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The Oldest Alphabet.
american Register.

1t is an interesting fact that the oldest
known GA b c" In existence is the child's
alphabet, scratched ON little ink bottle, of
black ware, found in one of the Greek settle
ments in Italy, attributed to the fifth century
B. G. The earliest letters and many later
ones are known only by inscriptions, and Ii
Is the rapid increase, by recent discoveries of
these precious fragments, that has inspired
more diligent research and quickened the
zeal of learned students In mastering the
elements of knowledge of their origin and
history throughout the world. As late rs
1876 there were found In Cyprus some bronze
plates inscribed with Phnnician characters,
dating back to the tenth, even 10 the elev-
enth century B. q. Each epoch has Its frag-
ments, and the industry Of English explor-
ers, the perseverance Of German students,
and the genius Of French scholars have all
contributed to group them in their chrono-
logical order. Coins, engraved gems, in
scrsbed statues, end, last Of all, the Sloan
inscription, found In 1880 ut Jerusalem, on
the wall of an old tunnel, have supplied new
material for the history. From the common
mother Of many alphabets, the Phenician,
are descended the Greek and other European
systems on the ons side, including that
which We uss and have the greatest interest
in; and on the other, the alphabets Of Asia,
from which have sprung those Of the East,
Syriae, Arabic and Hehrew.
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A Story by senator Frye.
Le,oistotcn Journal.

~ see," said Senator Frye, "that Wash
ington paper, In a very complimentary no.
tice, sets me down . poor man, not worth
over $4,000. That's too much," said Mr..
Frye. "But the fellow who wrote tha. does
not know the reason am so poor. II came
about In this wise. was brought up In .
Quaker family, and when, in my boyhood, I
got chance to 60 up to Boston, my Quaker
grandfather gave me s. TO spend. did not
know any boys In Boston, and could think
OF no way to have s. worth Of fun without
boys. When / got home my grandfather
asked me how spent the So, and !, with the
air of one who had done virtuous action,
said, 4 did not spend It at all, grandfather;
Isaved Il and have 1t In my pocxet.' Where.
upon my grandfather said, sYou may give
me back tho money, William. gave you
that money TO spend st Boston, Ever since
that, said the Senator, Il have known bet
ter than to cave money"
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Canned Food.
D. r. Locke. in Toledo Blads.

~. ~. ISOCht, U Ofcu0 Dtuue.
1t is singular fact that We are indebted
to Pompeii for the great industry of canning
fruit. Years ago, when the excavations
were just beginning, party Of Cincinnati
ans found, In what had been the pantry Of q
house, many jars Of preserved figs. One
was opened and they were found TO be fresh
and good. Investigation showed that the
ngs had been put Into the Jars In q heated
state, an aperture left for the steam to es-
cape, and then sealed with wax. The hint
was taken, and the next year canning fruit
was introduced Into the United S:ates--the
process being identical with that In vogue In
PompeIi twenty centuries ago. The old
ladies In America VIII can tomatoes and
peaches do not realize that they ara indebted
for this art TO people who were literally
ashes bat . few years after Christ. There Is
nothing new under the sun. Canned toma-
tors and ioadeo dice-tne people OF Pom
pe,i had both.
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Washington Hdtchet.

H"h"DeVH fIutEHet.
Mr.. Matthew Arnold grows sorrowful over
the fact that he has not yet seen his ideal of
the American farmer. We know Matthew'S
ideal. He Is the poetic tiller of the soil,
with great honest heart and CHEEKY voice.
He loves his servants and his horses, and his
cows and his family. He gets up in the
morning with bright, happy face, and milks
the patient kline. Then he goes forth into
the fertile fields and plows and tills the soil,
and feels sorry when the plowshare turns the
sad.eyed daisy aud the golden butter. cup
under the sod. He goes TO dinner and kisses
the rosy checked wife, and the children, and
sits down with contented heart to gener-
Gus repast. Then, when his days work Is
done, he gathers with his family In the din.
ing room and reads the bible, while the cat
purrs on the hearth and the trusty dog leans
his head lovingly against his knee. oh, yes,
We know him we have seen bim In books.
But, Matthew, you will find that the ideal
American farmer Is different sort of thing.
He, too, gets up in the morning to milk the
kline, and he takes tin pail and club, and
he says:
SHAY, damn you, or I'll bust the horn ofi'n
your dod gasted head"
He, too, goes forth with the pensive mule
and the hilarious horse hitched to Bartlett
plow, aud be fallows the soil and turns the
daisies and buttercups under the sod and
swears and commits mortal sins until his
suspender buttons break, and the mule kicks
the single.tree and the whiffie-tree away
over into the next farm. Then ho comes
home and jaws At his rosy.cheeked wife
until she chases him around the hen-h house
with rolling-pin and he sits down TO his
dinner Of bacon aud corn bread, and warns
the family to pare down their appetites be-
cause meats gone up. And when his days
work Is done he kicks the cat up the Chin
ney and beats the dog out Of doors, and then
says, "Doggone It, come on ter bed. lies
too hlgh fur po' people ter set up."
There's not much difference, Matthew, be-
tween your American farmer and ours, but
there Il = little distinction.
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TARIFF MUSINGS.

