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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28

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VBRGENNEs, VT, March 25.--Charles f.
Parker, Republican was elected Mayor to-
day by II large mi ,rity. In city govern
ment remains Republican,.
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MONT.
The Connecticut Rises -Four Feet
Grent Dnnger of a Flood

NORTH THErFoRD, Vt, March 26,-Rain
has fallen steadily throughout the afternoon,
and the Connecticut river has risen four feet
to-day. Should the storm continue II disas.
lrOuS flood will resnn
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Ghe Sire press.
To Subscribers.

Wael your paper comes to you in pink wrapper
is notice that your subscription has expired
Please renew promptly and miss no numbers.
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Mrs. Julia Ward ssowc's Estate Dam.
aGOd by Wafer.

Providence, II. l., March 26.-The dam
of the Newport water works in Lswtons
Valley broke last night aud the water rushed
over Mrs. Julia Ward lIowe's estate doing
great damage.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28

BRowSELL-D NvfuS1H-In Essex, March 25th,
by Kew. G"n, z" s. Gl'rlSey. NJ. Grave l.. Brown
ell OF winston u.M hl5 Ancy :. Davidson OF Essex
junction
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28
i.cshe, La New Hampshire.

CoNrooe )oR, N. H., March 60. The river
rose rapidly list night and the large machine
works here weIe stopped by reason OF the
freshet. All the low lands are flooded.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28

MONTPELIER, w., March 25.--James Tenn
pleton Of Worcester, VI, was found mot
guilty of mansaughter to-day He was
indicted for causing the leah Of an aged
paupcr woman who lived in his house He
interfcreh while she was beating her invalid
husband and held her down add while in
that position she died from heart disease
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28
Earnings OF the ne!I Telephone SOM
pany.

BosToN, March 25.--lhe earnings of the
Bell telephone company for the past year
was So, 295 900 gains, Sl,576,00) l4>t
year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28
GEAEssAL FOREIGN NEWS,
Osman's Postion-A slight Skirmish
With the Rebels.


