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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
Navy Desertprs.

A visitor to the flagship of the North At
latte squadron, the cruiser Philadelphia,
while the ship was being repaired at the
navy yard, was taken in tow by very
bright young seaman aud shown over the
whole vessel in IA style which could not
have been cXcelled by a full fledged lieu.
tenant. Jacky was very attentive and not
only volunteered the fullest information
upon the working Of the great guns and
the machinery, but ANTICIPATED many Ques-
tions about the sailors life and the crew
and himself in particular. He told how at
the age of seventeen-he was now twenty
three-hc had incurred the displeasure OF
his father and had run away from home to
20 on the road as variety stage perform
en- After while the father, learning his
whereabouts, captured him and forced him
to enter the navy as an apprentice. His
cleverness with the banjo stood him in
good stead and he was known among his
mates as minstrel" But the seafari ny
life i'll suited the lively splcited young fel
low, and he told the visitor he meant TO
jump the ship as soon as he got good
chance for employment ashore.
The manner OF the sailor left no doubt
hut that he was fishing for something
either in the way of position or a recon-
mendation to some wealthy metropolitan
business man who would employ him.
The sailors of the navy frequently employ
this means of getting places on shore, and
as soon as they yet good and ready they
strike cut for liberty without regard to
any small consideration like the compile
ton of their terms of service. Desertera
from the navy aud marine corps are seldom
captured, and, indeed, some of them drift
back to the service and re-enlist under diff
ferent names without being apprehended
Brooklyn Eagle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
One Shop Gir1's Experience.

began life's battle when fourteen years
D age, procuring employment as bundle
;rl In one Of our large dry goods establish
ments.
gradually advanced until reached the
height OF ones ambition in such places,
that Of "saleslady." My education, being
nothing to speak OF, made but very little
difference, az made as many sales as any
y the girls In tho department, which
means In the dry goods business;
you'll be kept"
Well, ] was kept, but bad I remained
there till now, which is over year, guess
would have to be kept on Ice, or think
would melt with conoeit.
But one dull, rainy day, while tagging
the stock, had kind Of premonition,
as 1t were, that was going to live for 100
years, and thinking perhaps such might
be the case, began to think Of my future.
didn't stop to think twice. i at once re-
signed As saleslady. and, just think Of it,,
became domestic.
had occasion to go into the shop one
day, it being my day out" and my former
shopmates would hardly speak to me, al
though never had a cross word with any
of them while working with them, and
right here let me say the whole trouble
was l had become a oliver out" which in
every shop girls estimation is crime.
don't think tia crime, and don't think
Young man in search of II first class wife
does; of course, mean q man who works
for living and makes enough pay TO sup
port a wife, not one of those el1eminatc
creatures that come in the dry goods store;
and make you very weary; that is, il you
are . sensble girl.
c. &C. al
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
uNhihition suits "to Order"

IA Ann street tailor and an indignant
iud persistent customer developed new
,chemr the othvr day. Hanging in the
show window was one OF those lovely ex
hbitiun suits OF clothes one sees almost
everywhere, with card simply setting
forth the chcHuuess ITO order" The
:hance customer saw it, entered and ex.
pressed Il desire to- get Il suit oil the same
piece. The loqIHcious salesman declared
that they had such a run on the goods he
Material was eXhnused, but assured the
customer that lac firm had an interest in a
large mantiuctory and more would he or
dcrcd at once. A sample WAS shown, and
the price was way below the cost of such
goods elsewhere Measures were duly
taken, and the customer was required to
deposit five dollars.
In few days the latter called, and was
informed that it would he impossible to
get the, goods right away, but he was given
the choice of some other goods, which are
BETTER" said the salesman, but owing to
your disappointment we'll put em in at
the same figure" The customer saw the
new articles were not rs good and straight
way demanded his money back He WIS
refused. The five dollars was for measure
ment, it was asserted, and would be for
the customer ragged. lie went to the Tombs
for warrant, but this was refused also.
lie was told to bring a civil suit.
Taking detective he went down to the
store to get the names Of the real pro-
prietors. The salesman declared he was
merely the Manager but promised the
officer the money would be refunded.
Afterward to the customer himself il was
a9ain refused. No names could be obtained
on which to base the civil suit, and after
spending about twenty dollars the out
ragged customer gave it up as "a bad case
All this from the exhibition suit. How
many victims of this kind are bagged with
out publicity of struggle is a matter for
speculation. The exhibition suit is not,
however, for in three cases out of five in
quiry within will elicit the same statement
that the material Of which that particu-
lar suit is made is 'iust out" but that
something can he had for the same money.
The exhibition suit is usually the apples on
top of the barrel. Moral: When you get n
good honest tailor better stick to him and
let strange goods alone.-New York Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

