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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

MAL1BRAN S GRAVE.-ln speaking of
Brussels, Grace Greenwood in recent
letter refers to the I-eken in these words
Near the palace is I; Gothic church, the
beautiful tower Of which is memorial of
the late Queen Of the B"lgians. 1t was
not that which brought us one Sunday
evening on a pill crimage to Lpken. but !,
modest little temple in the crowded ceme-
terry, erected on the grave of Malbran, the
Queen of Song. Her body was brought
here from Manchester, where she died
suddenly during the musical festival, when
she seemed to burst her great heart with
singing. Here is her statue by Geefs, u
Il noble, mature figure, but posed lightly.
us though aspiring above earth, and all
white and pure, like Il type of resurrection,
the face uplifted in an ecstasy Of song. At
her feet lie wreaths of white immortelleS
which seem like pale. scentless ghosts of
her old crownings. 1t hardly seems fit
spot for her to be laid in; it is too quiet
and commonplace. Should she not rather
have been buried in some beautiful cathe-
dral. where the waves of grand harmonies
might have rolled over her rcsto But
perhaps, if she ever hovcrs about the
spot, she will like better the small music
of the little brown bird that pipes forth
his unconscious morning praise from the
tree near her tomb, or builds his nest I'M
der its very roof, and beguiles his patient
mate with glad bursts of unprecedented
song, than the pompous service and swell
ing organ tones of great churches. All.
can it be that the eternal silence has
swallowed up the grand voice of the sing
er, rs tomorrow it will swallow the small
trill of the bird?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

ANOTHER BALLOON ACCIDENT.-Mr
Youens, an English aeronaut, had mar
row escape recently. He ascended from
Doncaster at night, just before a terrific
storm broke over the district, and was
carried into the storm cloud. lie could
not rise obove it, and just as he opened the
valve to descend the balloon was struck
by lightning, a rent thirteen feet from the
bottom being made. Youens fell from a
considerable height into Sprotborough
Park, and lay insensible for nearly an
hour. He is injured, but not seriously.
This is. SO far rs known, the first instance
in which balloon has been injured by
lightning; and even now the statement
seems dubious. All aeronauts agree that
a balloon seems to have repellent effect
in regard to lightning and thunder-that
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floors are washed regu

FLooRs.-When floors are washed regu-
larlv. it is best to scour them with sand
and cold water only. laid on with plenty
of elbowgrea>e, as it is called, as soap and
soda have the tendency to darken the
board<. If they are only washed occas-
ionalv. some fuller's earth should be
dried, and made into Il paste with little
boiling water, then mixed with rather less
than half the quantity of silver sand This
mixture should be sprinkled on the boards.
and they should be then well scrubbed in
the direction of the grain of the wood and
afterward washed with cold water. If the
floor be spotted with grease, mix n quarter
of pound of pearl-ash with one pint OF
hot water, and scrub the floor with this
and a little fine sand.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

When Miss Anna Park returned from
the Holy Lind. she bro i@ht with her a
few ears of IN Egyptian variety of pop
corn About half IN ear was planted in
the garden of Ralph Goldsmith. near the
l4th day of May On the ith of August
there WAS picked from this planting. corn
fully ripe-in>de of three months from the
seed. The stalks are of reddish color.
grow to about , - feet in height and seem
to be very prolific; each stalk having two
ears of corn upon it. The size of the ears
does not vary much from that of the ordi-
nary rice pop corn. Over 100 ears of corn
wore picked by Mr. G. from his expert
mental planting of this variety this year
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DISCOVERY OF THE SOLAR PHoMINES-
'I>.-ln July, 1912, Il great eclipse Oc-
Cured. and the shadow Of the moon de-
>cribcd Il wide belt running across South
rru France, Northern Italy and u portion
Of Austria. The eclipse was carefully OBJ
served by many Of the astronomers of the
world, and 50 completely had previous
observations Of the kind been forgotten,
tlltt the prominenccs which appeared then
with great brllliancr. We're regarded with
extreme surprise. and became objects of
warm discussion. not only rs to their
cause and location. but even rs to their
very existence. Some thought them noun
talIS upon the sun. some that they were
Solar flames. and others, clouds tloatlnG IN
the suns atmosphere Others referred
them to the moon, and vet Others claimed
that tn Y Were mere optical Illusions. AT
the eclipse of 1871 lin Sweden and Nor
Wly), similar observations were repeated.
and, a result of the discussions and
comparis II of observations which followed
astronomers generally became satisfied
that the prcmincnccs are real phenomena
OF the solar atmosphere. in many respects
analogous to our terrestrial clouds; and
Wi rtl came more OF les, confidently to
III" conclusion, not known to be true, that
tile sun Is entirely surrounded with Il con
tmNou> stratum of the same substance,
Many. however. remained uncOnvlnced
ftye. for instance, still asserted them to
'e mere optical illusions, OF mirages.
In the eclipse of 1860, photography was
i'r III" first time employed on such an oc-
r'son with anything like success. The
T.~il.t> of Necchi and De La Rue removed
'- manning doubts us to the real objects
I''">tlon, by exhibiting them upon their
.'.c~ gradually covered on one side and
uncovered on the other side of the sun by
IA" outward progress of the moon.-Iopu-
~ - ~. .u0AhLH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

