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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
SONGS AT seq.
LLoul.e Chandler MouItnn. !

Louise Chandler Moult"n.
have been lonely the whole day long;
Come ana inl IN" Tonight with song;
Sing to me now. when the wind j. los,
And my heart shall an wrr a. Oh we 20;
Listen aud answer, and none snail know.
Over tie bropdng, wonderful sea
Inc song tuut Is sung IA me for me
Floats and none other It's strain can hear,
Or catch the music, subtle and dear,
Of the delicate singing That eek, my ear
The Wc,t is rod with the sunsets glow.
In the Fest tho mool is hanging low;
AM fast ana far tho light winds flee,
As ! sail, with your son - Tor company,
TwiXt the silent sky an the silent sea.
Do these birds Of song need a shetering nesti
see. | will hide them warm in my breast;
There shall they fold their venturouS wing,
And all TIA, night through nestle and sing
Songs of love and of sUrrowing.
Ihcn, when the morning is young and gay,
Up from their shelter and far away!
And, like carrier doves, they shall bear as
they flee
The echoes Of all they have sung to me
Alone with the night and the wind and the
sea
The echoe, of passions divine DESPAIR,
The bliss and the bane OF lovers PRAYER
All the delicate singing that none might
hear;
And the answer my heart shall send, my
dear.
On the breath Of tho morning fine and clear
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

Elder Toots, who had been prevented
from taking his usual nap b. his itching
chilblans, arose to ask for Information
If follow member of the club borrowed
So of him and didn't pay it within a
reasonable length of time what course
should he pursue7
"Dar am three courses open to you.
replied tho president as the elder SAL down
with a great jar. "You kin lick him, sue
him or hand him receipt in ,u,l. hab
told you on scberal previous occashuns dat
fellowship doan' beget honesty. In buyin'
pork of any member of dis club | should
feel safer to weigh it arter him an should
SO fur forgit myself as to lend Waydown
Bebee or Samuel shin dollar in cash, its
repayment would be a matter Of a,tonish-
ment 10 lne.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

1t is said that ii would be difficult 10
imagine music more artistic and thrilling
than that rendered by the Mexican band
now at New Orleans, a few DAYS since
They played a number of very difficult
pieces with remarkable rhythm, melody,
and execution. While the several parts
of an mir or romance was being softly
played then would start ripple Of wild
variations on the left of the band. and
gradually roll with increasing and then
rcceding tones to the extreme right; then
again from the rear of the center wave
of melody would swell and die away in
the distance, leaving with the listener a
desire to be again thrilled with its tones
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
Avoid the Wear and Tea.

1t is remarkable fact that, although
Christmas has been kept on the 25th day
of December for more than Il thousand
years its arrival seems as unexpected as
if ii had been appointed by tn" president,
No one is ready for it, although last year
every one resolved to be So and about the
middle of kccemher there begins rush
and hurry Which is really more wearing
than a May moving,
In giving presents, be more anxious to
give something which supplies Il want"
than to send some pretty tribe which can
only prove in the end an additional care.
a little forcthought and friendly putting
of yourself in anothcrs place will make
this possible In the great world of books
something can be found to suit every
taste. Flowers are always graceful
gift, and can never become burdenSome
10y lasting after one has grown tired of
them There are numbercss other things
which can he procured without a wear
and tear OF mind and body which make
the recipient feel as David did of the
water from the well Of Bethlehem, that
what cost so much was too valuable to be
accepted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
E,uuing Trade In Virginia.

\ traveller for Baltimore grocery house
came across "A new retail store just started
in Virginia the other day, and the proprie'
tor was rubbing his hands and smiling
all over
well, how does it GOT" asked the
traveller
"shoost like eaferytngs, was the re-
ply
No hard times here, eh?'
"Not bit. Trade vhas SO booming
dot can't sleep nights
What have your sales footed up for
TIE past week."
"hlor ash 800, ind hat dor broofs
right here -
And he brought out his day book and
showed the traveller where he had given
credit to the amount of almost $500
while his cash book showed the receipt Of
about s.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

The Crow Indians have the use Of
i,7l3,OOj acres of land, 1000. 600 Of which
are capable Of the highest cultivation yet
uurinS all Of last year and up to the pres
ent dale there were but ton acres cult
waited by the government for the Indians
and l25 acres TILED by the Crows them
selves without assistance from anybody.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

joaquin lIiller's New Orleans Letter.

