Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-01-27
FOREIGN NOTES.

tanned l.45O,OCO volumes and 1000 manu-
scripts.
An American lady in Geneva, Switzerland
was recently married there to a Russian, &C
cording to the ceremony Of the Greek church.
Up to recent date nearly $4,000 had beer
taken in admission fees 10 the citadel Of Stras
bourg, and this amount is to be converted into
fund for the benefit Of the suffering inhabitants
England derived q revenue Of e2S5, 900 las
year by taxing dogs The number exceeded
eleven hundred thousand. ireland, with one
quarter as many inhabitants, supported mor,
than half c million dogs.
The Alsatsus will not accept any Office under
the Germans. and people have to be sought at q
distance to fill the several posts. The people O
Alsace are warned thlt they WILL regret Jheir
conduct eventually.
Naples this year hss lot been as fortunate il
its climate as New York. On December l, it.
weather was like July; two days afterssrd.
there was heavy frost, and thea a deep fall Of
snow.
Tle British cosernment L2s ordered sxpe-i-
ments, which are noa in prugress, 70 ascertain
the applicability to the guns row in use Of new
kind Of guapowler, ci-imsl 10 be Of lacomner
strength.
q q
Why DO they remain m0touless and cold while
our bleeding country s ruiu5i ?'' sskel AZ orator
in Paris the other day. '' Because they are cast
in bronze, answered q voice from the gallery
Miss West, a missionary whose field Of labor Is
| Turkey, mas, II ten years. trained two hunlrei
gir.s who are now scattered from sss 20 sea and
alorg the Euphrstes and Tigris, engaged in
teaohirg the truths q the Christisn religion
- .e-+or.--- -F IT.. d
Gently celebrated with great pomp ST Copenhagen.
There vas on the occasion nunerously attend
Ell torch.ight procession.
The Chinese begin a-o5her cy Gle Of a thousand
years in their calendar early in February, and
those Of the race in California will devote tao
weeks TO festivity in celebration OF the plsstge
[ from tie old cycle TO the new.
a scarcity oal prevails in Germany, snd is
/ Gsriocsly ON the Increase Il arises from tae
want Of labor in the mines caused by the va
/ lsyies The ezpciis-cy Of employing s5ue Of
/ the French prisoners as eolliers IS being dis
/ ccssed.
/ The bulk cf tie Auer.oIu families who used to
I spend tie winter in Paris aEi Rome have eni-
| grated 70 Germany. Berlia, D-esleu, S.att-
CART AID Munich are all iuli Of American iilers,
and The resl.. is that tie pr5gerbial cheapness
Of living in these ci;ics has become e thing Of
the past.
Greenland, when mas ab5a; seven hundred
Inhabitants, has, ia a space Of 6ye-e.g g1ths OF
mile, one hundred ari SIX inhabitants, uine Of
whose ages combine is seven hundred and thir-
ty-tlur years, aveugiu- over eiglty-oae and A.
half yeirs, being equal 60 N average 0s one 10
twelve over eigi'y-oue years Of age.
\ curious swinilin- project is reported ff5u
Aastralis. a deposit OF gold and quartz recent
ly supp.sei 10 have been discovered In Victoria,
Australia, created much exsitemaut 3 CON-
Tgny was formed, ami tla sL1-es we're rapidly
taken sui paid for Further Investigations,
however, shovel thar TIE uiue had been veneer
Ell With goll Leaf, Laid on wiJa s.za and virnish.
The projectors Of the company tase been az
rested.
TIE Anglo-lalisn government is now Epell-
ing upon public wor1s TBS ,jJ0. 900 a year,
SUN rather IL excess Of TIE entire revenue Of
Belgium. L is found that officers Of ths royal
engineers are not altogether suitable for Ind.l,
and the Duke Of Argyll Secretary ior India, has
now established a special college 20 turn o1t the
article required. Il vii be remembered that
not long since rhe eove5um 1t cf India called In
the assistance CT American eng nCers, whose ex-
Yerience in rough and ready Jet difficult work
vas thought 20 be that mos, needed in India.
The EfoiIs Beige mentions the appearance Of
a new french bronze coin. OF the value Of ten
centiraes. 'ls70" IS inscribed in the centre,
On one side Of which are -he words Govern
-aent o; the National De.euce,' on the other,
" Freach Republic" On the obvcrss appelrsa
magnificent balloon, wi,h tso d,gs an rigging.
