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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11

op;o,, tI,o full ,,,.;, iI,os or French citizen-
sb;n Dut II ,ias naturally in the army
that be fnrud his mosl devoted partisans
Ha arcornJ os every one know. from
Ham d,sruis.J us \ working mason.
WLct ia no, :, generally known is that
a uant,rcl rer,.nizc,l him as he
nossaJ ont of the gates with
q boJ of bricks across his shoulder
Rrt tLo on11iar only smiled faintly-all to
bimseIf He WIS not .roing to betray the
heir of the Little Corporal, nothe. When
Nonoleon came into his kingdom he row
n Ilr rewarded all who had aided his as
cane moi ,xcludino tho sentinel. The
worst of these ms and downs in the early
life Of n monarch is thathe can never quite
command from his servants the respect
which voulj h, accorded without aues-
tion to SOVEREIGN REGULARLY succeeding
bis father ia ono sense Napoleon III
vos ooyn5gro0rojf, for he was born
while his npci, rulrd half Europe. but
there were tbeu three lives between him
and tbe immortal heritage. So long os
tbe GREAT Emncror and the King of Rome
ond b;s own elder brother lived I,ouis
Nanoleop troubled himself little about
tbe family cause but after that third
Jeotb he bccomo an altered man. He
consiJcrad that the leadership of his
bo,,e, ami ,Io o-uor,iianship Of the Nano-
Iaonic ;Jco were now intr1sted 10 him. nor
did he reel, LIGHTLY of SO high Il trust. In
fact he never forant if either pinino in
prison or omusinn himself in London
society sin ~ have an TAe could
not, even ON tho throne. get himself treat
ed ouite like u Frederic H. or even n
Georre Ill
He must occasionally Laye been in
dreadful straits One iov after n Cabi-
nat Council. the President of the resublic
laughingly drew from bis pocket couple
of 5.franc pieces. iiurled them one AGAINST
another anJ said .1Lis ia all I have 10 nav
about to visit some Of tho departments.
Ferpinand Barrot. his Secretary-Ge General
overheard these words and saw that his
chief was testing with n forced smile.
That evening the Prince (who was to
start next morning. found 10. 900 francs
in gold on his dressing table. "It's YOU.
Barrot." he said to his faithful servant
who was in attendance. Barrot after
wards obtained all that an Emperor could
give, portfolio. Scnatorsliip. Grand
Cross. &c,
Anrnnos of cr,e.ce N.rolaor of,or
or;cveJ tIoi he rnnIJ ma, crnc;I;ota tho
RannlI;cans Cor bo LoJ nanx I ';,,eroI
instincts There wos a rrrto;n Repnbl;-
can towards whom he felt kindly,
onJ 70 whom bo or,.c otier,1 tba T,ec;on
nf Honor. Iocl;noI u;,h thanIs
Soro t;n,a as,or e,;I Pill po,,IJ;oa,.
% feiI ;rtn 9TH ibo Sc;rr hut w. wns Gsha,I nnt M
oIira IT, r,,,,,,,'..,. ,I,o,,,,,.,,, Ja.orot
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The unaccountable mortality among cattle
on the vast grazing plains of New Mexico
causes much excitement. If it continues,
many capitalists will he ruined.
Ida Lewis, the heroine of Lime Rock light
house, on Friday might saved from drowning
two men who broke through while attempt
ing to cross the harbor on the ice.
\ Chicago despatch says that 4 party Of
gentlemen took sleigh ride on the lake,
Thursday, 10 the crib, the water around
which is kept free from ice with much dill
Guilty by "A tug.
The Princess Louise will return TO her huS-
band in May, and the two will join 4 large
party Of English visitors in fishing cNcur-
sion ON the lower ST. Lawrence. The Prin-
cess will then, with her English guests, visit
Manitoba and the northwest PROVINCES OF the
Dominion.
Martin Johns of Harrison county, Ind,
has bcqucathed his property to the paupers IN
the Harrison county poorhouse- lie orders
his farm and personal property 10 be sold
and the proceeds put out at interest rs per
pctual fund, the interests to be expended in
the purchase Of such things rs the paupers
may require and the county does not furnish
During 1880 there were driven from Texas
into the northern States and territories 39i,
Isl head Of cattle. With two exceptions
this was the largest number ever driven
north in one year since lS66 In 1871. 600
900 head were driven. and 1873, about 400
900 head About 4. .O0O, 900 head have been
driven from Texas in fifteen years.
Great drstitutinn is reported beyond sleep
Eve station on the Winuna and ST Peter
branch of the Northwestern railroad, A
miles from St Paul. A whole family has
been found in hOvrl ut Burns, all frozen To-
death ON the floor. The scarcity ul fuel has
compelled settlers Ia burn everything, in
cludins furniture.
At Decatur, Ala, Friday, two men named
Davidson and Pickering were stopped 10y "A
man named lctson. who charged that David
son had sandcred his daughter. Letson
drew II revolver, when Pickering interfered
and was shot dead lie was defeated in the
race for the governorship not long ago.
An adventurous English tourist asceudcd
the magnificent ice mountain below Niagara
Falls. and after reaching the summit, slipped
and went down in the direction of the river
in his frantic cndcavors to save himself, he
had the nails literally torn from his fingers
tie only stopped in his terrible career within
IL few feet of the river.
There is n glut ol 81 and - notes in ln-
diana \ business man in Indianapolis oilers
the following explanation The slut ot
small notcs here can he easily accounted Tor.
II is "A well-knnwn fact that the Democratic
leaders circulated thousands of them last tie
toher and November of course not with II
view of purchasing votes, but with chnrta-
hlr intentions merely
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11
A LOVERS QUARREL.

