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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Driving Away Rats.

II any one has house that is over
run with rats he can get rid of them in
a very cheap and simple manner.
Catch full grown rat in a wire cage,
then tie little sleigh bell about his
neck and let him go. There is nothing
in the world as timid as rats. They will
fee from the rat with the bell, and with
in two days you will not find rat on
your premises. You may hear, how
ever, of a haunted house somewhere
else in the neighborhood, where mys-
terious tinkling of bell is heard in the
walls at the dead of night. New York
Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Equal to the Occasion.

Boston Thief assure you my Of
fense was but the result Of a slight
mental alteration occasioned by the
gastric emotions that arose from my be-
coming cognizant of the existence Of an
unprotected aggregation Of nutritivs
substances in my immediate vicinity.
Boston Cop-In that case suppl.
cate your pardon and trust you will not
think too harshly Of me for having
abraded the epidermis Of your peri.
cranium by the sudden propulsion
against il OF my ligneous wand Of Office.
Town Topics.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Bridging the Sea.

This, the last decade of the Nine
teenth century, will probably see the
commencement, If not the completion,
of one of the most gigantic engineering
operations ever undertaken by men
the bridging of the English channel.
The scheme for a tunnel under the
Straits of Dover appears to have been
indefinitely abandoned. This being the
case, NJ. Hardque, the French engineer,
and William II. Northcote, the English
bridge builder, have put their heads to-
gether for the purpose of devising a
plan for throwing a bridge across the
strait almost exactly over the line pro-
posed by the tunnel company, which
viii be from Folkestone, on the En-
glish side, to Cape Grisnaz, France, by
the way of varne and the Calbart, two
reefs much dreaded by all channel and
strait navigatos.-St. Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Cyciamen Growing Rare.

The prefect Of Savoy has recently
prohibited the gathering of the cycla
men in the woods of his department
Notwithstanding It's abundance In the
locality this beautiful plant has beer
threatened with total extinction frou
the enormous numbers gathered each
year for sale In the markets Of Cham
berry and Aix-les- Bains. II Is the old
story; collectors are everywhere; and
the edelweiss and possibly the primrose
viii soon become rare, II not extinct
Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Experiment with Ropes and Wires.


Some interesting experiments have
been made by French engineer to as.
certain definitely the strength, extensi.
bility and elasticity Of round and fiat
ropes of hemp and aloe, and of iron
and steel wire. In these investigations
there were employed horizontal by.
draulic press and weighing apparatus
consisting of a steel yard and sliding
weight by which tension of 100, 00C
pounds could be recorded, and for
higher pressures gauge on the body
of the press was used. Specimens were
fastened by winding each end on a
grooved pulley of special construction,
the usual length of the specimens being
thirteen feet.
The result Of all the tests gave for
the average tensile strengths OF ropes
the following: White hemp, 10, 500 to
1l,200 pounds per square inch; tarred
hemp, 200 to S,4O0; white manila,
$500 to 10000; white aloes, $500 to
1000; fat tarred hemp and manila,
$500 to s,400. A factor Of safety OF
four, or even three In some cases, IA
considered safe rope. A rope of I'M
annealed wire has an ultimate strength
Of about 55, 900 pounds per square inch
of section of metal. When annealed
the ultimate strength Is reduced to
about $4,000 pounds; but the elonga-
ton is nearly doubled, being nearly 10
to Is per cent. In annealed wire. The
best wire ropes for mining purposes
have a much higher tensile strength
New York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
A TWO SIDED BILL.
It Created q Tremendous Sensation In the
Treasury Department.

