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she was like one awakened from deep and
dreamless sleep. The past had no remem-
brances, she was creature only of the pres
ent, and her alm)st stern reason, no trace
remained of her tender and erratic fancies.
He entreated me to let it depart like dream,
and to suffer her to be guided by woman's
phantasy in her affections. promised and
| tried to keep my word. Alice was induced
to believe that my recent alteration of mind
could account for my strange familiarity
when we met, and as her fathers friend she
forgave me. Bat she evidently regarded me
as perfect stranger. My task was done.
She was fully awakened TO intellectual life,
but she was no longer portion OF myself.
sought to make Alice love me, but the
hope was futile. Her intellectual had over
mastered her womanly nature, and in win
ming the firm reason and decided will Of man
she had lost the gentle weakness of her sex.
asked her to he my wife; she refused my
suit gently but firmly. Maddened by the
excitement of the moment, poured forth the
full tide Of long repressed emotion. told
her of our former communion; | described
the adual development of her dawning in
tello ; | depicted the slow goings Of my
spiril as it was transformed into hers;
prayed her, as would pray high heaven, to
recall some memory Of the past. 1t was all
in vain; the past was gone forever. She
looked on me as a mailman, and shrank from
me in terror. | never saw her again.
After this troper fell upon me, which
rendered me insensible to outward impress
sions. My mind beeame clouded like mir
Tor. ouer which the damp and mildew oflong
years have gathered; images were reflected
there, but hey were dim and indistinct in
their outline. The present and the past were
blended most coufusedly and painfully. |
had no power to control my thoughts. My
soul wa5 dying out with exhaustion.
They tlld me that Alice was married; but
the tiiings scarcely moved me, for | could
no longer be reused to fierce emotion Two
years have passed since last looked on her
sweet face; two years of anguish such as
whitens the locks and withers the heart Of
youth. lam dying; shall soon be number
ed with the forgotten dead for there Is none
t. shed a tear above my grave. am vast
ing away with the inanitlOn Of my spirit
Bat am not dying Of disappointed love.
In the city of Athens, amid all the tumult
and discomfort OF q Greek hostelry. died the
writer of this tale. The incidents he relates
are true; be did awaken Ia intellectual life
the imbeeiie mind of beautiful glTl. who in
the clurse OF her recovery entirely forgot him.
lie sought in vain % win her love, and upon
the tidins- Of her marriage with another he
fell into decline. which resulted in his death
in the summer Of Is. whether of an ex-
haustsd spirit or broken heart let those judge
who know the fearful strength Of human af-
fiction \ more practical account than is
here given may be found in Emerson's
Letters from the Lseln"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14
WOMAN ITEul.

Miss Mary Stevenson Cassatt Of Philadel-
phia has Just finished painting which is at
tracting great attention at Parma.
The newest style of ornaments for the hair
are gilt and silver stars; or anchors in cOlOrcd
velvet, or gilt leaves, or sprays Of wheat fast
ened on one side of the front braid.
Danyille, (N. H. is putting on airs be-
cause one of her pretty women having been
notified by the highway surveyor to appear
aand work out her tax Of four cents, made her
appearance at the appointed time armed with
a hoe. and toiIed vigorously until the tax was
Cancelled.
Woman sufrAgists may point with pride
to Donna Isabella, the charming daughter of
the Emperor of Brazil, who during her faith
or's absence in Europe has acted as Regent OF
his extensive dominions. The politicians
CALAMITY united to make her brief term of
office agreeable, and for while the spirit Of
faction sumbered The Princess Isabel
should be invited to visit the United States
and deliver addresses to admiring crowds of
the strong-minded, on ''What | Know about
Ruling.
The wife of the editor the Of Utica DAILY Bee
is filling the editorial chair OF that establish
ment, like brave woman. while her hus
band is in prison for contempt of court, We
believe. She is tired Of the editorial life,
however, as may be seen from the following
paragraph:
We wish the editor would come back. We
don't want to occupy his chair any longer.
1t isn't pleasant We don't like It, We
don IT like to have tall, beetle-browed Bob
Hart come striding into our presence, armed
with a heavy cudgel, and demand To know
who wrote some Of the meekest paragraphs
ever put in paper. We don't like to dun
or be dunned We don't like to have the
proprietors of old ld-established printing Offices
get our printers awav from US. We don't
like so much care and responsibility. We
are glad we are not a man. We would not
have his care and anxiety of business for all
the ballots in the United States Women
who choose may occupy exceptional positions
but we had rather be excused. We never
craved this job, are not bit thankful that it
has been thrust upon US. 1t is dingy and
dark here, and we had rather be out in the
sunshine. Shopping has inexpressiole charms
for US, and tits woman's privilege,
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Poetry.
My Dream.
From the Sunday World.l