could not hear all that they must have said
But as sat beside the little stream
l watched them part with Just one angry word
She passed me quickly, with down n-drooped head
Red cheeks eyes flashing with scornful CLEAN,
A hasty step, as by deep passion stirred;
She did not turn, nor look back where he stood,
Bat vanished quickly in the thick green wood
watched him sigh, then noted as he gazed
Al her retreating form he whistled low
And softly 10 himself in deepest thought
He whispered. ..Is she Ned?'-then was amazed
That twas. in truth, she really meant 10 go.
He looked once more, as If indeed he sought
To bring her back but on she went that day
Then he went too-but twas the other way.
They never met again ; but oft l see
The girl, a woman grown, come by THIS seat,
And gaze into the stream with tear-wofn eyes
And then wonder why such things should be !
If she had turned her head. or staid her feet,
Life would have altered, loves bright sunny skies
Shone DER her eyeri 'Tis but things like this
That form our lives, and make our woe or bliss
An the Year RaTaa-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11
IHE SUICIDE.


A shadOyeI form before the light,
A cleaning face against the night,
Clutched hands across a halo bright
OF blowing hair,-her iNed sight
S;ares down where moving black, below,
The rivers deaihly waves in murmurous silence
dow.
The moon falls fainiing on the sky,
The dark woods bow their heads IN sorrow,
Tie earth sends up a misty sigh
A sOul defies the morrow
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11
THE GOLDEN ROD.
BY MRS. ELLEN E. DICKINSON.

BY MRS. ELLEN Z. DICKINSON
| walk amid the golden-rod-
Last efiorescence OF the sod
And watch the glories Of the light,
As sunset changes into night.
An ME one year ago to-day
| wandered in this golden way.
little year-a long, long year,
Then autumn's leaves were brown and sere.
Not then alone, with tear-dimmed eyes,
1 walked beneath October skies;
Nv darling. in those halcyon hours,
Was with me mid these perfumed flowers.
He comes no morei ! Idly stray
Amid the blooms At close OF day
He slumbers where the golden-roa
Reirs It's plumes on the bright green sol.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11
IN The OLD CHURCH TOWER.


In the old church tower
Hangs the bell
And above on the ysne,
In the sunshine and the ram,
Cut in gold ST. Peter stands,
With the KEYS in his two hands,
And all is well.
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell.
You can hear its great heart beat
An so loud, and mild and sweet
As the parson says his prayer
over happy lovers there,
While all is well !
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell;
Won can hear its great heart beat,
AMI 20 loud, and mild, and sweet,
As the parson says his prayer
over happy lovers there,
While all Is well
Ia the old church tower
Hangs the bell,
Deep and solemn. Hark again
All! what passion and what pain
With her hands upon her breast,
Some poor soul has gone TO rest
Where all is well
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell
A quaint friend that seems TO Know
Ali our joy and all our woe;
1t is glad when we are wed,
It's sad when we are dead,
And all is well.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11

The Womrn's National Anti-l olygamN
Socrctv met in Salt Lake, rncs,ay, and
adopted resolutions strongly in ior> ng "oV
Murrays action in issuing cerui cate ot
election To Campbell, on the gr und that his
opponent is polygamisi.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11

Nnmm puts rotten apgl ttr Boo pouch,
Bt,7ius,. Tho upper -i..,. ll'N tam Iu him
Clnsrancy ~ nistIl. ttrnn4t.iut iullv
f..t nor.
gnr dolil tcmpla az mot TO- Ur tempt hmu.
Reckoning hi- stun WIN Opportunity.
i,'t non.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

