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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

secmed to bear down over the whole street,
md to make the gas jets burn YEARLY and
lin.
walked along slursihly, saying over and
ever again to myself: Il wont find anybody
% ak tor
Several times looked into all the cafes be
-urcr la Madeleine and the Faubourg Pos-
,onmere Only misunderstanding people, who
i'd 'uor seem 10 have even vim enough TO
lnish v nat they had ordered, were sitting at
lie tables
wandered about in this way for long
,me, ana about midnight | took my way
acme ! was quite calm, hut very tired. My
concierge Who always goes to bed before II
o'clock opened the door for me at once, con
trary to his usual habit; and | thought to my
self: "Belo' some other LOGGER must have
just gone up stairs,
Whenever go out / always doubc-lock my
door. This time | found it simply pulled TO-
and the fact impressed me. | thought that
perhaps some letters might have been brought
M stairs during the evening
] went in My fire was still burning oven
brightly enough to light up the apartment.
took the candle in order TO kindo it at tbs
crate, when, as | looked right before me,
saw some one sitting in my easy chair, with
bis back turned to me, apparently warming
his feet at the fire
| was not startled at all-nO, not the least
in the world a very natural supposition DC
CURED to me, namely, that one of my friend.
had come to pay me visit, The concierge
20 whom mad given instructions when Went
out, had naturally told the visitor that
would soon bo back, and had lent his OWL
Eey. Ana then al the other incidents Of my
return flashed through my mind in a seconC
the opening Of tie door at once, my Owl
door simply pulled to, etc.
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There seems to have been no special
Observance otthe birthday Of the prince
OF Wales, who was born Nov. y, 1881.
Tho hclr-apparent to the British throne,
who Is now 4iyears old, Is described BY
q New York lady who recently met him
at social entertainments as the most
predetermined gentleman In the
world, with nothing Condescendlng or
patront ing apparentin his bearing, but
with infinite act, grace, and dignity char.
acterizing every salutation and move,
ment,
In person he inClinOS to DO portly,
with thick, short neck, round, full face,
long body and short legs. His eyes arc
creamy light, dull and expressionless,
like those OF tho quoon and most Of her
family. Tho prluceSs OF Wales Is do.
scribOd as being most esquisitely
dressed, but not ut all intellectual
When sho happens to say a good thing
to any one, she koops on repeating 1t to
tlfo same person until the repetition be.
comes ludiUrous Her children, unlike
herself arc doTdily aud unboOOmingly
dressed by some hodisto, without the
slightest regard to the harniOnles OF
color They are white haired aud white.
eyed, and would be called plain II not
Of prinuely blood,
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nigh Cost o, Leaving tho World

lH'fh efAN sAf Wv . AhENNEhsl
Tho cost Of cremation BY The new
company in this city, it Is said, will bC
only s.5. The fact that person diving
in New York can have suitable morlu.
ary rites performed for the compare.
lively small sum OF Sej Is most inter.
esting, and will, We feel sure, do much
to rob death Of It's terror. Dying in
New York is a luxury, and ono about
which most people show a strange
amount Of tholghtlessneSS and inuonsid.
Grafton. A citizen eau live three years
In Arkansas fOr the price Of a
tonyentionally respectable internent
In New York Yet fow taGo such
a fact as this into the slightest con.
sideration in consenting to a demise.
We are, indeed. acquainted with one
conscientious old Irish woman, with a
complication Of diseases, who faithfully
atten S the lispensary, because she Is
"0n her relations, aud she knows aud
admits that they cannot Afford to bury
her.
Such o spirit deserves a historical
record and wide emulation. The fact Is,
we are much in nocd of u society Tor the
cultivation, not Of plain living, but Of
plain dying. In these hard times It Is
often little less than criminal that a man
subject his estate to the proli C ey-
penditare Of funeral. We have heard
Of q gentleman who, at the solicitation
Of his wife, gave up tobacco and
thereby, In the next fifteen years, saved
over $500, which all went at last for his
burial expenses Here NRas certainly a
disprOportion Letwenn ei!ort and It's 10.
result that Is most painful to well.
balanced minds. aud very dlsbeartening
to the autI tobacco propaganda
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Tho Nsnl VI ado an / rls wo.s.


