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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

New York Cor. Chicago Her.h.l
The last time that met Conant was al
the Authors club. He had an ardent dis.
like of sham aud when there entered an
author OF world wide reputation. who
YEARLY remarked on opening a letter
asking for his autograph, that he was
bored to death by such requests, the
provo'aiion to expose the humbug was
not resisted. How many letters begging
your autograph do you get every week,
on the avcragc?" Conant inquired
Not less than fifty, was The unosten-
tatlous rcp.y, land they make my life
miserable.
How long does it take you to write
your name on sheet of paper, fold it,
seal an envelope, and address it,"
We'll, ! really don't know
let us see, and Conant laid his watch
on the Ia he while slowly going through
with the process That took Just fifteen
seconds. Answering the entire fifty
polite complimentary requests for your
if you are 50 fortunate as to
receive that number of tokens Of popu.
larity weckly-would occupy no more
than Charter of an hour. "
The lesson was sound one There is
no Slilicr aieciation than that of being
bored by the autograph tends.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

In m,dorn fines cyar,, o,n,ai,.a,,, -.
oasion i .,ra.nrj mo so;oo wa" ~ ''"'c IN
lIoiJ,ye Eir,h'lo,, ,,nt ~ n,"M ;5
sares nyonrtinm. nioc,io" as ,' ''t',''Gl
parturcs ,,IJ alrn,st eyor1',bi,, "i Io ue
I've crnbratri in IbiS a;, 'i,n Csc ,', .i;
which ha" n,a WY ""u ~ ~ inns
%onrion"n 'aiS az ou','uS oiie
. low dl,.sTl, 'A''' V" '''o '"'Jec'
.I,o van tnn,,, s.idlo .,,,,.
,pon IN III r't,, SOU Nv .nno nI,'hy
time. to rnh L,: f,ini,y &c CuLn t'c,'c't az
comfort in order tn ia,,, W., ,,i,, ,i c' feI
low omnlnyns in ,rift ,nnIi Hf WI ;, 80.
fact. and TO saw IN, lr,St nf if " sha,"ofnI
one. \ dozen men nrr cr,nInvrd in q
- ~" "O r"'i,pc'u III
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27


1t follows naturally that when under
taking IL journey through the desert. the
paramount question is water. A supply
must be carried sufficient to last to the
next well. he it one or i've days distant
II is usually carried in goat and OK skins
suspended from the camel ; rack saddles.
These are the water bottles OF Scripture,
which become lraky from wear and al.
was lose considerable portion of their
contents by evaporation. The first thing
after reaching we'll is to ascertain the
quantity and quality of its water As to
the former it NAV have been exhausted bv
IL preceding caravan, and hours may he
required tor Few supply to ooze in
again
As t. tie quality. desert water is always
bad, the exception being when il is worse,
though long custom enables the Lcdouins
TO drink water SO braCh sh rs to up into.
erabC TO all except themselves and their
locks, " tel do | remember how at each
wei the first Slintul WAS tasted all around
as cpicurcs sip rare wines rryat was the
joy if il was pronounced "mota hrlwa.
sweet water but if the Ietuiu, aid
mup-h ,uFl., not ZOO, we uI-lt. leisure
4 WIS 20 solution OF EPSON salts The
best water is toured In uuiurA ROCKY
ry-cr""ir' IN deep narrow g.r-.s Whero
the >,u never Shines. .~ To- live ,rr.u. -.
! never SAY more than half a dozen in
$500 m les travels
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
Our standard Congressional Greatness.

l"thrp in Cleveland lcaicr.
Congressional greatness! Faugh! Is our
standard OF greatness declining? | don't
know. old stagcrs. whose prime was in
the days before the war. tell us we have
no such men in the house and senate as
we had then: They point 10 lay, Cal
houn, and W cbstcr, to GiddinGs and
Wade, to Tom Benton and to erwin. and
they say the giants of the forrm have
passed away and none but pigm es have
succeeded them. But we must take into
account the tendency of the old to detract
the new, and also the fact that the aver
age gr' at man who lives as patriot or a
statesman in history grows in greatness
and goodness rs time goes on.
l imagine we have Just as great men
now as we had then We have certainly
rs good ones If YOU will read the papers
of jackson day you will find as many
corruptions charged as now If YOU 20
on to van Buren, you will find political
parties wanting TO take an inventory of
the president S furniture, and can show
you speeches of John Randolph in the
house of representatives, making charges
OF corruption against the presidents of the
time of the war Of 1872. Take any spcci
men of political crime as charged to day,
and | can show you its counterpart in the
days of the one passed
The lobbying frauds were once far
more numerous. Government officers al.
most without number dcfauted in the
last days OF Buchanan. and have heard
men who ought to know say that anicl
Webster used TO come out into the Hobbies
of the senate and collect fees for speeches
he was about to make in favor of certain
bills then being discussed within As
long AS human nature remains unchanged
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
The Goose LiverS of France.


