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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-01
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Russians cndeavor to minimize the pomak insur.
rectioH but the best Information from non. Russ,a
sources aflirms its vigor and extension
FIGHT BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND TURKS
An ARRAY has occurred between Russian ana
Turkish soldiers near Daud Pacha Barracks. about
two miles beyond the Notifications Eighty men
were wounded on both sid,A The Seraskierate has
consequently prohibited Russian soldiers from
crossing the line OF demarcation.
sERvfA READY FOR ACTION.
A telegram from Belgrade says 1t appears that
the friendship between Russia and Servia is com
pletey restored. II has been arranged that seryla
In the event OF an Anglo Russian war, shall only
observe the stpuiations OF the San steiano Treaty
while Turkey remains neutral. 1t is probable that
the scrvlan army will slowly occupy many straterI.
cal positions in Old scrva with the consent OF rus.
sa All the levies will be at their posts by May 10
The intrenched camp at Kladova, which Is one Of
the principal points Of concentration, Is now com.
pletely fortified.
Mr. MAYNARD INVESTIGATING.
despatch from Constantnople states that Mr..
Maynard, the United states Minister, went TO
yolo on Monday In an American man. Of war TO In.
quire concerning the alleged inassacrcs by bashi.
bazouks.
BRIGHT DESouScEs BEAcoxsFIELp.
Mr.. John Bright spoke at large peace meeting
In Manchester yesterday. He declared there could
be no faith In Cabinet which had no truth. Lord
BeaconsacId was great disturbcr OF nations lie
believed his policy was hateful In the sight OF
Heaven and hostile to tho highest interests OF
Great Britain.
PROVIDING FOR GoRTscHARorP's OFFICE
AS Prince Gortschakofr viii probably be prevented
from resumng his duties Tor some time the idea
has been revived Of summoning Count scnouyalor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26
HITS AND MISSES.

MAY the Lord preserve your eyesight,
said a beggar- to a man with a small
nose, who had just given her a gratuity.
"Why?" he asked. Because" said She
you've no nose to hold your spectacles.'
A leopard and fox had a contest as to
which was the finer creature of the two. The
leopard put forward its numberless spots
but the fox replied; 1T is better to have a
versatile mind than variegated body"
One asked why B stood before C. Because,
said another, a man must before he can @.
Geography and grammar strive with each
other to form the pith of the following clever
puns Which is the coolest river THE ice
is (Isis). There is another colder-the icer
1ser).
Does young man with one arm have an
off-hand way of doing things?
young lady writing from Switzerland
says every thing in Europe is absurdly high,
even the Alps.
friend of ours lately went into provis-
sion store to purchase a corned tongue. The
dealer handed him one remarking that it was
very nice. and, furthermore, that it never
told lie. "It is very evident then, remark
ed the purchaser, that it was never engaged
in the provision business"
Too bad A newly married gentleman of
Mrs. J--'s acquaintance on being asked, the
other day, what was the difference between a
bride and a bridegroom Immediately replied
''Why, one is given away, and the other is
sold"
correspondent wants to know whether,
considering the great, utility of the ocean,
poets are not wrong in calling it ''waste of
water"
OF a barber's shop that was formerly law
Office the paper says that people get shaved
there just the same.
Love is an eternal transport :" exclaimed
an enthusiastic poet. 80 as a canal-boat," "
said practical old forwarding merchant.
Phonograph is feminine gender-because it
talks back.
''The parting gives me pain" sighed the
man who was combing his hair for the first
time after two weeks spree.
gentleman was lately inquiring for a
young lady of his acquaintance. 'She is
dead" very gravely replied the person to
whom he addressed his inquiries. II never
heard of it what was her disease ?" ''Van-
ity," replied the other; ''she buried herself
alive in the arms of an old fellow of seventy,
with a fortune, in order to have the glorious
satisfaction of a gilded tomb"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

