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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
FOUR GREATEST eeNeRALS
From a Canadian standpoint-whats her'
IVAN SAID Grant as "a Commander.


Montreal Gazette.
The four greatest generals produced by
The great civil war in the nited states on
the national side were Grant, Mcphersol,
sherman and Sheridan. Cne of the most
pleasant memories of American history
is, and will forever he, the fact that be.
tween these four great commanders there
was never the shadow of jealousy or
envy 1t is the highest honor that Grant
ever received from mems judgment of adj
miration that these three able CAPTAINS all
Willingly and always looked up to him as
their superior
Mel helson fell in battle before the
splCndor Of his abilities could attract the
world attention, but in his death Grant.
as he declared, lost one of the greatest
perhaps the very grcatest-of his lieutcn.
ants sheridan, as is right of his Irish
blood had the f,roest spirit in battle,
sherman the greatest invention in coun
Gil; while Nc herson could fight with
the one and plan with the other, but they
all admitted, because they knew and felt
greater than they. "Why," / asked
Gen. Sherman once, did you and Shcri-
dan always acknowledge Grant to be your
leader" Because he responded in his
quick, idiomatic manner, while | could
map out a dozen plans for campaign,
every one Of which Sheridan would swear
he could fight out to victory, neither
he nor | could tell which
of the plans was the best one; but
Grant who simply sat and listened
and smoked while we had been talking
over The maps, would at the end of our
talking tell us which was the best plan,
and in dozen or two words the reason of
his decision, and then it would all be so
clear to US that he was right that Sheri-
! dan and | would look at each other and
wonder why we hadn't seen the advantage
of it ourselves
q" | tell you, " he continued, after mo-
ments pause, "Grant is not appreciated
yet The military critics of Europe are
too Ignorant Of American geography to
appreciate the conditions of his campaigns.
What is il to march an army from erin
to Paris? Look at the multitude Of roads
Look at the facilities Of trans
portaton. Consider how many times the
same ground has been fought over
by successive commanders Is not every
point of vantage known? What com
manIer can biunder where all the condi-
tons lie open to his eye? But | have seen
Grant plan campaigns for 800, 00J troops
along "a front line =, 900 miles in length,
and send them marching to their oh ective
points, through sections where the sur,
veyors chain was never drawn, and where
the ComnLisSariat necessities alone would
have broken down any transportation
system of Europe, and three months later
| have seen those armies standing where
he sad they should be and what he
planned accomplished and | give it as
my military opinion that en-. Grant is
the greatest mmander Of modern times,
and with him ony three others can stand
Napoleon, Wellington, and Moltke,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

a few days ago John Hunter brake
man on the Pine Island railroad, New
I ork, went out on the Waikiki river in
dug out canoe, to try his new 500 brecch-
loading shot gun on ducks. lie saw a
duck and blazcd away The new gun
kicked like mule and upset the boat.
hunter dsap. cared beneath the water,
but came up again within reach of the
boat and seized hold of it The gun dis
appeared and stayed there. The water
was eight feet deep. Hunter fioatel about
on the capsiLed dug.out for an hour and
halloocd for help until he got hoarse.
Then man came along, got another boat
and rowed out ard brought MIR. Hunter
In.
The next day Hunter went out in his
dugout with a garden rake to fish for his
new gun After dragging the bottom for
nearly half day he got hold of the
gun. " hen he fired his gun off the day
before both barrels were cooked, but only
one went off. The hold Mr. Hunter got
on the gun with the rake must have been
on the trigger Of the cooked barrel, for
when the gun had been raised nearly to
the surface, coming up butt first, there
came sulcn rumble down below, and
the next second the gun shot up out Of
the water like a skyrocket 1t flashed by
MIR llunter face so close that it knocked
his hat OF Mr. Hunter jerkcd back, and
over went the boat.
AS on the day before, Hunter went un-
der and came up close by the upturned
boat and sci ed it again. The gun re
peatcd its programme Of disappearing aud
staying there. only this time it was ac
companied by the rake. MIR. Hunter was
compelled to exercise his lungs once more
until he was lowed ashored b, a ncighbor
Next day he hired IA man to go out and
sh for the gun and rake The man got
them both in fifteen minutes. Hunter
says he don't know whether to sell his gun
or get another kind of boat, or whether
he had letter lock them both up and lose
the key The duck escaped
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
A Russian Officers Goodness.

