Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-09-21
NO. 3S.
IN GENERAL.

at New lork during the eight months ending
Aug 81 was 1856. This is 5S,572 less
than during the same time last year.
"A Maryland family who entertained
wayfarer for several months have recently
received from Europe draft for $40, 900 as
recompense for their hospitality.
The horse population of the United
States is now over 100000, or about one
horse to every five humans.
The returns of the census taken Jan /, =,
1888, for the Empire of Japan, show that the
whole country contains a population Of &c.
200, 10. The standing army consists of
nearly 200,0 600 men and officers.
According to a recent computation, there
are l2,l19 newspapers and magazines pub
lished in this country. OF these ,227 are
daily newspapers and 1886 weeklies
"A southern ezpressman wears a No ~
shoe, it being 1877 inches in length and ( J
inches in width. But a 15-year-old negro
boy in Dooiy county, Ga, boasts foot which
is l3 inches long and 5t inches in breadth.
1t is said that the ore of the Alabama tin
mines yields from p to per cent of pure
tin. The ore of the Cornwall mines in Eng
land yields from l to p per cent.
The tallest chimney in the world is said
to be the Townsend chimney at Glasgow,
which is 4GS feet high and contains l 400, 600
bricks.
Robert Collyer preached at Ilkloy, Eng,
during the summer, and was able to boast
that the church-yard gates were made by him
when he was a worker at the forge.
Miss Maud Banks. daughter of e1-Con.
gressmsn Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachu-
setts, is to take the platform this winter as a
reader. Gen. Banks was once an actor.
Some workmen digging a ditch near
Muncie, Ind, few days ago, found at
shallow depth the skeleton of a huge masto-
don, the femur measuring over 4 feet in
length and Is inches in diameter and the ribs
over 4 feet in length. The bones are in
good state of preservation.
Mrs. Langtry has gone TO Paris to be
FURNISHED up as to her acting by Partisan
teachers. Worth is to dress her. As she has
taken along her horses and carriages it is
quite probable that she is bent quite as much
on larks as lessons.
"A New Orleans grand jury officially rec.
ommends the establishment in that city of
crematory to burn the bodies of those who
die of yellow fever, cholera and other conta-
| gious diseases. The water-s soaked soil around
New Orleans is ill-adapted for buryipg the
dead, and cremation is part of the inevitable
logic of the situation.
An underground telegraphic cable now
connects Paris and Marseilles. The cable is
laid in a cast-iron pipe six feet below the sur
face of the ground, and cost IS, 900, 900. It
is so arranged as to be easily inspected at any
point along the line.
AT Glendive, Montana a small water
melon sells readily for $3.50; three small
apples, % cents lager beer, % cents glass,
and all other things in proportion. Nothing
is sold for less than quarter dollar.
Louis Lacy got drunk at Chicago, and
refused to pay his fare on a street car, where
| upon the conductor threw him of the car
aud drove away. The man was picked up for
dead taken to the morgue and placed on ice,
where after half an hour lie came to life, hsv-
ing been in a comatose state due entirely to
alcohol.
Minister Young at Pekin, says he learns
! from official sources that the centus of China,
as taken last year for purposes of taxation,
shows a total population of 255, 200, 900.
This does not include the Mongolian or other
| outlying dependencies of the empire, but on
ly the Is provinces of China proper nor
does it embrace various aboriginal tribes. In
Guiding these, it is probable that the popula-
ton really exceeds 800, 10000
The English papers speak of an extrsor-
| dinary discovery which DIR. Brown-Sequard
claims to have made. 1t is an anesthetio
which suspends sensation without affecting
either consciousness or activity, and may be
| used for an entire day or for longer period
with impunity. In other words, he has sin
vented" drug which will enable sick per-
son to perform all the natural functions and
to assist in his own cure without enduring
| any pain. The exhaustion which comes of
intense suffering will be put an end to but
| there will be no suspension OF those activi-
| ties the exercise of which are necessary to
recovery. The announcement seems too re-
markable to be true, but the wonders of sci
ence are not yet exhausted.
The romance of real life is being illus
trated in the person of young German girl
who lived in a small town on the Hudson riv-
| er. When the Empress of Austria opened,
not long ago, a new school for the education
of young ladies of limited means, this young
| girl applied to her by letter for place there
as a scholar. The Empress was so pleased
with the style of the letter that she granted
her request, and after the young girls Rrriv-
al took personal interest in her and always
| noticed her when she visited the institution.
A certain count among the royal visitors also
met the young scholar, ard became so pleased
with her beauty and good sense that he made
her an offer Of marriage. She is now at her
fathers home in this country, getting ready
for her marriage with this nobleman, who is
man of immense wealth.
An object lie son in the transmutation of
virtues is conveyed in this paragraph from
| an exchange "Tennyson can take worth
less sheet of paper, and by writing poem
on it make it worth $4,000. That's genius
Vanderbilt can write few words on a sheet
and make it worth $1,000, 900. That's cap
ital. The United States can take an ounce
and quarter of gold, and stamp upon it an
eagle bird and twenty dollars That's
money. The mechanic can take the material
| and rnaka IL into q uatph tuOrfb
800. That's skill. The merchant can take
an article worth % cents, and sell it for 81.
| That's business. A lady can purchase very
comfortable bonnet for $40, but she prefers
TO pay 500. That's foolishness. The ditch
digger works ten hours day, and shovels
out three or four tons of earth for 50. That's
labor"
The opinion has commonly prevailed
that man alone among animals was capable
of committing suicide A Paris paper OF re-
cent date, however, gives particulars of the
tragic death of donkey which was witness
ed recently by dozen persons, who are all
convinced that the animals death was pre-
meditated and intentional The unfortunate
| quadruped, which was reduced to a condition
of skin aud bone from eating too little and
working too much, managed to escape from
his stables and make for the Seine in which
he entered. A man who happened to be CIV
| ing Newfoundland doga Dath close Dy, per-
coiving that the donkey made no effort to
swim and was on the point of drowning, dis
patched the dog to his assistance Selling
the drowning animals ear in his mouth the
Newfoundland managed to bring him to land.
But to no purpose. The donkey looked
round with his large sad eyes, and quietly
walked back into the water. The dog was
again sent after him; but this time the don
key kicked out so vigorously that his preserv-
er could not approach The donkey once be-
yond his depth, resigned himself to the ac-
tion of the current, made no movement TO
sustain himself, and was speedily drowned.
"A Denver, Col, despatch of the 18th
inst. furnishes the following irst-class dime
novel material On Sunday evening party
of cowboys at McLain rancho in Elbert coun-
ty, after having passed the day in debauch,
became involved in a dispute which led to q
fist fight between two of the party, while the
onlookers brandished their revOlvers and en-
couraged the men on. The oil lamp wai
knocked from its place and the room was il
darkness. The men, now completely mad
ran upon each other, and in minute after
the light had been extingusbed the melee
was general. The door was locked and there
being no means of egress, each man fought
for himself Amid the resounding blows and
o,.rsaa uioIoI ahnt rana ont and the death