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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Rev. Thomas Sherman, who started to
traverse the route OF his father, Gen. W.
i. Sherman, on his famous march TO the
sea Chattanooga to Savannah, has
aDSnaoned the trip on account OF i'll
feeling evinced by the southern neonle
military escort, which the department
OF the gulf had furnished him, was order
ed TO return to Fort Oglethorpe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Now, Mickey" said the teacher, tell
me what you know of Nelson, the great
fighting sailor"
You're mixed, num-" promptly re-
sponded Mickey. "Sharkey is de flghtin'
sailor. Nelson wuz formerly a black
smith. II Philadelphia Bulletin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Annual Meeting Of the woman,s club.

The woman's club held its annual
meeting Tuesday afternoon in odd Fell
lows hall. The reports show the past
year to have been a very important and
successful one for the club. There are
now 225 active members, an increase of
"a this year, and eight associate members
The income from the general work of the
club has been S99S.13, with a little over
800 still in the treasury. The treasurer
of the funds for the district nurse re-
ported the total amount raised S1460
amount expended 1887, leaving $4S3 toward
next years work The 1887 includes not
only the salary OF the nurse but things
furnished for her use. Mrs. Albert Ham
matt and Mrs. John H. Reid, early off,
GERS Of the club, but not now residents
here, were elected honorary members.
The president, Mrs. WEIGH, was chosen
federation director, and Mrs. Francis G..
Flint, MISS Anna Alexander, Mrs, Gorham,
Mrs Hazelton and Miss Olive Prentice
delegates. Miss Prentice Miss Derby and
Miss Eildreth were named as tellers by
the chair to count the ballots. An elabo-
rate tea was served before they came in
to report. officers elected for the coming
year are: President, Mrs. George WEIGH
first vice president, Mrs. w. W. Sawyer
second vice president, Mrs H. p. Ban
croft; recording secretary, Mrs. Gerald
WEIGH; corresponding secretary, Miss
Blanche A. Webb; treasurer, Mrs. Fred
S. Clark All Of these were reflections
except the recording secretary. Mrs. A.
E. Tuttle, Miss Olive Prentice and Mrs.
NJ. H. Ray were elected members of the
board of directors for two years. The
music of the afternoon was a piano solo
by Miss Marie Clark and song by quar-
tet composed of Mrs. B. G. Mason, Mrs.
w. ]. Eaton Miss Lulu b. Hart and Miss
Alice H. Jackson, and harp and violin
music furnished during the tea.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Col ManzelIs column in Natal, while
pursuing the Zulu rebels under Chief
Bambaata Sunday. we're attacked by 200
Zulus. In the fight which followed 60
natives and three Engiishmen were killed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Remember guarantee everything sell Style Quality
Fit and Price, and make good anything proves
otherwise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

