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cure their expected proportion Of Congress.
men.
railroad contractor at Utica has gang
at WORK composed Of Americans, Danes,
Greeks, Italians, Hungarians, Germans,
Spaniards, Irish and Ere nch, and is Obliged
to engage professor of languages from
neighboring college to swear at them SO they
can understand it,
Peter Helm was mcnaced by mob near
Fort Wayne, Ind, go years ago He had
killed popular man in drunken wrangle,
and was in imminent danger Of being
lynched. He had summoned John L.. Far.
rar u lawyer, but the crowd was inclined to
hang the prisoner without listening to his
counsel. In the emergency Farrar drew his
client aside as If for consultation, and then
advised him to run for the woods, which
were Close by Helm did So and was not
caught. The lawyer got no fee and mar
rrowly escaped vicarious lynching lie never
heard OF Helm again until recently, when he
received letter from Mexico containing
draft for $500, with the information that The
fugitive had become successful coffee
peddler
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
MATTERS AND THINGS.

Sparkling Milk Wine" is the name Of a
new preparation of koumiss said to be a
fashionable food or remedy in England.
There has lately been exhibited in the b.
tanical Garden of Berlin the biggest flower
in the world-the great flower of Sumatra,
known in science as the Rafilesia Arnold,
and peculiar to Java and Sumatra. 1t meas
lrcs nearly 10 feet in circumference, and
more than three in diameter. Sir Stamford
Raflies and DIR. Joseph Arnold were explor-
ing in company when they discovered this
champion plant.
The tariff commission have decided to go
to Long Branch for at least sixty days. They
will take up the first thing alphabetically,
the tariff schedule, and every parag raph 10
which no member of the commission objects
will be allowed to stand. Others will be ex-
amined carefully afterwards.
Friday is the Fourth of July in France, and
Frenchmcn IRE preparing for it's celebration
with great enthusiasm. The third and present
Republic has already outlived that founded in
1899, and is now thirteen years old. The
power and prosperity of the French people
were never greater and few nations have
more reason for cxultation. France has re-
covered from the panic and survived the fall
of Gambetta without tremor, and although
she has the largest national debt in the
world, and her legislators are famously
quarrelsome her $1,000, 900 people are con-
fident of happy future for their country,
and they are to be congratulated on the aus
picious circumstances under which they
are to celebrate their national anniversary on
the fourteenth of July-the day of the fall
of the Bastile in 1850.
The annual interest on the public debt is
now 81 .OS for every inhabitant. In 1875 it
was more than twice this, being S2,20 per
capita, and in 1865 it was as high as -. 90
per capita, or $3.50, or ,607, to be paid by
30, 4Gs, 900 people.
The average per capita expenditure for
strong drink in England has fallen from S2S
in 1878 to $40 in 1881. The effect was
seen in an immediate increase iu the deposits
in the savings banks, although these amounts
do not yet reach 10 per cent of the money
spent in liquor.
The resident population of Great Britain
in the middle OF 1889 is estimated by the
registrar general at 80, $50, 900 persons that
of England and Wales at 30, 400, $40, of
Scotland at 3,7s5, 400, and of ireland at o.
OsS,07
Venice aud Amsterdam are the cities Of
bridges The arst has $50. the last 800.
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ATAX.BIRDENED COUNTRY.

