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Tie Russian Exile System.

"Of the solitary confinement in the Rus
sian castles the most frI1htful stories have
been told 50 said George Kennan in a recent in
terview. 1T means absolute burial, insanity
and finally dea tn. You might as well put
man in a sepulchre in a graveyard and seal
him up with the scentiest supply of food that
will sustain life, as to immune him in one of
the cells Of the Fortress PetrOpavlovski, which
translated means the Fortress of St. Peter
and St Paul.
Happily a movement has begun in the
United States, which it is barely possible may
lead to Rn amelioration of the condition Of
many of these unfortunate exiles Petitions
are to be circulated throughout the country
addressed to the c8ar and conveying to him
the sense of the American people on this sub
ject in the hope that he may take more
mere -ul view OF the exile system than has
heretofore prevailed and make such revo-
luton as will rob it of its greatest horrors.
This expression OF opinion will he presented
to him through the International Prison as
ISOLATION, which meets in St Petersburg
during the present year, and inasmuoh as the
car is not an over bearing or relentless man,
the effort is worthy of the largest encourage
ment by our people
Iu CONCLUSION, Mr.. Kenuan remarked that
the subject was an eshausuess one, and
though many books had been written, the
half had not been told, nor could the half bs
conceived of the frightful results OF this pc
euliar system of punishment G. De Foa-
tame
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14

However, the trick can be successfully per-
formed with & little practice, and the way Of
it is as follows: After tossing the first die into
the box, hold the second one with the fingers
so that it shall be somewhat higher than the
bottom of the box and the die within it, Then
give IA quick downward movement with the
hand, at the same instant letting so of the
die held in the fingers; the latter will not
move quite as quickly as the hand and dice
box, and it will not be difficult to move the
box directly under the second die, so that it
shall fall into it without throwing out the
first one This amusing little trick is an ex-
cellent illustration of the fact that the prin-
ciple of inertia prevents body from begin
ming to fall at the exact instant that support
is withdrawn from it.
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raltnfully carried Out every expressed
wish oS her father.
James Preston speedily realized the be-
nign hope of his brother, and drank
himself to death in six months.
Young Parker was never brought to
trial. Five days after his arrest he was
found dead in his cell-dead by poison
supposed to have been supplied by one
of his brother members of the u. S. rs,
of which he was popular member.
His father and Scar Top Johnny are
serving long sentences in the state prison.
Messing is still living in Philadelphia,
prosperous and respected, and does not
dream that he was ever suspected by
Holbrook and Tom of having committed
a murder or that he was in danger of
arrest
The origin of the birth of Fountain
has never been made public. He and
Flora Ashgrove were married two years
ago, and his friends and acquaintance
have ceased wondering over his mysteri-
Gus accession to fortune.
They count Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook as
their dearest friends.
So Mr.. Holbrook is married? To An
ME? or course Could there have been
any other result after the scene at the
rescue in Mott street? Married, too, be-
fore Mrs. Tcmpleton died.
Two children, a boy and girl. make
music in the house. The name of the
boy is-Thomas Bryan IIolbrook.
There is another boy in the house
whose name is Maurice AcNulty, whom
Mrs. Holbrook loves with all the wealth
of her aiIeCtionate nature.
There has been some difficulty in civ
ilizing the boy, but he begins to show
the results of the humanizing and rein
ing influences he is surrounded by. In
deed, the only time he shows any of his
old savagery is when rollicking, rat
Ting young man with CHEEKY smile
and bright blue eyes, and who is well
coined with great shouts and warm
kisses, and who is greeted as "Uncle
Tom" makes his appearance, which is
nearly daily, and wants Maurice to tell
whether he has that day "wholloped
any one right up and down and gin him
black eyes, golly"
| And Tom? Oh, Tom is still the old
Tom of superhuman energy and intense
enthusiasm still the keenest newspaper
man in New York as when he led the
search for the owner Of THE Diamond
Button"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14

NJ. Oscar Schmidt, professor Of the Univer-
sity Of Graft, in Syria, has invented meth
cd by which pieces of living sponge are brok-
EN- Off and planted in o favorite spot. Pop
uar Science News tells how from very small
cuttings of this kind Professor Schmidt has
obtained large sponges in the course Of three
years at very small expense. One of his
experiments gave the result that the cultiva-
ton of 1000 sponges had not cost more than
225 francs, including tho interest for three
years on the capital expended. The Austro-
Hungarian government has been so much
struck with the Importance Of these expert
ments that it has officially authorized the
protection of this new industry on the coast
of Dalmatia
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
BBNpINa A GLASS TUBE,

