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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-04

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-04
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

lNrELIcITms IN HIGH L1FE The New York
correspondent of the Hartford Times says
The upper social circles have their share of
domestic misery as well as the lower ones
There are not many families even on Murray
Hill, without the provcrb.al * leton. Police
court records do not tell much of life in the
palatial brown stone fronts. but there. as well
as in the reeking tencmeIts. the spirit of dis
cord too often prevails. Take, for instance
a single case for illustration. About three
years ago, wealthy young merchant, who
was still bachelor, was oaptiyated at New
port by one OF the New York bellies who make
that place the scene of their summer CAM
paigns. Being belle, she was also, of course,
handsome. Moreover, her mother, widow,
was wealthy, and she would inherit fortune
In a few weeks the young merchant and the
charming belle We're engaged. A fashionable
New York marriage soon followed, and after a
ten days bridal tour the couple settled down
in a stylish Fifth avenue boarding house
Courtship, marriage and all did not occupy
more than three months. Matters went
smoothly enough for n year or so, with the
exception of the occasional inevitable tiff At
the Close Of the year the husband grew tired
of boarding, and proposed to take up house
keeping The wife reluctantly consented. A
house was hired and furnished, and the wife
soon discovered that home duties would de-
nand II considerable part OF her time. Hith-
erto she had done nothing but dress, shop,
visit aud read novels and household employ
ment, even of a nominal kind soon grew irk-
some. Ii was not long before the husband
observed u change in his wife's manner. She
was often either petulant or sullen when he
came home to dinner, and would not speak n
pleasant word. His own manner changed, too.
and an estrangement quickly began. Fre-
quently the husband left home in the morn
ing without seeing his wife at all Often
when he returned in the evening he learned
that she was still out visiting. When she re-
turned and he asked where she had been, he
received stare and toss of the head for an
answer. He sat down alone to breakfast and
often the same way to dinner Then he fell
into habit of dining at his club or at a res
taurant, and staying out till midnight The
wife adopted "A regular system of spending her
afternoons away from home, either shopping
or visiting or attending matinees with some
sympathizing friends of her own sex. Those
of the other sex she usually dismissed with a
smile and bow in the street 1t went on
that way for eighteen months till husband
and wife finally ceased speaking to each other
at all. Of course the next thing was Il separ-
alton, and the wife is now waiting for enough
time to pass TO enable her to sue for divorce
on the ground of abandonment and failure to
support. This is simply one case of the hun
dreds that might be cited to illustrate infelici-
ties III the upper social circles
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

Here. sir Please take this bird around
to Albro's, and see how much it weighs"
The idea. What would the folks over the
way say, to see the professor walking out
with big turkey under his army That was
the way the thing presented itself to the good
natured college student acting as private tutor
in the family. But Mrs. Simpson, the portly
and practical housewife had no such idea of
the fitness of things.
1t was the day before Thanksgiving, and
the farmer who had agreed to supply her with
n turkey had brought it, but had not weighed
it, and of course, they could not agree on its
weight, all of which ended in the startling
proposition with which we began.
well if you aint the LATEST man -!
just as though it was going 10 hurt You any
TO take this bird to the corner and back. !" she
saw me looking, apparently, for hole to
crawl into, but, in reality, for the broom,
which. when found | made use of in put
ting into execution plan | had formed for
weighing the turkey at home,
| hung the broom-handle to the gas jet by
a wire loop, and slid it along in the loop until
it balanced, BY this time all Were curious to
see what was about.
l then fixed a wire to the turkeys feet and
hooked it so that it would slide on the broom
handle. Next got u flat-iron and fixed it in
balanced. | hung the turkey on the broom end
of the stick, two inches from the balancing
loop. Then hung the fat-iron on the other
side, and showed it along until it balanced the
turkey. Next measured the distances of the
turkey and tlat-irOn from the balancing loop,
and found that the turkey hung two inches
and the hat-iron eight inches from the bal
ancing loop That was all. l had found the
weight of the turkey, and told them; Twenty
four pounds.
do you s'pose I'm going to believe all that
tomfoolery? 1t doesn't weigh more'n twenty,
know. Here, Maggie Take this out and
ask Albro to weigh it for you"
"I'm blamed if he hasn't hit it about right, "
said the farmer who had brought the turkey.
"How did you find out :"
"Well, you see" said /, ''the hAt-iron has
a figure 6 on it that shows that it weighs six
pounds. Now, if the turkey had not weighed
more than the hat-iron they would have bal
anced each other at the same distance from
the balancing loop; but the turkey was the
heavier, so / had to move the hat-iron out
further. At the same distance from the loop
as the turkey 1.-TWO inches), the flat-iron pull
ed six pounds weight, and at every addition
of that distance it would pull six pounds more
Thus at four inches it pulled twelve pounds ;
at six inches, eighteen pounds; and at eight
inches twenty-four pounds. At that distance
it just balanced the turkey, thus proving that
it weighed -"
"Wel, Maggie, what does Albro say?"
"Twenty-four poun', num-" replied Mag
gle, coming in.
''Wen, give up" said Mrs. Simpson and
she did, and SO do It'll next time.-G. N.
Shdio, 81, Nicholas for Nooember.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30
George WashingtOn'a Proclamation for
the First National Thanksgiving.

