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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
STATEMENT

Condition and Value of the Assets and
Liabilities of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04

ION, dear, it's very expensive to be SEN
sibleF Lady Jane looked up with SYM
pathetic smile as filed away my bills, and
said, 1T would be less expensive if more
people were sensible"
This oracular reply, from girlish Hps.
drove all thoughts of dollars and cents ont
of my mind. Yes if more people were sem
sible, or rather, if more sensible peou'e
would show their sense by insisting upon
having things as they want them, instead
OF taking L EN- ~ they find them; if more
people wis can afford it would take time
TO have things made to order, when he
ready made articles are all in one absurd
style; and If the real taste and wishes Of
the majority could be impressed upon
manufacturers 10y repeated demands.
then "A revolution might he brought about,
reaching even further than the domain of
dress
AS it is now, when pretty Perrette trips
into the shoe shop, she reluctantly BUYS
her dancing shoes with high heels because
thee is nothing to be had with low heels
save something hcnyy or homelv. Her
mamma follows ana buys walking shoes
with toothpick pointed toes, against her
Judgment and love OF comfort. Neither of
them is II VAIN or ignorant woman. One
N''iii'U N"it l't LVl slippers 10 DE made,
and the other hesitdtes over the extra ey-
penSe Of shoes made to order.
Perrette's oldest sister comes into lunch
con with frown on her face. She has
been to the dressrnaker's and finds that
nothing costs like simplicity" The col
leSe girl cousin chimes in, and SAYS her
sensible waists costs twice as much as the
abandoned corset,
Lady Jane is right, If more people would
make grace and comfort, style and good
service, not only part of their creed but
their daily demand in shopping, then it
would be lesss expensive to he sensible.-
Zoey Minot in Kate Fields Washington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04

know woman who approaches nearer
my ideal Of lovely womanhood than almost
any other type that ever came under my
notice. She is low voiced, earnest, sweet
hearted, merciful and wise She can laugh
as heartily (whcn there is anything to laugh
about as IA robin can sing when the apple
tree flowers are in the air. but she never
giggles, neither does she smile at what
causes discontinue to others. | would be
hardly more surprised to see her sharpen
ing up a butcher knife to behead an or
phan than would be to find her laughing
because somebody had slipped on an icy
sidewalk or stumbled along an uneven
way, and yet she is nothing of prude or
bgot Her home is the gathering place of
Bohemians Of the better type, and her par
lors are not too fine for tobacco smoke nor
the grim disorder of good comradeship
bouts. One day asked this woman what
was the secret of her beautiful life, a life
that attracted all and repealed none
After laughing u little at the question
she told me n story Once" said she, Il
was called upon to watch day and night by
what threatened to be the deathbed of a
darling child. That boy was dearer to me
than my life, and every hope of my heart
YVES centered in him; simply could not let
every moment of my time, every pulse beat
of my energy to nursing him, and yet he
seemed to be going steadily down to DEATH
Finally one night Just got down on my
knees and told the Lord that if he would
only let my darling live | would solemnly
covenant never again to do Il thing, little
or big, which ] myself thought was wrong.
Mind you, didn't promise to consult my
ncighbors or nv best friends or anybody
else, or do what might be considered I'M
worthy I simply said, Here, dear Lord
is my hand upon it that will live up to
my own individual consciousness of what
is best and noblest to do And | have
tried ever since to keep my covenant"
Wouldn't that be an celent creed for
.Mch OF rs ~ are naturally endowed with
quick perception and the power of discrim-
mating selection to adopt?-Chicago Her
aid
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
Our Atmosphere.

Our atmosphere is composed of air Ia
mixture Of seventy-seven parts BY weig 1T
of nitrogen and twenty-one parts of oxy.
gem, with variable proportions of carbonic
acid, aqueous vapors and ammonia, the
latter in exceedingly small quantities.
How it came here and whence its origin nc
man can venture to say. 1t is known that
the suns and the planets have atmospheres,
but at present little is known concerning
the component parts of the atmospheres of
those far off globes The spectroscope is,
however, beginning to reveal something OF
their true character. 1t is generally con
coded that the moon has no atmosphere
the theory being that the scorial and vol.
canic lavas absorbed the air and water of
that planet millions of years ago-St.
Louis Republic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
To Train Girls for Servants

new undertaking, which women every
where will be interested in, is the Indus,
trial association, which, however, is yet to
DE tried. Ii is a movement in which Mrs.
John A. Logan and Mrs. +. B. Day, of New
Orleans, are the leading spirits, and has
Tor its aim the training of young colored
girls for domestics, The idea is TO ope n a
nome in Washington, which shall be
under tie management OF a board of di-
rectors and be self supporting, where com
petent trained help can be procured. It
Is evidently a step in the right direction
toward solving that most vexed of all
household problems. brooklyn Eagle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
Her Folks We're AIcthodists.