Our second cut, which, together with the
one already given in this column, is repro
duced from La Nature, shows the manner OF
holding the glass tube in the fame of a spirit
lamp. The flame of an ordinary gas burner
viii also answer the puposs if the tube is
held in the upper part of it, where the heat is
most intense. II it is desired to draw the
tube out 10 point, heat it i'll the same way
and pull gently but firmly with both hands
If hong, slender point is desired, the tube
must be removed from ths fame before
drawing OUT but Co make a short, blunt
point, heat the glass till it is quite soft, and
draw out slowly without removing it from
the flame.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
Tho Electric Light on Vessels.

Science says that the great utility of the
electric light on vessels passing through the
Suez canal is shown by the fact that during
the year 1888 tho average time occupied by
vessels in passing through was 81 hours 81
minutes, when the boats in question we're not
fitted with the electric light, and % hours 80
minutes for those vessels so fitted, which are
then able 10 proceed at night The saving
effected in the time of transit is therefore
very considerable, and tho use of the electric
light is rapidly spreading. During the first
three months of the year 295 vessels thus
fitted passed through the canal, but during
the last three months the number had in
creased to SO
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
How to Repd "A Glass Tube.

The bending of a glass tube is one Of the
simplest of operations, yet the chemical anna
teur can never be certain of doing it success
fully until he lsarns the secret of the whole
matter, aud that is to heat a considerable
portion of the tube by moving it back and
forth longth wise in the hame, at the same
time slowly revolving it between the fingers
When the tube is thoroughly and uniformly
softened for a space OF about two inches, it
should be removed from tho fame and bent
into the desired curve and this can be slow
ly done, as the glass will not harden too
quickly.
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An Unusual Result.

Marry in haste and repent at leisure" re-
marked young lady as she read the an
nouncement of the sudden marriage OF a
friend OF hers.
yes replied her grandmother gently, as
the light of youth frightened the dim, dear
old eyes and pretty blush painted roses in
her soft white cheeks. YES, my dear. Your
grandfather and | did that. We married
sixty years ago, after months courtship,
and we have been so leisurely in our repent
ing that we haven't even begun yet. w ash
ington Star
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conner, had closed the door after him.
The owner of the musical voice was not
disposed to knock. much less to use his
hands to open the door, for he gave it a
vicious kick, The lock was a good one
and did not yield.
Open the door!" he cried.
Open it yourself" responded the
chief, "and come in.
Tho door was pushed open and a young
man strobe in.
As soon as he stepped within the room
he was seized by the two men stationed
at the door.
With an oath, he tried TO struggle free,
and was nearly successful, for he was a
very powerful man.
Tom turned the light upon him. He
did not know him.
1t was not to be wondered at, but he
was, in fact, the young man who had
chloroformed and abducted Annie in the
morning
Good evening, Mr., Parker, Jr.," said
Tom.
"Who in-great Godi Alive"
Tom had been startled by She look Of
wild terror and horror that came over
the young mans face. and he saw that
it was caused by the sight of Fountain.
"Do the dead rise again? Alivel You,
Fountain, alive? Am | dreaming-or
mad? Alive! l killed you in Union
square, and yet aHve!'
The man was evidently horror stricken
and did not know what he was doing.
Fountain replied:
Il am alive; you did not kill me-"
But they buried you"
"Put the handouts on him." ordered
Tom. I'VE have the murderer at last.
You are great man, Tom" cried
Csief Hantord, jubilantly. "Once more
Tom Bryan, the keenest newspaper man
in New York and Hanford's Detective
agency, beat the regular police"
NO" said Tom, not needing the chief.
"You did not kill Fountain, but you did
Templeton. But how can you have CON
tinued TO believe that it was Fountain
you killed." said Tom, much confused
when the papers announced the death
of Templeton;7
The young man had recovered sufii-
GENTLY from the fright and consterna
ton into which he had been thrown on
seeing Fountain, and began to realize
what he had been saying-the confession
he had msde-and SO would. not reply.
Tom repeated the question, but re
ceiyed no answer
The chief, Hanford, said: "All right
my man, but you've confessed, and 81
lenoe won't save you now"
"Well," said the murderer doggedly
| 81 thought Templeton was his riRhl
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TILE END.
LIGHT AND AIRY.
TardY Wit.

