Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-11
PERSONS AND POLITICS.

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in much better health than he was last WIN
ter.
The Independent Republicans of Pennsy-
wanna are preparing an address to the people
il favor of Blaine and Logan.
The chances of Republican success in
West Virgin. this fall, good under any CIR
crmstances, are being improved by serious
dsscnsions IN the Democratic ranks.
Mr.. Bayards Dover speech would OF iiseli
enable Mr.. Blame and his friends to change
the issue of he campaign from the reform OF
to-day to the rebellion Of more than twenty
years ago.-N. y. W'orld
Under the healing "At last, glory" the
Salt Lake IriJVne expresses its profound re-
ioicing at the rcappointment of Governor
Murray of Utah. Thousands of good men
and true" cxclalms the IribUne, Twill say
God bless President Arthur and Will take
new heart to work in the cause OF right. i ne
news indeed is most welcome, and the Skies
are particularly bright this morning.
Rev. DIR. w. b. Derrick, the colored cler-
gvman who decided last week to resign his
position as candidate for clector on the New
York Republican ticket, and who wrote
letter Indicating thpt intention, has recon
sidercd his purpose and will remain on the
ticket.
The arguments that Mr.. Samuel j. Ran
dali would make the best Democratic Presl'
dent have this conclusive force that he Is
most thoroughly in autagOnism to the prln
cples aud Policy of his party. PF00'denct
JOurHdl.
Mlss Catherine Wolfe of New York, now
summcring in her fiue villa at Newport
supplies the entire means to fit out and sem
out the Babylonian Exploring Expedition
under the direction of DR.. William Haye
Ward
Gen. Kilpatricks widow is to have pen
sion, the President having signed the bill
recently passed by Congress awarding it t.
her.
The number of post-oilices grows every
year, and the new Blue Book shows thai
there are now 49, 800 men in the country en-
| titled to write p. NJ. after their names
| About 2300 of them are Presidential officer
that is. the incumbents must be NOMINATED
by the President AMI confirmed by the Sen
atc-the remainder are flied by the Pos
| Office Department A Presidential office in
wolves IA salary Of at least 81 900 year ant
the limit runs rs high rs $4,000 for the NcV
| York Postmaster. In the other direction tn
| pay runs down a. low as niue cents, whlcl
| was all that a North Carolina ollie nettei
| its incumbent last year, and there are som
| 1000 pOstmasters who receive less than 81
year apiece, yet no little political influenc
attaches to these petty places, ana II ole!
happens tina. a Congressman is almost har
Ied t. death by contest Tor an oiilce WHO
doesn't return enough income to pay man
board bill.
David Livingstone said; Those who hav
never carried book through the press ca
form no idea of the amount Of toll 1t IL
wolves. The process has increased my /,
sDect for authors Il thDusandfOld. think
would rather cross tue African contintn
again than undertake to write an )lher D)"k.
"Eur the statistics ut the negro population
South America alonc,' says Robert Da
Owen, Il examined more than Il huhure
land fftv volumes" Another author tells u
lldl NE NIplc l'didSl AiIS anu "h''o l''7C
of his book as many AS fifty times 1t
sui of one Of Lpdgfellow's poems that
was written IN four weeks, but tina, he sper
six months in correcting and cutting
down. Bulwer declared that he had rewrl
ten some of his brlcicr productions as man
rs eight or nine times before their public
ton. One of Tennyson's pieces was rewr
ten fifty times. John Owen was invent
years ON his documentary on the Eplslle
the Hebrews :" Gibbon, on his decline an
Fail" twenty years, and Adam Clark. ON h
Commentary" twenty-sX years. Carly
spent fifteen years on his 'Frederick II
Great" A great deal of time is consume
in Racing before some books are prepared
George Eliot read one thousand books heiol
she wrote "Dauicl DerOnda." Alison ret
two thousand before he completed his hi
tory. Ii is said Of another that he rec
twenty thousand and wrote only two book