SrAKIM, March 2G,-Thc advance to Tam
anieb has been delayed to give the troops a
days rest. The Tenth and Nineteenth Hus-
sars and mounted infantary advanced to-
night to the walls of Tamanieb, whittier the
remainder of the force will advance early in
the morning. The cavalry reconnaissance
to-day ascerHincd that Osman Digmas
force, whose number is uncertain, holds a
rugged and rising ground at the end OF the
valley, where the village of Tamanlcb is
situated. 1t Osman fights at all it is expect
ed that the battle will not lake
place until Friday morning. Owing to the
intense heat, and bad water General
ing the valley Of Tamanicb. The proposed
clyary execution to Berber has been
dropped, Three hundred Arabs have joined
the British camp, but the leading Sheikhs,
excepting Morghni keep aloof.
The cavalry had two hours skirnish
with the rcbles near Tamanieb, and several
rebels were killed. The enemy retired
A New ship Hallway.
CoNsrANrINoPLE, March 90. "A man
named Zeec n, formerly American con-
sulAr agent at Alexandria, his asked the
| Porte for concession to build ship canal
from Fl Arsh to Akabah, to unite the
| Mediterranean with the Red sea.
The Arbitrary Power OF Bismarck.
BERLIN, March 90 Bismarck has directed
the senate of Bremen to ask for admission to
the imperial customs union. The Senate IL
unwilling to do 81 but must Weld,
AiiCshet la New Hampshire.
CoNrooe DoR, N. H., March 60. The rive
rose rapidly last night and The large machin,
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL.-Tharc has been good demand for Car
pct wool, hut n other Kinds prices are easy.
Prices Of some NJ the leading brands have been as
follows: ONO and PennsY wanna at 80 "a 3fc n
N. 9s.a SOC n " Xxx. and 4Od41c for Xxx and above.
Michigan 1"rccs are selling at 3393jcRh. and have
been In moderate demand. Comhnc and dclanc
fleece are steady. We quote inc Michigan and ono
dclainc at 3-mi,C. ami fine and No. 'combng nj
~ Z" i1r n NJ. Coarse comb has been selling
At 80 d3Sr p n. tnwashcd necccs have been IN
fair demand and the sales have been n l6Os2ic for
coarse an1 low 23d2S for fine and medium, and
3'm32 Tor choice medium selections, California
wool nas been quiet and sales confined 10 small
lots Pulled wool Ia in moderate demand. Sales oi
choice Eastern and Maine supcrs nj 82a41c u N,
and common and good supcrs At ~ a 35c u No.
Australia Wool has been in demand, and sales at
81 a ~ Il % including choice lots. Foreign Car
pet Woods are in demand a iiSl5.
LUMBER There Is no change 10 notice in
Lumber and the market during the week has been
more active with sales Of considerable importance
confined to iobbng lots Of Turks sand at 81 50 a
90 per ma.
LEATHER. Sole Leather has been in good de.
mand, and prices remain about the same. The
quality; Union Tanned Leather IL quoted al 30 a
CSC z u Tor backs aud 20 "a 32c Z u for crop
Rough Upper Leather has been selling At 2@2IEc
P'h aS 10 quality; Rough calf is quoted al 4i's
i9c, and Finished Calf at GO "a Sc, as to quality.
IIEMP--Thc market for Manila Hemp has been
lull and prices are nomlnally quoted at 9h@9hc
per N. In Ssal Hemp there have been sales at
At 4'sH5 p 10. Jute Butts have been in steady
demand. Sales have been at 2ls C9 21lc q n for
paper ana papgng grades
FRrIr-Maara Rasins are firm and in steady
dcmaol-lt 81 356c2 ~ q box for London LAYERS :
- 2od2 % z box for loose Musca,el. Valencia
Raisns are selling at 6E@Gitc and Suana at "a
S%cf7 ~. Dates ran from 4i5R5c Tor frals.4%ta5c
for skins; 669c in boxes. and Fard Currants are
frm and in demand at 5AM5T Turkey Prunes
a. 5HaGc: French Prunes nj 81 @l4c, y - CIT
ron a 15LN0l7c, and Smyrna Figs at 10D2oc II
ID, as to quality. Peanuts are in steady demand
ana have been sellisg at 81 20 lie @ n, for
virginia and IdT = for Wilmington. In green
fruit there has been fair business doing. Florida
Oranges at 81 OO0t 90 per box. Valencia Oranges
have been selling at SG69 per case. Palermo and
MesSina Oranges have been selling at 50 75ds rs
b box AMI Palermo and Me1sina Lemons have
been selling at 81 3oD on, per box and Florida
Lemons AZ So OOdi 90 p box.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28

'Stll births are included In totals Of births an
deaths
JOuH B. WHEELER,
Health Ofrcer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28

include Coriova klps at 2I92iEc 4 ~; dry Santa
Fee at 2ic n 10; dry Rio GTande Cows At 23c I'm:
sierra Leon NJ goa 2iC Tib. Domestic Hides haze
been quiet Western BnGllp is qu1icl ut g n
%. Tanned sheep Skins, and Goat okins were sold
al full pTic 'l.
SPIRITS Foreign spirits quiet, with mali sales.
| nnmcsi' SPIRITS nave been IN fair demand. and
| the Horcut kinds Of whiskoy have been selling A
| STEADY prices. Ne" England rum has been selling
| At at 81 i5@ % FOR new, and 81 Go1l IS for old
| Il 4 mmLlLLN-
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Ex-senator tNellOgg's Case,


VIM. NJ. Bum OF Philadelphia to be Gov
ernor of Idaho and that of Sumner Howard
of Michigan to be Chief Justic2 of the Su-
preme Court of Arizona.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28
New system accommodating United
States officials.
A Postomce appointment,

The Senate to-day confirmed the appoint.
nent of Thomas A. llutchins as postmaster
At Bennington Vt.
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A New ship Hallway


BERIIN, March 90 Bismarck has directed
the senate Of Bremen to ask for admission to
the imperial customs union. The Senate is
unwilling to do 81 but must Weld,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
NIGHT.

