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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

READING.-In these days, all men and
women read something, but the trouble
is that by reading in single vein.
which so strongly appeals to their in
dividual taste and personal idiosyncrasies
that ii is not study at all, they lose their
power to study anything else. The rule
for successful and profitable reading
would, in the light of these facts, seem
to be read only what one does not like TO
read. That reading which costs no Ell
tort and necessarily dissipates the power
of study, is that which We should indulge
in only Tor recreation, while that which
we know to be important in itself, and in
its bearings upon broad knowledge and
culture. should most engage our time and
attention. The trouble i, not that we
do not read enough. but that we read so
much OF that which simply pleases us as
to destroy our power to read that which
will edify and enlarge us. There are
many aspects in which newspaper reading
is preferable To much that is considered
essential to high culture 1t is undoubt-
edly dissipating TO the power of study,
but so is any other reading which is pur-
sued as 4 passion. 1t has this advantage,
that il never detaches the mind from 4
supreme interest in the affairs of to-day.
There are studies which scperatc II man
from his time, which shut oil his SYM
pathics from the men and movements
around him There is a kind OF dilc,tant-
eism which rejoices in mousing in dark
corners Tor the curiosities OF history or art, ,
which is wise about great nothings-wise
about bric-a-brac, wise about antique
gems, wise about coins, wise about
classical antiquities. wise about old books
OF whose contents it knows little. wise
about dead and useless things, and foolish
enough to plume itself upon its wisdom.
DR. Holland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

DoS'T STIMULATE THE YoUSG.-If you give
to healthy young man OF twenty wno has
never tasted either, a cup Of tea or coffee, il
will keep him awake all night. If you give
to one who has never drank either fermented
OF distilled liquors, glass of beer, wine, or
weak whiskey and water, it will make him
more or less dizzy. and perhaps give him a
headache. If you persuade one who has
never smoked to try n cigar, it will probably
nauseate him, and for time make him Sc
verely sick.
Now, what is the conclusion from these
facts? Simply that tea, coffee, fermented
and distilled liquors and tobacco are in their
nature medicinal are, in brief, drugs, and
that, at least while the body is growing
while it still has superabundance of vital
FORCE it does not need either the preserva-
tive of tea or coffee, or the digestive and
tonic ones of wine. beer or brandy, or the
soothing one of tobacco, TO keep it in health
and well-being; but that on the contrary,
when the youthful system is in its natural
state and either is offered it, disturbance,
more or less pronounced, is the result.
What terrible responsibility, then, do not
mothers and fathers incur who from baby
hood allow their little children to drink tea
and coffee-nav, before the little things
would think Of asking for it, tempt them to
sip it out Of their own teaspoon! Women
from high to low. are always arxious to be in
fashion. They will dress their children as
nearly as possible like the little aristocrats of
Beacon street and Fifth avenue, and why will
they not feed them also as these little
''swells" are fed 2 A Beacon street mother
would be horrifed at the thought of giving
her young children tea or coffee. Plenty of
the richest milk with oatmeal, or mush, or
homlny, simple puddings, juicy meat. and
cold bread and butter, form the principal
diet of these rich children who look SO rosy
and so handsome. Tea they never get And
if their mothers drink tea it is not the stimu-
lating, nervous Japan, Oolong or Green tea.
No it is the mild, so-called ''EnglIsh Break
fast tea" that alone is drank in the fashion
able world, and it has been adopted simply
because it is more favorable to beauty and
health than the others. Boston Post
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

Germany has announced that she will not
send any ships to the Dardanellas.
Ben Wade's physician says the crisis is
past, and he is going to get well.
Congress has passed but ten bills and joint
resolutions since its assembling in October.
The issue of valentines this year is esti-
mated at 10000 gross (4,320 ,OOO) and the
sale was larger than ever.
The reappointment of Gilbert Robertson,
Jr., as postmaster of Troy, is received with
general satisfaction.
In Montreal, on Tuesday, the Governor
General opened the Mckay Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb, gift to the city by Joseph
Mckay.
The New York Central road has no respect
for the hard times. Its receipts for January
are reported as SSO0,0OO larger than for any
previous month.
The practice of clipping horses in the
Winter, which was so prevalent three or
four years ago, seems to be dying out. and Il
clipped horse is now the exception instead of
the rule.
The body of Mrs. Jane Pittman, who died
at Cincinnati Monday, will be conveyed to
Washington. Pa, tc bo cremated by DR..
lcN1oyne, in accordance with her own
wishes expressed in written will.
Mr.. y. X. Mangam. president of the de-
funct National Trust Company, of New York
city. in which some Vcrmonters were in
tcrestod, has been indicted for swearing to
false returns, and put under fifteen thousand
dollar bonds.
The rivcr-bcd of the Niagara was dry for
hundreds Of yards toward the centre of the
Horseshoe or Canadian Falls during three
days of last week, and the level Of the river
was twcnty-four feet below the usual water
mark, owing to high winds from tho north
cast.
\ tramp walked into house at Athol,
Mas, lately, and picking up small child
told the woman Of the house tn get him
something tn eat or he would kill it She
went into the next room, but instead Of
bringing back food presented a pistol. The
tramp made his exit backward, begging her
not to shoot, and has not been seen since.
At Carthage. Ind, on Tuesday, while the
funeral Of John W. White, who had been
hrutally murdered, was in progress, Henry
FoXwcll, the supposed murder. WAS taken
into the church and forced to look at the
coEIse. lie exhibited great asita ion, and
the people became ircnzied at this indication
of guilt. and rushed toward the prisoner.
Pistols we've drawn, women tainted, and it
was with the greatest difficulty the officers
got their man through the crowd, which
clamurcd for MS hlood
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