l dream Of beautiful time
When the world shall happy be-
when elephants and hyenas
Shall blossom on every tree,
When tamarinds and potatoes
Shall cease their dreadful rOa-,
When turnip trees shall blossom
In the garden fOfeyermOre.
dream Ofa great republic,
Whose people shall all 20 West,
Sow plums and reap tomatoes
In the land they love the best
Where pig-iron and mOlasses
Shall bloom on every hill,
And chickens low in the barn-yard,
While go0seberries toll st the mill.
I'm weary Of seeing the cabbage
handle the rake and hoe;
I'm weary Of watching and waiting
For the grasshopper bush to grow:
! long for the time when spinach
Shall cope with bread and milk
When hens shall lay tomatoes
And horses spin raw silk.
Oh. sweet were the vanished hours
When wandered adOwn the glen.
And wreathed my brow with tomatoes
Or plucked the ripened hen.
when the donkey twined up the trellis.
And the cucumber chirped 10 the gIsss,
And the sweet po'at0 whistled
To its mate in the mountain pass.
But gone are the days ofehildhcod,
And manhOod's dreams are mine.
Yet l long for the bygone hours
As sit meath this turkey vine,
On, wreathe your blossoms about ne,
And s0oth my aching breast,
While the goOseherry plaintiyely WarbIes
And luils me into rest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

QUADRATURE or a CIRCLE.-W hen man
can stand in basket and lift himself by the
handles, then round cork will close square
hole. These are plain propositions. But it
has so happened there has been succession
of mathematical madcaps, from time 20 time
since the days Of Archimedes to this present
year of moonshine, yainly striving to accom-
pl-h an impossiOility, viz, squaring the cir
Gle. Many fine brains have been needlessly
shipwrecked on that cerebral rock. Ifa
bunghole of barrel could be closed with a
four-eided stopple, that would be complete
solution Of the problem. The last two ma
thelnatical maniacs who died in the belief
that they had proved by figures that desiders-
tum were Abraham Thompson of Boston, and
Augustus Young Of Vermont. Mr.. Young
actually petitioned the Legislature of Massa-
chusetis for compensation, as a reward of his
ingenuity in doing what no other man had
achieved. lie died about twenty years ago,
crushed in spirit by a sense of the injustice
of the State in not appreeiating his merits as
discoverer. Mr.. Young had been member
of Congress. He was an amiable, excellent
man. His monomania on that subject did
not assume the intense form it did in Mr..
Thompson, although he WAS apparently sat
isfed he had mastered the difficulty which
had obstructed the way of other mathemati
cians.-N Y. Mani.
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At the spring Of arch In the great Forth tower,
High up on the wall, Is an angels head,
Ard beneath it !. cIrven lily flower,
With delicate WINS al the side outspread
They say that ths sculptor wrought from the ia-e
Of his youths lost love, Of his promised BRIDE,
And when he had sdded the ltst sad grace
To the fe- tures, Ae dropped his chisel ard died.
And the worslippors throng TO the sliriue bsloE.
And the sight sclrs elme with their c4ri0as
eyes.
Bu; deep in the shaio=. where none may know
It's beauty, the gem of his carving lies
Yet at early morn on a mids ummer's day,
When the sun is far 10 the north, for the space
or few : oTt ni'utss, there falls aray
Through an amber pane On the angels face.
Il was wrought for the eye Of God. and It seems
That He oiessCs tae work 0f the dead mans
hand
VITA a ray Of the golden ! .ht that streams
On the lost Tat are & uai 10 the ceathiess land.
-L0Ha0E SpecflfJr-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

