Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-22
FOREIGN NOTES.


of marvellous thlnness.
A new car coupling is being tried OF a
German railway. 1t lessons the space b .
tween the cars to rs inches
Vaccination is now obligatory IN Franz.
within the first year from birth, and must
he followed by revaccination ut the ages of
il and u.
For the last 30 years a swarm of beo4
has regularly made its hive in an image Of
Christ erected by the roadside at Villamc..
Brittany.
Salmon frozen in Oregon and shippod -
the cities of Germany can bc bought thore
for - cents a pound, while German salmon
costs sl.25 a pound.
New Zealand is to contribute 5000 to-
ward the equipment Of the Morning. The
relief ship for the Antarctic eXpoditi,u on
board the Discovery.
The town of Loanhead. in Midlothian.
Scotland. has refused to adopt the librartc.
acts. and consequently loses Mr.. Carr..
GIGS gift of GI2,O0o.
Bandsman William Rutle1ge Of IT,,
northumberland Fusilevrs. whose hei-ht
Is 30 inches. is said to be the smallest ~ IL
flier in the British army.
Accurate aim with tho guns Of tho o.
French cruiser Jeanne dare has l.. n
found Impossible. owing to the excossi
vibration Of the vessels hull
New Zealand hopes in IL months time
TO be able to spply its state railways with
coal from government mines near Grey
mouth, South Island.
The work of widening London bridge has
commenced. When completed the width
of the bridge will he 7s feet, or Il lect
wider than that Of the present time
The Royal society of Great Britain has
announced a new determination of the heat
of the sun. 1t is made by Prof. Charles
Wilson, who places it at 11192 degrees
The aborigines of the Malabar islands
employ perfect whistling language by
means of which they can communicate
with one another over long distances from
hill to hill.
An English writer calls attention to the
fact that more lives are sacrificed each
year on the railway than the total casualty
list of the eight biggest battles in the Bocr
war.
Switzerland is, population considered. the
greatest exporting country in the world.
not even England being excepted, and its
exports are almost exclusively manufac-
| tured articles.
| King Alexander OF Servia has created a
new decoration called the Medal OF the
Queen Draga. 1t Is to be bestowed upon
women who have rendered service to the
present dynasty.
!
the construction of an overland wire from
! India to Teheran, in order to relieve tn
Jask cable and serve as feeder for II.
lndo- European line.
A British chdrens paradise has disap
peared in the Lowther Arcade, which has
been torn down to make way for I'll"
EStrand Improvements. For seventy years
its toy shops attracted young England.
Among the 5000 Welsh speaking rel
| a
foot to hold a great Eisteddfod and CIR
sedd of the Bards on Primrose Hill -
some other eminence near the metropolis
on June %.
The East End Of London, dsapront Il
AT not being included in the royal process
sion. is organizing n monster petition 20
their majestes praying for royal visit
shortly after the coronation. The promo
ters anticipate a million signatures.
The London rostoffice authorities have
decided tn push forward the construction
of an underground telegraph wire from
London to Scotland. An underground ca
BILE to Birmingham is now in operation
and this line is to be continued northward.
! Bank notes for about half a cent each
circulate freely in Paraguay. 1t takes two
notes to get ones boots hlacked and clGh-
to pay the postage of a letter To England.
Yet one of them will buy in season tifte..l
oranges, three bananas or 4 watermelon.
Glasgow University shows an increa.se o.
1856 students over last year, Edinburgh a.
/ To-, St. Andrews of 26. while at Aherd.
there is decrease of 10. 1t is impossi,l,
to make out yet what influence Mr., CO..
negie's gift has had on these numbers.
At the present time many valuable spe-
cies of biz game in South Africa ar,
threatened with extinction. 1t is proposed
to establish regulations for their preser-
v ion and it is suggested that camps
should be set apart for the purpose Of
| breeding certain species in order that the ,
country may be restocked with game.
A journal in Viadvostock states that
the KussianiznS of the Chinese has ali
| ready begun. The Cinese dealers and mcr-
cants in ort Arthur Chaborovsk. Nladi-
vostock and other towns make Il great
point of adding to their family names i
Russian ending. beside aping the Russian
dress and manners.
The salvage action by owners of the VIII
liam CHI of the Leyland Line against the
owners of the Etruria Of the Cunard Line,
before Justice Barnes in England, recent
ly. resulted in an award of $4,000, of which
81, 900 went to the owners of the William
GIN. $4,000 to her master and $500 to the
crew.
Tho Persians have an ordnance factory
at Tchcran under the charge Of German
officers which turns out excellent work.
German machinery is used, by means #
which 90 Cvn to '0o.p1 Mauser cartIidc
may be produced daily. Factories are asa
to lie established shortly for the mauulaC-
ture of side arms.
Orsa, Sweden. has in course Of a geucr-
alton sold s5750 ofc worth of trees and by
means of judicious replanung has provided
for similar income every thirty or forty
years. In consequence of this commercial
wealth there are no taxes. Railways ami