The issue Is made, and the tariff
Falls on the heart of the land,
AS dynamite shell is waited
BY terrible Fenian's hand.
/ see the hope of the future
Fade in the mist afar,
And gaze as if were watching
The flight Of n falling star.
A gaze of wonder and longing,
Not wholly uumixed with care,
That resembles gladnesS only
A bull resembles bear.
Then read me a bill for tariff,
All honest and simple and plain,
That shall state the issue clearly,
And tend 10 the raising of Cain.
Not from the old committees,
Men of the Randall stamp,
Whose footsteps scarcely s:artle
The guarded Protection camp.
For like strains of the organ grinders.
Their bygone measures bring
Sad thoughts of n quasi-protection,
And / long for the real thing.
But read from som~ free trade hero
Whose theories well may rank
With those of that patient inventor,
The perpetual motion crank.
The air shall he full of music.
And tn" party that hoped for sway
Shall fold its tents like fhe Arabs,
And skulkily steal away
Then read from the new committee
The bill that 1t flin would pass,
And write " For Revenue Only"
On the tombstone in the grass.
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Permanent Riches.

Although much has been said concerning
the comparative cost Of the mineral product
of our mines, the uRcertaintly of mining
speculations, and the unreliable character
which Is attributed to mining enterprises, it
would probably be difficult for any other in
dustry under the same circumstances to pre-
sent so favorable a showing. During the
past thirty years 10000 men on the Pacific
Slope have added over 81 ,0o0, ,000. 900 In gold
to the substantial and indestIuctible wealth
whether the same number of people have
produced, even where surrounded by the
most favorable circumstances, sum which
will nearly equal this amount in value, even
should the character Of the different products
be ignored. A bushel of wheat produced by
the labor of the farmer has for time GER
tain value which may be estimated, but
when that bushel of wheat has been con-
sumed Its value dies practically, and no
longer exists as factor In commercial
transactions. An ounce Of gold or silver
taken from the mines by the miner, and
placed 10 the channels sf commercial activ-
ity. may perform Its part as measure Of
value over and over again for years; and as
il cannot be destroyed, Il retains this value
power as long as II anywhere exists, and
never loses this characteristic Of value. We
repeat our opinion many times stated, en-
tirely ignoring the different circumstances
and conditions surrounding It, that no pro-
ductiye industry 10 this country has or can
make better showing IN real wealth pro-
duced than that which tends to the develop
menf RI our vast and inexhaustibls mineral
resources, and We base this statement upon
facts and figures Which are readily available.
Herald.
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WINTER SUNSET.


The tenclerest hues of rest
Are soft in the tired west,
Where an hour ago
Was lory and glow
In sky, over sea and town
An hour ago
Wherl the sun sank low,
When slowly the sun went down.
Family golden CLEANS the north,
And one pallid star shines forth,
Where the arrowy pines
show in silhouette lines.
Against translucent skies.
For there's never breeze
To WOO the trees
From st. Helen's to Tamalpais.
Born of the sea,
And the day set free
On the purple and amber tides
A roseate haze
In golden maze
Wells all the mountain sides
o, the wonder that did not last
The glory that has passed!
The sky was an ocean
In mystical motion,
Barges and shallops it bore
And each crimson wave that urged in
the west
Gathered auI broke in a golden crest,
And rushed to giorifed shore.
Set is the sun,
And the sunset gun
Booms thro' the quivering air.
The glory is gone,
The wonder Is flown,
The passionless night is here.
-OUeriGnd NoRMtH
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For sale.

-. otter for sale for f3nn, nv one-lslf I'm
hEt terest iii the bniding and lat now oocu-
ti Iie. hy John Thosnpson, Main st, Deer
wv Lodge For pafficalsrs Inquire Of Y. y.
''A''pV"' " t. sw EENEY. xissoals. NJ T.
Mis@oulx. Nov, 2. 1888. sss-u
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II the heavy Langtry knot suits the shape
OF your head, do not abandon IL for the
.sdongh nut style, equally classic, perhaps,
but which adds ~ the ace.
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newspaper DECISIONS.

