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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30


IHr GREAT rmEs s canada. - IEEEHLl
ScsNfs-A party ot gentlemen belonging tl
Sew oTa and Chicago, have just returned trom
O. usla-irow Che vast district winch WIS re-
Gently bur-t. They cnaauu terei terrible o1-
deal o; fire ana smoke, aui were almost tmish-
g', barely escaping Wita thei.- lives. They tugH-
isa tie following account o. tle terrible conc
migration
Ater having made long journey ia carrie
ages, viewing certain lands 10 which we were
interested, 49, drew le4r 10 what seemed 90 De f.
large village ou lfa- As the ni-lt atEau-eI Tie
glow aai glare grew brighter, until at last lts
intensity "aruci Us that au extensive canisrrl-
ZION was ln prog We continued on toward
t. foUe7t-, wholly urc9r-cioas 20. tine grctt jar
ger into Wnlch Wc were gong. ooaua great tlsh
iii up the road from behind US. We looked tacz
.a. were surprise al the sight = l3w moor
between The forests peih-ps ten mics 10 ".4ili
covered with dry grass, was ID a blaze, AMI tac
IRE Tying 7"liJe1 l-ih % locomotive AT me
same time the Plrl changed ana the a'f- winch
Aai teen growing noI- became almost uulelfa-
N.e- 4 Els- o+ |lLI Dit-eHt c-au4s or c.i-ei-
that dropped ahout u.s. iht horses ucm..ci
all ueishei WIN lilEh'' anu ~ lAe Lo' c.hlti-
struck men, 'hey Dti'-ie almost unso'eil '".1.
i-e t-''H 'a.e 'l 'e 'ts1 "4'- -4'-l'..' '-.i 4
'ne hta' came F.iIhA past 'iI .-ce' IKE 'E5
gao" from % l"fS>. Vur eye aeneI ana 'Hisrted
WIN the sA. -r ana t'-'- several hiAts our
c-ainii- ctu-'. it' l'.iN .i7 4-.iinS ee"-s- 'o"
We were hei''1ei 'N G." iAite s.les iy tu' nIe
hend, ana The only aVen-e Oh escape vis the
road "ongsiie tHe &c uI7' 'i tIee"' ".t'e me
flames mad mot YET re'cneA- b3FL Jnls io-i
cur horses Wen 80 % rapid rate.
AZ lasi "e cane % a ofiige. a44 re'Ae. d9"h
a. 'i1 sIt'td' "'p- " 10 Ea'A'' 7---e Ie'ei oy
p-u"ging in tle va er, Tor cur @ssh SEQ intd
roasting We dashe,, in' 'Ae h'lses ne.Shing
and pt"li+ up -o tltI udtAs ID 'ie Htel-s. iiI-
10 seemed Dny li0iAt %. "sioie al 'Aa c'lii,IJ
was sAdGeu.y s-te'eI iH name our 'o'N N8s
cut cl' ana ont AAIro " a'it'iA o' i!i@ish iAi.i
was uee rom '-e nan es' .e @'-nioAei 'Ne
horses TO 'H-f liIe ana ia9Ael o'tT 'ie s"ahi,
AT lenElH' A'"e'er' cane 10 o-y Ei'Lh'
Nhete 'ne A'e Ai1 FL '' '-iy' anu e'-
'scA'4eu' ~ 8 i-1fS W lo'''' 1'u'.
anu SOU a. "'S "Su' Oi,Ne 10 an oYeli1s
FueIe q ''i -N ''oIs0 n'' 'i1'e "'s '-'
sPec'"ce' at Sle 7'i'o ol '-i.e VIZ ' -'- o-l o."
s''uA,'oH- ~ 49, 20 ---. ~ ~ ~
sl0u''ei '.,.- ..--l
l'y 0''. 81, -.-i -
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-, .'n ,,,a-o.t ..,3 ,,s I,.l L.
iHe w ,7as,;,.,- -. nj
~ '-' -, So, r.,,t. 80, ,,,.r
- - -. -, :, an, tt, 20
rs ~ 80 - e.. s.o,e ,c,-,-ls ,bs
We moved away from tH' sceNe VNAfiS Tue
p nyIse "a" "e uo.b -
WIN q "aoe iu - -
-.l..- 20 ,,c 49,, ,.,,,
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The Rhine-Guard


