Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-05


and the Schncekoppe were sent 1915 and
1879 kilograms respectively. The inventive
ness OF Dr. stephan, the acknowledgement
OF the empire, Is notorious. Several bodies
uf officials from the st. Martins le. Grand
have come over 10 Berlin within the last
year or two 10 study The working Of the gen.
eral postoflicc-an institution IN which the
mos captious foreigner e)uId find little to
crilitise."
The Irish in the British army are slightly
more than oue.tweflh Of the entire force.
Tho domanl for American watches, both
here and in Europe has constantly been
growing, and one American company which
is now producing l1OO finished watches day
is unable oiill immediate ordersand demands
farther time"
Mr.. D. Forest of New York, who lately
returned from India, brought with him re-
markubly preserved Indian house, which is
to lie sci up in the Metropolitan Art Museum
The material used is Of peculiar harI Wond,
and every beam, bracket or joint is most ,y
qulsitcly carved.
The fish torpedo, which can do everything
but speak, will be cast into the sLado by the
mole torpedo, an engine Ct war just patented
by an officer in the Austrian army. The new
invention claims TO be miner Of the most
| formidable description, which can burrOw in
the earth or under wall, and then either ex-
| plodc at once or wait until ordered to do so
by its master.
An exchange says "a locomotive boiler,
| it is calculated, will last until the engine has
travelled over $50 900 miles On some lines,
however, the boiler, under favorable cir UNI
stances, particularly when pure water isuscd,
may travel 400, 900 or 500,0 miles before
becoming unserviceablc. Assuming that the
life OF the engine is determined by the cndur-
ancc OF the boiler, and that If, under favora-
6le circumstances, 1t will last the 500, 900
that the fire box will probably require TO be
renewed at least three times, the tires of the
wheels five or perhaps six times, the crank
axlos three or four times, and the tubes from
| seven 10 ten times
Professor Langley's discovery of u queer
spot Of light on the disk OF Venus, during
The icccut transmit, has excited good deal
If interest. The dis ,overcr says he is unable
to account for it, though he is convinced it
was some Phenomenon connected with the
surface or the atmosphere Of the planet, and
not AN opicl illusion Of any kind. Two
other ub.ervors at Pittsburgh saw the light,
and their descriptions Of II accord closely
with Prof, ssor Ian .lcy's account, This dis
cOvery, follow ~ that made not long ago OF
curious network of lin;s on Mars, which
some have imagined might b. system of
'gantic canals, will probably l. adj to more
careful telescope study OF the various mem.
bers OF the solar system. The improvements
p, nm
and the gr al size aud ard power Of some OF
ihc telescopes which have Lately been con-
strGcicd or are in course OF construction,
render il probable that within few years
great advance will be made in our knowledge
oil the physical condition Of some OF the
nearer of the other worlds belonging 10 our
system.
The detailed project for the submarine
tunnel between Italy and Sicily has been fin
ished, and will soon be submitted for Gov
eminent appreciation The length of the lun-
mel vii be about 81 miles. The expense is
calculated at S14, $4,000.
A New York artist hits masculine vanity
a hard rap when he slys thai a man, a mag
niiicent specimen, called uron him in an
sNer 10 an advertisement for model, and,
atcr cAnl ltlhg MS M, e l. rn. Stlu that lie
was indcptud MY wei III and did not care
TO pose. The mans only desire was, the
artist thinks, 10 show his wonderfully per-
feet development.
So general is the complaint of sand bag
ging and robbery in the streets of Chicago at
night, aud 50 fast is the crime growing that
the Lumbermens Exchange, aroused by the
fact of one If their members having been
alta, kcd, robbed and it s,nscicss on the
street, offer a reward of S40a for the perpe
traitor Of the c-im-, in II document which
sharply critlcises tie cilY government tor its
hXGess. Since the first of December II
casts of this sort are on record, aud probably
many Of them have been missed.
AT Kilhurn, near London, Il fortnight ago
two novel Ceususes were taken and with Curl
ously similar results. One was censu. II
the number of persons attending the twenty
five churches on u certain evening between
the hours of six aud eight, the other census
of the number attending the thirty five public
houses ON the same evening between the
same hours. In one case the number was
5,570, in tie other 8 sol.