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The Iola register., 1890-11-07

we had seen enough of this volcanic
region Of Palestine, and he gladly
tightens the girths for another march,
around the horses which are prancing
and neighing for departure. We are off
for the Jordan, only two hours away.
We pass Bedouins whose stern features
melt into smile as we give them the
salutation, Salaam Aleikhoum, peace
be with you," their smile sometimes
leaving US in doubt as to whether it is
caused by their gladness to see US or by
our poor pronunciation of the Arabic.
o. they are strange race, those Bed
ouins Such commingling of ruffian-
ism and honor, of cowardice and cour-
age, of cruelty and kindness When a
band of them came down upon party
in which Miss Whately was travelling
and were about to take pocketbooks and
perhaps life, this lady, sitting on her
horse, took out her note book and pencil
and began to sketch these brigands and
seeing this oomposure the bandits
thought it something supernatural and
fed Christian womanliness or manli-
ness is all-conquering. When Martin
Luther was told that Duke George
would kill him if he went to Leipsic,
Luther replied: 81 would 60 to Leipsic
if it rained Duke Georges nine days"
Now we come through regions where
there are hills cut into the shape of
cathedrals, with altar, and column, and
arch, and chancel, and pulpit and dome,
and architecture of the rocks that l
think can hardly just happen so. Per
haps it is because God loves the church
so we'll. He builds in the solitudes of
Yellowstone Park, and Yosemite, and
Switzerland, and Palestine these eccle-
siastical piles. And who knows but
that unseen spirits may sometimes wor-
ship there? ''Dragoman. when shall we
see the Jordan?' l ask. All the time
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the depth and the SwiftneSS of
the stream, and the most appro-
pirate place for the ceremony. Then l
read from the Bible the accounts OF
baptisms in that sacred stream, and i'm
plored the presence of the Christ on
whose head the dove descended at the
Jordan. Then, as the candidate and
myself stepped into the waters, the peo-
pie on the banks sang in full and re-
sounding voice:
On Jordan's stormy banks stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaau's fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.
o, the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields array ed in living green,
And rivers Of delight
BY this time we had reached the mid
die of the river. As the candidate sank
under the floods and rose again under
baptism in the name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Ghost there
rushed through our souls tide of holy
emotion such as we shall not probably
feel again until We step into the Jordan
that divides earth from Heaven. Will
those waters be deep? Will those tides
be strong? No matter, if Jesus steps in
with us Friends on this shore to help
US off. Friends on the other shore to
see us land See! They are
coming down the hills on the
other side to greet us How
well we know their step! How easily
we distinguish their voices! From
bank to bank we hail them with tears
and they hail US with palm branches.
They say to US: SIS that you, father?"
us that you, mother?" and we answer
by asking: ''Is that you, my darling?"
How near they seem. and how narrow
the stream that divides us
Could we but stand where Moses stood,
And view the landscape Ger
Not Jordan's stream nor deaths cold food
Could fright US from the shore.
The Iola register., 1890-11-07
YE BONANZA.
The Story Of New and Seductive
Drink

It was gallant stranger
OF goodly height and weight.
Who wore a bale of whiskers
Most fierce to contemplate,
And el1e an air Of freshness
Brought from ye Golden Gate.
He came into my sanctum
One pleasant afternoon.
And limited that We visit
Some neighboring saloon;
made bad exception
And went with him full soon.
When we arrived. sc stranger,
Who hailed from ye Coast,
Drew forth o yellow eagle,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01

Sometimes one hears it said of a good
wife and mother that ''she' S a regular homo
body The phrase is simple but what a
world of enrolling qualities it indicates
and what a universe of frvolities it cX-
cludesl The matronly home body is in
decd Heavens best gift to man" and the
husband capable Of malrrcatinE so true a
helpmcet is only fit for such companionship
Us Northumberland found in the Babylouish
pastures.
Dashiug ladies, whose mission it is to set
the fashions, won't you look in upon your
gentle sister as she sits in her well ordered
nursery making the children happy with
her presence? Note how she adjusts their
little difficulties, and admouishes,' encour-
ages, instructs, amuses them, as the case
may require DO you think any nursemaid
could produce such harmony in that little
circle Is she not an enchantressy Verify
yes, and her charm is love stronger than
death for those sweet young faces. where
you may see her smiles and frownS Though
she seldom has occasion to frown) reflected
in glee and sorrow, like sunlight and cloud
shadow in quiet pool. What she Is she
will teach her daughters to be, and blessed
are the sons that have such mother
New York Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01

