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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22
NO. 34.
AncIon, Colossal Sculpture.

A piece Of interesting news comes from
Egypt regarding discovery recently made
in lower Egypt by Mr.. Flinders Petrie Of the
fragments Of a colossal statue OF King Ram
oses H., which, calculating the height from
the fragments which remain, must have
stood considerably over one hundred feet in
height. The material employed Is granite,
and the executing Of such a work In such q
material, and when completed, rearing it in
to position, must have involved q profound
knowledge not only Of high art, but of en-.
gineering skill. Is Il possible that the statue
could have been cut whole In one piece !? II
80, what lover power did the Egyptians pos.
sess to raise such an enormous weight into q
perpendicular position?
Certain 1t Is that these ancient builders
knew well how 10 get over, and did get over,
prodigious difficulties, az witness their obe-
isks, and the enormous stones which COM
pose the platform Of the magnificent temple
of the Sun at Baalbec. As there is no stone
quarry near how these vast stones could DOS
sibly have been conveyed thither in the first
place, and then raised in their position, has
been an enigma 10 all modern architects and
engineers by whom the temple has been crit
icslly examined, and who have freely con-
fessed that, even with all our modern science
Of steam-cranes hydraulic Jacks and rail.
mense cyclopean masses would have undoubt-
edly presented many serious difficulties, II
indeed it could be accomplished at all.
Some of our readers doubtless saw Mr..
Poynter's great picture in the Royal Academy
OF London, few years ago, entitled "Israel
in Egypt" 1t represented an enormous mass
Of sculpture mounted on a wheeled truck,
dragged along by hundreds Of the unfortun.
ate captive Israelites, who are smarting up-
der the whips of their cruel drivers Mr..
Poynter had good authority for his "motive
power ss shown in his picture. SO far as
we can discover from ancient works or an
cient sculptures, the hugest stone masses
were transported mainly by force OF human
muscles, with few mechanical expedients
Levers and rollers seem to have been almost
if not altogether unknown. The mass was
generally placed on a kind Of sledge, the
ground over which it was to pass fabricated
with some oily substance, and the sheer
strength Of human shoulders was then sp-
piled -HqrDers WeeklU.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

A st. Louis paper describes an invention to
enable all deaf people TO hear. It consists of
a contrivance which can be located In the
handle of a cane, umbrella, parasol or fan,
and which, when placed TO the ear of deaf
person, causes him or her to hear any sound
that anybody can hear. The device is tube
about six inches long, placed in the hollow Of
a Malacca cane. In the tube is q cone-shEped
electric coil beginning at a small battery IN
the lower end OF tho tube and terminating iu
the handle. The vibration Of this coil causes
a multiplication of any sound or noise pRss
ing into the tube through several sits In the
side of the cane. The cane and tube togeth-
er weigh about six ounces, and the whole out
fit looks like an ordinary Malacca walking
stick with silver head. II not only makes
deaf people hear, but cures thoir deafness.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

THE FoRrHcoMING REGIsTRATIoN REPoRT
for 1883 gives the following statistics Num-
Der of births, G,5j9, of which 3,471 were
males and =, ,O77 females 4,7G7 were of Am
erican and GA of foreign parentsge. There
were ., $50 marriages, and of the persons mar
ried 4,GGj were Americans and 9iG foreigners.
The whole number of deaths was 5,2O4, of
which :, SOL were males and 2,G1S females.
The average age of those who died was 43. ~
years The number under one year of age
was s3l tho number under Ave years was
1893, or nearly one fourth of the whole num-
Der. Six persons were over 100 years old.
Among the 'causes of death" consumption
leads with 7G3 pneumonia follows with 529
old age comes next with 4l3 then heart dis
ease with $40 paralysis with 22G, cancer with
lS7, typhoid and other fevers with l66, and
so on through the list of diseases. The num-
ber of divorces during the year was l73, or
to IL of all the marriages in the state. In 100
cases the wife was the libelant, and in Ga the
husband
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22
what the scare was All ADou.

