Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-02

Mark Twain is the candidate of the
Knights of Labor for mayor of Hartford,
Conn. Although Mr. Clemens doesn't |
work 10 hours day, he does 10 days .
work an hour, which is almost as good. |
If he is elected mayor, it will he no joke .
for the municipal iobbers of Hartford
Secretary Manning's physicians pro |
nounce his illness to he an attack of EVER
tigo." Vertigo is apt to be an indication
of the approach of some form of brain dis
ease. 1t is always Il dangerous symptom,
and in the case of II hard worker Is
usually natures final and most positive
demand for rest.
Chess lovers Will miss the excitement of
the bulletins from the great match for the
championship of the world" Mr.. Stcinitz
has won fairly, and deserves all the honor
which he has gained bv his mastery play
ing. Chess is getting more and more pop
uar every year. 1t is nm intellectual game,
and its growing popularity is u good sign.
Looking back over the history of the
strikes of the present year, it is impossible
not to perceive a striking analogy between
the Knights of Labora and a certain famous
Knight of La Mancha, who got himself
tangled up with n wind mill, and after
various lamentable experiences of the
sort, returned home, Il sadder and a sorer
man than when he set forth
1t will not be strange if Pasteur loses
more of his hydrophobic patients, now
that one has died IIydrophobia is largely
induced by the Imagination, and the nor
rid death of one of their number must
have Il very depressing effect on the rest.
Complete isolation of the patients under
treatment for malady of this character
is the only way to escape the inevitably
fatal result of terrified apprehensiveness
The so-called "Chatauqua idea" is rapid
~ Spreading in this country. The last re
port of the United States commissioners
of education shows that there are "Home-
studies associations in IS States and
one Territory. This method of study is
an immense improvement on the Old hap
hazard method of home study and read
ing, and deserves the utmost encourage
ment
ne ItJttliull ny llt '7tlltlt VI MC'fcl-
trick as postmaster ut st. Adams is good
beginning. Nobody can claim that there
were not sufficient reasons aside from
BIPARTISAN preiudiceS" why his nominal
ton should not he confirmed. Mr.. Meet
trick seems to have been a political
straddler for revenue only. InaSmuch a.
a beginning was to be made i'm Vermont,
McGettricks case was an excellent one to
begin with.
The Senate has passed Mr.. Edmunds's
resolutions in respect to the papers in the
Duskin case, not, Il single Republican
member voting adversely. Tins Is the
best reply to the destinations of certain
journals, which have been trying to make
it appear that the senator from Vermont
had not the full sympathy of his Republi-
of legislation in which he has PLAYED "A
prominent part.
Now that the Senate is fairly over the
great stumbling block of the prerogatiYe,
1t Is to he hoped that more rapid progress
Will he made with the unfinished business
OF the session. TWO important bills, the
commerce ana bankruptcy blllS, are up for
consideration this week, and 1t is TO he
hoped that they Will be brought to a vote.
The House has been rather prodlgal of its
time while the discussion was expressing
Will have to work fast now to keep up.
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.t9''" ny MI law" D"lIlHE ana "ISo by
MIS- Johh lcI'er'S' VINO l. S"'d 10 ne
"""EH,eI VI 'he "eceueh'' 30 lar as can
ne JuuSeu from inc testimony mus lar,
nrov4d
Pastcur's scientific egOtism is immense
Instead of being disconnected by the death
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