at has been demonstrated more than
once that the gastric juice in the stom-
ach will digest anything living" re-
marked a physician. 81 do not believe
the stories you often see in the news
papers about snakes and other animals
existing for months in the stomachs of
men. If you swallow a small reptile
while drinking water from spring, in
due course of time will wager that the
creature will become part and parcel of
You through digestion and assimilation.
have experimental with IL dog in
rather cruel way, but it proves my as
serllon. once cut into dogs side and
placed the ear of live rabbit in the
stomach. Several hours afterward the
end OF the ear was gone, as if it had
been cut off with a sharp knife. The
gastric juice had pulyerized it. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
Simple but Effective.

A certain skillful practitioner had a
number of charity patients, whom he
faithfully attended as occasion required
expecting and receiving only such reward
as comes from the comfort of doing good.
Among these patients was old Martha, It
well preserved relic of "befo' de wah.'
Being up to all the ways of her white
neighbours she took the ''grippe,' and i'm
medately sent for her medical adviser.
"Why, Aunt Martha, you don't mean to
tell me that you're under the weather"
Use away undah it, doctah, away I'M
dab it,"
"Well what is it?'
II doan know what it is, doctah, but |
got it pow'ful bad
The doctor readily comprehended the
trouble, and writing out the proper pre-
scription he gave it to the excellent but
aching Martha and told her to put it in a
tumbler of water, stir it well each time
and take u teaspoonful three times day
Then, assuring her that he would look
after her attcntively, he departed.
The next day he found his patient much
improved, and by the third day she was in
an advanced stage of convalescence.
"Oh, doctah," she exclaimed, "yo' med
'cine am simply pow'ful. stir it and take
it jes' like you say, and feel better eDery
time"
Well said he, perhaps you won't
need any more. Let me see how much you
have left"
Old Martha numbered across the room,
and brought from the shelf tumbler half
full of water
"Why, whats this?' lie inquired.
"Why, dat, doctah, is the medicine yo'
lef' me, and | WAS very cahful to stir it
every time jes' like you say
eyes; well, Martha don't believe you'll
require any more of it: the fact is, didn't
know myself how powerful it was And
fishing out his prescription, which was
rather the worse for its three days bath, he
went away impressed with the belief that
the mysteries o. medicine had not halt
been told.-Youth's Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

The carrier pigeon when travelling never
feeds Ii the distance be long it flies on
without stopping to take nutriment, and
at last arrives thin, exhausted and almost
dying. If corn he presented it refuses to
eat, contenting itself with drinking alittle
water and then sleeping. Two or three
hours later il begins to eat with great
moderation, and sleeps again immediately
afterward. II its flight has been very pro
longed the pigeon will proceed in this man.
ner for forty eight hours before recovering
its normal mode of feeding London Tit,
Bits
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

Mrs, George j. Gould, who was Miss
Edith Kingdom, is a famous young house
keeper She cares nothing for society, but
deYotes all her time to her husband, her
children and her home. She does all her
own marketing, knows how to select good
joint, and, better still, knows how to cook
it. Mrs. Gould is the wife of the prospect
lively richest man in America. She has
millions at her command, yet she does not
squander a penny Her husband gives her
"A fixed income for household expense and
liberal allowance each year for clothing
She keeps a little book in which is set
down the sums Of money she receives and
spends, and once each month she balances
it, pays all bills, and begins "A new account.
She purchases every piece of clothing worn
by her children, and often makes special
article of wear for them herself. Mrs.
Gould is a firm believer that all wives
should have II fixed allowance from their
husbands for household aud clothing eN.
penses. 1t may be much or little, just as
the husband can aiford.-Ladies' Homo
Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