New Orleans Tim 'sDemocrat Translation.l
Col Ivanoif-one of the high Russian
officers who conducted the Khivan cam
paign-is still a young man. very tall and
handsome, with fair complexion and
full thick beard This beard has won him
the appellation of sara Sakal- Tura, THE
Yellow bearded Chief, and the natives of
Turkestan never speak of him, nor ad-
dress him. by any other name not even at
Official meetings.
The following incident affords good
example of his faculty Of keeping cool
and calculating in the midst of danger.
Once, when accompanied on y by three
Cossacks, an Interpreter and Il few ma
tives lDii@hitcs) lvanoif found himself
surrounded and attacked by baud of at
least 100 Turkomans. The russians i'm
mediatcly grouped themse yes close to.
gether, back to back, and opened fire
Ivanoff had six chambered revolver; he
fired five shots, and reserved the sixth in
spite of the desperate attack of the enemy.
When achievements arrive l. when this
handful of Russian troops was saved and
the general, severely wounded, had been
carried to camp, somebody ventured to
ask him what he had reserved that shot
for "Why, for myself, replied lvanoif,
very coolly. 81 kept watching to see if
the Turkomans had lassoes. If had felt
the touch Of lasso, the Turkomans
might have had my corpse, but never a
living prisoner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
\ City Going Down Hill.

From recent surveys it has been ascer-
tanned that the entire city of \ rginia
New, has moved over thirty inches to the
east since the big fire of 1876. The May
nard block, in Golden Hill, is known to
be gradually sliding down in the direction
of cold canyon, and has moved nearly
two feet since its erection. This move
ment is so gradual that it does not affect
in any manner the safety of the building,
as the ground to the depth of nearly 100
feet to the bed rock is known to be con-
tinually sliding, 1t is a well known fact
among practical miners that the ground
on which irgnia ity is built is what is
termed slide, and that it is necessary TO
sink nearly 100 feet before finding the
natural bed rock. These slides are
caused by the constant crumbling of the
rocks on the mountain sides, The debris
thus accumulated through incalculable
ages is constantly gravitating downward,
and in few hundred thousands of years
what is known as the site Of Virginia
City will be nothing but barren bed rock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
The Artist EindicAle l..

Harper's Weekly has been sharply crit
pictured in Il scene in Wisconsin ,og-
ging camp In answer to this criticism a
Michigan artist sends photograph Of a
Michigan load taken in a numbering
camp. This load consisted of twenty
logs, each sixteen feet long, and scaled
1886 board measure. and, says the
artist, at was drawn four miles by two
horses The best numbering camps have
their main roads as smooth as floor and
when the sleding is good enormous loads
are drawn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
The Formidable and the In1axible.

The Formidable, which las Just been
launched in France, and which is classed
as the most powerful ship in the French
navy, rs a steel vessel of II, All tons, with
an estimated horse power of s 800 and a
speed of fifteen knots. She draws twenty
five and three quarters feet Of wa er, ard
carries armor ranging in thick ess from
seventeen and three.quarters 10 twenty one
and one half inches. Her armament con
sists of three seventy five ton and twenty
light guns. The only completed ship in
British navy which is her equal in size,
power or armament is the InieXible,
which is of iron and which has not exhib-
tied the speed which the Formidable is ex
pected TO attain.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

Speaking of two legislative bodies as
against one, there is no better illustration
than the story that is told by the great
rench publicist, Laboulaye, Of Wash
ington and Je ersOn. eIerson wa,
iaking toa with the father of his country,
and, having recently returned from
rance, was talking of the rench sys.
TEN, which has but one legislative cham
er. Washington listened with interest to
he end, and then said
GU have u5t shown the superior ad
vantage of the chamber s. stem of
legislation.
"How is that" asked jefferson
why, you have poured your tea out of
your cup into your saucer to cool "
1t is said that the argument was consid-
cred powerful one with Jefferson.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

