Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-30
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IN GENERAL.

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was paid as duty on olenmargarine manu-.
factured in Chicago during December
Edison is said to regard his deafness as a
blessing It enables him to think and plan
in perfect quiet
Chief Justice Bleckey Of Georgia has or
dered that a church building be sold 10 sat
isfy the pastors claim for salary.
A statue Of Henry Bergh, in bronze. is
to be erected at the centre Of huge gran
ite drinking basin for horses in Milwaukee,
at a cost Of $4,000.
Wiley Jones, colored, owns outright two
street car lines. twelve miles in tota
length, in Pine Bluff, Ark. He was born
there, and was a poor barber fifteen years
ago. He is largely interested in real estate
For fleet Of forty one of the finest ma
val vessels ever loated the United State,
have paid exactly Sj3, g73, ,G9j In every
respect the new ships are perfect types OF
their classeS, aud the low cost at which
they have been obtained is unprecedented
II is understood that the members Of the
silver pool in Washington lost I1O, OOO
or more by the failure of silver To maintain
an advance in price as expected after the
enactment Of the recent legislation favor
able to that metal-hut nobody wastes any
sympathy on them.
Grant Allen, the clever English writer
has just received the extraordinary pri ze
of five thousand pounds for new story
1t is interesting to note that his last pub
lshed story, Wednesday the Tenth, an
exciting tale Of the South Pacific, has but
recently been issued in this country by d.
Lothrop company.
President Harrison is doing considerable
driving at present. He may frequently he
seen coming down the avenue at Il lively
pace in his high, square box-trap. He
handles the lines himself, aud gets much
enjoyment out of the spanking team which
has taken the place Of his old pair He is
usually accompanied by one Of the ladies
of the executive household
A Philadelphia doctor explains Dr. Koch 5
statement about his lymph in this way 1T
wasn't written for laymen, but it can he
made clear enough. Let US suppose that
the bacillus is but a small mosquito; that it
stings the flesh and iniects a virus Now
Koch takes the mosquito kills it, extracts
the virus, dilutes it-for it is more power
ful than the strongest drug known-and
then preserves it in glycerine
A young woman of Elmira, NY, is the
latest record breaker. She has Just been
married for the fifth time. notwithstanding
the fact she is but ~ wears old. The
strange part of it is that every one of the
four former husbands separated from her
III perfectly legitimate way by dying, and
it is now said the life insurance companies
have blacklisted husband No. ) as a dan
gerous risk
The London Times announces that the
authorities of the British mu scum have dis
covered among collection of papyrus rolls
acquired recently in Egypt, the text of
Aristotle's treatise on the constitution of
Athens, from which numerous writers of
antiquity quoted, but which has hitherto
been known only in detached fragments
The opening chapter Is missing and the
concluding chapter is mutllated but other
wise 49, '':-nuScriut is in perfect condition.
The portrait of Talleyrand 6r 'i,ss e. famous
French artist, Greuze, forms the fronts
piece to the February Century The in
stallment of the Taleyrand memoirs in this
number deals almost entirely with Talev-
rand's relations with Napoleon Bonaparte
Talleyrand apologies for taking office un-
der the directory: describes his first meet.
ing with Bonaparte then apologies for
supporting Bonaparte and tells number of
interesting anecdotes about him. The in
stallment closes with a very interesting re
port of the meeting between Napoleon,
Goethe and Wieland The March install
ment of the memoirs will also deal with
Bonaparte.
A case in the British Museum contains
collection of tools and appliances used by
the ancient Egyptian workmen 1t is sur
prising to note how similar are the hand
tools to those in use today The chisels
with which the carvings of the colossal
and the rock-cut sculptures
were hewn from the mountain side might
have been taken from the bag of a 18th
century workman. but that their material
is bronze, and they seem to have been fit
ted with wooden handles many of which
still remain fixed to the metal. The ma
sons mallet is exact. 1t looks somewhat
heavier weapon than that now employed,
but otherwise it has preserved its original
form throughout 1000 years
At banquet of confederate veterans,
held in New York a few nights ago. Col.
Charles Marshall, a member of General
Lees staff, made the speech of the evening.
In responding to the toast, In memory of
Gen. Lee he said There is nothing in
the history of the whole war more magma
nimious than the conduct of Gen. L. 5.
Grant at the final surrender of the confed-
crate army These words were received
with cheer after cheer and shouts of Let
us build his monument Thomas A.
Young said he wished to pledge the energy
of every member of the confederate veter-
an camp to complete the monument of Gen.
Grant His sentiment was loudly applaud
ed. The entire body then rose and in 81
lanaa Hrar L 70 Pho ,,f
general of the North.
Captain Schley is thoroughly in love with
his ship, the Baltimore, and he tells Bal
timore reporter that she is the finest, fast
est and best war vessel in the world ~ and
he adds: when the French and Italian ma
val officers came aboard, the looks of as
tonishment depicted in their faces was
How do YOU keep everything so
clean? they would ask. They were told
that cleanliness was one of the essentials
of a man nofwar. Aside from this, the de-
partment required everything kept in per
feet order Each man who had his partic-
ular piece of bright work, as the brass
and steel fittings are called, took especial
pains in the performance of his duties.
The foreigners never keep their ships in
the shape that We do, and We always take
the shine of them.
There are gathered in Atlanta hundreds
of negroes, old and young, some from as
far away as Texas who are the victims of
some swindlers who have promised to trans
port them to Africa. These poor dupes
have been told and believe that for 81 02 a
head. which they have already paid 10 the
agent" of the United States and Congo
national emigration steamship company,
fhax will lao talaV a sta Co
vannah to Africa be fed on the way and
given 500 each by the government In Ii
IBERIA they expect farms aud provisions to
last each family year All this these ig-
norant and credulous people have taken
as gospel, have sold their possessions, and
are waiting in Atlanta for the "agents" tn
take them to Savannah and the steamship
for Africa
Because the Bell telephone patent expires
in 1893 great many people think that af
ter that date there will be a number of ri
val companies and rates for service will be
cheap, at least very much
cheaper than they are today. This is a
very pretty idea to entertain, but practical
ly it doesn't go" The original patent was
for the simple principle Of telephoning
transmission of sound waves Many pa
tents ON improvements have since been filed
10 fact, each detail Of the modern tele-
phone is covered by patent which the
Bell company owns The patent on the
most important feature Of the telephone,
the Blake transmitter, does not expire un-
til 1898, and it is owned by the Bell COM
pany. The company also owns innumera-
BILE valuable patents on telephone mechan-
ism, and controls enough others TO make it
almost an impossiblity for any other com
pany to enter the field and endeavor to
compete with it, Telephone rates will not
be reduced for many years
1t is announced that b. p. Hutchinson,
known as "Old Hutch, - the we'll
known speculator and member of the Chi
rago board Of trade has withdrawn from
speculation According TO the Chicago
Journal, Mr., Hutchinson has lost $40 900.
OO within the last few years. In 1870 he
was reported To he worth 500 OOO OOU Tan