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forlorn and yet majestic upon which all
the smoke of the town seems to rest
Beyond all is green and countrfied, with
some attempt ut II royal park and gardens,
while close from the side of Holyrood
rises II bluff green mound that breaks of
on this side with steeply carved terraces
Of rock-thc heights known rs Salisbury
Crags-and behind these crags, with n
green valley between, rises the conical
peak known and famous over half the
globe as Arthur's Seat. As n background
to the WHOLE the horizon is bounded by q
majestic range of the hills known as the
Pentland Hills, n green and breezy look
ing range, half yeiled by the driving
mists.
Aud now we find the utility of our
guide. He traces out for us the track CT
the old city walls that, starting from the
foot of the Castle Crag, encircled por-
ton of the old town, and how, as a natural
defence, the valley of railway stations
was once occupied by small lake or
loch, known MS the Nor Loch : "Where
they threw their creeminals, as folks say,
and whiles all the dead cats and dogs of
the town. Our old friend remembered
this as a dank evil-smelling bog, and
seems to think the white clouds of steam
uhl Shilii Nilistilhb thut now prOtteu
from it, to be greatly preferable. But he
the Porteous riots immortalized in "The
Heart of Midlothian while the prison
just below, where we catch sight of n
dismal procession of women going round
about small paved yard, taking their
morning exercise, is, lie tells us, already
partly doomed to destruction, as partak-
ing too much of the dungeon-like and
feudal character to meet modern require
ments. But there, next to the prison, is
part of the old burying ground, in one
corner Of which, under n small tower,
lies David Hume, the historian, with II
cross over the entrance to the vault, rath-
cr inappropriately as far rs David is con-
cerned And there, nearer to Holyrood,
Is another burying-ground, and with the
aid OF glass you may make out the
tomb of FERGUSON, the poet-not that
we any of us know anything about Fer
gusson-unI even our guide is nom
plussod when We ask him what he wrote.
well. it was just pottery lie replies
but the tomb was placed there by Robert
Burns poor, foolish, hot-headed Robbie,
IN ihe first excitement Of receiving n
handsome draft from his publisher. And
not far from that is the tomb of Adam
Smith, who wrote "The Wealth of
Nations.
"Aye, but there's mair to be seen yet,
cries our guide with an air of triumph,
and then hurries lis round to the other
side of the observatory And there
bursts upon our eyes view that almost
takes the breath away in surprise and
delight. There stretches the Firth of
Forth far away to the sea, over which
rests soft silvery haze, and the sea loses
itself in mountains, and the mountains
again i'll clouds. And tue clouds as they
shift and vary, with sometimes gleam
of sunshine and sometimes a driving
shower, reveal at each change fresh
glimpses of the real land beyond, the
land Of mountain and flood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-08

/ qlnrrellcd with Palmcrstou ON tho snl,.
/ Ject. Ihc night after Parliament broke
INTO cheers over victory of the Danish
iieet the QnccnaindiDuaEtly told the MIN.
lster that II such an utiront were rppcJl.
ru sue would go tu GERMANY AMI remain
/ curing the war. To which p.llnIcr.t.U
bluntly responded that If she did rrsnh 10
!" put such mark of iudi@nitv upuu her
people she would never be prrnittcJ fl,
retuin, and remembering the history of
hef predecessors, the Stuarts. the One,u
said nothing More about duittinS her
realm.
The chief Pricv0nccsagainstt the Oaocu.
however, are her cxclusionand lar stiuoi.
noSS. Olhcr monurchs keep up sue
crrsipl OF state pagcantrics, winch helm
trade IN countless ways. Thisthc Oucou
has mover duur since her wi,lawhooI
Hhd, what 4, wursc, docs not contribtitr
Toward tine expenses uf the Prince Of
Wales, who is obliged to entertain in lrl.
stead
This is not bccause Nic,oria hn5nt fine
means She IS the richest and bost paid
sovereign in Europe. She draws for L.r
expenses never less than y, ,OOO.u .u1O II
year. Ihls Is granted hv Parliament
BESIDES this, she Is IL great proprietor.
drawing r"veiurs from her estate. fnli
equal the sums paid the monarch. .ui
continental Kingdoms. Nor doc. l,r
wealth end here. Under the laws tha
fortunes OF ntostttes OF illcgiumat.-
.tid' III some instances aliens, rcye. iu
the crown
ln $50 the Queen inherited dp.r,.
,n!lii9h IA! ana half from mis,r uau.t
Sicld. Her annual gains are frrtn..
Al
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At Madame 'russaud's.
tLondon Letter to Baltimore American. !

