Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-16

nv INV. JOuu JuSpcI acCllHCS 10 argue
any more on scientific grounds that the sun
moves round the earth lie says that any
body who disbelicvcs n plain and unequivo-
cal assertion of the inspired Scriptures is an
infdcl, on whom he will not waste words.
The European papers bring some details of
the preparations for the coronation of the
Car which did not get into the cabcgrams,
as for instance, the facts that the Moscow
town council has voted 200, 900 rublcs for
the fctcs of the occasion that million
handkcrchicfs will be distributed, with the
figure of the goddess of abundance" printed
thereon ;that the Kremlin will be illuminated
by electricity that the coronation throne is
OF black oak with antique Slavonic orna-
mcnts carved thereon, costing 10000 rublcs,
or about S12, coo that the canopy over the
throne is to be decorated with imperial
eagles and the cscutchcons Of the 50 Russian
provinces, and that the imperial seats are up
holstcrcd in velvet with heavy hangings OF
gold. In order to placatc the people by Civ
ing them good chance to get booty, there
will be 10 fountains, each spouting 40, 900
bottles OF beer, without the bottles What
more can the nihllist ask than that :
The prohibition placed upon the importa-
ton of spurious teas by the recent act of
Congress has had the natural cffcc, Of raising
the price of the genuine article. Fifteen mil
lion pounds Of Spurious or imitation teas,
highly cOlorcd by chemicals, have been
thrown en- the American market annually.
They are sold at auction for or cents, but
ma their way to retail stores, and are sold at
oO cents pound or more "A fraud upon the
consumer, and injurious to health as well.
These teas are now to he examined ut the
custom houses; and all found to be spurious
must be re-exportcd within six months or
they will be destroyed Heretofore all teas
rejected by examiners at British ports have
been thrown upon our markets but now
they will have to find customers elsewhere
we can Afford 10 pay little more for tea, on
assurance it is genuine and not doctorcd with
injurious chemicals.
a most remarkable case Of longevity is re-
ported from Hartford. Samuel Goodwin
and wife of that city celebrated their golden
wedding last week, at which there were pres
cnt four generations. The most remarkable
fact connected with lhe reunion is that there
has been no death in the family since the
marriage half a century ago.
An attempt is to be made in New York
State 10 dDmcsticate the English pheasant
and large number of birds have Just been
imported with that object in view. The
pheasant is from onc-thlrd to onc-half as
large again as the partridge, and its flesh. in
stead OF being dry is very juicy, and ex-
tIcmcly delicate in flavor. A brace of Eng
lish phcasants in our market readily COM
mands s., and should We prove able to do
m tl,n,,, in :,
with the result of bringing this uuqucstioncd
luxury within the means of all good livers.
According to a recent parliamentary return
the total number Of ,grarian ou.rascs report.
ed to the royal Irish constabulary Office IL
1881 was 4i39 distributed among the twelve
months as follows: January 4is, February
10, March ljl, April 30s, May 35l, JUNE
332, July 2il, August 3i3. September 4l6
October 5ll, November 53l, and December
5I4. Last year the asririaL outragcs de
creased somewhat in number, amounting al
together to 3l}3. This total wa spread Owe
| the period ms follows: January 49j. Fcbrua
ry 4l0, March j42, April iGj, May 4Ol, Jun,
2SI, July 23l, August l,G September 1870
October 1l2, November 93, and Deccmbc
81. Exclusive of threatening letters, the 10
tai number Of agranin outrascs in 1881 wa
22iS; in 1882, 1928
The next eclipse of the sum- which is bile,
for May 6, will be three times Il. good al
opportunity for the astronomers as usual, tn
period of totally bcin, thrice as long as tn
average. To make up for this unusual &C
commodation, however, it has been arranged
that in almost NIL the world there are onl,
two little coral reefs in the south laciti
where solid point Of observation can b
found. Everywhere else the line Of iotalit,
passes over the OCEAN. The United State
sends an cXptdili IN to one of these points
Caroline Island, cons sting Of certain scieu
tilic gentlemen and Me Inevitable navy lieu
tenant, and Britain sends photographic!
party in their company.
The number Of newspapers now puLlishe
in Great Britain and Ireland is 1862, OF whic
1880 are published in England alone, Iondo
claiming 31G Of them. In Wales there al
- papers. in Scotland lj4, in Ireland l52
the Isles 81. The daily papers are thus di
tributed: l21 in England, four in Vale.
% in Scotland ski, en- in Ireland and two
the Isles. In 1916 the number of ucwspi
pcrs in Great Britain and Ireland was onl
55l, or about oue-fourth the number nov
and only fourteen of them were dailies III
magazines nov in existence, including ii
quartcrlies, number 1871, of which 1896 hav
a decidedly religious character.
The Government agcn, in Rajpootana, Ii
dia, reports that a case of "suttee' has o.
Cured OF Utama, notwithstanding the strir
gent prohibitions issue by the English al
ihoi;es AGAINST this cruel practice. I'll
| IA ia. ttf.
neral pyrc was the wife Of Sham Sing, Il
shek of the villagr. All persons concernc
in aiding in the execution Of the fatal ri
were taken into custody, and have been pro
ccutcd. The brothers aud sons Of the d.
ceased sheik have been sent TO prison fl
seven years. All of the other guilty partic
, pants have been sentenced TO imprisonme
for thrcc years.
Comptroller kLox rays that the passage
the act reducing internal revenue taxatio
relieves the national and State banks and Il
private bankers from n tax on the average
' about - 900, 900 month. The amount
tax collected from tho rational banks
r capital and deposits during the last iisc
year, was So, $50, 702, of which S431 IA on
was upon capital, the remainder being upt
, deposits. The lax upon State banks al
: private bankers was -, 240, l72, of which
: little more than one-tfh was upon oapit'
a The total tax collected upon deposits al
capital upon all classes of banks during 4
last fiscal year was Sll, 20S,s75. The amou
! annually collcctGl from the two-ccnt che,
c stamp is about $4,000, coo, and the act l
n pcaling the use Of these stamps takes cffc
=. on the LIST Of july next.
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