THERE are fifty kinds of flowers urou
Ing in the Arctic regions which are 70 ".
found nowhere else. They are most o 70
them of white or yellow color. Vi
A PARIS manufacturer claims To how.
discovered process for substituting tho
leaves of the eucalyptus tree, which ~
burning emit delicious perfume to -
tabacco leaves in making cigars. VI
EVEN so infammable a material
cotton can now be used for the co 70
struction of fire-proof buildings. t;a
converted in paste-by chemical tract
ment-which becomes as hard as stona
1t is nodded into large slabs, and desir
mated as architectural cotton.
A PHILADELPHIA man has invented
method of supplying beacon lights with
compressed gas. The apparatus will
keep a beacon light going for two
months, and will automatically regulate
the light. The gas used is made from
crude petroleum, and costs twenty cents
a thousand.
In 1869 Johannis Swammerdam wroto
treatise upon insects, in which he do
clared that he could show all the narto
of the butterfly in caterpillar and conlS
make the change of the caterpillar nro.
coed slowly, so that he could produce
a creature half butterfly and half cater
pillar. The experiment was performed
in the presence of the Duke of TUSCANY
SHIP RAILROADS have q precedent in
Germany, where vessels of sixty tons
capacity are carried overland from the
upper to the lower paps-sf tsas,-- Ding.
Overland Canal, in West Prussia. This
ship railroad has been in successful
operation for over sixteen wears. but
when the idea was first preached it was
ridiculed by everybody. Even then.
however, there had been precedent for
the scheme in road over our Allegheny
range, on which four-ton canal-boats
were carried.
A LECTURE by DR.. o. J. Lodge, deliv-
Grey at the London Institution, shows in
very ineligible way the relation be.
tween electricity and light. The lecture
was for the most part expository, and
traced generally the steps by which
Clerk Maxwell arrived ut the almost GER
tain conclusion that light is an electro.
magnetic disturbance, with some of the
startling results which that statement
implies. A prediction of what seems
already theoretically possible, and may
be soon practically accomplished, was
advanced by DR.. Lodge-the transmits
sion of views and pictures by means of
the electric wire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26

Fl, 900 was offered as reward for his
discovery or the finding of his body. A
Leicester detective, named Smith, went
to Russia and Germany, and finally
succeeded in finding body in the
Rhine bearing certain marks which
were known to exist on Mr.. Stanley.
This body was recognized by an inn
keeper as that of an unknown traveller
who had not paid his hotel expenses,
but had left his jewels as security for
payment. These jewels were recog-
nized as those of Mr.. Wynn Stanley,
and some handwriting was also sworn
to by his valet. All the private marks
on the linen, however, had been cut off,
and although there were grave grounds
for doubt, it was generally believed that
Mr.. Wynn Stanley had committed sui
eide. 1t is now asserted that while in
France he was married to French
lady to whom it was known he had an
attachment, and it is son of this al
legged marriage that is now put forward
as the heir to the estates near Leicester.
What lends additional interest to the
case is the fact that a few months ago
a Leicester Workingman's Land So
ciety purchased with the consent of the
Court OF Chancery about six acres of
land for cottages from Mr.. Carlyon, in
to whose hands the esta' es have passed,
at a cost of f2,040, and the purchase
being not quite completed they are in
great difficulty what to do under the
circumstances. The society have taken
the opinion of Mr.. Rigbye, Q. c., upon
the question, and he thinks that under
the peculiar circumstances the Court of
Chancery would consent to have the
sale annulled. Meanwhile the sisters of
Mr.. Stanley have made declaration to
the effect that to the best of their knowl-
edge and belief he is dead, and that he
was not married in England,-LtuerpooI
G0na.ip1.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26
A Sensation at a Wedding.

