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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

Acids-These cause great heat and sensa-
tiOn of burning pain from the mouth down
to the stomach. Remedies Magnesia, soda,
pearlash or soap dissolved in water. Then
use the stomach pump or emetic.
Alkalies. Best remedy is vinegar.
Ammonia. Remedy, lemon juice or vim
egar.
Alcohol First cleanse out the stomach
by All emetic then dash cold water on the
head and give ammonia (Spirlts of harts-
horn.)
Arsenic-In the first place evacuats the
stomach, then give the white OF eggs. lime
water or chalk and water, charcoal and the
preparations OF iron, particularly hydrate.
Lead, white lead and sugar of lead--Reme-
dies alum, cathartlc, such n castor oil and
epson salts especially.
Charcoal. In poisons by carbonic acid
gas, remove the patient to open air, dash
cold water on the head and body and stimu-
late the nostrils and lungs by hnr;shorn, ut
the same time rubbing the chest briskly.
Corrosive sublImate. Give white of eggs,
freshly mixed with water, or give wheat -four
and water or soap and water freely.
Creosote. White OF eggs and the emetics.
Belladonna might heubanel Give emet-
les ami tneu glvo plenty Of wafer aud vine
gar or lemonade.
Mushrooms (when polsonous'.-Giv emet-
leo and then plenty OF vinegar and water,
with doses OF ether If handy.
Nitrate of silver (lunhr caustlc) { Give Il
strong solution OF common salt and then
emetics
Snake bites. etc-Apply Immediately
strong hartshorn, and take 1t internally /;
also give sweet oIl and stimulants freely /,
npply lgaturo right above the part bitten
and then apply cnpping glass.
Tartar cmctcs. GIVE large doses OF tea
made of gals, Peruvian bark or white oak
bark
yerdigris Plenty OF white OF eggs and
water.
White yitrol Give the patient plenty of
milk and water.
Opium. First give strong emetlc of mus
tard and water, then strong coffee and acid
drinks dash cold wnter ON the head
Nux vOmlca. First emetics. then brandy
Oxalic acd Frequently mistaken for ep-
som salts Remedies, chalk. megnesia, or
soap and water and other soothing drinks.
Prussic acid. When there Is time admin
lister chlorine III tho shape of soda lime
Hot brandy and water. hartshorn and tur-
pentine are also useful
IL would be well Tor every mother to paste
the above on the inside OF her medicine chest
or closet. Children often taInpcr with medi-
cine bottles and We frequently hear of deaths
caused by inadvertently swallowing poison.
Many OF the above remedies ure old, but
none the less etiectual.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Montgomery Blair thinks that the next
President will be either Tilden or Grant.

0iont t9ohtIJ DldT tulnk- tudL lHo utAl
President will be either Tilden or Grant.
The New York Erening Post protests
against the appointment of Stanley Mat
thews as the successor of Judge Hunt on the
Supreme Court bench, on the ground that,
though good lawyer, he has not Judicial
mind, is badly mixed up with subsidy busi-
ness, and has clouded and chaotic views Cn
the question Of the currency. Besides, it
thinks, Ohio has enough already.
The Philadelphia Bulletin reminds US that
the council Of Richmond refused to receive
Gen. Grant, but the stubborn man visited
Richmond just the same. And there was
that little affair at Vicksburg.
The Ohio Democrats have plan for catch
ing Greenbackers BY putting two members
of that party on the State ticket.
Kentucky Is another of the States that be-
lieyes in big State Conventions. The next
Democratic body will contain ,603 dele
gates. DR.. Luke P. Black burn, brother
of Representative Blackburn, is likely to be
nominated for Governor.
Senator Kellogg has returned to Wash
ington from New Orleans and says that the
Louisiana Democrats were never so disor-
ganized, and the Republicans never more
united.
A Washington special says: The prospects
of the Edmunds electoral bill are not favor
able. Senator Ingalls, said, to-day, that ne
had favored it thus far with considerable
mental protest, and that many Republicans
entertained toward it the same feeling.
There seems to be little reason to believe
that any considerable number Of Democrats
will vote for it.
Attorney General Deyens's name is men
toned as a suitable successor to Justice
Hlnt. Other, and stronger. names will
doubtless be mentioned, in due time.
TIE House committee on the electoral
question has decided to report the Elmunds
bill adversely, and directed the chairman to
call up for early action the House bill known
as the S0uthard bill. Bat 1t is not certain
that this will ever pass the House, while if
it should, it would probably fail in the
Senate
We are glad to approve one Southern ap-
pOintment-the nomination of ex-Confeder-
ate Gen. Longs:reet as postmaster at
Gainesville, Ga. where he has lived on his
plantation since he was ostracized by his old
associates at New Orleans for turning Re-
publican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

