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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

The compulsory education bill now before
the Indiana legislature, orders that in common
schools only the following branches shall be
taught; Orthography, reading, writing math-
ematlcs (not beyond algebra), geography, En-
lish grammar, and the history of the United
States.
California is agitated over the question of a
compulsory school law. She spends 81, 900.
900 year on her schools, and the value of
her school property is 81, 600, 900, yet there
are only 100, 900 scholars out of $50, 600 of
school age-that is, one third of what ought
to be school children have never been inside
OF school, public or private. With the
hoodlums OF San Francisco as a striking ex-
ample of the results of this state of things,
there ought not 10 be much doubt about the
need of compulsory law.
President Porter of Yale said recently that
out of about 800 students in the scientific de-
partment, there were not more than twenty
at the most who had left the institution at all
tainted with Darwinism. A great many stu
dents in their earlier studies became admirers
of Darwin, aud were considerably infatuated
with his peculiar theory; but in their advanced
studies they were radically cured of any be-
lief in it. The theory of evolution, he declar-
ed was to-day at crisis. II held the most
believers to-day it would ever hold, and seemed
at present the most plausible, but ten years
would not elapse before the theory would be
exploded in its extreme form.
All education is preparation for citizen
ship. The essence of good citizenship is love
of country. The child who is taught TO make
the most of himself will be good and useful
citizen, regardless of his theoretical knowl-
edge of the principles of government. In
one particular only does a change seem desir-
able, and that is, that, of the great economic
questions on which men are honestly divided,
the textbooks in our higher schools should
present both sides. In the matter of free
trade or protection, the college textbooks on
political economy are biased, and nearly, if
not all, are on the same side-and ON the
side, too, which majority of the citizens in
the recent election decided to be wrong 1t
is not the intention to suggest that the other
side be exclusively presented but that in the
interests of broad scholarship and practical
American citizenship the arguments of both
sides be fairly stated.-Ne'o England Journal
of Education.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

The project Of using the Great Eastern for
the transportation of cattle from America has
it seems, been abandoned. To what purpose,
actual or intended, she will be turned next, il
would be hard 20 say. She is indeed an ILL.,
fated vessel-she has been unfortunate from
the very start, and her history is a curious
combination and continuation Of mishaps aud
disasters. Twenty eight years ago an eastern
steam navigation company was formed in Eng-
land TO maintain an ocean trade to the East
round the Cape of Good Hope The next
year the directors decided that such a trade
would not pay, owing 10 the expense of sup
porting coaling stations along the route, un-
less the ship could carry coal enough for the
round trip. Arrangements were accordingly
made to build a vessel which would transport
1000 passengers, 1000 tons of merchandise
and 10, 600 tons of coal for fuel. The result
with many changes in the original plan, was
the Great Eastern. She was some years
building, and was finally ready to launch in
November, 1851 To avoid the danger of
launching so long vessel stern foremost, she
was constructed with the broadsde toward
the river, on a timber foundation of vast
strength, with sloping rails down 10 the wa
ter. The ship was too heavy, or the rails
were too gradual and various efforts were
made and $500, 600 or $lOO, OOO spent before
she was got off. After completion it was un-
certain what would come of the trade to and
from Australia; consequently it was deter
mined to send her thither on trial voyage.
The attempt proved very unfortunate. She
left the Thames Sept. 8, 1859 but an explo-
sion occurred of Hastings, killing and wound
ing number of persons, and bringing the
proposed trip suddenly to an end at Wey-
mouth. After costly repairs, bitter recrimi-
nations, various law suits, and the death of
her planner, Brunei, she again set sail for
this port in June, 1860, and reached here in
eleven days. For nearly a twevemonth she
piled between England and the United States,
but steadily lost money, not making sufficient,
in fact, TO pay current expenses and make the
constantly needed repairs. In December,
1861, when there was some prospect of trou-
BILE between this nation and Britain, the Great
Eastern carried some 2OO0 troops from Eng
land to Canada with degree of comfort new
er before experienced by 30 large a body of
men. After that the company did not know
what to do with her, and she might have rot
ted at her moorings had she not been wanted
to lay the American cable in 1864 She has
since been repeatedly employed for the same
purpose, and always with satisfaction. New
ertheless, she has proved a very expensive
luxury. She has cost, it is said, to date in
cluding numberless repairs, some S25, 600, 600,
and has never returned one-quarter that sum.
She has gained such name for ill-uck-all |
sailors are uperstitious-thst it has always
been hard to find seamen willing TO ship on
her. She has ruined more than a dozen men,
and she may last long enough to ruin dozen |
more.-N. y. Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