the stage. Slowly orninous eyes passed the
group and Miss June. "a fine day. lady and
gents" said the deep voice.
''see here, mister" said the lady, You can't come
in here I won't have tramps ridn' with There's
suspicious lookn' characters enough In here and
won't have no more OF Make him git outside.
driver"
you're dead right Miss" said Corpus; "they
bad looking lot. and we'll shake their company. Just
shunt yourself this way and III help you out"
Help me out amt goin' to git out; and II was.
could do 1t without your help. Go away. you nasty
lookin villain Driver, why don't you go on?"
THE lady doesn't understand the situation Colonel
said the drummer. You Miss this is holdup; and
you see"
hold-up. you better keep your mouth shet and you
hold up your hands the easier. You're purity
lookin specimen You look settin there all bumped
up and your paws In the air. You'd better tell another
funny story hadn't your"
Bully for you lady" said Deficit. You're as
good as circus with a bull fight attachment; but bust
ness Is business and time is nowng SO have the kind
to step this way. Never mind the bandbox leave
It right there: It'll be safe the is responsible
II tell you amt goin' to git out Two said 1t twice
and that's enough and II was. wouldn't leave
my bandbox. Where go that goes and where stay
that stays And can tell something else; II you
pint that pistol at Ill-Ill swat yc.
She grpped the handle Of her umbrella with both
hands. braced herself. and awaited developments.
Madam" said the clergyman. in a auavering voice.
II do not believe this good gentleman has any evil In
tentions toward you and think that under the circum-
stances. avoid the possible eusion OF blood,
would be advisable for you to aight"
What do YOU know about 1t. you bald-headed old
poke? He's about much gentleman you are =.
man. reckon Why don't you git out and go along
with hin, yourself, II you think much OF hln7 de-
clare. II 1t amt enough to forever disgust everybody
with the whole sect Three great lummoxes afraid OF
mean-ookin old vagabondl Why don't you pitch at
him and make him go away' Put that down."
This last remark caused by adroit movement
the part OF Deictl Taking advantage OF moment
when her attention the clergyman. had syly
s., SIS
eyes she made for the d9or Trough which her prop
f;y M sss
git one int a ss s. M ho s. Shouted the
Is es
Ham 1sSs ss 81 ssss
ea yoa are yelled the
Il IReR SSo ss ss 5.s 1uBs ban0o1 and
R ~ s IT, n IN ss IL sSSt5ss
"a E$ @ sbs
sss sEsE is2sss ass ss p a @
~ 5S ss; 5 sass sss s$ss
DONG s
yfs @ e ss s sn a s
5sz
the side OF the road full minute SILENTLY
licking after ter the e vehicle she came
fully paSed ar gp9 3rd the ground
her long black hair We're LOOSE neither
ppolntnlent she picked her bandbos and seened
pIe a. 49, as o she eS KAT II said
Then she PVT It. down walked slowly to where
- MA ss
ss & sy' s # hs
ppTtois and yTile strength touched by the rude
In bandox against her blows as Il IL We're
~ H., said she you amt Quite bad Ii ookIn
less Wsrs both Of us a slabtso
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
aYOU LOOK GAY, SETTIN' THERE
ALL BUMPED UP, AND YOUR
PAWS IN THE AIR

She took her hat and held 1t between her teeth.
while she gathered her loose hair, twisted 1t up and
tucked 1t In behind Then she put her hat balanced
and adjusted It, and after giving her skirts vigorous
shake turned again to Deficit well. you've got me;
and now what are you goln' to do with me?'
BLESS If know he answered: "bur the inten-
lions that the gent that wants you would meet us
over on the other road by the Dogbranch.
"rhe gent that wants me! A man."
"Yesm, sort OF mana tenderfoot
who under the canopy 1t be? What's his manner?
.rVe aforementioned his exact name but 1t sounds
something like Smith,
''smithI know Smiths enough, goodness knows but
can't think of any 'em this would be likely to be-
What kind Of lookln man is he?"
'Smartish oolsin. but no beauty.
How Is he compectedf'
.Lghtlsh incline pinkish about the ness ,
SHa' a1i &c s
th{ we'd better be la name originally
wa, William msl tt 91 0!n,va ''as =. -
sas Is ass
be toha.s the name me Of ord that placer
Gas that Ss' %s
II m so soundly convinced on that point. Miss June
= shs This yssaa tf s
after Il buggy
@ elo m E me on a b yn 5
dsn sooner
s sec af as aha he Mas Mas
that sss s s4as ssss
"a Fl y II E s hsPs fns il Asre
she repeated With emphasis. as he hesit ated VI,
Thus utjired, he advanced with hating steps, and
surrendered the bottle =. Y,.5 IL. LII.
tho feas
to empty out, but It's sometimes useful In sickness
and so won't; but III that It don't tempt you any
more right off I've got word In season for you.
ss S. ~? SS
5 ss sS, S ana declared
herself ready to start ~. #5Ss
Flow arc we golnP" s. =. ~.
HERE'S your burro' answered Delicti, Tote him
up Kiote." = . gtS
what that little brute! Me ride him! I'm bet
ter able to carry him than he ts me-" 8E
You'll find his strength all right Miss june
she went UP to thu animal ana put her hands on his
iHowm gon' to cit onf I can sit on to any horse,
but this thing a!nt high enough TO jump on to- and he's
ilttlo. too hight set down on J, .2 g #
uIet mo hep you, Miss June" said Deficit and then
he took her In his strong arms and lifting her up
he would a baby, placed her securely her seat.
was the first masculine embrace she had ever eNper-
enced and there was an InmStaknble smile on her plain
browf faca she looked down approyngy at her late
Well Il declare Mr. Deathbirrow, IL you amt stout
a a aga ala a9!ys good a!sape hate
The cayalcade now moved off. peatl leading the hur1e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

