Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-12
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popular tongue. According to statistics
gathered by him, 130,000,0O0 converse in
that language.
The Mohammedan is taught, it is said,
that in the future state he will have 1900
wives. 1t is not stated whether that is to
b. the condition of the blessed or the 9th
err kind, but 1900 wives would make it
pretty torrid for a man anywhere.
Mrs. Mary A. Curtis of Meridian, La,
recently recovered $1,000 damages against
saloon-keeper of that place for selling
her husband whiskey when already drunk.
The verdict has been affirmed by the state
supreme court.
The bank of France has put i'm circua-
ton notes printed on ramie paper The
notes are of the same form as the old-fash-
toned ones, but the new paper is lighter
and at the same time frmer than the old,
and permits a clearer impression, render
ing counterfeitng more difficult.
English scientists are very much worried
over the results of an investigation, which
has shown beyond doubt that the seas
around the British coast are being rapidly
exhausted of fish The subject is receiv-
ing grave consideration, and it is probable
that methods of restocking the waters will
be undertaken within few years.
"The most serious blow that has yet
been struck at the retail liquor traffic." is
the way the Wine and Spirit Gazette looks
at recent Indiana supreme court decision
This was where the saloon was held to be
liable at common law. regardless of its Ii
cense for any damage to neighborng prop
erty its establishment might inflict.
There is church seating capacity in this
country for 43, 100000 people. There are
III ,036 ministers; this would give to each
minister congregation of 3S7. Every
body in this country could 90 to church
morning or evening and one third of the
population could 90 both times without
single person being forced to stand.
Sir Samuel Baker, the celebrated Afri-
can explorer, who died recently in London,
was the explorer of the Blue and White
Niles, the discoverer of Albeit lake, and
the leader of a vigorous movement for the
suppression of the slave trade. Gordon
and Emn continued his civilizng work
while Stanley and others have well-nigh
completed the task Of exploration aud
have revealed to the world what he vainly
sought-the long-hidden sources of the
Nile.
The Rev. George Glenn of IIughesyile,
Pa, has earned the title of "Fightiny par
SON. One night recently two young men,
much the worse for liquor. insuted the
minister as he walked along the street. He
gently chided them, when one seized a bug
" whip and struck Mr.. Glenn blow, cut
ting cash on his check. In an instant
the ministerial coat was off, and in less
than three minutes both young men were
lying in the street, having been, in pugil-
stic sense, put to sleep. They were
thrashed numerically. The Rev. Mr..
Glenn then repaired to the house of a mag
stratc and swore out warrants for their
arrest.
Carey Logan was for 80 years messenger
of the bank of Kentucky of Louisville,
and in all that time never made an error
irshis work. and handled millions of dol
lars without losing a cent. He was born
a slave in 1872, and was slave when made
porter and messenger of the bank in lS4l.
He could neither read nor write, nor had
he ever been taught arithmetic, but for
years before the clearing-h house was estab-
lished he went to orher banks with eX
changes and 20 merchan and Others with
drafts. and invariably returned with mon
ey and accounts correct. The old man has
Just died, and his portrait will be hung in
the directors room of the bank.
The commissioners appointed to exam
inc the Massachusetts, stltehouse, and re-
port on a proposal to build extensions to
it. recommend that the historic gilded
dome which is familiar object TO every
body who has been in Boston, be entirely
rebuilt. The dome. the commissioners say,
is now insecure. 1t is of wood, subject to
the impairment of age, and should be of
iron. 1t is hardly possible that many years
will pass before, in any event, this old and
most conspicuous part of the state house,
facing Beacon street and the Common,
will be made new and of equal quality with
| the rest.
The most progressive of all the foreign
possessions of England is the colony OF
! New Zealand. The women now exercise
! the right of suffrage in the elections there
| Just as they have exercised it in our OWL
| state of Wyoming for a quarter of a cent
ury. When they voted at the election,
held in the colony few weeks ago, the
objections to female suffrage were dis
PEELED. Their demeanor was worthy Of
their sex, and the demeanor of the NAL,
voters toward them was respectful and cor
rect. The women showed an intelligent
and discriminating interest in public affair,
equal to that of the men.
1t is well known and pathetic fact il
the lives of the family of the Herreshoffs
the famous boat-builders of Bristol, r. l..
that four of them, three brothers and 9
sister, are blind. John Herreshotf, VIII
who is said to be the smartest of the build
ers, is entirely blind. His brother, VIII,
designs, has, of course, the normal use of hs
eyes. The family, as the name indicates
is of German nationality, and their man
ners are blunt and plain, even to thos
coming to them with large commission
for yacht building. A former ne:ghbo
says that John II. was born blind, as wa
also another of the four. The other tw
gradually lost The use of their eyes. A
one time, it is said by a former neighboI
their finances were very low, but thei
father came to their aid and they pulle
through and have since built up comforta
BILE fortunes.