Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-02

"A ST. Louis woman who started TO
jump into the river, suddenly remember
ed that she had left the cat in the pantry,
and hurried back home.
-Pennyroyal leaves, rubbed and spread
out in room, or the uncorking OF bottle
of the essence, will drive out mosquitoes, 1t
is said.
"A lively lady remarked: "I notice
that these 'woman's rights people are in
variably mems lefts." Mr.. Dickens used
TO repeat this with admiration.
One Of Tennyson's friends quoted one
of Tennyson's lines, in the poets presence,
as happy instance of the natural express
sion of spontaneous thought, and the po-
ct said, ~ smoked dozen cigars over that
line"
How TO make glass that is not brittle,
recently discovered for the second time,
was discovered for the fist time when
Tiberius was Roman Emperor, as record
ed by Pliny but Tiberius feared the in
vention would deprive gold and silver of
their value, and, having learned that tho
inventor was the sole depository of the Sc
cret, he caused him TO be decapitated.
The last ocean cable-the last of FIVE,
all now working-is 5000 miles long, from
the Irish coast to Rye Beach, N. H., and 1t
cost about So, 200, 900. The cable is larger
than any of the others, and its length is al
most double that of the old ones. The
telegraphers say that this cable is one
of the best that has been laid, and will
transmit an average of 20 words a minute.
1t is called he Faraday Cable, from the
steamer employed in laying 1t.
"A company of picked American rifle
men are now returning the visit of the
Irish rife team, made to this country last
year. They have been received with
marked attentions. At Dublin, on Friday,
there was grand military display in their
honor, and while on their way TO the thea
ter in the evening they were greeted with
enthusiastic cheers by the crowd.
"A Brooklyn, N. Y, man who was
bitten by a dog about nine weeks ago,
died OF hydrophobia, last week. The
wound was a very slight one aud had
thoroughly healed, but Jackson's mind be-
came morbid on the subject, and he brood
cd over 1t 10 such an extent that true hy-
drophobic symptoms were developed, and
his oeath resulted. Fright evidently kill
ed him. The dog is yet alive and we'll.
The Post Office Department has recent
ly established 800 additional money order
Offices, making the total number now In
existence 1894.
Both Beecher aud Tilton are getting
lots Of invitations to lecture next winter.
Robert Lincoln, son of Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln, has been appointed guardian of
his mothers estate under bond of $780,
600.
July the system of the new interna-
tional postal union goes into operation, in
Guiding nearly all the world in its scope.
Within its area letters weighing 15 gram
mes, or So per cent of an ounce, can go for
cents. The countries included In the
union are Germany, Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Turkey, Egypt, Spain, Great
Britain, Portugal, Russia, Greece, Italy,
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
United States. Amer January l, 1876,
France comes in too. The new rates apply
to the colonies Of the countries in the union
as we'll as to themselves, and a Eve cent
stamp will carry letter 10 Hlndoostan,
Iceland, or Cape Town, as well as TO Lon
don or Copenhagen. Postal cards go for
2 cents and newspapers not exceeding four
ounces for the same,