Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

lor of Germany, although nearly so years
old, Is learning to ride the bicycle.
on June II Edward Everett Hale said:
This war Will be over in sixty days.
When prophet makes prophecy he
likes to have his prophecy noted"
Chauncey NJ. Depew Is said to be large
stakeholder in the Penny Magazine" one
of the smaller publications OF New York.
Or. Ernst NJ. Lieber, the leader of the
centrlst party in the German Reichstag,
Is expected to be present at the German
Catholic convention to be held in Mlwau-
kee on August 30.
Sardou, who Is now at Marty, France,
has nothing on hand for production next
year in Paris. but is busly at work on the
play which he has promised Sir Henry
Irving.
NJ. and Nine. Paul Bourget have return
ed to France from Greece where they
travelled amid flowers and homages. The
king carried his gracious hospitality so far
as to place a man-of-war at the service of
the distinguished writer.
Edward Silsbee, an American, has just
presented to the Bodleian library eng
land) a guitar which belonged to Shelley,
and which Is referred to in his poem, ITO
u Lady with Guitar"
! Mr.. Arthur j. Burdlck. the author of a
! recently published book, "Iust Jingles,"
/ lives in New York State and has written
over 400 poems for the children's pages of
various newspapers. This is the first time
/ that his work has appeared in book form.
! Henrik Ibsen has been compelled by the
rude curiosity Of English tourists to give
up his twenty-ycar-old habit of going to
the Grand cafe at Christiania at q regular
time and by regular road and spending
the evening there with his friends.
| The youthful squire of Hawarden, Will
! lam Glynne Charles Gladstone, has at
tanned his 18th birthday. He is the only
son of the late w. n. Gladstone, eldest
son of Mr.. Gladstone, and his mother,
daughter of Lord l}lantyre, Is by descent
I a Stuart
NJ. Paul Deschanc, who was elected in
, France as president of the chamber of
deputies for the current year, Is still
young man, having been born at Brussels
in 1886. He is the youngest president ever
elected except Gambetta. The contest be-
tween him and his opponent NJ. Brisson,
was remarkably close, victory declaring
itself by only ten votes.
| Since the beginning of the war postof-
fees have been named after Hobson
Schley Sampson, Sigsbec and Dewey. The
hero of Manila heads the list, and it is ex-
pected that the name Dewey will be given
to at least ten offices before long.
Ex-Presdent Casimir-Perier, of France.
and his wife are making Il cycling tour
through the midland counties of Eng
land.
Hiram Maxim, in a recent speech, rid
ordnance which his brother Hudson Max
i'm claims to have discovered
The gavel which Washington used when
he laid the cornerstone of the national
Capitol Is in the possession OF Potomac
Lodge of Masons. 1t is in perfect state
of preservation.
The Sultan of Turkey Is n great lover
of amusements, and takes special delight
in conjurors' tricks. The leader of any
troupe that passes through Constants
nople is certain to receive an invitation to
give performance.
Or. John NJ. Willis, Of Eliot, Me-, owns
three rare Bibles. Two of them are
, Brceches Bibles, one printed in London
in liS5. and the other in Geneva in 1860;
the third is an Elziver Bible. two vol
umes. elephant folio. French print, of 1863,
. one of the few copies eXtant.
The Princess of Wles has had slngu-
, lar distinction paid her by Newfoundland
The lates issue of stamps bears the por-
trait of her Royal Highness. the third OF
, series OF royal portraits to appear on
the stamps of Engand's oldest colony.
, Vigorous measures will be taken in Mad
|, agascar to prevent the extinction of the
! population. After next year every man
: twenty-five years of age who cannot show
, that he is the father of a child, leSiti'
, mate or illcgitinate, will pay an annua
tax of s.. Childloss women over twenty
five years of age will pay s.50.
Samuel Packard immigrated to this
country in 1853. and settled in the now
historic town of bingham. Mass. His wifi,
and daughter came with him. From his
r family have sprung 1000 defendants. Ter
I years ago there was Packard reunion AT
. Prockton, at which 1900 members were
5 present. The two hundred and sixtiett
= anniversary of his arrival was recently
( held in Avon, Mass.
$ Lieut.. Hobson has been done in wax FOL
the Eden Musee.
e Auguste Bruchet the philologist, who died
q few days ago at Cannes. was once EN-
ployed by the Empress Eugenie to teach
r her how to pronounce French with 6
:, Partisan accent
v The emperor of Austria intends to ere
G ale new order for ladies only, in com
{ memoraton of his jubilee, and to asso
ciat' in some way with the Empress
= Thrr" exists already an Order of Eliza
I bctH-Teresa.
t I'VE orders OF decoration borne by tn,
FL 'ror of Germany are worth LITTLE
oNt 10000 His pincipal and most valu
al 'ecorations are the insignia of thu
0 Black Eagle the Order of st. John, of th'
I Garter and of the Toison d'Or.
D The imperial chancellor of Germany
t Prince Hohenlohe Is about to sell the las
s of his formerly enormous possessions II
: Russia. They were the property of thu
v late princess and at her deathbed had L
4 be sold, in accordance with the Russian
a law forbiddng the holding of real pro
o perty by aliens.
g Joseph Jefferson, not long ago. wrote
s check for 81 upon a piece of birch bari
o in the mountains because he had 40 pape
= with him. The bank which cashed tn
It check now has it framed and hanging oil
t. the wall.
e Herbert Spencer is busy in his Brighton
= home revising those of his books whicl
Y need to be squared with the knowledge o
l. to-day. He Is now feeble old man ant
@ has been Obliged to decline all correspon
dence save that of immediate persona
concern.
San Francisco now has a law by whcl
= a peddler who rings door bell of hous
d whore the sign mo peddlers'' Is displayed
6 is liable to a fine of 800 or six months
= imprisonment, or both.
It Napoleon, summing up the fighting quail
e tiles of the various European countries
n said that one Frenchman was equal I
o four Spaniards, to three Austrians, to tw
g Germans, or to one Brlton.
o Newspapers in the South say that tn
n cotton crop in Texas alone will be equal I
e a pound OF cotton for every every mar
d woman and child on earth.
3, The Jewish Year Book estimates tina
a. there are in the world about Il, 100000 O
e that race, more than one-half being unde
d Russian jurisdiction
It Robert T. Lincoln Is a grandfather. Iii
e daughter Mrs. Jessie Lincoln Beckwit
n of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. gave birth TO
% nine-p pound girl on August q.
a Young Blaine, who was made a capital
n In the volunteer army to please h
e mother, continues to get his name In tn
IS papers The Honolulu correspondent O
e the New York Sun writes: Capital