Experience has sufficiently proved that
people will not pay any more taxes than they
are absolutely obliged to, and that no form
OF out going payments is more unpopular ;
and In this country we are wont to think of
ourselves as taxed from the cradle TO the
grave-citizens who pay from one to three
per cent of what they are worth for the sup
port of Government, thinking themselves
seriously abused. But it is only when we
look abroad that we begin to realize what
taxation really is. In Italy, for instance, the
taxes aggregate not less than twenty per
cent, and often more than that. The Gov
eminent, to begin with, taxes the people,
sixteen per cent on their income, as assess
ed-not on what it is, but what it ought to
be. II Il tenant does not pay, or house lies
vacant ; if II crop fails, or If business does
not prosper, the Government claims its share
just as though times were good and business
prosperous. In addition to the direct tax of
the Government. there is also the tax of the
district or municipality, which is, in some
cases, direct, in others, indirect, but always
sure to be exacted. On every article of mer-
chandisc, which is taken into city to be
sold, the octroi, or gateway, tax is imposed
and collected. The farmer who brings in q
load of grain must pay tax on it before it
can enter. AT every road, or gate, an officer
must first pay taxes even on the smallest ar
ticles. II a peasant brings two chickens or
a couple of cabbages into town he must
pay tax on them before he can get
chance to sell them. The general gov.
eminent, besides its tax on income,
imposes customs, or revenue, duties on
many articles of imported merchandise, SO
that whatever way the Italian turns, he is
ever confronted by tax. Even in death he
is not free from taxation. When man dies
one-tenth Of his property goes to the State in
the shape OF a tax-thus making the mere
act and fact of dying in Italy, If man owns
any properly, as expensive to his estate as a
first class funeral is in this country. The
people are accustomed to this sort of thing,
and it does not appear to them so strange OF
uncomfortable us it would DO TO us but it is nc
wonder that emigrants are leaving Italy by
the thousand. AS to where some OF the
money goes, which the Government exacts
in taxes, the standing army absorbs a great
deal of it. The Italian army consists OF
nearly three-quarters of million soldiers,
and it costs at least a dollar day to main.
tain each soldier. Here is a government ex.
penditure of over 100000 day for it,
standing army and to this must be added
the cost OF keeping up the Notifications,
the vessels of war, and all the other para,
phernalia of government. On the whole,
the citizen of Vermont who desires to change
his residence for few months while the tax
list is being made out would hardly choose
Italy for an abiding place and the example
of that country gives us at least the negative
consolation OF knowing that some people are
worse of than we are.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The House enjoyed Thursday what til
correspondents say was zone of the mose
exciting scenes ever witnessed in the halls Oft
Congress-" The trouble grew out of mild
and innocent remark of Mr.. Robeson's, to
effect that if man coull be found to assault
the Republican Secretary OF the Navy it
would probably be some one who had figur-
cd in cipher alley with Tilden, man who
had stolen the school fund Of his native
State, a man who could be found any night
at the barrooms and brothels of the Capital
and man who had brought his brother to
Washington to get big, fat job, and failed.
Mr.. Robson called no name, but Mr.. Whit
thorne of Tennessee apparently felt touched in
u tender spot, for he rushed excitedly to Mr.
Robson, and shaking his fist in the lattcr's
face shouted at is a lie, no matter who says
it," After brief interchange of ideas Mr..
Whitthornc closed, by ito use his own elc-
giant expression) branding on the hoary
head of Mr.. Robson the words falsehood
and perjury" The branded Robson rejoin-
ed that he was willing to rest on the record
and would not reply to the gentleman who
recognized himself in the portrait which he
drew. Here the matter ended.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

Six years ago the temperance women oil
Iowa started the crusade for prohibition,
which has just been crowned with such won.
derful success The Iowa State Reg,ste,
says. at was pre-eminently woman's con-
test in origin, progress, conduct and result.
With the three great weapons in the armory
of women, faith, earnestness and love, these
women never allowed this campaign of six
years for the amendment to slacken, and
never let day pass without adding strength
to its columns. They made first nearly ev-
cry household in the State, in whole or in
part, an ally of it. They obtained nearly all
the women of the State as their supporters.
They allied the church and the schoolhouse
in every neighborhood. They asked the
Press for its help, and got it. They even
weakened and half disarmed the saloon it.
self by appealing to it and its owner rather
than threatening them
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