An ANT DAIRY on A VIRGINIA CREEPER.-
The large leaves have been converted into
dairy farms by a colored family named For
mica. otherwise known as black ants. The
race to which this family belongs have for
years been notorious as slave drivers and cruel
ask-masters. They are extremely warlike,
and go into battle with regularly organized
battaions making slaves of their prisoners,
who, yielding to the force of circumstances,
become faithful servants, and procure all the
food that is eaten by their idle masters The
family living under my veranda, although
fierce and determined in their nature, have
apparently devoted themselves exclusively to
dairy farming having numerous herds of cat
tle-cows and calves-that are regularly milk
ed by their owners, who drink the milk for
their food. One of the larger leaves of the
Virginia creeper forms rich meadow where
from fifty to seventy five cows and calves can
pasture These little domestic animals are
known as dphidtS, and it is certainly an extra
ordinary sight to see the black ant to whom
they seem to belong go through the field and
milk these little cows He carries with him
long whip (antennG), with which he strikes
the little docile animal on the back, when it
immediately deposits the milk that its master
eagerly drinks When the pasture gives out,
the ant carries his herd to another leaf or
field; and wheh the little calves are old
enough to be milked, he begins their educa-
ton by biting them. 1t is curious also to see
the owner defend his flock from an intruder.
Let another black ant come into the field
that is ON to the leaf-And he attacks him
with great fury, driving him from the prem
ises at once All this, and more too, my lens
shows me of my neighbor's peculiar habits
find that if venture too close and arouse the
suspicion of the dairyman by placing my
hand or finger near his little farm, that l am
warned by sharp bite to be more circum-
spect in my movements, and not TO become
too familiar on short acquaintance.
NJ. Fowcl who has given n very close study
to the ants of Switzerland, relates some very
remarkable instances of an intelligence in
these little creatures which seems almost in
credible, and in fact il is almost impossible
for any one to comprehend the absolute mem
tai capacity of these tiny, and for the most
part industrious dwellers on the earth, unless
he seeks through the medium of his own OBJ
seryation a closer knowledge of their habits
and modes Of fe.-Hdrper's Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

SUNsTRoKE DIR. Alfred L. Loomis of New
York, physician who has had a very large
experience in the treatment of sunstroke,
makes some observations on the subject which
may be generally useful at this time. He
says the time of day or the particular heat of
one day has little to do with sunstroke. The
real cause is prolonged heat extending through
several days. person may be exposed to
intense heat for two days and on the third
day which may be cooler than the one pre-
ceding it, may be sunstruck. All of the con-
ditions are aggravated if the day be calm. as
even the slightest breeze would assist the evap-
Grafton of the perspiration, and SO keep the
temperature of the body down. The disease
is primarily owing to an over-heating of the
blood. Most patients who have had the pre-
monitory symptoms say that they feel hot but
cannot sweat. DIR. Loomis believes that in
the majority of cases the use of alcoholic
stimulants has had something to do with
bringing on the attack. The other causes
most frequent are physical exhaustion and
the living in close, filthy rooms. Diet seems
not to be of marked importance, nor does the
kind or business or pursuit followed. The
treatment of the first stage which all persons
can readily recognize as the forerunner of
sunstroke, as ii occurs during the summer,
and comes on without the chill which ushers
in a fever, is absolute rest, cooling applca-
tions to the skin and head, and medicine to
relieve the bowels. Dr. Loomis continues:
The treatment of sunstroke during the
stage of unconsciousness is as follows Wrap
the patient in n sheet, the temperature of
which is about so degrees, and over this place
a sheet wrung out of ice-cold water. Or the
patient may be wrapped in the first sheet and
sprinkled with cold water or given Il cold
bath in any way that will not cause shock
to the nerves. Ice should be applied to the
top of the head and cold water to the spine.
The object of this is to reduce the tenpera-
ture AS rapidly as possible. When the body
is reduced to 100 degrees there should be a
pause in the treatment. If the temperature
again rises, again apply the cold, and repeat
this treatment until the temperature ceases to
rise. At the same time stimulating injections
may be used, the bowels unloaded and the
kidneys kept in action. When consciousness
has returned, which it will do unless the heat
has been too prolonged, the patient may be
moderately stimulated. After the second
stage. which lasts from one to forty eight
hours, the patient RECEIVERS in two or three
days 1t is a long time, however, before the
functions of the brain and nervous system are
restored"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26
TINOCGHTs. =.