One Of our leading physicians encoun.
tered this incident i'll the family of one Of
bis patients; The father was giving his
little girl some religious instructions, when
she interrupted him with:
81 just hate the Jews"
oh, that's wrong, my dear" he said
"Why do you feel so,"
Il hate 'em because they hated Jesus so
bad"
But, my child" said the father Jesus
was a Jew himself"
why, | didn't know that said the
little one in establishment. Il always
thought he was Methodist. "-Louisvilie
Commercial.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
Mountains of British Columbia.

British Columbia has length OF SOC
miles and averages 400 miles in width. To
whoever crosses the country it seems the
scene Of vast earth disturbance, over
which mountains are scattered without
system. In fact however, the Cordllera
belt is there divided into four ranges, the
Rockies forming the eastern boundary.
then the Gold range, then the Coast range,
and, last of all, that partially submerged
chain whose appraised parts form Van
rouver and the other mountainous islands
near the mainland in the Pacific. A vast
valley TANKS the southwestern side of the
Rocky mountains, accompanying them
from where they leave our northwestern
states in wide, straight furrow for a dis
lance of 700 miles. Julian Ralph in Har-
pers
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04

What have the men been doing? This
question has been asked by several men
and women through the press of late
apropos of recent developments. Last
winter the reporters upon the New York
city press were greatly surprised to find
that the expulsion Of men from entertain
ments given by some OF the working girls
clubs YVES in accordance with the expressed
desire of the girls themselves. I've don't
want any men around" was their deciara-
ton of their position, and it left nothing to
he said as it involved no specific reason or
charges.
During the past summer a party of
young American giIlS-art students and
others-toOk possession OF famous little
inn, or auberge, at Jouey, near Etretat--a
neigh borhood well known to the artistic
fraternity-by hiring it for Their sole use
and benefit of the woman pro-. rtor on
the strict condition that no man bee allow
ed to cross its threshold during their occu-
pancy. Nine. Ernestine conseutel to the
surprise of every one, for her au rye has
been the famous resort of many .-ts and
litterateurs
1t would be curious to know what these
latter thought of this peculiar and success
full assertion. Did it suggest itself that the
girls were turning the tables little upon
the men WHO have heretofore monopolized
the right to be, and to he alone, when 1t 50
pleased themi Have they begun to think.
as women grow more competent to work
and act for themselves, that men who want
the society and lnpaniouship of women
Will have to seek it, and keep &c on Il H.
Just and equal footing-eithcr two latch.
keys or none at ally
There is 10 danger of any permanent iii.
VISION or separation between the two hui.
man halves, whom God joined together
but the man who has taken the initiative
In seliishly isolatins himself, his interests
ana MS Pleasures may be made to think
OF results by the attitude Of these indie.
pendent young women and change his
Tactics, rs well rs mend his manners. -
Homemaker
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
Rain AND TEARS.

kyait the coming of q tardy train,
And while wait the leaves of thought I'M
fold.
The day is dismal and the wind is cold;
The ceaseless patter of the drilling rain,
That drips and drops its droary, sad refrain,
stlll chants the burden of a grief untold,
Aud In the sky gray clouds Of gloom are
rolled
Till they dissolve in tears to earth again.
SO In my heart, where summer used to be,
A wiutry sky the somber landscape blears
Has nature, then, imposed her mood on me,
And am | sad because she sad appoarsY
Or, looking through my own grief, do see
The earth TRANSPORTED through the rain OF
tears2
William Rice Sims in New York World.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04

The Jews when they wanted to express a
very lengthy journey said from Dan to
Beersheba." The Peisians say from
Medina to Mecca" The English say
from Lands End to John OGroat's."
The Fastener says from Maine to Texas a"
The southerner says from Florida to Alas
ka." The HoOsier says from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf" The South American
Says from the lsthmus TO the Horn" In
Louisiana they say from New Orleans to
Pittsburg "-Boston Commercial
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
A Sensible Dog.

First Boy (defantly)-My dog kin lick
your dog
Second Boy Waliantly)-Ef your dog
licks mJ dog, I'll lick you,
First Boy (backing ou}-My dog don's
wanter Nght. Good News
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
ODDS AND ENpS

Virginia owns 1900 900 acres Of oyster
lands.
There are sixty-one trees native TO Ne
brasks.
The face Of the earth has ever been
marked with tear stains
Salt added to cooked fruit, especially in
pies, increases the flavor.
We are all wrong as to dates, The Chi
nese reckon this to be year 7,9iO,84l.
The advent of old age makes a potential
Vitriol thrower of many fading belle.
Fully four times as many people speak
Chinese as speak the English language.
The palm was measure Of length used
by the Romans. It's length was about Sl1
inches.
The police of New York city found and
restored to their parents B. 1913 lost children
during 1891.
Careful measurement has dcveloned the
fact that the pouch of the pelican will hold
six gallons
In st, Vincent the upsetting of Gala
bash in boat is equivalent to inviting the
fury Of the elements.
Owing to it's extensive use in electric ap-
pliances the price of platinum has ad-
vanced fully 100 per cent
Culver never revised what he had once
written. He composed with great rapid
lily, correctness and decision.
The measure of what may be attempted
out Of the beaten rut largely depends upon
the personality of the pioneer
A fossil crab of one of the species exist
ing at the present time was recently found
iii the rocks of the Hudson river tunnel.
Golden Gate park, San Francisco, is to
have an immense cocoanut tree from Homo
lulu. 1t weighs six tons, is already boxed
and awaits shipment.
The canal system of Germany has been
greatly developed during the past ten
years, and more than one-thrd of the
freight is now carried by them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
Are Scott and Dickens obsoletee