Admiral ID. d. Porter who in trip to
North AZ Gca for the purpose of obtaining
camels learned much about these UMPIRE
possessing looking animals is authority
for the following interesting facts about
their valuable qualities;
In their campaigns against AlRiers the
French were surprised to see their camels,
although reduced Z" skeletons, making
forced marches with their loads Mules in
their condition could not have carried even
their saddles
"A cameNs flesh is as good us beef You
can hardly tell one meat from the other.
Cancels milk is very good, as can testify,
because | used il in my coffee
"A camel generally drinks once in three
days, and besides his four stumaGhs he
carries a sort of reservoir in which he
stores water. have been told that even
ten days after the death of a camel this
reservoir can he opened and ten or fifteen
pints of clear, dlinkable water taken
from il ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01

The news of the young girl suicide in
Berlin has Ter little light intothc extrnor-
binary privatious ana hardships which
many American students are subjected TO
in the Germun capital. Many young WON
en- there are today struggling against odds
which would discourage the most stalwart
brothers in this country. The self sacrifice
Of man who pursues an ambition is not
for a moment TO he measured with that Of
a woman.
American girls abroad have been known
to live on almost nothing and literally
s,aTVc even TO a point of emaciation so
that they could remain in Europe and
complete their course of instruction. Some
statistics were once published ON this sub
iect by an American consulate which Here
full of the pathos of privatiOu and self de
NAL. The unfortunate part of it is that the
most distinguished instructors abroad are
unanimous in the assertion that at least
nine-tenths OF the American girls who 10
to the other side Of the water 10 study
could do fully as well if they remained at
home 1t is only one or two of the ge-
uiuses who need the atmosphere and in
StruCtion of the great master, of the Euro
poan cities.-New York World
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when was child" writes a lady who
is noted for her placid!ty Of disposition and
her capacity of endurance. II had notori-
ously hot temper As soon rs my mother
saw one of the fits coming on she used to
say gently, Perhaps you had better run
away little while, dear Then would
take my Sled or my little garden hoe, ac-
cordiug to the season, dash out of doors,
and stay there until the evil spirit had
passed by.
We kept up that little habit, my
m0ther and /. Icntcred the Young ladies
seminary Of our town. and there | work ed
very hard, but unlike many Of the girls,
did not break down. Whenever my mother
noticed that my forehead was bel ming TO
tie itself up in a knot over my books she
would say: Run away for an hour, daugh-
ter. The sunshine i very bright, and
want you to go out and soak yourself in
it,
"Of course | didn't always want to 20,
hut mother could be firm as well az in
dulgent, and the result was that | did a
great deal of running away either to bed
or into the open air. The other girls kept
themselves awake on coffee ia order to
study late at night, and some of them did
outstrip NE in book know ledge Still.
came to believe so fully in my mothers
prescription that l made it one of my rules
~ life, and am consequently one OF the
people who have
Lived 10 fight another day"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
Wealthy Women.

A list of the twenty-seven wealthiest
women in the United States Is published
IN which the first place is given to Mrs
Hettie Green, of New York, who is ched-
tied with a fortune of 1900, 900 in her
own right; Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett comes
next with $4,000, 600; Mrs Terry, $40, OO0-
900; Mrs Mark Hopkins, so, OO0, 600; Mrs.
Edwin Stevens, $4,000, 600 Mrs John c..
Green, Sl0.000OO0; Mrs. Cyrus H McCor-
mick, Of Chicago, SlO,OU.0O0; Mrs John
Jacob Aston, 100000; Mrs John Ray
Barton, Of Philadelphia, s700O0oo Mrs
Thomas y. Scott, widow of the railroad
president s5,00OOO0; Mrs. William Ar
mour, of Chicago, daughter of Suas Cobb
S5,000Oo0; while Mrs. Joseph Harrison,
Mrs Josephine Aver, Mrs Jane Brown,
Mrs w. f. Dodge and the daughters of
Francis A. DreXel, of Philadelphia, are
worth $4,O00.000 each; Mrs. Robert Goelet
and Mrs. Jay pay taxes on $1,000 coo
apiece 1t remains, however, for Mrs
Terry's baby daughter, not over years
old, TO distance all competitors with
wealth in her own right vaned at $780,
600 600
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Peculiar Marle na.hklrt.en