"You hear great deal of talk about
being too talkativc, - said a hittsburg bar
Der but let me tell you that the barber
who doesn't talk ism any good. lie ism t
popular with the trade and lie doesn' t
make good workman. on see man
comes III and get into the char, and the
rar Der commLuces sha ing him without
saying word. The man who is being
shaved has nothing to think about except
himself, and he Immediately begins 70
Kick about the IA or. 1t pulls and hurts
his face. and nothing suits him, and he
goes away dissatisfied with the shop and
he barber Now, one Of those good
natured, laxative barber would take
hat same man and common, talking
politics and the weather. the police and
the skating rink to him and there would
never he the slightest kick.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
In the Dissecting-Ko Room.
Syracuse Standard


In the spring of 1873 | entered the
college green in medical knowledge. was
taken up to the dissecting-room soon after
i matrculated. OF course ! had heard
about the CHASTITY scenes of this veritable
chamber OF horrors, but l had stceled my.
self not to give expression to any Of my
feelings of surprise or disgust. The boys
who have seen courage simulated before
tested me by stufiing my coat pockets
full of dead mems ears, fingers and toes,
and other cheerful fragments while | was
not looking, and one impious wretch who
was calmly eating his luncheon pretended
to use slice of human check for the meat
In his sandwich. The deception was as
real as it WAS horrible
passed through the ordeal unflinch-
ingly, but ] Can assure you it was not un.
accompanied by sundry qualms of
stomach In the course of time became
somewhat familiar with the scenes, and
before the summer vacation | was thor
oughly hardened.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
Gordun's BounticS.
fpali Mll GaZettel

One cold day in January a poor sailor
was standing coatless outside IA lodging
house near the pier ut Gravesend lie had
not only spent all his money, but had
parted with his coat. Gordon saw him,
shriveled with the wind, and found on in.
quiry that he was waiting for ship to 90
to sea again What arrangement he made
with the man no one knows, but an eye
witness saw Gordon take oil his own ,oat,
pa, C it ON the sailor. and walk back to
the fort house in his shirt.slceves. An.
other time when the winter coas were
being delivered at the fort house Gordon
noticed that one of the men was very i'll
clad His boots were ragged and his
trousers Tin and tattcred. The man was
wet and grimy, anu altogether an evil
case Gordon rig-cd him out, and his
kindness was lot mis- placed, for when the
next coal delivery topk place Gordon no.
ticed that the boots and the trousers were
both being worn and made the remark.
Z" am pleased to see that you are wearing
the clothes gave you and have not sold
them.
Some people seem to think that the fact
Of Gordon 5 bounties occasionally benefit
ting the uugratefu. and the unfit is re
lection on his aCutencss and his common
sense 50 far from his assumption being
justified it appears that Gordon deliber
ately incurred the danger of being de
ceved for tie chance Of II thrust at real
distress Once when walking through
the hospital wards one hot summers day,
Gordon ticcd IA sick man tortured by
Il es lighting on his face. Say ng moth
ing. he wen out and bought fan, which
he gave to the nurse for the sick man.
that he may get little rest. That
sick man still possesses the ian which
Gordon obtained for him; and he prizes
(, 4
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
IiabyIe Savages.
[San Francisco Chronicle. ]

lSan FRANCISCO CnrCn.cteI
The Kabylcs are an indigenous people
living in the mountains in the south Of
Algeria, who retain many of their savage
habits The most disgusting sight ever
witnessed was the devouring Of snake
by one of these savages, 1t was raw and
probably living when the process com
mence!. The reptile was APP arently Of
the garter kind and about two and a half
feet in length. lie began at the head and
swallowed inch by inch, as the beacon
strictor devours an OK, wandering around
meanwhile among his company, who
were on the lcvee just ready to embark
for Sontay followed by crowd of his
comrades, apparently half stranged, but
allowing no one to interfere til the tail
was finished Then he gave the signs of
satisfaction that usually follow good
meal and received the congratulations of
his friends
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
The story of II Criminal.