'' + this, - If SAYS " new piece Of money. in
which the French government has adopted a
symbol which VII. ren,ul tctute generations o.
the utility o. balloons iu bssleZei ;oSus.'
s. largely rs the trade iu Australian preserved F.
meat increasing taat q large party cf tiusmiths F.
aud their families ulge sa'l5l tom Liverpool for
Rockhsmptou, having been eaEsgei 10 pack up
the NEST. linued meat ~ present seems in TIE Z
most favor in England. There are dining hSlls .
in London at which dinner s u0g supplied az
from two7ence upward, and preserved meat te- .
ing the staple foji o.te-ei. Butths 2eat So sent
is apt 20 spoil. About - 900 pounds Of i, thst .
had arrived 81 Bombay Tor the Iali.n t-ooas' /
service has been condemned there.
Rome has e.ectel I've moderate l5era's TO -e- /
present her in the Italian par.ismsn;, the reds /
being beaten in every electoral district. Tns .
hospitils cf Rome are placed under the direction
Of Dr.. De PauJslsoui, whl was exiiei from Rome .
and has prac;iced son.e years az Nice. lie speaks .
English, Geruaa AID French, AMI is sure 10 &c; .
back his Old pstieuts among American tourists ,
and others.
One Of the mos. curious lolceii, results Of .
the siege OF Paris is the dis;s1soa Of tie '' agony
column Sc (s1 callei) If the London Times attn .
tender and syMpailetis E1 JEces from alieuafe.! .
Parisiaus who have sought refuge in London. Il .
one number Only appear DO less than thiTty-tTo
Gsnoaros Of this sart, isaiai d" Paws AID &c
ueraly commencing, '' Prisre I-ic0Hqus ale .
ces lines The advertisers mostly agre. in the .
Communication Of td,ags TO their Tela;iyes aud
frieuls in Paris that taey ers vel s-l couf'rt-
ably housed IL L1udoo.
Rippe,, in >co-cb, means domestic uut5-
rel bc.wcen husband and vie. Mr.. Msir. a
Scotch minister, Tas rather short-;smpered. End
had wife named Rebecca, whom fo- treviiy's
sake he called Beckc. lie kept diary, ami
among otler entries tais vas very frequent
- Beckie sal l hsl a Ii9pe-, for which desire
10 be humble" = gentleman Wh1 had been On
4 visi. to the minister, went 20 Eiinourgh ani Z
told the story % minister AID his wife there,
when the lady replied '' We'd. weel. be must
have been an excellent mar, that Mr. Nlair. My
husband and sometimes have -i?pe,s, be-, Dell
tax me if he's ever humble "
biilit .ry Observers note that victory in modern
war, IS iuauguIated o. the Psuss.ans in 1865,
and further demonstrated hy them in 1870. is
TO the side which possesses She fsrthes; ranging
artillery, and troops who can keep their beads
while being sho, al from a long distance, and
who can return the ice vita accuracy and nerve
Numbers, II is found tel more than they ueei
10 do, aud consequently iIrser army IS more
necessary than formerly. Is to cayslry, il is
found that both the man and his accoltse- D
ments should be as light as possible, consis,eu
with strength. Instruction. is wanted which viii
enable men speedily, IN small parties, 10 tear up
rails and destroy telegraph wires. Ihsy must
be intelligent, ready 20 fnd their way through
strange country. itr in sdvauce 81 the inail body
OF their army, with the gsst=nce Of maps
and a proportion ought to be skilled in ske,ching
charts Of the country they traverse, as gciie
for the army which follows.
Extensive explorations src being rale by a
scientific corps a; Jerusalem, which aye at;eul-
ed, it seems, with numerous difficulties ard dan
gers. The whole series Of the progress OF the
bold explorers has leen succession Of lacky
escapes. Huge stones were DAY afsr day
ready 70 fall, ani sometimes did f.li on
their heads. Oae Of the explorers was ia
iured so severely that be could barely crasl
out into the open air; another eztricated
himself with dliculry, torn and blee!iDg
while another was actually buried under the
ruins. Scmeiimes they were G!mos; sufooaied
by the sitting heat; al ether times they we're
freezing waters Of some subterraneza torrent
sometimes tlockel up by falling mass. with
,ut light or escape. and these labors had to be
,arriei on not with the assistance Of those On
he spot, but in spite Of toe absurd obstacles
brown in the way Of work By the ignorance Of
he Orieutais.
Rev J. P. Warren, in a letter published in the
recently, Trites thus concTs-
ng the cathedral Of SJrssbourg IS am glsd
o say that We found this magnificent structure
comparatively uninjgred. Il is true tha; lie fine
windows se.e more or less broken, sud many .
ingle pieces Of its delicate carved work upon
Is towers and roof were knocked of, but all :
hese may be etsily repaired. We noticed that d
hot piercing the wall hack Of the high organ
sd thrown down two or three OF the huge metal
ipes, and that two CT the statues, Of which the !
uilding contains macy hundreds in all, hal }
cen displaced. But apart from these minor h