The foic gras which makes the ccle
brated patc is nothing more than dis.
ease. that Of large liver. The birds are
imprisoned in small compartments. where
they can not tuln. only room being left
for their heads and tails to protrudc BE
fore them Is u trough file with water, in
which powdered charcoal is mixed; the
birds are literally stuffed with food. of
which maize. moSlened with oppy oil.
is the base Pending The last day of fat.
tening. all liqGid is suppressed
The presence of ball of fat under
each wing Indicates that the psychologist
cal moment has arrived-to extract the
liver The bird is then 50 obese that it
respirc. with the greatest difficulty. 1t is
then killed. \ goose weighing twenty
pounds vii yield six pound, of fat and u
liver from two to two and a half pounds
The price of lNcr-that iuNury cs
tecmed in cd Zone by Caesar and Cris-
plus varies from ? to 3 francs. The
special l|cc tattcnMg increases tie size of
that organ liNciold.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
FROST PRESERVES THEN.


.NcW York sun.
aft your garrct or loft Is only cold
enough there isn't any reason i'm the
world why you shouldn't treat your
friends with plump, full.tlavorcd Rhode
Island t'rccnings Baldwlns, or any other
choice apples, ust as well next June as
you did last Christmas. said WASHING.
ton stree, commission merchant. "I'll
have last years I}aldwins and | don't
know but last years Greetings, as sound
rs knot in my house next summer, H.
the same dish with this years harvest
apples, yet nine out Of ten people would
have thought these same apples were
ruined two months ago and would have
treated them accordingly Why? Simply
because they were fro zen.
"Doesn the freezing of apples spoil
them, them" asked the reporter
The general opinion il, replied the
mere liant, that after an apple freezes its
value is gone; but the fact is that lust the
contrary is the truth Let Il barrel of APP
pies freeze in the fall, and keep them
frozen or. rather, do not disturb them.
and in the spring they will be in the very
condition they were when taken from the
tree l}aldwlns. and in fact all favorite
eating apples, do not have their full flavor
nor melowncss when first packed in the
their best in January. After that they be.
gin TO decay, and when March comes they
are few and far between those that arc
left being the result of especial good care
and attention.
IF they are frozen in the fall, however.
the ripcnin" process is checked The
vitality of the apple is simply suspended
and it only needs proper treatment to re.
store it to its natural action. The trouble
has always been that when barrel Of an.
pies was found to be frozen ii was rolled
OIL at once to q warm place and subjected
to rapid thawing. Some people take
the apples out of the barrel and plunge
them into cold water to draw the rost out
The result is fiabby, ilavorlcsS fruit
really not worth the room it occupies. and
subject to speedy decay-all because of
popular ignorance. A frozen apple is one
Of the most sensitive things in the world
Touch your finger upon it, and when the
frost is thawcd from the apple the spot
touched will he marx of dcca, which
spreads rapidly over the fruit
"Thcrciorc, if You ever find that your
barrel Of Palwins is frozen heat it gently
If the lpcs are thoroughly frozen the
barrel viii not be full 10y nearly "A peck,
so much has the fruit contracted with the
frost 1t would tie i'm oSstulc. now, to
move tn" barrel without running every
apple in it. SO. if it stands where it will
not be subjected to sudden warmth. and
thus thawei out rapidly, let it stand.
Cover the apples up so they will lie kept
dark. Then 70 away and let them alone
until spring comes and draws the frost
out of everything. Then Uncover your
apples. 1t may startle you. but YOU will
find the. barrel full to the head with the
plump fellows that We're rolled into your
house in the fall, and which were a sorry.
looking lot Of wrinkled shrunl>.up fruit
the last time YOU SAW them. II they were
assorted apples when packed you need
not pick them over, for they will be just
as sound and hard as they We're in No
vcmbcr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
TREASURES IN ALASKA.