/. Any one who takes q paper repnlarly from the
pa~t,snr,-a neither directed co hs name another'r
s''.ther he has snnrcribed motifs Responsible
fOt .h.. naymeni. .4.s4.a.l0 +r
II person orders his paper discontnued, he
mssi paw all nrrearages, or the publisher will con-
tinus to send until payment II made ana collect the
whoe Hmonnt, ~he h'r the papcf II taken rom the
oi ice n.n. k
.. The courts have decided that iefusibr - tax.
the papers periodicals from the POstOl ncr
removing and leaving them uncalled tor IL prtn4n
fdcis evidence of intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option OF the subscriber.
Remittanccs by draft, check, money order, regis
tered letter may he sent at our risk All Poetmasters
ars required TO register letters on application.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-09
as Porter himself.
fGUlSInda and Phelps.


p ia me Is 1~'Jt Transcript
The Wl trVD Of lhs clrrespo0denca he
tween Mr.. Elmunls and Mr.. Phelps will
heigIHyn re.p.ct for the former as public
man, while 1t will not have any such effect
Win remri 20 the New Jersey Representa-
tive, NJ Phclpss special pleading in his
r,'y the Vermont Senator's note is pilful.
Mr. Elmunds's straightforward statement
uls lus"s OF 'hr suggestion that he had been
Wilaruccd as Il legislator in any way by his
Investments in railroads, aud makes clear us
daylight a." DIV renee b.'H him and the
caudritie who, A. Spe ker Of fhe iiul-r. Sc. .
the i4vOnt p' lhu lu1ai Mr.. Eludt.dt d.
one OF those cont far-seen1 incorupr1l.
statesman that the nation especially needs
when there are so many powerful Interests
banded together to corrupt politics ana
p!uuder the national treasury.
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Painfully Embarrassed.
From the Detroit Free Prcasl

n stranger who got irto tie Union Depot
Yaru, while trying To find the railroad ferry
sup would have been run down by one Of
TIE numerous switch locomotives had not a
man at work in the A ur sheds seized him
ana pulled him of the track The stranger
was greatly confused and shaken up FIR "A
moment, but after he had taken seat on
the platform and got his breath he called
out;
My man, that was nohly done! lev
pect you can make use Of $1,000 in cash ?"
We'll, perhaps"
The stranger breathed heavily, rubbed his
arm and after minute continued
Yes, feel just like making you pres
ent on a thousand dollars,'
This vas n painful reduction from his first
observation, but it wasn't for the 1lur-roller
to find fault. He brushed away at the
strangers hat to get the dust off, and as he
handed it over he was Informed
81 think You would know where to put
800 if you had It, ell ?"
81 want nothing, sir. You were in danger.
and pulled you away"
But shall insist upon your accepting
You certainly saved NV he,
and shouldn't beprudge $2j.'
lie got out his wallet, which was crowded
tull of bills, and as he handled them over be
remarked
Ten dollars would buy your wife dress.
and every time she wore it you coull think
of me-
Yes sir"
The bill came out but was quickly re.
placed, and arter minute spent tn some
mental calculation the stranger all at once
handed ont So bill with the observation
Here, my man, 90 and ret you new
nat, and rest assured shall be ever grateful
to you.n
Inen 1t was seen that the lahorec was
partially embarrassed. He shifted from one
leg to the other, looked ~ and down tie
Piled
Please, sir, but h.vnt you any small
change about yoa? | thing a ulqrter
would be plenty Of reward for saving your
"A quarter! Wei, considering the rail
'old company pays you for the tine you
were Mailing me around, maybe thai
enough. Her. it is, ard hope you VIII
maze 2 od use of it. | guess | cin yet
down to the slip all right from here. bu, il
you happen to save my life agun yen .au
lJok for half dollar at least"
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End of a Notable c ale,