SHALL GRLs LEARN To PLAY TBE PhNo p
Most youn. ladies play the piano as an ac-
complishment. \ girls education is as
much based on the piano-iorte as boys l.
on the Latin grammar, and too often with
similar results \ grl without musical
tastes objects to Mozart, as boy without a
classical turn hates Caesar. By
all means let every girl begin by learning the
pnno Such chance for gaining sym
Uathetic companion for life should never be
thrown away. Even 10 the unmusical girl
it is valuable as a trimming, and to the music
al girl its value Is beyond price q.
But if person Is not musical, piano forte in
structiJn, after certain point, Is only waste
Of time As a general rule, musical talent
develops early, OF not at all
Why should not the girl try drawing. or
painting, or literary composition Why
should the money be spent on her music.
when she has, perhaps, shown some other gift?
Many a girl with real literary or artistic
taste has achieved excellence in nothing be-
cause her energies have been concentrated
upon the piano, which she will never be able
to play, or upon songs which are just As well
left unsung. How many there are who
would lain be spared the humiliation of ex
posing their weak points The piano l.
source of trouble TO them and their friends.
They cry over their music lessons, their
friends gr0an over the result, and 1t Is dim
cult to say which Is the worst oh-the pro-
fessor who has to teach, the pupil who has
70 learn, OF the people who have 10 listen.
But the cause OF music suffers most Of all
Ngac and Morals
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

An old topper was brought before the Omaha
Police Court to answer to the charge OF
drunkenness, ,.and pleaded the constitutional
provision that be ought not to be tried twice
Tor the same offence, asking the Judge if
there wasn't something of that kind in the
law. The Judge said there was. "Then,
said the inebriate, "if you'll send down to
Lincoln and bring Governor Butler uphere,
can prove by him that haven't been sober
in the last fifteen years. It's the same old
drunk, Judge-it's the same old drunk"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

A beautiful young lady who had allowed
the tendrils Of her heart to twine fondly
around strapping great conductor on a
horse-car had her atlectionate nature crushed
by the discovery that he was taking fare
from her, and dead-heading another girl who
lived on the same street. She did not eat
pickles and pine away, but wrote him an af-
fectionate epistle which read: You want to
nok down enuf stamps to git me a paisler
shauI & a dolley vardin before sunday or i
will put an awning over that girls eye the
mex time meet her in sosiety. 700 heer
-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

An Ohio woman petitioning at prayer
meeting for areprobate nephew among whose
sins she enumerated that of coming home
drunk and whistling "Shoo Fly" to illus
trate her meaning went through the trill of
that popular melody herself, in the midst of
her invocation. There has beer nJthirg ike
ir since Miriams time.
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Poetry.
BY EMILY ?. BESsErr

Un1iad the face cllplet5
From thy contented Tyre,
o ieaf strewn cOa h and hsteni
Thy great hearts pure desirv
Reii zht thy soul perennial,
Responsive 10 the spring,
And rengthen sail our cfeieLcs
In yertaI blOssOmiag
Release the dreamy echoes
From the woodland arch and dell.
From waves and rocky alc0ves,
From fern and fairy bell
Apert thy slum Nering pAthos
BY every budding tree,
The south winds blooming story,
The sorg bird's melody
Take from the afllueht iris
Riches 70 tim tue flowers,
And from the mornings czsket
Gems q O. crown tie hours
Resume thy fondess labcrs
FIR mans terrestrial bliss
Renew his soul vita visiors
OF heavenly happiness
Aud tell the sad and weary
How beauty may restore
Hearts tender With It, loving,
Who natures tod adore.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

\ man applying TOR the place Of overseer
on Southern plantation presented the fol-
lowing letter Of introduction and indorse-
ment Mr.. --; Sir, am solicited by my
friend - to endorse his ulogy above which
do His habits are temperate, his dispo-
sition congenial TO social husncy in business.
His comprehension ofagriculture is exquisite
artful. His frmness in his capacity equals
his sobriety in habits. Also, have never
been espoused, he leads a life of celibracy:
So think all the characteIisticks relative to
yeomanry are centred IN him."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

All the lifetime Of the Senator from Massschu-
sets. all his Learning, all his stAtesmsnship, all
his knowledge Of international law, all h.s kno1l
edge Of national affairs, all his opposition to
slavery. all his past work, he is now attempting
to undo From the high estate TO which his past
efforts had raised him, the Senstor fell yesterday
He attacked indirectly, If 70; directly. every act
Of his life; indirectly, If rot directly, he asssiled
the party which be says he made; indirectly, il
not directly, he stabbed his own child. | know
he Senator will not receive advice from me.
and know am not capable Of giving it; but.
in conclusion. | will say this: lie spoke. yes
terdsy, Of the lfe-5ost Of the nation; and | tell
him to-day that the tue ife-bOst Of the nation is
the Republican Party, which, freighfed with the
hopes Of mankind, has passed in safety and tri-
umph through e Of the mos: terrible wars that
ever was known since nations began. That is
the true life-bost- Outside ia ali sea; inside Is
life; and. when you attack the pilot and SOW
dissension among the crew, tha, moment you do
what the Democratic Party has never been able
to do-yOu sink the old Republican ship.
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Our Baby ,