'he 'h""''l"r"1 Winning Resources of Our
Far Northern Territory
.rdv,rl. }oo,,t. +, chi .,,., y,,y.1
II is too so,n -, IN COT, hn,, ,n,,,h ouo
AInsi,u i'm. Li,t. "a cnri,;. ,i,,, .,,,,,,i, y,
very nrrr Good loads h,yo hnon d IliS 20
ercI in vario,,e n,rt.'nf tIo c,n,ir, I,,,,
ihr mi1rs nov inin,, ,yorl,,J ,r, iy.,,, 10y
nrnr Iuno,n IT,, ~ r,i'ns -, " e
Sitkn Iurc,, - lawn ,r l;r,i,oi "'v W
ntinn hnvin'r No." mara ,Ld ,,,'I ~. pJiiiu
mon nll tnli 1rJ.is uomoG ~, ia,yy " '''' -,
man who wns lhn first To- fret diyn',,o,, th,'
placer diurinrs A lew milrs mimi ~,
what is known as ihc bosin Mia ,.iai,ns
there have vir,do1 in tho Iost civ ,n, rs
some thou.snts nf dnllnre and n,nJ,
.lunrou rich Nt nrneout thay ,,o ,a,I,,
abandoned and inc rvritr,nrnt of tho
nrirhbnrhrod il crnterod ~, ,,nu,rI.,s i,,.I
ncr0s, the b,y from Juneau 'N''
The lnrrc mine there is Ioc,tcd within
fifty wards of the bav md wns sold nv i,s
distoyerer. Trradvclj to a Snn Fran 'isco
company. of which senator tones is tho
ruling spirit The new owners have lately
set up a l2O.stamp mill the largest in Tho
world. | believe and have refused So if IL
said. SIG OJO. 600 for their nroi ortv rho
ore is rold he'd in white ui.ortL is oosiIv
millcd, and appears 10 exist in unlimited
quantities WHIT the Weld nrr ION ia NO
one outside the owners knows
am told. howe,er. every ton will
pay 50 and that there are millions
of tons. 4 resident of Juneau is not
particular when uivinr tirures Tho
mill is run by water. and A steamer can be
loaded by an incline reachin- from the
mine to the wharf. There is no winter to
interfere with tie work of mining and
native Indian labor i, chcau and nbund.
ant Many other propcrtlc, have been
opened on the island. but. from iacll of
capital, few of them have been developed
to any extent lhc wear 81 saw many
new mining men come into Alaska and
in 50 there will be stiil more. Prospect
ing is done at a great disadvantage. but
there still are leads that can be discovered.
Once the fact is known that Alaska has
ore there will be rapid increase in the
population.
And here again the native Indian will
be utilized IN Alaska Indian is n GOOD
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27


George Eliots biography by her hus.
band, Mr. ross, Just publ She'd. is in
marked contrast with that of her great
contemporary Carlyle 1t i rs full of
sweetness and lignt as hs was full Of
littlcncss and darkness; disclosing the
Scntencs- and benignity Of her spirit as
the har,hHc~s and rancor of his own were
disclosed IN MS posthumous records Her
works had made all mankind her lovers
and none of them are alicnatcd now that
they arc taken into the arcanum of her
Splritua life. But Of Carivlcs adj
mircrS multitude turned their faces
away i'll silence and sorrow from the
portraiturc of himself which his own
hand drew. lamenting that the cloud from
which he had launched his arrows of fire
ever was lifted, and such forbiddng Inca.
ments Of the thundcr-baarer re, called.
Both are at rest now, the stormy sophist
and the golden mouthcd sybil. the works
they wrought broadening in the remem-
brancc of man. the informing spirit of
each, which cast such enchantnent on the
generation in which they lived now fully
disclose /, carrying the lesson. if it were
needed. that love crowns with garands
only the memory of those THAI loved and
has but IL w.thercd Chaplet for the brow
clothed in wrath and wriuklcd with
mcnaCes and scorn of all men and things
under the stars.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