=, "'''T'''' ''''''T ~ " VI T-''''| T0'r0r'-
My own private notion is that Mexico,
in point OF interest and instruction, i, 20
ing to carry oil the palm. You see the
most Of the other things, or something
like them at least have been seen, or can
be seen, in other lands and at other eXposi
IONS. But Mexico Is unique With the
oldest civil /ation on this continent, her
wonderful, history, She has much to begin
with IN the way of sentimental interest
And then her products are rich beyond
parallel All these things are TO be dis
played, too, i'll Il building apart and set
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
\ Theushtful Little Sick Girl.

A little girl having been taken down
with scarlet fever, the little one cried Us
she said 10 the doctor: IF should die
and go to heaven, ] wouldn't know any of
the children and wouldn't have any one to
play with Again, she told her mother
to send word to Santa Claus that he had
letter come to her house last SO he
wouldn't give the scarlet fever to any
oihsr children.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
The BIarney Stnne.

Chaunccy NJ, Depew said to an inter
viewer in New York the other day; IL
Scott, and he had to get derrick.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

There is cattle queen named Rogers
near Corpus Christi, Tex, who owns 10, e
600 cattle, and is worth 81 900, 900. She
is the financial agent of the ranch, keeps
the pockctbook and oversees the stock,
while she sends her second husband TO the
| Texas legislature
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

Leaf chldrcs," SAYS Professor Ora.
ham sell 'ma>e rs much nos as hear
ing children when they are very young,
and it is onl, when they gel to he about 3
years OF age that the difference is rccog,
nizcd. 80 sensitive to vibrations are the
deaf that they perceive sounds by their
other senses. The great drawback they
ordinarily suffer is being restrained from
making noise They do not, of course,
talk AZ quickly rs hearing children, and
their parents dislike them to be heard
making articulatc noises before strangers
and suppress their childish at
temPts TO exercise their Nocal organs.
They thus lose the habit If speech
" it'll child who can hear no sound so
as 10 make il appreciate what it means,
make che or throat sound, place its
hand on my throat where it can feel the
vibrations Then place the same hand
on the chiid's own throat, and ii i, able to
distinguish audible breath from silent.
The same process is used FIR nasal sounds
by placing the chiids finger at me siie of
my nose and aitcrward on il, own The
child can appreciate the pitch and initiate
my tone very accurately.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
The Pom IL Mightier.

Five newspaper men ran flr office re-
Gently in New York and were elected.
Four newspaper men ran for Office in
Chicago the same day and were defeated.
The pen is mightier than the shears,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
BILLIARD TABLES.