.-f-t-. thunder calls tbs brs,e.
Atl-..rs.'. e.! sword and suuHa - a We;
/" ~ '.t biinr Iie Rhine, tar iier-I4H sAi.c.
49, now u + ruart the utc-'- lul.
" r..hsrIauc. no ear ne fti G.:
III. ,.au..s 4.y guard ai'v- tHc shine
,bsB5red rhoas al1 hearts leAJ li-H.
i,. answer flames from evers ryr.
f.s German youth devoted stand
IL shield the holy border laui.
Dear Fatherlsnd, no fear be thine:
Firm stands thy guard along the khinc.
And though my heart in death he dumb,
Still thou shalt not a Frank become
Rich, as in water thy fair nood,
.. Germany in hero-5lood.
Dear Fatherland, No fear be thine:
FIRM stands thy guard along the Rhine
lie sees above INN Heavens blue dome.
Whence souls Of heroes watch their home,
And VOWS, with battles pride possessed.
BE German, Rhine as Is ny breast.
Dear Fatherland, no fsa- he thine
Firm stands thy SUart a.ong the Rhile.
So long as blood shall warn our veins,
While for she sword one hand remains,
One arm to bear q GuE,--no more
Shall foot 90 flcuan tread thy sh0-e
Dear fatheriaud. 10 fear he thine
Firm stands thy guard along the hhlLe.
The oath resounds, the wave rolls by,
The banners wave, advanced on high
To the Ri ne, the Rhine, the Germ2u hllle-
We aid will guard the rivers line.
Dear F4therlaG3, d. fear 1e thine
FIRM stands thy guard along the HAi-e.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

How Liquor SELLER WAS ADVERTISED By
TEMPERANCE Folks. "A Boston gentleman
spending week in one OF our country towns
could hnd no place where liquor was sold He
became quite uneasy, and inquired particularly
Of his landlord, whether Temperance meetings
were ever held about there. The answer wac
" One Is 70 be held in the town hall tonight" ;"
Vending his way thither. cur friend soon heard
speaker exult that no liquor was sold in the
town, although there was a suspicion that the
village barber secretly supplied his customers.
This was tie hint waited for, snl soon the wants
OF the city gentleman were supplied. much to
his JOY, and with thanks to the ardent temper
Hnee al ertiser.- C0ngregaii0aalia.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

EvESTFyL CAREER OF A R0CCE. The ub-
qu.tlus Yankee has been sally i..ust-g-ci in in-
career Of a wicked yaga7oni. ss related IN de-
tai! in tie New York POST he Eas hfua-
some man from a New Yo-k village. poor but ns
Yet respectable lie frst mals an Impression
upon the heart Of a young hiy 70 hr7 own
Safe. AMI vas shout b marry her. when paps.
having nis suspicious aroused. broke on t11
match Mex be ven; 20 Neg TORS. engaged m
some business. got married. mate his way b.
his manners and personal appearance srd iorg-
ing some title deeds 70 Virginia estate, and
borrowing a sum q money upoa them, decAmp-
ei in disgrace T1er. changing his name. he
exoloitel Inn!o7 Slon bis wife and child re-
turned &, New York reporting h;m ~ in 5usi-
ness and pr,-lcriug Zee became a favored
guest in English soe.,tg. VAS respected. p puiar
,.ni aoplrently afilenr Before Two wears we're
over be belonged &C. JA- or rwo Vest Elf clubs,
and not much later gained the affection Of Lady
A. B. daughter Of he Eui Of D. and
Wa subsequently, marris'l Q, her Bot ~ a year
things looked badly for him. His wife hsl El.-
ODO a wear settled upon 1er. which At her death
reverted 10 her Husband lie toss her 20 Malta
where her death wss uuacc0ultRsly sugden.
Suspicious Of him Nere excited, detective, a. de-
t,ctyes will learned hisearly history even discoy-
cred his lawful wife. and the seconds ElOOO were
viihbeI until the circumstance OF
80 marriages could be explained. He smelt afsr
Of a very big rat sud made away, 1t is supposed,
to Melbourne. here, the chronieler thinks he has
by this time entrapped another lady Of fortune.
And so the story ends.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

Paris correspondent writes ITO have
English sovereigns in your pocket, to he tall. to
try 10 change a note for forty pounds, to speak
French badly. TO take walk to the outskirts Of
the city, aud 70 where the fortihcstions are in
progress, to become mixed up by accident in
crowd-are al crimes which subject a man t.
what would be thought heavy punishment 'in
other places and in other times -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