Tho tour across the continent Of the So
called Or" ODonnell of San Francisco, with
his promising leper show is one of the most
coolly impudont and transparent tricks ever
perpotrated. This man, with a few photo.
graphs, stopped day in a place and talked
"Chnese lcper, announcing living cases OF
the disease as just behind him, on tho way, in
box car. The lepers have kept this rela-
tive position, until now, when he has arrived
in Washington without them, the truth begins
to be dimly suspected The fact is that his
lepers were taken away from him by the San
Francisco police. 1t is astonishing what q
scare this man has created through the coun.
try, when the slightest investigation would
have disclosed the truth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

and swept Adolphe and Madame Braun OF
10 a carriage. For my part / never wished
to sec them again, or Aida Dobbe either
but must confess that was curious to know
how Adolphea question would be answered.
II was a full year before found out. I was
in London that spring, and l met Aida In
Regent street. She was elegantly, not to say
gaudily, dressed in a straw-colored silk suit
and frivolous little lace bonnet. She lean
cd on the arm Of a tall slim man whose NOUS
tache and whiskors matched her dross per-
fectly in color. She smpored and bridled
when she SAW me, and promptly begged
leave to present her husband, Monsieur Welt
laufer Monsieur lifted his hat and murmur-
ed charmed" or delighted" in a voice that
sounded very familiar. looked up at him
qery quickly.
Yes, said Aida with slow, rspturous
smile, -"tho good Adolphe. .'-Charles Dun
ming IN September LippiHC0tts.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22
" MeIiOra PriOra.'

There sits a thrush in my garden,
And sings on the tOpmOst spray;
And its song is ever the loudest
In the hush at the close Of day.
There lies a child in a bedroom,
White-gowned in a cot snow-white;
And her laugh is ever the gayest
In the dusk, at the fall Of night
My beautiful child In her chamber,
My beautiful bird In the tree,
Whence comes 1t, ye twin blithe spirits
Whence comes it, that burst of glee?
Is 1t thanks for the day just over,
No stain in the Past to rue?
Or the JOY of the living Present?
Ah, would could be like you'll
In a moment the thrush has ended;
In a moment the child lies down;
In a moment has sleep descended
And covered them both-God's own.
But l lie and toss on my pillow
lie there the whole night long;
And hear the hour from the distant tower
Toll forth like doleful song.
All, me, for the child's free spiritl
All, me, for the birds gay tonel
Gifts greater We men inherit,
But the light, free heart has flown.
Tho Spectator.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

An Eastern family received a telegram from
the West announcing the sudden demise Of ,
relative, and they replied;
"Send on the remains at once"
No telegram was received In answer, but .
few days later letter came, saying simply;
''There Aint no TemAnes. He war kiked BY
q mul. Burlington Free PresS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22
AncnI Enoch Arden.

pretty girl lived near Manasquau, N. j.,
80 years ago, namod Matilda Dulcimer
Squires. She was wooed by two young men,
one, Hiram Olive, a well-to-do farmer, the
other, Samuel Barton, poor toiler Of the
sea. Old man Squres favored the suit Of
the farmer, but the girl disobeyed his com
monds, was married secretly to Barton and
turned out OF her fathers house. Three
children we're born to them, and the cares Of
poverty and maternity made the young wife
discontented. At length her husband ship
ped as mate on a vessel bound from New York
to China He expected to be gone year
Ten months later the news came that his ship
had been wrecked IN southern seas. Hear
ing nothing from her husband for ten years,
Mrs Barton at length married her old lover,
Hiram Olive, who had always remained true
to the choice Of lis youth. Olive sold his
farm and too: nls ride aud the children Of
his former rival 10 he near Oceanport.
Three weeks ago a weather beaten old man,
gray and ragged appeared in the village. He
was sick unto DEATH and sent for his former
wife and told her his story. He had been
saved from the wreck and taken to Australia.
He had wandered over the earth trying to
make fortune, but had saved nothing but
enough to pay for his burial lie died and
was buried on Thursday of last week His
children, now grown up, gathered round his
grave, and the likeness between the old man
aud the oldest son was striking. Olive and
his wife have since been remarked.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

An improved version Of the story of the
imposter who, with his blind dog labeled, 81
am blind" extracted pennies from the
thoughtless public comes from the West.
An Omaha dime museum had young ele-
phant tied in front of tent lettered, Great
menagerie." Those who entered found tri-
fling collection Of objects, but no beasts or
birds.
"Where's the menagerie ?" was asked.
"Outside," was the reply. '"The elephants
the menagerie. How much dye want for ten
centg2"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

An enterprising Vermont man has his house
and store connected by telephone. The 9th
er day, during a storm, lightning entered the
store by the wire just as the proprietor was
talking to his wife about when he would be
home TO dinner. As he recovered his CON
seriousness the first words he spoke were
GAN right, Mariah. don't hit me again; IN
do just as you say"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22
TIE GARDEN Hosr