t,,,o, Inn :. v;on.. on , p..,, all,
.onn haro IN "'' WIZ
eeu'u' Du''e''n JUST issueu SHOWS Tue eA-
tent ana value oil the fishing industries to
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connec.
ticut In the fisheries i, Naw uomnsb;ro a,A
persons and n capital of soon ooo aro ON.
nloyed The value of Tho nroJnc, ia also
300 The Rhode Island iisberics emn,ov
23l9 persons and S50G O00 cani,.i tn
value of the product ia SSs1 O0O Tho ssi.
Greg ri Conpec,icu, omnIny oio, ,aexaa'.
and ii 4oi mn can;,oi I o a. .'s o ,is
nrod,,ct amounts tn 81 Ar mn '"''e vi '"e
~''''''''
Investigation into the cause Of the lateral
collision of two trains on the Hudson River
road tho o,hor aav oo,o..a ,,,s o., ...e
O"' Wv 0'e' ""'' uo""'"s 'he nrs' s'a'c
inent OF Tue cause. Inc tracks were found
10 NC so near together mat the swaying OF
the cars brought the spark catchers Of the
dow frames of the smoking car on The local
opposite train. A rebound from the collision
s sum we WINDOWS 0 Tue sleeper II IS
car should nsss n, ,hat r,;cnlar non, ho,i
would suffer serious damoae ~ ,r deed thev
would not he iilteI ovor 4" ''' '"''
The New York Erening Post takes hope
full view of our immediate commercial pros.
noc,o I, so,e. ,.r,a ,0, 81, ,,a, it..
- '' nv pa'' ven '''. s'o"n
an Improvement III our export trade IN sew
erai particulars Inc exports OF HOUR from
i Il' Atiah.c scaD0ard In inc week ending
July ! were loo,oOo barrels, against 60,265
oaireis tlc previous week ana tne exports
o ea, W "nn were i,oso,O4l bushels against
oo.,o'y oushels inc previous week. The ex-
Por's vi COTTON iroin an To- onited states ports
at NJ luz nio week were oo,aoU pales against ~
voa ""'I I'LL III VI. Jiorieponung "eeh OF last
ihnco ,Ln nI hn, sa.s fpfov,nt conu''on Oh
Fnre;a .no x ohuuo Vi n a,nu III our favor
n;nn MIN, amd i;I,a 20 oe ~, unv spec,c.snip
r ps II f ;s ,oa u ''Nsy W eonaiaue 80 .or te
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
THE EGyPTIIN IMRROGLIO.

The crisis in Egypt has apparently reached
the eliminating point. Our dispatches bring
the news that hostilities have commenced,
with the bomDardment of the forts at Alex
andria and their capture by the English
fleet The first shot has been fired in the
long impending Anglo-Egyptian war, and
the world holds Its breath to listen to the
echoes.
bref resume oil the situation may be ap-
propr'ate, al the commencement OF the strug-
gle, The contest really lies between Eng
lana anu EGYPT. IL is nut repetition oil the
olu Revolutionary reaclioh' WIN wh'ch 'he
YOKE o' 'h's 'ome oi lh' '''ouern wo''u nus
SO often ueeh thrown from OF shit'eu on Tue
shoulders oil her tributary PROVINCES france
Is not nnlnteres'cd. she STANDS aloof' Du'
with an uneasy attitude, which SHOWS now
si'gh' proVoch'loh woulu cause her u
spring into the arena. Inc interests
oil france are now us Always III op'
posiiion 10 those Oh her great H.
val. IL Is not iikeiy mat the non VIII
'raihpie INC iii'cs uhu's'urpco' anu 'raup'
them he must If the balance of power in
p.u,, I'LL, ,oo, IN ia, ur;,;s,, arm, cor
Egypt si"uiu ieah u 'hc D''''sh arms. Yer
and L;o ho, headed followcrs can LONG min,
,,;, res;s,o,ce IN the splcpdid feet and arm,
-, E,o,o,d I,,,.ss some one of ,he NOR,
,ou.,e,,, sis,orhnod If nations stems forward
powerful s's'erhoou vi h"''o"s ''ep' 'o' way
G,,., 1871 VS. .,.1 ,.,u 49, o,,,..,.
w. .,, =, a.. 49,, ,,avauIr;, l. a.,
.,s - r.u., and ,ho o,., ~ rnn,,rdho,J,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

There were built in this country last year
over nine thousand three hundred miles OF
new rairoad-the greatest mileage yet reach.
ed in any year in the history of railroad
building in this country. The maximum at.
tanned in any previous year was in 1871
when seven thousand and three hundred
miles were constructed, or two thousand less
than were built in 1881. During the veal
1881, the number of miles of railroads In
operation in the country was increased by
something over eleven thousand, bringing
the total at the end Of that year up to about
hundred and five thousand. The exteu
sion of railways in the United States in re-
cent years is shown by the fact that the az
gregate mileage has been doubled since 1870
and that it is now almost equal TO that of thu
whole of Europe. And that the work is b,
no means finished is shown by the fact tina
during the first six months of the present cal
endar year five thousand miles OF new rail
road have been laid down, sidings and sec
ond tracts not being included. The sign
are, therefore, that the present year will
equal If it does not exceed 1881 In this re
| spect.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
The Tariff Commission, organized at Wash.