9gy6fe Night! o thought-inspiring Night
He1bly bow before thy SOVEREIGN power:
SAD own thy all-uuequaled might
snresin weak morta. IN i hi p. darkest eo1r;
Thou bidst the eorrowful no more despair.
when high in Heaven thou bid'st thy torch
Casting on Garth holy, peaceful light
My heart adores thee in thy calm divine,
Is soothed or thee. U hope-inspiring Night!
My soul doth rest. since thou. O Night art
nigh.
When thou hast cast DER all the sleeping land
Alone beneath Heavens mightiness l stand,
Musng ON life, eternity and fate;
Mayhap with conceutrated'thoughti try
To pierce the could of Heavens great n,ys-
terry.
IT'S then sweet music I'm the air hcar
with soul earsptured do 1 list, Yet fear
lis not such music as we morfals know:
1t watts the soul from earthly things away,
Leaving behind the senseless frame of clay.
Friends. kindly faces crowd around me there
Friends loved the better since they passed
Leaving q legacy Of wild despair
And now see them as in full orb'd day,
The ong-lamented once again descry,
Bask in each smiie. gaze in each speaking eye.
o blest reunion. Nights almighty gift
Lent for q time unto the thoughtful mind;
When memory can DER the clouds uplift
The startled soul away from all mankind,
Throw wide eternity majestic gate.
And grant a view OF the immortal state.
And thou. o Night who canst these spirits
raise,
= Giv'st immortality 10 mortal eyes,
To thee tune mine unadorned praise,
And chant thy glorfee to the list ming skies;
Watt o ye winds! the floating notes along:
Ye woods and mountains, echo back the song.
Robert A. AciisO,t. in Chambers journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
Banking Out West.

A Baltimore man who started bank
at Custer City year or so ago failed
within p week simply because he d.dn' {
know Western human nature. His
'piaee had not been open an hour when
q nan in buckskin slouched in anil pre-
scented q mole of one hundred dollars
running for Sixty days, and asked 10
have it discoun'el ,... "a - 80
81 don't know .you,' replied the
broker, who was his own cashier.
stranger, that's my name thar at
the bottom-Bill Riggs; a'-If J.
II see." '''' = ~ i-''E. 80 a..
And that note is backed by jim
Madden - .l.nn O..,. i, ,.f,.,s .,aT,N o.
- see, but l don't care to discount
it, "r''-". 49,. l..,i
The man picked upi.the paper and
walked out, and, in .e course of ten
minutes a chap with p stol in either
hand danced into the bank and cheerlly
called out: -. IrEH ''r.1 3. t.'i, "aE .
Here's Jim Madden. and he wants
to set eyes on the galloot who wont dis
count note when he backs it,"'t1' '-'7
He popped the banker in tho Shout
der, q clerk through the hip, and then
fired away at tine hstures uniilsOme ono
called him out toltl.ke q drink. THE
next morning the banker was miss
ing. and wheB-he rafterwsrdy turn ed-up
in Denver he acknowledged that the
lanking bus ness had some painful
features that no one but . cowboy was
able to wrestle w.th.-Wau Street Ne,os.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
CRYPTOGRAPHY.

Since early times men have devised
various ways Of sending important in
telligence in q manner so efectually dis
guised that only those for whom the
news was intended should be able to
understand the meaning of what was
written.
Until comparatively recent years
diplomats. statesmen and military or
naval commanders were the principal
persons compelled by circumstances tn
keep their affairs or their intended
movements shrouded in secrecy. So
long as there was no regular postal
service, important letters were sent by
courier. and thus the weightiest secrets
were often at the mercy Of one inclined
to be dishonest
Before the spresd Of education, and
at time when .ew possessed knowl-
edge of any other language than their
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
7 ~ = ~ "
A Plot Incubator.