Some BRAND-NEw WEATHER Prophecies.
Richard Mansill, OF Rock Island, scientific
weather prophet, publishes his almanac
of Planetary Meteorology for 1879. " accord
ing to which there will be tolerably steady
cold weather through January, with tenn
perature below the mean; Winter will con.
tinue through February. followed by cold
March. We shall be hatterej by the pros
pect Of Spring during lew days about the
middle OF April, but this will soon pass
away, and the weather. or temptrsture,
sink below the average Of the season, and
will probably remain below the mean
through May. June and July, while we
shall move into hot, stormy Summer about
the last days of August and these conditions
continuing through September and most OF
October. Between the Autumn and Win
ter months. cool droutbs will likely prevail
over large landed countries in the temperate
zone. located lar from the sea. while
an excess OF cool rains will probably occur
on and about sea Coast countries during the
same term. These abnormal irregularities
OF the season Of 1879 must affect tho crops
in many and great parts of the earth during
the year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
The EFFECTS OF CumsrrAx1rY.- The eff,

The EFFECTS OF Christianity. The effects
of the work OF Christ are even TO the unbe-
liever iudisputabe and historical. 1t ex-
PEELED cruelty 1t curbed passion 1t brand
ed suicide (; 1t punished and repressed an e1
ecrable lnfautIcide Il drove the shameless
impurities of heatheudom into a congenial
darkness. There was hardly class whose
wrongs 1t did not remedy. 1t rescued the
gladiator 1t freed the slave 1t protected
the captive it nursed the sick it sheltered
the orphan IT elevated the woman it
shrouded as with halo of sacred innocence
the tender years OF tho child. In every re-
gIon OF life It's amelloritInC influence was
felt IL changed pity from vice INTO viz
tue. II elevated poverty from curse INTO
beattudr 1t cnUbled labor from vulgarity
into II dignity and II duty. 1t -anctified mar
riagc nom little more than burdensome
convention into little less than blessed sac
rament. II revealed for the first time the
uugrlIc beauty ot II Purity of which men had
dcspaIed, and of Mcokn,ss ut which they
had utterly scofied II created the very con-
ceptIou ot charity, aud bIoadened the limits
OF It's obligation from the narrow circle of II
neIghburhuUd to the widest horizons OF the
race Aud while 1t thus involved the idea of
Humanity uS II common brotherhood. even
where Its tidlngs were not believed all over
the world wherever It's tdlugs were believed,
1t clransed the lite and elevated the soul of
each individual man. And in all lands where
it has mouldei the characters of its true be-
levers, 1t has created hearts 50 pure. and
lives 50 peaceful, and homes 81 sweet, that IL
might seem as though those angels who her
aided ITS advent had also whispered to every
depressed and d'spairlng sufferer among the
sons of men, Though ye have lien among
pots, yet shall ye be NJ the wings of II dove,
feathers like gold. Dr. EuyuS "LiE Of
Christ"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

NUMBER of very exciting and very close
Senatorial contests are going on in several of
the State Legislatures. la Wisconsin the
attitude of Senator Howe on the Silver
bill and his attack on the President
are brought up against him; Mr.. keyeS is
accusci Of being "corrupIionist, a 'lOb-
byi~t," and tool of the whiskey ring
while ex-senator Carpenter Is called On to
meet charges asains: his financial record .
The fight is close and the result very doubt
ful. In Illinois there is also a triangular
6ght, and very pretty one, the a~pirants
being Senator Oglesby (the present incum-
bent) ex-senator John A. Logan and Charles
b. Farwell, the well-known ex-Repre4enta-
tive.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