with hand and carrying the pandbox with the other
The lSiots brought UP the pom
dering something
Have you lived very long about here. Mr.. Death
burrow2" said Miss June after they had gone
lance in silence
.well-no. Miss June-not exactly-not very long Just
lately. AS fact. haven't stopped very long anywhere
for period back"
That's bad" said she "a roamin stone gathers
moss. Are you married mani"
mo. Miss June: not IN the least"
You ought to be. You'd be respected II you
was settled down and had capable wife to look after
you, cut your hair and make look decent. But
wouldn't advise anybody to settle sech land this.
wouldn't give cent an acre for It. I've got quarter
section In Kansas, az good land as ever lay out DOORS
No incumbrance-eighty acres improved-tmber and
water-a good houseplenty OF stock and money ahead.
There's everything that heart could WISH I've carried
1t alone for fifteen years and probably always shall.
But It's botherin sometimes have to depend on hired
and they overseein'. I can do that but
have to oversee in the house, too and sometimes wish
could be In two places at once, or find capable
to take of the places. used to formerly think,
sometimes. that might In the future git narredi but.
OH calamities Jeremiah! anybody gon to ind
the suitable kind OF man? The nowdays mostly
all fools and ucomnetents like them coots In the stage
At this recollection Miss INDUCED In grim chuckle.
Deficit gave her sly look Of intelligence and when
their mat his face smile that matched hers.
Then there silence for time As they went along
Miss Junes eyes rested her escort with expression
that Indicated strong interest. not unmixed with
lation as possibilities, and walked at her side
he had the air OF man trying to mako UP his mind
difficult question. AS for the kiote his humor had
afraid OF this maserful woman who coolly assumed
authority lin and seemed to dominate tho
terrible Corpus Deficit himself.
The rendezvous reached but Herr Smith
son had not yet appeared. Deficit showed signs of
nipatience at this but the Kioe disappointed and
anxious Miss June remarked that, while they
waiting, she would take stitch in her Dress which had
been torn In the scufe; and she busy among
the contents OF the bandbox Under Of this diver
sion tho Kote held whispered conversation with De-
lcti
, ,,sssa,y, Corpus I'm for sknn,n' out out =.
''WhyfOre? What's the matter With yer"
II m hoodooed. She's thirty, witch; and
Il we don't vamose while we can she'll ride us for couple
of brnomsticts for I'LL eternity"
,'sho amt bad one, Limpy. rather like her, and
rather incline to think shall lick him. !. J.
. "Oh, Corpus she's jumped your claim surel But
scoot." fss.sf.
Tho sound OF wheels grinding In the sand was heard
ana Herr Smt,son appeared driving horse md BUCK
board. He alghted and came brsky forward; but his
enthusiasm went down to when instead OF nleeting
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

ERR sM1THsoN. manager
OF the prima donna. Ma
dame Allanni, was return-
ing East with his star from
G. somewhat unprofitable
tour on the Pacific Slope.
They gave concerts mt
various places along the
route, but fortune re-
ma,ned coy. At last, at
sagetown, the manager
hatched a scheme for rails
Ing tho wind, tho nature OF
which may be guessed
from tho concluding pas
sages of n conversation
that occurred between him
and a dark-skinned. long
haired citizen in q big
sombrero. and wearing a
belt In Which were stuck a
revolver and a long knife.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

Madame Allann he confronted by the threatening
figure OF Miss June whose face had look in II that
BODIED trouble, but quickly changed to Of grim auso.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
y 6be q
Doll Hospital
By J. A. EDGERTON

Copyright, 1906. by ]. A. Edgerton-l
~HE world is full of hospitals, not
only for disease racked n
wrecked human beings, but Tor
dogs, horses, birds and-dolls. And why
not? Dolls have ailments as we'll as
other folks-in fact, rather more SO.
They lose their hair, their eyes, their
teeth, their hands, their legs, their saw
dust and even their compilations and
heads. Small boys delight in Gripping
and manning them, rockers smash
them, big folks step on them. Tnls
IA q hard world for dolls.
so the doll hospitals flourish. Most
large cities support one. Doll surgery
has become a science. The poor things
do not have to take medicine, fortu-
nately, except paint applied externally
and sawdust internally, so that a phar-
macopoeia is not required in doll doc
toring. The operations are all surgical
But for all that the doll doctors are en-
titled to place NJ. d. after their names
NJ. D. standing for mender of dolls.
It Is quite a grewsome sight In ns
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