II Created Tremendous Sensation in the
Treasury Department.
There was received at the treasury
department one of the most peculiar
bank notes ever seen among the millions
upon millions of currency notes printed
by the government. 1t was a $50 note
or a $40 note, just according to which
side was up, for by some remarkable
mistake the one side was printed with
the figures and devices of a SEQ bill,
while the other had all the figures and
devices of $40 bill.
The note was returned TO the treas.
ury by the cashier of the First Wash.
ington National bank Of Jersey City,
who sent il with rather sarcastic note,
intimating that his bank was not going
into the freak business, and added that
as the treasury had counted that bill
for SEQ he would trouble them to send
him an ordinary $40 note. The affair
created sensation, for no one had even
seen such a wonderful note before.
The matter was referred to the depart.
ment of issue, from which the note had
been sent out to the Jersey City bank.
The mistake was promptly corrected
and an immediate investigation begun.
The investigation was prosecuted
with vigor, and Gen. Meredith found
the cause of the trouble. 1t seems that
.hs four notes printed on sheet are
not all of one denomination. There
are always three of one kind and the
fourth of another; thus, in this case,
three tens and a twenty. 1t was an
easy task to learn just when this bun
die had been printed, and by which
plate printers. They were examined,
and it developed that one sheet Of foul
notes. after having been printed on one
side, had fallen of the bundle to the
floor. The assistant who picked il up by
some unfortunate oversight turned the
sheet upside down when she placed il
on the bundle.
The rest is easily understood. Thi.
sheet was printed ON the second side
with 20-face on the reverse of ten,
and one of the three l0-face on the re.
verse of the one 20 of the steel Hence
there were two 80 POS" in the lot.
Thus the mistake was corrected. But nc
good explanation was Offered, or can
be offered, why these two bills passing
through score of hands, each one OF
whom is supposed to examine every bill
most carefully. should not have been
discovered.
Every person In the bureau who
handles note Is held responsible in
the strictest way. and it is almost in.
credible that none of these people
should have discovered the mistake.
In the department of issue are not less
than six counters, Whose business it has
been for years to count the notes be.
fore issuing them to the banks. They
are considered the most expert counters
In the world, and yet all six of these
wonderful experts allowed such bill
to pass through their hands. No trace
has been found of the second hybrid,
90 that 1t must be wandering around
the country. The two notes will be
kept In the treasurer's Office as curios.
tiles. Baltimore Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18

A man once advertised that for five
shillings he would give any author an
idea for his book that would enable
him to dispose Of his first edition in a
week. He received several sums Of
five shilllngs each, and none Of the au-
thors ever denied that he had fulfilled
his promise. lie advised that the word
gratis should be stamped on every
COVER
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
UNCERTAINTY.

Uncertainty Is written high
And low on Natures scroll,
Yet e'er sublime philosophy
nerrs's unto the soul:
Tly bourne is far above the sky.
Where namelcss glories roll;
Blesi heir NJ all eternity,
The end Is not uncertainty,
It's the celestial goal.
Uncertain as fltful dream
Are fortune, fame and power,
Whose hollow honors ilaunt and gleam
And fail the passing hour
Uncertain every human scheme;
But, thou. immortal flower.
Shall bloom throughout eternity;
The soul knows no uncertainty,
Though rude Times tempests lower.
When Earth itself her course hath run.
And DER our race shall fall
No more the sheen Of star or sun,
Blind Ruin spreads It's pail;
Thou seraph soul, loved ling ring one,
Shall 'scape deaths broken thrall,
Exultaut and eternally
Triumphant DER uncertainty,
Where spirit voices call
Chicago Saturday Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18

II is calculated that n range of noun.
tains consisting Of 17G cubic miles Of
solid rock falling into the sun would
only maintain the heat for single
second; a mass equal to that Of the
earth would maintain the heat fc- only
Dinety-three years. and a mass equal TO
that Of the sun itself falling into the
sun would afford 33,O0O,OO0 years Of
snn heat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Another Story Of collars and CufFs."

AuVsueT SNOIy VI NOHf8rb buu Cuubs
Prince Albert Victor, second son of
the Prince of Wales, commonly known
- collars and Cuffs" was royster-
ing blade at school. When he was short
of money, as was often the case, he
would write to his august grandmother
to help him out of his dilemma. The
queen always answered his appeals for
aid with Kind letter of advice, but no
money. On such occasions Albert Vic
tor would go out into the campus and
sell the queens autograph letter to the
highest bidder A large number of En-
glish families have such letters in their
possession. San Francisco Argonaut.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18

According to The London Times Jere-
miah Lynch's book, Egyptian sketch
es," published in London, has created a
furor among foreign Eeyptologists, and
taken It's place as classic and standard
work on the land of the Pharaohs.
Mr.. Lynch is an American business
man, living in San Francisco, who
spends much of his time in study.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18

