Giz,h, in the neighborhood
OF the great pyramid of Cheops,
Il have discovered during the last
three years" said Mr.. Millard. lust
where Noah lived, where the ark was
built and that Noah built the great pyr-
amid of Khufu, known as the pyramid Of
Gizeh.
Noah was the greatest king this world
has ever seen. He was the greatest of
the Egyptian Pharaohs. not excepting
Rameses the Great.
Noah was millionaire The biblical
account of the flood gives no clue as 10
where he lived or where his ship carpen-
tiers were at work for 20 years construct
ing the ark.
Noah was six hundred years old when
the food came. 1t is evident that he
must have been n millionaire and a man
of great authority. He built the ark at
his own expense. Such a boat in those
times would cost more than half million
dollars He must have been in position
to force vast multitudes to work for him.
regardless of their interest in him or in
his work, or of their own personal inclin-
ations.
Noah built the great pyramid during
the earlier part of the fourth Egyptian
dynasty. and not more than twelve hun
bred years after God had expelled Adam
and Eve from the Garden of Eden. If
Noahs size and intellectual powers were
proportioned at his age to ours, then in
brain and Drawn and 'ature he, too must
have been a giant - Washington Star.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-06

Capt Mills of the American line steam
err Philadelphia, has enter, d a protest
at London against reckless target practice
carried on off Plymouth. He SAYS that
as he approached the harbor with nearly
1000 souls aboard, their safety was en-
dangered by gunboat firing, which was
persisted in even after the patrol launch
appraised the gunboat of the liner ap,
proach Capt Mills adds that he was
obliged twice to stop and go full speed
astern to avoid disaster.