Her big and big hearted Aunt RomanoT
offended her particularly. After Maries
illness took on 50 grave "A form she would
allow no one, nurse or otherwise, in her
bedroom at night Her aunt therefore
made mp her mind that she would not go
TO bed herself, and for weeks at time
every night She stretched herself out on
mat in front Of Marie, door and spent the
night.
1t was quite pathetic to think of this
enormous, tender hearted woman stretched
out on her back smoking cigarettes
through the night hours aud listening
carefully to her beloved uicce's breathing,
ready at the least sound Of coughing to go
in and cover her mp under prctense Of hay
ing herself Just risen from bed,
Under these conditions it would not do
for the old aunt 10 be all dressed, as that
would excite Mario's suspicious Conse-
quently she slept on the door mat in her
night dress. One night, however, Nine
Komanoff's great crime of sleeping outside
the door was discovered by Marie, and then
there w;ls q tremendous time
Marie few into "a terrible rage. Woods
were quite inadequate to punish her aunt,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
rses of Femin!nc Photogranhs.

Women should always know the stand
ing Of the photographer to whom they en-
trust the negatives of their portraits They
should consider well his character and
manner of doing business before permitting
him TO make picture of them. The mega
tive once in his possession Of he is so dis
posed he has the means of causing them
great modification by using it for base
purposes
The head of some prominent woman is
cut from her picture and pasted on the
figure OF some notorious woman in unde
siral lie costume or position. This can be
done so neatly Us to defy detection. A few
touches of India ink will conceal the places
glass to discover them.
The picture IS then copied, and persons
as unprincipled as the operator are ready
to buy and show them as the picture of
Mrs ---- or Miss --, "a the case may
he. These transactions are carried on apart
from the ordinary work, and are not ex-
posed for sale to the general public, but
tho places where they are sold are known
to the purchasers of such vile frauds
One of the worst features Of the case is
the imposeibility of knowing how many OF
these counterfeits are aAoat in the com
munity. The fear of detection has prevent
ed this transaction from being done to any
great extent, but it has been done, and as
they are issued without the name or adj
dress of the publisher it is almost impUssi-
BILE to trace them to their soure.-A. Bo
gardus in Ladies Home Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
A CLASS OF LlTGRATL
A Claim That II Is Impossible in America
Under Present Conditions.

ttuei ileheif NOEtiiiOnh.
Is there literary ordcr-or, better, a
literary cia4s--lmonR u.s., ln the old days
of ''merPie tnGlsnd" the authors and Ne
viewers, even If they starved. had pride
in their profession and jealous guardian
ship of its pale. The Literary men of En-
gland today are better organized, more
sympat hetically attached to one another in
their literary work than are our own The
general principle of independent fighting
for reputation among American literary
people, from the humblest reviewer TO the
most privileged and honUred contributor
largely destroys the tendency to form n
literary standard or class, and one can
hardly exist without the other.
Our writers come from all professions
One of the brightest of our Mtter school of
poets is a banker and broker, daily attend
ing to his unpoetical occupation In the
most mGthOdical manner A certain few
live by literature, or find in the editorial
work Of journals, magazines and reviews
the support which literary work alone will
not bring them. Publishers ore beset with
more manuscripts than people will read IN
the next thousand years The art Of select
ing what is truly valuable becomes more
and more essential
A hundred amateur pens are scribblinC
where there was one a hundred year, ago.
How can a literary class he formed out Of
men SO diverse in occupation, with 1uauy
of whom literature is but Il diversion or
branch Of their businessf How can it be
formed out of the thousands Of claimants
who, for the honor that attaches TO the sci
ence of letters, are willing to riel, their
regulations on Crudities which the wits
and critics Of the Flizabethau age would
have destroyed with the caustic touch OF
satire and ridjculet
The tyros are innumerablo A literary
class, then, is practically driven ont of
question by sheer force of numbers, and Il
literary standard made almost impossible
for the Same reason. Yes au advance to-
ward the establishment Of literary fra
ternity is made in the successful meetings
of the American National Society Of His
torians, in the formation Of excellent "au-
thors' clubs' in New York and Boston, and
in the growing tendency Of writer's 20 en-
courage a literary comradeship. - Utica
Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
FOR THE ESPECIAL ENTERTAIN
MENT OF BRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS.
Directions for Making Self Acting
Swing that VIII Afford Much Enjoy
mcnt without Fear of injury
From Its breaking Down


