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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10

SUGGESTIONS Don't live in the back
end Of your house. The boys will pre-
fer the saloon to the kitchen. Don't be
afraid Of the coal bill or wood pile. 1t is
cheaper to have warm parlOr than to
pay liquor bills. Put books and papers
upon your tables instead Of wine and
cider. Clear brains will honor the family
record more than drunkards. Marry into
the Checryble family and keep clear Of
the Grnmblers. Pull tho latch string in
for gossip, and hang it out for the poor,
that yours may be house of mercy. In
4 dying world don't spend too much time
on ruflles and killing flies. Your child
rcn's bodies are of more value than fine
clothes, lacc curtains or BRUSSELS carpets,
and their minds and souls are Of eternal
worth. Don't staryo today to riot to-
morrow don't hoard and scrimp for
years, that you may be generous in your
graves BE your own almoner, and see
your childrcm's happiness while they are
still under the parental roof. Better
have Sunday home service than break
your own and your neighbors Sabbath
by visiting and dining that day. Money
laid ont IN song books, organs, music,
teachers and tuners pays compound IN,
terest bringing health to body, quiet
minds, balm to minds, and makes the
home an mte-chamber to the choir above.
Put your homes into close communion
ton with the church, the school and keeI
open house for every good and noble
cause. Gail 10 your home every gooC
agency that will make hoIne-life sweeter
and give the good control Of your child
ren's character The great things yoI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10

4 Tor-,'H or NATURE MAKING THE WHOLE
WORLD KIN.
saturday ReVcw.l

lsAtulhtN h'NN""I
MIR I,orlmcr FisOn ''once saw II man of
the Australian tribe Wangaratta full OF
tine utmost distress and disgust because
his mother in laws shadow had fallen
across his legs. He was lying Mt the foot
of an enormous gum-tree, which hid HIM
from the old lady's view us she approach
ed. and so the catastrophe occurred.
Among less scrnpulOus savaSes mothers
i'll law are not absolutely BOycotted, but
there must he no tutiOmcnt, they are re-
spcctfully addressed i'll the dual or plural.
Even So the presence of relations by mar
riag.. (among certain American tribes
man must strictly Boycott his own father
in law always bring II chill constrnint INTO
the fnmilv circle. This is the more IN
convenient because man and hunter ls
bound To give much OF his game to these
same relations his wifc's parents. Thus
Boycottng stops n good way short of the
Iris! system, which chiefly exists for the
opposite purpose Of deprivlng landlords,
agents and paying tenants Of food.
If II married black fellow, aided by IN
unmarried black fellow, kills kangaroo,
the whole quarry goes to the father law
and mother in-law, except the left leg,
the share of the married man. and the
right leg, the share of the bachelor If II
married man il lucky enough to spear
native bear. his pnrcnts-in-law got the
left side and two legs. he himself obtains
part of the head, and gives his wifca por
tinn, while she supplies her SISTER with
the cars These negotiations naturally
have to he conducted through the wife.
while the hunter makes hls own arrange
ments with his own fnthcr and mother.
/ Wn,n Il wnmlat ia SLAIN, the father IN law
,nlv rcts the backbone and the mother
| m law some skin. Much iifccling IL
naturally caused, we may presume, when
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10
JUDGE NOT.
By ADELAIDE A. PRoCTo


Judge not the workings OF his Drain
And of his heart thou canst mol see
What looks 10 thy dim eyes STAN,
In Gods pure light may only be al,
A scar brought from some well-Worh uelu,
Where thou wouldst only faint ana yiei".
The look the air that frets Thy sighl,
Nav be a token, that below
The soul has closed IN deadly nght
With some Internal, fiery foe,
Whose glance would scorch thy smlline grace
And cast thee shuddcring on thy face
The fall thou darest to desplse-
Nav be the angels slachened hahu
Has suffered il. that he may rise
And take a firmer, surer stand;
or, trusting less to earthly things,
Nav henccforth learn TO use his wings
And Judge none lost, bui wait and see,
With hopeful pity, not dlsdalh-
The depth of the abyss may he
The measure of the height OF pam,
Aud love and glory that may raise
Their soul to God in after daysl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10
YOU AND 1.
Y CONFESS DE cATTELLA