To day we cut the fragrant sod
With trembling hands, asunder.
And Iay this well-oeoved Of God,
our dear cead baby under.
hearts that ache, and ache afreshi
o tears too bliudly rainingl
our hearts are weak. yet being flesh,
Too strong Tor cur restraining.
Sleep. darling, sleep. Cod rain hall steep
Thy little turl-madc dwelling,
Thou wilt not know So far below,
"a .t winds OF storms are sselliIg,
and birds shall sing 10 the warm spriug,
and flowers b o1m about thee,
Thou wilt not heed them love -hu- Oh,
The loneliue tlout thee
Father. We will be comf0rtcd
Tnou vast tue gracious giycr,
We yield her up-n0t dead, not dead
To DWELL with thee forever
Tske Thou our child ours for day,
Ihiae while the age blossom
This little shining head VIC lay
ln the E5ieemeI's bosom
-HymHt f1r NatAsrs asl Cki 1-sa.
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An unsophIsticated parent in Portsmouth,
N. H., observed with pain that his first born
had no teeth, and hastened to remedy the
'deiormity" by purchasing a fifteen dollar
set of molars, which he handed to the nurse,
with the remark that the baby shouldn't suf.
fer if he had to wear only one shirt week.
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For the man must wOrl
Ana uafnar ha cav

Besides, there are some fine points of
scenery about here which need sketching.
So let's have our editor back again by all
means
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

San Francisco woman has been arrested
for attempting to erase from the tombstoneo
her child that portion of the child's name
which it took from her first (divorced) hus-
band. Her design was to substitute the
name of her present husband. The divorced
husband caused her arrest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

Methesulah never chewed tobacco in his
life, and see how old he was when he died
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

\ TELEGRAPH SToRY.-I think the most
curious fact, taken altogether, that ever
heard Of the electric Telegraph, was told me
by cashier Of the Bank Of England. You
may have heari oft. 1t may have been in
print. | am sure it deserves t1 be. d" Once
upon a time then, on certain Saturday
night, the folks at the Bank could not make
the balance come right, by Just 800 This
is a serious matter in that little establish
ment do not mean the cash, but the mis-
take in arithmetic; for it occasions world
of sefutiny. An error in balancing has been
known, | am told, to keep a delegation Of
clerks from each Office at work sometimes
through the whole night. A hue and cry
was of course made after this 100. as if the
old lady in Thread-needle street would be in
the Gazette for want of it. Luckily on the
Sunday morning a clerk (in the middle Of the
sermon. dare say, if the truth were kn0wn)
felt a suspicion Of the truth dart through his
mind quicker than any fash of the telegraph
Itself lie told the chiet cashier on Monday
morning, that perhaps the mistake might
have occurred in packing some boxes of specie
for the West Indies, which had been sent to
Southampton for shipment. The suggestion
was Immediately acted upon. Here was a
race,-lightning against steam, with eight
and forty hours start given. Instantly the
wires asked, . Whether such vessel had
left the harbor" " just weighing anchor, s"
was the answer Stop her !" frantically
shouted the electric telegraph. 1t was done.
'Haye up on deck certain boxes marked SO
and so weigh them carefully" They were
weighed; and one.-the delinquent, was
found by just one packet of a hundred sOve-
reigns heavier than it ought TO be. "Let her
go,'' said the mysterious telegraph. The
West Indian folks were debited with Just
ElO0, more, and the error was corrected
without ever looking into the boxes, or de-
laying the voyage by an hour. Now that is
what may be called " doing business. -
[HENRY ROGERS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-14