The CoLoRADo CLMATE.-A great deal has
been said about the climate of Colorado, con-
cerning which, as a sanitarium, many, and
often contradictory, opinions are held. 1t
certainly affects persons, especially invalids,
very differently. But nearly everybody who
goes there loses flesh, the average loss being
about one-eighth. In the course of a season
a 2OO-pound man will be reduced to l75 lbs,
which is ascribed to the altitude, the dry,
light atmosphere the scarcity OF vegetation,
and the increased quantity of oxygen con-
suming the tissues and taxing the vital func-
tions much more than at lower attitudes
The reduction Of flesh is usually proportion
ed TO the height Of the place. The proper
tion given is at Denver about a mile above
the sea. At Leadville, which is two miles
above the sea- the reduction is commonly
one-siXth or one-seventh, and more rapid
than at Denver. At Leadville diseases of the
lungs, particularly pneumonia, frequently
declare themselves, and nearly one.third of
all the cases prove fatal. Very few dogs,
except hounds, can live there, and the atmos-
phere is destructive TO cats. At Denver,
however, those animals seem to get on very
comfortably. Nevertheless, both men and
animals lose strength there and elsewhere.
They lose much of the muscular power they
have in the East, and they cannot endure so
much hard work as they can here. Eight
hours of continuous labor is felt as much
there as 10 hours in the East or South, and
with laborers, when tired, lassitude and
drowsiness supervene. Brain work is even
more exhausting than physical work, as has
been repeatedly experienced by lawyers,
clergymen, journalists and students of every
sort. Their nerves are specially acted upon,
and exceeding irritability is the result of any
continued effort. Naturally these effects are
far more noticeable in newcomers than in
old residents. An acclimating process ap-
pears to be required; but even after that the
mental and corporesl powers are not there
what they are in other parts of the country.
Whether Colorado is or is not desirable for
invalids remains an open question. Doubt
less many immigrant consumptives have been
killed quicker there than if they had remain
ed at home. Thousands Of people who 60 to
Colorado contract dry catarrh, which when
they leave the state is converted into CON
sumption. The climate generally is very far
from safe, and in great many cases posi-
lively iniurious.-N. y. Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

LEPRosY IN THE WEST INDIEs.-Leprosy is
perpaps more frequently met with in Tripi-
dad, writes a correspondent TO the Philadel-
phia Record, than on any other island of the
West Indies. Cases of it in its various stages
are met on every hand, arm, foot or leg gone,
or part of either of them missing. In the
negro it is noticed by white spots or blotches
on the skin, which are where the sores have
been and have temporarily healed over Pos
sibly one side of the head is enlarged to
double its natural size or leg or arm has as
sumed immense proportions. Where the
skin is broken bloody fluid like water weeps
continually. The leper is always cold, no
matter how high the temperature. have
seen them lying in the sun when the heat was
at 110o and yet cold. They are not allowed
in the churches, and are seen kneeling out
side-truly pitiable creatures. have met 20
of these poor beings in a single morning,
men and women, all more or less deformed,
and without single spark of joy or gladuess
in their faces all, seemingly, only waiting
until our Lord shall bid them lay down
their mortality and take on immortality. 1t
is a sad blemish to such beautiful place, the
Queen city of the Caribbees.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

A BRAVE Boy WHO KEPT TWENTY INDIANS
AT BAY died of his wounds, few days ago, at
Denver, Col. Three days after the battle OF
White River, in which the gallant Thorn
burgh lost his life, Freeman z. Wray, who
was in charge of cattle forty-fve miles north
of White River Agency, was attacked by a
band of sayages. He contriyed TO get his ri
fls and to make SO good defence that they
betook themselves to a ravine and besieged
him at their leisure. After a while he got
out of ammunition, and was forced to climb
into wagon to get new supply. While he
was executing this movement bullet struck
him in the calf of the leg, passing directly
through. In another instant another ball
caught him at the hip aud knocked him
down. With a whoop and a yell the savages
ran toward the spot, expecting to take their
plucky foe prisoner. But they were again
foiled, for Wray was only down temporarily,
aud, getting to his feet again scrambled into
the wagon, where lay his ammunition. He
pulled sack Of -four in front of him and
piled bag of beans ON top of that, and took
hold of such other articles within reach as
made for him barricade against the shower
of balls that was promised. Rapidly cutting
a hole in the canvas wagon cover he saw the
Indians approaching LeVeling his rifle he
fired at the foremost of his pursuers, without
the ball taking effect. This threw the In
dians into confusion, and they retreated to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

