Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-03-12


Fine danes forgot their airs.
And when her step led through TIE mar
Traffic fDrcbnre its greed;
Yet slpleness was I'll her at.
For beauty use her rule,
Her language. tone. and gentle ways,
Her grace showed best IN tasks
She eloved. @nd peace filed all the days
Amid when last We met,
woman's form is now he= eartaly dress
0 Time and World, pray
Yc have no; changed her silnpleness!
TEE SWALLOWS SONG.
BY CELIA THAxTEr.
Il the chambers shadow quietly.
stand ana worship the sky and the leaves,
Tie golden air and RI brilliant sea,
The swallow Al the caves.
Ike a living jewel she SITS and sings;
Fain woui read her riddle Alright.
Fam would know whence her rapture springs,
Slst-one in a thing 50 slish'.
Tae Gne. clear fire Of JOY that steals
Through all my spirit al what | see
Ilthe glimpse my windows space reveals
That .cems no mystery.
But scarce for joy can she utter her song;
Vel shr knows not the beauty of skies or seas,
[; IL hiss Of living, 80 sweet and strong
Is il love, which l. more than these:
q haofv creature what stirs thee so:
4 siark of the glalue>S Of Cod thou art,
WAY should We seek to md anu TO know
Tae secret Of thy heat:
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
aie..:ays II tha Fields Of s:iea;, a2i Ma
tr-e.
EFFECTS OF TVRPEyTINE.
\ French physician. who had occasion
to study the effects of turpentine on some
800 painters coming under his observa-
tion- arrives at the conclusion that the IN
iurio11s effects produced 10y turpontinc
fumes can never he sufficiently severe to
cause death. unless they be volatalized in
an extremely confined space-that, where
there are free movements Of the air and
good ventilation. there need be no Tear
whatever cf fatal accidents from this
cause
ToTTLISG LIGHT.
Another remarkable discovery is added
10 the long list that science has recently
presentel. An Englshman has found
on: 4 way Of taking captive the hight Of
day and preserving it for use IN dark
places This Is done by means Of paint
which absurhs the daylight and becomes
luminous at night. So thoroughly CON
WINGED Of lis practicabiliiy are the Eng
lish authorities and others, that it is to be
used icy several important purposes, such
as lighting the interior OF powder maga-
zines and other places where flames of
lamps would he dangerous. Should the
invention prove to bc all that is claimed
for Ii. the uses to which it can be put are
innumcrahle and its Importance beyond
comput4tion. Gas. coal oil and electric
lights Will certainly be at 4 discount.
sEA-sIcENEss
Nitrate Of amyl. in five-drop doses, is
said to exert favorable influence in sea-
sickness. But this must depend, neces-
sarilv. on certain conditions Of the sys-
tenn OF the various theories about se:l-
sickness. one is that it is owing to the
food tossing about in tho stomach, and
teasing it and the diaphragm with its jac-
titations, nausea and vomiting being the
natural consequence another theory Is
that the stomach has no such relation TO
the naladv. its cause, III fact, beng con-
castion of the brain and cord. which acts
in a reflex manner on the stomach. y
more reasonable theory is that most cases
are due. in some degree. to each OF the
foregoing. and therefore, that with load
ed stomach and congested liver but little
can be expected from amyl whereas, IN
cases more purely nervous, especially as
are seen in women, the nitrate OF amyl
offers 4 very fairly successful remedy
one that warrants much more varied and
extensive tl1sl than it has hitherto re
ceived
MOIST AIR II DWELLINGS.
The theory is now ingeniously inain-
tanned by Professor Briggs that the sum
mer condition Of temperature. 81 , to
637, and relative humidity, 50 to 50 per
cent. Is not desirable or even attainable.
at other seasons. in the heating Of dwell
ings. His argument ia. that the dry air
of America possesses both curative and
pravsntive qualities. OF great value, and
that moist air. which promotes vegetable
growth. is. on sanitary grounds, not desir-
able for breathing. He states that the
dew point is lar below the ireczing point
of water i'm well warmed and ventilated
rooms. where there is nothing Of that sen
saiiYi Of dgyness which is usually held
to accompany the heat Of furnace, when
not supplied with water fer evaporation.
Again, new honses, that are accounted
unhealthy III Europe are not SO IN Amerl-
ca, ard c..s burned IN rooms produces
much less unpleasant effects in America
than III England what is needed is an
equality IN relative humidity between the
interior and exterior AIR thus, II the out
er temperature be o, aud relative humid
" 10 per cent. and the interior tcinpcra
ture be 70 :, the interior humidity ought
to be raised to 20 :, hy adding LITTLE
water
CUBIC CAPACITY OF THE SKULL.
OF ali the measurements by which TIA,
difference can be determined between til,
human skulls Of one race and another
the most important is now believed to b,
that which acives tie cubic capacity OF th'
great cavity cf the skull wherein Is con
tanned the brain. Upon this basis som,
interesting Investigations have bnci
made.
Among other facts ascertaincd is tina
relating to race Of long, fat-Ecado,
people on the west coast Of Africa, VIII,
exhibit the largest average capacity o
any human heads yet examined Tn
LaplandcT5 and Esquimaux, though
very small people, have very large skulls
the latter giving nn average measurcmci
Of 1876 The lower grades of EnEiis
skulls show size or capacity of 1872
the inhabitants Of the Canary islanGt
ll9S; the Japanese. ! So; :he Chnys'
1928 the italian. li7j: the ahC;g EFyI
tians. 1857; the true Polynes;:.ns, 10;
negroes Of various kinds, 1877 the Ka
frs, 1913: Hmdoos, 1906. The Aus.r
liam ahoricu,s give one OF the smallc
averages, namely, 1888; and the Ardami
nese, very diminutive people, show onl
1920 \ comparison between the skull
of sixty-threc men of various races, ~
of twenty-four women, showed the rat
of the woman's skull TO the mans to !
as sji to 1909
NOTES.
The japanese have started nail factoi
at Osaka, and it is said that the mai
made there are as good as those impGrte
Mr.. James Cro!l concludes that ''tl
true temperature Of the sun Is not ve
different from its effective tempcratur
and that it is not much less than 1000
if We only consider the absorption of 4
terrestrial atmosphere, not much mo
10000 . if we take into consideration Il
absorption by the solar atmosphere, est
mating the latter at s.. 100 Of the tot
radiation of the sun.
4 new foot-warmer has been mtroduc
for public comfort in cabs ando vel
cles in France. 4 shcct-iron box is MS
with "a sliding drawer, over which the a
which is admitted at one end, may r;
before it escapes at holes in the other cr
into this drawer . briquctte Of pure co
pressed carbon raised to q red heat
placed and it continues 10 burn the
without giving forth any disagreed
odor, for about fourteen hours.
The introduction Of American machir
ry by tine shears manufacturers Of Sh
field, England, Is causing dismay to I
operatives, who were but lately the M
arrogant Of strikers. At a late meet
OF the trade society, they offered the e
ployers reduction OF II per cent. up
the best handmade shears and of 10 I
cent on all other grades Of hand ma
shears. But the manufacturers cam
now recede They have found Americ
competition driving them out of their o.
home market, hesldes easily diverti
foreign trade. They must keep up W
the iImc5 OF ahlnlnn thnir hnsinnsa Il