A criminal who was About to be Exc.
cutel on the Gallows Ieltionei the
SheriI for Delay, but the Oncial prop.
cry Replied;
GU have been Tried, Convicted and
Sentenced and there is no Hope Of Re
prievc \ Delay would be Folly.
"rut | want to make a Confession, f"
said the Criminal II have Committed
Several other crimes which the iublic
don't know of.
"Oh, rs to that, said the Sheriff, well
Hang you on this Case and try you After
wards on the Others
Moral; But this was in Canada. In the
states they would have nolle pressed the
murder case and have gone for him for
stealing chickens
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

Col. Tom Saffold said; 81 was talking
with Gen Toombs the other Gay and he
said 'SaiIold, the greatest vice to which
the human family is idcted is gambling,
and yet do you know there is not word
in the Bible in condemnation of it" zen.
Toombs is in error. The tenth command
ment covers the case. Thou Shalt not
coyet" stares, or ought to stare, every
gambler in the face At the bottom Of
every species of gambling is the covetous
desire to get the money Of other people
without Just reCompense,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
INDIA THE EXCITING CAUSE
~ Almost Everything warlike Which
Has Taken Place Lately.


I"Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirerl
The prince of Wales has been to India
on tour, and India is at this moment the
has taken place everywhere. The revolt
on the isthmus of Panama, which burnt
the town of Aspinwall the other day, was
occasioned by nothing but dispacements
and rivalrics over the Panama canal,
which has been attempted by the French
in imitation of the British canal to India
in lgypt. The civil war in Central
America. where i}arrios was Killed. was
caused by the disturbance Of an American
treaty to make II. canal through to the
Pacific ocean and get another route TO
India.
The fight in the saskatchewan country of
Canada arises from nothing but the uulG-
ing of railroad through that wilderness
to the Pacific with the object Of do ~
trade with Asia and India, for j. sia
was the India of Columbus, { INA al d
Japan included. The fights in various
parts Of Africa is for nothing but a rail
road or other means of communication
across Africa to India The bate be.
tween the Russians and the Afgr&ns is
nothing but British and hussian intr rue
in Asia to get the advantage of each
other
PROFESSIONALLY the time is not far off
when India will be still greater question
than it is at present, and will absorb the
attention of the whole world, for the rea
son that India is used 10y Eu-
rope as a make weight against the
nited States. If we monopolize
cotton they begin to raise cotton in India
if we made too much profit on wheat and
corn they begin to raise wheat and corn
in India; if our railroads absorb British
money they begin to lay railroads in In
dia.
On the other hand the Russians are the
only people who are opening communica-
tons directly from the north of Europe
toward India. The Russians built by
American enterprise much of their rail.
road system, which now extends to the
Caspian sea, and they have incipient
roads beyond it carrying them far toward
India overland by route which must I'll.
timately be preferable to the Suez route,
because grain and many other things by
the water route have to pass through the
tropics and must spoil.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
London in Brief


About 1000 horses die each week.
About 129, 600 paupers inlcst the city.
About II, 200 police keep good order.
About 10, 600 foreigners live in the
city.
About 10000 strangers enter the city
each day.
About 8. 900 new houses are erected an
nually.
About 700, 900 cats enliven the moon.
light nights.
About 1000 clergymen hold forth every
Sunday.
About 620 churches give comfort to the
faithful.
About l25 persons are added to the pop,
ulation daily
About 2S miles of new streets are laid
out each year.
About 500, 900 dwellings shelter the
population of London.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
The Aristocracy of the Soil.

FTF770T
The young man who knows how to lay
off corn and cotton rows, and to regulate
the distance Of the same so as to get the
largest crops, is worth a cow-pen full of
nice kid gloved, fancy overcoated fellows
who may know how to lead the german
or caper around at a fash enable waltz.
Siding cotton, setting pillow 'ust right,
and al listing gears So that shoulders and
ba cks of horses will never hurt, are worth
a thousand fold more to the country than
knowing how to pose in parlor or how
to adjust the shade of the Cravat to the
complexion of the wearer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
The Great bulletin ranacea.

