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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18
ODDS AND ENDS.


Denver has a reporters union.
Servants receive no pay in China.
Moasses is honey to the contented man.
Love that is not kind is the wrong kind
An inch of rain means 100 tons to an
acre.
a grain of salt will often make cream
whip.
Michigan alone turns out nearly 5000, coo
barrels of salt annually
There were 4o,00O,00O artificial teeth
made in this country last year.
The late Senator Hearst, of California,
had a rug in his parlor for which he paid
$1,000.
Old loose kid gloves worn when ironing
will save many callous places on ones
hands.
King Oscar of Sweden is the collector Of
books of poems with autographs of the
writer's
In France the average family comprises
three members; in England, four; in Ire
land, five.
See that the lamp wicks are turned down
after trimming, else the lamps will be GOV
cred with oil
The average amount Of steel rails made
in this country last year was over 100000
tons per month.
There are three hundred newspapers
published in Fleet street. London, eleven
of which are dailes.
In st. Croix II small bird, locally called
"crccper," is Thought to be the forerunncr
of illness or trouble.
The annual production of sawed lumber
in the United States would load Il train Of
cars 5000 miles long.
a Cincinnati man was a day or two ago
fined twenty five dollars and costs for steal
INK "A three cent cigar.
How many are aware Of the blessing
which flows from every well contested
rightly bnrne trouble2
If a Chinaman wants you to stay to din
ncr, he gives no invitation, ii he does not,
he requests you to remain.
a Tablespoonful of OK gall to gallon Of
water will set the culorS OF almost any
goods soaked in it before washing
The new insect which has attacked the
bcrts grown for the sugar industry has ser
iou~ly affected that industry on the Pacific
coast.
Since the passage of the bill for sUb-i
diziug steamers which carry the mails the
SMpbuildrr~ union has Increased in mem
bership fully 80 per cent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

Does any one except, perhaps, the house
wife herself, reflect how the holidays are
multiplying for teachers, preachers, mer-
chants and worltmcn-all sorts and cOndi-
tions Of men, and how we may look in vain
the calendar through for single holiday
for women? New Years day, Washing
tons Birthday, Memorial Day, the Fourth
of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving cleo
tion day and Christmas. On each Of these
days Of rest for men, as well as on Sun
day, the great day when even the OK and
the ass are to do no work, the woman OF
the house is expected to prepare n better
and more elaborate dinner for her lord and
master, to keep the baby more quiet, and
the husband he not disturbed.
Besides this, there is a demand already
conceded in some cities for a Saturday half
holiday and very general demand for
eight hours work instead of ten, all OF
which releases not the wife and mother
from the cea,elcss round Of care that makes
her older at forty than her husband is at
sixty. Why do not the housewives COM
binc, form a union, and strike to be taken
out to dinner on every holiday when tho
man does not labor? Suppose she let the
fire 20 out in her range when he locked his
Office, and they both went out to a meal,
perhaps more simple and less perfectly
cooked than she might prepare it. sup
pose She lpo>cd the leash OF worry and
smoothed the care lines out of her face once
a week, would he not be the gamer as we'll
as she?-Ncw York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

The moon is our nearest nelGhbur, and we
ought to br on very intimate terms with it,
but for some reason 1t seems to be neglect
I'd by astronomers. Were it not for the at.
tcnton given to it by farmers, and few
others who are pretty well up in moon lore,
It might a. well be marked OFT the list of
heavenly bodies.
Not long since scientist bobbed mp and
offered to prove that the moon had nothing
to do with the tides. He will have "A hard
time beating that into the heads of seamen
and those who have grown up near tide
water, If the moon doesn't raise the tides,
there must be remarkable coincidence III
their movements.
Farmers used to put great deal Of de.
pendence in the moon, They planted crops,
built worm fence, put on shlnGle and
capboard roofs killed hogs, hung meat,
cut timber, chopped weeds and traded
horses according to its phases. -Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18
Rules Governing Ladies' Cards.