Writing of women college graduates,
somebody inquiries "What do they know
of domestic ecomonyY' Many of them
know great deal about it, much more
than they could had they not been at col
lcge. a large proportion of the students
in such schools were home assistants before
they went TO college, and were not ashamed
to say that they could prepare meal,
make bed, sweep "A floor and keep house
tolerably vel. -IIousekeeper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

Asubtle lus'er distinguishes all diamonds
found in alluvial soil Hold up what Is
commonly called the pigeon blood" ruby
ty the side of an inferior one and the differ
ence will be obvious. Ii is the same with
emeralds and the peacock blue sapphires.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
HANDY HORSE BOOK.

A complete manual for
horsemen. embracing
How to Breed, Buy.e
Train, Use, Feed. Drive,
and How to Ride a
Horse. Il also gives tho
symptoms. causes and
cures of all known horse
diseases. 1t is inval-
liable when horses are
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ROBINSON CRUsOE.

This well-kpoyn book may BE- ranked az the most
popular standard jnyehiie book over printed. rhn
E1asd In l7ls The Foundation for the story s sup.
posea 70 be based on the real adventures Of Aoxai-
OF DeFscl gives the following account Of Seliirk
ana bis adysptures He was born at Largo. in tho
education, was put to his fathers business, which
WAS that OF q shoemaker. Being spoiled child, ho
much nneasiness to his ,parsntsi whilst an early
propensity to the rendered his employ ment irk-
some. At length he suddenly left home and was
not hoard from for six years. III l7oA, while on a
voyage extending into the Pacific ocean, Selkirl<
engaged in violent quarrel with his comma nder,
and resolved upon leaving the ship at the first oppor
tunity, which occurred when the ship stopped ut
the uninhsbited island Gf Juan Fernandez, Tor
repairs Upon this island he lived by himself for
1our years anu four months Whether the story IS
founded upon the Hd, cntures Of elkirk not ii il
one that everybody reads with great interest. Our
edition has recently been greatly improved by the
addition of now ILLUSTRATIONS and handsome new
cover, in bright culots. This improved edition was
especially prepared for this scAton. Tho work ia
complete In one volume Of $50 pages.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

attacked with diseases requiring prompt .tten-
ton in districts remote from veterinary surgeons be-
cause it enables anv ono to doctor their own horse
~ contains large number Of Illustrations. No ono
who owne or uses horse should fail to have a copy
Of this book. The veterinary department edited
BY DR.. A. I, Wilson, who was in active practice for
them Plans for Stables. Care and Management
Of Colta, breeding Control Of Sex, Age as shown by
Cramps. Crilbiug Curb Distemper Blindness, Food
end Drink, boots, Lqmeness, Rheumatism, Rupture,
Worme, Sprnin. Ringbone, SPAWN and over 2h1
other subjects Of geat value to all owners Of horses
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
PILGRIMS PROGRESS.