1 hr Il I.ss =. 4 INNta III
''''''' ~ "'''''"''e '''e''''"l
The first thing to do on reaching Lon
"0n is to pay a visit to "NIadame Tus
saud's Wax Works, which is daily and
Nightly thronged, and is good place OF
an evening for Americans to meet Amcri
cans. The great attractions now are the
figures OF Guiteau, Lord Cavendish and
Secretary Burke the latter of whom
were recently assassinatcd in Dublin.
Gulteau is i'll the Chamber of Horrors,
ana several OF our party having seen him
when on trial, pronounced it most cx-
cellent likeness much better than most
OF his photographs. figure of Garfield
was recognized at glance, only the hair
was too much tinged with gray. Mr..
Lincoln, General Grant and Andy john
son are all poor iikenesses, and would
scarcely be recognized by those who knew
them: Ihe queen and the royal family
are al pronounced by Englishmen to be
excellent, ana there IS always crowd OF
spectators around this extensive group,
whlch embraces iitty or sixty figures, all
Ill court dress. All the great men OF the
past century are to be found in the col
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4 Wonderful Fortress,

Fortress Monroe, W., is the largest
single fortiiication in the world 1t has
already cost over 5000, ,0O0, 900 of mon
ey. The water battery is considered to
be one of the finest pieces of military
construction in the world Colonel Lo-
dor, the instructor of the military school,
has invented and perfected some astonish-
ing appliances that, when he shall have
guns, will be Of immense value in hand
ling them. In one Of the easements in
side the fort is his office. He can sit i'll
it and, with an electric appliance, cause
every gun i'll the fort to be fired smulta-
neously. He has perfected another set
Of instruments by which the exact dis
tance of ship from the shore may be
accurately determined, the velocity and
direction of the wind, the consequent
DETECTION of the ball, will strike the ship
The guns are fired by electricity,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-08
Funeral Flowers.

