Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

Old Peter, well digger, living in Talbot
tom, Ca, was hired last week TO clean out
| o well. When he came out of the well IL
tho evening twas noticed that his jet black
hair had changed its color from black to a
bright yellow or golden shade.
An average of $500, 900 in mutilated cur
| rency is received weekly Mt the sub-treasury
/ in New York for redemption. Judging by
| the character of the small bills in circula-
ton the amount ought to be four times as
| great.
1T is estimated that the regular insurance
companies Of the United States will dis
| burse during 1890 the sum of SS3, 900, 900 in
| death, endowment and dividend claims. II
is an average of 81 600 for every minute in
the yes.
POSTAGE stamp dealers are in all large
cities OIL the earth. j. B. Mocus, of Brus-
sells, Belgium, is acknowledged to be the
| leading dealer and philatellst Of the day
| lie hos an immense establishment in the
| Galerie Borticre of the Arcade Madelaine
and his investment in the business must
be upward of a million francs.
In water telephone recently patented
in England the apparatus employed for the
collection of sound transmitted through
water between ships has been improved by
constructing the apparatus so that any
! pressure caused by the increased density of
the water has no effect upon it.
OF the q ,422 men and 3,555 women under
! the supervision Of the prison division of
| the Prussian ministry Of justice, II $50
! men and Zig women are employed by
| manufacturers under contract with the
prison authorities. Their average daily
wages are about nine cents each
Since the order went forth that all dogs
in England should be muzzled in conse-
| Quence of many outbreaks of rabies the
number Of cases of the disorder reported
has fallen from eghty-one in the last quar-
ter of 1889 to thirty-nne in the first quarter
OF the present year, and the decrease is
still going on.
The shawl dress, which was popular
twenty years ago, is once more in vogue;
the fashion is so old IS to be novelty. per
haps, to the present generation. This
dress is made, as its name implies of a
shawl Or OF shawls of the soft checked or
plaid wooden sort, fringed at the edge
The regular running Of trains between
Baku and Tihis on the Trauscaucasian
line was stopped for over an hour on May
- because immense masses Of locusts coy
cred the tracks. a large gang of laborers
was required to clear the way Now there
is a sweeping machine attached to each
train.
The imperial medical council is now at
work on plan for the practice Of dentistry
ii is proposed not to allow any person to
practice as dentist unless he Possesses a
thorough medical education and is grad
Uate of the sixth class Of a gymnasium.
The sixth is the highest class but one in
Russian high schools.
Architects find peculiar difficulty with
plans drawn to scale upon oiled tracing
paper. This paper is peculiarly sensitive
TO atmospheric changes, and a plan drawn
to scale at night will be found next day
enlarged or contracted according to the
condition Of the atmosphere. The change
IS often sufficient to make the plans un-
trustworthy.
The friction Of millions of shoes has
worn the original smoothness from ;he
flooring Of the Brooklyn bridge promenade.
The boards Of which the walk is made are
of Virginia pine and from their thickness
We're calculated to wear for many moro
years than their present condition would
indicate.
There are over 700 newspapers in Kansas
OF these - are Heralds, II Republicans, $,
News. 3G Times 50 Democrats, 81 Journals
20 Tribunes, l6 Sentinels, Is Gazettes, II
Enterprises 10 Registers, II Records, II
Stars, 10 Suns, 10 Couricrs, 10 Grapuics s
Independents, s Advocates Eagles : Dis
patches, Free Presses. Headlights. q
Messengers, 5 Globes, . Kansans, . Capitals
and Reflector.