PLAIN TALK To A GIRL.-lour every
day toilet is part OF your character A
girl who looks like "iury" or Il slOven
in the morning is not to be trusted, how
ever finely she may look in the evening
No matter how humble your room may
be. there are eight things il should con
tain, viz: mirror, washstand. soap,
towel, comb. hair, nail and tooth-brushes
These are just as essential as your break
fast, before which You should make good
and tree use of them. Parents who fail
to provide their children with such ap-
pliances not only make great mistake,
but commit sin OF omission. Look tidy
in the morning. and after the dinner
work is over, improve your toilet Make
it rule OF your daily lite to "dress up
in the afternoon. Your dress may or may
not be anything better than calico. but
with ribbon or flower, or some bit of
ornament, you can have an air of self re-
spect and satisfaction that invariably
comes with being well-dressed.-El.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

THE PurE'S DREAN.-ltis said that about
two months before his death Pho Mono
dreamed that some white bread was placed
before him which he was obliged to leave
Tor others. lie told the dream 10 his atten-
dants the next morning, and As he did so he
was approached by tho ascetically inclined,
stern yisagcd CARDINAL PanebisneO. Thereat
the Pope exclaimed. "Ah, here is the white
bread (pagc bidnco) | dreamed Of" There
are people in Rome who believe that the
dream augured the election OF PanebisneO
as the successor of Plus IN. He is monk
in his tastes and habits in spite of his rank
as Cardinal, and keeps as tar as possible
to the mode of life which ne followed in
the convent, eating the same kind of food
from the same kind OF dish as the
brothers eat, and sleeping on the same
kind of Il bed. hard and narrow. A French
writer remarks of him that he bears with
regret, as a sad servitude. the necessity of
having servants. horses, a carriage and a
grand apartment" lie il said to be stiney,
but the same French writer places against
the charge the fact that he supports
poor family in Sicily. 1t is certain that
should he be elected to the Papal Chair his
reign would be one of austerity, even if
his uncompromsing spirit of ultramOntsn-
ism did not make it one OF continual con-
flict with the temporal authorities Of Italy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

lN Wild part of Scotland dealer in fish
used to drive his cart considerable way
inland. On one occasion, when passing a
wild moor where, although there did reside
u schoolmaStcr. the knowledge OF the in
habitants of affairs in general was not ox-
tcnsiyc, he dropped lobster. Some cbl!-
dren picked 1t up, and wondering what the
strange creature could he, took it to n
schoolmaster The dominic put ON his
"sparticies, and. tIrning it over and over,
examined it carefully. "weel,' at length
said the oracle. Il ken msist o tho won
deriul animals ~ creation, oxcTpt Just twa.
and these tva ] never saw. They are al
elephant and turtle dove; and so this
must be ane o the tws."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22
Hating He'll.

