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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

IIuLDING THE BREAIn UNDER WATEE 1t is
probable that the entrance of water into the
lungs has q great deal To do with the painless
ness Of drowning Ii is certain that uncon-
sciousness comes nn more quickly when the
terson is deprived of air because the lungs
are filled with water. than when the air-pa
sagcs are closed, while the lungs remain in-
tact. Most persons can hold their breath for
IL minute, very few Tor u minute and u half.
some for two minutes. In one of the variety
theatres of New York appeared recently
The Brilliant Pearl Of the Enchanted Grot-
to, christened Undinc, who performs. while
under water, incuscd Ill mammoth crystal
illuminated gluss tank. feats of astonishing
suppleness and almost unbelievable endur-
ance This performer can probably remain
under water, holding her breath voluntarily,
two minutes and perhaps more. l have N.Y.
self, watch in hand, seen Johnson, the cele-
brnted can-swimmer. remain under water,
i'll tank before an audience, for the aston
ishing-space Of three minutes and twenty
seconds, and before he rose. the involuntary
contractions of his respiratory muscles were
uncomfortable to witness, In such cases. al
though extreme distress may be lelt, there Is
no approach to Inconsistencies. But if II
person 5 head is under water, and he does
not hold his breath, Inconsistencies will
usually come on IN one OF TWO minutes at the
farthest.
If death by drowning be inevitable, as i'll II
shipwreck, the easiest way to die would be to
suck water into the lungs by n powerful in
spirution, as soon as one went beneath the
surface. 4 person who had the courage to
do this would probably become almost imme-
diatrly unconscious and never rise to the
surface As soon as the fluid filled his lungs,
all feelings OF chilhness and pain would cease,
the indescribable semi-delirium that accom-
panies an.rsthesa would come on. with ring
ing in the ears and delightful visions of color
and light, while lie would seem to himself to
be gently sinking to rest on the softest of
beds and with the most delightful of dreams
Dr. Il. $. Tn~y, it, PopsstT Science Monthly
for NnN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

THs President has appointed George L.
Smith Collector of Customs at New Orleans
Mr.. Smith was member of the Forty
third Congress from the Shreveport district.
He is a native of New Hampshire, served in
the Union army, and settled in Louisiana at
the close of the war, engaging in mercantile
and otber business pursuits, and acquiring
considerable property. Mr.. Packard is re-
ported as saying that he preferred Mr.. Smith
to any one but himself for the place.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03
SUNDAY READING.
HYPoCRIrES

