Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-18
WINOOSKI SAVINGS BANK
FOREIGN NOTES.

The white population Of Salmon River
Valley, British Columbia, has decided to
resist by force the introduction Of jap
anese and Chinese labor.
For the purpose of European colonial
ton, land settlement company will
shortly be formed by the British South
African company TO take over large tracts
in Southern Rhodesia.
A German periodical. the Gartenlaube.
offers three prizes for the hest answers to
the question: which is becoming more and
more serious to mothers. "How can
marry off my daughters?"
Strenuous efforts are being made in
Paris to simplify the photography of the
French language, but some of the au-
thorities. notably Francois Coppee. are
bitterly opposed to all changes suggested.
Nearly onc-half of the 2.oil clubs in
England are golf clubs. OF the go So
cal clubs in London &c are for women
alone and SIX others admit women. The
largest women's club has 800 members.
A distinguished German expert in
school hygiene. Dr. Schmidt Monnard of
Halle. has found the number of sick
among the children attending morning
and afternoon sessions by one-half greater
than among children who attended ses.
sons in the forenoon only.
! The X ray operators in the London
hospital used to be injured occasionally
by the rays. but nothing fresh has hap
pened since the introduction of the Y
| ray shields a year ago. These shields
are made Of thick gass containing a high
percentage OF lead
| The Hygienic Institute Of Breslau il
making war on mosquitoes. Municipal
experts will destroy the mosquitoes which
pass the winter in the cellars and base
ments Of houses. Malachite green is to
be used for destroying the larvae in
ponds.
At meeting of the Amalganlated So
cicty of Tailors, in London. a member
stated that she knew OF woman who
had made a cloth skirt-plaited. tabled.
trimmed with bands and buttons-for Cd =.
the said skirt being ticketed in the shop
window, Tho Best English Tailor-made.
A house lease produced in a Montreal
court recently had clause prohibiting
the tenant from having relatives to visit
him and also forbidding dancing. The
judge refused to grant an ejectment for
breach of such a contract.
| Swordsmanshp in one or other OF its
l former is maxim marked progress in Eng
Hand. New sales d'armes are being open
ed. and fresh clubs formed year by year
in London and the provinces. and inter-
national matches have been arranged in
which the English teams have at least
borne themselves we'll.
Certain French astronomers have re-
Gently come to the conclusion that the
lsoldification of the moon extends from
the surface to the centre. and not. as the
American scientists think, from the cen.
tire to the periphery. This view would
modify various existing theories. Their
lconclusion is drawn from the examination
of photographs executed at the observa.
tory for reproduction in the new lunar
atlas.
A university professor. wishing to study
1.-THE tramp question during a summer tour
Through England. interviewed 1000 wan
Idering beggars. whom he questioned as &c
why they did not support themselves by
work. Six hundred and iifty-three sait
Ithey were willing to work, but could mo-
Iobtain employment: 445 gave vague, un
Unsatisfactory answers: 301 expressed thu
Iopinion that no ono ought to be obiget
Ito work, but IL some fools did so the!
1.-the vagrants) considered they were jus
ltified in living on them; 407. according Il
Their own statement. were proceeding 4
procure work at certain far-oH localities
land the remaining 1874. having expecta
tions. were living in hope until their re
llations should die and leave them money