They tell Of an engineer ON the New
Jersey Central railroad who is one Of
those men who, no matter what the
provocation Is, never use swear words.
In an accident his locomotive was
smashed all to pieces. The engineer
walked around the wreck, gazed at IL
mournfully, paused. and calculated,
"Oh. iiddle!"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18

A Cusetta, Ga, man drove into and
through a clump Of bee gums. He and
his mule were sung nearly to death,
grave fears being entertained as TO
their recovery. II IL estimated that
the man received 2, 900 stingx
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
Famed for 20 Years
.zzzesze9
H&s<S
Commi ssioners

We the undenigned Banks and Bankers will pay
all Prizes drsvn In The Louisiana State Lotteries
which may be presented st our counters:
RM.wALMSLEY, Pres Louisiana Nat. Bank.
PIERRE LANAUx, Pres, State Nat. Bank
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat. Bank
CARL KOHN. Pres. Union National Bank.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-18
AGENTS WANTED.

For Club Rates. or any further information de
sired. write legiby TO the unde rigned clearly stst
Ing YOUR residence. with state. County street an,
Number. More rapid return mail delivery will b
assured by your enclosing an Envelope hearini
your full address,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

There are thousands of little courtesies
that should not be lost sight of in the
cruel candor of marriage. The secret of a
great social success is 10 wound no ones
self love. The same sec-et will go far
toward making marriage happy. Many a
woman who would consider it an unpar-
donable rudeness not to listen with an air
of interest to what mere acquaintance is
saying will have no least scruple in show
ing her husband that. his talk wearies her.
OF course the best thing il when talk does
not weary-when two people are SO unified
in taste that whatever interests the one is
of equal interest DO the other. but this can
not always BIZ the case, even in a happy
marriage and Is 1t not better worth while
to take the small trouble of paying court
eous attention to the one who depends on
you for his daily happiness than even to
bestow this courtesy on the acquaintance
whom it is transient pleasure to please:
journal of Health.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
Tho Wpll Ercl Girl.

\ well bred girl thanks the man who
gives her a seat in the street car and does
ii in a quiet and not in an etfusive way.
She does not declare that she never rides in
street cars. She does not accept a valuable
present from any man unless she expects to
marry him. She doesn't talk loud in pub
lie places. She doesn't shove or push to
get the best seat, and she doesn't wonder
why in the world people carry children in
the cars, and why they permit them to cry
She does not speak of her mother in sar-
castle way, and she shows her the loving
Difference that is her due.
She doesn't try to be man, and she
doesn't try to imitute him by adopting
masculine dress and manners. She doesn't
say she hates women, and she has some
true good friends among them She doesn't
wear boots without their buttons on, or q
frock that needs mending. She doesn't
scorn the use of the needle, and expects tc
make clothes for very little people who vii
be very dear to her.-Home Queen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

The fire should be made up'every night,
at or 10 o'clock, by placing four or five
pounds of coal evenly on the top of it; over
This about seven pounds of very small coal
or coal dust should be spread; and over the
whole about four pounds of fine, coal ash
should be strewed, and pattt>l fiat with the
shovel Such fire will burn all through
the night without any a,tenf'~n, and in
the morning the resulting cake of ash and
coal dust can be broken up, producing a
bright blaze The addition IF a little fresh
coal, with light strewing of ashes on the
surface, will keep the fire in Throughout
the day. 1t is calculated that by this
method fourteen pounds of house coal and
seven pounds of coal dust or pit screening
will keep large bedroom at an average
temperature of IS degS for twenty -fouI
hours. Another advantage is that almost
smok eless fires result, since the layer OF
superimposed ashes appears to filter the
smoke which passes through it. retaining
all the particles of solid carbon. --Cassell' S
MAgaZine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
The Business Woman.