A BRIGHT little man sat bemoannE the fate
Of the wit that is tardy and sparkles too late;
OF the keen repartee that is strictly ones own,
Gut comes into view when occasion has flown.
OH the ideas, opposite, bright and sublime,
That travel ike stage coaches, never on tine,
Go sluggish in movement, so slow In the race
That a new topic renders them quite out Of place
SO the bright little man, with a serious LOOK,
Remarked to himself, as he opened his book,
OF regrets that annoy a humocst's head
The saddest is this: 1t might have been said"
j. ~ Macon in Century.
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A Mutual Confession.

"Can you forgive me and love me STILL"
said the new made bride, when l confess
that my teeth are-artificial9
Thank God" cried the groom, as he
snatched off his wig, "now can cool my
head n-Toledo Blade.
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A Love Story.

She is an artlesS maiden of a beauty quite unique,
The hnsh Of honest, ardent love rs warm upon her
chique;
Loves old and solemn question he asks in accents
mique:
The maiden modestiy looks down and mur1nurs
"waita wique"
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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
INTERESTING FACTS PRESENTED IN
BRIEF AND POPULAR FORM.
Entertaining Recreation In the Domain Of
Jamili AR Scieuce-Piain Directions to
Chemical Amateurs for successful
ly bending Glass Tube or Draw
ing 1t to Point.

With the simple apparatus of a dice box
and two dice quite pretty little experiment
in inertia may be performed AT first sight
1t would appear an easy matter to toss the
two dice, held as represented in the cut, into
the box, one after the other. But upon trial
it will be found that, while there is little diff
hculty in getting the first die into the box,
the move that puts the second ose in will
pretty surely toss the first out again, and the
problem is to avoid doing this.
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At n Winter Resort.

Dolley--4 am going to tho postoiiice, Miss
Susie. Shall | ask for youl
Miss Susie--Why, Mr.. Dolley, this is very
Student OF course you may if you like; but
don't think you will find papa there
Harper's Bazaar.
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"Dear God the baby YOU brought us
Is awful nice and sweet,
But cause you forgot his toofes
The poor little thing can't eat
That's why I'm writin' this letter,
A purpose TO let you know
Please come and finish baby.
That's all From Little Flo"
-Eben L. Rexford.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
Avoiding the Rush.

In We olden times at night
Rush candles gave them light,
And lovers In its Pickering rays would bill and
COO and gush;
But were the old folks there
s Then the lovers would repair
To do their counting meath the stars and thus
avoid the rush.
y ~ Chicago Herald
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Home Mission Work.

Maud-Why In the world did you accept
Mr.. Donothingf
Helene-Oh, he's such fool some one has
got 10 take care Of him, andres I'm rich Isup-
pose it might as well he Chicago Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14

He took q her
Dick one stormy night
And went TO see a maiden fam.
Beneath her par
Lor's dim, uncertain light,
On bonded knee his love did swear,
She teelS her Dick
boston Herald
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
AT LAST

OUNThIN had come
fro IN the adjoining
room. and his usual i'm
passive face bore the
evidence of his agitation
over the marvels he had
heard.
The Shadow, in Civ
ing the warning of the
approach of another
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-06-21

The persistent agitation OF the cult
ure OF sugar bects and tho manufacture
OF sugar from them on a large scale In
this country Is at last bearing fruit, says
the American Agriculturist. The United
States Department OF Agriculture Is
completing m exhaustive investigation
OF all that has been done, from the time
tho first experiments in beet culture
were made at the Massachusetts Agri.
cultural College down TO this years ex.
p%crienco In the two large beet u
factories In California. The United
States Senate has directed Its commit.
tee on agriculture TO report a bill for
the promotion Of tho ind ustry and Sen.
ator Mandcrson has already introduced
a bill providing that a bounty shall be
paid for every ton OF sugar bects raised
In the United States, delivered to n
factory and manufactured into ugar.
and also providing q bounty OF eighty.
i've cents per hundred pounds Of sugar
80 produced, TO DO paid TO the manu-
facturcr. The operation OF the proposed
law Ia left TO the Secretaries OF Apri.
culture and tho Treasury. Mr.. Mander.
son also introduced Il bill making An
appropriation for the importation OF
sugar beet seed by tho Secretary Of Ar.
riculture, and also Of machinery for Its
culture and for tho manufacture of bee,
sugar, all 10 DO admitted FREQ Of duty.
49,
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Sh4, 4 <r=5Fss.se
IN VII 20 f4,ai-
UNAMHIlHIHlr
HOW TO USE OLD TIN CANS.