When we review the caamities which afIlict
so many other nations, the present condition
of the United States affords much matter Of
consolation and satisfaction. Our exemption
hitherto from foreign war an increasing
prospect of the continuance of that exemption
the great degree of internal tranquility we
have enioyed-thc recent confirmation of that
tranquility by the suppression of an insurrec-
tion which so wantonly threatened 1.-THE
happy course of our public affairs in general
the unexampled prosperity of all classes of
our citizens-are circumstances which pecul-
iarly mark our situation with indication of the
Divine benefcence toward us. In such
state of things it is in an especial manner our
duty rs n people, with dcvout reverence and
aifectionate gratitude, TO acknowledge our
many and great obligations TO Almighty God,
and to implore Him to continue and confirm
the blessings we experience.
Deeply penetrated with this sentiment, /,
George Washington, president of the United
States, do recommend to all religious societies
and denominations, and to all persons whom
soevcr, within the United States, to set apart
and observe Thursday, the 10Th day of Febru-
ary next, as a day of public thanksgiving and
prayer, and on that day TO meet together and
render sincere and hearty thanks to the Great
Ruler of nations for the manifold and signal
merces which distinguish our lot as q nation
particularly for the possession of constitu-
tions of government which unite, and by their
union establish, liberty with order for the
preservation of our peace foreign and domes-
tic for the reasonable control which has been
given to a spirit of disorder in the suppression
of the late insurrection, and generally for the
prosperous condition of our affairs, public
and private and at the same time humbly
and reverently to beseech the kind Author of
these blessings graciously to prolong them to
us to imprint on our hearts a deep and SOL
cmn sense of our obligations to Him for them,
to teach us rightly to estimate their immense
value to preserve us from the arrogance of
prosperity and from hazarding the advant-
ages we enjoy by delusive pursuits TO dispose
us to merit the continuance of His favors by
not abusing them by our gratitude for them,
and by corresponding conduct as citizens
and men; 10 render this country more and
more safe and propitious asylum for the un-
fortunate of other countries, to extend among
us true and useful knowledge to diffuse and
establish habits of sobriety, order, morality
and piety, and finally to impart all the bless
ings we possess or ask for ourselves to the
whole family of mankind
In testimony whereof, l have caused the
seal of the United States of America to be af-
fixed to these presents, and signed the same
with my hand. Done at the city of Philadel-
phia the first day of January 1T95
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
By the President, Edm. Randolph.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

The LATEST MECHANICAL MARVEL is called
the 'Phonograph, and its peculiar achieve
ment is the recording of speech by series of
indentations upon paper in such a way that
it may be multiplied and accurately reproduc-
ed at any future time. A strip of indented
paper travels through little machine, the
sounds of the latter are magnifed, and pos
terity centuries hence hear us as plainly as if
we were present. Speech has become, as it
Were, immortal The Scientific American
says The possibilities of the future are not
much more wonderful than those of the pres
ent. The orator i'll Boston speaks, the in
dented strip of paper is the tangible result ;
but this travels under second machine which
may connect with the telephone. Not only is
the speaker heard now in San Francisco, for
example, but by passing the strip again under
the reproducer, he may be heard tomorrow,
or next year, or next century. His speech in
the first instance is recorded and transmitted
simultaneously, and indefinite repetition is
possible The new invention is purely me-
chanical-no electricity is involved. 1t is a
simple affair of vibrating plates, thrown into
vibration by the human voice. 1t is crude
yet, but the principle has been found, and
notifications and improvements are only a
matter of time. Nor are we restricted to
spoken words. Music may be crystalized as
well. Imagine an opera or an oratorio, sung
by the greatest living vocalists, thus recorded,
and capable of being repeated as We desire. I"
Mr., Thomas A. Edison, the inventor of one
variety of the telephone, is the originator of
this remarkable device.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30
CURRENT NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

