Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-01
FOREIGN NOTES.


The wars Of Europe, from lo53 70 1856, cost
the lives of l.748,49l men.
In France there is israeH,e TO 80 OF tie
population in Engiani, 20 7-s; aud IN Aus
tris TO 81
Nearly 1000 buoys are moorei round the coast
Of England and in the channel. Of its chief
rivers
spiritualism is called Sc spiri,isn 80 in AusTa-
LA, and it has newspaper organ called Tie
Gi0r,rorm.
At Nentone. IA the Mediterranean, no .1vi3i-
Gus social directions exist among the poor Men
snd women alike dig the GROUND for thirty cents
day.
The Paris reporters arc 70 have uniform
dress, and silver badge with the name Of their
paper fastened to their can.
In France there are ] 10000 workers ia silk,
metal aud wood, WHO insist on protective laws
and there are l3,000,000 arrieu .5urist-. among
whom are large proportion Of we grower.
who desire free trade Only.
A London coroner at a recent ilIues, dscisrrd
that downright iutemperancs was one Of the
common and besotting vices of English ladies @.
the higher class. lie knew, Pee said, numherless
instances whore these ladies le-a- sat down 8,
diner until they had brought themselves 5o p .
stste Of simost inabrie.y.
The river O1us once flowed iujo tie Caspian
sea, instead Of the sea Of ara. 81 il nov does,
and It is proposed by Russian engineers 70 turn
the river back to its original course, thereby So
curing means Of water Communication from tbe
Caspisn Sea into the hesrt Of asis. The scheme
if successful. viii be of the creates military al
vantage to Russia
In order 20 give the officers Of the Prussisn
Laaa,eeLr opportunity TO acquire general
knowledge Of navigation, they Will in future he
permitted, at their request. TO be present al tie
evolutions Of the federal navy, and to take par
in the expeditions and voyages Of ren-of-rar,
as far as can be done without injury 10 The pub
lie service.
The European railroads go over sixty-tvo
thousand bridges, great and small, and pass
through more than g hundred and fifty miles Of
tunnels Eighteen thousand locomotives are
continually running on these lines, AMI these J
travel distance Of two hundred and seventy
six million English miles anuusuy
One result Of the system Of attaching the ,
names Of the writer's TO the articles in the French
press is an increase in the corceit Of thiri-rate
meu. ! young fellow begins his literary |
career with attacking people, then with sighting f
4 duel or two, and at last bis portrait is in the
shop windows Having achieved this much, lie ;
Is " in the ring ana his contemporaries ez- n
'hange pufs with him. Importance is thus ,
given to very unimportant personages. y
The class in France who look to instruction p
Is the means Of bringing the republic, consti- I
ute but tithe of the republicans. The mem i
'ers for Paris, with the exception Of Theirs. are
or a republic, but 20. one Of them processes to
hink it can be gained by .hting ia the streets.
sochefort was d thorn in their sides. The En- C.
,eror, his friends declare, is determined to test
he working of tue constitutional system. but Il
ookers-on feel there Is character Of unre- >,
lily about all that is beng done in the govern Of
nent circles at Paris. Things have no look.
hey say, Of stability about them n
Official statistics on the state Of education =,
mong the conssript= for the Prussian army o,
how that 3.9i per cent are withou; school-eiu- e.
alton and can neither read nor write. The per ~
entsge varies greatly in the different provinces. ca
he statistics show the former Polish provinces b,
D be the most ignorant the district Of Pots "
an the least 50 ; while in the city Of Berlin :.
OF single case Of such ignorance is noted. az
he percentage is least in the German provinces or
ordering on the Rhine It is remarkable that ~ 81
lie north and east departments Of France show
lie smallest number Of conscript, unable to read co
write, namely, 3 per cent, while the rest Of IN
rance has a much higher ire,entage. lllc
\ curious case is under the investigation Of thu
e Master OF the Rolls 10 Chaucery Lane. in -. .ei
,ndOn. IN 1852, the Wes; New Jersey So 81,
,ty was established n London, fer acquiring rr'
ads in British North America, and for trade y"
d other purposes, for the benefit Of the pro os,
etors and members Certain tracts OF land a.
nated in Pennsylvania, and il East and West iD1e
y jersey, were purchased and conveyed for f..
use and benefit Of the society. One Of the cob
nbers was John Love. al O. the 25h Of me
y, 1888. he executed transfer to M-.
wks. The society still exists for the purpose
stisfying clsins, and !; holds between 1900
$4,000 as representing the value Of the -s5
shares in question. a bill has been filed, cut
inquiries have been directed by the Master 2is'
be Rolls as to vino are Mr.. Ff5Eks' next Of .5,'
There are already many claimants. Sun