Ladies cards are governed 10y the follow
ing rules y married woman IN ,uclrty tx
prcially with daughters, should always use
the prefix "Mrs.' Widows amt maiden
ladIc, often prefer to use the simple maine
without PREFIX. fashion dictate, otherwise
y youn% lady Ia society having passed
her first season should, II the oldest dau.h
ter use silAply, for instance, Miss i5oth
WELL II Il younger daughter sac should
use her Christian name IN tui In her first
season a dehutaute should eugrave her
name below that OF her mother, her indi
vidual card not appearing I'll! the second
season.
On visiting with her mother the name OF
daughter may he engraved lrluw that OF
her mother, If separate her card ,huuid
always be lett with her mothers card
The same appnc~ TO a plurality OF dIuIh
tiers, the names being grouped. INLAND
Printer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18
TIE HEIGHTS AND THE DEPTHS.

thank and praise the loving Lord
For reapcd fields, for barns we'll stored,
For ships in port within whose hold
Are bales of silk and gems and gold;
For journeyings in far off lands,
For welded hopes and hearts and hands,
For honor's need, for faine's fair wage,
For homes most blessed anchorage.
thank thee, Lord, that there DO some
To whom these goodly gifts have come;
thank thee for the happier lot
of those who have what have not;
thank thee Tor the precious yields
From barren and Unfruitful fields:
! thank thee thou hast shown to me
How sweet tho stintcd cup can be.
~Carotta Berry in New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18
THE CONDENSED NOVEL.


Recent Progress in the Direction of
Shortening Works OF Fiction.
In view of the fact that there are now
published monthly in New York two mag
azines, Short Stories and Romance, dc
voted exclusively to stories that are told
in Il few hundred words, the Philadelphia
Press prints the following editorial under
the caption, "rhc Tapering on of the
Novel;"
The "Shortstory. ns Mr.. Brander Mat
thews. whose humor dwels somewhat in
couceits, loves to call it, is made the sub
icct of review to itself in The Atlantic
The reviewer groups fifteen newly harvest
ed sheaves in this field and by no means
exhausts the yearly crop ut that At least
two dozen volumes of short stories have
been issued in the last twelyemonth, and
the weary reviewer is nowadays hut too
well aware that every fortnight sees him
confronted with the waking and walking
ghost Of his past magazine reading in a
new collection Of short stories by some ia
miliar hand.
Ten, even five, years ago, such volumes
fell fiat and were published chiefly to fiji
ont an authors work. Hawthornes
"Tales" We're rs he woefully said twice
told" because he could persuade no one to
read them even once. Beyond saying that
we do the short story better than any ther
nation-which is true, and has been said
bcfore-The Atlantic reviewer casts little
light on the cause and origin of this new
phenomenon in literature, The short story
teller is. IA The Atlantic points out apt to
be free Of local color-acven OF the fifteen
cited being of mo mans land' and only
la, Nov IL it,tr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

The people OF iayti and several tribes in
Central and south America hold the moon
in great vcucratlun CunouSll enough
these people have tsrlr counlerparts among
the tribes OF western, southern and central
Africa, who rejoice with dancing ana fe.iSts
AT each reappcarauCe OF the new moon
They also expect an improvement III theII
condition from It's beneiicent influence
st. Louis Republic
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

The rule of eight hour, tor work eight
for recreation aud tlGut for sleep would
not do on the majority OF farms but n
you need eight hours sleep take il 10y al.
means. Some need only SIX, aud the Older
We grow, rs "A general rule the less W"
sleep Early to bed is one OF the best
health maXIms ever made and he VINO
robN himself OF needed sleep uuqurstIon
ably shortcn~ hl, life by so doing Spring
field Homestead
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

Dip the spots in IA strong solution of tar
taric acid and expose to the sun. Wet the
article in warm suds, rub the spots with
ripe tomato Juice, expose to tie hot sun
shine until nearly dry, then wash in an
other suds.-iiood Housekeeping
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

Pears that, after canning, prove to be
tauclrSs, can he made delicious 10y heating
and adding pineapple in the proportion Of
one can OF pineapple to three of pears Cut
the slices Of apple quite small ana II the
pears are in halves, divide them again.
Heat all together, taking care not to let
them cook 50 that they lose their shape.
When putting mp pears it is very little
trouble to add pineapple TO a few cans and
the result is excellent, since the pear be
comes perfectly Favored with pineapple
and yet is far more easily dlscNted, III ONE
r,''.l'o-
The Horse in Ancient Times.
"Finc horse you've got there, said Jones
to u kentuckian riding beautiful bay
saddle horse.
"Pretty fair boss" responded the Ken!
tuckian, with affected indifference,
"Thoroughly trained rs saddle horse,
too, amt hey"
"Kuows all the motions, he does"
"What do you call him"
"Vhebes."
''Thebes That's odd, never heard
such u name for horse before. What do
you call him that tur2'
Because he has n hundred gaitS OF
course, Don't you know ;tncient hlstoryT
Texas Siltings.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18
WOMEN'S IRREGULARITIES.
"a Horrid Man" Has Jotted Down n Few
of the Things That lie Has Noticed,

