Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-29
MATTERS AND THINGS,


an agent copy of Appleton's Cyclopedla,
with the remark II know | could never
learn to ride one
The butler of Queen Victoria's household
has n saary Of $500 and four assistants
who do the purchasing of supplies and see
that tho widow is not cheated in weight and
measures, by the iradesmen.
The St Louis Globe Democrat declares
that there exists no genuine desire among
the southern people in general for the edu-
cation of the negroes, though here and there
are ng-hcaded men among them who insist
upon its importance
\, b. Martin of Mt. Carmel, Pa, has a
plant which he calls II coal lily. 1t is now in
full bloom bearing o5out twenty flowers of
very large size. The plant possesses many
pcculartics among them might be mention
ed its ever-blooming qualities, and also that
no leaves adorn it. The flowers ARE entirely
odorlcss and black rs the coal from which
the pant derives its uame.
King Cerwayo wished 10 take ptc.cnls
back ~ His wives IN Xuulahd, and the a,i-
thoritcs in Enslnrd und n giant FIR that
= rpo>c hut when l. was found hat IA, r.
wvrt twenty. nine wives the original sum
was increased to go.
According trlhu oni ial estimates tor 1881,
just published, the population of Scotland Is
3,ill, 6so-inr les, probably, than most pco-
Pile belirvc-of whom 1,S02,00l are malcs.
AMI l,94l, 7Si females. About ~ per cent
of the 3,'ii,COJ live in the eight prirc;pa
towns. OF the total number Of births which
was 1924, 5 20 per cent or 10 ,lGG, were
last year illesitmate.
The Cleveland Leadcr publishes this par
ag'aph, which is both pointed and peril
nent: The Arkansas bankers, at the recent
meeting at Saratoga had great deal TO say
about the necessity of bringing Northern
capital into that State to build railroads and
develop its mineral resources. Yesterday
the dispatches reported that parties under
the guisc Of Kuklux had driven the negro
help away from one road that was being
built, and that the work could not proceed
| without protection from the State govern
mcnt Northern capitalists can never be in
duccd TO send their money into any South
ern State in which workmen are not allowed
to pursue their work in peace.
Some peculiar figures are exhibited by the
returns Ji the value of domestic bread stufrs
exported from the United States during the
past month of August, the two months and
the eight months preceding and including it,
as compared with last year. The increase
during last month over the figures of last
year is u tribe over 50, 30O 900; the figures
Tor the two months of July and August
shows only u difference Of about $500, 900 III
- l,,tT ,.r 81.
ended in Angus, the difference is about S47,
800, 600 against the returns Tor the current
year, which is a somewhat serious falling
of. The improvement during the past
month is a hopeful sign, and il maintained,
may yet bring up the export returns OF
brtndstuifs to II fair balance,
Since work recommended in earnest on the
Washington monument. 1872 feet have been
added to the height. The height already
reached is 302 feet, and only 2jS feet more
are to be added.
During the last six months 3Osj horses
have been used for food in Berlin. The
warm sausagcs sold In the street ut night arc
mostly of equine origin. When prominent
restaurant keeper failed some years ago the
most conspicuous among his creditors was u
horse butcher, which throws side light on
the ''ioast beef" that used to be- served up to
his guests. The poor are the chief buyers,
but there are not few gourmands who look
upon horse flesh as dclcacy.
A significant feature of the use of the
cltcrict light in agriculture, and one with
great possibilities for the farmer, Is,
the London Gio6e thinks, the wonderful
| induccmcnt which the light Offers to all sorts
aud conditions of insects to attempt multi
tudiuous suicide by hanging their heads
agains. the crystal globe althrouyh the night
and the small hours of the morning. A sim
pie mechanical arrangement, in the shape of
Il grated trap, into which the impulsive
creatures could fall, and whence they could
not cXtdcite themselves, would assist them
to complete the happy work of sclf-destruc-
ton. That single electric light near hop
garden or corniield would completely eX-
terminate many dreaded insects is of course
not certain, but it is possible.
Peter Lchncn of Lafayette Ind, aged rs,
has jus, inherited the handsome sum OF ST.
$50, 200. Lehneu came to this country when
quite young man, leaving behind him his
father and three brothers The father, an
eccentric man, became immensely rich. but
| allowed his sons to shift for themselves He
died when Peter was in his Both year, leav-
ing fortune in money and real estate, which
by will, he leased and loaned 10 the Belgian
government for the term of forty years, no
part of the interest or principal to he paid to
his heirs until the expiration Of that time
The brothers have all remained comparative
ly poor-two OF them remaining in the old
country-having had hard fight of it to
L.. Al Ir., Il Ia l,n.
time the already large fortune has gone on
accommodating until at the expiration of the
forty years, short time since, it aggregated
the immense sum of 81, 000, 900, to be divid-
ed among four heirs two Of whom are older
than Peter.
The New York Society for improving
workingmen's homes has been in existence
but six years, but it is doing much good in
Il quiet way. 1t has had control of large
lodging house, and from January until
August Of this year. 10000 men obtained
lodgings there. OF this number eighty five
per cent were working men, paying their
dues, fifteen cents, for nights rtst. For
this sum each ledger has II clean bed in II
well-ventiated room. Five cents additional
secures Il bath. No tramp or drunken per-
son is received. Ultimately, the society
hopes to build tenement houses properly
arranged for ventilation and other ncccs-
sary adjuncts of decent building. A small
Office is first visited by the dodgers who regis
ter and can leave parcels with the person in
charge. A large sitting room is attached.
There are ninety beds in this establishment.
In the war against the wretchcd lodging
houses the society will have the sympathy
of the community.
The Chinese in California are far from re.
garding the nti-Chinese law as hardship.
The prohibition of the further importation of
Chinese protects those already here from the
danger of competition, and they are accord
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