| or all aesthetic and decorative uses o
flowers the most delicate and perpleyine
are at times Of death and burial Wht
can treat II theme reaching so many bro
ken hearts and darkened homes with gen
tie, wholesome touch For something OF
Christian hope, and the far outlook OF
faith, have penetrated the savage, half.
heathcn spirit of funeral obscrvunccs
years ago, and the old gliastincss and
terror have given place to something
better.
Jesus lives No longer now"
would have broken in upon such solemn
iles with almost intrusive. jarriug clumor,
once upon II time ; and the presence OF
flowers IN the chamber of dcparturc-on
the cofiin-at the solemn burial of the
dead. sayorcl of downright hippancv.
So much for the slumbcrous long-cling-
ing shadows Of the old Puritan darkness
let Ill the truest eleEy III uninsplred
song we see the poet strewiug blossoms
and wreaths III his opening lines:
Yet once more, . yc aurc., and once more,
fe mytilcs brown with ivy never ,crc,
come 10 pluck your berries harsh and crude:
Aud with forced lngcrs rude,
scatter your leaves before the mcowing .lr
And III the fearful climacteric flowers
are more i"fceihi IMAM words
49, return, slcilian Muse,
na,r AM ,aiI ,i,t the yA,ts and ma them hher east
'''' '|''' "''' "'"''.''' VI u '"'"'a''' ""e''
Bring ne Iathe primrose that iorsaken dies.
Tnr Will n ,n ai i Iae Jt,siiiilr
The glowing Violet, ''' "''' wv
me nnss.r"se. aud me well attrei woodhlnc.
And every nnwcr that sad rmrn,,Pry @ Py"ssr "e'u
BID Amaranthus all lis beauty shed.
ana Ta unm"Iile1 lgri,y , Ill., ihtr cups with tears,
' '',' "'"' '' ""''' ''y''' ''e''
surely no dreadful hintlngs of lntter-
day ilornl iys'crla disturhci the poets
vison no fell portents of its undertaker's
horrors IN the way Of floral tributes, -
and "einDlems, and Offerings Of prim,
Ailliner-ike crosses, and wreuths, and
crowns, and sundry other nameless, innu-
merable "propertics of lugubrious ,es-
theticisin, each and all conspicuously
labelled with visiting card, aud strung OH
the arms OF the vamplre-iike aUouaits
"'ort"dLy, AMI piled up with ridiculous
ostentation Oh chanccl steps, cluttering
up sanctuarics, and sometimes almost
suifocating the officiating clcrgy-then
borne along i'll the hearsc, iii uniertakers'
open wagons, in carriages, after the dead
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One Of Proctor Knott,s Storics.

Mr.. j. Proctor Knott is u delightful
racOntc"r. He has world of good sto
ries and he spins them in a way that bet
ters them. Seated among party OF
friends yesterday he related one which
isn't among the worst A number oi
yerrs ago party of Kentuckians visited
New York city ''a,seem' of the sights. y
Several Of them were from the interior OF
the State and had never been SO fur east
before, while the leader, shrewd city
citizen, glib of tongue, piloted the party
through ways that were queer and tricks
upon Mr.. Knott at one of the hotels and
claimed him for their own. He was the
very man they were looking for. Every
cept A. II. Stewart, the merchant prince.
Wouldn't he introduce them?'' The
hero of Duluth protested that Stewart
knew nothing and cared less for country
Congressman like himself, and he had to
decline. He finally convinced the dele
CATION that he couldn't accompany the IN,
and they filed slowly out OF his room. af-
ter expressing determination to seek
cut and see the elephant on their own
hook.
Later on in the evening Mr.. Knott sat
i'll parquette seat in Niblos Garden,
intently watching the show. While gaz-
ing around at the strange faces that lined
the seats and pecred from the galleries,
he was startled by II bow from the most
elegant box in the tier. Another head.
dimly outlined against the rich interior,
courtcsied, and his embarrassment and
curiosity became painful in its intensity
\ third person nodded and smiled, and
then only did he recognize his Kentucky
friends lolling around in the luxurious
quarters, perfectly at ease. At the head
Of the delegation was A. II. Stewart
himself, patronizing and attentive.
"How did you manage it?" asked the
Congressman of the leader the next
day.
Easy enough. We deliberately walked
into his private Office after leaving YOU
and introduced ourselves. We went ON
to say that we were from Kentucky, and
had arrived i'll New York on al extensive
pleasure trip, during which we expected
to see majority of the great men Amer
lea had produced. We elaborated with
glowing phrase and rounded period, and
all that, how we had seen Grant and the
other big dogs at Washington, but il was
the unanimous verdict of the party that
we shouldn't return home until we had
seen Napoleon of commerce, A. II. Stew
art. The old gentleman was carried
away with the liberal supply of 'tafiy,
and when we left it was only on conii-
ton that we should return later in the
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.
o",i :,i utmost ''f'' 'l' platter upside down
D Mi.nn'' 'I'r egg running oil, stir in "a
"'"" '""'"i'" sugar as Y"l can and yc
n ."' 'il' 'r1s'inS 50 mat yor can DIP th
l8S Ill IT. II the liz ii not entirely coy
casg ~ T., ~ A. .iSt "ll lInH II P'"t me pro
eLoIf n,.,, ~ "'' III inv "'"''' OF on
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in tjia n.a'. PV.i"ist Is cAr'Ii'lt II mat,
nIl niaht j. ,,,ton "H ;"V cup" "i ""tin'a'
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frcslir" h"t '',,'''i ",,' - iiot "niy re
inc thn3 oo,,,oai I'',.''''s' ''', h'rU'l'
the sinvn VIII, s,,., 'u' II W u,
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wicn dona nonr oil ,i,,, g.. 9"i. p"th )
frvino. nan lnoviro, .ha nI. ,I' G"t vi ,, 'i''
n1ur sweo. croo,,, 1.,,, H. ',h i. IL 49, i"rt
il srnld Ser,n u.;ti, i,I.,1 i."' '''" !, :
the unrl, ia ir.t .r'' i n,,r ',i'''S'; ,,'' ~
inc direction. an. ,yl,, ',',"'
find Measure in n,,i,,,, II ,,tt.-i;S i'.'''S
thin urt thn,n l., H., ,.,,.,..,,, "
them Win rnlI vain Ili' H. ,'', '''''
boil and tbnn ,l,,ir ,i,. ,,.,.',,o. 90, - '" "
i'm the i,,,,nl wuv ali ,l,..',..,. ''',''
flavor will he ro,n.,vrI '''''5
1,,;.... s..,:
made of haIs ','Ho'as ,as lf III ''"l %
cnps Of smear ami ,%n ~ "t',,i' '',tp'
Boil the sngnr nnI ,votor tlI !, j.. III.
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5Cr-'7s Abcu, EdinbiIr.h.

