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

year.
Ann Arhor (Michigan) University boasts
Of having four more students than Harvard,
her register numbering 1440
Seven samples Il quininc pills made by
| the l,ajiug Philadelphia firms have been an
| alyzed by the 4Nejjcdl Netes, and only two
were found Of full weight, the rest being dc
iicicnt from to 10 per cent, and the differ
encc made up by adulcratIou.
Cornell University is the richest college in
the country, with the possible exception of
Columbia College In two years its wealth
has increased nearly $4,000, 600, its total be-
Ing estimated at 81, 721 255.
The largest fruit seller in New Orleans, on
being asked what became of all the cJcoanut
shells replied that he sent annually $780,
go to New York to be ground up with black
pepper.
new comic paper, rival of Puck and Tie
Judgf, will soon be started in New York A
paper Of that city says: New York will
be supposed to supply the readers, aud Bos-
ton. or rather Harvard, the wis"
In answer to an inquiry on the subject, the
treasury department has decided that a Chi
rcsc wet nurse must be considered rs a lab
oror, and as such is excluded from admission
TO the United states under the provision OF
the act rtsricting Chiuese immigration.
Clifton college, the girls college at Cam
bridge University in England, is about to he
enlarged, and the plans for the new buildings
have been already drafted and submitted to
the proper authorities. The applications for
admission have n Gently been very much in
excess OF the accommodation at present of
fcIcd.
Buried in the sand, on the top of a hill Gov
cred with dwellings, the remains of the Tenn
pie Of Jupiter at Pergamos have been found
IN a fine state of preservation by the same in-
dusllious German archgologsts who found
rich treasures at Olympia. Some of the
pacqics have been discovered as perfect as
II tUcy had cen wrought only ycs'crd1y.
Th indications recovered have been enough
to justify complete ideal restoration of the
temple,
'Ghc latest subject Of gossip in German
court circles is the forthcomin. be,rothal of
the Princess Victoria of IIesse-Darmsia
daughter # the lamented Princess Alice, of
Great Bri'an,n and grand laughter Of Victoria,
win the hereditary Prince Frederick " lillian
Of la len, grandson of the Emperor William
OF Germany.
The transit of Venus has suggest d to NJ.
De FOuvellc, the weil-kupwn French writer
Il popular scientific trcatses, the quaint idea
n In,r 4 y
|cHus, the lir-t number OF which has actu-
ally arp ard 1t will only appear fourteen
llmrs IN 100 year, and the next num err
vi not come ont till the Sth of June, 2t04
when the next tran.t Occurs NJ. De Fpn-
veillc ys that he VIII b. happy to take sub
sctiGers' names.
Mr. John b. Sletson. "A prominent hat
manufacturer OF Philadelphia, is said this
year TO have spent 100000 IN making
Christmas gifts 10 lis seven hundred en-
pI yrs, not counting some other such tritles
us hrce twenty-ycar $4,000 life insurance
policies an Il hundred shares Of Building
aud Loan Association stock. The gifts in
GUIDED twenty-thrre god watches, three seal
skin Sacqucs, fifteen fur lined cloaks and sew
cra hundred pairs OF kid gloves. In return,
MI. StctsJn received II superb bronze chm
ing clock, worth $3.50 and some other choice
mcmentGs.
As Mir. Mantilni would put it, fashion
seems to he going to the "demnltion bow
A Paris letter writer describes n
dress worn by Marie Van Zlnd as being ''of
crimson cloth, embroidered all over with
very small dogs in varied shades of brown,
while the draperics at the back Of the skirt
were caught up with two small pugs' heads
'ul in, 4 l.
chain.
1t is estimated that / /, 900 miles of railroad
track were laid during 1882 On 3lG lines, in
~ States and Territories. This is 1900 more
THAI the construction in lSSl-the banner
year up to that time. The highest number
OF miles constructed in single State was 0j3 |
IN Iowa. Texas was next at SIT 3; New York |
Bird with 152. Fourteen Of TIE above lines
are still unemployed. Tie capital invested |
during the year il estimated at $1,000
QUO. exclusive of the sums expended in the |
preparation Of road beds on which The tracks |
arc not vet laid.
The population Of London by the English |
census of 1881 1854 81, making it easily |
as it has long been, the largest city in the
world. Of the cities which have had an Off |
the second city, with . 225, 800 inhabitants, |
New York is third, with l, 200 200 popua-
ion, Berlin fourth, with 1,l22,3G0, Vienna |
fifth, with l,003,s5 ST. Petersburg sixth. |
with SCI 500, Philadelphia seventh, with |
S41 lao, Toxic, Japan, eighth, with 81 $40, |
Bombay, India, MIN h, wi Ii 753 900, Cnlcut. |
Ia, ludia, tenth, with Gs3, 4jS, Moscow, Rus
sia, eleventh, with G0l 900, Brooklyn, New |
York, twelfth, with 566, 6G3, Chicago, ILL |
nois, thiltecnti, with SOB, 1856.
The route of n Philadelphia lctter-carncr
on Christmas morHing took him TO the house
Of AN elGery invalid who had no sooner re- |
ceived her NAL than she thrust into his
hands without II word of explanation two
one hundred dollar grccnbacks The lucky
p s;uan withdrew in state of clnsterna-
ii m from which he has not yet recovered.
But lie retains suiiic ent possession of hi
incul,ies TO hope frvcnlly that his route
will not he changed during the coming year
A Bowcry photographer in New York has
suddenly jumped into a lucrative business IN
making cheap photographs. His Specially"
winch IS the secret Of his success, Is letting
costly s'al.shln sacks, Gairsburough hats
anu Other iinery to his ''suhjecls," who are
mes lyp or shop girls, to make their pie
lnrgs shpwy The special charges which he
mak' for these privileges, which offer u
lemplal on which few glrls can resist hiring
INN in great profits. The only difficulty in
the business he says, sis to yet the seal
SIX sack aud ii k cloak off the girls when
it is got on. They have bad way of hang
ing round and looking in the glass, and
keeping whole line Of anxious silters wait
ing"
The Berlin correspondent or the London
1i"es lelegraphs; "Some interesting slatis-
tics have just been issued ms to the expert
ment tried this year of establishing Summer