By John Bunysn. This; is new and large edition.
complete, printed with large, new type. Contains
many handsome illustrations 900 pages. In
handsome colorcd paper cover with gilt lettering.
Bunyan IL Acknowledged as the most popular re-
igous writer ia the FL glieh language, It is said
that copies of "Pilgrlm's Progress" have been
sold than any other book except the Bible. OF Bum
yam, Lord Mncsulny haH written This 10 tho
highest racic Of genius, that the i'm aginatons of
one mind should become the personal recollectons
OF another; and this mtrucle the tinker has
ing place. turnstle. with which we are not
perfectly acquainted" This ia we'll said and it IA
true. The "figrim's Progress is Of the hest
known books Of human origin. II lie household
book Ncn love to retrace the steps of this journey.
to revisit the familiar scenes of the wondrous pill
prinage and 10 live over again the experiences Of
the pilgrim. Tho Dreamer rests himself in his dreary
prison house and AZ he sleeps he the outline Of
Il Vision. md whether il bv In his sleeping his
waking moments. tits truo that Heaven hath some
howdrawn aside the veil and revealed and
"eyo hath not seen" permitting this r-sighted
man to look Through golden vistss into Heaven"
future ns Te'h hero 81 the neaorys burdcned eaan
clothed with rags, weeping because of thrce ened
woe pronounced hy the Book that ia in his hand He
dwells in the City Of Destruction. He reveals his
sorrows and nDyeties to his wife and family, but
finds sympathy there; and failing 10 obtain
coInpa nonshp on the henvenward road, he starts
alone upon this spiritual Journey. This new edition
offered tor the frat time and is sure to please
Nee 5.Li1insis. a.,1 Contain Neany
COY .,"'tv t. 0-,:r:. GoCs2 E:,.Jks.
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= GOOD BOOKS FREE.

Any ONE of the books will be mailed free premium
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THE MODERN COOK BOOK.

dreds of t h 9
newest hest and
nost practical
recipes Of this
progressive age,
all of il set in
new and large
type, and I h o
W h ole b 90 k
handsomely il
Illustrated 1t has
a beautiful il
Illuminated Gov
er and is an
elegant and ad-
mtrahly mr..
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09

In outward appearance the Wends are
throughout a powerful, healthy and
muscular race, whose men are coveted
for the CONSUMPTION. The first Ma
poleon's famous "Bouchers Saxons"-
the Saxon dragoons-were nearly all
Wends. And in the present day it is
the Wends who contribute the lions
share of recruits to the Saxon household
regiments. Their women are priced
throughout Germany as nurses. They
are all well built, well shaped, rich in
muscle and nimble in motion, like the
Laced@monian women of old. Next
to stature, the most distinctive external
feature of the race is their national
dress, which. rs in most similar cases,
survives longest and in its most charac-
teristic form among women. AS be-
tween different districts it varies very
markedly, but throughout it has some
common eatures.-Fortnightly Review
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09
Is Man an Electrical Battery?

He is, says Du Raymond, the
learned professor of physiology in Ber-
lin, who has been experimenting along
this line of investigation, as only a Ger
man can, ever since 1S41. Other men
almost equally learned and scientific
have come to the same conclusion, so
there is no doubt about it. The ines
Unable value that the frog has been to
modern physiological science is demon
strated anew here. What in fact would
modern physiological science have been
without the frog? His eye, his heart,
his foot, and finally the muscles of his
tidbit of a thigh have all been utilized
to discover what kind of processes are
going on in the inwards of the human
being, where science cannot direct its
knife and microscope, at least while the
person is alive.
So experiments on frogs legs and eyes
showed that electrical currents passed
through their muscles. There are two
exceedingly delicate instruments-one a
sensitive galvanometer," the other a
capillary electrometer"-w which showed
the variations of electrical currents in
a frogs heart and muscles when they
had been injured. The next step was to
apply the instruments to the human be-
ing. All muscles in health contain what
are called static electricity or resting
currents" If the muscle is injured or
If 1t contracts more or less violently
these changes are duly registered by
corresponding changes in the galva-
nometer or the capillary electrometer.
1t has not indeed been proved in black
and white, but there is reason to infer
from what has been proved that every
thought, every emotion that fits with
hghtninglike rapidity across the con-
seriousness marks itself by electrical
changes and flashes of light an the brain
and along the nerves. 1t has been found
that there are different electrical cur
rents in the transverse and cross sec
tions of the muscles. Scientists have
tapped the living telegraph wires" and
discovered that electrical currents fiew
along the motor strands of the spinal
cord when the motor centers in the
brain have been excited.
The uses to be made of these discover
les in disease in the future are among
the prophecies that are sure TO be full
filed It is plain that in perfect health
muscles and nerves will be in certain
electrical state. In disease they will be
disturbed and the disturbance can be as
esreatned and located.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09