Wives OF public men in Washington
constantly receive letters from all parts of
the country asking for pieces Of their
dresses or other articles of apparel; also
for nechtcS Of their husbands, to be used
in making crazy quilts Mrs logan is
more frequently asked for contributions
OF this kind than any other lady in Wash.
ington IL d She almost always complies
with the re- urst. 1t is said that she has
not dress that has not been clipped for
this purpose. The general declares that
he finds II hard work to keep n nccktic.
lie does ~; complain, however for he
enters fully into the spirit wlich prompts
his wife nc:cr 10 refuse such request
when it can be .rantcd tast.oif dresses
and ties are scarce in the house of the
logans. There are hundreds of quilts in
all parts OF the country specially priced
because they have Il piece from one of
Mrs Logan s dresses. or from one of the
generals necktics
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27


ain less than one year the price Of box
wood has trCbCd SAID a hard wood dealer
in Center street "1he roller skating
mania has completely exhausted Tie
market OF certain size Of boxwood Less
than eighteen months ago could sell
TON OF three inch lockwood for SIS. and
IL would he trSt-graGc wood in every
respect, and admirably adapted for turn.
ing small work. The demand then was
steady, and the principal CONSUMERS of the
wood were rule makers. tool rnanufactur-
er1, and turner's who supplied the market
with boy tops, pool pins, and toys of
various kind. The sudden and remark.
able growth Of the roller. skating pastime
has created constant in rcasing de
mand Tor Il certain siIc of wood, and now
1t j. imro s.b.c to purchase II ton of suita-
. bic wood for skate wheels for Tl20.
Has nothing been tried which gives
promise OF supcrsedlng boXwOody" asked
the reporter
es-rubber, celluloid, rawhde, vul.
canilcd tiblcs. and compressed laper have
been tried in making rollers but for one
reason or another they have proved un-
satisfactory. Some have proved too soft.
while others, like the pure ccluloid
whee.s. have been found too expensive for
general sale, and the necessary metal
uuShlhgs nave proved Objectionable, be.
cause the grit and dust from the
hoor and the shoes of the skaters.
wearing between two metal surfaces.
has rapidly cut away the aXles of the
skates lollerS with anti-friction bush
ings, consisting of II number Of small steel
plugs freely revolving around the axles
have been tried with some composition
wheels with success, but they are ncces.
sarily very expensive, and on this account
cannot come INTO general use
WIFI no other wood Than lockwood
answer"
"Nnly for very cheap ,katcs. Dogwood
apple, pcppcriuge. laurel and lignumvitr
have btcu tried BY almost ever roller.
maker, and all have been rejected. The
lignumyiJ" alone is hard enoulh, but it
will not san the strain of the small axle.
Metal wheels with rubber surface are
made, but nothing has yet been found
which in all respects is as good for the
purpose as boNwuod
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

Chicago Herald
In a letter about the glass factories of
Beilairc, chic, where - per cent of all
the Elas- made in this country Is said to
be produ,ci-much OF it selling in Eng
land-H tcw ork Triu correspond.
ent wrilc,. The English are moi expert in
labor saving machi.cs or device, sld
they continue to work by hand. The
American IN cs IA mold with am original
design upon it, often using for his de-
signs the Iorms Of our grains or lowers or
leaves, aud lie molten glass is rrSscd in
these mods, and good deal Of the en-.
Craving ON the glass is done by machines
the glass article being held in the hand
and the embellisher drawing the pattern
from his mind. This American glass
undersclls British glass at home, and
many OF our patterns are made es
pecially 10 capture the British eye,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
Japan BecOming AnrliciscI



Among the better classes o. the people
are many who wear European dress,
wine sllll more wear mixture of native
and uropcan. Along the streets one
sees numerous signs printed both in Eng
ilSh ana ',apanese, while in large pro
portion OF the stores people can nearly al.
ways he found who speak more or less
English. ooNing at these signs. | won.
dcred whether a visitor TO lanan 100
wears hence would not lind English the
prevailing language in all the large cities.
The tendencies are certainly in tuat direc.
ton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27