The typical business woman of today is
an object Of admiration to men and of won
der to members of her own sex. Men
would not marry her, but they enjoy hob
nobbing with her ard drawing out her
ideas, which are generally novel. If they
are not always thought practical it il he.
cause other women, who have not been
real business women, have created lack
of confidence in tine minds of men.
The typical business woman likes men
and talks to them like brothers. When she
is talking, if she happens to be seated, she
turns sideways on the c1lair, crosses her
legs and places one arm akimbo on the
back; when standing she crooks her 81
bows and, with a quick little movement OF
her thumbs, she places them i'll the imagin
airy armholes of her maEinGry waistcoat
She is almost always good hearted, has
ready sympathies and, if she acquires mon
ey, puts her hand in her pocket to help the
needy with more than manly alacrity.-
New York Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

There is still another room where one
can get an idea of Mrs. Harrisons house.
keeping. 1t is the linen closet on the sec.
ond floor. The linen was formerly kept in
the damp closets in the stewards room,
but Mrs Harrison noticed one day that
there could he "A closet amply large made
behind the elevator and she had the space
walled in, shelves built. and now The
White House has a matchless linen closet
1t is under the care of Josephine, Mrs
Harlison's maid, and Whit of it is like q
breath from meadow in May, for it is
kept SO clean and sweet. Ever thing is
initiated with ~. s. in white linen, al
though one set of napkins has the initial,
in white, with faint line of red. The
napkins are all yard square and of the
finest damask Mrs. Harrison has added
to the stock since she has been in The
White House. and there Is one set of din
ner linen that was used at the first state
dinner that is as fine and soft as silk
Washington Letter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
The New Way of Serving Tea.

At ultra tea parties tea is brewed indi
vidually in each cup but the latest within
is to have the tea apportioned in little
fancy tarletan bags just large enough to
hold tho brewing for one cup. These little
bags are placed ON silver dish beside the
kettle or urn. A bag is tossed into IA cup
and when the aroma is extracted it is pulled
ont by n thread attached or lifted from the
cup with small silver tongs and dropped
into the slop bowl. The fancy Of brewing
tea at the table is becoming very general,
and is a far more healthy and economical
way than stepping il on the stove for any
convenient period Exchange.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
The Ideal Sanitary House.

The picture of Tie ideal a@nit@ry house
Is II pleasing one The house will s;9nI
facing the san, ON q Cry soil, IL a wide,
clean, amply severed, substantially" paved
stree, over Il deep, thoroughly ventilated
md lighted cellar The for OF the cellar
will be cemcntcl. the walls and ceiling
rlastcred and thickly whit"Nnshed with
lime every year, that the house may no.
aGt as a chimney TO draw into its cham
bers heterogeneous from the earth.
Doors and windows will lie generous in
size, so as to admit of plenty OF air. The
outside walls, if of wood or brick, will be
kept thickly painted, not to sh,t ont he
air, but for the sake of drynoss.
The inside walls will ba ptHStcred
smooth. painted and vanished. Interior
wood work, including floors, will BE var
nished. Movable rugs, which can be shas~
en- daily in the open aiS-nOt at the DOCS
or ont Of the windows-wiil cover rhe
floors White linen shades. which must
be clean or they become unsi ghtly, will
protect the windows. The furniture will
be plain, without upholstery. Mattresses
will be covered with oiled silk; blankets,
sheets and spreads-no comforts or quilts
will constitute the bedding. There will
be as little plumbing as possible, and what
there is will be exposed. The hot air fur
mace which heats the rooms will take its
supply from above the top of the house in
stead of the cellar, and, we are told, the
Spring" cleaning will be twice year
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
WOMAN AND HOME.
HOW THE GRADUATE OF TO-DAY
DIFFERS FROM THE OLD STYLE.
Ways in VIII ch salt Can DO Utilized.-The
Ideal Sanittry Bousc-H How to Cool
water without Ice Edmund Rus
sell on Dress \ Bedroom Fire.