Yuur ewes. serene and pure, have deigned 10 iooA
upon me, ,..-., II, my
Your h. n l. a Tuitering bird, has fingered III nS
hands: 49,, u ,,re
And vet the words would-alas have all iHe-
gone M, a, ,o, allan
Because your way and mlne lie through such aiien
lands
You are the rising sun that fair day follows aite.,
And the deep of night, the gloomy eiou"'
gray; ,,.r
Van are aow,r star. A hurst of tuneful laughter
| am December drear, and you the merry "A'
You steep yourself in rays and pfe''''e '
Far Won are dawn of day, and the iwliisht SCI
Needs must we say farewell, ere tilic 'ie "n' ""
Far yoa are very Love. and am Loves regret
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10

Kerosene is the cheapest artificial light
in the world. II also assists ~ illumna-
ting the other world with the uuhcrn!l'd d
presence of thousands 1T domestic angels.
-NCW UdTCR Ht gjHt,r.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10
VOL, LIV. NEW SERIES, VOL

tude, much TO the little mothers COM
fort.
''And you won't betray me and he
won't come and take her from me, or hurt
us with his angry look? Oh, dear. how
nice it is to lie down l am SO tired, and
baby is SO cold but think can sleep
now little and-forget.
She was half asleep already the
heavy lids had dropped together, the
small pale face had dropped do" inward
upon the little downy head that lay
against her bosom. -,
s'Her husband must be sent Tor, SAID
resolutely when We found ourselv' once
more alone; and glanced at an envelope
l had taken from the strangers pocket;
MRs. TREMAYNE,
Granhcy LOdgc,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10

An old professor more familiar with
logarithms and Sansnt than with matters
of love was recently married. One could
see, on the morning after the nuptE,ls,
that the face Of the hr!de wore an express
sion of disappointment. Some days pass
ed. The professor appeared Ill at ease
Finally he said to his wife : My dear,
have waited until now before asking
what am about To ask, for did not
want to be brusqnc and driaGrreable.
You know that marriage authorizes Ger
tain liberties that is. certain things
that n woman --" "Vcs,' interrupted
the bride, colorin% deeply, Il under
stand know what my new position
requires" Then you will pcrnlt?' cried
the professor enyly. "Ah If You knew
how unhappy have been the past few
days" And he pulled a pirr out Of hia
pocket and sat down t" enjoy smoke.
From, he french.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10
MASTRlNt; CRATE.

Manuring of grapes should he rcgnla-
ted by the nature Of the soil. If 1t be
lamp-in most eases bad condition for
grape growing stable manure in great
quantities means diseased vine. In dry
ground it has Il beneficial effect. Many
persons of small places have grapes III
damp ground, or can have none. They
must take care to keep the roots near the
surface; never crop the ground about
them todcstroy the small iihrcs, if itran he
avoided and even good may oftcn follow,
when the vines seem failing, To carefully
follow up the roots, left near the snrlacr,
and encourage, rs much as possible,
those remaining there. Wood ashes,
bone dust, and such like fertilizers are
best for grapo vines in low ground.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10
WHAT THE WITS OF THE PRESS FIND TO
SAY


Augustus claimed to he judge
OF what made womanklnd attractive;
And. when new bellies were introduced,
His criticisms grew quite active;
This ones nose was not quite straight,
That ones mouth in curve was wanting,
Anothers face was far too red,
And still another's eyes We're slanflng.
The critic met his fate at last,
And very quietly got married;
The bride WAS plain SO friends declared
For once his judgment had mlscarried.
Poor Gus heard all. well, boys" he sail,
Her face is plain but do not blame me
She worth at least ten thousand pounds,
And SD her hytuc Overcame me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
About the Human Voice.
SOME LATE DISCOVERIES.