The swing shu.A r2rraving was
described not long ago ~ correspondent
in the Springfield Homestead who says
hat il may he double acting or single, to
suit the fancy of the maker
The cross pieces (A) are spiked or bolted
TO the cap p b. This is n scantling six inches
~luare, or "a rustic log mortised to two up
rights of a like character TINT are at least
fifteen feet above ground. and should be get
N the ground from five to seven feet eThe
wing rope &c e. is fastened TO B, about
our inches inside Of the cross pieces A.
lhc rope is made of hree-eighth or one
BALI inch round iron. or old lightning rod
may be used.
I he ropes d d should be fastened about
'Ae foot from the nsin rope, and toward
sa eul of the stick A. They should be
a:ought down and passed through the
ale in the seat, directly opposite the ropes
. and two to three inches away from it,
hey must then be tied to the foot bar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
WOMAN AND HOME.
TIE PICTURESQUE ART OF ALWAYS
DRESSING PROPERLY.
Her Ono Fault-PocuIiar Marie Bash
Iirtson-'A simple Home Body"
American Girl students Abroad
thoo e Your Photog aphcr.

1t requires something more than long
purse end fashionable milliucr TO enable
one always TO be dressed just as one ought
to be The best dressed woman is by no
means always th- one who is arrayed with
the most spendor aud coatliness; and to
know how to dress according to the occa-
sion Is as much an art as 60 know how to
dress at oil In ones own home to out
dress oue's guests is a rudeness and an uu-
kindness: the house, the cquipage, the ret
iuue, the entouragc-the whole estab-
hshmcut, is there to speak for one; the
personal attire can be of the most modest.
One certainly would never revive the sin
gttlar French custom of receiving in ones
night dress aud in bed an atfectation of
simplicity which was really an extrava-
Cauce of luxury. since it served the pur-
pose of exhibiting profusion of rich laces
in curtains. coverlet, cap and drces and
general equipment, riyaling the spidar's
work, and worth a kings ransom; for,
apart from the indeicacy and improperly
OF that fashion. it is not wise to assume
any simplicity whose subterfuge can be
seen through
The dress that is not conspicuous with
dazzling nor an object of envy and yet fine
enough 70 show respect for ones guests, is
easily arranged by the woman who knows
how to dress at all. But, on the other
hand. an attire that - too modest is equally
ont of place on the guest, for 1t seems to
assume that the entertainment is inferior
and the COnvives of no consequence. it IS
better for the guest to be overdressed than
for the hostess better for the guest than
to he undordrrssed She need not feel I'M
comfortable if she has come in a dress out
shining that of every one else present,
since the worst that can be said of it is
that she thought the OCCASION worthy of ii.
But, in fact, the artist i'll dress will avoid
either Of these extremes, wearing nothing
too rich or too poor too fanciful and ms-
thetic. or too plain and coarse. Conspicu-
OH. dressing has been one OF the disorders
of the age and if the tailor made drea. had
not run into the region of CO-tlincss it
would have wrought wonders for women
of all grades The perfectly dressed WON
an causes no one to turn the head and
glance at her, unless for her charming en-
semble, but if by any accident the glance
Is arrested and fixed on her toilet then it
is seen to be faultleSs. Only in the private
depths of ones boudoir. where none but
iutimatos have access can any cccentrici-
ties of dress be INDUCED, and there one can
cultivate the picturesque at ones own
sweet will, if it is really worth while to
give the subject so much attention The
chief thing 70 remember is that a style of
dress becomes part of ones own person
ality, of ones individualism, and one would
always prefer that that should be pleasing
--Harpers BGzar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
How to Live Wen.