The garden path runs cast,
And the garden path runs west;
There's tree by the garden gate,
Aud a little bird in a nest.
II sings and sings aud sinEsl
Does the bird, wonder, know
How, over the garden wall,
The bright days come and go?
The garden path runs north,
Aud the garden path runs south;
Tho brown bee huns in the sun,
And kisses the lilys mouth;
Bnt it flics away ere long
To the birch-tree dark and tall
What do you mud, o brown bee,
over the garden wall?
With run and farthingale,
Under the gardeners eye,
In the trimm0st guise | stand
Oh, who so ine asI?
But even the light wind knows
That it may not play with me,
Nor touch my beautiful lips
with a wild caress and free.
On, straight is the garden path,
And smooth is the garden bed,
Where never an idle weed
DAres lift its careless head.
But know outside the wall
They gather, a merry throng;
They dance and finttcr and sing,
And listen all day long.
Tho Driar Rose swings outside;
Sometimes she climbs 80 high
can see her sweet pink face
Against tho blue Of the sky.
What wonder sheis fair,
Whom no straight bonds enthrall2
Oh, rare Is life 20 the Brlar Rose,
outside of the garden wall
julia G. Il. DoTr fH September HlTper
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

BUFFALO BONES AS AN ARTICLE OF Com
MERcE.-The shipment Of Buffalo bones from
the plains of the West to Eastern phosphate
factories has largely increased recently, be-
cause of the reduction in the trunk line freight
rates. Thousands of the Buffalo skeletons
are gathered up by the bone men of the track
less praires, especially in the valley of the
Arkansas, and sent East to swell the product
of the phosphate manufacturers. A single
manufacturer Of Boston has received during
the summer more than POO carloads of these
bones. Delivered at the factories in that city
the skeletons are worth S25 a ton, and the
business of gathering and shipping them East
is quite profitable one. The freight from
the West is from IS to $40 ton. Very fire.
quently an entire skeleton is shipped East
and then the different parts are put to curious
uses. The horns which are worth $50 ton,
are used by umbrella makers for tips or by
fan manufacturers to decorate their fans. A
portion of the head is in demand by chemists
who utilize it for making glue, and the shoul-
der blades and neckbones are taken by button
makers, from which they fashion some Of
their most handsome and artistic buttons. A
well preserved and properly handled buffalo
skeleton is thus put to many more uses than
the live animal itself could be made TO serve
1t assists the farmers backward crops, goes
with him in the summer showers and glad
dens the heart of his women folk, who 60 to
the village church in button bazoned gowns
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Miscellany.
DiacOntcnt
THE DRIAR ROSE

THE DHlAR ROSE.
| cling to the garden wall
outside, whcrc the grasses grow;
Where the tall weeds hauut in the Hu
Aud the yellow mulleins blow.
Tho dock and the thistle crowd
Close TO my shrinking feet,
Aud the gypsy yarrOw shares
My cup and the food I eat.
The rude winds toss my hair,
The wild rains beat me down,
The way-side dust lies white
And thick on my lcafy crown.
| cannot keep my robes
From wanton fingers free,
And the vericst bcggar darcs
To stop and gaze at me.
Sometimes / climb and climb
To the top Of the garden wall,
And sec her where she stands,
stately and fair aud tall
My sister, the red, red Rose,
My sister, the royal one,
Tho fairest flower that blows
Under the summer SUM
What wonder that she is fair?
What wonder that she is swcct7
The treasures OF earth aud air
Lie at her dainty feet.
The choicest fare is hers,
Her cup Is brimmcd with wine;
Rich are her emerald robes,
Aud her bed lB soft and fine.
She need not lit her head
Even 10 sip the dew;
No rude touch makes her shrink
The whole long summer through.
Her servants do her viii,
They come at her beck and call.
Oh, rare Is life In my lady's bowers
Inside OF the garden wall
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

Uncle Solon Chase, the Maine GroanbRcker,
declares for the Republican ticket for these
reasons
"As the GrecnhaCE party has dropped out, l am
called upon to decide between the two Old parties
am for that party whose policy Is to stand by our
home industries to protect labor aud elevate Am.
eTican citizenship. l hold that the prosperity Of
our country depends, not on how many great schOl-
ars and milliOnaires we may produce, but on tht
prosperity OF the great producing masses. shall
vote for James q. Blaine. He Will be the first pres
ident OF the United States taken from civil life who
was not bred lawyer. | believe him to be the
great American cOmmOner, the friend OF the groa
army OF wealth producers, ana one In whose policy
they can safely cOniidc."
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AHo.taI Cnrd ktorK.