The real miSndo was brought intt
power by u red revolution some segon.
teen years ago, at which time he was n
boy Of 10 years He found a foudel
system, wherein 100000 men wero
maintained for war. The empire was a
military enCampment. The youn, mi.
kado changed all. He made the depend.
ent tho treemen, and tho feldol rulers
the snbordinateS. lie made men free.
holders, in perpetual. tenure of their
lands. lie insured as great protection
10 life and property rs may he en,oyed.
lis code Of laws he modelled after those
Of nglaud and the nited States, es.
tablishing q sufficient judiciary.
lie gathered about him broad, sound
and progressive cOunselorS. lie rules an
empire arealy having 500 miles Of rail.
road, 5000 miles of telegraph wire, ul.
surpassed postal facilities, with a postal
saving bank system worthy OF imitation
in this country. He has built a navy,
and can repair ships with tho best. As
great, II not greater, than what he has
accomplished Is what lo has proclaimed
he proposed to do, and that is that, in
1880, 10 convert his empire into a con.
stitutional empire, with parliament
exercising the delegated authority Of the
people.
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'''NNA%NfA
In France there are publishing firms
that have no time to turn out anything
but almanacS, and this fall there ar6
more than ever. The almanac for
mothers is ono that mothers could not
10 expected 10 do without, and the al.
manaO for daughters Is presumably not
TO 90 into the hands OF motherS There
arc comic almanacs and serious al.
manaeS Though not so many serious
ones, and popular almanac counts its
sale by millions. Perhaps this Is one
OF tho things thOy do better In France
than In England, The almanac for
boot and shoe makers Is quite rs read /.
ablC as our trade journals; tits ofton
moro digostlble thnn our bnnquotS, and
now and then Is almost as useful US our
literary or scientific congresses, An
English wit said that Il there was
another food there would be a party OF
Englishmsn who would contrlye to
meet somewhere and celebrate Il in a
diuner. Tho French would issue an al.
manaH
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INew York a. clIcazo ionrn,l

Nt'N" AVtA VII AAlNaSV IVNFhlAt.s
What's in a name Well, take that OF
Josh illlngs for an answer. His In.
come from the writing Of phonotIenlIy
spelled wit and wisdom, hrst and hist.
is said TO have reached tho astonishing
total Of SS00,0OO. lie leVtured and
made books out Of the matior already
sold TO u story paper at 1900 par halt-
column installment; but none OF this
material, so successfully worked over
and over into fortune, would have
had much market value without tho
Josh Billings brand. II Is always tho
first Of Il kind that gets popularity. DO
you imagine that Slaw's own name
would have boon worth anything at
tached to his contributions after he had
once firmly affixed that Of Billlugsl Yon
are wrong if you do.
u am trying to take OF my borlor,
be said 10 me, within y0ar OF his
death, "but Il can't DO done.n
His meaning was that bis reputation
had Teen made in one Of tho fiction
journals whose Pages are printed with
q Eorder, distinctive to that class Of
publications; and he'would gladly have
freed himself from association with d.
low walk in literature, but a ten.yoassl
contract bound him not to uso his nom
do plume elsewhere. Thinking that
possibly his misspelled aphorisrns might
gain equal favor on their merits, he
arranged to writo some Of them for The
Century Maga inc over the Signature
"Uncle Rsek," but he learned, from tho
fact that they got no currency as quota.
tons in tho daily press, that there was
no such thing as duplicating Josh Bill.
ings IN the estimation OF the public, 50
he died with tho bOrtler on.
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eARTHoLpL rAE Norgp scuLpr!oR
EntsftaIssd by rho LOtns Club -Psrspnai
Appeatanee-nls Great Statue,
fIjaibtsW Nav yori, I fuft..

