Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-27

Christine Nilsson was married IN Paris to
Count de Casa Marianda Of Spain. Tue GER
emony was private as possible, and the couple
went to Spain to spend their honeymoon.
Strenuous efforts have been made OF late
years to reduce the national debt OF Great
Britain, but last year there was not only no
decrease but an actual addition OF about $lO,-
900, 900 to il.
Two school. children William Thornton,
aged (, and Matte Smith aged l5-were
married ON Saturday at Jefferson, Ga The
groom did not have the money to pay for the
license, and the other school-children con.
tributed what was necessary to buy 1t.
-Four years ago Mrs. Hattie Sutherland
OF Leominster, Mass, lost the power OF
speech through fright, experienced while en-
deavoTing to save a child from being run
over. The other day her voice suddenly
turned, much to the qualification Of her
friends Mr. Sutherland it may be added,
was also pleased.
"A church at Cornwall, ILL.,, has long been
inhabited by swarms OF bees. They finally
became so plentiful that they drove pastor
and congregation out OF the church Next
day party Of men ripped open the side of
the church and found that the bees had piled
up honey in the wall to the height of 10 feet.
The honey was conhsoated and the bees we're
driven out.
On the night of June 2 an immense peat
bog from which the people OF Port Stanley,
Falkland Islands, cut their fuel, became
loosened by heavy rains and rushed down up
on the town, sweeping everything before 1t
and causing great destruction. boy OF
and an old man named Patrick Heating were
lost. II is estimated that over %, 900 tons of
peat lay over the town.
A Georgia rattlesnake got into pantry
a..
lowed them, cTawled partly through the ham
die OF q jug, found more eggs and swallowed
them, and was thus made prisoner, the eggs
on each side Of the jug handle being too
large to pass through In his efforts 10 es-
cape he knocked the crockeTy right and left,
aWoke the inmates OF the house. and met a
deserved death.
The new material for unsuitable apparel
has been further tested with success, In
London. The material is composed of
threads OF cork interviewer with cotton, silk,
or woolen-machinery which slices the cork
to the required thinnesA forming part of the
invention. The garments which are made in
this manner have the same appearance as or.
binary clothing, and possess remarkable buoy
Ancy In water.
A new and plausible explanation of the
destructive fires occurring in pine forests is
offered. The pine resin exuding from the
trees ia often OF lens shape, and before it
| thoroughly hardens frequently of crystalline
clearness. 1t is surmssd that while in that
| condition q resin lens may focus the suns
rays upon some light twig or resinous point
aud 30 start a blaze that quickly eats up
forest.
The European Idea of using soda Instead
Of coal In running engines Is shortly to be
tried at Minneapolis, MIMI, where steam-
engines are forbidden. Several tons of soda
are placed inside of boiler and slowly sat
urated with water, which produces an intense
heat The soda can be used again by driv-
ing out the moisture, Soda engines are used
in st. Gotherd tunnel, where the bad ventil-
alton prevents the use OF coal.
A magnificent diamond, weighing 1870
carats, OF the finest water and free from all
flaws and imperfeotions, has just been cut in
England. 1t is owned by q syndicate, and is
said to surpass in weight and quality all the
historical diamonds on record, Some idea Of
it's value may be got from the fact that lit
tie piece sliced of the end to improve its
shape produced q brilliant of 10 osrats, aud
was sold for $40, 600 to diamond merchant,
Ignorance. violation OF ell sanitary prin-
Oiples miserable poverty, the extreme rigor
OF winter, and neglect by drunken parents
are said to be some OF the principal reasons
why out OF 200 children born in Russia
scarcely 428 will reach their twentieth birth
day. Statistics show that s45 out Of each
l 600 die In the first Ave years. The Rus
sian government Is seeking means to dimin'
lsh the frightful infant mortality, but with
little hope OF speedy success, since the maiT
causes can only be eradicAted by the progress
awe education and reformation OF successive
generations Of the people,
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