S.UE ST TIE GREAT Cmrtel ise.-Ouc
of the Lost 10y this catastrophe, WIS Hugh
Campbell, the little son VI Scotch widow.
Ii was pitiiul 10 see bis mother around the
ruins, crying and bewailins her lost darling.
She spoke with q Scotch accent. and told bow
'' Hughey was q splendid reader and writer .''
bow he went 10 Sunday school. and used %
sir by her side On Sunday evenings when She
was not working, and read to her bow be
went home and asked her If tea WAS ready
how he would not wait for it., bat tlli her
that he wanted to see the fire, and then took
of his Sunday clothes, and plton his oli ones.
and went out and never came back. Then
the poor woman cried and s0bhol, and a- tie
depth of her loss came over her, she covered
her face with her hands, and gave Way o.
emotion. Her good. honest face expressed
terrible anguish. and she could hardly be
torn away fIom the spot. She said she could
nor 90 away withou; seeing him. When la-y
seen d. Hughev." as his mother affection
atcly called him. was going up the -,airs
leading To tle second story of farwcil s
hailliug IN company wi-h aAothcr boy. who
is also missing. Tie cul-a come. and the
widows heart was broken. She toL1 the -ad
story in a homeiy way. iarcihie and pathetic.
None of tie crowd ol men who stood around
he7 did not pity her.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

" BEsT SocIE1Y." - .. Nothing" said
Sprague, '' i7 more cowar,llv than a million,
except two millions" Nothing Is worse
than good society, except the 9. best society. -
This self-constituted social Freemasonry Is
the supernal essence IF ssI6sbness. the
idolatry OF ones conceil of ones self for
which there Is furnace hotter than Nebu-
chadnezzar's kept burning in the other
world. VIII you believe there are neorlc
in Newport who would think j, no cra5it IN
entertain Gen. Sheridan, though he +. the
camp guest Of king, and who would verify
20 back upon even the king because be Wa.
not born in Boston? Folks there are under
whose finger nails dirt will grow, in whose
cofiee-cups grounds viii settle, and on whoss
collins the worms have their eve who have
come to the conclusion that their set Is full.
- am tod. The report Of this sort Of
character is not inviting. and 1 hope not
gauged it. There is book by \. P. Willis,
who threw his life away upon the 81 best
society,"" called Paul Fame, relating the
adventures of an artist who made it the point
of his life to conquer full set like this,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

TAXING II The STRANGE. - Apropos Of 4
stranger visiting the Grand Union Hote, Sara
toga, Donn Piatt writes g About him scrape
and bow the dusky sons of Africa. waving little
brccms. Behind elaborately carved table
stand gorgeous clerks, slaves OF the quill and
di7mond, who look down with contempt on the
miserable wayfarer in duster, who feels thst
he encumaers the earth and is wretch The
wayfarer humbly records his Insignificant name
and mutters something about a room that nobody
listens to. As soon as his name is recorded IN
tae book Of f5te. violent son OF Africa SEXES his
satchel and umbrella another son cf Africa
strips MIN Of the duster and taps him violently
on teader parts with a whisk broom; third
takes his number and motions him TO sscend the
magnificent stairway Of the palace. To each Of
these three sons Of Africa the bewildered and
frightened wayfirer pays divers sums Of money,
and ascends -
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Var Mates and Sos sle.

sum 10 be pu6IlsheI In the capital, though
they are reduced to half their former size.
II is rep7rtei ,bs, r,,- F.orob ,.s-.-o1s ,,s
o.9--'-' anu n'e coIninaAdants OF NcMahon 5
p--y w se1t oy order oi hlng William to a
eSs 10y refusing TO sign the cap''u-
''','l vi oelin'
Inc farisaus are specuatug ss to where the
bombs VIII fall The new walls are mile and a
nan ii'm the outer walls, so the oGemy's guns
must take position three miles from the outer
boulevard
l. is bezinn'n, 70 he understood f., p,r;s
that the operations Of Baron Usnssrann Il, mil.
ing down half the city and replaeipr tho crooked
streets with straight bouleyards wbile tbev have
checkmated the revolution by making borrie,ies
impossible. have o.ened the eitv to the prrssiar
if once he ,inds weak aoirt in the fortifcqt;,os
,rh. KIN, or p-,...;. ...-.;.,... A. -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

New Orleans was Mortified recently hy the dis
coyery ofa youas girl on the street with chains
on her feet Paolic sympathy and indignation
arose at once, but cslmsi down oa learning the
girl was an escaped lunafc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