DESERTED CITY Riding one autumnal
day IN company with party OF borderers IN
quest of buffalo, we came upon town stand
ing silent and deserted IN the midst OF a
prairie. "Ihnt. SAID one, us Carson City.
1t did good trade in the old wagon days.
but IT busted up when the railroad went lar
tner West and the people moved ON. There d
only one man left IN 1t now, and he's got
snakes in his boots the hull year round. %
Marvelling what manner of man tins was
who dwelt alone IN the silent city. we rode.
Only one house showed signs Of occupation,
and in it dwet the man. We had pass, d
through the deserted streets and gained the
prairie beyond when shot rang out behind
us and bullet cut the grass to our left.
"Hello he ON the shoot, erred one ride,
boys - and we rode. Carson City soon faded
from view, but not 50 the memory of that
''ousted-up' town and its solitary indweller,
who had perennial JIm-j jams" and was "on
the shoot Tor. Of y. 7. ErenJ,g Post
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

DIsADvANTAGEs IN LIrE.-C Culuvating II
beard.
Sittin. Mt the foot of boarding house
table.
Wearing tight boots with II big wad OF cot
ton darning III the heel
Walking through II crowded fcrrybuat with
II year-old baby in your arms.
Passing the club or billiard room without
dropping in to see who's there
Having bad cold IN the head. and no
handkerchief within hailiuc distance.
Being asked whnt time 1t IL when your uu-
Gle IL keeping your watch to suit his time.
Carrying scuttle ot conl up stairs while
the partner of your joys stands in the hnll
and yels, go Henry : what dirt you're
making on my new carpet
For the first timu in ones life asking girl
il she wouldn't like To so out some evening
next week. and have her culily sny. mo,
You mustn't keep late hours 20
Taking off ones shoes IN the lower hall to
walk up stars nolselcssy, aud just rs the top
is reached To drop one shoe, and hear 1t 90
rattling to the bottom like the gong OF cter-
nifty Netr imL Express.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

Prince Metternicl, htely Austrian Ambas-
sador III Paris, once made n clever little
speech to the lady who was the best dressed
grande dune OF the Second Empire 81 no
uce, SAID His Excellency. that your bon
nets grow smaller and smaller, and the bills
larger and larger. One OF these days the
maker will bring nothing but the bill"-(N.
i. Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDRN

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT WIN l.
Baldwin. a prominent citizen Of North
Strafiord, was killed. the other day. in the
following singular manner While driving
a pair Of horses he stood up in his sleigh
to put on fur coat. Tho sleigh was not
rightly balanced. and while the coat was
part way on, the sleigh jack -knIled togeth-
er, throwing Mr.. Baldwin upon the heels
OF his horses. lie lived in an unconscious
state some txenty-six hou:s. A fracture
of the skull above one eye Indicated that
he was kicked Mr.. Baldwin was some 60
years old. and leaves a wife and three chil
dren
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

TnE Benning ten Banner speaking of the
proposed investigation into the late election
in that town, ~ suggested by Senator
Thurman, says by all means, let us have
the investigation, and the quicker it comes
the better it will please the Republican
party in this town and county,"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

TpIs is undoubtedly the views of Bradley
BARLOW and his party, and are correct
Gem from the Saturday Night RsrIsIs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

Human happiness has no perfect security
but freedom freedom none bat virtue vIr-
tue none but knowledge and neither free
dom nor virtue has any yigOr or immortal
hope except in the principles of the Chris
tian faith, and the sanction OF the Christian
religion .- President Quincy.
To know how to wait is the great secret of
success. DE Maistre
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be
able to bear misfortune
All philosophy lies in two words. "sustain 10
and abstain. II Epictetus.
Unhappy is the man for whom his own
mother has not made all mothers venerable.
-[Riahter.'
Men show their character in nothing more
clearly than by what they think laughable. -
(GOethe
We cannot live on probabilities. Tho faith
IN which We can live bravely and die in peace
must be certainty, 50 far as it processes to
be faith at all, or 1t Is nothing. FrOude.
Bacon says Mems thoughts are much
according to their inclination their dis
course and speeches according to their learn
ing and infused opinions but their deeds
are after as they have been accustomed =
as some one else strikingly observes
"Our deeds have travelled with us from Afar
And what we have been makes US What we are
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