No man is hurt but by himself j Dio-
genes.
Repentance is the hearts sorrow
Shakespeare.
A man must become wise at his own ex-
pense.- NOntajgne.
As if you could kill time without injuring
eternity Th0redu
I have found it hard to persuade men
death was sunrise Murray.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to
apply it, not having it, to confess it.-Confit-
cius.
He needs no other rosary whose thread
of life is strung with beads of love and
thought. Persian.
The generality of men expend the early
par! of their lives in contributing to render
the latter part miserable.
Some men will believe nothing but what
he can comprehend and there are but few
things such are able to comprehend.
We cannot live on probabilities The
faith in which we can live bravely and die in
peace must be certainty, so far as it pro-
fesses to be a faith Mt all, or it is nothing
FrOude.
Read not to contradict and confute nor
to believe and take for granted; nor to find
talk and discourse but to weigh and consid-
er.-Bac0n.
Happiness. in this world when it comes,
comes incidentally. Make it the object of
pursuit, and it leads us n wild-goose chase,
and is never attained. -HdntiOrHe.
Riches are gotten with pain, kept with
care and lost with grief. The cares of riches
lie heavier upon good man than the incon-
veniences of an honest poverty L Estrange.
What can be more foolish than to think
that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth
could come by chance, when all the skill of
art is not able to make an oyster.-Jeremy
Taylor.
Limit your wants the Must is hard, and
yet solely by this Must can we show how it is
with us in our inner man TO live according
to caprice requires no peculiar powers.
GOetho.
When we are invited to an entertainment,
we take what we find and if any one should
bid the master of the house set fish or tarts
before him he would be thought absurd. Yet
in the world We ask the gods for what they
do not give us aud that, though there are
many things they have given us. -Epicte
tbs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

Without waiting to explain how he had
contrived to make the broken eggs disappear
and the birds take their place, Mr.. Heller ut
tered an expression Of pretended disappoint-
ment and with seeming ill-humor, said that
"he didn't see what he could do now that the
trick had been spoilt except make fricass6
of the canaries."
Acting ON this remark he got a small sauce
pan, and placing some powder in dish up
on the center-table, dropped the birds, one
after another, into the saucepan, they still
remaining motionless. He next lit the pow
der, which turned out to be small quantity
of Greek fire. and holding the saucepan over
it for some time as if he were cooking the
contents, finally undertook to stir the frcassG
with his short ebony wand. Instead of stir
ring up any fricasst however, he stirred up
one of the canaries, who, knowing that the
stirring of the wand in the pan was the sig
nal for it to come to life, flew up on the 9th
er end of the wand and, to Mr.. Heller's we'll
feigned amazement, stretched its wings once
or twice and then flew out into the auditori-
um over the heads of the spectators.
With an expression of uncertainty that
seemed to mean that he thought either him
self or the fricasse bewitched, Mr.. Heller
again made an effort to stir the saucepan,
whereupon another canary hoped up as be-
fore on the end of the wand alive, and stretch
ing its wings also few after the first canary.
A third attempt with the wand resulted in
the same wuy-the third canary understand
ing the touch of the wand as the signal for
him to fly away, and obeying it as the others
had
Having thus performed the trick he had re-
ally intended to from the beginning, although
he made believe that he had meant to do some
thing else, Mr.. Heller recalled the pets to the
stage once more with a renewed whistle and
withdrew amid the hearty applause of the
spectators. Wide Airake for 1ugust.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