METHODIST STATISTICS. interesting
statistics of a great religious denomination
are given in the recently issued Methodist
Year Book for 1881. There are now in church
fellowship 4, ,699, 900 followers of John Wesley,
with Methodist population estimated at 49,
400, 900, There are nineteen living bishops,
of whom 10 are in active service in the North
ern States and in the Southern. The net
capital of the publishing house of the North
ern church is 81, 800, 900, and its total profits
in Al years have been over $3,OOO,OOO. It
issues 1000 books a day on the average
About 60 periodicals emanate from the church
in the North, and 100 from all Methodisms
The church in the North appropriates for
missions $77S,O for 1881, about half of
which will be expended at home, and the bal
ance in foreign fields. There are 80, 600
itinerant preachers in the field, and 81, 900
local preachers. The church has numerous
denominational academies and seminaries,
and no lack of colleges.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28
Miscellany.
Asleep.


In summertime how fair It showedl-
My garden by the village road,
Where fiery stalks Of blossom glowed
Aud roses softly blushed;
with azure spires and gArlands white,
Pale heliotrope, the suns delight,
And odors that perfumed the night
Where'er the south wind rushed.
There solemn purple pansies stood,
Gay tulips red with floral blood
And wild things fresh from field and wood,
Alive with dainty grace.
Deep heayen-blue bells Of columbine,
The darkly mystic passion-vine,
And clematis, that loves to twine,
Bedecked that happy place.
Beneath the strong, unciouded blaze
OF long and fervent summer days,
Their colors smote the passing gaEo
And dazzled every eye.
Their cups Of scented honey-dew
Charmed all the bees that DER them few,
And butterflies Of radiant hue
Paused as they Hoated by.
Now falls a cloud Of sailing snow,
The bitter winds Of winter blow,
No blossom dares Its cup to show
Earth folds them In her breast;
shroud Of white, virgin pail,
Is slowly, softly hiding all;
In vain shall any sweet wind call
To break their silent rest.
My garden is vanished dream,
Dead In the waning moons cold beam,
Clear icicles above II CLEAN;
And yeti know not how
My flowers will hear the dropping rain
When Spring reneweth hill and plain,
And then Il shall be mine again:
1t is Gods garden now.
Rose Terry Cooke in February Hdrpers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28
Boiling water i'm a sh... or PaD.r.

Take piece of paper and fold IL up. as
school-boys do, into a square box without q
lid. Hang this up to a walking stick by four
threads, and support the stick upon books or
other convenient props. Then a lamp or ta
per must be placed under this dainty caul-
dron. In few minutes the water will boil.
The only fear is lest the threads should catch
hre and let the water spill into the lamp and
over the table. The flame must therefore
not be too large. The paper does not burn,
because it is wet and even IL It resisted the
wet It still would not burn through, because
the heat impaired to II on one side by the
flame would be very rapidly conducted away
by the water on the other. Another expert
ment of similar nature, but perhaps even
more striking is as follows: Twist up the
edges Of common playing-card so as TO
fashion it into light tray. On this tray
place layer Of small shots or bits of lead.
and heat it ovev the fame Of q lamp. The
lead will melt but the card will not burn. II
may be charred little round the edges, but
immediately below the lead it will not be
burned, for here again the lead conducts of
the heat on one side as fast as il is supplied
on the other.-Ndture
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28
NO. 4.

listening to an instrumental performance by
her mother. The child was overjoyed, and
brought her tiny hands together in applause
when the rest Of the audience applauded.
Fearful however that her modest need Of
praise might not be recognized and unmind-
full Of all else but her mothers presence the
little one leaned over the railing and saluted
the performer, as the latter turned TO leave
the stage, with, Mamma, 1 clapped nv
hands too" Somebody else, everybody else.
in fact, clapped their hands then, louder than
before and if there was ever proud moth
or it must have been the one who now came
forward to acknowledge the storm of ap-
plause.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

MEDDLING WITH Cold IRoN.-During the
cold snap at Wilkesbarre, Pa, a 15-year- old
girl named Fuller was attracted by the white
frost on lamp post, and began wiping it of
with her gloves Then she breathed on It,
and tiny bits of frost were formed. After
good deal of breathing and wiping she un-
dertook to lick of portion of frost from the
iron. But no sooner did her tongue touch
the post than it stuck fast-so fast that she
could not withdraw it, and she could neither
call for assistance nor extricate herself At
length two men came to her assistance and
endeayored to free her from her imprison-
ment by pouring hot water on the post near
where the tongue was fast, but, instead of
loosening it, the water made it stick still fast
er. Two small chips were then wedged be-
tween the tongue and the post on either side
till the tongue was freed. The girl has been
under medical treatment ever since, and is
said to be slowly improving.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