AMERICANS IN ENGLAND.-Grace Green
wood. in sprightly letter to the New
York Times, commenting on travel and
/ its expenses, says:
The expenses of living and travelling in
England is enormous. and grows worse
continually. 1t has ALWAYS been worse.
feel assured. for Americans than for other
travellers and visitors On first coming to
the dear, old grandmother countryside
land of Shakespeare and Milton, Dickens
and Ihackeray. and other Englishmen
whose greatness overpas>es the bounds OF
time and the gulf of seas-;l certain home
| feeling steals over us. We say, Am
not 4 man and 4 brotner?' or. :" \ woman
and sister?' We gu>h with admiration,
love. trust, and good fellowship. We
smile alike on lords and lackeys, with !.
smile that is childikc and bland"
These are sentiments that do honor to
the head and heart. but they play the
mischief with the eNchequcr. Half-cro WINS.
shilling> and sixpence> fly from Il well-to-
do American Just landed. in all directions.
like sparks from Catharine wheel and
it is hard for one not wcll-to-do 10 restrain
himself from foolish expenditure. Every
waiter at the Adelphi OF the Grosvenor.
not u bcggtr. is u Litter. who stares the
money out of his pocket. Every inviting
old parish church or bit of ruin is a snare ::
in every churchyard he is tolled before his
time. He is taxed for every tear he she,i>
over the grave of 4 poet Or the tomb of Il
warrior.
Before week is past you find thar n
meal at a restaurant, even of the simplest
character, i, u costly affair, and that the
sum total of extras, services, the use of the
common condiments, 1.-The use of the
cruet.' the charge for lightS-sometime>
ut the rate of 4 shilling candle-and fees.
above all and everywhere, fees-is some
thing appalling.
That little affair of the revolt of the Col
ones has not been forgotten. For every
British charge repulsed ut Bunker Hill
and Monmouth we are punished by over
whelming charges at the Northwestern
and the Lrngham, and the capture of
BurSoyne is avenged on every Saratoga
trunk that enters the kingdom.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

praying for the means of earning an honor
able livelihood. The discussion which fol-
lowed displayed a pitiful feeling on the
subject If domestic toll. clergvmen and
others deprecating the degradation " of
. gentlewomen by any participation in
it. The sentiment of Il large portion of
the audience was disgusting.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22
Mrs. CrlWShay the authOr of the schen

Mrs Crawshay the author of the scheme
for employing lady-help." was obliged
to come before the British association for
the advancement of science, this year, and
confess that it had broken in her own
household She WAS obliged to live in
London winters. and in the mean time her
daughter became the mistress of Cyfarthfa
castle, and her daughter couldn't get along
with the " ladies of whom the mother
had been able to make domestics. Never
theless Mrs Crawshay says she receives
hundreds of letters from gentlewomer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