"a Horrid Man" Has Jotted Down n Few
of the Things That lie Has Noticed.
What man is there that has not noticed
the many funny little peculiarities that are
characteristic of nearly all of the dear fe-
male sex?
Perhaps you never did, SO l am going to
call vOur attention to some of them, and
Just for fun watch and see if it isn't true.
A woman seldom gets up from her chair
when she has been sewing or darning with
out letting a pair of scissors drop from her
lap to the floor. Nine ont of every ten will
10 it. It would almost seem that the
bother Of having to stuop and pick them
MP Would be sufficient to break them of the
AuhiI. bat it does not, and she keeps stoOp-
NIX tor those scissors all her lie.
One woui. suppose that Monday would
De the most busy day of the week ut home
'or farmers wives, and that what little
ling they had to spare would be gladly
l,pd in sit,in., down and resting. Yet Of
M the days in the week there is none that
uits t.- woman so well to go some
mere" a., washing day. There is Il sort of
ulorn desire or whim to "he OUT some
where thltd dry. Perhaps thcy.ho it to rest
themselves, and perhaps they wish to let
her women see they are through wash
.g.
q j. simply ono Of their ways.
Did You oyer notice woman who is
.av;ut hlu.j-. vl,n she is about to get
ny on .eayra horse carr She docs not say
apr ".untby," uutil the CIR has stopped,
ci thcu all eoi.a Of requests messages,
,j,,es and "Aoodays" uu.il everybody is
1.t Of uatI,".c md the ca. rc2ly to start
)ue woui4 think she could 90 all this be-
.i....tl I,' sim. never IOn.-u'1u ibut :
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18
Really Astonishcd.

Billings-Mo,t astonishing thing ever
encountered, Here's II black hair in the
butter
Mrs, lla,hcroft--So you are really sur
prised, Mr., Billings?
Billings am, indeed. This buffers
hair ought to be ray,-Indianapolis Jour
pal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

lovers; he was sure they always sought TO
see each other, even in the midst of DANGER
This domestic MaChiavel protited by this
situation. After that "A mysterious power
put all sorts of small obstacles between
Macha and NJ. de Blazewitz, without, how
ever, separating them entirely 1t made
their rendezvous to fail, interrupted their
correspondence troubled and poisoned their
loves and in this life Of lively and sorrow
full emotions Mrs. Arnod's health again
changed profoundly. The doctor killed his
wife with as much certainty and precision
as he had but now cured her. To an hour
of wild terror, which gave morbid activity
to the circulation. the clever man caused
to succeed long days of Sadness which con-
gested the heart and retained the blood
there.
"Then suddenly he feiened to have no
more jealousy and appeared touched even
TO tears at his wife's suiTerings. What is
the matter, my poor Machap said he to
her 4 cannot diagnose your case You
have the appearance OF pcrSb1 dying of
grief. Are you not happy witn'neY And
while watching with truly diabolcal
delight the progress of the malady, he
crucified his victim with his false faced
despair. at the end Of six months the
syncopes were more frequent, the palpi-
tatIons more rapid inc most dlsquietlhg
symptoms OF ah"uriHh had reappeared.
An ma! Pereira' you 90 not interrupt me
now
ON! yes yes inns Is 'he second act
the connecting part OF the play But the
denouemtht' the uenoueihrht:
Ihe drnouemeht cried Maurice with
the accent OF rG'taurant waiter VINO
serves you win "l'h' liere II IS one
evening the doctor burst INTO his wIes
room like tempest "Ii'Ialh, Know all.
NJ. dc B4aHe"''@ Is your lover Inc poor
Macha became aN paic as sheet ana the
violet color OF "'ath appeared on her llps.
'hlil me! she said lhiS was just what he
wished.
""7 si"''" ''P'!' i'"' "'N'iiPH.V H'tS
do ul.,y,,,.;,, b,vn EiljoI Liu,r ,rd
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-08-01
AVISO IMPORTANTE.