\ sGlnce tito.. .l some of the commence
.. Programmes of Nassar college and
Il i.OlyoNc seminary of twenty years
both amusing and significant. In half
.,t,e Essays ran upon such topics as
.rle Woman's Mission" Dreams"
.,.l. ""Thc True Home" Patriotism"
o.. ,sons from the Stars" and others
81 : @ sentimental nature. But bless the
pc.r practical soul of the young woman
Of today! What has she to tell the world
when she stands in her white gown on the
graduation platform? Read the papers and
you will see that she is interested in such
topics as these, which were offered at an
uptown school a night or two ago: "The
Business Woman plea for n fuller bust
ness education for women; THE National
Flower, THE Advantages of Novel Read
Ing, "The Giants Shoulders" which was
thoughtful consideration of the practical
reforms of the present day.
The sentimental young woman, charm
ing and sweet as she was, has given way to
n creature no less charming and sweet be-
cav" stead of having her eyes turned al
va =. ,,p 20 the stars She has them coolly
but he!pfully fixed upon the affairs of men
aud nations, and none the less graceful and
pleasing because in place of having mind
that yearns toward The True Woman
Mission" she has definite and decided
o,l.ous upon the business rights of wo-
m,n, or the possibilities of what in Boston
iscal.cI "Christian Socialism. New York
Evening sun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
Memories In an Old Dress Even.

Who has not felt rush of recollection
at the sight of a cast of garment worn
once in a fife's crisisi / know woman,
rather unromantic and unsensational the
world says. who. deep down in an old
trunk, keeps dingy, girlish gown of cheap
gray serge and cotton velvet. She wouldn't
wear such q common thing nowadays, and
she conldn't get into it if she would. What,
then, does she keep it forf Her stylish
daughters certainly would never don it.
No; but sometimes she takes that ugly
little dress ont, and with it the memory OF
tall, blueeyed, golden haired lover, whose
strong right arm has encircled its dingy
waist,
Her husband is short and swarthy.
What of thats This is only q memory, and
there Is no SIN In the ghost Of recc,lecti
.--Chicaao Mail
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20
That Far A way Look.

a London paper describes Miss Clara
Ward, Of Detroit the bride of Prince Joseph
de Chimay, as a beauty of the first nagni-
tude-tall, shaped like a goddess of Phidias,
and having features of faultless regularity.
Moreover, it assures us that she is not in
siPid, but rather a Byronic than a Sin du
steele phyaioQnomy, and that there is a
touch Of George Sands early heroines in
her eyes, which express above everything
the habit of day dreaming and of Cooking
out on vast eXpanses OF water or land
scapes. -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

There is no reason why there should
not be a thousand crude water jugs to
every expensive one. The main outlay
need be only a few cents the rest liberal
expenditure of gumption applied to hea-
then principles. The people of Japan de-
pend for their drinking water upon their
thousands of good wells The dwellers in
the cities, when possessed OF unlimited
means, have porcelain filters and water
coolers, through which they obtain pure,
fresh water of a not unpleasant ternpera-
ture. For the poorer Glasses Japan fur
nishes a filter which costs about six or
seven cents. 1t IL a bracket like arrange
ment containing sand and Is most effloa-
Cious IN cleansing the water Of the dust
which settles on Japan in clouds.
Early in the morning, before the sun ID
up, the Japanese go out and draw water
for use during day. This is filtered
through the seven cent sand filter OIL
through twenty-five cent charcoal ma
chine and then slowed away, closely Gov
cred in wooden pals or pottery Jars, In the
coolest place that can be found.-New
York World.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

My dear girls. keep yourselves looking
as sweet and dainty as possible. Never
undcrvalue the cha~m of an agreeable ap
pcarance 1t is the most delightful letter
of introduction that can be given to a
stranger, and there is no reason in the
world why every woman should not be
pleasant to look upon. \ famous woman
once sad: There are no ugly women;
there are only women who do not under
stand how to make themselves beautiful "
This is absolutely true. So the right thing
for you to do is to sit down, think it over
and make yourself the charming example
that points the moral of this.-Ladics'
Home Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

Women have most of their dentistry
done before marriage Men do not give
them the credit they deserve in this If
women were AS selfish as they are charged
they would wait until they were married
and nave the husbands pay the bills When
a young woman comes in here | know she
is going to marry. have seldom failed in
my guess \ young beauty was here the
other day who was $40 customer | knew
her WELL and when the work was over
asked
when is the wedding to take place"
She bushed and replied, "Who told you
anything about it?"-Intervew in Chicago
Tribune