We SEE the old town of Edinburgh
sloping sloeply down from the foot of the
Castle Hpck-h mass Of tall, grim houses
perched upon Il uarrow-bacled ridge,
with long ranges OF steps leading down
into the valley below, and narrow open
lngs, called wynds, pierced in the stony
mass aud where the houses stop ut the
bottom of the hill, there is Holyrood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-08

Frances L. Willard in $. $. Times.
As the genius of temperance does not
belong to that class in society who cream
where they have not sown, and gather
where they have not strewn," it will b,
instructive to study the methods by
which the children OF Iowa have become
one grand "cold-wnter army" In til,
first place, the translation of Christian
women ont of the passive and into the
active voice on this question, has had an
immense influence on their little ones at
home the table-talk, the juvenile litera-
ture that comes into the homes, indeed,
the whole atmosphere is tinged with m
influence that leads toward purity in the
conduct Of lie. In many localities, tenn
perance textbooks are used in the schools.
We have not yet succeeded in securing n
Legislative enactment by which the teach
ing of this branch-the effects of strong
drink ON the TISSUES Of the body and the
temper of the spirits as obligatory MS
that OF grammar and arithmetic, but eX-
pect to do 80 at the next session, peti-
tons having been largely circulated to
this end. Minnesota has the honor of
being the first State to adopt such Il law,
and Iowa will doubtless be the second.
Shall Vermont be the third?
But the good general, as she is call
ed, OF the juvenile Temperance forces, is
Mrs. NJ. +. Goode, II widow with child
rem of her own, whose home is in Vile
sea, Iowa, but whose praise is ON the
lips OF her great Band Of Hope army
throughout the State, As Superintend,
ent OF juvenile temperance work, this
lady has done more than any other in oul
ranks along this special line of duty.
She has organized the Band of Hope
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-08