Thomas P. Wickes, the referee to whom
the case Of the child Carlos Wilson was re
ieired, IN the remarkable New York case OF
which We recently made mention, has made
his report. Saviltr ID ,wn'nt, it will be- re-
memhered, claimed IN child AS hers, and
maintained that the original Carlos Wilson
had died and was bun a. aud thai h,r oNu
child, alleged 90 have Diet, vas r.hlY alive,
and substituted for ihr dead Calls. Til,
Referee in his report sNs that he believes
Savillar Downing 60 be sincere IN her allrga
tiOns, but mistaken, lie saws that her theo-
lies lack proof. lie reviews the evidence,
in luhing all that bearing upon he eXaumt
lion If the coffin sail to hav- contained d
female Chi 'nstead 0t % 'uaie r'1nl. ~ gr,A.
length. ard tilsIlv crllc- 30 .r Cp"D' 'lHl
that Carlos Wilson, the cbIii ia dispute, 1
HE vetable Crio., and the son of The WOO
n4n called Emma DC Z.lrA Wilson.
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tramp trying to work bis way into Bur
lingtDn, had rather discouraginE experience
last Friday. THERE'S sign bo@rdou one Of our
eastern roads marhcd &C miles to Bur,ina-
ton with large index finger pointing the
direction. When the big gale cane up, last
Friday afternoon, it uprooted this ancient
guile-post and waited it gently some two
or three miles farther to the east dcposilin1
it finally, right SIDE up with care in tanal
Ot bushes beside the road, the iudrN-tiugri
pointing south, instead of west. B.
fore long, a tramp came plodiiug down
the road, md when his intelligent cy,
caught the inscription in the bushes he
stopped and spelled it Our. "SiX Miles
Burlington" New strength ditTused Itself
throughout his wearied system, and clutch.
| ing h,s stuck with tirmer grasp, he turned hi.
lace, Us he supp sed, anew toward hi,
Mecca of distressed pilgrims on the lorl
route between st. JohnsDury eud Rutland
All the af ernoon he trampcd, and the 81,
miles appeared t. lenlthen out amazingly
JUS rs the evening shadows were fa!iu.
round, he met granger trailing the lougl
home from the fl it,
How long will it be before get to Bur
lington?' he shouted to this ycucrabl
granger.
"llay?n
"iIo% l'ng will it be before reach Bur
GLOW long y
"ies."
"Wal-h'm. Burlington, you saidY"
"Yes-hpw far is it2"
GLOW fur"
YES"
"Wal-'bout twenty. eight or thirty mil,
G. long"
The astonishod trump stood By the rolr
SIDE, IN the goAming, speechlcss. Vision
pl unlimited PIE, and garments srnlcn iron
Tat racks in op,n nails, aud soft slumbars i
Chlttcndcn county jan, and wcIl-fed cal
tlVliy, and dshunnrahlr diSchargr, fade
from the dome If his spirit, and s1rr,
came upon HIM like the night, Sadly l.
limped to the nearest barn, aud a. he hurio
himself in the Ihlslly hay, the hgh-pilchc
vrlce OF the granger came 10 his tar.-
Mari if you see tramp hungin' arour
When amt here, jest SGT the dog @
him."
So he slumbered-aud Burlington tLir
miles away
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-09

CDIoradD's six uoinstrucrd zine dele
rates have been Blaine men m the past, but
ill vote for Arthur Mt Chicago, says the
Denver Tribune.
The statement has been sent over the
coun ry that Minneso will send ten Blaine
aud four Edmunds DELEGATES 10 Chicago.
rh" St Paul papers. however. declare that
Baine eau not hope for more than five delo-
gates.
The assault Of the New York Trijlqs up
On the integ ,iiy Of Senator Elmund1 by way
u support fits candidate for The Presidency
vas as foolish as it was malicious. - Propi-
deHce JOurndI
In the Montana Repnhiean Convention,
Arthur had plurality # tb" o.h gates, but
he Blaine and EImunds delegations p'ol-
4 their ssnes, and send one Blaine and one
E1mnnds delegate to Ch'ca.
| think Mr.. Arthur's urOsocc,s improve
daily and have been crn'iuuirg 10 improve
for the last three weeks. aud rave kind
NJ Convic'ien in my mind that he will he
nominated | know he ought to b., for |
am satisfied that If he is not tie probabilities
are that it will end in the dissolution ~ the
Republican party. The people are lutle
fred Of that party. and the ties Of i'cipliue
and the patriotic sentiments Tint hound n"n
. it are relaxing every day.-Auorhey-
G>neyal BreacSter.
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Northern New York.