Startling revelations about the human voice
have been made bya French physician. Care
Independents convinced him that both among
animals and men the voice is more sharp and
piercing in the lower than in the higher species
or races. The ancients also Che says) had more
shrill voices than later generations fact which
he probably ascertained bv means of the phono-
graph used by Homer and dug up somewhere by
Schliemann. five add to these facts the con-
sideratiOn that in the individual, too, the voice
gradually changes from soprano to tenor and
through baritone to bass, it would follow Gas a
cOrOllary of the Darwinian law that the deyelOp-
ment OF the individual is a recapitulation of
that of the race that IN course of time tenors
and sopranos are destined to disappear alto
gether, leaving only altos and BASES. Right
here comes in the use of the monograph. The
last surviving sopranos and tenOrs will doubtless
be employed by government to devote their life
to singing into the monograph for the benefit of
future generations who would otherwise be de-
priyed of this luxury. And thus Edison's name
will be cleared of the awful imputation that in
the phonOgraph he invented a mere scien-
tifc toy. But our Frenchman has some
further observations to make. Blondes, he says,
usually have higher voices than brunettes which
is borne out by the observation that sopranos
and tenors are usually of light BASES and altos
OF dark complexion. Among earnest and in
tellgent folks bass voices prevail while the
frivolous are tenOrs. Before dinner, too, the
voice Is higher than after dinner, circumstance
which compels tenors to dine early, in order to
preserve the high pitch Of their voice Finaliy
the use of spirituOus liquors leads to congestion
in their use of them, while BASES may drink and
eat as much as they please. Temperance people
should take note Of this, and in future perse-
cute only tenOrS and sopranos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
Love that was Not Blissful.


Seated by the rudy light of the crate fire.
whose Pickering served only to illumine the
room with the half dim light that one sees so often
In one Of Rembrandt's best works. or q saloon
after IL o'clock p. m, Mabel was thinking The
door bell rang, and In an instant servant ush-
cred into the room a fair-haired young man
whom Mabel greeted cordially. They talked Of
commonplace subjects for a WHILE but finally
George w. Simpson spoke the words that had
been in his heart SO lOng-tOld Mabel of his
strong deathless love for her, and how he should
never be happy until he felt that it was returned.
Rising from the chair in which she had been
seated, Mabel went to him, and, placing her hand
In his, said in low, tremulOus voice: eyes.
George, am proud of your love, and love you
In return"
George drew to his heart the beautiful girl
VINO mad said these sweet words and together
they walked slowly to an open window and were
soon standing on vine-embowered porch
mere, sweetheart" said George, there with
.ne stars IN All their purity looking down upon
US; iet me give You our betrothal kiss"
W nile these words We're being spoken Mabel's
father mad come silently into the parlor and. see
ing the open window, had stepped to it and
Five minutes later George was On tba CORNER
waiting for a street car A friend came nm
Are you going to the ball this eyening3n he
said.
"NO," answered George, while a NAMED look
fitted across his features; 81 am going to the
county hospital"
The box-toed boot had done its deadly work
well--from ''L0ces Of My Life" 6y Mural
HdisteQd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22