WHAT STANLEY HAS FOUND IN AFRICA
When Stanley started, he described the work
before him as that of finishing the labors Of
others, for many travellers had preceded him
into that country of danger and fascination,
and seen parts Of lakes and rivers, without
settling anything about their relations with
each other or their importance to the world.
The sources of the Nile, the problem of ages,
were yet Gnfound. No one knew anything
about the Congo % miles from the Atlantic
coast Now Stanley has left very little un-
done Of what he undertook to do He discov-
cred in the first place. the farthest southern
waters that contribute to the Nile the Shin
seyn river. pouring into the Victoria Niyanza
from the southeast He has for the first time
thoroughly crcumnavigatedt the great Victoria
lake, and followed up its great tributary, the
Kagera, on the southwest through its scores
Of lakes. He has settled the puzzle of the
Tanganyika, which had been considered by
Livingston reservoir of the Nile, and to which
Lieut.. Cameron had given an outlet through
the Lukuga into the Lualaba; both these no.
tions proved wrong, and made it certain that
the lake has no outlet but is an inland lake of
comparatively recent formation. which is ris-
ing steadily and will one day make Cameron's
belief true. And finally he has proved the Lu-
alaba, which Livingston felt sure was the Nile,
to be instead the Congo, by following it from
the center of the continent to the Atlantic
a wonderful voyage of over 2OOO miles and
through seven or eight degrees of latitude,
crossing and recrossing the equator, in deadly
perils of disease, privaton, trackless forests,
unknown waters and fierce savages which no
other explorer had ventured to face, and
which Cameron had shortly before turned
away from. These are the principal geograph-
icOl discoveries of Stanley, but to make a COM
plete list of them would take too much time
and space Presently Mr.. Stanley will come
home and publish book, and then our friends
can get information in detail, with maps, be-
sides learning more about the various millions
of Africans and the valuable products of the
immense region he has given knowledge of to
the world of commerce.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

First As to sewing-clubs the work should
be carefully restricted to such embroidery
etc, as cannot be done by women who earn
their living by their needle. The justice of
this ought to be at once apparent; but it is
us n rule, overlooked. We have known the
plain sewing taken from the sempstresses of
a village, and given to church clubs, for a
winter the consequence of which was hun
cry women asking parish help, and stained
glass window back of the pulpit.
Secondly In reading-clubs, let the time for
each reader be limited by inhexible rule. If
this is not done, there will be found in every
such club, at least one dogmatic. selfish read
er who will force his author and his voice up
on the club, until in disgust and weariness the
members fall off and the experiment fails.
Thirdly If we may trench upon a most
delicate topic, we would suggest that in mere
ly social combinations, for the purpose of mu-
sic dancing or conversation, the old caste
lines of the town be disregarded. There is
no despotism more narrow or cruel than the
aristOcracy of a village. New blood and new
ideas would generally reyivify it; ourside of
the so-called good society of such place
which has been fenced in for two or three
generations, is frequently found the larger
proportion of intelligence, culture, and
breadth of thought
Fourthly The great want experienced by
cultured men and women IN small town is
of books, periodicals. etc, which, individual
ly they are not able to buy. There are very
few circulating libraries in American towns of
population less than ten thousand. This
want can be obviated in measure, by friend
ly combination between certain families or in
dividuals, in which each contributes given
number of books to a common stock these
books are loaned to the members in turn.
A more formal and much better way is the
formation of book-club, such as were COM
mon in England before the establishment OF
Nude, in which each member pays at the be-
ginning a certain sum, with which as many
books are purchased as there are members,
each one choosing book; these pass in reg
ular rotation from hand to hand, remaining a
fortnight with each reader; twenty books
may thus be read for the cost of one When
the books have passed around the circle they
are sold to members for the benefit of the
club. Fines for detention and abuse of books
also keep up the funds. No officer is requir,
ed in this association but treasurer. Anoth'
er advantage in the plan is that books can be
bought by the quantity at lower rates than
singly. The same rule applies to subscrp'
tions for magazines, newspapers, ETC.
''HOme and Society,"" Scri6ner for Dee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30
Miscellany.
The Coming Of the SNOW.