All the bells Of heaven may ring,
All the birds of heaven may sing,
All the wells ON earth may spring,
All the winds ON earth may bring,
All sweet sounds together -
sweetcr far than all things heard,
Hand Of harper, tone of bird,
SOUND of woods at suniown stirred,
Nrlling waters winsoine word,
Nind IN warm wan weather.
Ouu tang yet there is. that none
Hearing ere It's chime he done.
Knows not well the sweetest one,
lirati ut man beneath the sum-,
Hoped IN heaven hereafter
Soft AMI strong. and loud aad light,
Very round and very light.
Heard from morning rusIrst height,
Whtn the soul ui AL delight.
RUS q chllls clear laughter.
Golden bells OF welcome rolled
Never forth such notes. nor told
Hours 30 hllihc in tones So bold,
Aul the radiant mouth Of gold
Here that rings forth heaven.
II the golIrn-Creslcd wren
Were a ightingale then,
something seen and heard Of men
Might he half IT. sweet rs wncn
Laughs a child vi seven.
II. T.. S"iuturm
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afternoon. We did so, and found an clc-
CANT supper spread in the private office,
after eating which we were whirled away
m carriages TO Niblo's Garden, and led
mt" the private box where you saw us.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-08
iiaE P0PI LAHIIN OF KISSING.
something about tn Popular l,nu,c-
nIent,

IN i"lner years the practice Of salutme
ladies' with Kiss seems to have been very
| General, and many amusing anccipt,s III
/ TINS social custom are on record II WAS
! however, occasionally severely ccnsurcI
as being open to abuse. Thus. for in
stance. John huuyun. in his Grace
Ahouudlng, speaking of 1t, strongly
condemns ii. The common suutatlu,.
If women, he says, Il abhor: it !s
| uIloas To- me III whOmsocvor | scc IT,.
/ When have seen good men salute tho.,
/ women that they have visited, OF thau
.h'" VISITED them, have made iny Oh
/ lrrtluns against 1t and when they nave
answered that 1t was piece ot ciyiiitS,
have made my objections against it
have told them that 1t was not comely
,I&ht. some. indeed, have urged the
holy h;s; Int then | have asked ttlin
why they made halks ? why did they. "a.
lutte the most handsome. and let the III.
favored go:' Ia spite, however. of the
ccusuro poured on this Old fashion IT,,
even conscientious moralist. uf the tinu1.
there can Ice no doubt that it iolind tu,l
IN the eyes nf most ui the latlisa OF uu!
own and other countries. 1t has bclu
often remarked, with more or less tiul..
that there are few Of the fair sex wlil aI,
IN their inmost heart indifferent to the
admiration paid TO them in daily lie. aul
Wio W"nIi regard with disiaNor hi-r
poht'Iy offered t" them nom some galls..t
swain whom, 1t may be- they have cap;i
waited hy thcir countless charms Hiatu.
~, "r alow Is daiiy repeating Itself, ant
1t Is difficult to believe that human nature
Is different nowadays from what II wa IA
years gone by, although the manners -.
socI"ly may hHv" undergone cortain chan
G'.
II Is easy to rntlclsc III mmeasr,"i
terms the social usages Of our prelect
''t'' hul, after all, 1t must not he iurgol.
ten that N the present age the SANE Gus
toms are often rs popular as ever; th.
only difference beng that. instead If
. l'''' Vr''t''o"' 'H' "'i ,H'4'
''l'l'r'' II HllN Nr f"Hemotf"h now
CaNehulSh, IN his "BlOgraphy uf Cardinal
W,ls.,. " lvr,Il. ,,, -; r. -
de scribInu his visit nj Mons tr..,,i'.
castle. II being in a fnir Grc,t lih;,,,.
chamber" he tells MS .vlorn tl,c t,hi,
was covered with dinner, and there | NJ
tended my lady : coming; and after she.
came thithcr ont of Atr own rbnnL.r
shc received me most gently. lik, one Al,
noble estate, having q train Of CONT,
women And when she with her train
came all out, she said to mo. For a.,
much, luuth she. as We be an Euglish
imam al. I.,y.,. ,,,- t,,,, !, l.. "a, .-....
t. kiss all ladies and r,utl,wnmen v5I,
ont offence. and although il ho NOT in tnis
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-05
ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS,