HYrocRIrEs.
by JOHN wooDNAN.
The truths worst foe Is he who claims
To act as Gods avenger,
And dreams, beyond his sentry beat,
Tho crystal walls in danger.
Who sets for herosy his traps
OF verbal quirs and quibble,
And weeds the garden o. tho Lord
With Satan's borrowed dibble.
4 king once said to n holy man, "Are you
ever thinking of me?" Yes" said he. lat
such times rs am forgt tting God Almighty.
-Sni.
Good nature, like the little busy bee, col
lects sweetness from every herb ; while ill
nature, like the spider, collects poison from
honeyed flowers
True forhtude is seen in great exploits
that justice warrants, and that wisdom guides
all else is towering frenzy and distraction
.idiiSoH.
Death levels the whole human race, for it
is only when he has stripped men of every
thing external that their deformities can be
clearly discovered, or their worth correctly
ascertained.- LSpdOr.
Hate not. 1t is not worth while Your
life is not long enough to make it pay to
cherish i'll will or hard thoughts toward any
one.
II our hopes were never blasted
Ii our love grew never cold.
II our strength and beauty lasted
Jill hundred wears were told,
Would our hearts be humbly given
To tho Givcr Of such bliss
Would We ever think of Heaven
As better place than thisi
Prayer is the peace of our spirit, tho still
ness of our thoughts, the evenness Of recol-
lection. the seat of meditation, tine rest OF
our cares ana the calm of our tempest ;
prayer is the issue of a quiet mind OF un-
troubled thought /; it is the daughter of char
ity and the sister of meekness and he that
prays to God with an angry-that is. with a
troubled and discomposed spirit is like him
that retires into n battle to mediate. and sets
up his closet in the out-quarter5 of an army,
and chooses a frontier garrison to be wise in.
When YOU lie down, close your
eyes wish short prayer. commit yourself in
the hands of your faithful Creator, and when
you have done, trust Him with yourself, as
you must do when You are dying Jeremy
Idy'er
1t is a miserable state of mind to have a
few things to desire, and many things to
fear BIcOH.
Think all You can of the good qualities of
others forget AMI keep silent concerning
their bad qualities.
You cannot dream yourself into n charac-
ter; you must hammer and forge yourself
one.-trOaL.
To he famed for holiness is as great snare
as to be in high repute for wisdom and elo
quence.-N NcChtyHe.
The wealth Of a man is the number of
things which lie loves and blesses, which he
is loved and blessed by.-CdIlyle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
Give us a song - the soldiers cried.
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns OF the camps allied
Grew weary Of bombarding.
The dark Redan, in silen; scon,
Lay grim. and threat'ning under
And the tawny mound OF the Malakuf
No longer belched its thunder.
There was a pause. The suardsmln said:
I'VE storm the forts tomorrow
Sing while we may, another day
Will bring enough Of sorrow"
They lay along the bIttery's side,
Below the smoking cannon
Grave hearts. from severn and from Clyde,
and from tho banKs Of Shannon.
They sang Of 1--we and not OF fame
Forgot was Britain's glory:
Each heart recalled a different name,
But all sans Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song.
Until its tender passion
Rose like an antht m rich and strong
Their hlttle-evc confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not spelk,
Yet. A. the song grew louder,
someghing upon the s,ldier's cheek
Washed OF the stain' Of powder.
Beyond the darkcning ocean burned
The bloody sunsets emhers,
While the Crime an valleys learned
How English love remembers.
And once gain a fire OF he'll
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream oi shot. and burst OF shell,
And believing OF the murtars.
And Irish Norah's eyes are dim
For a singer dumb and CORY
And English Mary mourns Tor him
Who sang of Annie Laurie"
Go. soldiers TO your honor rest
Your truth and val0r bearing;
The brayest are the teudsrest-
The loving are the daring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

We ARE not at all surprised to see that
Hon. Bradley Barlow is the first choice for
Representative Of the Burlington Sentinel,
st. Adams Visitor and North Hero Recorder,
the only Democratic papers published in
the Third District--or perhaps it would be
more correct to say the only Democratic
paper published in the district, as the three
are really but one
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

h"ih"A"
BORN IN LAEUE COUNTY, KY, FEBRUAR RY T.
1909. DIED At WASHINGTON, APRIL To- 1865.
Seventeen years ago the rebels opened fire
upon Foft Sumter.
Seventeen years ago Sumter was evacuated
by the troops Cf the United States.
Thirteen years ago Abraham Lincoln was
fatally wounded.
Seventeen wears ago Mr.. Lincoln issued
his call for 75.OO0 troops. and summoned
congress to assemble.
Thirteen years ago Nr. Lincoln died
FROM the FIRST ISArGuEAL, MARCH 4. 1861.
'In your hands my dissatisfied fellow
countiymen and not IN mine, is the moment
Gus issue OF civil war. This government will
not assall you.
You can have no conflict without being
yourselves the aggressors. lOu can have no
oath registered in heaven to destroy the gov
ernment. while | shall have the most solemn
one TO preserve. protect and defend it.
Il am 10th TO close. We are not enemies,
but friends. We must not bo enemies.
Though passion may strain. it must not
break our bonds OF affection.
The mystic chords of memory. stretch
ing from every battle field and patriot grave,
to every living heart and hcarthstone all over
this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of
the Union, when again touched, as surely
they will be- by the better angels OF our ma
ture.
GETTYSBURG ApDEFss NOVEMBER 10, 1868.
In a larger sense. we cannot dedicate. We
cannot consecratc We cannot hnllOw this
ground. The brave men living and dead
who struggled here have consecrated il far
above our power To add or detract. The
void viii little note nor long remember what
We say here, but 1t can never forget what
they did here Il Is for us. tine living rath-
er, 10 be dedicated here 10 the work to the
unfinished work they have thus far SO nobly
advanced. 1t ls rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining before
US, that from these honored dead We take in
creased devotion TO that great cause for which
they gave the last full measure Of devotion /,
that We here highly resolve that the dead
shall not have died in vain that this nation,
undeT God, shall have n new birth of free
dom and that the government of the peo-
pie 10y the people and for tho people shall
not perish from the Garth"
FROM THE SECOND GSArGuRAI, MARCH 4. 1865.
"Fondly do We hope, feryently do we pray
that this mighty scourge of war may soon
pass away. Yet, flood wills that it continue
until all the wealth piled by the bondsman :
$50 years Of unrequited toll shall be sunk,
and until every drop Of blood drawn 10y the
lash shall be paid with another drawn with
the sword, as was said 5000 years ago, 80
still 1t must be said, The Judgments of the
Lord are true and righteous altogether
with malice toward none. with charity
for all, with hrmness in the right, as God
gives us TO see the right, let us strive on to
finish the work we are in to bind up the ma
tons wounds. to care for him who shall have
borne the battle and for his widows and or
phans, to do all which may achieve and cher
ish just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