THE LATE PRNE sam S.Lu.-Au atlanta
paper reviews in "a kindly spirit some IT.
miuiscence OF the late Prince Felix Salm
Salm, killed by the French in the battle Of
Gravelotte. At the cessation ot our ho,tii-
tiles the Prince was placed 81 command at
Atlanta. and, with his wife. did all that
was possible TO reawaken IN the South a
spirit Of cJrd!aiity aud good fellowship
The curious habits and somewhat ludicr1us
prctensions Of the Prince did not encourage
that intimacy and cordial spirit that he
wished 70 engender and the ds-hing conduct
Of HE wife. the Princess. hJIrifcd tie stand
danes Of these good rural regions. In Mex
leo the Princess acted as secretary 10 both
her husband and Mayimiian. and offered Mt
the supreme moment, to sU6tr death wmlc
the unfortunate Emperor escaped in her
garments to place Of safety. The last sad
duty she did for the House OF lapsburg was
TO watch the corpse of Macmillan while ir
lay in the filthy dungeon where the Mexi-
cans had ignomini3usly left il. She eventu-
ally accompanied the body to Austria.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

A San Francisco paper says a Cat got INTO
George Fraucis Irsins bedroom, and tried to
suck his breath, "not knowing who be was"
Il was the last OF that cat 1t died blown up
with wind ike balloon and Train didn't miss
it az all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

ToBicco AZ PREvENTIvE oF uIsEtsE-Su
So 3 authority as French ,tiieiai sanitary
document. recently puoiisbei fIra shes lovers
of tobacco with powerful arggmcut in favor Of
its happy effects on the human system. The
manufacture Of t0hl-cl !l France Is almost en-
tirely government monopoly, and The article
CONES therefore into the statistics and Off sial
government reports. Among recent documents
is a medical or sanitary report relating TO the
health Of the worSueu who are employed in the
manufacture Of the w5e! The result as given in
these statistics is highly favorable a. to the pre-
veutiye influence oc tobacco against ordinary
diseases, and especially epiiemics. The reports
come from different departments f France
where government tobacco establishments are in
operation. From Mofisix. where there is an ex-
tensiye government snuff uianufctory, the report
is that the enp.cyes OF the establishment have
been free from dyseniery, which has prevailed
extensively and fatally among the population
generally. At Lyons, where there is likewise a
roysl snuff maaufdo;ory, there WAS among the
operatives an almost entire immunity from ty-
pus fever IT Touneins also the employees IN the
large Cnvernmeut tobacco establishments we've
remarkably free from epidemic fevers. And In
every Quarter the fortunate t0bacc0nIsis escaped
the raysees Of cholera. These reports are from /
the physicians Of the State factories and they /
generally concur in the opinion that, IN additlon /
10 these fptcfc benefits, employment in the man /
uficrure o. tobacco i instrumental IN preventing
CONSUMPTION Of the lung- and they even 20 so Z
far as - express the belief thar Il may restore I
conservatives to health Mr. frask, We suppose,
will meet these f,cts and medical opinions by the
argument that the r,medy Is worse tasn the dis-
ease
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30
GENERAL NEWS.