When Prof!iD Hogsinson I resigned
his position as demonstration Of anatomy
and started the ChucGte, a humorous
weekly. his friends came around and
said that bright future, awaited him.
This was partly, fattg for # be, / ad
any bright future at all it was awaiting
him. One day. while the learned
hunor st was bowed down with the
cares of wit, much worn man entered
the room and cleared his throat to at
tract attention. The professor looked
up, turned his chair ami said:
"Well, what can lido for youa''usSzs'
The gentleman seated himself and
replied: Information having reached
me that you had started a humotous
and l.teraryspaper. 4 am here to seesif
you do not carefera plot incubator; ~ y
"A plot Incubator" exclaimed the
professor, in surprise. Il never heard
of such a thing"
r-Oh. probably not, for you are young
in the business, I'll explain. A plot
incubator is. "a man Who hAtches out
plots and humorous ideas. He can not
arise to the dignity of literature for
he has not the art Of description. All of
the humorists have plot hatcher for it
is impossible for q man to do the
Matching and writing with any degree of
success. For instance, you employ me.
Ist here, ouiet rs a flower pot. You
turn to me and say: Captain. a plot
for story nod in cpniplhnse hnd
say: Dark night. Man with antern.
following hack. Woman inside hack
shrieks. Man rushes forward. Shoots
villain. Woman saved Now, there's
a plot for a two or three column story.
The idea being furnished you, all you
then have to do is to write up the facts.
Suppose you want to write a paragraph,
you turn and saw: capita n. idea for
five liner l pedy apd-eay,- Mute.
You then have the idea, and You COM
struct paragraph that will cause peo-
pie to wonder how you ever caught the
idea. You turn again and say:
Captain, idea for an tem.' nod and
say: Pie You VIZ t. it up and con-
yulse the worM with laughtak WfeS
you want humorous sketch. yoa eAll
for it, and say: Young man r ing to
see young aadt; smalt 10y comes into
the room; wants candy from young
man; goo none; boy going to tell the
other Fellow tina. comes to soc his sister
and give him candy; you & lady blu-h-
Is; young man hnds Gu. he has = rival
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
Interesting Indian Relic.
Dr. oaabsd EaSi;g h..AS,ooesp 90

Dr. QSIabNd cad, has bsoueit,
into our Office autiful dian relic,
which he had found imbc dded in the
roots of iir tree near Marv's Peak.
The tree was about three hundr d years
old. and the trunk was so de aged that
it co "a Be Knocked to pieces easily.
The relic rsembles the huge blade OF a
knife. eigh cen inches in length. three
in width, and one and half thick. 1t
is out OF brown granite, and has an
fine polish. it be ng nearly
81 sno tn as srulptured ma lie. It IS
eviden ly 8 relic of the stone AGE, but
we g not aware that any other i'm
plements of that age have been found
north of Mexico. The doctor came to
the coast in 1853 and during the pio-
,neer DAYS becsn,e intimately acqusint-A
ed with an Indian chief, which ac-
qua ntan 9 soon ripened INTO friendship,
FIR m the fact that At one time when
the chief was a ta ked by . vicious
gri Ely. he came to his aid and killed the
bear. This old Indian was very con,
,versant With tradstisns of his triSe. tsnd
related to DIR. Og esby / gend which
had been recited rom father to son for
ages. and which stated that ut one time
a people came from the ocean armed
with large stone knives, and while they
!! eacsfqlly slept ~ ,lhteiS v. gyans these
murder them. The do tor elieves that
this kni is one of the knives d. scr bed
by the old chief.-Ualies (Or.l Times
lMoMat0ineer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07