THE COST OF WAR

The following statement, the London
Economist says is perhaps rs near the
truth as it is possible to come in so large
Il subject
The following tables. relating to the
last twenty-five years, are carefully conf
piled from the official statistics of the va
rious nations concerned. and include, in
addition to the troops slain. a portion of
the deaths occasioned by the ravages OF
the wars among The civil population:
l LIVES LOST, l>j Ill KILLED IN BA1TLy, OR DIED
wOUsDS AND DISEASES
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

The bill repeating the bankruptcy law,
went back to the Senate from the House
with some amendments, which will require
fresh action on the part of the Senate. This
will probably be taken tomorrow or next
day, and the bill will then 90 to the Presi-
lapt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03
heard of him was something or other always
terminating with


1t WAS great day for ireland intirely y
he repeated to Hendrick and Pater and vii
liam three or four times at least 4; and those
worthless thought that il a country was to he
affected by my conduct, was certainly n big
man and deserving of great respect There
was II marked change i'll their manner towards
me from that day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

The Pelican oF THE WILDERNESS. pel;-
can of the wilderness, who had long nurtur-
ed his young with blood from his breast his
spouse having gone to meet the taNidermist.
prepared to mate again, but his brood. de
claring that his new companion had designs
ON his pouch sued for commission lie hmdtico
and compelled him to bleed liberally ere they
would withdraw their opposition to the match.
-M0rGl- Parents, obey your children. .-Nele
York u ord.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

When klingls. klange, klingle,
Far down the dusky dingle,
The cows are coming home;
Now sweet and clear, and faint and lew,
The airy tnElings come and go,
Like chImings from the iar-of tower,
Or patterngs OF an April shower
That makes the daisies grow;
ku-lins ko-lang, kolinslelingle.
Far down the darkening dinsle.
Tho cows come slowly home.
And old time friends, and light plays,
And starry nights and sunny days,
Come trOOping up the misty ways,
When the COWS come home.
With JINGLE jsngle, jingle.
SOFT tones that sweetly mingle
rhecows coming home;
Malvne and Pearl and tlorimel,
Dekamp, Red Rose and Gretchen. Schell,
Queen Bess, and Sylph and spangled Sue,
Across the field hear "loO-oo"
And clang her silver bell
Cooling, go-lung golingledingle
With faint. far sounds that minsle,
The cows come slowly home.
And mother songs of Ion gone years,
And baby joys and childish fears,
And youthful hopes and youthful tears,
When the cows come home.
With ringe. rangle. ringle,
By twos AMI threes and SINGLE
The cows are coming home
Through violet air We see the town
And the summer sun a-sllpping down,
And the maple in the hazel glade
Throws down the path longer shade,
And the hills are growing brown
To-ring, to-rAng, torrnseringle.
By threes and tours and single,
The cows come slowly home.
The same sweet sound of wordless psalm,
The same sweet June-day rest and calm,
The zane sweet smell Of buds and balm.
When the cows come home,
With tinEle. tangle, tingle,
Throu IA ern and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home.
A-l0itering in the checkercd stream,
Where the sun-rays glance and glean,
Ciarine, peachb Dom, and Phebe Phills
Stand kneedecp in the creamy lilies,
In a drowsy dream
To-link to-lank, tOlInklelinkle.
Ger banks with buttercups a-twinkle,
The cows come slowly home.
Aud up through memOry's deep ravlne
Come tne brooks cid song and its old time sheen
And the crescent of the silver queen,
When the cows come home.
With klingle, klansle, klingle,
Vita lco-oo. moe-oo, and Jingle,
The CONS are coming home.
AMI over there on Melvin Hill
sounds the plaintiye cry OF the whip pOor-will,
And this deN drops lie on the tangled vines.
And over the poplars Nenusshines,
And over the silent mill.
ko-ling. ko-lsng. kolinglelinsle,
with a ting-a-ling and jingle,
The cows come slowly home.
Let down the bars let in the train
OF long gone song, amt flowers and rain.
For dear old times come back gain
When the COWS come home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03
Adornmenl Of Country Homes.

