Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-19
IN GENERAL.

Water bos Mt about 100 degrees, instead
of 2l2, at Leadville, Col, which renders long
err boiling necessity in cooking as well as
more wntchfulness in regard to the evapora-
ton of the water.
A merchant in New York recently re-
ceived telegram from Shanghai, in answer
to one sent six hours before. The dispatch
and the answer meanwhile had Travelled ~
600 miles.
A Portland (Me. } lady recently conceived
a simple improvement to n sewing machine
which most of the companies have adopted,
and the lady receives in royalties about SlO,-
900 as the result of her happy thought"
The Russian scientists are discussing the
question of abandoning the Julian calendar
and adopting the Gregorinn by which all 9TH
er civilized nations reckon time. Russian
merchants now use the Gregorian time in
correspondence with foreigners.
The mysterious nickname of Prince Ma.
poleon, "Plon. Plon" was derived from his
first baby effort to speak the word Napoleon
when child at Stuttgart, where the king of
Wittemberg used to tease him to say it.
OF the so, $50, 900 English.speaking peo-
pie in the world, 17,75O,OOO are Episcopal
ians, l4,O0O,0OO are Methodists, IL, 500, 900
Roman Catholics, 10000, 600 Presbyterians,
5000, 900 Baptists and 10000 600 Congrega-
tionalists
The milk of human kindness has often
been known to prolong human life but it has
now been discovered that warm kline milk
injected into the veins of a morbund patient,
will keep the animal machinery in motion
the same as the tranfusion of warm blood to
the heart. The application of the former is
much easier than of the latter
Red snow, which is usually found only
in arctic attitudes, is seen on lofty summit
near Mt Stanford in the Sierra Nevadas. For
several acres the vast drifts are of a beautiful
pinkish tint to the depth of three or -four
inches. 1t is beautiful spectacle. One ex-
PLANTATION of it is that myriads of minute or
ganisms cover the surface.
The casting of the bronze equestrian
statue of Gen. George II. Thomas has been
nearly completed at Philadelphia, and will be
ready for unwilling Nov. u, 1t will be IL
feet in height, standing upon granite pedes-
tai 10 feet high, and the cost will be $40, 600.
1t was modelled by ]. Q. A. Ward of New
York, and is said to be fine work. 1t is to
be erected in Washington under the auspices
of the Society of the Army of the Cumber.
land.
Private George Phister of the army wants
to retire, his plea being that having served
for sixty -four years in the ranks he feels O
few touches of the rheumatism. When six
teen years of age lie enlisted in the French
army, fought at Waterloo and followed the
fortunes of France for eighteen years. Then he
served here and there until mutterings Of the
conflict on this side of the Atlantic brought
him over. Enlisting in the Union army il
1861 he has since carried his musket continu
| ously.
The Denver (Col) Republican has thi'
paragraph The humane citizens Of Silver
ton are erecting houses of refuge on then
new toll road between that place and Ante
| lope Park. and are importing a large number
of st. Bernard dogs, which will be kept fol-
| the purpose of rescuing persons who get los
| in the terrific snow storms that continually
occur on the range during the winter months
Rope tenders are to be placed at the numer
| Gus places exposed to snow-slides these the
risky traveller is to keep in his grasp. Will
these preparations it is hoped that the terri
BILE loss of life which has occurred on tina
route during past winters may be ayerted."
The big captive balloon at Paris hai
ceased to exist. A sudden change from hea
| to cold caused rapid condensation Of tn,
| gas which filed it, and, the wind being higl
at the time, the network left loose by tn,
| diminution of the volume of gas was blown
| violently against the balloon at every gust
Suddenly loud report was heard, the larg
| sphere burst and the silk and network cam,
tumbling to the ground. The numerou
| spectators who were present rushed in pan
] ic in every direction, but luckily no one wa
| hurt by the sudden release of the great vol
ume of gas. The b,.noon was owned by NJ
| Giffard, who constructed it, and is said t.
have cleared S1Gs, 900 from it during the Ex
position.
of the Empress Eugene the Paris Gau
lois says "She is still in the same state o
depression. She receives nobody, and dine
alone in her own apartment She only leave
her room to go into that of her son. On tn
first day she entered since the burial sh,
nearly tainted on beholding the fatal saddl
which cost the prince imperial his life. Tn
empress supports herself with the consola
tons of religion. When she is not praying
she gets her companion to read pious work
to her, such as those of ST. Augustil
and Massillion. Her majesty is still oblige'
to take chloral to obtain sleep. Her friend
have tried in vain to induce her to chang
her residence and go to Spain she insists Oh
remaining at Chiselhurst for the time"