Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-19


with her dreamy eyes
Lifts the veil Of heaven
Looks out from the skes.
silence, darkness, sumber
On the landscape fa
And In countless number
stars shine over al.
The charms Of u turn.up nose have
been sung by the bards OF al ages
and tongues, and the rOmanceis have
never tired OF dwelling on the lc-
w,ching piqunncy Of the rttrousse in
nasal architecture II was reserved how
ever, until very modern times for n scien-
tiiic and artistic explanation of the attrac-
iivcness of the turn.up nose 10 be given.
We lately came across an exhaustive treatise
on the subjcct-thc name Of The author is
withholdcn at prescnt-from which we have
extracted a passage remarkable for its rare
insight and delicate artistic sensibiity.
The turn-up nOse-says our ANONYMOUS
authority-may be adorable or il may be a
trial Much depends on It's complexion :
much on the precise degree of upward curve.
This curve should be similar 20 those a, the
corners of the lips, and when 1t Is, what a
piquant harmony is the result Oh, lucky
girl with snch nose, what u queen of hearts
you may be Add but the instinct of CO.
quetry to the owner of this nose and YOU
have creature as dangerous as Helen 10 the
peace of man. 1t must not be shaky.
ileshy, flabby thing; Il curt decision and a
spice Of dainty sclf-nsserlion must charac-
terze it. 1t was such an ideal nose that in
spred the following sentiments: 1--WE con-
fcss lurking pepchant, II sort of sneaking
affection which We can not resist, for the
celestial nose on u woman"
There is no doubt that in many cases of
apparent death, especially when the subject
is young and vigorous, animation is suspend
cd by extreme suffering instead of vital OK
haustion, and may be restored by prompt
aud energetic measures us in the case of the
following remarkable instance related by the
Hartford Times.
DIR. Fox of Weather.tield was once called
to attend two children sick with cholera H..
fantum. As he entered the house the sob
bling mother said, "1ou'rc too late, doctor .
One is dead aud the other is breathing his
last" He saw the body OF one in the hands
of an attendant being prepared for the shroud
gasping for breath. The doctor called for hot
water, flannel sheet and some mustard. lie
put pound Of mustard into the water tore
a flannel sheet IN two, took onc-half of il and
dipped 1t in the hot mustard water. In this
he rolled up the Child which was being pre-
pared for the grave, leaving only its little
white face uncovered. Then he took the
other half Of the blanket, dipped it into the
mustard water as before, and rolled the sec
ond child in this. He laid the two little ones
side by side and awaited results. In few
minutes the Child that was supposed to be
dying sent up a vigorous lung protest against
this leroic treatment, and to the astonish-
mcnt Of all except the doctor) the dead
child also, few minutes later added his
voice TO the uproar, and two pair Of lungs in
loud concert testified to the efficacy of mus
tard and water, and the correct lit of The
doctor Both children recovered, and are
now living, one of them being rising young
physician Of New York city.
Mark Twain, they say, is running out. ="
lie has worked his vein of humor clear to the
grit and is now engaged in picking up the
few humps Of metal which dropped from his
pockets MS he crawled along the precious
shaft. a post-prandal reporter says that
Marks aitcr-dinrer speeches are invariably
the most unhappy specimens OF his llumor-
Gus composition. They are forced to tie
last degree and always crate upon the taste
and scnsihilities OF most of his hearers. His
fun is no longer seemingly spontaneous but
studied. A few years ago he was n flowing
well aud the yield was something plodig-
ious. Now there is 10 flow at all and with
much labor the pumps only fetch up two or
thee barrels day-hardly enough to pay
for working
The Uollanders have the reputation of be-
;,,,, ana. hoe, eL,,ors Ia n,o ,,o,IJ
80 N'
yet thcy Use inc most primitive
kind OF skate, and attempt
very little of ,hc fancy tirurirg which ie
.,,saaI ar,o,,,,a,,, a'a.a'= ~ ~.
i"'Ih ~ aoso,u.o' ne.us1uy III Ne" HnS
,;,ds ~, E,dh si.n.ns ~ sMa' 1 az an;
,; w. n,uu' y, 'N''.'i az ISL IaoIi VI
u,s'lHcl'p ennta..ti, o,'t ooI,i ih'ch'eu LOT
nunn'n ,aa' ;,, ana" ,,a'1'cil5 -np non-
so, ~, i1,,,',;. 80
culca,cd by Euclid that the ncarSsi way
frsm one place to another is straight line
drawn between those Two points. The Fries
w"u SIa NV; Wy s Iu'u,u "u,' s ,n t,J
or than the back eli the blade of carving
knife; the wood is low on the blade and close
Ia the ice, and carried up high in front of the
PROV of the blade, which terminates in little
brass acorn the blade touches the ice all
along the length of the foot The way in
which Dutch skates are fixed on to the boots
is likely to take the English skater by sur
prise, particularly when ii is impressed upon
him that to tie them on as loosely as possible
is the greatest desidcratum in the country.
small line or rope or stout string is generally
used, and not straps; these would be too
firm, and We think our friends in Bcvcrland
may be inclined to look upon them as "fop-
pish" This, then Is the Friesland skate. |
Now let us take the South Holland form.
This is not so much running form, but is