Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-15
FOREIGN NOTES

FOREIGN NOTES.
Japan now has 40G1 miles of railway, of
which the government owns go miles.
Nearly 1000 miles more are already pro-
iccted.
Practically all the towns, villages. and
plantations in western Guatemala were de-
stroyed in the recent earthquake.
An English writer calculates that Ameri-
cans arc investing an annual sum of $3.50
o0o, 600 in Europe, mostly in English securi-
ties.
The mean annual temperature In the
shade. Of the City of Mexico for the period
Of % years past has been 500 degrees Fan
renhei.
Berlin has to provide for $3.50 paupcr
lnnatics, among whom are n number of
eX-govcrnment officials, actors, al lists and
musicians.
ARA ngements are being made to pro-
vide for at least 10000 visitors to Madrid
on the occasion of the young King Alton
| SOS coronation.
The latest astronomical photograph, pre-
pared by the joint exortions of the obser-
vatories of London, Berlin and Paris
shows $4,000 stars.
Salmon frozen in Oregon and shipped to
the cities of Germany can be bought there
Tor IS cents a pound, while German salmon
costs Sis a pound.
Only $40 cabs now ply for hire in Liver
pool. Ten years ago the number was $50
Electric tramway competition is partly re
sponsible for the decrease.
An old bcggar of so known as pere Cir
Office. died in Paris recently. After hi
death 5000 was found in an old pocket
book sewn into the lining of his coat.
/ Gerariums, oX-eye daisies and lobelias
! forming combination of the three nation
al coiors, are in great demand just nov II
London for balcony and window gardens
/ All the new trains on the General Lon
don Railway are to be of iircproof con
struction, steel and asbestos being large
used. Other precautions for the safety u
passengers are being taken.
i London cortemplates introducing tn
i american system of postal tubes an,
laims that America has perfected a sys
ten introduced many years ago in LondoI
and abandoned.
Grasshoppers have become so numerou
ut E,lvas. Portugal, that the farmo RS in tn
district have sent to Lisbon asking tina
400 soldiers should be sent to help them il
oxterminating the pest.
The first Tagalog English and English
Tagalog dictionary has just been com
pleted 1t is the work of DR.. Stemple o
New York who worked on a Tagaloe
grammar before our war with Spain.
The oldest piece of writing in the Wort,
is on a fragment OF vase found in Nip
pur. 1t is an inscription in picture writing
and dates 400 years before Christ. III,
University of Pennsylvania has secured it
i When the London county council ha'
got it's embankment tramway schcm,
through Parliament it will bring out a nov
scheme, upon which it is equally koen-fo
tramw3ys over Blackfriars and Waterloo
bridges.
The Greek Archaeological committee ha
decided to restore the Erechtheion. TIT
greater part OF the famous ruin on tn,
ACrOpolis is still standing. and the frag
nents nee esaary for its complete recon
strp"tion are all lying around
Bolivia produces one-twelfth of til,
worlds tin, and is rich in copper and pa
| Ger gold Vet it has only POO miles of rail
lroad for its $4,000 square miles of terri
tory. The almost entire lack of transpor
tatiOn facilities has kept back it's develop
ment.
The negroes from the Tusliegec institute
who were engaged In 1900 by the Germa
. government to teach the natives of Togo
land, German West Africa. how to gov
cotton. have succeeded in producing cot
ton which is graded above American mid
ding.
4 In the Dolomite Mountains three WON
. lost their way in Il snow storm and Ncr
, found frozen together in a stonrlike group
They had to be laid in a sledge togeth"
, anG dragged into the valley and thawed ii
i. front of a great fire before they could It
separated for burial.
The death occurred on April 81. at GroiH
of Prince Henry NXII, reigning chief o
. the principality of Reuss. He had TIN
: one distinction of being in unbroken sue
cession the chief of one of the mobiles
families in Germany. He is succeeded b.
his son, Prince Henry.
Tarantulas are now bred In Australia 70
their webs, the tilaments of which ar
made into thread for balloons. Each taran
tula Yields from twenty to forty yard
Of filament, of which eight twisted to
gether form single thread of sufficicn
stoutness and it is much lighter than SIX
A man in Warsaw has perfected a sub
!, stitute for horseshoes in the form of gol
oshes. Several examples OF horses shod II
the new style have been seen of late OF
the streets of Warsaw, and the onl.
drawback to the invention is the expense
, four goloshes costing so, and only lasting
about three months.
No other kingdom in the world has s.
/ magnificent collection of state vehicle
as Spain. They contain priceless pane
paintings by Rubens and all the grca
Spanish artists; they are decorated wit
precious metals, exquisitely chased, ant
are llulu WIN tOTtOlSe SHell ana raf
woods brought from the most inaccessbl
parts Of the globe.
, If there is any truth in the report TIA
{ the revolutionary spirit is gaining groun
I among the Cars soldiers, the day Of re
5 forms il closer than is generally believed
5 The open revolt of the so-called intellect
uals, the disaHection among workmen, tn
Y sullen opposition of the peasants and Ie
/ bellion in the army are conditions whic
r no government can long withstand.-Buf
3 falo Express
r The White Star line thinks itself stron
= enough to do battle with the ancient SUP
t erstition and to institute Friday sailing
G for its vessels. The Cymric, which sale
a for New York on Friday, will he followe
= by other ships on alternate Fridays. Ea
, pcrience will probably show that the oil
d superstition Ia not so strong as has bee
4 supposed either among sailors or passer
I gers.-Boston Journal.
y A provincial newspaper appeared almoS
> entirely blank recently to illustrate by
: drastic example the difficulties which tn
Il censorship places In the path of the pres
in Russia. In some cases the censor omi
: ted to blue pencil the title or the signatur
= of an article, and the editor printed every
: thing that was left The minister of tn