0PPaAtAuet ms NttAF ctAtutf
tl'GaihEg New York Iqttesi
a few nights ago BaftHoldi tto
sculptor wasentertaincd By Tie l6tus
club and 100 guests were present
Whitelag Reid, pfeiideni oi mo dub,
.pftseute tue sculptor, who Is b ditter.
ent looking man from what had sup.
posed. Indeed, | should haYesuspected
him to be an American Of tho frontier
order with some southern blood. He
has long black hair, clipped rather
evenly OF at tho bottom; has o fore.
head Of only moderate height,
eyes rather on the gray American
line than black or rich, and astrong
and powerful nose, hardly to be
matched in a days walk, though It Is q
Gothic nose. When he got up to speak
he spoke with a strong French pronun.
citation, going over his English words
slowly and thoughtfully.
He made n good impression for his
modesty and simplicity, claiming moth.
ing, but this work has cost him at least
nine years Of arduOus labor and debt
and experiment. 1t Is the largest
statue in the world, and probably tho
largest statue the world has ever had. II
had to be conceived with all tho nicely
Of an artist, and modelel with all the
experience Of a mechanic. llo not
only had to conceive it relatively, but
with reference to the elevation when
completed. BarthOld is the principal
exponent, Of either ancient or modern
times, Of colossal, or might say,
gigantic statu ry.
The financial portion of this work
falls l0avily on the artist. lie is on
trial all the time, in his art, in his
resources, in the impression he can
mako on great masses Of people
who arc called upon to put up
tho money. lie has at home and
abroad competitors, euvious Of his CO.
lebrity and International fame. He lives
in country where much OF tho best art
is miniature, aud praised for It's fine do.
tails rather than FOR itsgrandeur orsile.
1t is the impression hero that Dar.
tholdI Is out Of poskot by this statue. 1t
has cost him a great many years,
has invoked the expenditure Of a
lRr5e amount oil money, and
taking all his proceeds and dividing
them by tho time, it would seem that
he might have made in great deal more
money by attending to the more selfish
forms OF art
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Jumbo a. a Gcatlsman.



Mr. Barnum sends tho following
short account Of JumbO's introduction
to his herd Of elephants:
THE Gay after Jumbo's arrival at
Madison square garden Se resolved to
introduce him to the thirty.fiye Indian
elephants which We had there. some
OF us feared fhG result, but Scott insisted
that Jumbo was too much Of a gentle.
man to misbehave. 80 We PLACED our
tairty.fyO elephants in n row, each DO.
ing chained ono leg to a post, and then
Scott led JUMBO IN. lie passed in front
OF the string OF elephants. looking at
first q little surprised us did ali tho
other elephants when they first discov.
cred him approaching. But Jumbo and
Nll the other elephants at once looked
kindly, and each extended its trunk as
JumgO passed, which he fonlly took
with his own trunk, giving each Gle.
phRnt kind caress Mutual affection
seemed ut once established, and It az.
tended without interruption till the day
Of his death
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o,nee 10 Franea anA oerlnAny.


Venturipg into the Office, we soon
made our intentions known in broken
German. and called for coffee. a rloas,
ant, intelligent maid ushered US into an
ad dining room, and welunched. II You
have over tasted coffee, rs tho French
drin II, you can easily imagine oul joy
at tasting a cup that was delicious. The
renrh drink co oEeeas LlRckas the ace Of
spadeS. II tastos rs though tho coffee
.hai gono through the burning process.
At any rate, it has lost lis identity, and
Is anything but agreeable to tho taste.
What thoy drink Il for, as they do by
the hour, as our English cousins a ecu.
tuFy ago drank tea by the kettlcful, Is
moro than can imagine. But tho Ger.
mans make the most delicious coffee
know Of being mado anywhere.
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oaoO. rOpion Statistics


Max o'Rell at last credits london
with being Q some account in a stats,
tlcal way, Il in no other il Is worthy
the attention and regard of a critic and
dfhcile Frcnchnan. lie has done d
little common reading, and reports that
tho metropolis contains more roman
Catholics than Rome, moro Jews than
the whole Of Palestine, moro Irish than
Dublin, moro S,otchmen than Edin.
burgh, more WOlshmen than Cardiff,
and more country folks than the coun-
ties Of Devon, Durham. and Warwick.
shire put together 1t has birth in
every five minutes; has seven accidents
every day IN its 5000 miles Of streets,
has an average Of forty miles of streets
opened and 1900 new houses every
wear.
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George Gould

sSS---ss9 new forR Herald
George Gould, all reports TO the CON,
trafy, is rs Rbstemions as his father.
George inherits his fathers piercing
black eyes and retiring disposition, but
otherwise the features and temperament
of his mother. Probably because hc
sees there is no necessity for It, he does
not devote himselfa as assiduonsly to his
business as his father did this ago,
and indulses IN inclination 70 20 hunt.
Ing, fishing aud yachting. But all the
while he is the shrewd, careful, CON.
scryatiyc, economical man that his
father Is, q chip of the old block, IN,
decd and all tho stories Of his youthful
indiscretlons are coined in the brains OF
those who who promulgate those who
writo them. AS cold blnoded and cal.
culatlng rs his progenitor, he is catofnl
to never get himself in puy scrapO that
he can not clearly SEQ his WY out OF.
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A ailaIa.at. Yosemite yapoy