Mr.. Iugersoll hates" the Christian relig-
ion. He ''hates" tho Bible and all it teach
es. He has been lecturing on Hell, and
he says, and he grinds his teeth he says
it 3: Il hate it. | will hate and defy this doc
trine.' Perhaps We too might ''hate and de-
fy' ''the doctrine if it meant that God is vim
dictive, that he takes a malicious JOY in tor
menting innocent children forever and ever {;
if it meant that forever and ever he will pass
hot waves of the utmost writhing torment
over millions and millions of souls, who
through no fault of theirs have never per-
formed some impossible condition of saliva
tion. But what is the Bible and the Chris
tian doctrine of He'll 1t is nothing, abso-
lutely nothing more than Nature has always
taught everybody, Bible or no Bible. 1t is
only that the same law holds in the moral
world which in the physical world science
has formulated as the last and best result of
all her investgations-the law of the per-
sistence of force. The Bible doctrine of He'll
is that the man who has here on earth formed
the habit Of being bad will continue to be
bad in the next world, as be has in this ; and
that he will continue 10 suffer the degrada-
tion and pain of it there, just as he has here.
The Christian doctrine of He'll and of Heaven
is one, and is thus formulated in the Chris
tian Scriptures. God Is not mocked for
whatsoever man soweth. that shall he also
reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall
of the flesh reap corruption but he that
soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap
life everlasting Translated out OF religious
terminology into that of Science, it would
read The laws of Nature will not fail.
Causes will inevitably produce their effects.
Actions ripen into habits, and habits become
inevitably more and more fixed, until they
are at last unalterable. Goodness brings
bliss badness brings misery. This is Ma
lures law, and between Natures law and
the law of the Bible there is absolutely no
difference. They are one and identical.
This law Mr.. Ingersoll "hates," and. in
hating it, he hates not the Christianity OF the
Bible, but he hates Nature and its laws. Let
him hate them. They are wise and just.
They are beneficial, because they are fixed
and can be depended upon, The soul that
sinneth it shall die" and let it die for now
We know what to expect and can avoid the
consequence by avoiding the cause. Let Mr.
Ingersoll gnash his teeth, as the Tribune says
he did when in his lecture on He'll he de-
clared Il hate it" But Nature is against
him, whether there be God and a revela-
tion or not, if there be any Immortality to
the soul and, in the presence Of the pom
derous and resistless machinery of Nature,
bis hatred is as puny as would be the resist
ance of a poor grain of iron interlocked with
its mates in the beam OF Corliss engine.
For Mr.. Ingersoll is a part of Nature. sub
ject to its laws, and can do nothing but
chatter, chatter against the forces of the uni
verse.-N \. IBdeperdert
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22
The Six Men of Indostan.

Itwas SIX men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined.
Who went to see the elephant
Though all OF them we're blind
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
IL
The first approached the elephant,
And happening to fail
Aga nst his broad ami sturdy side,
At once began to bawi,
"God bless ms-but the elephant
Is very lie WALL"
The second, feeling of the tusk,
Cred, "Ho, what have We here q
SO very round and smooth and sharp
To me it's mighty clear
This wonder OF an elephant
svery like spear
w.
The third approached the animal,
And, happening to take
The sQuirming trunk withil his hands,
Thus boldly up be spake
Il see," quot he, the elephant
Is very like a snsk :"
The fourth reached out his eager hand.
And felt about the knee;
what most this wondrous beast Is like
l. mish hty plain" quoth he:
"'Tis c ear ush the elephant
Is very like tree :"
The ffth. who CHANGED to touch the ear,
Said, Fen the blindest man
Can tel what this resembles most
Deny the tact who can;
This marvel of an elephant
Is very ike ian 9"
The sixth no sooner had begun
Alb, ut the beast to srope.
Than. seizing on the swinging tail
That iel within his scope.
Il see," quoth he, 1.-THE elephant
Is very like roper
ARd so these men OF IndostAn
Disputed I'D and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though eacn wss partly in the right,
Anu ali were in the wrong
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

First phase
A moustache-a vine
A miss
AWhisp,r-"mine "-''Thins"-
A hiss.
Second phase.
Orange fOwers-s veil
And fears
Cake -presenis-by rail-
And tears.
Last phase.
A broomstick-some hair
A curse
Relatives there
Divorce
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

WoLCoTT has had trouble with its village
school and sighs (through tho LEGAL paper)
for a teacher of the General Foster STAMP -
one that could larup the adult portion oi
the district every morning for u week be
lore school commenced
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

Ar the presentation OF the Carpenter
painting, to Congress. the House received
the Senate standing, the Vice President pre-
sided, and ladies occupied the seats of men,
bers and filled the floor. Gen. Garfeld's
speech was careful and studied delinea-
ton of Lincoln. Alexander Stephenss re-
ply was noted for his confession that slavery
was Il weakness, and for his avowal of his
CONSCIENTIOUS belief in the Union cause. The
most significant feature of the occasion was.
perhaps, the fact that the ex-Vice President
Of the Southern Confcderacy should be pres
ent to speak in honor of Abraham Lincoln,
at the reception of painting commemorat-
ing the emancipation of the slaves. Mrs.
Thompson, the donor. and Carpenter, the
artist, occupied seats in the area fronting
the Speakers desk. 1t is said to have been
the first time in the history of Con-
grcss that woman has been invited
by name to seat upon the floor.
The painting was placed behind the Speakers
chair during the speeches. The New York
Tunes correspondent says OF it Since it was
last exhibited here it has evidently been re-
touched, but it can hardly be said to have
been improved. The only valuable historical
paintings belonging To the Government are
tho four old Trumbull pictures in the rotun-
da. They lack character and expression,
hut technically are good art. being well
drawn and exccllsntly painted. They con-
tain large number of strongly drawn por
traits of men whose features are not other
wise preserved. Carpenter work bears no
comparison with Trumbull's, being bad in
color bad in drawing and only very tolerablc
in portraiture, though. perhaps, it j, not
quite 80 bad as Senator Edmunds thinks who
would not give it place in the Capitol. Ii
would have been very charitably criticised,
probably, but Tor the ridiculous price placed
upon it, which is double its value il it were
as good as Mr.. CARPENTER himself dreams
il IS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