THAcsEEtY As a SHowWAN.-N ears ago,
when Thackcray was delivering his lectures
on The Georges" and '.Eu.li-h Wits and
Humorists' to large audiences in Southern
city, he asked a distinguished literary man
what chance Of success there would be in
certain other city not many miles away.
81 really don't know. Mr.. Thackeray. was
the reply. "l-neyer succeeded there. But |
am nobody, and you are great gun; it seems
. me You ought 70 succeed anywhere. Still
cannot conscientiou-ly advise YOU to make
the attempt. You might possibly fail, and
lay tile blame On me After some redec-
ton he added perhaps If you were to
make a special lecture, compounded of the
best and most diycrting parts of two or more
Of yo1r series, You might draw t0lerably
good house. But will not guarantee any
thing.
Thackeray thought the matter over, accept
od the suggestion. made up the compound
lecture, advertised, "hil.et the town and
went over.
ON his return bis friend met him a; the
car-. and, after the usual greeting, said,
We'll, sir, how did you make out?''
"Oh'' said Thackeray merrily. Il have
been playing the mountcbauk for -ixTence.
"What DO yoa mean by that
That night, You know, was wretched
one. the audience was thin, not above fifty or
sixty persons, and a more quiet and absolute
ly sober set never attempted to entertain.
did my best, but 50 profound was their res
pect their awe, may say-Ot me that
not murmur of applause, not a ghost Of
smile, escaped thea. Sllemuly, sincerely,
r,iof7slv tbnv Stared M mo 3o believa thev
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-10-27

co. No permitira la persecution de
los sninistros pacf6cos del quito. Sc ha
denunciado 4 sacerdotes por haber
dicho misa: clique qwiere smped5rSelo
es ms tandtico que el que dice la misa."
Dijo aun mas Robespierre. Olga
mosle:-"Hay hombres que quielen
If mas Iejos; que, so pretexto de des-
truir la superstition, q~ieres comvertir
e1 ateisnso en- w'so especie le religion =
La idea de IN Ser superior que vela
sobre la inocencia oprimida y castiga
ell crf'nen triunfante es de todo punto
popular - Desde que estaba en- ell
colegio, he sido bastante NAL cat6hco;
uuoca he sido amigo frio, nj defensor
INTEL de la hpmanidad, y mas afecto
estoy por esoa las ideas morales y
polfticas cue acabo de exponeros."
Finaimente, en- un discurso que el Z
de prerial del mismo af1o dirigi6
4 Ia Convencion, dijo Robespierre:
g. Han tratado de depravar la mo-
raj pdblica y de ahogar los sentimien-
tos generosos de que Sc compone el
amor de la libertad y de la patria,
les sacrrando de la Repdblica ell sano
juicio, Ia virtud y la divinidad." Aeon
seja ell peri6dico mencionado q los
libres pensalores, q los jacobinos y q
los ateos de la actual Rep4blica fran
cesa que mediten sobre la Ieccion que
les da Robespierre.
Tambien deben me,litar sobre ella
los que pertenecen 4 la escuela de los
imnsortales g esta paIabra Sc lie puede
suprimir la t. CUADRos socIALEs de
Gustavo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-10-27
Sr. D..
Afuy Sr. mio;.

Los mas tenaces enemigos que tie
ne Espana aquf han querido inten-
tar un nuevo y supreme esfuerzo pa
ra interrumpir la accion nacional de
mi peri6dico; y no solo han represen-
tado una ridicula parodia de desaffo,
excitando ..un desdichado para que
provocara la question, sino que en-
cuanto me yieron resuelto Ilevar-
la 4 cabo como retado q retador, re-
currieron a los artifcios que son de
costumbre en- esta terra para estor-
bar los desafos; quiere decir, dieron
una gran campanada en- los peri6di-
cos.
Algunos de estos, incitados por
nuestros enemigos, Sc han puesto sin
embargo & inmediatamente q nues-
tro lado, en- cuanto SO penetraron de
la verdad de la question; pero ell He
raid, a cubierto de las custumbres y
las leyes del pals y de su poderoso
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-10-27

Del Pepino nos remjte ell ST.. d. L.
Il. u. 10 escrito que por los muchos
mateFlales que nos agobian no inser-
tamos lntegro, pero que vamos a ex-
tractar brevemente en- ohsequio de
su autor que es uno de los muchos
puerto riquenos que Sc honran con
mllltar en- las fias de los espanoles
sin condolences.
El Sr. r. G. no es Percutor O6tmra-
dor nj FL Mism0. Ha sido repuesto en-
su destIno de secretario del iuzgado de
paz de San Sebastian, pues la supe-
rloFidad comprendi6 la iIegaIidad con
que Sc habla propnesto su separation
y le hizo justicia. Ademas con los ahor-
ros de su constante y honrado trabaio