Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-25
IN GENERAL.

There are now 100 miles of shelves Of
books in the British Museum, and about 20
miles more remain to be filed.
Nova Scotia has granted electoral suf-
frage to all widows and unmarried women, so
far as municipal elections are concerned.
More than million head of cattle win
tered in Wyoming territory, and the general
"round up" of this enormous number will be-
gin about the middle Of May.
1t is calculated that there are now resid-
ing in the United States nearly a thousand
Japanese, and of this number it is said that
not one has ever been convicted of any Grim
inal offense in an American court.
1t is proposed to tunnel the Serras on
the line of the Central Pacific railroad from
Truckee to Blue Canon, and to do away with
the snow-sheds, which are getting old and
rotten, and break down occasionally.
During the recent fighting in Egypt, Ba.
ker Pasha's cheekbone was splintered by a
four-ounce iron bullet, which was so firmly
fixed in the bone that it had to be sawn out
a long and painful operation, which was en-
dured without any an@sthetic.
The first cotton exported from America
was a lot of eight bags sent to Liverpool just
100 years ago and the customs authorities de-
tanned it awhile because it was believed i'm
possible that so much could have been raised
here. The crop last year amounted to G, ,049,-
75G bales, of which 4, 7G6, ,507 were exported.
The city of Antwerp has become the
leading continental port OF Europe. Last
year 4379 vessels entered the port, with to-
tai tonnage of 8, ,734, 42S tons. Since 1877 the
city has expended $50, 600, 900 in improving
its docks and quays, so that it now offers the
finest facilities for the discharge of cargoes of
any port in the world. There are but three
ports in England whose registered tonnage
exceeds that of Antwerp-London, Liverpool
and Newcastle.
A clock at Brussels has been going for
eight months, and has not required TO be
wound up since it was first set going. In
fact, the sun does the winding up of this time
piece. A shaft exposed to the sun causes an
up-draught of air which sets fan in motion;
the fan actuates mechanism which raises the
weight of the clock until il reaches the top,
and then puts brake on the fan until tho
weight has gone down a little when the fan
is liberated and proceeds to act as before.
The big elephant business has reached
Coney island. A man built q restaurant at
Atlantic City in the shape Of an elephant, and
found Il very successful. He now proposes
to build one at Coney island capable of ac-
commodating 5000 guests. 1t is to be on
platform $50 feet square, and will be $50 feet
high The entrance is 10 be in one of the
legs, and the main restaurant will be in the
elephants stomach. A bazaar will be opened
inside and large number of rooms for regu-
lar guests.
The Rev. John Jasper, the famous "Sun
do Move" preacher of Richmond, Va, is not
fool in the affairs of this world, whatever
else he may be. On q recent occasion his
church was packed with whites, chiefly north
era visitors, TO hear the "Sun do Move" ser
mon, which he was to preach at the request
of prominent Riehmondites. short while
before sermon time the usher closed the
doors and Jasper announced thai his church
had a note of considerable amount to pay the
next day and he had determined not to deliV-
or his sermon till a collection was taken up.
The basket was then handed round and
enough money was gathered in to pay the
note.