quick to avail themselves ofthe new and
speedier mode of controlling the worlds
markets, and soon became its best pa
irons; statesmen and diplomats sat in
their respective cabinets and received
must formerly have taken weeks to reach
them.
Immediately new want made itself
felt Secrecy had been sacrificed at the
shrine of speed. If the mail was slow
it afforded privacy, but the contents of
Geographic message are of necessity
known to others besides the sender and
the receiver. So the minister, the bank
er and the merchant soon began to send
cipher dispatches. 1t was quickly dis
covered, however, that existing meth
DDS of cipher-w writing were unadapted
to telegraphy; the costliness of the new
invention necessitated brevity; and thus
it was not long before there went whirl-
ing over the wire messages of ten words
that. properly deciphered, included from
thirty to fifty.
A great proportion of commercial
messages-orders to buy and sell and
the like-are similar in their terms, and
hence it is that single word represent
ing three or four words in frequent use
is the plan on which our present cable
cryptography is based whereby. there is
annually large saving in expense.
Then, tOO, as trade increased and
competition became fierce, every firm
wanted its own cipher system, distinct
from any used by other houses in the
same business; and reflection will ens-
bic us to appreciate the vast number OF
separate ciphers in use in a great COM
mercial center like New York City.
Therefore. in course of time, the pre-
paration of cipher systems for mer-
chants ard others using the telegraph
largely has come to be regular call
ing. and in every large city the sign
'Cable Codes" is to be seen. At one
of these Offices we may be accommodat-
ed with code of from fifty to five
thousand words, at . cost of hundreds
of cents or of hundreds Of dollars.
Most of these codes are alphabetical
ly arranged in parallel columns, like
shipping signals-the English words
and phrases in one column, and their
cipher equivalents in another. To such
magnitude has this business grown that
all languages are rausacked TOR suitable
cryptographic codes, and every day
sees their preparation growing more
complicated and costly.
The modern Geographic signals and
our various systems of shorthand may
DO called examples of cipher-writing.
though in these cases, of course, speed
and brevity are aimed at, not secrecy.
Not seldom very puzzling cryptograms
appear on inscriptions. The reader viii
doubtless recall the amusing instance
narrated in The Pickwick Papers"
The exists at the present time, on a
tombstone in Trinity Church-yard, New
York, q cryptogl am that has often
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07

The extreme sensiiveness of the
earthis crust to any changes in the dis
trioution of weight upon its 8 rface is,
however. best exemplified by those To-
ca deposit ons and removals of matter
which have attracted more general at
tention at the present day. The chief
of these is the transfer Of mattef by
river artion to large tracts, and its &C.
emulation in such limited areas as
plains, estusries and deltas Rorings of
400 to 500 feet have shown that these
often consist Of long SUGGESTIONS Of silts.
which alternating layers Of snelis snd
Of vegetable matter prove to have been
deposited at or.near the sea level, and
the Wealden and eocene formations in
the British area show that such accu-
mutations may exceed loo feet in
thickness, In the case Of deltas, sub
sidence must keep pace almost feot by
foot with the accumulation, and be con-
fined to the area, over which the sedi-
ment il being deposited, for any more
rapid subsistence would cheek its growth
and convert it into an estuary. This
sinking is apparently Of universal oc-
currence. A SIMILAR inst ance Of the
transfer Of weight from larger areas
and its precipitation on a very circun,-
scri ed ares Is seen in co al oils and
reefs. The explanat on of their forma-
ton given by Darwin requires . gradu-
al subsistence keeping pace with their
growth, which takes 4 place within
twenty fathoms of the surface
only, 4, This theory, simple and
admirable as it is. acs ounting satisfscI
torily for all the observed pbenom-
ena of coral growth, has been contested
by NJ. Murray, who has shown that
sfollslmight q merely inc ft1statioas OF
soleasds peak Bot hli theory sssnS
improbable by contrast, for it demands
2JO volcanic peaks at the sea-level in
the Pacific coral area alone, every foot
of (which has been completely conceal
ed by coral growth, though few vol
canic craters are known 50 near theisea-
level outside this area We seem thus
to have in. e0eA& z4r0Wths ao0Gher 0Vi-u
dence of subsistence keeping pace with
the increasel of We hit. sometimes. IS
soundiags prove. to -a-d-p,h of 900
feet or more The replacement of q
column of sea water 100 fathoms in
depth, by a column of limestone, would
increase the pressure per fafheni from
l.! tons to | ,4S7 tons, so that it is easy
TO realize how VASE must BE- the in
creased p assure on such an area as
that occupied. by the great rsef Of Aus !;
tralia, $50 miles long and 10 to 90
miles brpsi9 q 1he sands, gravels, and
clavs, with marine shells and erratic
boulders, prove that great submerg-
ence took place during the glacial pc
Rod, while Europe was under, an Ice
6,u0O feet thick in Norway snd diminA
ishing to l,5,O in Central Germany
The extent of the submergence has
been perhaps underststed g 900 feet
in Scandinavia, and was &C EleaSt 1,35O
feet in Wales. A corresponding re-
elevation accompanied the disappear
ance of the ice. 1t has often been sup
posed that the sinking of the west coast
of Greenland is similarly due to its ice
.1NA aNIE, &