Cleveland UcriIlI
A gentleman who for MANI years was
the agent Of one of the two Great billiard
table manufactures in this country, has
recently located here. 70 reporter last
evening he said; ."Ghc manufacture of
billiard table, IN america is not practically
monopoly. America makes the finest
billiard tables in the world and they arc
shipped from here to foreign points
European ccntcrs Sandwich islands, and
everywhere that tab cs are used. The su.
pcriOrty of our table, lies in the cushions
Ii is fact MOI generally known that all the
billiard table cushions in the world ara
made down here at Akron. The firm
which have mentioned own, the right to
use these cushions. They formerly
sold their cushions to small dealers asking
about 500 for Il set of cushions
that cost about 40. TO the uuinitiatcd it
may perhaps he necessary 20 state that the
cushions are the level edged projections
bounding the table and against which the
balls are projected in the game. it Is
necessary 10 have yielding, elastic body
which will rive the balls arcbound action.
To aCcOmpi Ii this the cushions are made
of soft rubber, with small strips of vul-
caniicd or hard rubber near the edges
W. "'''N |''IH Oi'lii" ''"l' man
taclurrrs were at loss how 10 give the
cushions the proper e asticity. a thin
riHh OF steel was tried, and then fine
steel wire, which was keyed up to the
proper lentlon ny Il Int tie wrench. These
devices We're necessary because cushion of
solt luDncr Is 100 guminN. These cushion.
dld not seem to answer the purpose, how
ever ana the vuCnnl cd rubber cushions
We're ADOPTED. he Europeans still use
the oId-iaShloncd tables. They have
gulnmy, dead cushions, which have often
to he warmed ana llNened to make them
work
One OF the principal billiard table man
ulactufclS OF Am 'rIca began ny making
pl%con-hoic tables Tor use IN mite German
saloons. lie advanced ms business until
his tables were sold in nearly every, city in
the Ihion. ears ago billiard tables cost
on an average about 5000. Now the
average price Is put '"1o, ana a most clab
crate table made for one of the Astor'
cost but $500. Nearly the whole process
OF manufacturing billiard tables mas been
chanEcd formcrly the bcds were made
OF wood Even the most thorough sea
soncd wood was llable TO warp, and mar
l.. i 1 IL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

Washington Cor, Courcr-JuuruNll
The following anecdote comes from an
agricultural fair in Massachusetts,: A
horse was brought forth aud the specta
tors were told that his name was George
b. Loring, in honor of the commissioner
Of agriculture. The crowd asked about
his special qualities
is he a fast trotter2"
-No
is he u running horse2"
-No
as he for the saddle, or for the har
nessH"
"Neither
"Well, what is lie good fort"
@Ohl for his snowy air and stylish ap
pearance
Raw Edward Moi lure, Wne ocean Ia a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
4 $500, 900 Cat.
MnIrl,tnwn Herald. /

At the recent cat show in lo3don. one
feline valued mt $500 900 was exhibited.
Just fancy throwing a 25-ccnt boot
lack at a $500, 900 cat on a back shed
worth not more than$2 so.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
She Opposed the Idea.


Hc-What do you say to Christmas for
our wedding day. She say no, sir;
you must be simple Do you think !
want to be cheated out OF one set of
presents?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
Musical FaVorite>.

IGorham Mouutaineer
The hummer s-a horn.
The apothccary's-The viol.
The chiropodist's-The comet.
The fowler the snare drum.
The isherman'S-The cast-a-net.
The signal. man's-The flag colct.
The card playcr's-Thc trumpet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

New Orleans Picayuue; The calf secs
no beauty in the flower that is not good
to eat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

Chicago sun: Motto for crazy quilt
manufacturers; blessed ARE the piece.
makers
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
Childrcn and Oats.

"Childrcn are naturally cruel to cats,
says philosopher Too true. They will
blame an overturned preserve jar on the
cat and then smoker when the cat gets
whipping,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16

Rev. Edward Mcclure Tne ocean is q
tomb without monument
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
Level-Headed People.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
The custom of using the head as a
pack-horse is common among the Chi
nese of California and the negroes OF
the South. On the streets of San
Francisco the Chinese washerman is
met, stumping along on his thick-soled
shoes, as if on little stills, with a huge
basket of clean linen poised on his
head.
He swings his arms carelessly, his
fingers almost hidden from sight by
the long square cut sleeves of his queer
loosely y-fittingco The burden seems
to cause neither trouble nor fear.
Across streets, through mud, among
carriages, he picks his way as uncon.
cernedly as if walking in a deserted
street. Occasionally, if jostled in the
crowd, one hand rises suddenly to the
basket. steadies that, and then re
sumes its easy swing.
Many of the negroes in the South
use their heads with even greater free
dom than Chinese. On their woody
pates pail, tub, basket, or bundle
seems to rest as airily as swan on
the bosom of lake.
Without endangering the head-load,
they have learned to loiter along the
way to tell story, or crack a Joke
with friend. One day in Richmond,
Va, gentleman met one OF these sa-
BILE burden bearers, and said to him:
"Look out, Sam, or you'll let that
basket fall"
"Not dis chile, sab! Nebber fear,
sab, nebber fear,' was the grinning re-
ply. s.Yo' dom cotch dis chile, lettin'
ser fall. Dis heads lebel, sab; it's leb-
ell
And he danced a double-shuff1e with
his feet, beating time with hands, while
the basket kept time with the swayine
body. Itswung as jauntily on his head
as if attached thereby ball-and-sock-
ct joint.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