But soon all soft airs died and from between
For many day, and from the steely sky
The sun deceptive let his arrows fly
On bank and brake, and without heat to fall
Zen gainst the gardens cleaning southern wall;
And colder still 1t blew, till one bright morn
IL lulled awhile upon the spreading thorn;
The held-fares bickered at the ruddy haw,
And loud the hncheS chirruped in the trees
While, high DER all, in blue, thin columns broke
From the tall ehimney-tops the palace smoke.
All things shOne crisp and cold, till from the sea,
Between the east and north rose gradually
great gray woolly cloud that grew and grew
Nolumnous, till from the ether blue
1t blotted out the sun ere evenings hour,
And wrapped the ghostly garden, tree and bower,
In its u ick folds obscure. Then from on high,
To earth slow spraling adown the sky,
The hrst great feathcry snOw-lakes made their way
Till all the garden changed from black to gray,
From gray to white. Then rose the wind again
From the fell north and growed against the pane
And round the house, aud each successive blast
As the night fell grew stronger than the last
Till, as the great whales, gatherel in a shoal
In some far bay anear the shining pole,
Gambol in thunder, while the waters boil
Around them like the Maelstrom's whrling coil,
And high to heaven the sheeted foam-wreaths toss,
SO that strong wind among the feathery floss
OF falling snow walowed the lvelong night
Tumultuous, till at length the morning light
REESE calm and clear and upward sprang the sun,
Aud with his level beams serenely shone
On the soft snow-robe that lay white and pure
Ger glade and splendid hill aud dazzling moor.
DR.. Robert d. Joyce.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

AN EDUCATED ESGLIsH TRAVELLERS DOES Us
JUSTICE An English traveller who is giving
his first impressions of the United States in n
series of letters to the Manchester Courier,
says it is a mistake to suppose that Americans
are inquisitive. They do not kick their heels
at a railway station; they often 60 through
q meal without saying a word n buzz of con-
versation is seldom heard their silence is
really oppressive they are the quietest and
most orderly people on the face of the earth.
For instance, the traveller entered large
shaving establishment in Boston, where there
were a dozen BARRIERS, and several customers
waiting for their turn. When a chair became
vacant the foreman pointed to the man whose
turn came next, but not word was said. Af-
ter being there for some time the Englishman
looked at the clock to see how long they would
go on without speaking, and for nine minutes
the only sounds were a sneeze and an inquiry.
How much! Z" He fancies that he has dis
covered the origin of this quiet, patient order
of behavior. 1t is the discipline of the public
schools which produces such marvellous re-
suits. When the pupils go from one room to
another they march to the sound of the piano,
and the slightest tendency to disorder, if it
arise is corrected not by words, but by signs.
From years old till - to II every Ameri-
can is subjected TO this constant drilling.
The school-master is the drill-sergeant, and
his operations are universal" The critic had
been here three weeks when he formulated
this theory and discovered the Silent Hand.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30
NO. 4S.

the nose as it should, no noise will be made
II II reaches the same through the mouth
the palate will make more noise. since
it is not the natural channel But when it
rushes in through both these channels then il
is that the sound sleeper banishes rest from
the pillows Of his companions by his hideous
noises. The remedy for snoring is to keep
the mouth closed and for this purpose DIR.
Wyeth; the writer of the article referred to,
has invented apparatus so simple that any one
can make it and no snorer should be without
it, It consists of q simple cap fitting the
head snugly and a piece of soft material fitting
the chin. These are connected by pieces of
elastic webbing, which are connected with the
head cap near the ears This contrivance
prevents the jaw from dropping down, and
thereby renders snoring impossible. The
greatest trouble will be to get people to adopt
this invention, since the most honest and up
right of men and women will rarely ever con-
fess that they snor,, and will be very indig-
nant if accused of it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

LETTER in the Peoples Advocate of
Washington from Raleigh N c., written by
Il. ]. Edwards, a correspondent of color, fur
nishes a very encouraging account of the
progress and prospects of the negro popula-
ton of that State. Mr.. Edwards says that
with the advent of Democracy into power the
blacks were prepared to believe that they
would lose all the educational privileges which
they had enjoyed, be shorn of citizenship and
reduced to a condition of vassalage. But the
whites, far from giving evidence of any de-
sign against their liberties, evince an earnest
desire to promote their welfare and elevate
them to higher plane Of citizenship. Gov
ernor Vance had scarcely been in Office four
months before he invited conference of the
leading colored men Of the State to determine
through them the most eligible point for loca-
ting normal school for the training of colored
teachers, and through his influence the Legis-
lature appropriated $500 per annum for two
years to maintain such school. Already it is
in successful operation at Fayetteville, con-
Quoted by q colored principal and colored as
sociate teachers. Mr.. Edwards says that the
whites seem to realize forcibly that their in
terests are iriseparably interviewer with the
blacks, and that the impression which has
gone out that North Carolina is indifferent to
education, is not a true one In Raleigh a
special tax levy was made last spring for two
graded schools, one for the whites and one for
the blacks, during ten months of the year
and four white and four colored teachers are
employed in the colored school, all of whom
rank frst-class in their profession.