syreeusians Lodge No. TO- X. Of p, has elected
the following officers for the current term II. A.
Rau, I; C.i r.; O.. Glascock, c.. g. John Hum
S Of Hines s. n G o9fF r. barley K. or 4.
and s.; J, W; Bradbury, NJ, at Al W. J.. Fgelling,
Grand an o a. LBo9HnR o. W SprSes SSS e
o6icerS Of DE Wellington Sick Relief we're last
night elected as follows: President, W. Mahr
ce.presldent, T. Toenso; recording secretary,
a. Keinhenn financial secretary, II. Michaclis;
treasurer, A. Knabe; DIR, II. q. Mauss aud g. w.
Huffman, 3. W Cans, John Waidman. aud Henry
seebode finance committee, II. Kirchner, p. A.
occassia Lodge, No. is. X. of p, has elected and
installed the following officers: Edmund Heunsch,
T. C; Henry Seebode, G. e.; +. seebode, v O.;
Ss ri JoSn H. bsmy Tesker Of Il George
Rochler, Al George Bessler, /. g., and George s.
Groener, o.G. representatives 70 the Grand Lodge,
Bracklogen aud Albert Niedomausky.
The Manchon Club has elected The following
Officers Frank =; Angc,,er, presidents q PHILLIP
and corresponding secretary, and George Sweet
man, Treasurer.
of H. for the present term have been installed
by Supreme Deputy H. Fisher, as follows: l..
Heilbrun, commander; NJ. Bruckheimer, V. c.;
Ed Voight orator; Thomas NJ. Reed, secretary;
N. Cohen, collector Jacob Rich, treasurer; N.
Kohner, guide; d. s. Blue, warden; Simon Heller,
chaplain; Frank Foster sentinel.
AT the annual meeting Of tie stockholders ofthe
Georgetown Masonc'lINll Association the follow
ing were elected trustees to serve the ensuing
year: John T. Mitchell, Thomas Bowling, Joseph
Libbey, Henry Dickson, g, w. Cropley, X. L. Crop
ley, J. G.. Waters, F. W. Jones, and Thomas
Knowles.
The German workngmens Benevolent Assooia-
ton has elected officers for heensuing year as fol-
lows; President. John Weide; vice-p president,
W. Koch; treasurer, +. Dahler; secretary, George
Kozel; librarian, A. Dittrlch; executive commit
tee, w. Martens, John Mogy, II. Sievers, aud A.
Sievers; sick committee, Charles Reder, w. ii.
Veerhon, and Louis Milmnn.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-05

"Ths eloquent actor" as Rossi has been aptly
termed, Of the Italian stage, commences a very
brief engagement in this city next week. The fol-
lowing extract from long criticism In the Bal
timore Times Of yesterday, conveys admirably an
idea of his remarkable powers: "The love scene
with the Countess was superb. The face of ROssi,
which resembles that of the painter Fortuny,
was rs eloquent as his voice, and pleading more
passionate and tender more varied in expression
was never listened to by any woman. Miss Null
dener looked and played her character most ad-
mirably, and the tableau was charming one.
The sudden change from loving passion to disap-
pointment, when the Prince n Wales and Count
KOeteld interrupted the lovers, was In the high
est degree artistic. In the theatre scene which
followed the action eliminated. Rossi, MS II
stimulated by the eau sucre he drank as part of
the business of the situation, was magnificent,
and when he threw his part of Hamlet to the
winds and burst forth IN hot denunciation Of the
prince and his false mistress in the box, ending
with hysterical laughter, the audience fairly rose
with enthusiasm, and the voice Of the actors who,
in various characters, were disposed In the boxes
and auditorium, were drowned in rounds of ap-
plause and rapturous braves. After this even the
fine fifth act was almost an anti climax, but the
interest was sustained to the end nevertheless"
The sale of seats for Rossi indicates notable sue
cess in this CITY