Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-21
MATTERS AND THINGS,


clety which provides these humane convcn.
FENCES reports that nearly twice as many new
drinking places were prepared the past year
us IN any previous twelvemonths.
Mr.. j. NJ. Beck OF Cambridge, Mass, re-
Gently shipped thirty dozen living frogs to
Professor II. NJ. Mosely of Oxford Univer-
sity, England. This shipment was an ex.
pertinent to ascertain in what condition frogs
could be sent across the Atlantic and, should
il prove successful, II large foreign trade in
American frogs is expected.
A cattle sharp writes to the New York
HodM from Montana that the present beef
famine Is only panic, but It is u warning Of
what may occur If our people do not take
pains to raise more cattle, anil gives figures
to show that the increase Of cattle in the
United States has not kept pace with the in
crease of population.
Several deaths from toy pistol wounds
have occurred in Cincinnati since the Fourth
of July. Why slight wounds inflicted by
these mischevous little toys almost ..invaria-
bly, eliminate in lock- jaw has not yet been
scientifically explained. Here" says the
enquirer, us an important nut for scientific
experts to crack: DO the exploded chcmi.
Gals corrode the metal of which the pistol is
made, and do the corroded particles, slowly
entering into the circulation, produce the
dreadful tctanus."
Social life in Dublin must be uncommonly
comfortable just now. Lord Spencer gave
recently dinner party, and all the guests re-
| ccivcd official notices married. 'oonfdont,al, I"
detailing the exact route to be taken from
each house to the viceregal lodge, so as never
| to be out OF sight of the patrols that were
thickly posted along the whole way. Gen
tlemcn, when they pay visit, leave their at
tendant policeman in the hall they find ii
exceedingly irksome sometimes. John Con.
molly tried to escape from his guard one day
| by jumping into tramcar. What was his
| disgust when he saw Inn scrambing on the
roof 1t was as much as the fellows place
was worth to lose sight Of his charge.
American ingenuity is Illustrated every
week by the thousands of applications which
are sent to Washington. One of the most
extraordinary OF these is that of Chicago
butcher chemist, who believes that it is pos.
siblc to make cattle pre- serve their own fit sh
for an indefinite period. lie proposes to
inject boric acid into sheep OF cow
| The antiseptic will circulate at once through
the animal, which while moving about will
be unconsciously assisting in improving its
parts for the future consumption Of hungry
public.
The bill for the repression of crime in Ire
land, having received the royal assent, is now
the law of the land. If II fails TO effect its
purpose, the Engliah will be al the end of
their resources This is their las, and most
determined effort to govern the Irish by the
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not maintain order by the exercise OF such
arbitrary authority as this measure legiti-
mates, they will have TO give up the strug.
gle, for such failure would prove that what
they are trying to do so is impossible, and
that the solution Of the problem lies in an-
other direction. The operation Of the new
law will therefore be watched with the deep
est interest.
With Congress the loHg-sought comes Il,
last. For many years Mary Wade of Gettys.
burgh has petitoucd Congress for pension
on the ground that she lost her daughter and
her whole support during the war Of the re.
bclllon. The girl, who was but twelve years
of age, was in manner engaged in the bat,
tie of Gettysburg. On the 3D. of July she
was baking bread for the Union troops. A
rebel bullet struck her down. The Senate
i
TO report favOrably upon her claim and she
is now in a fair way of getting on the pension
rolls for the remainder of her lifetime.
One of the most remarkable cases of ''mys-
FERROUS disappearance on record is lhet of
the engine of the Kansas Pacific railway
that went down into Kiowa creek, some
thirty miles this side of Denver, one black,
stormy night, several years ago. The stream,
which is ordinarily insignificant. had been
transformed by n sudden Hood into roaring
torrent which swept the bridge away, and
the engine plunged in and was swallowed up
in the quicksand Repeated efforts have
been made by boring and digging to find the
lost locomotive, but we learn from good
authority that they have all been to no pur-
pose; the Thirty tons Of iron ana Steel have
buIrowed Leyond discovery. Possibly they
are working down towards China. and will
ere long turn up as the first locomotive in the
Celestial empire.
The New York directory appears this year
with 1902 pages and ss0,ta+ Names an in,
crease of l517 names over last year. 1t be-
glus as ii has done for many years with Eliz-
abeth Aab and ends with Jacob cypress.
Among the noted names which disappear
this year are Henry w. Bellows, Lorenzo
Dclmonico, whose name first appears in tho
directory of 1929; George Law, Carkson n.
Potter, Samuel b. Ruggles j. Cotton Smith
Il. W. Stoughton, Moses Taylor and James
Il. Wood. The first directory of New York
made its appearance in 1856, paper-cover
ed pamphlet of eighty pager Since ,heu
there has been one regularly with one inter
val-l1Sa--whcn the changes were deem
ed too slight to need new book. The short
est name in the present directory is Ok and
the longest sPfeiffenschnieder.
Baltimore has 40 establishments devoted
to canning, employing about $4,000 men
women and children at good wages. Estim
ating the canning seasons business by the
experiences of past years it is expected that
about a. 400, GOO three pound cans of peach
es will be put up, an amount never before
equaled in the history of the industry
Peas, string-bcans, pears and tomatoes also
constitute raw material for the trade. Since
last Summer some eight or ten new packing
houses have been put up, aud the reputation
OF Baltimore on account of this business is
rapidly growing.
Statistics of railway travel gathered in
Europe and the United States present some
world in the number and speed of trains, 80,
SO and 55i miles being regular running rates
on certain routes, The fastest time in France
is 40 miles an hour, in Belgium SO miles, in
Germany 40 miles. In America the fastest
rates are established in the Middle States,
and New England comes second. When il
comes to n comparison of averages on long
through routes, it appears that in Europe the
average is 90 12 miles per hour, in America
"a 81 miles, An average in favor of Ameri'
can travellers on long journeys is also shown
r. n 90
average being 3.02 cents per mile. On the
other hand, the European railway traveller
pays on an average 2,74 cents per mile, while
The American is taxed $40 cents for the
same service. The average in America