SOME GOOD suGGEsIIoNs FOR FARMERS AND
oTHEEs.
correspondent OF the y T. Farmer
writes
The ornamcntation of homes is something
which is neglected to a very great extent by
many farmers but. according to my ideas, u
farmer should try to make home as attractive
to himself and family his means will ad-
nit If he cannot eXpend much money for
this Object. he can at least spend little time
in setting ont a few trees and shrubs to orna-
ment the landscape. How much few trees
and shrubs improve the looks of a home
stead. And if one wishes to sell his farm,
they will help sell it. 4 man will buy farm
that is thus oInamentci much more readily
than If II were barren of trees. / would
urge upon every owner of homo the i'm
poTtance of setting few trees and shrubs
every spring The heauiiiul should always
lie associated with the useful. The farmer
esires il in his cattle and stock Of all kinds :;
b ut many, if they are asked about beautify
i ng their homes reply that they have not the
time to spare. Now | say there is no farmer,
or indeed. any one else so driven that he
crnnot, if he chooses, fnd the time TO plant
a few trees every year. And now that beau
tiful season. spring, is with us again, it is
Just the time TO put forth an effort in this
direction Who can have n more pleasant
home than the farmer. If he chosesY Ii does
not always require great wealth to possess a
pretty home. Ii the house is unpainted. q
woodbine or climbing rose trained over the
door or window is a great improvement. But
trees | always thought one of the prettiest
ornaments to a farmers house besides they
are OF other value How refreshing few
sugar naples and elms look near the house
in hot summers day and if a few ever
green's are set on the windward side, they
will afford as much pleasure in the winter
season as deciduous trees do in the summer.
Flowers, too. add great deal to the beauty
of a home, and they should in no wise be
neglected Let the farmer prepare the
ground, and the wife and daughters will be
glad to plant and cultivate them. As gene
raj thing farmers do not like '-posies, and
all the time spent on them is considered
wasted. But 1 say let us have the flowers,
and help the women folks to cultivate them.
too. They cast an influence OF refinement
around ones home. besides reminding us OF
the goddess Of God in giving us such beau
tiful things to cheer us while at our labors
The vegetable garden ought to receive
liberal share of attention. for 1t is a source of
healthful enjoyment to the farmers family.
inasmuch as 1t furnishes the table with luxu-
ries, which could be had in no other way
But this the same AS flowers, is sadly ne
elected 10y many farmers they considering il
something which does not pay But let me
say to all such that. if they will keep an ex-
act account of all labor bestowed on II gar
den, and also Of the products from the same,
they will find that it does pay.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