Omaha promises to be as famous for beef
packing As Cincinnati is for pork packing One
firm in Omaha proposes to pack 10000 head Of
cattle this season.
More than $4,000 worth Of United States
bonds stolen from the Boyston Bank. Mass
have been purchased by the Treasury Depart
ment
They have discovered method Of thinning
out the oyer-abundaut population Of Japan.
Bad kerosene has been introduced there and
lamps to burn 1t in.
In Ohio the census men have found family
where the first son is named Imprimis. the
second Fnis. AMI the three others Appendix
Addendum and Erratum.
Chicago is again happy. Il has ascertainei
that the st,terneut that its population is less
than 30, 900 was incorrect. and that the cen
sus-takers have discovered 237 200 Sc souls -
Patience is ezempliiel in the man who left
his wagon while his horse balked, sat on q
stump and read the war kilograms till the
animal was hungry enough TO 90 home.
The census returns make the purularion Of
Boston 53,23l aglius; 23l i67 in 1865. a gein
Of 2l,e56, which dlesn't satisfy 'he good people
Of the - Hub - By about % 900
Thirteen cotton factories in the vicinity Of East
,,---.'II.l - tte - 80 Nv IL, a
s..,.,r, = 80 -.
- So t-Ft' ',iI' %; an Ola am
of o-eof cur New Eaeiaui Ieges. who in s. eaz-
lns o. her husband, deceased At the riue age Of
eighty. sad d" lie was took away very sud
den by ,le Divine VIII. cul the cholera in
iiHiu"
IN uami,i -atei horror of EXPRESSION rests
upon the face Of every tsa-drinkc- in New
. Y0rK AZ the recent Discovery oF tho ,srio,s
portions Of Chiraman's tclv in ttr.r or fonr
packagss oftea consigned to sarebou.es l.. thar
ci,v
Dei1.t'ous on mu-i'ttei notes rsi.sr.a,l tb,
Unitei States Treasury % this dat. anolut IN
the neat sum Of one huuire! AMI eigbfr-a.gbf
thousand seven hunlrc.l snI f,tr-f.lr i.-,4-.
The Treasury !riuets for su.h r,rrs ~ notes ss
NAV be- uis.in, when they are p-es,7-.I s.r
redemption
Doc, .f ,l.. ,g-.r-,., 4.s. t.,.....,.. o..
p---.,.-.'--. -. - -. ~
nae, f-t,;,b- ,ra r.+ -. -s. - .--I'
-, - 0.,, '7- Will
i-' '.y oe-n-" OF h.iLli' ~ ana Tie var
j. '...n9-t nave settled 'Ar StA DAVIS i1au-
so" ''li--1.. IHe c9dAcl agrees On le.ease
'-v I . u.,-l '''-es Government from AL e. iims
oi 'A..-''-'s UT Iea.- usa- er dAma-s'-T There-
upon '-e property fe7trt7 % The council
The philal,lpLn papers cay the p-oiuct Of
coal tti, seasal has rern So a1uu Iaut tltr there
is danger ot az over supply, aal tha market is
already slaAy us 20 pi-es This is - news
'e 'I 'l'-' 'l h'-lins
'''' "- -- -''r ID '' .-'s
- -.'' 'l '-'t 'i-- 4.'''''- "''.'f .' .-t-
I'' 'e', i'N' '' '''''' Hs-1
-N-'' ,le sS',.7 it-''s '' ~,
-''A- '- sue i'''s o' '''-A'-
The VIII Of Mrs. G. har.e,iy, oi Baltimore.
leaving -iu.Nui o. her husband, j. being cor
is,'ei on the question whether the ie,5iset bad
NOT been be prevailed up1a- cals-t ami .uidcei
% execute her isst Will sni testament by the
u1iue and improper ic1ueuce Of her husband. -
N4sbipgr47 sa.ra-.b stv-- Tn. ..I-sa II
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-30

THE DICEaS> FAMILY BEUNir5D-A London
correspondent Of the Chicago Triiuae thus
speaks Of the Dickenses:
4 complete reconciliation has taken place he
tween Mrs. Dickens and her sisier-it seems 100
painful TO add-and between MIS-. Dickens and
her eldest daughter. 4 few days ago there was
a meeting between ihe three. much Shedding Of
tears and poieusacy Of feeling hut the end is Is
| have described Ii would appear that it was
the deceased alone who stood in the way. His
death unites the children TO the mother, and sis
ter TO sister One wishes the veteran Mr. He-
garth, whose death occurred few months since,
could have witnessed this meeting. Mr. Hagarth.
who was the intimate friend of Walter Scott.
and who often sat with Wilson in the &" Ambro-
sial Nights, was a singularly tender hearted
man, and 10 one can eXaggerate the grief he felt
at the difference between his daughters. I have
heard his voice break a. he spoke Of IT, lie liked
his son-in-aV, aud WAS once exceedingly proud
Of him; but, after the separation, be could not
bear 10 hear his name mentioned. His symps-
thies were solely with the wife, and it appeared
rs though some loved ideal was shattered when
Dickens toll his wife he could live with her no
longer.
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uIll WILSON, rrHsr rLAca.
AD45'. li,,ana a Lie, 7-sinory.