The Tariff Commission organized at Wash
ington, Thursday, the following members
being present Hon. John L. Hayes of
Cambridge, Mass, Hon. Duncan F. Kcnner
OF New Orleans, Hon. William X. Mcmahon
of New York city. Hon. Henry w. Oliver,
Jr., of Pittsburg, Pa, Hon. A. NJ. Garland
of Springfield, Ill.,, Hon. Robert p. Porter
of Washington, d. c., Hon. John W. II.
Underwood Of Rome, Ga, William Alexan-
der II. Boteler of Shepherdstown, W. Va,
Hon. jacob 4. Amber of Salem, Ohio. MIR.
Hayes, us President, delivered an address. in
which he said. The law declares that the
objective point OF our labors is the establish
mcnt of a judicious tariff, or Il revision of
the existing tariff laws upon scale OF justice
to all interests. No special industry can
have undue advantage, no private interest
can be subscivcd; no duty promoting one
industry, yet depressing anothca can be JUS
tilted, and the relations of the industries Ia
each other, NJ less than the special necessities
of each. must be considered
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The Republican Senators have decided to
amend the House tax bill by providing fol-
reducing the present rates of duty on sugar
and Bessemer steel, and ii is expected that
the proposed amendments will be adopted
and the bill returned to the House before the
close of the present week. In addition "a
will be added to reduce the tax on manufac-
tured tobacco from sixteen TO ten cents per
pound. This, it is believed, will secure for
the bill the support of the Representatives
from the tobacco-growing States and insure
the passage OF the bill in the form proposed
by the Republican caucus. If passed by the
Senate no doubt is felt about its success In
the House.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

Russia loses its foremost soldier and man
whom it could ll-spare in Gen. Skobelcf,
whose sudden death has been announced. Mi.
chael Dinitrivcvitch Skobelcif was born near
Moscow in 1915, AID had been twenty years an
officer of the Russian army. When the city Of
Khva was stormcd, in the campaign OF 1873,
he led the men who entered it, and two years
late. he won his appointment us General in
the war which ended by the annexation of
Khokand to Russia. lie greatly dis
tingushed himself in the Russo-Turkisl
war; and in 1880 he conducted brilliant
and successful expedition against the Tekkc
Turcomans of Central Asia. Within the
last six months Skobelcifs name has been
less heard outside than inside of Russia, il
which country he has been Jealous worker
IN the cause of Panslavism. His recent out
break against the Germans, of whom he hac
II mortal hatred and his fiery speeches arc
too fresh in the memory of every one to ncct
more than the bare mention.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE.

.,,o,xrvpxrs m or,,rp
III 'ho iiou'e' '"o o'"'' u"'' sum.
es''"S i"o'' !" '''a''o" ~ ''s'u'"' h''h''
appointments " oihcc "ere gwen ny oon'
gresham bul'erworln' IN reply 10 ah a''ach
oh 'ne ies'uen' ny MI nay III. :" appears
Via. III nine i''on'hs liesi''n. A''hu' Ha'
lhaue Oh appointments 10 oi'ice Vi 'nes'
90 were P'aces inning VACANT ny 'hc e"p'ia'
uoh Oh inc terms Oh ONCE OF Tue occupants
anu "here' ny law anu custom oo'n' 'h'
rreslueh' not only may pul IL o"unu u
nominate 'he porsohs nc fegarus as ii'os' cap
aoie anu trustworthy "he'he' 'hey oe 'h'
oiu occupants OF nc" hieh' he HAS reap
poin'cu 40 vi 'he o'o '"cu'hoeh'' anu n'"u'
$40 nc" hohinations' anu he has fei'io'eu
from oiiice oniy iof'y-n'nc pe'sons III an
many OF them TOT cause anu o'herS' us III.
ternal revenue Collectors Deca"se they hau
long heid their pace anu IL was 'housh' use
'ul 10 nave either greater eiflciehcy or suci
ah oVerhaciihg Oh accounts rs Gun TAKE p'ace
only wheh nc" olhcer Steps ih'oa pace III
Massachusetts President Arthur nus removed
no officer and OF sixty-two appointments
made by him filty-one were reappoin'men'a
and only eleven were new appointments 10
fill vacancies. In South Carolina there nave
not only been no removals at all, but Mr. Ar
thur has made only four appointments TWO
OF which were reappolntments ana Two new
appointments TO I'LL vacancies In Virginia.
again. where, according 10 reports INDUS
lriously scattered lhtougn inc PRESS .he i'res'-
ueht was cutting OH Official heads III inc ILL.,
terest oi Heheral Mahohe' 'here mas ocen
one removal anu 'hat LOT cause anu pesiues
ms only nine appointments iiauc ny Mr.
Arthur atoSelher' one Oh winch was reap
polh'meh'. In tennessee IN IKE manner
'ne'e nave UGH ho 'e"'o'ais' anu o'''y ''s"'
al poihtuieh's III ALL io"' Vi which "e'o IT,
appointments INC o'her iour u Ill 'acanc'eS
ny Tue eApifa'ioh Vi Terms Vi oihee' III NC"
lork fresiueht Arthur removed out h'e o.
hciais anu haue thir'y-siA rcappoih'hien's
ana t~eh'y-'hfee new appointments 10 Ill
vacancies oh .hc other manu. s'nce rres'-
deht arthur mas oeeh ihViu'ous'y compared
with his predecessor, the TACT is given tha'
from March 4'h 10 May soth' 1851 PRESIDENT
GARFIELD made eithty-eight reappointmehts'
one hundred ana seventY-eight new appoint
men's ana htty-one removals; ana during
the recess after May 70 OF last year President
Garfield made ~ more removals from Office,
making W removals IN all, against Az by
President Arthur. General Garfield made in
all 800 appointments.
In relation to appointments to office as
well as to some other matters President
Arthur's friends claim that he has been in.
dustriously and pertinaciously misrepresent.
cd. They say that though he has been, as
all Presidents are, besicged by offlce-scekers,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

