Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

There are III 900 rooms in the Vitican,
which is not a palace, but city compressed
An army 10000 strong could be lodged in
it.; its actual inhabitants number but few
| hundreds
India advices say that now that the
AkhOond of Swat is cut of the way, India is
troubled about His Highness, the Jam Of
Nowanuggur, who has chosen as heir-pre-
sumptive nephew three years old, and makes
the infant an allowance of 10000 rupees a
month. And now all the Indian children
cry for Jam.
MIR. Evarts says our Minister at the Court
Of ST. Jane. is obliged to spend from $50,
600 to $4,000 more than his salary an
nually, in order to maintain the style ap-
propriate to the position. But everybody
else docs not think 50 and several patriotic
individuals who are not worth as many
cents, are ready to take the position, with
all its risks.
The girls CT our day are very badly edu-
Gated, said one OF the members of Com
mittee on Education to the Bishop of Glou-
cestcr. That cannot be denied" retorted
bis lordship. However, there is one con
ISOLATION, the hrys will never find it out"
The designer of tine new silver dollar is an
Engiishman, and the Philadelphia Times
says he wanted to make our Bird look slim
and shrunken, as it were-so as to harmon
ize with the present appearance Of the Brit
ish Lion
The Washington Repu5hcan suggests if
the exodus Of blacks to Liberia gets much
impetus, tina, the Southern whites will be
compelled to go to work.
81 have tie Queen on my side; have
Parliament with me :; have toe people OF
England behind me. II l were ten years
younger l would remake the map of
Europe" Such are the words Lord Bea-
cons6eld is reputed to have used lately.
The ''blarsted Englishman" Just wreaked
his vengeance to the full on the eagle.
Eight cents We should think the whole
Alabama award had been taken out of him.
Springfield Republican.
If Canadian troops 20 to the Mediterra
mean they will find themselves in the condi-
ton in the chorus Of song popular in Yer
mont and Canada after the battle of Platts-
burgh, "We're too far from Canada run,
boys, NJ Boston Traveller.
Carl Sehurz answers all of Blaine's recent
assault upon him when he says: 81 never
thought il was un-American to prevent
stealing and to enforce laws" Blaine has
the floor - Philadelphia Times.
Mr. Cox took issue with Mr. Hewitt. yes
teriay, as to the Presidents title. The diff
ference is that Mr.. Hewitt is a legislator
and Mr.. Cox is 1ffoon.-AlBdny Journal.
An irIeverent friend suggests that instead
of the inscription. now stamped upon our
coin, "In God We trust" there be substi
tuted the words, "The God we trust" The
thought is a pungent satire on the faith of
many Americans in the mighty dollar
Omaha Bee.
Gen. Gar6eld's speech was one Of the
ablest on the subject of finance which has
been made in Congress. Kelley was hayed
alive, and yet he doesn't know it. He is
walled in by so much vanity and conceit that
he cannot see the force of an argument
against his own views. lie is as near in
sanity on the subject of currency as a man
can well be and keep out of mad-house,
and this some of his own friends concede.-
Washington Letter.