Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-03
MATTERS AND THINGS.


four thousand people St. Paui's 10 London,
twenty-five thousand the Catholic cathedral
10 New York, eighteen thousand.
There recently died at Oporto, Portugal,
venerable schoomistress at 1903 years OF age,
who followed her vocation Of teaching up to
her lOls' year; her daughter young lady
OF seventy-slx years being her assistant. On
her one hundrcdlh birthday the daughter in
sisted on her mothers relinguishing teach
ing.
AT CarlsIuhe, in Germany, u usurer, who
was known as the Vampire of Biernhem,"
has just been sentenced to eight years's i'm.
prisonmcnt, fine Of $1,000, and five years
loss of civil rights, for extorting ninety dol
lars and two calves from peasant 10 return
for an original loan of fifteen dollars.
The London Standard, no friend of this
country, says Of American magazines that
they bear comparison with anything of the
same nature that We can show; while the
woodcuts and process illustrations which
adorn their pages have driven the proprictors
of English magazines to despair-or what
is better into II determination to equal if not
W oui pusH tuti
President Woolsey is reported as having
said when | was president of Yale Col
lego, was asked if would be willing to adj
nit women students there. replied that !
would if Nassar College would admit young
men. That ended the discussion"
Rev. DR.. Collyer of New York, in last
Sundays sermon, said the widespread curse
Of bribery infests our life and eats the homes
hearts out OF thousands. Very much of our
modern religious teaching is only another
name for bribery. We promise to those we
want to get into our churches harps and
crowns, and dignilies and glories if they
will only be good until they die. That is
bribery. II Is not religion, but utter world
Illness
Rev. j. ID. kurtz one Of the oldest and
best known Methodist preachers in Phladel-
phia, on Sunday morning astonished his con-
gregation by making Il violent attack upon
the memory of William Penn. He purchased
the lands Of the Indians by exchanging for
them that devil Of civilization, rum.
Queen Victoria has signified her commands
for the granting of a medal to all her forces,
naval and military, engaged in the operations
in Egypt. Two clasps are also to he given,
one with the word Alexandra, which is to
be granted to those present on the l4th Of
July, 1852; the other clasp will be inscribed
"Tcl-el-Kchr."
| 1t is stated that pastry cook at Bologna
has produced novel substitute for news
paper. II is composed of very delicate
leaves Of pastry, on which witty articles arc
| printed, not with ink, but with chocolate
liquor. Thus, after its literary contents are
deyoured, the reader may devour the produc.
ton itself.
No people hut the Irish would have con.
cocted the scheme for revenge on "a tax.gath.
crer which was lately carried out at Arthurs
town, Ireland. The official having become
obnoxious to some Of the citizens, the lattel
refused to have any dealings whatever, off
cial or social, with him. The result was thai
the names of 1870 voters, or about two third.
OF the constituency, were taken from The
lists for non-payment of taxes, and a fur
ther result may be that Tory will be return
ed to Parliament in the place Of the prescn
member, who is a stcadfast advocate o
Home Rule.
An Egyptian who came 10 this country ,:
years ago, lives at Jacksonville, Fla. ll
brought over the name of Hamet Monser
but concluded TO adopt nm American name
and on looking around to see which h
should take, made w his mind that Smiti
would he something new and novel for u
and Smith he was.
J. b. Newbrough Of New York. has writ
ten by i typewriter new bible entitled
"Oahspo, New Bible in the Words of Je
hovah and His Angel ambassadors" Tn,
book has just been printed. Mr.. New
brOugh claims that it was written unde
spirit influence. He says while he was writ
ting a very bright light shonc over his hands
Geological examination of the delta of thu
Mississippi now shows that for distance o
about 00mies there are buried forests o
| large trees, oGe over the other, will
interspaCes of sand. Ten distinct fores
growths Of this description have been observ
ed, which it is believed must have succeeded
each other. OF these trees, known as tn,
bald cypress, some have been found owe
TWENTY-FIVE feet in diameter, and one contain
ed 300 rings in some instances, too, hug,
trees have grown over the stumps OF other,
equally large. From these facts geologis,.
hayc assumed the antiquity of each fores
growth a 10000 years, or 100, 900 for all.
The photographic Netcs describes an inter
esting experiment in heiogIaphy, or signal
ing by sunshine, in Egypt. Colonel Keysel
assembled one Of the pyramids near Cairo
and setting up Photographic mirror, reflected
a ray OF sunshine all the way to Alexandria
! "a al nj mil no SU lie
appearing like pin-points Of brightness, were
distinctly readable on the coast, acd took
the form Of a message from Sir Garnet VOL
selcy TO the khcdive.
There is story related of an old maid
who for twenty years looked I'm Ter her bed
for burglar, and finally found one to the
great arrangement of her nerves. For such
timid people an Englishman has invented @
new warning lamp" Upon door OF
window being moved, after the apparatus
has been set and the lamp lighted, red glass
disk is released and AIRED or danger signal i.
given AS the nervous householder would
have to sit up all night to see the red light, il
is doubtful whether this invention will come
into general use. But lift were adopted, I'M.
aginc the feelings of n man who should
awaken suddenly in the middle of the
nlgnt anu gaze al tue Dalclul req giafc WhCl
announced the presence OF burglar in the
house.
Miss Nightingale has pointed out how con.
stantly the mental state of the dying depends
on their physical condition. Asa rule, she
tells us, in acute cases, interest 10 their own
danger is rarely felt. Indifference, except
ing with regard TO bodily suffering, or to
some duty the dying man desires to perform,
is the far more usual state. But patients who
die of consumption very frequently die in a
state OF scraphc joy aud peace; the counte-
nance almost expresses rapture. Patients
who die of cholera, pcrtonitis. etc, on the
contrary, often diein state approaching de
spair In dyscntory, diarrhUa, or fever,
the patient often dies in a state of indiffer-