One of the most eminent OF German med
ical men IS reported as saying that there arc
not less, probably, than 10000 persons in
Germany who have become slaves to the habit
Of hypodermically injecting morphine. There
are many who take as much as eighteen in
jections every day. Some have hardly a
square inch OF skin on their bodies which is
not marked by scars produced by the prac.
tice. Slaves of this habit are even more
hopelessly enchanted than those who take
opium in other ways, and it is speedier de-
structiOn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

Some newspaper man Of a mathematical
turn Of mind has been making estimates as to
the magnitude Of the army the United
States could in an emergency raise, reckon
ing from the basis Of 12, $50, $40 voting pop
ulation. AS there are many persons subject
to the military duty who are not voters, II
has been considered safe to estimate that we
could muster one-tbird as many soldiers Us
we have voters, which would make an army
of more than 100000 men. 1t is believed
that France coad arm and embody total
force of $500, 900, Germany force OF 2,sOo-
900, Russia force of 1880, 900, Austria
force OF 1000 900, and Italy force OF 225.
900. OF our army, about 5000 would be
colored men, as the colorcd population oil
voting agc is /, 4s7, 344. South Carolina has
11S, $50 colored voters 10 $4,000 white ones,
and Mississippi 1870, 27s TO 1Os, 254 whites.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The Postmaster-General has decided that
Walt Whitman's Leaves Of Grass" must
pass through the mails unmolested, on the
ground THAT book generally accepted by
the public and the literary classes and adj
mitted into libraries can not be brought UNI
der the statutes against improper literature. "
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The principal Bourbon organ in South
Carolina, the Charleston Nens, referring to
the necessity of repeating the registration
law in order more easily to suppress the COL
ored vote, says that no nervous regard
for consistency should prevent the abolition
of the law by the Legislature, and that the
highest consistency is that which varies the
means while looking steadily to one and the
same end. That end is, MS the Neus frankly
declares, to increase the political power of
the whites. The theory of tho Southern
Democratsis, as the more candid among them
freely say, to prevent the colored voters from
securing political power in those localities
where they have numerical majority. This
Is TO be done to the end that the government
may be white mans government" under
oil circumstances and at whatever cost This
result the Democrats would prefer to attain
by laws which could be construed so as to
give the repression the col 'r Of authority il
this can not be done, fraud will be resorted
TO, and if this does not suffice violence will
be exercised.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The members of the New York Republic
can State Committee have been called to
meet in New York city on Tuesday, August
8, 10 name time and place for holding the
next convention. The intimation is given
out in connection with this announcement
that the committee will probably favor Sara
toga as the place and September 10 as the
time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The facts brought out by the census bull
lc,ins in regard to the destruction of our for
esis have had tendency to advance the
prices of lumber, notably pine. Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas
now have the bulk of what white pine is left
in the country, and it is predicted that New
Orleans will soon be the leading lumber mar
ket of the country. The South now has $780,
O0O, 900, 900 feet of standing pine.