Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-13
FOREIGN NOTES.

.consuls.
The land area Of the United states is
900. 947, 200 acres. The area of Great Bit
ain and Ireland Is 77,671 ,319.
An English railway locomotive haV an
average life of fifteen years, and An earn
ing capacity of 5000, COO.
Conscience money received yearly by
the chancellor of the excheQuer in Eng
land IN default Of unpaid taxes averages
$50. 600.
London has purchased Hatrault Forest
for a new park. In 1851 about 1nn.N~ trees
were felled here, but there is a new
of 10000.
The use or corored papers for house
decoration. which was scarcely known
in China until quite recently, 1t now
becoming general.
or every 1000 females ovet Is years old,
497 are unmarried in ireland, 500 in Eng
land. and only 40 in india, whore child
marriages are still in vogue.
Japan's famine Is ended. 4 total OF
$50. 600 gold has been used. and more
than half a million people wer" assisted.
The United States contributed sG2n.nN.
The consumption of wine averages only
three pints a year a head of the popula-
ton of Great Britain. 1t has decreased
nearly 50 per cent. in the last six years.
The lis square miles of I.ondo are
lighted by 1914 electric arc lights. 1.lst
electric ~incandescent lights, 5000 incah-
descent gas lamps. and 1s,2iS hat-hame
gas burners.
The cable connecting Cadi. with Ten
.eriffe has become useless. ana Spain IL
.hesitating as to whether it be more a1-
.visable to lay a new one or to rely on
the wireless system.
That discussed railway tunnels need not
he a drug in the nlarko. is evidenced by
the extensive and highly successful cul-
lture of mushrooms carried on in one Of
those somber passages in the vicinity o.
Edinburgh.
II Is a popularity of Russian railways
that their stations are generally two miles
distant from the smaller towns ard vii
lagos which they serve. This is said 30
be on account of the LANCER of fire the
housesA in small places generally being
matched with straw.
A Japanese laundryrnan composed this
advertisement: "Contrary to our OPP
posite company, We will most cleanly and
carefully wash our customers with posi-
bic cheap price as follows: Ladies two
dollars per hundred: gentlemen one and
a half dollars per hundred"
In Belgium all COWS over three months
old are to be seen wearing earrings.
Breeders are obliged to keep a record Of
all cattle raised by them. and each animal
has a registered trade number, which is
engraved on the ring fastened to its ear.
1t is pointed out that. including the
cost of gas. carriage and incidentals, each
balloon ascent costs its owner not much
under $50. Evidently, AIRY and Arriet'
Will yearn for a day trip in the Sky for
some time to come. A fortnight at Mar
gate comes heaper.-London Globe.
Both men and women in Lapland dress
precisely alike. They wear tunics belted
loosely at the waist. tight breaches.
wrinkled leather stockings, and pointed
shoes; their whole appearance. in short.
is Identical, at least TO the casual OBJ
server.
Norwcgians nav a primitive way of
breaking up old, WORKOUT wooden ships.
They taxi them to exposed rocky parts
Of the coast. and. after anchor!ng them,
leave the breakers Of the next storm to
smash them to pieces. After the storm
the floating fragments are picked up and
sold for frewood.
BY a police order now in operatior in
Paris laundries must disinfec. all gar
ments as soon as they are received.
must he conveyed to the laundries
in Theoretically sealed bags and, on their
arrival. be scalded In an antiseptl, solu-
ton. The work people are TO wear special
clothes, which also are to be disinfected.
Under the new constitution the Trans
.vaal is to have a bilingual Legislature.
English or Dutch may be spoken. In
Canada a member Of Parliament may ad-
dress the House in English or French, end
it was only the other day that Mr.. Bou-
.rassa attacked Sir Wilfrid Laurier for re-
plying in English to a speech of his in
French. In New Zealand the Maori Or
native member have the right of speak
ing in their own language, their speeches
being translated sentence after sentence
by an official interpreter.
In Kabakon, a small island in the Bis
marck archipelago in the south seas, may
be seen two German professors, eating
only cocoanuts and clad only in loin
cloths. The founder of this simple life
colony is Professor Engleheart. of Munich
and Erlangen universities. A chronic
Invalid from his childhood. he determined
to try the fruit cure, After various ex-
periments he decided that European fruits
were not the best and went to Ceylon and
finally to Kabakon. He was Joined ff-
teen months ago by his companion, DIR. A.
Bethmann.
While playing In the grounds OF a
Dutch church at Kroonstad, South Africa.
two Boer children made an interesting
discovery. with small spades they We're
digging a hole. and Just below the sur
face several gold coins were unearthed.
They continued to dig, gradually adding
to their precious store. The youngsters
soon had n pile of English gold sover-
eigns. The sexton then Joined the search,
The value of the nearly 5000 In gold and
silver coins was brought to light. During
the war the church was used as a hos
| pital and for housing refugees, and II is
urmise thai the treasure must have
been buried by some one who Is now
dead.
A bullet tka hits the mark but does
not kill has Just been invented by DR..
Deirliers of Paris. The details OF It's con-
struction are not mentioned. but 1t Is