From the Boston Traveller. October IL.
FOR the fiscal year 1880 there were .394 per-
sons IN Boston who paid tax on real and per-
sonar property to the amount of 81 coo and up
ward This does not include large corporations,
tue ownership of whose stock is unknown or
the large commercial houses, in many of which
women are known to be silent partners or
otherwise interested. or unsettled estates In
which women as well as men are heirs but
these figures represent the number of indiyid-
uas who paid the above-camed amount or
more. OF these 1874 persons 1l9l were men
paying the amount of S2.506, ISL. an average
amount Of 81. los each. and 203 were women
paying SSSS. 4l2. an average of 81 .91S each Two
hundred and three is not a large number. but il
is Is per cent of the whole number of individual
taxpayers who pay the amount named. and the
amount paid by them is Ia per cent of the entire
amount paid by both classes. That the per.
centage of the amount paid is less than the per-
centage of the number. is an indication that "a
a class they are smaller taxpayers than men.
So ii is safe to assume that of the persons pay
ing less than $1,000 tax the percentage of
women will hold good. From a partial eX-
animation, the TS-due5er representative is con-
WINGED that the percentage in favor of women
would De larger. but assuming that the same
proportions exist among those having smaller
taxable property. these are the results: In 1880
there were In Boston s.. $40 ratable polls and of
these 76.4sS were assessed po-tax only leay-
ing not Il .322 of the ratable polls who were as
S~S0NN o' Ni'hSi toiot pSioohdi libEtItl. lHtTt
must have been then at least !. 900 women i'm
Boston who paid into the treasury of the city
and state 81, 267 1873 out of a total levy of
S9.o52, 1872, or IA per cent of the whole. On the
basis of these percentages. and making allow
ance for larger proportion of property tax
payers among the ratable polls in the country
towns and farming districts there are, with
out doubt, at least &c. 600 women i'm Massachu-
sets paying tax into the state county, town
and city treasures of So, 465. $50 i'm total OF
S4, 755, 927 and if the principle of mo taxation
without representation" is just it is question
whether, after all, the claim Of at least q, 900
women in the commonwealth to the right Of
suffrage is not based on something more than
mere sentiment. 1t is not possible from the
statistics at hand to tell the exact proportion of
unmarried women among these, but enough is
known to make it certain that at least so per
cent OF these taxpayers are at present wholly
unrepresented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
The Silver Certificate Mystery.

From the Boston Advertiser Oct. IL.
In thirteen months the gross issue of silver
certificates has increased ifty-one millions, or
almost four millions month; the net issue,
forty-fye millions; the holding OF silver dollars
eighteen and half millions. In order to see
Just what this implies let us analyze the changes
during the last month. The gross issue in
creased six and half millions, the net issue
practically the same, and the amount Of silver
dollars on hand has increased $50, 200. Now,
If the law has been literally complied with,
nearly all the silver-dollar coinage Of the month
has gone into circulation-say, g, 400 600, less
a156 600 Sc. 500, coo in silver dollars has been
deposited in the Treasury by holders; and, the
Certificates having been taken away by these
depositors. the silver dollars themselves have
been paid out 1t follows that the payments
from the Treasury during the month of Septem-
Der have included eight and three-quarter mil
lions of silver dollars. or two millions a week
Such statement as that is PROFESSIONALLY un-
true. The whole disbursements of the govern
ment during the month were only S13, 800, 900,
excepting for the public debt, on which no sill
yer dollars were ever paid; and we are forced
to believe either that tw0-thirds Of all the paw
ments by the Treasury last month were made
by the actual transfer of silver dollars, in all
their bulk and weight, or that this issue is &C
complished constructiyely- silver dollars
are not actually deposited as the law provided
and intended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
Running.Water Notes.
nv EDITH n TuAMl0

We readily consent that the Muses. had their
birth and rearing in the neIghborhood of certain
springs and streams. This was a wise provision
was intended, no doubt, that they should gather
the rudiments from such congenial sources The
Greeks left us no account Gas they well might
have done) of the technical drill pursued by the
nine sisters. However, we may suppose that
they wrote off their scores from the fluent die
tation OF their favOrite cascades and streams
and that they scanned, or sang" all such exer-
clses by the laws of liquid quantity and accent.
Perhaps at the same time. the better to measure
the feet and mark the casural pauses, they
danced, as they sang, over the rppled surface
OF the springs and running water, but it would
seem that the philharmonic societies of their de-
scendants have had their haunts i'm like locali-
ties; or was it mere chance that Homer should
have lived by the river Meles (hence Meesig-
enes); that Plato should have hadhis retirement
u,. where nissus rolls
or that Shakespeare, to all time, should be 'the
Sweet Swan of AvOn?"
Consider the vocality and vocabulary of the
and sub-vOcals, and, if one listen attentively its
little repetend of favorite syllables and aitera-
lions. Like Demosthenes, it knows the use and
advantage OF pebbles, and has, by this simple
experiment, SO purified its utterance that no.
where else is natures idiom spoken SO finely
What list Of Onomatopoetic words we have
caught from its laxative lips! Bdbbling p,u-i-
ing. natunauraag. g,rgtlag, are some of the ad-
jectives borrowed from this vernacuar; and
some have even heard the 'chuckling brooks, :"
an expression which well describes a certain
confidential, soto UOce gayety and self-content
have often heard in the parley of the water
November Atlantic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
Where the Old Man Fit.,,
l The ST. ionic h.