A gentleman in town has trick dog
of whose intelligence he is exceedingly
proud. In order to demonstrate to
friend the effect of training combined
with canine sagacity, he wrapped
silver half dollar and a 25-cent piece
in paper, placed it in the dogs mouth
and sent him off with it, telling his
friend to watch the result. The dog
trotted off to the owners father, who
opened his mouth and took therefrom
the paper, which, however, contained
only the 25-cent piece. The dog had
swallowed the half dollar.-Bufald
Courier.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
LADY OPERATORS.
A Prediction that They will Soon Handle
the Key to the Exclusion of the Men.

A Prediction that They will Soon Handle
the Key to the EXCLUSION of the Men.
The telegraphic profession will, we
predict, says the current number OF
the Telegraphers'' Advocate, in the
course of a few years, be composed of
female members entirely. In every
large office in the United States, the
proportion of male and female en-
ployes is undergoing a slow but posi-
tive change Ten years ago the ratio
was about 80 males to one female
operator; five years ago the ratio was
reduced to about 1 5 males to female,
while to-day it is less than to1. At
this same rate of growth, in thefuture,
but ten years will be required to bal
ance the scales. Fifteen years from to-
day will find the female members in tn ,
majority, and twenty years hence it will
be difficult for male operators to pro-
cure work at the key, at any price. The
days of male operators are numbered.
The talk that lady operators are physi-
cally unequal to the task of working
heavy circuits, incompetent to receive
press, etc., is mere bosh. They can be,
and rerapidly being educated to- meet
the requirements of the profession.
They are reliable, which at once gives
them an advantage over the male
members. The Western Unions
heaviest circuits in the main Office for
years have been handled by women.
Gradually the handful OF women con-
fined to a few city wires in remote
corner of the great operating room has
grown to an army, spreading it's use
fulness to every section and de-
partment of the company Five
years ago 80 women were employed at
195, today there are over 275. In the
city of New York, the Western Union
force, five years ago, consisted of about
$50 men and 100 women; to-day, not
withstanding the natural increase of
business, it stands about 5OOmen and
$50 women. While the force has been
increased to the extent of 100 operat-
ors, the male portion thereof has de-
creased to the extent of about $50.
These figures also apply to other sec
tlons to a greater or less degree. For
instance, the heavy New York circuits
in Albany are now in the hands OF
women, who receive $50 and $40 a
month less than the men whose places
they SO recently filled. OF course the
saving to the Western Union company
is sufficient recompense for any incon-
venience to which they may be sub
jected, while they persistently dwell
upon the reliability of the women as
compared with the men as areason for
making the changes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
COL. CHIDESHER'S BET.
What He Won on Zachary Taylor and Hi
Story of 1t.