Els sabido que ningun petr6leo, namesele con Ell
nompre que Sc quiera Kerosne Gas Aeete de carbon
absolute pues adquendo cierto grado de calor Sc
ciende al contacto de una ama For tanto esta Agen
cia RECOMMENDS enearecdamente los consumdores que
empeen las siguenes reglas de productos
nnra .n11itar 10 nnsihla cI1aln accidents.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-08-01
ACEITE para ALUMBRADo de Las F FA1M111IIAs
LUZ &BTlIla1lte3 3.g8z
LIBRE DE EXPLOSION Z COMBUSTION EXPoNTA
MEAS. SIN HUMO NJ NAL oLOR

Este aceite producto de fabrication especial, es
gua 81 no superior los que importan del eranjero
bajo dversos nombres marcas tanto sus cuaida-
lumnicas por la seguridad que ofrece a los
consumidores
Nuestros precios son mucho reducidos que los
de las marcas extraneras que con este mayor prec1o
no brindan los consudores ventaa de ninguna clase
La experencia adquirida en- esta industria durante
muchos amos en- los Estados Unidos, Cuba, Mexico y
otros paises perite ofecer al publico artculo
que no puede lnejorar parte alguna bajo nngun
concepto.
Nuestras marcas LUZ BRILLANTE, ELEFANTE,
LUZ SOLAR estan regisradas perseguira con todo
ell rigor de la ley d los falsifcadores.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-08-01

los Tampa STca da6u8
d aet
peH
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-10
BRANDY IN FUNERAL wREATHs

The Ingenious Scheme Devised by q
Frenchmsn for Smuggling.
Pearson's weekly.l
The customs officers who are stationed at
the gates of Paris to guard against excisable
goods entering without paying the duty
have occasionally to deal with very in
genious attempts at smuggling.
The other day, for instance, an attempted
fraud was laid bare which goes to show how
fertile the contrabandists are in expedients.
At the Menilmontant Gate a man in charge
of q pony cart, in which were three large
wooden boxes attempted to pass the bar
riera
"Have you anything to declare?" asked
one of the officials.
'Nothing," said the man, ''unless the
Government has put a tax on cemetery
wreaths"
And as he spoke he drew the lid off one
of the boxes, revealing number of the
Sreaths and crosses Of artificial flowers so
common in French burial grounds. The
man was about to pass on when something
about him aroused the suspicious of the
chief official. He took the cover off one of
the boxes and admired the beauty Of the
flowers and their remarkable fidelity to
nature.
Lifting one casually in his hand, he found
twas remarkably heavy, and closer exam
ination showed that when stripped of
flowers and moss it was zinc case filled
with the finest brandy. The, rest of the
contents of the boxes were of the same
nature, and were. at once confscated. As
frauds of the kiuttare severely punished by
the, Partisan authorities, the ingenious
inventor of the trick will probably be
allowed leisure enough in Mazas to design
something novel. =
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-10
SOME TRAITS OF CHICAGO.
Its Labor Organizations Are Said to Play
a Very Important Part.

Its Labor Organizations Are Said to Play
Very Important Part.
Noble Candy writes in the August mum.
Der Of The Cha,aauquan of "Some Charac
teristics Of Chicago" He deals with the
live stock and meat-packing industry. the
work OF the W. G. 7. O., Chicago architec-
ture, and labor organizations We quote
from the last named division:
One generation has seen in this city the
development of varied conditions of life; it
has watched the processes of up-building
and has witnessed the sharp drawing of the
line between wealth and poverty. No one
generation east has been able to do this.
The factory system of New England has
been of slow growth. Festive under it,
many vigorous laborers emigrated to Chi
cago, who. soon realizing the same condi-
tions, have now no west to emigrate to.
Whether right or wrong, they form an army
of discontented laborers, fast becoming or
ganized into unions.
Among these wage workers, said to num-
Der 200, 900 In the city, are found about 800
labor organizations The most important
of these labor bodies is the Trades and
Labor Assembly. Next comes the Building
Trades Council, composed Of the unions of
about 20 trades in building. Carpenters
number over 1000 men, organized in vari-
ous unions through the city, and centrally
as the Carpenters Council Unions and
councils of printers, compositors, press
men. stereotypers, metal workers, molders,
pattern makers, longshoremen, seamen,
street railroad men, cigar makers, bakers,
blacksmiths, hod carriers. leave only un-
skilled labor to care for itself without Or
ganized strength.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-10
THE BEE AND THE FLoWERS
1t Is Mistaken Idea That the Insects Only
Visit One Species.