11o'u SLKo Nt' LOUIS GlObo- UemOCrat.
A 1armer-looking gentleman of fifty, carrying
an oid-iashloned valse in his right hand, stopped
IN 'front.' OF the Planters House at about $50 last
evening and asked if .sthem ticket offices" were
with the suggestion that he could buy q ticket
at the Union depot. svtsf
NO, stranger" said he, that won't do.
They don't sell excursion tickets at the Union
depot until Tomorrow I'm going to Yorktown
and want an excursion ticket"
.Ah, you're going to the celebration are YOU
quite distance? You must be very patri0tic?"
"Well yes, it's quite a distance, especially as
I've travelled three hundred miles already. /
amt very patriotic, to speak of, either; but my
dad was-and thought I'd just run down and
look around to see where the old man ft-that's
all !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
Roll Call.

From the Argonard.
corporal Green?" the Orderly cried.
"Here!" was the answer, loud and clear,
From the lips of the soldier who stood near;
AND "Here!" was the word the next replied.
"Cyrus Drew!"-then silence fell
This time no answer followed the call;
only his rear man had seen him fall,
Killed or wounded, he could not tell.
There they stood in the falling light,
These men Of battle, with grave, dark looks,
AS plain to be read as open books
While slowly gathered the shades OF night.
The fern on the hllsides was splashed with blood,
Where redder stains than the peoples knew;
And crimson-dyed was the rivers flood
For the foe had crossed from the other side
That day in the face of murderOus fire,
That swept them down In its terrible ire,
And their life blood went to color the tide.
"Herbert Kline!n At the call there came
Two Stalwart soldiers into the line,
Bearing between them this Herbert Kline,
wounded and bleeding, to answer his name.
" Ezra Kerr !"-and a voice answered, "Here!"
"Hiram Kerr!"-but no man replied.
They were brothers, these Two; the sad wind
And a sRudder crept through the cornfeld near.
ssEphraim Deane!n-then soldier spoke:
''Deane carried our regiments colOrS," he said,
s'Where our ensign was shot left him dead,
just after the enemy wayered and broke.
"Close to the roadside his body lies:
paused o moment and gave him drink:
He murmured his mothers name think.
And death came with 1t, and closed his eyes,
Twas a victory, yes, but it cost us dear
For that company'S roll, when called at night
OF a hundred men who went into the fight
Numbered but twenty thatanswered "Here!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22

PRESENTS ARD BARTERs.-Barter did not be-
gin with distinct intention of giving one thing
for another thing equivalent in value, but it be.
gan by making present and receiving q pres
ent in return; and even now in the East there
continue traces Of the primitive transaction. In
Cairo the purchase of articles from shopkeeper
Is preceded by his offer Of coffee and cigarettes.
and during the negotiation which ends i'm the
engagement Of dnhd bedh, the draooman
brings gifts and expects to receive them.@He,-
bert Spencer, ss Contemporary Repieao.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22

The temperance folks of Kansas are BEGIN.
ming at last to get the upper hand of the liquor
sellers and drinkers. For time it was impos-
sible to convict under the new laws. even ia ths
ciearest cases and upon the plainest evidence:
out the prohibitionists have subscribed money!
held mass meetings. and taken solemn resolu-
tons not to rest until the stringent statute rela-
tive to liquor selling should be enforced, end
now they have succeeded In obtaining conv1o-
tons and the imposition Of heavy fines n
Topeka, Florence and Ottawa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22

Man born of woman is of few DAYS and fu,l Of
schemes to get his name in print.-AorT.iuom
State.
Potatoes planted must have their eyes about
them If they are to come up.-Neso Orleans Pic.
dyune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22

To find q lawyer who charges only q nominal
fee certainly is Observation-Disclosures Euay
Saturday.
A small boy in Boston was instantly killed ON
Tuesday evening by toy pistol in the hands Of
his l0-year-old brother.