Five buildings owned by the Cha.eaugay
Iron company, at Bradley's Pond, Clinton
county, were burned Friday. A store
iwelng, and three ore separators were de,
slroyed. 1t is reported that man and
woman and two children persisted.
The boiler Of the Whitney Marble works
AT Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county, eh
,loded Saturday, killing five men instantly
md fatally ipiuring two others, Steam had
inst been made after the boiler had BEEF
repaired. The men killed are residents oi
Jefferson and st. Lawrence counties. The
building is a total wreck.
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The SUPER rty OF Wells, Rcnarlsnu & COS i'm.
proved Bultrr color over AL Others made, Il agiip
demonstrated by lis recor'' the Auiumnal Fa.rs
The test OF piactca use is wntl tells bee story, AMI
he great value of he pre- uium- given bv m Ayr
cultural Fair, lies IN the fact, that the Judges in
these c ises are regular farmers who know what
their needs are an " hat n sup is n.ui Volts
Richardson 4 Cl's Improved Bgt .IDr W sch
h A. taken nr>t premium at all ttis Wfr'- eNh -
ned. u put IN IN +Vepetanle on ao nrapa ildi n
calno oec me raISld, ia most iuipnrta properly,
the lack wnu'h q "a J o so uIt. "' 90" 'iuitrr-
Color Of |red TO- .ls I do'sml. rul no the hut
ter-milk n im9irts bright n 'turs color, whict
l. udaiialu'A ~ inauy htt-; anu being Chs
strongest is the CHEAPEST Color ~ tus market.
Is wnIm
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JOCK property In the vicinity in question
SUPERINTENDENT Hobart, assistant supcrin.
.enuent Foss and Mr.. G. II. Clark came to
'o"h saturday afternoon, to look over the
damage to the property. They were unable
however, to fix the amount OF the pccuniary
loss with any dcfulencss. The wharycs
Will OF course, be repaired at once.
Inc scene along the shore il wild one
aud hundreds of people visited it ycstclay,
"hlIe quite number Of people row,d out
10 the breakwaer. In conclusion, it may he
well to say that the tug which 50 rcCklessy
went out in the midst of the gale reached
port in safety, though dnrirg he "trip the
glass was blown out of her pilot house and
some MINOR mishaps were suffered.
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THE WAR or suv,TOi: EDMuN"s.
some Plain Talk from the New york
sicraIi,

Why are MIR. Blame al1 MS oTIa1' M
Mills and Nj. Bl ,iur', TrjjU1e, 81 Virutnt
,,,,,,,,d. all q, orc.9
-,
j. II because MI E'"''"' ! "N. ~ w. w
a Formidable CntIgonist OF Mr.. a'ne a.
Cb,c.,,2 P.rbaos So. Flr the present
~, hoe +,,o ,,re,tast nu,,rer Of dele
.,.,,h,au,. ~ ,ho Corvon.ion
gates Dn', dn,"'' Guy " W. ,r,hrr
n'u,-' '''r W" n''l, y" ~ -, ao,,, ,,n yith's
VII Ei'llu''s u,.". -,,,,.,n, I ircnI,is
strong o'cNln0 J'', a. sta,,,s' 7, L. not
F r',s'"as.'' .. 1'.;u ho Tho course of
easy 10 I"te'',' "u.. Wv C,.;oo',o
'Na"S W ''',- wa" y. roogo,, for this
mere ~ II y - ~ n, ';'.,,a tis n,,,p
SHd''en WI "''"'' ~ 49, ~ H. =, man hv
'oW'rn 0tUa'"' - '''I".,i .,,J nInct.d
whoLn, II ne W,'t ,l ro n,.d. Soc.
Mt bAinr c.'"' IVY ~ p,,;,,a know. his
rttarV n 9'a'' "u'' W, 49, ,d NO, a
| hr. Enth.""' j. ,l,,l, e,ocl,
polI'l'a' auN,"' ,olinv " On the
w .no =, :. ,t',,oro1'v known tho, he op.
cn'',' ', ~; :. GI,o,, .1d h.,ned President
| ''e,'' ,,'r ,,,,'r.,, :, as soon 81 It became
A..n.' ~, w. ,t,o 'i;s,,,.sL If Mr. Bl.ine from
W. Ca,;.'o,
~, p,,,,u.,do 10 not likely if he ever
| 81, ',,nr, tn further Mr. Blajpe',
" '',n't ,,,I,,in,. and his il one reason
for the attempt now making to "hill him
#" We do not perceive that this attempt
,iyes much promise of success, by the way
Though several journals which are inspired
w jaw Gould influences are taking par
in it.
The Utica convention stirred up the wra' !! !
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An old farmer stepped into Il Church
street grocery and provision store, ycslcr-
day, aud laying his dirty umbrella down Oh
the glass counter. asked
"What are you payin' for eggs"
"SiXicen cents"
Take 'em just as they come -
Eyes, the frcshrr the better"
"Curdn' to size, mean :"
Yes ROSTERS eggs ant all"
Inc old gentleman stepped 10 the door.
and waving his umbrella to n vehicle ~ tnr
distance, yelled olive night up here
Sophi', an give me them three baskets o,
hantles' eggs, callate Iii buy ont al
your uncle Josh's doves when | cit home