Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-05


The bodies Of Generals Thomas ani Lecomte,
killed at Montmarte, were placed in oak and Leaf
collins and temporarily deposited in a vault Of
the OLD cemetery St. Vincent. Sixteen wounds
were to be seen on the breast, arms and head of
Gen. Clement Thomas, and nine on the corpse of
Gen. Lecomte The balls, which have been pre-
served, were fired from chassepots. The victims
must have been shot az after they had fallen.
The watches and other vsluab.es found on them
have been returned to their families.
King Wiliism's exhaustive demands for men
visibly enlarged womau's sphere in Prussia. By
a recent order CT the Minister Of Education,
women who prove themselves qualified are to be
accepted as teachers of moiern languages in
public schools - profession hitherto monop5liz-d
by the masculine gender.
It will be remembered that some time sgo p
description was given Of a unique gold psu--a
perfect imitation o. a goose quill, and incrustel
with diamonds which was made expressly for
Prince Bismarck al Phorz1eim, ani presented 10
hun by Herr Bissingyr, OF that place, who re-
questst that the treaty Of peace should be signed
with it. It WAS actually used for that purpose,
and 'he Chancellor related with meniiest gratii-
cation the history of this precious plume to some
French gentlemen who happened TO be present.
Stockholders are not quite the citizens Of tie
world some people suppose. Before the late
difficulty between England aIi Russia hat been
disposed Of IN the Conference, Elssia, wiki most
admirable sGHg-tr1ii. spilled TO the capitalists
Of LONDON for pretty heavy loan. This was TOO
much for the brokers Of that city, who have On
more than one occasion taken very dsc.iei means
Of showing their personal and natioual sntifa-
thies. Piles Of the prospectuses Of the ueE loan
were publicly burned. aat us introiucers were
SO much frightened thtt ;hey talked ot immeii-
ately vithiravi1g It.
Compulsory education, it sppsars, is meeting
with some resistance in Scotland. One Of the
members Of = school board was recently discus
sing the question wiki an elect0r Of Sco-ch
town, who addressed him ss follows '' Vel
master, AMI is this Bible truth what du hear
that YOU gsntlef1lSs is egoilg 20 eiiycate my
chliren whether ike IL or TO 80 The member
Of the board explained " We'll, master, you
say ss how they must be eliycaiei | says as
how they mustn't, and they shau't III drown
EN- frs; 80
The number Of public houses in London being
beyond the actual wants Of ;Le people, bill has
been INTRODUCED into Parliament resemh ing that
now before the Pennsylvania legislature. called
the ''local option" hil. Il is proposed TO divide
London into small districts, 20 the Inhabitants os
which shall be referred the question whether or
no they wiil sanction the establishment Of q IL
censei public house.
It's prop0scl 70 open in craaLflrt r. s5rt Of
commercial intelligence Office. 20 be cillei s.
German-American Bureau, which is designed TO
supply the German holders OF American securi-
ti-s with information s. 90 financial Affairs in
this country. Merchants manufacturers. ami
emicrants will siso be put iu possession OF sucl
facts shout American matters as they may re-
quire and numerous agents are 20 be engaged
~ sl parts u the States, 20 forward 20 the es-
tablisdment the latest sui mos, important news.
Ia connection with this enterprise is 90 be issued
a weekly jsurns4
Notwithstanding the length Of the siege Of
Paris and the extraordinary scarcity OF paper, the
Fglro recently announced that IL dii not sls-
renl publication f1- single day. L vas not able
70 preserve copies for all rs subscribers in the
provinces and abroad. ani the mana ger he'd the
fore;hought to save ont i've hunirei copies each
day. snd these files II mas offered for sale sr the
price Of the ordinary subscription for six months
In addition u this Ii issuel an ' exceptional
number" containing a collection of leading
articles, in whole or IN part, published during
the siege, showing st glance the progress Of
opinion IN Paris among the class which the
Figrr0 represents. The revolat!oni-ts Of March
however, and the doors Of the establishment are
now seaiei.