doctor. how do you think am doing
today"
"Only fairly, sir In our bulletin is,
sued at noon we said we feared fatal
change almost any moment
Then you are issuing bulletins on me,
are your
Yes. sir. D."
Then please send out and buy me
ticket to Liverpool. Ill go to Europe
this summer and see you later. That
blessed bulletin gives me renewed life and
strength
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

The name of a person is something that
the editor, printer or proof,reader cannot
guess at successfully If there are any
words in the copy prepared for the press
by correspondents carelessly and illegbly
written, they are, in two-thirls of the
cases. proper names If there is anything
that makes an individual mad it is to have
his name mispeled or distorted into some
think else yet in ninety,tive instances out
OF 100 it is the fault of the person writing
the name.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

The photographic Office at Washington
has undertaken to collect information as
to the utility of using oil to smooth the
surfaa of the sea in bad weather from
data collected it appears that paint oil
and kerosene oil have given better results
than sperm oil The latter seems to
harden on the water and does not spread
o err the surface to such an extent as the
former. The e ect upon the sea is to
forces Immediately decrease the" combing u
Of the waves, and ultimately to cause
.he curling waves to assume the nature
Of hea ground swell. The importance
Of the subject to ship owners the captains
Of vessels cannot be overestimated
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

The Organ fur Oelhandel gives an &C
count of some experiments Ia ely made in
st Petersburg with pyronaphtha an IL
Illuminating OIL which Pei stem. the cele-
brated Russian chemist, thinks will super
sedc kerosene 1t is said to be wholly free
from danger of fire and burning kerosene
is easily extinguished by it Pyronaphtha
Itself can be readily put out by water. 1t
burns with bright light and gives off no
smoke or vapor, while the fact that it Is a
residual product Of the Baku distiliation
of petroleum makes it cost less than kero
gene
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

IUVITVTl T T z 7 It-NN
When you travel for pleasure shun the
company of the bilious man. 1t is well
enough to have him along when you
simply want discipline, or feel that you
ought to do penance for past misdeeds;
but if you go for good time see that no
man with an indi erent liver Joins the
party. Many improbable things are pos.
sible, but having uncIouded fun in tho
company o. IA man with Il skin full OF
ph!egmatic misfortune is not one of them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
Cleverly Caught.


Customer cant pay you to-day. You
nee, the shoemaker has just been here,
and
Tailor-Yos; | met him on my way up,
and he said you'd put him off because
you'd got to pay the tailor today. So
here's your bill, sir.
Some one estimates that religion costs
each citizen of the United States half a
cent annually.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
They We're Both Half, Breeds.

"Yes. boosted an Englishman in the
west, 81 have Tudor blood in my veins
from my mothers side of the family and
Plantagcnet from my fathers.
ais that so?" said citizen; My
blood is little mixed, too My grand.
father was Jersey tenderfoot ar my
grandmother digger Indian sq1aw.
We're both half-breeds. stranger Shake"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

A family doctor, in Cassells Magazine
declares that clear soups are not whole
some and have too much refinement in
their composition to be moro than tritied
with He says that all green vegetables
are better mashed, and should be eaten
separately and not with the mest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
.a-,ass.s - sEs--f-' '- -
Hardening Plaster.

The attention of the French Academy
of Science has been called to new
process of hardening plaster of Paris. The
product is recommended for floors. being
US durable as oak and costing only one
fourth as much
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
Tribute to Alexander IL. stephens.
Youths CumnHu on

Others euogized the dead stat sman in
eloqueIt words, but the most expressive
tribute came from the choking utterauce
of former slave;
MARS Alec was kinder to dogs than
most people are 10 folks"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
BRIlllAN IS

Our SINS like to our shadows
When our day is in its glory, scarce ap
peared;
Towards our evening how great and mon
strUus
They arel -[Sir j. Sucking
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
Tn One That /, Left


Thare il lots ov pbolks in this wurld
who kan keep nine out ov ten ov the
commandments without emmy trouble at
ALL but the one that is left they kant keep
the small end ov.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

Friend;-You don't mean to say you
understand French, Tommy
Tommy-O, yes, do; for when ps and
ya speak French at tea ! know I'm V
have powder.