EI.E WILSON'S FIRST PLACE.
Day. hits aui "a LIi-'s 7-sinofy.
Ai -A''a SAD
suppose N1l know. ssI Bill, tl4t | was
born iu London. loa could tell taat by the
queer shape .f ms urierIiuuIn--- there
never was Cocaacr with --miEht'leGs-
vel as hy some u.ac. characteristics. On
my tenth birthday uy father took me into
the ki-chn before breakfast, and said
Billy. you re Ten year- OLD to-iay, and
mean yaa shall rcclIcst it: it'5 tlmc you
gave y9-r mind g. -'ma,.in- else beside
knocking 40 peoples -a.rs and running
away. Au. with that be gave he such d
dose o. % leather he.-. ] never hal before
Pcrla1- ! WAS had boy At a- events !
didn't 70 tl school r-at day ha- knocked at
all the doors ,lu-t. and lHa-t rc-1i'ed 90
.-cr i.ec. I- t.aIe Nl- dignity shHut
the Lllf--.ryai e-mna boys u..tms about
the street.. with paper cll- 10. that ! l1nged
t3auau o.. $. walked aiaat the streets
ufL.u1.u sd cane g.. tae iIon raiiirss
ruul Eaehia- .m rl'aee, ia ~. Jame-'s
Park.
g.. AIT" said. shaking my liule H--
t5rogrl. J.. fence. b. bow would Ike Co. ret
ND 81 luton and chop v.ur bead of ---
tii- -rccra hein- intended for tie queen. of
c1ursc Hardly had uttered the la-t word
when I turned 1uaI and Huai 81 terrible
bic sentinel clos. fv ms. Expecting to PIE
Immediately shot rr a, treas n. .,a. un-
ahic tl stir. vixen ,.e -,nrIael -1aaie-ed at
me-
q. Y1u-r.a riee. ..4n. gent of the lover
elas-e-~ said be. ..t. come sound ere.
shakin- Your is, III 'er uaie-ty. and using
ss3iti,,7. I,-.ru.,c. Iy.-.!, VIA mean 3''
With taa. ,le soldier t... me by the ear,
and t.,,.,,E+ I -h.uIl ee-...,.ly never see
INV mother again. and he-sn {, cry. when
dcl.yerauea came in te shape at my frs,
master. who stopped au bis walk past, told
the soldier Dee wlali rcrar. h.u. and asked
me what / had been doing. HE was
beautiful face. / shall never forget it-a
littic daudIhca. rarba.s. lat ugm ana gen
o,,,,. and sc,,,.irbetit r.re.t-l nv Lttlc
-rer.., ana he .l..atl az r.e ts.a-btfally
and sand
.. Ah. fpv bly. every child m England
should nov ur.,.ita ,a... IDEAS. what a fear
fol future we Should have. .IwlI sfre You
a place. NV bav."
.I...,.----,,I.., Z 4.-.-I tt... -..-,ar.- thar
INV ma-re- wac what ;hcv r3leda s.. visionary
roiormer. bat wien II1wsI mu to hi-
rom long way oG. in old Jevery.-
r,and he was onlv a voau. doctor. lie
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. their faces and hands were badly blistered
) How France WAS CHEATED OUT OF SOLDIERS.
u French corresponlen, Of the London .Ntirs
relates what couple Of French drovers from
ficsrdy told hlm about one Of Louis Napoleon 5
tricks, and Bismsrcks prussian spies One Of
them sad -
But, monsieur, we have "a revenge 10 take,
and, the war ended, We shall take IT, France
has been betrayed France has been cheated.
lou remember that, fourteen or fifteen years ago,
private offices, individual specu!ators. bough.
substitutes for the young men who were able to
atori them The price has risen since / drew
lots, but this Is not what we complain Of.
Everything has become dearer human flesh,
you see as we'll as meat. Say the young man
who has drawn an Uulucky number Goesn wish
TO be soldier. Well his parents go TO the govern
ment office appointed within the last fifteen
years for that purpose and pay, say, two thou
sand francs. Their dear boy is exoneratei. Now.
It is understood that with the two thousand francs
substitute, remnacant, shall be bought This
Is the bargain between % the ex0neratei boy.
(2) the government, and CD the nation. Well,
what has been done While the traffic in men
Was 20 private companies the government took
care 20 have their substitutes, since they had no
interest in supqressiu- them. But turned deal
Crs themselves, their iltlrest 80 once lay in g.
diielcnt direction Well, they have Just done
this-tadeu the mogcy from the pockets of fsmi-
lies and put il into their own, sad buUonci them
carefully 10. The substitute money has not
bought g substitute JUS observe. monsieur.
the ehec. Of this The light aumoer of men have
been put urou paper. TO ihe public who knew
nothing of the disaoues. transaction, The COM
panies Of our regiments were "a hundred strong :;
+ and consequently the regiments fif- believed