During the var the French pe4>altry csptur-
Ell a post-cart Of the Prussisn army containing
zone thousands Of letters Amongst others was
one from Princess Alice Of England. % Prince
Louis Of Hesse. her husband, Tho was then
serving with the ninth CORPS Of the German
army. The letter was such as any gentleEcman
might address 20 her husband ard enclosed a
note from Princess Alice's lttle daughter thank
her papa for q little doll he had sent from France,
and asking him 90 return home as quickly he
can.
When the euvoys IF VI ie B0:hs'hili plii the
war contributions OF Paris, 2p),0Ol,9oo francs,
At Versailles, they let a counterfeit - thaler bill
slip in among the others. The Prussisn cthcitls
threw It out Roihschiid's people insisted that
it was genuine and must De accepted, otherwise
they would return % Paris with all their rolls Of
notes and sacks Of coin. Count Bismarck wss
At once informed Of the misunderstanding. H'
answered E. Herr Director, accept the uil l
will myself make up the deficit ami preserve the
counterfeit note as a memeutc Of this great Day.
great war shout nothing more tangible than q
Chateau en- Espggns hss just been concluded
between two great Powers and / can't ah1rc,
Just on the heel of il, TO turn around and declare
war with the house Of RlJhschiii. the Sixth
Great European Power, on acc0uut Of g false p
thaler note -
As two civil engineers we're At work in the
wilds Of Michigan a couple Of weeks sgo, egl-
teen or twenty miles from any camp. one o.,
them began 20 suspect that the other hsi be-
come insane-s suspicion which was made GER
tainty when his companion came 20 him ard
said - wish You would hide ny revolver. sad
the axes, for came very near killing ycu with
them last night. got the revolver and cooked
il at your head three times, but something told
me not TO kill you with that. but 10 get the axe,
and then was commanded not 20 kiil you then,
but am afraid | will if you don't hide them,
and God knows don I want to hurt any man. -
This was not very pleasing information, aui he
did his best to persuade him to 20 back to the
camp. Failing in this he left him, went back
slone, procured assistance, and the unfortunste
man is now in sn asylum.
[ CHNAMES ON oUR WESTERN CoAsr-The
Rev Dr. Scudder. who has been a resident Of
| Chins several years, delivered lecture few
evenings since in Brooklyn, in which he dis
cussei our possible future relations with the
teemiug populatio;s Of Asia, particularly the
Chinese. lie ssid
Cinnamon will hereafter come to the Uaiiei
States in large numbers. But, for the present.
I INN grafton has teen checked by persecution.
[ In time Chinsmen will fill the Sandwich Islands
and all the islands Of the Pacific They can live
on nothing At home - a month will give
them subsistence. Ia San Francisco a good
| cock gets $40 a month. They will 20 where
gold draws them. In toe next few years steam
and elec;ricity-the locomotive, Telegraph and
: stesmboet-Sill make a grest impression in
/ China. When these powerful agents enter,
| ChinAmen must leave, to escape the psngs OF
/ hunger The Sandwich Islanders are doomed !;
they have got TO die Christianity itself cannot
save their bodies, though it may their souls.
| They have got the seeds Of death in them !;
[ they have not got the vitality. Cinnamon are
| intermsrrying. and will occupy those islands
I They will cover all the cosst down 10 Patagonia
| Their commerce will be linked win our CON-
merce. We must know about them. We must
send them missionaries. In few churches Of
every denomination will have its college on the
| Pacific coast, to educate and send bark to China
men bearing with them Christian civilization.
| came very near hugging horse the other
day on Clerk street. He was attached to a
buggy and standing near the sidewalk. In front
/ Of him was q cart laden With flowers, into which
this horse would bury his head, shifting the
| odors without injuring plant or disturbing a
petal And, as | stopped and said to the horse
- Good morning, my dear fellow wish you
had human soul in you, so that we could talk
to each other" wondered if be and the flowers
did not talk together in their own sort of way.
| | would trust that bumb brute where wouldn I
trust man who is not fond of towers CHI
| ram C0rrespOndeuf