The st. Paul Dispatch tells of II young
man who bought Tor SO from II rival aquit
claim TO II girls affections, paid 50 on account
and got credit ior the remainder pawned
his overcoat for 50 to buy hera present with,
stole the coat aud was sent to pail.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

a h'aII- Ul tU. rom The wind and . covert IRON
the temp=-t as rIsero %! water ia a idry place a
the shadow oi great Rock in weary land. l.
XKxI .
ln the shadow Of lhs Rock
Let rest,
When feel the tempestss OK
Thrill my breast
Al Ia VAN the storm shall oep.
While hide,
And my Tranquil station keep
By Thy side.
On the yarche1 and desert way
Where ! tread,
With the soorchins noon-tids ray
O'er my head
lie, me lind the welcome shade,
cool and still,
And NJ weary steps b- stayed
While they will.
IN peace will rest me there
IlllI -es
That the skies agsia are fair
over me
lhst the burning heats are past,
Ana the day
Bids the traveller at last
GOh- way.
Then my p.l grim stat III take.
And once more
I'll my onward journey make,
AS bsiore
And with joyous heIrt and strong
will raise
ntO lhes o Rock, a song
lad with praise
pnffusF IN Su1F.,f Iff,ruu,u
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

has just been fned $50 for pulling out his
horss's tongue.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
THg -5AD0w oF THE R0cK.

h'.iI- Ul,o" from The wind and q covert from
the temp=-t rIser' o3 water u a tury place a. |
the shadow % j great Rock in weary and. Is
IKxI .
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

Ma. EDxuNDss S electoral billlmssts the fate
which we anticipated at the hands of the
Democrats of the House. There is no pros
pect that it can pass the House against the
adverse report of the committee to which it
was referred. And it may be set down as
certain that the Democracy will agree to no
bill which they do not consider sure to
strengthen their chances of controlling the
next National election. Having the control
Of Congress, they believe that they can con-
troll the next count, and they are content to
leave the matter in thar shape.
TEE chief fault found with resumption, as
at present regulated, is that the payment of
gold coin for grcenbaeks is confined 70 the
sub-treasury at New York. The presenter
of greenbacks for redemption az any other
sub-treasury receives gold check on New
York, and must get his gold from there. In
explanation Of this it Is staled that there is
no provision Of law for the moving of coin
by the treasury from Washington or New
York to the various other sub-treasuries.
As very little coin i actually demanded for
redemption purposes, this objection might
be easily obvia.ed, and doubtless will be by
a special appropriation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17

IIos HOMER +. ROYCE, PRESIDING JUDGE.
Hos. II. HENRY Powers,
Hos. JONATHAN Ross, ASSOCIATE Judges
Hon WALTER C.'DUsroS.
A. J. H0trifd Clerk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-14
A CONDENSED NOVEL.
What is the Use Of Reading Through a
Book When You Can Have it all
in a Few Paragraphs.

A story by Albert Rhodes, the
American Consul at Rouen, and a
well-known contributor to American
magazines, recently published in the
Revue des Deux Mondes at Paris. is
receiving much ~hattering comment
from the French press. 1t is no COM
mon distinction, in the first place, to
have a story admitted to the angus
columns of this noted Review. Henry
James, jr., is said to be the only other
American whose contributions have
ever been accepted. The plot Of the
novelette, is thus condensed by Rich
ard Whiting:
The writer, in travelling in the Holy
Land, makes the acquaintance ca an
American family, the Bromlys- faith
er, mother and daughter-who %collec-
lively have all the characteristics of
the old school and the new in Ameri-
can manners. The father has made
the dollars, and thinks of little else /;
the mother has aided and abetted him
their daughter, born to a~fluence, has
the ease and refinement of her assured
position, and at the same time the
willfulness, independence, coquetry
and spirit of her beauty and her race.
They both adore her, and it is to save
her from a mesalliance with an Amer
lean painter, met in Paris, that they
are now travelling in Palestine. Their
party consists of the usual Arab escort
and a courier picked up at Malta, a
young fellow who, in spite Of his East.
ern origin, has a perfect familiarity
with our English tongue. Mr.. Bromly
is delighted with him on this account,
no less than for his varied informa-
ton. He is never at a loss for an
answer, even in regard to the calibre
Of the trumpets that formed the bat
tering train at Jericho. The only
thing that pains the old gentleman
is the severity of his daughter to
this meritorious dependent. Miss
Bromly has hardly ever a good word
for the courier, even when he saves
her from drowning, and the hayward
humiliations she inficts upon him are
so numerous and so thoroughly un-
feeling that her father is at length
obliged to ask her to treat him with a
little more consideration. $50 be it"
she says, send for the man." my
father thinks | detest YOU she con-
tinues, to the utter establishment of
the whole circle, the courier included.
They are mistaken love you-take
off that disguise" The Eastern cou-
rier, of course, proves to be the Amer
lean artist, stained sufficiently for his
role, though not quite so c%onscien-
tiously as the friend of Mr.. Vincent
Crummles for the part Of "0thello.' y
And so you knew me all along" says
the poor fellow. From the very
moment | saw you at Malta is the
reply. The father and mother rage,
but the story ends happily and in the
only way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-14
A Mad Ep.curean.

