Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-10
IN GEN ERAL.

OF the famous English public schools, and
was an early and profound student of Rus
kin, Carlyle and Adam Smith
The recent death of Mrs Mary W., wild
ow of John b. Cough, compels the sale of
his beautiful home, "IIillsidc," four miles
from Worcester, Mass. BY the terms of
his will his estate is to be divided among
five heirs. His library, very fine one,
will also be sold
President Carnot travels free on the
French railroads. but after his Journeys has
his secretary foot up what the expense
of the trip would have been if paid for,
and then hand that sum over as a gratuity
to be distributed among the subordinate
and poorest paid servants of the railway.
Clinton Barnum Seeley the principal
heir of the late p. r. Barnum, is y years
of age, with ruddy cheeks and hair so
blonde as to be almost white. He is
good all-round athlete and clever yachts
man. His friends regard him as a level
headed young man.
A petrifed human body in perfect con-
dition has been found by Prof n S. Sha-
Ter of Harvard college and President w.
+. Morrison of Boston university in Fall
ing Spring cave, Sequache valley, Tenn.
Many curious weapons of copper were at
its feet, and it is believed to be relic of a
prehistoric race.
The population of British India, accord
ing to the census that was taken in Febru-
airy last, now runs up to 220, 800, 900, or an
increase within ten years of 2G,000, 600
There is an additional population of 65,-
100000 in those East In liam states that are
under feu latory rule subject to British in
fluence, with British protection.
\ Connecticut river shad was dressed at
New Haven this season in whose stomach
was found mbedded a large iron railroad
spike, five inches long and weighing seven
ounces. The spike was rusty, and the liv-
er and side of the fish were also coated
with rust. Everything indicated that the
spike had been in the fish for a long time.
\ lli-inch gun is about to be manufact-
ured at the Watervliet, y. Y. arsenal.
This monster will have length of about
40 - feet and a weight of 12j tons. 1t
will use a charge of about 1000 pounds of
powder, with a projectie weighing over a
ton and having a muzzle penetration in iron
of about three feet. The maximum range
will be about fifteen miles.
1t is stated that Queen NictOras family
circle now numbers 30 living descendants.
including sons and daughters, granlsons
and granddaughter. great-grandSOns and
Observation-Disclosures Besides these she
has four sons-in-law, four daughters in-law,
five grandsOns-in-law. and one granddaugh-
ter-in-law. There have died one son, one
daughter, five grandsonS, one granddaugh-
ter, one great grandson, and one son-in-law.
4 popular fallacy is that warm weather
induces hydrophobia. Some even think
dog days are so called because of some
. connection between summer and hydrOphO-
bia. Dog days are the 40 days between Jul
ly and August IL. The ancients ascribed
the great heat of summer to the influence
of the dog star which rose about the first
of July. hence the name dog days. -
Medical scientists tell us the time of year
has nothing to do with the prevalence of
hydrophobia.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean suggestvely
remarks. having in mind doubtless, the
connection of the Prince of Wales with
the baccarat scandal: There is Bob Lin
coin and Fred Grant and Webb Hayes
and Alan Arthur and Russell Harrison. all
sons of Presidents, and not one of them
has To be dunned for long overdue tailors'
and grocers' bills, nor has the name of any
one of them ever been associated with a
scandal. Uncle Sam can well afford to he
proul of its boys J
The largest bell in America is that of
Notre Dame cathedral. Montreal, which
hangs in the south tower. Ii is six feet
high, eight feet seven inches in diameter
and weighs ~, $50 pounds. tits ornament
ed with images of the Blessed Virgin and
ST. John the Baptist, together with EN-
blems of agriculture, commerce and indus
try. 1t was cast in London in lS47. The
4. Il, (; Il, L.
bell on city hall, New York. which was
cast by Blake. of Boston. 1t is six feet
high, eight feet in diameter and weighs
23,O pounds.
The Louisiana lottery campaign is fairly
open, and the company is making most
strenuous efforts for its life. 1t is charged
with shrewdly using the sub-treaSury craze
as an indirect way of bribing the farmers.
by offering to loan money to the farmers
through its Farmers loan agency in mod
crate sums for 20 years at per cent inter
est the loans to be payable in instalments.
The alliance opposes the lottery, and has
threatened with expulsion any farmer who
votes to re-charter it, and this bribery is
expected to offset this opposition and win
farmers votes for the re-chartering amend,
ment.
of the window has at last leaked out. Tn,
houses at Bagamoyo are not renowned fol
the solidity of their structure, the cOmpo
sition of the walls being principally muC
and plaster and not very thick \ window
in the room in which the Pasha and hi
friends had been lunching had been plas
tered recently about quarter of the wa!
up. To get a little air, the Pasha went I,
the window and leaned against the newly
plastered portion, which, being wet, CAV,
way precipitating him to the ground
There were only two people in the room a
the time besides Emin PaSha-namely, MI
Stanley and his negro servant.
\ Shanghai correspondent of the Lon
don Standard describes the appearance o
the Chinese emperor as seen at the audi
ence given to the foreign ambassadors
and gentleness, somewhat frightened an
melancholy looking His face is pale, an
though it is distinguished by refnemen
and quiet dignity, it has none of the fore
of his martial ancestors, nothing com
handing or imperial, but is, altogether
mild, delicate, sad and kind. His skin
strangely pallid in hue, owing, probably, l.
his confinement in the palace and the all
sence of the ordinary pleasures and pun
suits of youth, combined with the dis
charge of important and difficult duties @
state. His eyes are unusually large an
mOurnful in expression. His forehead
well shaped and broad and his head larg
above the average. He sat cross-legge