LIE ARMIES OF EURoRE.-A recent
number of LIT France contained 4 complete
analysis Of the military strength of the
various nations in 1870. Germany. it ap-
pears. has an army comprising 400 baltal-
ions of infantry. 46j S1uadron> Of cavalry.
800 campaign batteries. % battallonS of
fort artillery. Is battalons of pioneers. and
Is battalions of service corps. When are
added the reserves. the landSturm. the
llndwehr. and the navy. Il total of zoo
900 men Is arrived ut. with annual c>ti-
mates of t2O. 600. 900 The English army
and navy. including militia and volunteers.
comprise 535, 900 men. and cost 92i 500, :
900; Austria has $4,000 men. costing
flO, 500. 900; Belgium, $4,000 men, with
an expenditure of 81 .659, 200: Denmark
Il 900 men. costing f>66.oO0; Spain, ac-
cording to the regulations of 1870. possess
eI 210,oo0 men, with Il yearly budget of
f6.400 600. The law passed by the CorteS
in 1872 has aS Vet been imperfectlv applied
France has l52 regiments of infantry. 30
battaliOnS of cha>seurS, - cavalry reyi-
ments. 40 regiments of artillery. of
engineers. and % Squadron> Of service
corps. With the reserve and navy the to-
tai effective strength of the country is
.70o, 900 costing f26, ,60O,0o0: Greece. > :
600 men, and estimate t3Go,o0O; Italy,
10000 men. expenditure, t9.Slo.0oo: ::
Holland. 100000 mrE cStlmatc IL. 10000
Portugal, $4,000 men, costing tlSo,OOO; {;
Russia has an army in time of peace of
lSS regiments infantry, 81 battallOns of
ritlemen. IS battalons for frontier service.
56 regiments of cavalry, SO battalions of
artillery ii battalions of engineers, besides
irregulars and reserves What the fleet.
the effective strength of the country is
1.550. 900 men. with budget of f27' 200,
600 Sweden, 100 600 men. costing IL .l2O,-
600. The effective strength of Switzerland
is approximately 10000 men. costing only
1850. 600; Turkey, 100000 men. with esti-
mates of f5.6sO,O0O. On the war footing
therefore, the armies of Europe are ?,}:i3
600 men. costing annually 9l36. 4,ooO.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

they never seem able to get near an cleo
tr!cally charged cloud. And indeed warm
i>hed silk or cotton. of which the gas bags
are made, seem to be the last material in
the world to attract the electric fluid
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

handing him heap of bank notes; land
now all | want is that you give me your
arm for a walk down the Bouevards, in
order to prove that you think me aD hon
est man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

INTO felting. That is what makes broad
cloth and other wooen cloth so firm and
strong.-.S. Nicho'aS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

y WELLINGTON STRATEGY.-On a GER
D'ih occasion during Wcllington's cam
l'H@n III The Pyrene' s, that Great Cap
.tLi hr.u@ d.spleased with tie dispositions
''h'rH Pirton had made for receiving
lie assault of Marshal Soult, who had
i"' 'har'd hun in front. ordered the plan
""' entirely changed. But the difficulty
" It. To 'elay the attack of the French until
,lT change could be effected. This the
>, iron Duke > accomplished in person. in
{'e l'AyWlnE manner. Doffing his cooked
N''; and waving it in the air, he rode fur-
"">Iy to the head of It giment, as if about
~ order Il charge. Thereupon arose a
tremendous cheer from the men, which
"a9 l''A"n up by corps after corps until it
I,.' ..',F"eraled along the whole extent of
". .''2h .,. line. As the roar died away,
"riHl g'on was heard to remark musingly
- Il addressing himself. " Sout is skill
80, O,'t cautious commander, and will not
'l'''k IN force until he has ascertained the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