l was affected with kidney and urinary
Trouble
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After trying all the doctors ard patent medicines
could hear of, used two bottles of Hop
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BRADFoRD, Pa, May 8, 1875.
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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-24
THE WEE ClsY.IN THE NIGHT.
St. Louis GlObc-Dcmucrat. J

My name is Anthony Hunt. | am a
drovcr, and live min: miles away upon
the Western prairie. There wasn't Il
home in sight when | first moved there,
my wife and |, and now we have not
many ncighbors, though those we have
arc good ones.
One day, about ten years ago, | went
away from home to sell about fifty head
Of cnttlc-finc creatures as | ever saw.
| was to buy some groceries and dry
goods before came back, and, above
all, doll for our youngest, Dolly. She
had never had store doll Of her o o~n-
only rag babies her mother made her.
Dolly could talk nothing else, and
went down to the very gate to call after
me to get big one. Nobody but pa
rent can understand how full my mind
was of the toy, and how, when the cattle
were sold the first thing hurried off to
buy was Dolly's doll. | found large
one with eyes that would open and shut
when you pulled n wirr, and had il
wrapped up in paper and tucked it IN
der my arm while had the parcels Of
calico. and dclnino and tea, and sugar
put up. Then, late as it was, I started
for home. 1t might have been more
prudent to stay until morning, but felt
anxious to get back and eager to hear
Dolly's praises about her doll.
| was mounted on Il stcady-going cid
horse and pretty we'll loaded. Night set
in before | was mile from town, and
settled down as dark as pitch while
was in the middle of the darkest bit Of
road know of. | could have felt my
way, though, | remembered it so well :;
and when the storm that had been brew
ing broke and pelted the rain in torrents.
| was five miles or maybe six miles from,
home.
rode rs fast as I could. hut all Of n
sudden | heard a little cry like a child's
voice. | stopped short aud listened.
heard it again. called and it answered
me. couldn't see thing all was as
dark as pitch. l got down and felt
around in tho grass-callcd again, and
again was answered. Then began to
wonder. I'm not timid, but was known
to be drover, and to have money about
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-24
NO. l3.

mo. 1t might be trap to catch mo un-
awarcS and rob and murder me. nm
not supcrStitious, not very, but how
could Il real child be out on the pruirir
in such II night. at such an hour? |
might be more than human. The bit Of
Il coward that hides itself in most men
showed itself to me then, but once
more heard tho cry, and said [:
"lf any mans child is hercabouts An
thony Hunt is not the man to let it die"
searched again. At last beth ought
me Of 4 hollow under the hill and
CROPPED that way. Sure enough found
II littl" dripping thing that moancd and
sohbcd as | took it in my arms. call
CT my horse and the beast came to me
and mounted and tucked tho little
soaked thing under my coat as we'll as I
could. promiSin" to take it home to
mamma. 1t seemed so tired, and pretty
soon cried itself to sleep on my bosom.
1t had slept there over an hour when
saw my own windows. There were
lights in them, and supposed my wife
had lit them for my sake. but when |
got into the doorway saw something
was tho matter, and stood still with a
dread fear Of heart five minutes before |
could lift the latch. At last | did it and
saw tn" room full of ncighbors and nv
wife amid them weeping. When she
saw me she hid her face
"Oh, don't tell him. she cried. 1T
will kill him.
What is it ncighbors % I cried
"Nothing now. | hope. What's that
you have in your arm -
"A poor lost child" said |; 81 found
it on the road. Take it, will you? I've
turned faint And lifted the sleeping
thing and saw the face Of my own child,
my Dolly.
1t was my own darling and none other
that | had picked up on the drcnchcl
road. My little child had wandered out
to meet papa and the doll while tho
mother was at work. and they were Ia
mcnting her as one dead. | thanked
heaven on my knees before them.
1t is not much of a story, ncghbors,
but think Of it often in the nights and
wonder how ! could bear to live now if
| had not stopped when heard the cry
for hclp upon the road hardly louder
than squirrels chirp.
: That's Dolly yondcr with her mother
in the meadow girl worth saving, l
think; but, then, Pm her father and
partial, maybe the prettiest and sweet
est thing this side Of the mississippi.