YESTERDAY afternoon a well-known
man led to the altar at st. Johns
Church on Dryads Street a fair bride, in
the presence of host of friends of both
parties, and the ceremony of marriage
proceeded until interrupted by the en-
trance into the church of closely-veiled
woman,who carried child in her arms.
She staggered rather than walkedup the
center aisle, and stood Immediately
back of the contracting parties until the
officiating father asked the question,
''Does any one object to this marriageP'
when the woman threw her veil aside,
and stepping in front of the bewildered
groom exclaimed, 81 do" Then, turn
ing, she stopped and laid the child she
carried at the feet of the groom, saying,
"Here is your child. You are my hus-
band. l am lawfully your wife, and
you shall not marry this woman" OF
course everything was in the greatest
confusion in moment. The groom
and his friends ragged; the bride wept;
the accusing woman flew at her be-
trayer, and would have torn his clothing
into sheds had not an officer hurried to
the scene of the frantic struggle and
carried the infuriated woman from the
church by main force, during which time
her screams and denunciations were ter,
rife. The ceremony then proceeded
quietly to a close. The woman who
created the disturbance stated the groom
of yesterday and the husband of to-day
has led her to believe for the past four
years that she was his lawfully welded
wife, and laboring under that belief had
lived with him, but some lime ago he
began series of neglects which termin-
ated in separation, and total desertion
on his part of both herself and their
helpless child. She is in a state of alb
solute despair, and almost mad with
grief. The story of the girl is sad one.
She said she was green, unsophisti-
Gated girl when she met her fate in the
shape of the man who was married on
Wednesday. He was then employed as
an officer at one of the lake resorts. She
had accumulated some 5000 or $500,
and this she had lavished on the one she
firmly believed to be her husband. He
was wont to show her what he alleged
to be marriage certificate, and happy
in the thought she forbore asking ques-
tons, satisfied in his truth and trusting
to his honor. -New Orleans Special TO
the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26
A Sunken Island in Lake Michigan.

FROM Mrs. Josephine Graham we
learn some particulars concerning the
so-called "sunken island " in the vicini-
ty of Port du Morte deaths Door).
Mrs. Graham states that the island was
situated in Lake Nichigan, about five
miles southeast of Rock Island, and
known as "Little Gull" because of its
.whiteness and appearance of a gull at
long range. The island was irregular
in shape, being about fifty feet in width
by one hundred feet in length; was en-
tirely formation made of small stones,
ranging from the size of a walnut to
rocks weighing several pounds. BY no
means was the island place of vegeta-
ton, for not even grass grew upon it.
In the summer of 1916 or 1847 Mr.. Ora
ham built fish shanty or house on
Little Gull" to be handler to his nets
that were set outside.". Into the small
fish palace on the island of sea pebbles
Mrs. Graham went and cooked for her
husband during the summer months,
but, as fall approached and old Michi-
gan began to froth, the inhabitants of
Little Gull !" returned to Rock Island,
where terra firma was more extended.
The next season Little Gull was too
small to even "squat " on. having di-
minished good deal during the winter.
1t continued to grow smaller each year,
and long years ago disappeared below
the surface of the water. Then the spot
was referred to as the "outside shoal. {"
Still the'work of " going down" contin-
ued, and small sail crafts of light draft
could navigate over the shoal. A few
years ago the water over the shoal was
of depth sufficient to hide the appear
ance of shoal, and a large steamer
suffered a heavy loss by grounding on
the bar. To-day the once dry island is
covered by fathoms of water. BY the
superstitious it is claimed that the dis
appearance of Little Gull Island is a
mystery, and that the neighboring
islands have also settled number OF
feet. Landmarks prove the latter state
ment untrue, while the mystery connect
ed with the "sunken island !" does not
seem to be difficult to solve. The fact
that the little island was entirely
formed Of small stones--unquestiona
heaped up by the seat does not seem
unreasonable to suppose that the same
power that rolled the stones up could
also level or roll them down again. -
Sturgeon Bay EIpoSttoT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26

hours; now he reused himself and BEGAN
to talk, startling US not little bv his
strange expressions and illusions.
81 was born in this room," he said.
glancing around; sand 1 shall die
herei"
Thinking his mind was wandering.
laid my hand gently on his.
He smiled as he looked at me.
"Thee hast my mothers name, Ruth.
and her kind heart as well, but thy ewes
are like thy fathers. He has been here.
thanking me for providing for his or
phan girls. This was our room when
we were boys, thee knows. Dear old
Joe! before the dawning of another day
we shall meet"
John and l looked at each other in
wondering awe. Two years before /
stood by my fathers dying bed; was it
the same mysterious shadow that made
their faces look so strangely alikep
The dying man continued:
"Thy father and l were brothers.
Did he never speak to thee of his broth
er Tom, who forsook home and country
because girl, as false as fair, broke her
plighted troth to wed richer suitorp
You have both been very kind to the
poor old man who came to you stran-
ger. l have not forgotten it, as the pa
pers in my desk will show" :
An examination of the papers alluled
to not only proved that my poor Uncle
spoke truly, but that he died in the Hos
session of bonds and stock to the amdhnt
of twenty Thousand dollars; ''to be di-
vided equally"-so ran the few Nnes
that comprised his will-ssbetwaeL .rsss,
two nieces, Ruth and Margaret Gray
OF course, John and | married His
mother and Margie live with us, and a
happier home it would be hard to find.
N. Y. Weeklv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26
PITH AND POINT.

