Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-01
MATTERS AND THINGS.

| 'ley haven't got.
Mrs. Wilson Of Oregon got a divorce from
her husband, on the ground of infdeity and
cruelty, last year. He reformed and wanted
to marry her again. She consented, bu, he
atterward changed his mind, and she is now
SUNG him for breach of promise.
A little girl Of Glendale, No., has received
pass good for life on the Missouri Pacific
railroad. Seeing two trains approaching
each o'her Gu a curve she stopped one by
lranllcally waving her apron, thus avcrting a
disaster.
Patti seems to have to divide the honors,
as ii were, at the present time She saws she
doesn't like ''the kind of applause that you
people in America cal-call- oh-gosh OH
yes, gosh" 'Gush," suggested the reporter
gosh Is used in connection with another
word" 'Oh, yes, gusll i don't like gush, &"
she said. Strange as IL may appear, some
people live on 1t as the regular diet from
which they draw their mental pabulum.
The Due de Mouchy, lately the host of the
ex-Emprcss Eugene, has started among Paris
aesthetics mania for warming pans. He at
teuds in person auction sales of old house
hold goods, and eagerly outbids all COMPETE
tors for those utensils. AT his stately chateau
oil Mouchy, tie dining saloon is decorated
with more than score Of Anticipated warm
ing pans mounted in rich oaken frames.
The effort in Cincinnati to abolish Sunday
performances at the theatres and similar,puD.
lie exhibitions appears to have failed. The
matter was an issue in the last municipal
election, and Mayor Means was supported by
Republicans and Democrats who desired to
enforce strcter Observance CT Sunday than
had prevailed. He made an earnest effort in
| that direction, but since the State election,
when the majority of the people of the State
so decidedly refused to support legislation
against liquor selling or Sunday laws, the
mayor appeared to be powerless. In Cincn-
natl last Sunday evening all the theatres cx-
cept one were open and thronged, and at two
of them malnces were given. At the small
or houses sensational and variety performan
ces were given before packed houses. 1t
looks us il the whole attempt to enforce Sun
day laws had broken down in Ohio.
On Sunday, August 10, 1879, Mr.. Markley,
a Pennsylvaniau, aged 53, proposed to, aud
was accepted by, Miss Kesserny. Subse-
qucntly Lie backed out, AMI when Miss Kcs-
serlng sought golden ointment TO heal her
lacelated heart, pleaded that the proposal
| lidn't count. as it was made on Sunday. a
Lancaster jury has given her S90S 75 thus
calculating the depth Of the wound to frac-
tional nicely, while the Supreme Court has
confirmed the decision.
A gill of Waukon, Iowa, being excessively
fond of babies, borrowed one of neighbor
for the day. 1t fell Into fire and was
burned to death. The girl was so grieved
and frightened that She died within an
hour.
Nor fow rush to the far North, on the
the Canadian side of the international boun-
Diary line at Pigeon River, where, says a
Duluth, Mimi, dispatch, the silver vein Of
the continent has been found. They pick
out pieces of almost pure native silver,
big as wnlnuts, from the surface
of the vein. 1t beats Slnbad's diamond
valley.
Professor Tyndal promises grand sight
at Niagara Falls to whoever may be there
about 5000 years from this, when the horse.
shoe will be way back of Goat Island, drain
ing both banks as the gorge recedes leav-
ing n nearly level terrace between Goat
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American side will also be drained, and
the channel Of the river which now make:
the American fall will be cultivated
land
| The French newspapers are discussing
whether the next century will begin in 1900
or 1901. Napoleon wanted to know about
it at the beginning Of the present century,
and a famous French mathematician
decided that the first century began with
the year one, and that consequently the
nineteenth century Logan with the year
1901. Consequently the year 1901 will
be the first year of the twentieth cen
tury.
The number of copies Of the London Daily
Telegraph, printed between the dates of July
IL and September 81 inclusive, shows a daily
average Of PAL 600 copies.
The Toronto Glo5e says that one of the
questions put the candidates at a recent ex-
animation for the civil service held in that
city was "A man left SEQ, 900 by his will,
the sum to be divided between his two sons,
one OF whom was TO receive $1,000 more
than the other" Tie question was too
hard. for the applicants Every one of them
answered that the one son was to receive
Sll GOO and the other $4,000.
The postmaster of Washington is quite
enthusiastic ever the use of tricycles by the
postmcn, and says: 1T is a good thing \
man can make his collections in about one
third Of the time that is required on foot.
If we had eight tricycles, think We could
collect from every box in the District every
hour, or at least in every two hours. 1t
would be big thing for the city. | don't
| know whether the department will purchase
them for us or not We have been making
these experiments on our own responsible
ity."
Russia has concluded new loan for $40
| 900, coo, which brings up the total of her
outstanding debt to 80, 165. 100000. What
is most noteworthy is the fact that her debt
has almost doubled since 1872, the annual
deficit in her finances averaging Sl2O, OUO,-
900, whereas twenty years previous 1t was
only sos, 900, 900.
The statistical division of the Agricultural
Department estimates the following as the
yield of 1889: Corn, /, G35, 900, 900 bushels :;
wheat, 4lO coo 900 bushels oats, 100000
900 bushels; barley, AZ, goo, 900 bushels rye,
~, 900, 900 buckwneat, 1900 900 bushels.
During the past four years Government
lands at the South have been selling rapidly.
The Southern States, in which the Govern
ment owns lands, are Arkansas, Alabama,
Louisiana Mississippi and Florida. In 1879
there were sod in these States 4Sl, ia acres;
in 1850 the sales increased to 996, Sl5 acres
in 1881 the sales were l,5l7, 1856 acres while
in 1889 the p lrchases amounted to 2,355, ,6i,
or 10 per cent Of the entire sales. This is
healthy indication.
A scheme to introduce compulsory iusur-
ance las been preached in the New Zealand
Parliament The plan is that every man
must nay either rti(, outright before he is 90