1t Is Mistaken Idea That the Insects Only
Visit One Species.
Youths Companion.l
One of the best possible illustrations of
the great, and sometimes unexpected
value of careful observation of small things
is furnished by an English naturalist's s
recent discovery that nearly all writers on
the habits OF bees have blundered in assert
ing that honey bee, when on foraging
trip, confines itself to one species of flow er.
1t has been said that if bee begins, for
instance, gathering pollen from daisy 1t
will visit only daisies during that trip,
avoiding clover blossoms, honeysuckles,
yiolets, and so on.
But Mr.. G. w. Bulman announces that
he has watched bees changing from one
kind of flower to another during a single
trip. One bee, in particular, visited q
flowers belonging to ten different species.
If this is correct, the discovery has an i'm
portant bearing upon the theory of influence
of bees in producing cross fertilization Of
plants
But how easy it would be for any person,
boy or a girl who knows flowers, for in
stance to carry on such observation for him
self or herself, thereby opening up not only
new source ofintelligent recreation, which
would rapidly increase In interest, but gath
ering facts which might make q reputation
for the young discoverer, and add material.
ly to the stores of science.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-10
BUSINESS BREvITIES.
NEBRASKA corn needs rain badly.

NEBRASKA corn needs rain badly.
The outlook for Iowa corn now Is for
nearly an average crop.
The Rubber Trust has decided to declare
itself in force November !. The capital
stock is $50. .000, 900.
THE Central Coke Works. at Tarr station,
closed down indefinitely Monday, throwing
over 200 men out OF employment.
THE Mahoning and Hill Farm mines in
Westmoreland county have suspended
work, owing to lack Of coke orders from
the Carnegies.
THE offers OF silver to the Treasury De
partment yesterday aggregated 9lsoOo
ounces. The amount purchased was 5s1, 900
ounces at 80. .S44S.
THE Riverside furnace of Steubenville, en-
ploying 176 men, blew out Sunday and will
not resume for some time. The company
has a big stock Of ore on hand.
THE majority Of the bondholders OF the
Fort Payne (Ala.) Coal and Iroa Company
have secured the appointments of W. X.
Sheldon. OF Fort Payne, as receiver
The returns issued by the British Board OF
Trade show that during July the i'm ports in
creased, as compared with the correspond
ing month last year E67 900, and that the ex-
ports decreased S24S, 900.
THE Warren Glass Works property at
Uniontown will again be sold at SheriPs
sale September l. 1t Is nearly settle that
company of Pittsburg and Union town capt.
talists will buy the works.
YOUNGSTOWN will lose its steel plant which
will be operated by the Ohio Steel Company,
recently organized. The company has re-
ceived good Inducements to locate either at
Girard, Niles or Struthers.
NOTWITHSTANDING the collapse of the strike
in New York ordered by the walking dele
gates, Master Workman Hicks, Of ID. A. 25S.
has decided to continue the strike against the
Building Material Dealers Association in
all the trades over which he has control.
These unions are the stonemasons, the
material handlers, the brick handlers and
the public cartmen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-10


90. 1 drank at least two gallons of water q day.
1t was then that began to lose my sight. and the
five doctors that 1 had told me that was afflicted
with Diabetes.
II tried several medicines that were recon-
mended, but found they did me no good. Seven
weeks ago began using Paine's celery compound,
and to-day l can well any man OF so In
this Statp. For two years had a tlngling In my
fingers and toes like lightning that comes from the
heart but Paine's celery compound has got the
better of that. May the Lord pour His choicest
blessings on the man that discovered this boon.
Every man that see that has IN ache OF pain l
tell about this compound. 1t cures them all.
''There Is one old man who lives near me who
has been on crutches for long while. got him
bottle Of the compound and he has already thrown
away his crutches.
EVERY word of this is tru". and am willing TO
swear to 1t before any Judge In the world. All my
friends wonder how have picked up, and ask me
what doctor have had. tell them that Paine's
celery compound has done all this Tor me.
In an interview to-day with Mr.. Smith, he
sisted: THE publication of this statement