Bismarck has nothing but contempt for
democracy. The stories that he likes are
those of men who have outwittcd mobs.
During the seigc of arls while he was
at NerNallcS, pass was applied for by
relative Of VI. (uvillier Flucry, the emf.
nent critic and member OF the French
academy. The chancellor at once gave
the pass, saving: M. Fleury is an adj
mirablc man | know a capital story
about him" The story was this: NJ
ilcury, who had been tutor to the Due
d Aumac was in 1913 private sec,
rotary to the duchess of Orleans
When the revolution of February
broke out, II Tabble invaded the palais
royal, where the princess resided and be.
gan smashing works of art, pictures stat,
uetAS, and kniCkknacks All the house.
hold was seized with panic except NJ
fleury. who throwing oil his coat,
snearcd his face and hands with coal
caught up poker. and rushed among the
mob, shouting: Here, I'll show you
where the best pictures are so saying
he pied his poker upon furniture of no
value, and. thus winning the confidence
OF the roughs, was able to lead them out
OF the royal apartments into the kitchen
regions, where they spent their patriotic
fury upon the contents of harder and
cellar
The Sc uel of this story il very droll,
and bismarck relates it with great relish.
~ few days after he had saved In, paais
royal VI. lcury was recognized in the
street rs The duchess of Orleans sccrc-
tary and mobbld lie was beng some
what roughly hustled when "a hu,kinc
v atcrcarucr elhowcd his W. jhrou-h
The thruug, ard roarcd Let that mhn
Q. of ~, I..t
nl Lnr I-A.-N
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

The children Of the London public
schools are surely coming into happier
estate, The phllanthropists who believe
them to hc suffering from oycrprcssure
on the part of the teachers are quarreling
with the philanthropists who believe them
to be suffering from undcrfccding on the
part of their parents, The result is likely
to be that they will obtain more food at
home and be given less to do at school.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
Eastern and western Clubs Contrastod

New York Town Topics. in its "Club" y
department, says Il asked a brother
cubman recently. who has Just returned
from western trip, if he noticed any es.
sential difference between the club life of
the eastern and western cities We'll. he
replied. let me think. Their whisky is
better, as rule; their restaurants are
greatly inferior; and when dining at the
calumet club in Chicago has one
of the handsOmest club buildings in the
country. 10y the way-l saw, out of sixty
men in the restaurant, only two in even
ing dress found the club at Cheyenne
and those in san Francisco the nearest to
ours in the points of refinement in dress
and conversation of their members: and
this was due to the fat that they contain
many eastern men. fear my friend was
prejudiced in favor of the metropolis "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

New York Times
An old darkey in Kentucky signs him
self Col. Henry Clay Jones.
When asked why he should prefix that
title to his name rs he had no right to it,
he replied;
"les, | has. sab,
But you ale not colonel
dat don't mean colonel, boss; dat
means colurtsi
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
BENEFITS Ice Machine.

James Gordon Benefits yacht Namouna
has been provoked with dcnse.air ma.
chine, which is able to produce / 900
pounds of ice per day Yet it i, so com
pact that it occupies a space Gully seven
feet long, four wide, and four high.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

The English chancellor of the ex-
chequer is considering the propricty Of
placing Il thin, steel tire on the gold coins
of the realm, to prevent loss by dotrition.
1t is alleged that S225, 900 is annually
rubbed away from the coin in circulation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27

1t is well that the milionaires daugh.
ter, who married the coachmun, and who
sought position upon the csncert stage
by virtue Of the fact, should have failed.
Such Adventures bring arr into disrepute.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
Cnndrrn's spinal Tro1h,c,.


a physician connected with one Of the
hospital, in New } ork where children re.
ceiyc special attention, say that many of
the cases OF spinal trouble Orou ght To- his
notice are the direct result of the careless
banding Of baby carriages The matter
OF how nurses and others handle these lit.
Tie vehicles is one to winch parents may
well pay attention.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
A Mmch-Neednd Krrnrm.

Something should be done towards the
reform of our national habits in the mat
ter OF l'erary biography. Is it not odious
that us soon rs II man is dead his desk is
raked, and every insignificant memoir
andum, which he never meant for the
public, l. printed for the gossi ping
amusement of people too idle to re read
his books?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
the Deepest MINES,

The deepest gold mine in the world is
the Eureka. in California, which is down
229O feet, or 800 feet below the level of
the sea The deepest silver mine is the
Mexican, on the Comstock, which is down
$500 feet
American canned frogs are II sces. ,=s-
mand in France