1T is favorite dodge of the inhationists,
when worsted in argument, to charge those
who are standing by the credit of the Gov
ernment with being friends of the ''bloated
bondholder," :" and not of the debtor.
Representative Sleicher, of Texas, having
been thus denounced. prOpounds the follow
ing pertinent questions for debating so
cieties
l. Who pays the interest on the national
debt-the bondhOlder or the taxpayer?
.. Whose advantage is it to get the bonds
placed at the lowest possible interest-the
bondholder's or the taxpayers?
3. Is there any way to get low interest
other than BY good credit?
4. In what manner does a nation obtain
good credit? Is it like an individual, by
two elements, viz Honorable dealing, and
responsibility upon liens or property or upon
property subject to Judgment and execution
or is it by one clement alone, viz, honorable
dealing, being judge in his own cause and
not subject to execution?
s. Why do the English pay only three
per centum on their national debt, while we
pay six for the greater part of ours?
&. If we could reduce the interest on our
debt (by elevating our eredit) to the same
rate as the English, hew much would We
save every year, and would that saving be
to the " blOated bOndholdcr" or to the tax
payer?
:. If VIC are too proud to learn from the
experience of our early history and from
that Of other nations, who has to pay the
expense that we incur by our prlde-the
" bloated bondholder =" or the taxpayer?
S. After answering the above. does it ap-
pear that the man who pleads for honest
dealing and good credit, or very low inter
est, which Is all the same. is champion of
the ''bloated bondholder, or a champion Of
the taxpayer? q. E.. d.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22
NnRAI.-

So, oft in intellectual wars
The disputants, l ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Or what each other mean,
And prate about the elephant
Not one Of them has seen
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22

CATCHING CoID.- The season of the
year is now upon us when people every
where will be taken cold, and in many
eases they will suffer much ANA die. 4
little care would often prevent it, In the
first place, as one of the means To prcycn;
a cold, the daily bath in Il warm room
with much friction is very important. In
no case should the body be- chilled. Use
much friction over the chest and throat,
and snuff into the nostrilS Il little ot water
warmed to comfortable temperature.
Next, after the bath. take daily exercise
in the open air, neither To much or to lit
tie, exposing the body somewhat to the
cold and sun for short time. but never
exhauSting it. One chief danger from
cold is the exhausted state OF the body
that first occurs 50 IT is not able to resist
unfayorable influences. People who are
not very vigorous should avoid over cxcr-
ton and keep the strength up to the high
est point. 1t will help those prone to a
cold to sleep all they can. Another cause
ui colds is eating too heartily aier 4 days
work, when there are not forces enough
TO digest the food and keep up the circu-
lation. Eat moderately at night if You
would avoid a cold. A cold in its early
stages may be broken by iootbnths
warmth to the body, especially a hot back
or a hot bath in the middle of the day,
with much friction and quiet in a comfort
able room. II is not advisable To take a
hot bath at night in such eases. When
YOU have Il Geld don't eat much or work
unless YOU have great physical strength,
when "a hard dav's work may be good
thing to equalize the circulation and re-
store the action to the skin which always
suffers when one takes cold
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-22
SOTES.

NOTES.
The Health officer of Providence, r. l. in
which city there were Al deaths from diph-
liberia last month, says: ave are sure that
sunlight, diy and clean premises and pure
air are certain preventives Of diphtheria !;
but, unfortunately, these conditions are not
always within the reach of all the people.
Diphtheria was the subject Of a lecture in
Boston, Saturday evening, by DR.. Henry |.
Bowdltch. The disease, he thought, was in
fectious and contagious. and the epidemic in
Vermont the past Summer was caused by
neglect of cleanliness. He showed the ten
de ncy Of children to be infected by the dis
ease, asserting that adults apparently carry
it to their families. Adults not diseased
sometimes carry it, as do those who are dis
eased. If cleanliness Of person and house
did not prove of value in warding off the
disease it could Mt least do no harm. Physi-
clans. he thought. could not be too careful III
visiting cases of diphtheria. Children at
tackled should be kept from associating with
their playmates. and not allowed to attend
school unless the danger from contagion be
over. Clothing of all kinds used by persons
diseased should be subjected to intense heat
or boiling water, or altogether destroyed.
Funerals should take place Immediately after
death. and children should be excluded nom
therein. unless they have some
office to perform. When attacked or liable
to be attacked, the person should keep clean
and cool-headed. In all cases the disease
must be met very much in the same way ar
Gases OF small pox or scarletina are met.