1t has transpired that Mr.. VI. Jones,
clerk of school district No. 4, tried to
run a weak little bluff on the new
president of the school board bv ON
inously threatening to resign as clerk
If the aforesaid president would not
vote for Mr.. Hughes for superintend-
ent. or course the president was
nearly paralyzed with establishment.
He didn't quite like the f tremulo tone
Of aMr. Jones' voice. or the belligerent
CLEAN of the gentleman's orbs, but eve
witnesses report that he was calm and
collected and that he did not betrav
the slightest evidence of fear. OF
course he was extremely DESTROYS of
ayerting the threatened calamity,
although not disposed to give the
pledge demanded. Mr.. Jones was
quietly informed that his resignation
would be accepted if rendered, but as
Mr.. Hughes has been given charge of
the high school, temporarily at least,
it is possible and even probable that
the clerk will not insist upon retiring
to private life, so soon after his great
run as the candidate of the eltys lead
ing educators.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09

Pennsylvania has a nice trio of fell
lows in Moyamensing prison. One
threw a lighted kerosene lamp at his
wife and burned her to death. Another
kicked his wife almost to death, while
the third jumped upon his wife with his
feet and stamped the life out of her. All
claim in extenuation of their devilish
deeds that they were drunk, but in the
punishment melted out to them ought
there really any allowance TO be made
for the fact that they were drunk? This
kicking and stamping wives to death
will have a tendency to discourage
young ladies from matrimony. No
doubt these drunken brutes were as gal
liant lovers as any in the courtship days.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09
An Odd Turkish Superstition.

An odd Turkish superstition is as fol-
lows: If one finds piece of bread lying
upon the ground he must pick it up, kiss
it and carry it until he finds hole into
which the kiss can be inserted. To step
upon piece of bread or to leave it lying
upon the ground is one of the unpardon-
able sins and dooms the offender to the
third hell, where he is perpetually gored
by an OK that has but single horn, that
in the center of his forehesd.-St. Louis
Republic.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09
Dependable People.

As fine compliment as can be be.
slowed on anybody is when you can say,
"When want him l can put my hand
upon him, knowing can find him ex.
actly where l need him." The depend
able person is a pillar of strength
When he makes you promise you know
he will keep it. He does not make
promises often, but when he does you
know they stand like iron.
The shallow, frothy Drained liar will
promise anything you ask him to do
things he could not perform if he would.
That is the last you will hear of him.
The strong, calm person of real power
will help friend as he would himself,
but he makes no elbow about it. You
learn in time that you could stake your
life ON the exact truth of one of his
statements; that you can trust him with
the saddest, deepest secrets of your life,
if need be, and he will be silent as the
grave.
The man or woman who always tells the
exact truth, who always keeps a prom
Use, who maintains a sacred silence with
regard to a friends private affairs is one
of the strongest, finest types of the hui
man race. The respect, the worshipful
admiration of friends and acquaintance
go out to such a character, for it is so
rare, so very rare in this foolish, weak
headed world. Yet it ought not to be
rare, for it is a character any human be-
ing can attain.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09

The editor of the HERALD has been
solemnly informed by the school clerk
that he, the aforesaid editor, would be
''paralyzed," If it were not for the deep
interest felt in school affairs here and
the consequent anxiety of the clerk
and other progressive educators not to
do anything to disturb the present
harmony, or give rise to unpleasant
complications. "For people will talk,
you. know The editors gratitude for
his narrow escape is too great for fitting
expression in print. He is now firmly
convinced that it is far better for a
newspaper man to'be born lucky than
rich.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-09

A new use has been found for bicycles
A timber thief lately rode up to the door
of Chicago house upon one, rang the
bell, held a revolver to the servant girls
head and robbed the mansion of 8, 500
worth of diamonds. Then he mounted
his flying steel wheel and got safe away,
though the Chicago police chased him a
mile in patrol wagon.