SHARP LAWYER CAUGHT.-A very fair
story comes from one of our courts One of
those shrewd, sharp, and sarcastic lawyers, of
that class who take demoniacal joy and un-
speakable pride in twisting a witness into a
labyrinth of difficulties, had occasion, some
time ago. to ross-examine a gentleman of
some little prominence. The sharp lawyer
managed, after much skillful maneuvring, to
so confuse the witness that the only answer
that he could obtain to his questions was, Il
don't recollect."
When the lawyer had had this answer re-
turned to him score or so of times his pa
tence gave out. Tell me, Mr.. j." he ex-
claimed, with biting sarcasm, do you ever
remember anything!"
Il car" was the response.
"Can you carry your memory back for
twenty years, and tell me a single instance
that happened then 7"
Yes l think can" returned the witness,
who had regained some composure.
"Ah !" exclaimed the lawyer, gleefully rub
bing his hand in orthodox legal fashion.
''Now, that is consoling. Come now, sir,
what is this instance which you remember so
we'll ?"
"Well, sir, 1 remember that twenty years
ago, when you were admitted to the Bar, your
father came to me to borrow thirty dollars to
buy you suit that you might make presenta-
BILE appearance at commencement, and have
distinct recollection that your father never
paid the thirty dollars back to me.
Confusion changes hands at this point of
the proceedings, and the lawyer dismisses tho
witness without more ado.-Ne51 York COM
nercidL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

SALE OF Curious WATCH-There was ex-
hibited, in one of the displays of jewelry in
the Centennial Exhibition a very peculiar and
costly watch 1t was about the ordinary size
and struck a musical bell for the hour, half
hour and quarter, and also for each minute
that passed of the unexpired quarter 1t told
the time to the fifth of a second, and was so
arranged that two horses starting at differ
ent times, could be timed by it. 1t was also
a calendar, showing the day, month and year,
and the phases of the moon. as well rs the
20th of February every fourth year. Its
great price, 81, 600, as well as its noise from
the constantly striking bell, prevented any
one from buying it. 1t was offered in the
principal jewelry stores of Philadelphia and
New York without success, and at last found
its way to San Francisco. Several weeks ago
a miner from 0ne-Horse Gulch, Arizona, who
had struck a wonderful lead and was looking
for way to spend his money, saw it in n
jewelers. window and bought it, it is n Swiss
watch, and is said to have cost to manufacture
much more than the 81, 600 for which it was
sold
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

The VENERABLE RICHARD II. DANA, who
was the first to acquaint the public with the
poetic gifts of the late William Cullen Bryant
by publishing ''Thanatopsis' in the periodi-
cal of which he was then the editor-the North
American Reviews living in beautiful re-
tirement at Manchester-by-the-sea He dis
likes noise and activity; fashionable society
is his Nemesis 1t drove him away from
Newport it impelled him to leave Eahant
He owns his Manchester home, and the es-
tate is so large that it is left undisturbed by
summer populations. He is over 30 years of
age, erect of form and firm of STEP a living
link between the literature of the past and the
literature of the present. He introduced
Bryant to the world, watched him grow to be
a very old man and pass away. He was the
contemporary of Percival, Allston and Chan
ming. He is the sole survivor of a distinguish
ed circle of literary men who were at the me-
ridian of life and in the morning of their rep
utations fifty years ago. Mr.. Dana is not a
total abstainer. He drinks wine in modera-
ton and eats whatever his fancy Graves. He
has never been abroad and has no desire to
leave his picturesque home again.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

THOMAS WINANs, who died recently at New
port Il. l.. leaving fortune of So, 200, 900,
was from his boyhood strong character.
When II child his amusement was to build di-
minutye railroads and run toy trains upon
them. His father encouraged him in this,
and when lad he was set at work at a lathe
in the machine shop, where he served reg
ular apprenticeship. The Russian minister
at Washington had noted the skill of Ross
Winans, and encourage him to send his son
to St Petersburg to compete for the con-
tract for equipping the new railroad. When
the vessel in which young Winans sailed ar
rived at St Petersburg, the Gar and party
of officials drove down to the pier to see the
ship unloaded. Thomas-a tall, strapping
young man in a red shirt, with his trousers
tucked in his boots, and armed with crow
bar-was bossing party of laborers who
were unloading II locomotive. He worked
and talked at the same time, and his frank,
open manner. powerful physique, and thor
ough knowledge of his trade so impressed the
imperial sight-seer that he turned to one of
his officers and said, Il like that fellow in the
red shirt" As soon as the work was well un-
der way. the Gar offered him an independ-
ent contract, telling him at the same time that
he need give no bonds, as his simple word
was sufficient