writer in the American Agriculturist says:
If any part Of the body gets frozen, the very
worst thing to do is to apply heat directly.
Keep away from the fire. Use snow il you
can get it; if not, use the coolest water pos
sible. Last year our little boy of Eve years
froze his feet while out coasting at a consid-
erabie distance from the house. He cried all
the way home and the case seemed pretty
bad. brought a big pailful of snow and
put his feet into it, rubbing them with the
snow. But my hands could not stand the
cold. was alarmed to see him keep his feet
in the snow so long, but he could not bear
them out of it. 1t was half an hour before
he would take them out, and then the pain
was all gone, and when had wiped them dry
and rubbed them little, he was entirely com
Portable, put on his stockings and shoes, and
went to play. He never afterwards had any
trouble with his feet on account of this freez-
ing. His sister got her feet extremely cold,
and put them at once to the fire. Her case
was at first not so bad as her brothers but
the result was much worse. Her feet we're
very tender all winter, and she suffered from
chilblains. Her toes had a swollen, purple
look, and she had to take a larger size of
shoes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

The OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE WAR OF
THE REBELLION the first volume Of which has
been issued, will fill nearly 100 volumes, octa-
Vo, averaging 500 pages each, and therefore
will be so voluminous as to make them more
suitable for public than private libraries.
The publication will run through several
years, and the uncertain tenure Of any Con-
gressman's office, in future terms, gives to
him strong reasons for distributing his quota
OF volumes to public libraries, that in the end
full sets Of the work may be within reach of
the people in general The first series will
embrace the formal reports, both Union and
confederate, of military operations, with the
correspondence, orders, and returns relating
specially thereto, and will be accompanied by
an atlas. In this series the events will be ar-
ranged according to the campaigns and sew
eral theatres of operation (in chronological
order) and the Union reports of any event
will be Immediately followed by the confed-
crate accounts. The correspondence, etc.,
not embraced in the reports" will follow
(frst Union and next confederate) in chrono
logical order. This will be the series most
desired by the public, and according to the
present estimate it will embrace about so
volumes. These volumes will be sent post
paid from the public printers as issued for
81 per cloth copy and 81 for half Turkey,
payment to be made in advance. The sec
ond series will contain the correspondence,
orders, reports and returns, Union and con-
federate, relating to prisoners of war and $50
far as the military authorities were concerned)
to state or political prisoners. This series
will probably embrace four volumes. The
third series will contain the correspondence,
orders, reports and returns of the Union au-
thorities, embracing their correspondence
with the confederate officials, and not relat-
ing specially to the subjects of the first and
second series. This will embrace about eight
volumes. The fourth series will exhibit the
correspondence, etc, of the confederate au-
thorities not embodied in the preceding Sc
ries, and will embrace about four volumes.
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storm Of bullets into the side of the wagon
where the pucky boy lay intrenched. One
of these leaden messengers caught young
Wray in the right eye, crashing through his
brain. The Indians finally retreatod. After
protracted delay the boys wounds we're
dressed and the balls extracted and after
five months nursing he seemed to be entirely
well although he had lost the use of one eye.
One Of his wounds broke out afresh eighteen
months after the fight, and caused his death.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

The INCOME OF THE QUEEN AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE BRIIIsH ROYAL FAMILY
In reply to a correspondent who asks, "What
is the income CT the Queen of England, and
also that of other members of the royal fam
ily?" the Montreal Star says The lords of
the treasury are directed by statute TO pay
yearly eco, 900 into Her Majestys privy
purse; to set aside e23l, ,26O for the salaries
of the royal household G44, 24O for retiring
allowances and pensions to servants, and
Gl3, 200 for royal bounty, aims and special
services. This leaves an unapproprated sur
plus of E36, POO, which may be applied in aid
of the general expenditure of Her Majesty's
court. 1t is provided that whenever the civil
list charges in any year exceed the total sum
OF Ei00, 900 an account of the expenditure
with full particulars shall be laid before Parl-
lament within 80 days. The Queen has also
paid to her the revenues of the Duchy of
Lancaster, which in the year 1873 amounted
TO e76,675. The salaries, charities, law
charges, etc, amounted to $50 993, leaviuga
balance of E44, 900. The heir apparent of
the crown has settled on him an annuity of
$40, 600. The Prince of Wales has besides
this the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall,
which in the year 1873 amounted to e93, ss5
Out Of this the Prince received SOS, S31. The
rest Of theroyal family receive annually ella,
OOO
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AN APPREoIATIyE AUDIToR.-The Boston
Musical Herald gives pretty little incident
which occurred at concert in that city the
sat with an older companion in the balcony,
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