Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-29

To hide the crimson sunset white clouds rest,
OR softly lie, like tired things, upon the mountain
breast.
Burlington. August, 70.
NEWS MISCELLANY.
THE TOP OF THE CHATTooGA RANGE L
GEORGIA SETTLING AFTER STORM
ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 20.-m the north
east corner of this State heavy rail
storm recently occurred, with thunder an,
lightning to an extent heretofore unknown
accompanied by terrible shaking of tn
earth. The day after, it was discoverc,
that the northeast side Of ChattooS'
mountain, four miles northeast of Talln
lah, sloping down To the Chattooga rive
at an angle of forty-tive tleerees. the toI
of which is about twelve hundred feet
above the river, was gradually sinking.
A party of gentlemen, in company with
the Suns correspondent, visited the
mountain last Sunday, and found that il
was not sliding. but sinking, making u
break near the top. and at one place on
the top Of a sloping ridge leaving per
pendicular bank-the depth of which is
about sixteen feet and the number OF
acres about thirty or forty-rather i'll the
shape of a horseshoe, the toe being at the
top of the mountain, where the greatest
depth of sinking is. In the centre oi
this the earth had evidently been thrown
up, as trees are now standing with then
tops downward and the roots up, and
large stones are seen down the mountain.
made an estimate of the measurement
Of the place to be two hundred feet i'll
,iameter. Since then the earth has con-
tinued to sink, until it is now nearly level
with the river The phenomenon is be
ing considered by the State geologist and
many scientific men. The theory is that
the riger 10 gradually followed ont away
under the mountain.
CURIOUS MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
Some curious marriage statistics have
been compiled by Western writer, based
on 5000 licenses issued by the Chicago
County Court for the year ending August
81 last. From study of these 5000
marriages it appears. that the years of great
est probability with II woman are from Is
t. -, eliminating at ~ At 20 and 81 the
chances are even, being better at l9 and
- than at either of the intervening years.
At % begins a steady decline, but not
until the age of 33 do the chances fall
below one in a hundred after that age
they do, and in the rest of her life her
chances are but seventy-siX IN thousand.
At the age of 53 the vanishing point ap-
pears in sight, no marriages occurring ut
that age, and at the age of 81. AT So and
Sc occurs one marriage each, at 81 none,
at 5s one, and after that a woman has
literally mot one chance III a thousand
of wedding. Her best years are four III
number. being from 10 to y inclusive.
With a man it is different His best years
are 10 in number from q to 30 inclusive.
1t is at the age of q that he evidently
turns his attention wifeward. and it may
be that Legislators were entirely right in
fixing that as the year when he shall at
tain his majority. In no year of his life
are chances one to ten that he will marry.
His very best years are at % and %, as a
girls are at 10 and % From q there is
a pretty steady increase till he is 25, and
then his chances slowly decline, although
they do not drop suddenly until he is 80.
The census of 1870 gives the total male
population of the country at 11,029, ,0SS,
and the total female at 16, $50, ,2S9. From
these figures is deduced the fact that a
woman's chances OF marriage, were there
no disturbing causes are ], ,029 to 900.
The number OF men being greater than
the number of women, every woman
ought to find a husband, but the disturb
ing causes which induce men to fOrego
marriage, such as the inability, as they
suppose, to support wife, and SO on,
throw the chances, as n matter of fact,
the other way.
FRIGHFUL DEATH OF A YOUNG BOSTON
DOCTOR IN THE ALPS.
OF the fatal accident to DR.. Moseley, Il
young physician of Boston, while des-
cending the Matterhon, Geneva cores
pondent writes:
Moseley had safely accomplished the
cent Of the Matterhorn. On returning
and when near the cabin used as a resting
place, he loosened himself from the rope
uniting him to his companions when he
made n false step, lost his footing and
glided rapidly down the steep ice slope,
making frantic efforts to stop himself by
grasping ut the projecting rocks. The
next moment he dropped over the preci-
pice, falling on glacier opposite Rife,
DtlNtth 1OfTliu anu lilt d. lutOuul
pass, where the body lies completely
stripped Of its clothing by the rapidity of
its descent. The body can be distinctly
ledge of ice. An expedition for the re-
covery of the body was to be started Sat
urday.
ROBERTS COLLEGE.
The Secretary Of the Navy has received
letter from Commander Farquhar, Of
the United States steamer Quinnebaug at
Constantinople, describing the Commence
ment exercises Of Roberts College, in
that city, and giving the following facts ::
The college was founded sixteen years
ago by Mr.. Roberts, Of New York, recent
ly deceased. Since then it has been self
sustaining 1t has 200 students. The
course of instruction is principally in
English but the native languages, mod
em Greek. Armenian, Turkish and
Slavic form an important part Of the cur
nculum. Ten graduates Of the college
are among the members of the recently
elected Bulgarian Assembly. The Com
mencement orations Of the graduating
class, with few exceptions, were in Eng
hsh. The only similar institution in this
part of the Turkish Empire lis one on the
Asiatic side Of the Bosphorus for the edu-
cation Of native women, which is also
American iii its origin and management
NOTES
Philadelphia has croquet clubs, to
which only experts are admitted
The struggle over the debt question of
Virginia is becoming exceedingly bitter.
Ii al tl,at
New Orleans there are II 900 colored
Catholics.
The Congregational Labor Committee
have finished taking testimony III San
Francisco.
A Texas man who invented a patent
car-coupler was bumped to death at its
first trial. His widow will dispose of
the night very cheap to som good talker.
The Postmaster at Logansport, Ind is
transtxed on the horns Of a Dolitico-re-
hgious dilemma. He belongs TO the
Presbyterian Church. The United States
post-office authorities say that Mr.. Tai
bert shall keep his post-otfice open at
least one hour on Sunday. The church
authorities say that he cannot do so and
be n good Presbyterian. Hence Mr.. Tai
bot, like Desdemona, sees divided duty.
Tom Hughes son is in South Africa,
where he has been fighting the Zulns.
Mr.. George w Jones, at one time
United States Senator from Iowa, has
been forced by poverty to seek the nom
ination for Sheriff Of Dubuque country
He 10 eighty years old.
1t is expected that the mausoleum Of
the late Duke of Brunswick at Geneva
will be completed next month. II is