What He Won on Zachary Taylor and His
Story of 1t.
bet everything had, money, house
and home, and farm, pasture land,
stock, wagons, harness, Clothes, and
everything you could think Of. As
long as had credit I bet it. Then
one day bet my hat, coat, vest, pants
and shoes, and I was five miles from
home at that. But was sure Taylor
would be elected. Ibet on his election
by different majorities; on his living to
be elected, and had side-bets of all
shorts and shapes. In those days !
used to drive round-this was in Mis-
sissippi-a band OF music and six
FOUNDER cannon, and Itell you we had
rousing times and stirring speeches.
But my man had got elected, as ]
knew he would, and l calculated when
figured it up-for 1 had a clerk
to keep track of my bets-that I
had won $50, 900 in gold I collected
all of the bets, too. One man didn't
was the only nehe had-ands so Itook
LIS Lluic duu gave llllIl dIlOUI6r anu IL
better one, and to-day he writes me
every month and says what good
fellow am. And when I knew 1 had
won kept open house for week and
invited the whole county. Ihad char
coal made by the thousand bushels
and oxen cooked whole in trenches, I
don't know how long. I decorated
every post, fagpole, chimney, light
ning-rod and tree-top in the vicinity
with the American flag, and when the
| flags gave out sent formore. We fir
ed salute OF thirty-three guns-one
for each ethen-every morning be-
| fore breakfast, and again in the even
ing, and | guess had over 700 people
tiny house for whole week and more,
eating and drinking and making mer-
ry. And after had deducted all my
expences 1 had about $4,000 left
! Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
A Royal Pedestrian.

The empress of Austria is noted for
her love of outdoor exercise, to which
she doubtless owes much of her beau
ty and her superb health. Robert P.
Porter, writing from Holland, tells Of
her pedestrian feats in that country,
which she has recently visited:
"Ymuiden, a village of 1900, built
within the last few years on reclaimed
land, was Gll agog on account of a re-
cent visit made by that eccentric wom-
an, the empress of Austria. One day
she took it into her head to inspect
the sea walls at Ymuiden. She bought
a pair of wooden shoes, and, with a
dress that was short enough to reveal
considerable of a beautiful pair oflegs,
she walked along the beach from a
town seven miles from Ymuiden. It
was not until she threw away the
shoes and gave the boatman who row.
ed her across the harbor two thalers
that it dawned upon the Ymuiden
mind what an important parsonage
had honored the village by visit.
Said one tall, thin inhabitant of the
place, who might have been western
farmer, SO far as looks 60, II would
have given twenty forins for those
shoes" And then added: "She was
a fine-looking woman. She tripped
along the sands as lightly as girl OF
18, and she didn't look older than
that if you had walked behind her.
Such waist she had. Tall and
graceful, with leg and foot any wom-
an might beproud of. The only thing
I didn't like about her was her nose;
thatis little red, and her face is sum
burned" Such was the tall Ymuiden
mans description of the emperor OF
Anstria's wife.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
THE OLD HOME,
SARAH DOUDNEY,


Return, RETURN" the voices cried,
ITO your old valley, far away;
For softly on the river tide
The tender lights and shadows play,
And all the banks are gay with flowers,
And all the hills are sweet with thyme;
Ye cannot find such bloom as ours
In yon bright foreign clime!"
And still Return, return" they sung,
with us abides eternal calm;
In these old fields, where you were young,
We Gull the heart 'sease and the balm;
For us the t1ocks and herds increase,
And children play around our feet;
AT eve the sun goes down in peace
Return, for rest is sweet"
For me, thought, the olives grow,
The sun lies warm upon the vines;
And yet, I will arise and go
To that dear valley dim with pines.
Old loves are dwelling there, l said,
Untouched by years of change and pain;
Old faiths that had counted dead
Shall rise and live again.
Then arose and crossed the sea,
And sought that home OF younger days;
No love of old was left to me
For love has wings and seldom stays);
But there are graves upon the hill,
And sunbeams shining on the sod,
And low winds breathing peace, be still;
Lost things are found in God"
s.- Good Words.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
The Maharaiah of Travancore is

The Maharajah of Travancore is
certainly worth his weight ingold. He
was recently weighed against a mass
of pure gold which was afterward dis
pensed in charity. This custom is
one Of great antiquity, and is said to
be traceable in Travancore to the
fourth century. 1t is not unknown in
other parts of India, though, ofcourse,
gold is only used in the case ofwealthy
persons, humber folk being content to
weigh themselves against spices or
Maharajah weighed little over
1875 pounds. The Brahmins, it is
said, wished to defer the ceremony in
the hope that the Maharaiah might
more nearly approach the weight OF
his father, who did not undergo the
rite until forty-seven years old, when
he weighed 218 pounds.