Mr.. RogersOn, the son of a gentle
man of large fortune in Gloucester
skige, after receiving an excellent
education, was sent 6brQa9 tQmake the
grand tour. In this Journey young
Rogerson attended to nothing but the
various modes of cookery, and the
methods of eating and drinking luxu-
riously. Before he returned his ia
Their died, when be cntefed iNta the
possession Of a very large fortune and
a small landed estate. He was now
able 10 Igok over his notes of epicu-
rism, and to discoyef where the most
exquisite dishes were to be had, and
the best cooks to be procured. He
had Pc 9rtsF seFyants in his house
but men cooks, for bis foQtmal, bHtleE,
bopsekeepar, c6aclmal and groQms
Wets III aaQks, Among those who
were moro professionally W, were
three cooks from Italy, one from
Florence, another from Sienna, and
another from Viterbo, who was EN-
ployed for the special purpose Of dress
ipg one paftlcHiae Dish only tho ad6c.
ce picante" Of Florence. chad also a
German cook for dressing Tie 'livers Of
turkeys, and the rest were all French.
Mr.. RngerSpl had Q messenger travel.
tqg betWeep Brittany and London to
bring him The aggs afa certain sort az
ployer near st. Malo'; and SO extraya.
CANT was he that he has ate q single
dinner which, though consisting Of
mo dishes only cost him inward Of
FIFTY guiheas. He counted The min.
utes between his meals, and Was
Wholly absorbed In deyising means to
indulge lis splet;.p, In tho 0aNrse d
nine Years he 'fo4nd his table dread.
fully abridged by ruin Of his for.
tgHR, and be was yergipg last To nov,
erty. When he had spent d brtuue
of El50,0OO, and was totally ruined, q
friend gave him a guinea to keep him
from starving; but a short time after
be was found dressing an ortolau for
himself. a few days qftorward he
died by bis own hands.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-14
COMMERCTAL.
PgBLIc LEDGKR OFPIox,l
MEMPHIS. April IA. 1879. I

AAAof Apii III AotV.
The demand for money is exceeding
ly light in trade circles, and the re.
Gently published reports of our lead
ing banks indicate a volume Of over
$2,OOO,0OO in idle currency lying in
their vaults to the credit of depositors
The surplus over and above the de-
mands Of business is large, and bankers
are discussing the propriety of estab-
fishing the rates for discounts at
per cent. on prime commercial paper.
Few borrowers are in the market at
the present rates, which range from
SOLO per cent, and it is believed by
many that cheaper interest rates will
be necessary to prevent a heavy vol
ume of money from lying idle all
through the coming summer.
Throughout the past week exchange
has ruled steady at the rates fixed on
Monday last. Cotton bills are taken
for sight on New York and demand on
New England at &c discount. Sight
bills beyond New York lc discount.
Checks on New York are lc premium.
On New Orleans &c discount buying
and par selling.
In local securities the movement is
quiet with a firm or upward tendency
on all except county warrants, which
are quiet at SOC. Others are as
follows Memphis gas bonds, 94l
do stock, 5000 Union and Planters
Bank stock, LOG; State National Bank,
sc, and Bank of Commerce do, $40
So; Herlando Insurance stock, III;
Union and Planters Bank stock, 1O5;
Bluff City Insurance stock, III Bank
of Tennessee notes, new issue, 35@4l
Phoenix Insurance stock, so; Mem,
this City Fire and Marine Insur-
ance stock, 65.