II you will look on the railroad map
you will find Watkins Glon, not many
miles from Corning. 1t Is q place OF
great interest to strangers, sort Of
Yosemite valley in miniature.
Great rocks that arc almost grand,
picturesque.lOoking cataracts and cav.
erns, preuipitohs paths, bridges con.
strurted over portions OF young river
th0t roared and tumbled over boulders
in tumultOus fashion, as il determined
to attract attention to the part II was
playingin this miniature scene Of grand
eur. steps cut into the rocky clitT to
enable one to reach tho higher points;
shelves. in preoipiees iust wido enough
for o foot paSser, and who is only too
eager to grasp the, protecting iron rail.
ing as h6 would be q afrlendly hand;
deep basius which looked bottomless,
tue water rs clear as crystal and over.
hung with moses, ferns and shrnbbery
OF a larger growth, all beautifully re.
Elected in the mirtor.like bosom OF the
deep, silent pool, midway in tile glen
stands a rustic ho1sO, built for refresh,
ment and fest, apd supplied, Of course,
with the usual eur,osities and photo
graphs.
In shnrt, everything pertaining to our
Yosemitecan be found here, dwarfcd in
size, and all included in the space Of q
mila nnd a half and vat fn6 Mild aud
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yaluable crr,ialMns ctntInr.

~" NNSeH4 AWAe-gaAuucFAtsl
A valuable crystalline coating for
wood or paper may obtained, IL 4
stated, by mixing a very concentrated
cold solution Of salt with dextrins, and
laying the thlnnest coating Of the fluid
on the surface 10 be covered by means
Of q broad soft brush. After driving
the surface has a beautiful, brig5l
mother.of.pearl coating, which in CON.
sequence Of the dextrine, adheres firmly
to paper and wood. The coating may
10 made adhesive to glass by doing i
over with an alcoholic shellac solution.
SRlphAte Of magnesia, acetate OF soda,
and sulphate Of tin arc Rmong tho salts
which produce tho most attractive
crystalline coatlngS. Paper must frat
6e sized, otherwise It will absorb the
liquid and prevent the formation Of
crYstalA
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To Preisrye tho4tauts,

A correspondent desires 10 know tho
hest method Of keeping chestnuts so as
to preserve their pleasant taste. A
method extensively adopted in the
country for keeping chesinuh during
the winter is to heat them, without
roasting, 50 rs 10 kill the insect germ
which is In so many OF them, then hang
them In muslin bags ina dry phase.
They might 10 heated by exposure for
a few minutes in q sieve placed in an
oven.
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From an the Indications / am con.
yinced that some day in the ncar future
the fisheries Of Alaska will occupy as
important a commercial place as thosO
Of Norway aud tho liebfides and tho
north Atlantic, Already tho canning
OF salmon has become an. industry oi
considerable importance, aud establish.
melts have been located At al pia pgln.
elpal points U Car north as SlLkA.
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Tho Worlds soavonrsr..

""Se'b7WCcrht boON HfHieW.l
The dust from the world is often far
from harmless, and sometimes contains
germs Of dangerous diseases With
providcnt care, nature, with tho evil,
has provided q remedy, for wherever
substances are found likely to be harm.
ful, means Of diSpOsing OF them TO the
best advantage Is found. Decaylng
vegetation has its influence for evil in
large part removed by the heat Of the
sun aud the drying of the wind.
Dead animals, in almost every part
Of the world, are disposed Of by other
animals which use them as food. So
highly appreciated arc the services Of
some Of these animal scayengers that in
some countries II Is unlawful to kill a
dog, while in many the vultures arc
carefully protected as the most valuable
conservators Of the public health.
Reetles, worms and other creatures do
their share, and by their united efforts
in tropical countries the decaying car.
caSs OF q dead animal Is seldom left
long to poison the air, but disappears
IN a few hours Among the most yalu.
able scayengers are the ants.
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TIE aRisT-nILLs o. HUMANITY.
What eisrilsailoa pd for onr Tss,h-.
Adyies to Chew Evsrylhlug.
a lcbtaeo EeaMi