Lady Florence Dixie thus describes the
life of a certain woman she knows but
does not name. since childhood" She
says, ''she has always been an early riser
straight from her bed she plunges into a
cold tub, and energies theretrom warm and
glowing; she feels the blood cour,ing
through her veins and the rude health
which a good circulation always engen-
ders. That cold bath she never ne9ects:
summer Yr winter she welcomes it, Then
before breakfast & sharp wall, or perhaps
a quarter Of = miles quick run or two
mile course at slower pace or gallop
across country on horseback. Any of these
gives an appetite for breakfast Later on
she uses the dumhbells or Indian clubs, or
frequcnts the gymnasium. In all athletic
spor;s-rowing, riding, cricket, lawn ten
mis-, o;c.-she is at home, and some say is a
first class hand"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
Civilized IdioCy.

am not, rs a rule, an advocate Of cap
ital punishment, but | never 90 down the
poorly paved streets of western town
after spring thaw without feeling that if
| could only discover the wretched woman
who first originated and secured the sane
ton Of fashion TO the long walking skirts
now in'vogue it would afford me genuine
satisfaction to assist in the grim pleasan-
try Of Stretching her delicate limbs on the
inquisitorial rack and watching her by
slow torture eXpiate her crime. Ii there
is any one sight under heaven where u
sense Of the ludicrous borders closest on
commiscraCion it il to SOC u crowd Of faint
ana laundering, despatched, bedragged,
miserable women, plodding their weary
way along muddy, miry, SLOPPY dirty
streets dragging after them enough virgin
soil TO start kitchen garden.--Jenness
Miller Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01

Lucy Peters went to boarding school
with the determination to make herself be
loved by all ~ her schoolmatcs and teach
ers. Why should she not succeed She
looked in the glass and saw a bright, spark
ling faced girl with neat figure and quick,
graceful motions. She knew that she was
intelligent and good tempered; she was
confident that her Judgment was better
than that of most of her companions. Why
should she not become a favor;te and lead
cr among them,
When She entered the classroom for the
first time her eyes passed over her com
rades with a friendly but keen scrutiny
How that girl dawdlo, over her desk!
She never ha, learned how to study.
must show her Curls do not become that
Grl'a face. When | know her l shall adj
wise her to wear her hair plain
vt the end Of three years Lucy Peter, re-
turned home Her father came for her,
and listened 10 the report Of her progress
which the principal laid before him Your
daughter Ia. studied faithfully. She has
stood usually at he head of her class. she
said coldly. Ssh. is a girl of high prin-
ciplcs.
You have found her affcctionate and
eager 10 please said Mr., Peters auXiously.
ayes"
Bat tine praise was cold, and the teacher
apparently wa- well pleased to take leave
of her admirable pupil. Mr. Peters OBJ
served too. that her schoolnates showed
no grief at parting with Lucy
Have you no intimate friend whom YOU
would like to visit YOU" lac asked These
girls appear to be fond Of each other"
They are not fond Of me-" said Lucy
sadly
Her home was in California She had
not seen il for three years. Her mother
and the other children received hcl with
joy and warm affection; bat at the end of
week the household was in "A state of in
surrection The oldest boy complained
Loudly to LIS mother.
SISTER Lucy WON'T let me alone. She
said my cravat- were ugly. and She did not
want me to wear them. she calls my friend
Jim vulgar and in,ultcd him, and she is
occurring me all day long
The maids soon began to complain.
"Mi-s Lucy found fault with everything
that was done They could NOT stay to be
bos,ed by her. and SO it was all through
the nous mold.
4 year or two later she married. feel
ing of relief came over the household Her
husband was triumphant in the treasure
he had won.
Poor fellow" said her father "a they
drove away. Lucy has but one fault. but
how many women make wretched house
Holds with that cn'-Youth's Companion
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4 misunderstanding.

They halted in the street to shake hands,
and one Of them said:
We'll, the storm SEEMS
The other broke away and started off at
a rapid gait, leaving No looking after
him in blank establishment Five or SIX
hours later they happened to meet again,
and No. ! said:
Look here. | want to know what allied
you this morning
You began about the storm"
What Of it, Hndu' We had storm and
hasn't it cleared up
Oh. you mean the recent Storm"
"Cortainly.'
Yesterdays storm"
"Ot course
Then | beg your pardon for my rude
ness. ! thought YOU were going to speak
aDopt a storm which occurred way back
forty or fifty years ago, whom you first
came into the state All. this is different,
and l shall be delighted to hear you fully
express yourself Let's 60 in somewhere
and You tell me all about it.n-Detroit
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