names. YOU know-and would the doc
tors please fix it?~ They would.
On the work table at the hospital are
not only arms and legs galore, but all
kinds of wigs, paints, threads and
cords, miniature teeth, tiny curing
irons, pastes and Clues, hooks and scis-
sers of many shapes and sizes andeVen
an appalling assortment of glass eyes
of various colors and sizes. The eyes,
which open and shut with a weight
are placedi in position through the open
ingi in the head. A few stitches serve
to mend loose arm or leg, while hooks
and cords are usually required to hxa
fractured joint. The paint Drusn
touches up a faded complexion, as Is
the case even with flesh and blood
grown folks.
There are almond eyed Chinese COILS
with faded yellow compilations n
long cues, Indians with feathers
missing from their war bonnets, ptcka-
ninny dolls with moth eaten wool a
angel faced cherubs with q battered
appearance that makes them look as
they had been in a Bowery scrimmage.
But surgery does miracles, and this
particular branch of it performs even
greater wonders than that In the sure
enough hospitals. It makes bodily
members grow on where none had been
before, and before its marvellous pow
ers even ~AItation Is mo- fatal.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

wards and operating Of the hos
Dital itself. There heads, arms, legs,
ewes and trunks lie about in startling
array. Most of the heads are minus
hair and have great holes in h tops
of them. Arms or legs are hanging
literally by a thread. Noses are brok-
en-, hands are minus, feet have been
amputated, faces are mashed in, while
the internal machinery that makes the
doll y say mamma" and open and
shut its eyes is out Of whack as badly
as some peoples livers. The wax,
china and PAPER mache babies have
never developed appendicitis as. yet, or
stomach ache, but they are subject to
almost every other Ill.
The doll hospital is a great boon to
the little mothers. They come at all
hours Of the day, bringing their ailing
darlings, or, If they live too far away,
they send dolly by express or mes
senger, with cramped and pathetic
notes. One little girl had let her
precious fall downstairs and break Its
leg. another had been listening to 8
hand organ on the street, and her broth
er, who was playing that he was a Chi
nese emperor and was executing some
Of his subjects, just to keep In practice
had cut dolly's head off with a fire
shovel. Still another small miss Of
seven had kissed the nose off Me
hitable ~Jane-dolls usually have long
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

to reach the hut, or igloo, of an Eskimo
family.
Eskimo children, however; are by no
means lacking in merriment Ihey
have their games, quite different from
ours, yet played with just as much
zest. One Of their favorite- games Id
football, though they play 1t in a man
ner quite different from the American
college method. The children get a
big old glove or boot, stuff 1t with
waste fur or bits Of skin, sew up the
opening and kick and cuff the crude
ball about over the frozen snow In
great glee. Eskimo children also In
dulge In coasting. They use no little
sleds, however, but simply slide down
the steep snow banks on their knees,
which are well protected by the thick
deerskin breeches worn by all. Some
times they tumble over and go down
headforemost, but there Is seldom any
injury to their little bodies, owing to
the remarkable thickness and softness
Of their garments.
Sometimes the Eskimo men step out
side the hut into an atmosphere many
degrees below zero and enjoy q Wres-
Ting match, which keeps them warm
enough, no doubt. Inside the hut the
men and women squat around the fire,
telling tales handed down from ancient
times or singing quaint songs OF ok
! lore.
The Eskimo children, except at one
or two points In Alaska, go to no
school. But from their infancy they
are schooled in the various items OF
daily labor which 1t Is necessary for all
of them to know. They learn hew to
gather and dry moss, to catch the scan'
driftwood that comeTtheir way and tc
extract blubber. These three things
are their only tue. The boys learI
how to fish and hunt and the girls. IL
q crude way. how to cook. One OF tn
chief duties Of the women is to tenn
the soapstone lamps, which both ngh
and heat. the huts in which the Eski
mos live. These must be well fed wtt
hunks Of blubber. The little girl
learn lamp tending when they ar
scarcely old enough to toddle.
Later they become proficient In tn
curing of walrus meats and the dryinI
! Of fish. The girls also learn how t
prepare the ~feathered skins of certai
birds for f%ashioning into soft n con
J Portable underclothing.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