LONDON ON SUNDAY" Drcarily res
pectable." - Profoundly solemn. '>tup-
idly quiet these are the terms one hears
applied to the conventional London sun
day. | think they are somewhat eXagger-
ated. Quiet, respectable, in the ordinary
acceptation of the terms, London Sunday
aSsuredly is; but fashion, society, rest not
even with the closing of the week. There
is something to do still some social
pleasure or duty which is made peculiar
to the Sabbath. \ certain Veil of stiffness
seems to have fallen over town and "city,
when YOU rise on Sunday morninT-a sort
of tranquil smile of resignation, n it were
on the streets and squares. About ten
o'clock the stiffness is broken in upon by
the cries Of street vendors of fruits and
vegetables, as men and boys pass beneatl,
Your windows with hand carts laden with
the debris of Saturday markets. No one
seems to consider their cries or occupation
dcsccra'ion of the day, and for the mat
tronizing them. They pursue their cheer,
full calling unencouragcd and unmoleSt-
ed.
The services in the various churches are
held AT eleven clock. In the approved-
Ol tlltil tIl III SEW Itt Is less
sh0WU ritual than in the High Church OF
America, but much more formaIitv. !,
seems to us. than in the ordinary EpiSco-
pal service ut home.
Luncheon on the Sunday is >omcwha,
later than through the week. and about
four o'clock we drive to the "Zoo "a sin
@ular amusement for Sunday afternoon
but dictated by fashion. We 90 in at tn,
Regents park entrance, and down the
broad walk to the outer circle, where are
the entrances to the Geological Gardens
On Sundays only = fellows of the Society
and their friends are admitted; hence tn,
reason of its being en- reglc to 90 Within
the magic circle the animals. human ant
otherwise are proudly diSporting. re
member seeing a pretty girl and her cay
alier before the monkeys cage, and hear
ing the latter, heavy Dundrcary, say
with his eyeglasses fixed upon the cage
. So nice to come here. You know, cousr
Arabella. isn't it? One sees everybody
one knows" Whcreupon cousin Arabcll:
smiles somewhat ironically. 1t is rcall,
the place to meet ones friends; and wht
with the "hanimals,' as an energetic
keeper calls them, and the band out in the
park the afternoon is pleasantly while,
away.-Thc GaltIy for September.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22
Cinders in the Eve.

50 many of our readers are leaving
their homes at this time for journeys on
railways. that we give the following, which
was written by an eminent physician ::
" Called to prescribe for Mrs. Andrews
lnf1amcd eyes; learned that she had Il bit
OF clnder in her eyes; occurred while tray
cling in the cars four days ago; eye very
much inhamed, painful, and attacked with
severe headache This is one of the hun
dreds of cases where but very little knowl-
edge would not have been a dangerous
thing. and would save a world of pain.
Nothing is more distressing to a traveller
than Il piece Of cinder in the eye, and no
disorder is so easily remedied. Calling
the family together | proceeded to show
them that it was not IN eye-wash that Mrs.
Andrews needed to relieve her sufferng>,
but the removal of the foreign substance.
The cinders will be found to be Just under
meath the margin of the upper lid, where
there is 4 small groove or gutter for the
flow of tears to the inner angle of the eve.
Foreign bodies tend to fall into this groove,
and if they are very angular like cindcr,
they adhere in spite of the current oftears
which now flow in greater abundance, and
sooner or later carry off smooth substances.
Now, if you will raise the upper margin
of the lid and turn is over, the cinder or
grain of sand will be exposed, and may
be removed by the point of a pencil, or
with the finger covered by a handkerchief.
then demonstrated this operation on one
of the boys thus: Taking my pencil in my
right thumb and finger, with the thumb
and finger Of my left hand seized the
eyclashcs of the upper lid. and drawing
the lid gently out from the ball.passed the
point of the pencil downward upon the
upper surface of the lid, about the fourth
of an inch from the margin, and 1t the
same time carried the margin upward
over the pencil by the eye lasheS, when
the lid readily rolled over the pencil 50
rs to expose completely the gutter de>
cribed. l then asked one of the ladies
to perform this operation upon her moth
er. which. after two or three failures, she
accomplished, and as | had predicted.
smal angular p Gees of Gin !cr We're found
beneath the margin of the lid, which she
very adroitly removed with the point of
the pencil Mrs. Andrews experienced
Immediate relief. 50 much interest was
felt IN this painful operation, that all in
turn performed it. being much aided by
requiring the persons operated upon to
look downward when the lid is being
averted. and upward when the operator
wished to restore the lid.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-22