edges OF the tin come together. Good
soil Is then thrown in tho box until tho
cans and the intervening spaces are
filled.
Cucumbers, lima beans, nutmegs,
watermelons, etc, may be planted IN
the cans. When all danger Of frost is
over, take box and all TO the field where
wanted; make a hole Of sufficient size
to receive the AN. In picking up the
can and plant, press the tin together, 10
as TO prevent the soil falling ont. Set
1t where wanted, and fill in the soil
around the can. Take hold Of the tin at
a a, open 1t a little by a gentle outward
pressure and lit it out Of the ground. ]
lind this as satisfactory as transplant
Ing from pots, and it is done as quickly.
The tins can be placed together, inside
Of each other, and saved for future use.
Popular Gardening.
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is THERE MONEY IN lT7

Gold is what we are all arc wishing,
And for which we're ever fishing;
There's scarcely ans thing We will rot under
take to win it.
You can get our whole attention
II you only chance 10 mention
A scheme or speculation that has 20; the money
In il.
The lawyer and the teacher
And-we hate TO say iti-preacher,
For though the church may 10 a wrong VIC would
not discipline it,
viii listen 10 the offer
That will fill the private coGer;
They're sure to answer to the call that has the
money in it.
Even Cupid, It's asserted,
Is by love Of gold perverted,
And whene'er he finds a tender heart, before he
seeks to win il,
With sly and roguish g~l3nces,
Always asks about finances,
For he doesn't care to wed, you know, unless
there's money in it.
And they say the politician
Figures on a cash ~fruit'on,
And sets his price on every act before he viii
begin it;
II is not his avocstien
BY his deeds to save the Nation
Unless, perchance, il happens there is lots OF
money in il.
You have heard of him the story
Who. without the gates OF glory,
Whentold of inward bliss and urged 10 enter and
begin it,
Said: I'm a twoper-centcr,
So | guess l will not enter,
For, as near as l can ascertain, there amt no
money in it,"
Chicago Evening Post
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FARM HINTS.

A rIECE of farm work done in season
is twice as valuable as the same work
done out of season.
THE neglected farm is pretty sure to
starye out its owner. This is natures
method of taking revenge. Shcdemands
a square deal.
THE value of any kind of fodder is
not in its quantity, but in the amount
that is digestiblc. The quality largely
depends on tho stage of growth when it
is cut and cured.
SMALL patches OF wheat have been
grown which produced at the rate of
one hundred bushels per acre, yet the
average yield of wheat in this country
does not exceed twelve bushels,
ALL field crops should be so planted
as to allow plenty of room for c%ultiva-
ton between the rows. Some crops do
not receive proper cultivation late in
the season, because the horses can not
pass between the rows after the plants
are well grown, the consequence being
that grass gets possession and lessons
the yield. Cultivation is necessary for
some crops until they begin to seed,
WHENEVER a fertilizer is applied tho
benefits therefrom extend into the
second and perhaps third and fourth
years. There are always som portions
of the fertilizer that are %insoluble, but
which become available after the lapse
OF a year or more. As certain plants
require particular plant-foods, the Sec
ond crop may be more benefited by the
fertilizer than the first, much depend
ing on the composition Of the fertilizer.
A FEW years ago farmers in grain
growing localities used straw lavishly for
bedding, for the purpose Of making the
largest possible manure piles. Now
the tendency is to use as little straw for
bedding as is consistent with c~leanli-
ness. Cut straw mixed with ground
grain makes a valuable feed, the straw
furnishing carbonaceous matter, and
the meal giving the elements that make
muscle and growth. If corn meal is
used, it should be mixed with ground
oats or wheat bran to make a good feed
inp ration.
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snrrp-rA1lNa PARROTS.


