Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-09
Scientific and Statistical Items.

DIR. Abrahams, who died suddenly
in New York the other day, left nearly
the whole of his fortune, $300000, to
local charitable institutions.
Twenty Bishops who died in Ire
land during the past forty-fve years,
left severally, money amounting to the
the average of $275,000 each, not to
speak of real estate. Tithing in Ireland
pays.
Human bodies are worth in New
York, for dissection, from IS cents TO
one dollar. About two hundred skele-
tons are sold annually at from $40 to Sl5
each.
There are by actual count 42,247
exhibitors at the Paris exposition, of
whom one quarter are French, 1869 Eng
lish and less than 1000 American.
During the present year A 1927 en-
igrants have arrived at New York, being
not quite 1000 less than during a cor
responding period of last year.
In England, four-ffths of the work
in the telegraph and post Office is done
by women. In the same country, wo-
men constitute two-thirds of the liquor
sellers.
TO extinguish q fire in chimney,
throw some powdered birthstone on the
fire in the CRATE, and then put board
or something in front of the fireplace
to prevent the fumes descending into the
room. The vapor Of the birthstone will
extinguish the burning SCOT.
Some English engineers have been
during the past winter studying the
pass over Mount St. Gothard, with
view of establishing a railway across it.
According to their report the line could
be completed in five years. The longest
tunnel would be six kilometres (5,8 Of
mile)
-Salina, so miles west of Fort Riley,
and the western terminus of the Pacific
railroad, is a slovenly little town Of two
dozen stores, half as many lager beer
! saloons and $50 inhabitants.
The Cuban authorities invite pro-
posals for laying submarine telegraph
cables between Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Canary islands, and between Cuba,
Mexico, Panama and South America.
| Offers must be made before June l, and
be accompanied with deposit Of $50 900.
France can bring into the field to-
| day, $1,000 men for military service, and
has lately ordered 100000 muskets of the
Chassepot pattern, to be delivered by
March l. 1868. The Prussian arsenals
are all hard at work. and 100 breech
loading steel cannon have been ordered.
The English watch trade confesses
| to a serious decline and discusses the
causes. The number Of Swiss watches
imported into England for sale is now
stated at 35 900 year, while the num-
Der manufactured in England is only
about $4,000.
Rhode Island has two cities with
sixty-six thousand inhabitants; and one
hundred and sixty-six villages with a
| population Of eighty thousand. Her
rural people number about thirty-seven
thousand. There are ninety-four post
offices in the State, thirty Of which are
not located in villages.
Work on the Hoosac Tunnel in the
past six weeks has advanced more rap.
idly than was expected, and at the same
rate would be completed in eight and a
half years, at total cost of So, 100000.
On the east side 81 feet heading was made
in March, and 80 feet in the first two
weeks of April.
w. NJ. F. Army, Ex-Governor of New
Mexico and now Indian agent, says the
mineral resources of the country can
never be fairly placed in a course Of de-
velopment until the Indian troubles are
finally adjusted, and this he believes can
be better and sooner obtained by q
pacific policy than by persistent war
fare.
The Governor of the Bank Of Eng
land must be a stockholder to the extent
Of "a 900, the Deputy Governor Of G3,-
900, and director of $4,000. The rich
est stockholders do not always make the
most efficient directors of banking in
stitution, but pecuniary interest is apt
to beget that personal attention which
is desirable.
Sir James McHenry and Sir Morton
Peto, the English railway kings, who
organized the Atlantic and Great West
ern Railway Company, with a watered
stock of 90000,000 on road costing
S25 100000, have terminated their con-
nection with the enterprise with little
credit to their honesty and financial
skill. Fortunately for us, most of the
bonds and stock is held in England, and
the loss will be mainly there.
The Alexandra Palace lis the name
of magnificent structure now in pro-
cess of erection on Muswell hill, near
London, for monster concerts, exhibi-
tions and other entertainments on a
large scale. 1t consists Of nave
900x85 feet, crossed by three transepts,
central one 430xS5 feet, and two near
the ends, each 320x85 feet. A great
dome rises over the intersection of the
nave and central transept, 10 feet in
diameter and 220 feet high. The grand
orchestra, nearly under the dome, will
accommodate 5000 performers, and the
auditorium space adjoining will accom-
modate 10000 persons without crowding.
There will also be smaller concert rooms,
refreshment rooms, and theater within
the building. An arbor, 1000xl60 feet,