lctinasa Heaidl
One OF the test.knoWn dentists Of the
city WIS In q communicative mood the
other day WIEN a reporter was having 4
little tooth e;lrpOntorlng done Natu.
rally the subject turned upon thepreS.
eryatjon Of the teeth, and the doctor
was easily Induced 10 express his views,
which he did about as follows:
When primitive man diued on tough
meat In a'raw or hall cooked condition,
tearing the flesh with his teeth, and
gulwing the bones like a lion little mead
bad he to look after tho state Of his
grtst.mill, for the vigorous action, the
tirm pressure Of ihe gums, tho rough
friction against lone and gristle, In
short, the energetic exercisO Of tha
whole mouth kept his mills in perfect
condition. Our primitive friend lived
to ripe old age and then died With a
mouthtul OF sound teeth.
But, alasl with the glorles and amant.
ties Of civilization came tho new process
OF cooking and changes Of dict, m0rh
less favorable 10 the health OF our grist.
mills. Meats were made tender by
thorough exposure 10 hnat; vegetables
Were reduced to . s6Et papes sanee Of the
same agency Al I tine 8llit6 bread
!. - 1l,iis ~. " ~ q me a tnii illeteeti
'tla1 iitlie OF nothing 70 DO, no hard
gotk 70 Keep tnem clean and strong OF
y make tne gums hrm anl healthy. 10
MAKE matters stlll worse, having little
OK nothilg 70 eneSi Re osttne gool old
ilaois si ot eueW,n,g, ana even our solt
Loogs were swallowed wlihoat the llttlo
ilasIicatlon that ,they neelod Ihlslaeks
ol use produced eeelo nutrition and
lvSseilsu ilS power o. resistance, and soon
orsaule ACIDS, decomposed food, etc.
Wrousas haNoe upon inc tooIn hsSlel
gEou!us aul eAtlay away inc enamel anu
uentlne o. Wy one tine aay sharp pain
e!efny Saiige attention 70 the saet that
clsiLl . Gu na9lIs are not compatible With
sOHlu grlnleis'
49, n t1e causes ot decay given above
are slauoWSu lorth the Two principal
means winch II Is necessary to adopt IN
~ y ORDER rue! 70 preserve the teeth that Is,
cleanliness ana use Use your teeth in
cueWlns your 1904; chew everything
you p IN your mouth vigorously aud
InOtongnlS whether II IS ely OF
pigeons Dralns or leathery beefstoak.
II you 10 TINS, and let nothing pass the
portals OF your mouth wlthoat having
urst gwen tle teeth some vigorous e&er-
else upon ], not only Will the teeth he
Lrmer aqI stronger, but tho whole
laouth VIII DO heilthler and tho diges-
'lon improved 10 further this object
avoid cutting tho meat into such
microscopic bits that it can be, or Is
Likely 70 be, swallowed whole, aud
SNold undue haste in eating
inns, proper use OF the teeth should
De supplemenled with vigorous use Of
inc toothbrush upon the teeth and
gums, especially the latter. igorous
iEletlon IN tl!s way lsa substitute Tor
taSt before spoken OF as being so bench
olai 10 our primitive friend when ho
enhWea Zones and cheTed gristlo. 1t
ehsehaeFs aEl Increased liow Of blood to
tae gums stimulates them and improves
tneir nutrition Brush them every day
"a
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The uumrnlny Of iIOo..

Last winter, when the mercury was
10 degrees below zero, a thermometer
inserted into cluster Of bees showed
temperature OF 85 degrees on the in.
side and 4j degrees Fahrenheit on tho
outside II ths heat generated by the
boOs could DO maintained at that do.
gree with an outside temperature Of 10
degrees Fahrenheit, what must 1t bo
with tue thermometer at 30 degrees.
This Is the way the bees manage to 70.
duco 1t, or at least to secure cool, pure
Oir: Anumber Of bees, a thousand OF
more, perhaps, act as voutilators OF
tanners. They stand head down at an
angle OF 45 degrees and keep their
wings in motion. Throughout the hive,
on all the combs, up and down tho ven.
tilators keep their fans going. ON the
alighting-board, with borders pointing
away from the hive, th0y fan also. AT
the entrance Of one hive, on a day In
August, $50 bees, by actual count, were
tanning, Tho honey gatherers dropped
down upon them tnmbled over them,
but they kept to their work.
Some writers have spoken Of the
"hum Of the hive as though the hum
was the result Of the work going on
within. Twas the hum OF the tanners.
But in August, this year, there wore
nights when the hives we're silent. Not
az echo OF hum came from any show
ing that the air was cold enough to dis.
pense with the yehtilators,