One-third of the six score bills and resolu-
tions introduced, on Monday. were for
Southern war claims.
In the Senate. on Wednesday, Mr.. Morrill,,
from the Senate Finance Committee, report
ed that the Senate bill to encourage and pro-
tect our shipping interests, should have
originated in the House, and therefore NOV
ed that the committee be discharged from its
further consideration. 1t was so or
dered.
The House passed Mr.. Tburman's Pacific
railroad funding bill. only two Congressman
recording themselves against its passage
General Butler, and Mr.. Lynde, of Wiseor-
sin.
TIE st. Albans Messenger and one or two
private correspondents call cur attention to the
fact that Hon. Jed P. Ladd was Greeley
man six years ago. We were well aware Of
the fact But Mr.. Ladd would say that he
was Greeley Republican; and that he is
and always had been Republican. We have
not said that Mr. Ladd had made no mis-
takes. We have not proposed Mr.. Ladd for
Congress, or seconded any such proposition.
Bot when he was set down as /" half
breed Republican with no more standing
or influence than any country storekeeper,
we thought and said that it was doing our
State Auditor less than Justice. That is all.
WASHINGTON dispatches say that the state
ment of Dennis, tie Republican witness to
the Florida election frauds over which the
Democracy is shouting, is totally disproved
by the sworn testimony taken in the con-
tested election case of Finney against Bisbee,
now before the Election Committee of the
House. The sO-calIed Florida d" confessions"
contain nothing new. Most Of the statements
of MeLin and Dennis had been disproyed
before and can be again. The Republicans
welcome any fair investigation, for they know
that they can show many more Democratic
than Republican frauds: and the Democrats
admit that they arc only storing ammunition
for the campaign of 1880.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03
From our Special Correspondents.
Washington Letter.

AN ADJ0URNING PANIC IN CONGRESS- The
WAN STATESMAN sEES MIRAGEs OF TOMB
sToNES-A UNITED STATES SENATOR AND
CAR pRIvER-TuE BELLES FROM DE-
TROIT AND KANSAS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03

This ia probably mi-print.-M. T.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-23
sitting Bulbs Intentions.

We hope that the ''old Indian fighter"
who votes for and corresponds with Dele
gate Maginnis, of Montana Territory, has
been misinformed as to the intentions of
Sitting Bull and his braves. IL is, however,
SO completely in the line Of possibilities for
tho willy chief or medicine man TO plan a
summer campaign that tho authorities will
do well to be prepared for oil contingen-
cics. There is, unfortunately, DISPOSE
ton in the wild West, we will not say
to manufacture this kind of story, but
to give very vague rumors the substan-
tial appearance Of facts, since they help
along the army contracts which are looked on
as so necessary an item in the development
Of our Territories. There Is, on the other
hand, no safety in turning a deaf ear to
these cries from the wild, Tor tho wolf
may DO coming in dead earnest, although
every s'old Indian fighter" in the Territory
may have been shouting of lupino maraud-
ers all through the winter to give himself a
little harmless amusement. 1t Is desirable
that the government should have tho
fullest reliable information and act upon it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-23
War or Peace.

Evidently the hope ofpeace is not by any
means abandoned in ST. Petersburg, as a
programme of the intended movements of
the Car in the summer in case peace
is maintained is already given out. 1t
is said that he will travel for eighteen
months, leaving the heir to the throne
as regent. But, as must be inferred
from another point in the news, they
are apparently not yet ready to believe
in Berlin that the likelihood Of war is past
Germany, we are informed, although COM
mitted to the declaration that her interven-
ton is limited to diplomatic action in the
interest of peace, is clandestinely preparing
for war. In SO far as government may be
prepared for war without the expenditure
OF money Germany is ready. 1t is her
policy to be so. Any other prepara-
ton means, therefore, the loosening of
the national purse strings and if Germany
is really spending money in military prep
arations it is because she has some
definite object to be effected by war. II
she has such an object there will be war;
for she is now in n position to force others
into the making of war or peace MS she may
desire. IF further intelligence confirms
this news it will provo exceedingly i'm
portant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-23
Death of william Orton.

A shock was caused in business circles
yesterday by the announcement of the sud-
den death OF Mr.. Orion. lie was favorably
known in various public relations before he
became President of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, but it was in that re-
sponsible Office that he first found scope for
his executive faculties, which proved to be
of very high order. AS soon as lie became
we'll known in this conspicuous theatre of
action he was universally respected for his
integrity, cnndor. good sense, foresight and
business energy. For several years be-
fore his sudden and lamented death Mr.
Orion was universally recognized as one OF
the ablest and most skilful men of affairs in
community which abounds with that kind
of talent. Besides being first class man
of business, capable OF managing large
undertakings with signal success, no was
noted for public spirit and private virtues
No man was more faithful, considcrate and
amiable in oil private and domestic rcla-
tions, and he is most sincerely and deeply
mourncd by those who knew him best.
The suddcnness Of his death should DO n
warning to others who are straining their
health and energy in tho heated business
atmosphere Of this fcverish metropolis