Almost Exclusively to Mutton.
A singular bird has recently been add
cd to the collection in tho London zoo,
logical Gariens-the much talked OIL
carniyerous parrot which confines Its
love OF animal flesh almost exclusively
to mutton. According to thenaturaiiSis
that have examined this rara avis II
POSSESSES " qualities heretofore I'M
known in birds Of its species. Inc hrs'
is this fcsh-eating propensity an OK
ception 10 tho whole parrot family
which is frugiyorous, living on FRUITS
seed, leaves, buds and the Likes n sec
ond, the fact that this carniverouS 'aS'o
is not natural, but acquired,
This curious bird is the kea tNestor
~notabilisl, or mountain parrot ana
comes from New Zealand. Its general
color of plumago is green; its length
from poiut Of bill to extremity OF tail'
twenty-one inches; its BILL two inches,
with upper mandihle much curved ana
very strong. 1t inhabits tho higher
wooded glens and dark recesses oil the
mountain districts Of tho island above
named. and like the owl, is generally
nocturnal in its habits. Although the
kea has been known to o~rnithologlsts
since 1856, the above specimen Is
the first of its kind that has
ever been exhibited alive IN
Britain. In the time OF the
Maori rule in New Zealand the bird was
as innocent and harmless as any OF the
parrot species, and it was not until the
higher tracts of tho country wero utll-
lied as sheep runs that the kea was
tempted 10 desert its f~ruit-eating habits
and ioin the destructive army OF the
caronivora.
About 1868 it was noticed that the
sheep of the uplands were suffering
from sores and scabs in the region OF the
loins. and that almost invariably the
sufferers were those latest and health
lest, Many discussions ensued as to
what could be the cause of this singular
state of affairs. At last a herder said
that he believed the parrot did it, but
was only laughed at, yet subsequent
events proved his theory the correct
one. Soon after some of the shepherds
saw the feathered cannihal seated on
the hips of a sheep helping himself to q
dish of live mutton. From thatday for
ward the bird was known as the sheep
eating parrot-thc feathcred wonder o.
the antipodes.-St, Louis Republic,
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Have you noticed the hands Of the
young man who is only swagger, not
quite well-bred? He wears rings and
rings-not one, or two, or oven three,
but six and seven, and he wears them
just as his women friends do, clear up
to the knuckle OF the third and fourth
fingers of both hands. Some Of them
are of gold and some of silver or plati.
mum, and occasionally n sees a thin,
dark band that means iron, and they
are set with all kinds of stones, some.
times a diamond, sometimes a tor.
quoise, perhaps an emerald, or a ruby,
or a sapphire. And the young man who
wears all these finger adornmcnts al
ways rides in tho elevated cars with out
his gloves, and the young lady clerk
sits opposite him and counts, and won
ders and admires. N. Y. Evening Sun,
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WHERE TO SPEND THE SUMNER.
If Undecided, Perhaps This VIII Holt
You,

Where to go, what to do, how to do it,
and the expense NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. agitat-
ing % many households contemporary with
the advent Of Summer-are all answered
satisfactorily in the pages Of the handsome
volume entitled Health and Pleasure"
Just issued by the Passenger Department
of the New York Central Il Hudson River
Railroad,
The book is profusely illustrated, CON
tains several valuable maps, and the in
formation is presented in a concise, yet
readable manner II embraces an cXten-
sive list of Summer hotels and boarding
houses along the Hudson, among the Cats
kills, in the Adirondack Mountains, at Sar.
atoga, Lake George, Niagara Falls and
other famous resorts,
Copies of the book may be obtained free
upon application to W. B. jerome, General
Western Agent, No. 81 Clark st, Chicago,
or will be mailed postpaid upon receipt OF
ten cents in stamps, by George H: Daniels,
General Passenger Agent, Grand Central
Station, New York.
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women can attend to it. its action is SO
easy. The expense Of such an arrange
ment is not moro than $40, including
the irons for the elevator frame, No
ice is ever required and there is no ex'
pense after the first arrangement. Milk
put in these cans and lowered finds a
cold place and has its high temperature
Immediately exchanged for the low n
Farm and Home.