>IGNAII\ti TIE STARS.-In this ventur-
some ace. when Science, emboldened by
success. ems to have laid claim to ON
Impotence. we may not be surprised to
learn that there is yet hope that the inhab-
itants of this earth may become PERSONAL
" acquainted with the denizen> of other
spheres. In Il communication to the French
Academy of Science, Mr.. Charles Cros
vcnturcd the opinion that the then ap-
pruachin, transit of Venus mi@ht be made
Of service in enabling lis to hold commu-
nicltion with the dwellcrS i'll that planet
or A. he expressed it, 4" 1t is possible that
among the dwellers on the surface of We
nus, there may be some who are astrOno-
mcrs, to whom it may occur that the pas
SAGE of their world across the suns disk
will attract our curiosity. Hence it is re;,-
>onablc to suppose that these sarants will
perfect means to transmit signals to Us
precisely ut the same instant when they
determine that multitudes of earthly tel
escapes are turned in that direction" As
To Just how these signals are to be made.
or what is to be made the basis of the in
tcrplanetary alphabet by which the signals
are To be transmitted, still remains to be
suggested. We have heard, says Il re
cent critic of Mr. Cros, of II scheme of
Signalling to the moon by means of long
black Platforms arranged on wheels and
placed on the extended snow-tields Of 81
heril.' So it appears that we of the earth
are ready. Soon, thanks to the liberality
of Mr. Lick. we shall have telescope
that will bring the moon within eight
miles of US; and it may be that II slight
enlargement Of this scheme might enable
u to transfer that body and its inhabitants
tulIy-cqupped fiftvinch telescope. that
with it and the accompanying sgnal-book
AL could he satisfactorily arranged. Or.
what seems wiser still, mi ght it not he well
to pack a thou>andinch bombshell with
srhoolmaS,crS. and project them across the
vacant space by the aid of million-ton
gun ana Il charge of nitro-g glycerine?
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Che freemau.
Illinois CrODS.

\ Nermonter, writing us from Clinton,
Dewitt County, Illinois, says, under date
of september !:
Clinton. the shire town of Dewitt Co.,
ILL.,. i, about 40 miles from Springfield
To-day is showrry. and terminates the
longest, hottest and driest time of the sea.
,on in this section.
about here the corn crop is called fair
Farther north. all the way from Vermont
10 Chicago and westward of them, it is
said to he excellent. 1t is not so nearly
riue US in Vermont, and needs n week or
more of hot weather. Wheat is very
much damaged by the rain. A farmer
told me this morning it is the poorest it
i a total failure. st. Louis flour must be
poor tn, wear, | think, though that place
IS considerably south of here, and is "A bet
ter winter wheat country; this vicinity be-
inc between the winter and spring wheat
districts. | have seen some of the grain
when thre>hcI-askel Il farmer for some
to send back. he said q" Don't send any of
this stuff 10 the east" There are but few
apples anywhere on the route that l came
Lake Shore and Southern Michigan. Pota-
toes are Il good crop where planted. The
Colorado bugs have = gone east" Grass
hoppers have been reported us passing
over towns in that direction for several
wecks-I have not had the pleasure of
--cing them. The people DO not seem
much afraid. They think if they eat up
every thing green. they will have 4 big job
this wear; the weeds alone would make
them rather 4 large dinner The first of
the season was as wet that the weeds were
>implytran~planted when narrowed, Gf that
ever uccurrcd) The corntields, the wheat
fields and the rO;td->ileS are one complete
ian of them. In al parts of the west.
where have been, the rag or b!jgW weed
his attained Il prodi@ious growth. 1t
mcs up late in the season and completely
covers the pastures and 70 ld-sides in places
About here, the heart s-c:tSe or diamond
we'd and smart weeds seem to predomn-
ate. They grow from two to four feet
high, and all over the fields rs thick rs in
IN eastern barn yard.
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Come sing 10 me of heaven,
When I'm about 10 .lIe.'

he replied. Those sweet verses were sung,
never before, under such circumstances,
us wcen. \ gambler and ,lrinkcr. given
to a life of violence, and with attendants
of like worldly cast asking for and eagerly
drinking in the sweet hymn Never shall
forget the scene. Clouds and darkness
without and within. MAY his wound lead
him to a repentance that ncedeth not to be
repented of. He was of a magnificent
frame, hardly turned his twenties. and ev-
identity capable of 4 noblcr career than he
followed If he gets well he may Vet
preach the faith he has 50 wickcdlv reject
ed. His mothers prayers and presence
may yet prevail. Let no mother cease
following her wayward son with her
prayers. Even after death those prayers
have power with Goi. Who knows but
what he permitted that shot to bring that
soul, to salvation The assassin friend
rode off unharmcd. the crowd not caring
or daring to interfere