Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-06


During the month Of August eighty-five
vessels with emgrants on board sailed from |
the harbor of Liverpool. OF these emigrants
10, ABB were English. SO Scotch, 1884 Irish, |
54O9 foreigners Ito the English) and 552 OF u
nationality that was not known. Of the 50
ships, 30 were bound to the United States
with 10, TAG passengers, II to Canada with |
4502, to Australia with 49, 8 TO South Am
erica with 1O5. to India with 52, 3 to the
West Indies with %, 4 to China with IL. aud
to the west coast of Africa with n.
Scientists argue that there is distinction
between hunger and appetite that appetite
Is merely a craving for some special article Of
food while hunger Is a general desire for
food DIR. Fourniuc's theory is this When
meal-timc arrives the glands Of the stomach
become filled and distended, and ready to ac-
complish Their. function of dgestlng the food.
But if food is not introduced they remain in
this distended condition, and the result is the
uneasy feeling we call hunger. Excellent
proof of this theory Is afforded by the habit
OF some Indians OF eating clay to appeasn
hunger. The introduction Of the clay is iu-
flowed by the discharge of the glands, and
the sensation of hunger is arrested
The Idaho Statesman says, The acliv-
ity of volcanic action in the Snake river lava
beds, near the line of the Oregon Shore Line
railroad, is driving many OF the graders from
the work. In an area of about % squale
miles, at short distances apart smoke and
hames OF peculiar OdOr, color and shape is
sue from the chusms and seams IN the lava.
The irritating sulphurous vapors in them
selves cause many to quit work, while the
unusual agitation of the boiling springs and
the general commotion all over the fields Of
lava has caused superstitous fear to take
hold OF many OF the railroad hands and they
are leaving the section, terror stricken. The
whole area has the appearance from IA dis
lance OF being on fire
The new state house in Texas, not vet lin
ished is said to be a bad piece of work, En-
perts who have inspected it advise that the
north and west walls be taken down and re-
built. The roof, also, they think insecure,
and the other walls need Strengthening.
They do not express anxiety for the Legista-
tors and State officers who will occupy the
building, but are concerned for the safety of
persons passing near aud liable to be crushed
II it should fall, as they think it will within
| ive years II the changes they advise are not
made. The contract Tor this building was
awarded to a syndicate Of Chicago capital
lists, who agreed to take in payment mil
lion and "A half acres of public lands belong
ing to the State.
Some time ago a well.known native OF
Bombay offered to give new clock and
chimes TO the UniveTsy of Bombay, and dc.
posted a large sum OF money with the auth
critics to carry out his generous intention.
The gift has been manufactured in London
and is about to he shipped TO Bombay.
Doubtless it is such timepece us India
never saw. The dials, OF opal glass arc
thirteen feet in diameter 1t is fitted with
an apparatus enabling it to telegraph its
time daily to the observatory and to con.
nee. all the other clocks in the city, and
connected with it is chime OF sixteen bells
which can play automatically sixteen tuue;
and 100 changes.
1t takes thirty-fve pounds Of sugar tc
sweetcn the average inhabiant OF the Unitcc
States year, or about $50, 100000 pound,
to supply the whole country for twelve
months. 1t is said that we pay more thar
500 00O 900 annually for imported sugar
and it is not to be wondered at that enter
prising men are seeking to increase the sugal
product ID the Nation sufficiently to supply
the home market. The manufacture of SUI
gar from beets has become n great industry
and is still growing, There is a project il
the South to raise watermelons for the man
facture of sugar. and it is thought by som,
that watermelogs will be better than beets fo
tho purpose. 1t is certain that an increase il
material for the manufacture of sugar il
much to be desired, IN order to prevent The
use of glucose for the purpose, as well as tC
increase the wealth of the Nation.
The art of shorthand is, it appears, to b'
superseded by one Of the queerest invention
on record. The revolution is to be effected
by means ef a machine called "glosso
graph, consisting of six levers, forming
sort OF cage, each communicating with
tracing pencil. The use to be made of tn,
"glossograph' is rather curious. While th,
orator or lecturer is holding forth, the ie
porter is to repeat the words of the speake
with his tongue in the cage. Thus the quick
est conversation, some London Journals tel
us, may be taken down with ease. The lu
dicrous aspect which this new invention Us
sumes may be an obstacle to its adoption.
!. France continues to be the land of sui
cides, $3.50 persons having destroyed thci
own lives there last year, 70 per cent o
whom were men The number OF suicide
has increased from 3 in every 100, 900 o
population in 1890 to u in 1880, and more
than 200 ichdren under - years of agt
killed themselves during the four years end
lug with 1880. Poverty does not appear t.
be the chief cause of suicides, for the mum
Der of suicides is least in winter when pow
erty causes most suffering, and greatest ia
summer.
The New York Times remarks upon tn,
recent establishment of II monument to vii
lam Morgan, in the village of Batavia, New
York, that at first sight it may seem rathe
odd that National Christian association
should take pains to honor the memory Of
drunken vagabond, whose one claim to famf
lies in the tact that he either violated a do2er
or more of the most solemn oaths, or told
large collection of ingenious falsehoods. II
add to the beauty and symmetry OF his NOR
al character, Mr. William Morgan Away
maintained that he violated his alleged oathl
aud betrayed the confidence of his associate
from sense of duty. He thus crowded hi:
moral editice with hypocrisy, and was as var
iOus and miscellaneous II rascal as our prolific
country has produced.
| The convention OF the American Forestry
association, recently held in Montreal, ha
stimulated the people OF the Dominion tc
organize for the protection of forests, to re
wood districts which have been stripped o
trees, and increase the cultivation of tn,
most valuable varieties of trees The Fores
try Association ut the Province of Quebec
has been formed. Members will be expected
to plant each year twenty-five forest trees.
and furnish the secretary with an annual re-
port Of their progress.
From Chicago To Chihuahua in ninety
SIX hours" is the latest novelty which rail,
road managers offer to the citizens of the
Western metropolis. The Mexican Central
railroad is completed as far as this leading
| city of Northern Mexico and tho first through