Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07

New Zealand crown lands are now
disposed of for 900 years.

| fewer ;nan 10 distinct Elves"
E..lct i..r year 1900 England has suf-
fered from 81 famines, Ireland from "a
Scotland has had ~, France 10 and
I,uly oj.
Forgetting at Sligo. Ireland, results
In one Of the county magistrates not
being able to buy bread inside radius
Of - miles.
At one English workhouse a grateful
inmate is occupying his time in carving
beautiful stone font for the work
house chapel.
The British union jack has unfolded
itself, so to speak, over two acres Of
new territory every time the clock has
licked since 1900.
Almost exactly half the coal exported
from Great Britain in the last six
months went to the four countries
France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
The mayor of New York to be chosen
In November will serve for two years
only. He will have the power Of re-
moval during the whole of that period.
W AHC ia SdAduA IuClc NClC III Duhh
ing defaults during the first half Of
1901, In the United States there were
Is. with liabilities Of nearly $4,000, 600.
On a big White Star liner, say the
Oceanic, the meat carried in the cold
storage chamber for the voyage Of six
days is 10000 pounds, to say nothing
of 1900 head of poultry
The population Of the municipal area
of Dublin, including the independent
townships, is returned as 347, 1O4. and
Belfast is 31S,965, which gives the
northern city clear majority Of 1851.
A new kind of sealing wax has been
produced on the continent. 1t is con-
tanned in. a glass tube, and when re-
CURED for use it is sufficient to warm
the cylinder in order to make the wax
flow.
Details are published in Belfast of a
beg fire of gigantic proportions on the
borders of Counties Derry and Tyrone.
A large number Of farmers have in con-
sequence lost their whole winter fuel
supply.
Bears eyebrows. being stiff and ex-
actly the right shade, are used in a
newly invented fly that is killing guam
titles of salmon this year. These eye
brows come from the IIimalayan
brown bear and cost about $50 per
set.
Yarmouth's last trawlers have been
cnl1 al for oil M
having driven them out of business.
Yarmouth for century was the center
of the English North sea fishing indus
try, and its fishing feet numbered over
400 vessels.
In Leipsic the tram cars are furnished
with some weekly journal and leatlet
giving particulars of theatrical and mu-
sic hall performances. The reading
matter hangs on hook at one end Of
the car, and passengers may take it to
their seats for perusal.
On the banks of the Purus. in South
America, dwells peculiar tribe of peo
pie who are spotted in queer manner.
All members Of the tribe are similar in
this respect, men, women and children
being notified black and white. They
live almost entirely on fish.
At recent auction sale in Paris of
letters, including some by
Napoleon |. BalZac. DelncroiX. Gambet
ia. Malibran and other famous persons,
tie highest price 400 francs. was given
for letter by Mozart. written partly
in German. partly in Italian.
1t las been positively ascertained by
expert chemical analysis that rice con-
tains more nutritive clements than any
other grain. 1t will sustain life better
and longer than any other cereal, Il
fact well known throughout the east
ern countries from time immemorial.
The systematic examination of more
than 10000 pairs of human ears in
and France has resulted in
some interesting conclusions. For one
thing. it is ascertained that the ear
continues to grow in the later decades
of life; in fact. 1t appears never to stop
growing until death.
The manuscript Of an appeal for
funds for Dartmouth college. dated
1871, has just been given that college
by the estate of Miss Hopkins Of
Mass. 1t is signed by
Washington T. Lincoln. Livingston.
William Moore, Robert Morris and
other historical persons.
A musty diary in which for ten years
David Sewall, register Of probate of
York county. Me-, recorded memoran-
da Of his daily life has been discovered
In the courthouse archives at Alfred.
Judge Sewall was appointed by Presi-
dent Washington Judge Of the district |
court Of Massachusetts.
The board of ordnance has adopted |
new magazine pistol which fires ZIG
shots minute as against 40 fired by |
the best Colt revolver, which has been |
up to the present time the standard
weapon Of the army. The new pistol !
Is also said to fire far more accurately
than the Colt. 1t costs, however, SIS
when bought in lots of 1000.
England is initiating the pension sys-