Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
IN GEN ERAL.

The opening of the first submarine tele-
phone cable has just taken place. The
cable runs between Montevideo and Buenos
Ayres, and is 30 miles long
Rifle bullets are now photographed in
their course by means Of the electric spark.
The camera is taken into a dark room,
which the bullet is caused to traverse.
1t is estimated that the wealth of the
United States now exceeds the wealth of
the whole world at any period prior to the
middle of the 18th century.
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado is
simply the channel of the river worn by
the action of running water to depth of
five or six thousand feet. The sides are
perpendicular cliffs 10 miles apart.
ST. Louis has been having a reign of ter
ror on its streets, caused by the breaking
of electric wires during a storm of snow
and seet. One man and several horses
have been killed and numerous lesser acci-
dents have occurred.
Little Dollie Dutton, as she was known
the country over, is dead, and the once fa-
nous midget has been buried privately in
the family lot at Hudson, Mass. Her weight
was only 10 pounds and her height only 80
inches.
An artesian we'll 6 inches in diameter
and 1900 feet deep has Just been completed
at Yankton, Oak. Ii throws a solid stream
of water nine feet straight up before it is
broken The discharge of water amounts
to 1000 gallons per minute.
Near Santa Rosa Cal, is well, from
which, it is said, in drawing water. thou
sands of eyeless fish, from half an inch to
six inches in length have been taken. Oc-
casionally the bucket is drawn up half full
of fish. No subterranean inlet to the well
has yet been discovered.
Stringent regulations have been made by
the President and Secretary Window in
consultation with Surgeon General Hamil-
ton, to prevent the introduction of leprosy
into this country from countries with which
we have commercial intercourse where lep-
rosy is prevalent.
A guest at a Tampa fla hotel arose in
| his sleep aud walked about the city for
hours without waking. When discovered
he was trying to get into foundry, claim
ing that he had slept there. He was final
| ly led to his bed, and upon waking in the
morning was astonished upon being in
formed of his adventure
OF course every one knows where the
traditional hottest spot is, but the hottest
spot on earth is on the southwestern coast
of Persia The population can find no wa
ter on the land, but depend ON springs at
the bottom of the Persian gulf, about a
mile from shore. The water is obtained
by divers, who dive to the bottom and fill
goat skins with the cooling liquid and sell
it for living
The trustees of Plymouth church, Brook
lyn, have accepted an offer by Thomas G.,
Shearman, John Claiiin and S. V. White,
to erect a memorial chapel in memory of
Henry Ward Beecher The building will
occupy the site of the building in which
Mr. Beecher began his Brooklyn ministry,
and which is now used as the lecture room
and the Sunday school room of Plymouth
church. 1t is in the rear of the present
church building As much of the old build
ing will be retained as possible, so that the
scene of Mr.. Beecher's early labors may be
perpetuated The memorial building will
be a beautiful and costly one, aud will con
tain rooms for physical and mental culture
and amusement, as well as for religious
work,
Increasing age and infirmties are great
ly altering the once ioval character of the
Prince of Wales. lie is said 10 feel great
ly the disappearance one by one of all the
personal friends and companions Of his
early years, some to untimely graves and
Others into dark abysses of dshonor ten
thousand times more terrible lie has be-
come singularly stern and severe on the
subject Of morality, an illustration OF when
was afforded by an incident which TOOK
place few weeks ago 4 man well known
In London, who for years has been prom
inent member of the princes coterle' az
pealed TO him when he got into some "i'
ial scrape, and instead of meeting WIN ti'I
cordial sympathy which he had expected
and which would have doubtless been eA'
tended 70 him few years back was con, con-
forted with the following words words yaS ygS
dear F., am really tired OF tins nane' M"
must remember that / am not the P'f''
aud cant grant iniulgenoe''