TWAY up under the arctic circle
ia Santa Claus Land. 1t Is
the land of ice and snow, OF
sleds and reindeer, of queer
httle huts in which live queer little
people, the Eskimos. There can De no
doubt that this is Santa Claus Land
because the old saint who N down
to the warmer and more lovely lanos
Of all the world every Christmas eve
and leaves many gifts for the children
ia himself dressed in heavy skins ana
furs, just as the Esk1mos dress, ana
he rides in an arctic sled drawn by
swift little reindeer.
Santa Claus Land Is very unlike ours.
It has no pretty gardens in summer nor
any green fields or forests. On h
contrary, it is always bleak and par
rem. The winters are very long ana
very cold. In the northernmost parts
the sun is seldom seen in winter, the
night being nearly six months long.
The people dwell in huts built OF Ice
and snow during the winter u In
tents made of the dried skins OF seals
and reindeer during the summer. Inc
reindeer supplies them with their only
means of rapid transit" during the
long arctic night when the sledge dogs
grow sullen and drowsy. 1t travels In
the darkness as we'll as in daylight
and gives rich milk, which may be
made into butter or cheese. When
slauahtered the RENDERS meat Is eat
en-. and his hide is made into clothing
for the Eskimos or stretched over poles
and dried for use in making tents.
All the people Of Santa Claus Land
men. women and children-are clothed
In reindeer skins or sealskins. Ii
summer they wear one suit and in win
ter two suits. All wear big hoods, call
ed parkas, of fur, and in these hoods
the mothers sometimes carry their ba
bies. In certain parts Of the frozel
regions the BABIES are carried on the1
mothers backs, next-to the skin, TO
warmth, while elsewhere 1t Is the Gus
tom to carry the infant about In on
If the big deerskin or sealskin boots o
the mother.
Reindeer, sure footed and feet, ar
the motive power for freight and pa:
senger trains in the great white nortl
They can travel from 80 to 100 miles
day, drawing laden sleds. In Alask;
which Is Uncle Sans section or SAINT
Claus Land, there is O. reindeer mall an
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

express sled, which travels ninety-hVe
miles a day all through the winter.
The reindeer was introduced into
Alaska only about a dozen years ago
by the Rev. DIR. Sheldon Jackson, h
under the authority of the United
States government, brought a small
herd from northern Siberia. Since tnen
! DR.. Jackson has brought thousands OF
reindeer into Alaska, and they nave
multiplied rapidly.
They are now very generally employ
ed In carrying the mail, in the trans
p~ortation Of supplies and In carrying
passengers between the various min
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
The native Els

ing towns and camps. The native Es-
kimos also find them very valuable as
q food and clothing supply.
In late years the Christmas tree has
been introduced among some OF the
Eskimos where the Christian religion
is taught by missionaries. This makes
it very handy for Santa Claus, who
lives there, of course, but usually 1T is
a most difficult matter to get the tree.
Sometimes a poor little bush is carried
hundreds of uaiIes on a reindeer sled
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

WAY up under the arctic circle
Is Santa Claus Land. 1t Is
the land of ice and snow, or
- r,ods ond reindeer. of queer
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-08
Florence MAVERICK in LlmeIiqht.

Richmond, Va. Dec. 5.-Mrs. Flor
ence Maybrick and her mother, the
baroness Won Rouque, are here with
counsel and will appear in the chan
Gerry court in proceedings involving
the possession of thousands of acres
of lands in Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Dispositions have been
taken for several years in many parts
of the country, but the suit will now
finally be heard on it's merits. A de-
cision for the baroness would make
her immensely wealthy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-08
A DYING GIRLS VISION.
The DeathpIace of Her Father Wa
Revealed.

The DeathpIace of Her Father Was
Revealed.
An unusually interesting instance of
second sight" Is reported from Ac-
crington, Lancashire. A young woman
on her deathbed not only announced
her fathers death, but described the
spot where his body lay, the fact of her
fathers death not being known to any
body at the time. The man In ques.
ton was Isaac Marsden, SO years old,
who lived in Stevenson street, Accring-
ton. His daughter, 25 years old, had
been wasting away with consumption
for months.
About a week ago Mr.. Marsden dis
appeared from home under mysterious
circumstancs-that is, no reason was
known for his going away and nothing
could be learned OF his whereabouts.
Miss Marsden was deeply distressed
by this event On Saturday she told
those who were at her bedside that she
had seen her fathers form.
''You Will hnd his body in the water
at Aspen bridge, Oswaldtwistle," she
said
About an hour later Miss Marsden
died. Mr. Marsden,s body was found In
the canal at the spot named by his
daughter.-London Daily Mail.