Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

Il Seator Edmunds moved that ga rate OF
? fifty per cent ad valorem be placed upon
t debate," on the tariff bill the other day.
> The following advertisement appeared
in the milwaukee papers on the morning
of the recent great fire: "Newhall house
t j. F Antisdel & Son, proprietors. Great
reduction of rates. Note-Bake and
, Dwights patent fire escape provide means
, of exit from every Fl 'or in case of emer-
gency. The hotel employees are kept in
constant training AS fire department,and
every floor is supplied with water and
hose.'
f Disasters often come in groups for
which there is no apparent reason, but
the row of hotel fires which has followed
the present cold wave is only an exagger-
ated instance of the fire losses which
always come close upon the heels of a fall
in the temperature. AS the mercury drops
fires are driven at higher pressure, new
ones are lit, and the heat, the sparks and
flames search every nook and corner Of
the chimney and fiue.
The pleasing romance which has been
going the rounds of the papers in regard
10 an estate of two hundred millions of
dollars in Whitehall, to which the heirs of
Major Phillip Skene of England are enti-
tied, is pronounced by James Usher, of
No. 9 Murray street, to be without any
foundation. He said TO a Tribune reporter
that he had had occasion to investigate
the story and could find no records on
,uht oh To hne nj
1t has long been questioned whether an
employe OF railroad could recover of the
company for injuries received under any
C rcumstances while in the limo Of duty.
One Cummings, an engineer employed on
the Grand Trunk road, was very severely
injured few years ago and the company
was sued for damages. The case was
appealed from the circuit court to the
United States supreme court, and that
court holds that the company is liable for
injuries inflicted upon employees by its own
negligence or that of its servants other
than the injured one, thus settling a long
disputed question.
Lieutenant Eisenhower adds new
interest and new terror to the region OF
, awfuness of the sounds produced by the
, cracking and clashng of the ice masses
which constitute the entire landscape OF
the arctic world. 1t is to be supposed
that the sound produced by the wind in
the barren north couatry is unusual and
distressing in its monotony. Only strong
hearts could endure the torture of sur.
roundings so doleful in every particular.
| II 81 ri,in h,tN Of hn har DIV
fellows who returned from the Lena came
back maniac. and that Danenhower
himself declares that no inducements
could tempt him to repeat the voyage.
The old experiment of table turning has
given evidence of an unknown force
which has perpexcd scientific men and
fostered the trickery of charatans and
professors of the black art. In genuine
table turning phenomena, where the
table is too heavy to be turned by the
unconscious muscular action of the hands
placed upon it. the movement is said TO
be slight, but is nevertheless remarkable.
Faraday demonstrated that lateral pressure
on the part of the operators always
accompanied the movement of the table
and Dir. Percy Il. Wilde now claims to
have proven, by means of instruments OF
his own construction, that the unconscious
lateral pressure is due to slight rotatorv
motion Imputed to the body at every
, breath by the action of the powerful
, muscles of the chest.
The English PuJliShers' Circular
statistics show that during last year 5l24
publications were issued from the English
press, nearly three hundred less than the
f year before; and only l45 new editions
: were printed daring the period. In the
division into classes, juvenile literature
ranks first, 727 new books and 26O new
editions have been issued from the English
houses in the year. Theological works
Numbering 500 new books and 1913 reprints
j., come second, while fiction, preceded by
history and biography together, makes n
bad fourth, with 306 new books and 124
; new editions. Publications illustrated on
art and science count 264 new books and
so reproductions. Poetry and drama are
I represented by 1853 volumes. OF
,bout the same number a year ago,
only 50 have attained the lease of life
guaranteed by second edition. The
entire number of writer's of books in Eng
land must be about 1000 annually, and or
these less than 800 win the acquaintance
of the English public.
A NEW CUNARD STEAMER new
Cunard liner, the Aurania, was launched
from the yard of the Messrs. Thompson,
at CIydebank, on the Goth ultimo. The
new vessel, which is built entirely of STEEL
Is of 1900 tons gross register, is 40 feet in
length, 81 feet in breadth and 30 feet in
depth. All the internal arrangements
have been subordinated to strength and
safety, and there are no fewer than eleven
watertight bukheads, all carried up to
the deck. She will carry enormous sail,
and will be independent of steam should
accident render such a course necessary.
She will have accommodation for 500 first
class passengers. Her forecastle is 81 feet
long and her poop "A feet long. and the
promenade deck is roomy, and will be
clear of danger, inasmuch as the twelve
boats will be carried high up. All the
deck houses are built of iron, and all the
openings to the engine and boiler room
are protected by double castings. The
ship will be lighted by 600 Swan electric
lights, and the propellins engines are
capable of developing about 10000 horse
power. The vessel when launched was
named By the Countess of Eglinton.
The North american hev6eaO Tor Feb
ruary opens with symposium in which
six prominent theologians, representing
as many religious denominations, give
expression TO their views upon the ques-
ton of the "Revson of Creeds." Prof.
Alexander Winchell, in an article entitled
The Experiment of Universal Suffrage"
institutes IA profound inquiry into the
essential conditions Of stable popular gov
eminent Bishop McQuaid writes of The
Decay of Professionalism" 1.-The Political
Situation" is the joint title of two articles,
the one by Horatlo Seymour. the other by
George 5. Boutwell, who offer their
respective views upon the causes of the
recent overthrow of the republican party.
An article by DR.. d. A. Sargent, on Ply
steal Education in Colleges" treats
subject of prime Importance 10 the welfare
of the youths in our higher educational
institutions EInallv thora ora t,u, orti