WHY is a gasman in winter like hymn
book revision committee? You see, of
course. He is always meddling with
the meters.- Cratic.
QUITE a number of young women
have recently been killed while coasting.
Young man, if you have a good girl
don't let her slide.
Two of the elephants wintering in
Bridgeport were taken with the chills,
and four gallons of whisky were given
each. An elephant with the chills is
the best position in the country.--Du-
bury NeWs.
WHEN you meet man with fancy
pair of scissors in his vest-pocket, you
may set him down as dry goods clerk
or an editor. If his clothes are fine and
fashionable, you may know he is not an
editor Waterloo Observer.
THE last words of a dying photogra-
pher-s'Now keep very still. "-Detr0t
Free Press. Those of a dying ferry
man-''I'm going over the river.''-
SteuJenriUe Herald. Those of a dying
barber-'I'm going to make dye
Richmond Baton. The printer
is my last take. "-Tonkers Gazette. The
editor's-"Al out. "-Nev Hauen Reg.
lister.
GIVE brought this thermometer
back" said a downtown man as he
threw the instrument on the counter Of
hardware store. "There isn't men,
Der of my family that can tell the time
of day by it, and guess the things run
down. 1t hain't licked a solitary once
since I've had it. Don't you have any
keys for 'em?n and because a young
woman who was buying pair of scis-
sors snickered, he turned red in the face
and left the store, muttering something
about "new tangled ideas being nui-
sances. "-Ne,o Haven Register.
SHE stood on the curNsione so charming,
All dressed in a neat suit of blue;
And she looked far above all earth's harning
So gentle, angelic and true.
But there came by a numbering wagon,
With wheels spaShing mud all about;
And it left her with not a dry rag on,
And wiped all her innocence out.
For I heard-no, I'll never reveal it
A word that was naughty and tart;
And Duttoned my coat to conceal it
In the depths of my grief stI icken heart.
Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26
Mist0Ok the Signal.

A wELL-KNowN engineer on the U. P,
who has a slight impeachment in his
speech, had an interview a few days
since with his Division Superintendent,
the nature of which gradually leaked
out and became a source of considers
BILE fun for the boys. The story goes
that on a recent run his engine hads
collision with COW, resulting disaS'
trously to the animal in question. Bys
rule of the railroad company such acct
dents must be reported by the engineer
and conductor in wiring, and for some
reason the engineer forgot his duty on
this occasion, until he was summoned
before the railroad magnate for private
investigation.
"Mr. -" said the Superintendent,
show is it that you failed to report the
killing of a COW on your run of such q
dateP"
az d-d-d-d-don't remember any
su-s-s-s-such accident" replied the
knight of the foot-board, scratching bis
head thoughtfully. =,
"Well, you certainly must have killed
q COW ON that run, for it was reported ID
uue Iorm Dy Ine conuuCCoI, lnS'
the Superintendent.
"N.n-n-no, l d. d-d-didn't," said the
engineer. :,
"Now just think moment and see II
you can't remember it," said the per-
sistent interrogation.
"No, ki-kilean t remember ki-ki-klli-
ing any c-cow. 1 dido remember
stri-stri-striking one, b-b-but looked
out of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. anu
s-s-saw her laying on her b-b-back' oy
the side of the tra-a-ck, moving nel
feet" (motioning with his hands, "to g.
ahead, and l to-to-took it to mean thS'
she w.w-was all right"
He was warned not to be too sure %
such signals in the future. Omaha beS'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-26
Progress Of the Telephone.

LOWELL, Mass, is connected BY tele-
phone with over one hundred cities and
towns in the States of Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
The longest circuit is from Springfield,
Mass, via Worcester, Fitchburg, Lowell,
Lawrence, to Exeter, N. H., over $50
miles, which is worked successfully.
The telephone business between Boston
and Lowell, distance of twenty-six
miles, amounts to $4,000 annually. The
Lowell District Telephone Company,
which owns and operates the systems
of Worcester, Lowell and Fitchburg,
and the lines of the Northern MassachIl.
sets Telephone Company, use $500
telephones, and pay the American Bell
Company a monthly royalty of over
$1,000. The company controls over
l,5O0 miles of wire, and employs in all
divisions about twenty-five ladies and
seventy-five men and boys.-Scientifc
american.