Who reads Scott and Dickens now!
To that question what is the true an
swer? The implied answer of course is
that no one reads them or that their
readers are getting yearly fewer. 1t
may be said at once, and it may be said
fatty, that it is not the case. They are
not only still read by many people, but
they are read by more people today than
they ever were before. This fact is sub
stantiated by the copies of their works
that are sold; indeed it stares us in the
face at every railway book store.
Scott and Dickens, if measured by the
number of their readers, are growing in
popularity, not declining. should GER
tainly say that, so far as my own OBJ
servation can inform me, no two writers
are more universally familiar at this mo-
ment than Scott and Dickens. The old
have read them: the young are reading
them, nor need any one doubt the fact
because they are not discussed like nov
elties.-W. H. Mallock in Forum.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
A Chronic Case.

Known, chiefly by correspondence, to
many persons is a certain invalid who
spends her days in studying her lease"
and writing about it. Her letters are
long, full of unpleasant details and so
burdened with inquiries and requests
that they have to be answered at almost
equal length, and most of them are ad-
dressed to men and women to whom
time is precious.
Sometimes the invalid asserts that the
use of typewriter would relieve unfa-
vorable symptoms, and asks a hundred
questions about the different machines.
Again, she finds it necessary to divert
her mind, and turns to literature, rely
ing on an author to tell her what and
how to write. Then she resolves to make
an experiment in treatment, and can
vases by letter for worthless subscrip-
ton book that she may gain the money
to do so.
But always her lease" is directly or
indirectly the, theme of the m any closely
written pages. All things past, present
and to come are related to h 1r various
Affections. In the words of Persian
proverb, 1.-The sun shines that the world
may see her wounds. Youths Com
panion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29

The secretary of the Smithsonian in
stitution, Professor Langley, has been
experimenting with Cuban frefies with
a view to discovering the manner in
which the illumination they emit is
generated. He says that the light they
give is the cheapest" in the world
produced, that is to say, with the least
heat and the smallest expenditure Of
energy-and he believes that success
full imitation of it would prove a most
profitable substitute for gas or electrici-
ty. The insects are beetles two inches
long and belong to the family Of SNAP
ping bugs" SO called because when one
of them is laid on its back it snaps itself
into the air with a clicking sound. The
secret of the light this FREELY gives is as
yet undiscovered.
Apparently it is connected in some
way with the mysterious phenomena of
life, and chemists and physicists have
sought in vain to explain its origin. On
each side of the animals thorax is a
luminous membraneous spot, and these
fash at intervals, so that the Cubans put
dozen of the insects in a cage together
and obtain a continuous illumination
bright enough to read by. This light is
accompanied by no perceptible heat, and
is seemingly produced with no expendi-
ture of energy. How great an improve
ment it represents upon all known arti-
fetal lights can be imagined when it is
stated that in candle light, lamp light
or gas light the waste is more than 80
per cent.-American Analyst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29

"There's many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" is very old saying, and
was first uttered to the king of Samos,
an island in the Grecian archipelago
This king, Ancaus by name, planted a
vineyard and treated the slaves who cul-
tivated it so badly that one of them told
him he would never live to taste the
wine made from it. When the wine was
ready and a cup of it poured out for the
king he sent for the slave who had
prophesied his death, and asked him
what he thought of his prophecy now.
The slave replied, There's many a
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" and just
as he had spoken the words Ancaus re-
ceived warning that wild boar had
broken into his vineyard and was ruin
ing it. Putting down the wine untasted,
he rushed out tc>attack the boar and
was killed.-Harper's Young People.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29

Guard against the application of cold
or hard water to the roots of plants, and
especially in the winter months, when
there has been a heavy fall of snow, hail
or cold rains. The water in the tanks
then becomes very much too cold. This
may not be noticed in the ordinary
course of things, and the plants are sure
to suffer check at the roots that, in the
case of camellias, for instance, would
be quite sufficient to cause bud dropping.
| am always very careful that the water
in our tanks is few degrees warmer
than the house in which the plants are
growing. This is very important in sue
cessful plant culture
We are apt to say sometimes on be-
holding sickly plant-one mildewed or
with rust on the foliage-that it must
have been subjected to draft or cur
rent of cold air, whereas the probable
cause was the use of cold water, which
paralyZed the roots. Proof of this may
easily be seen by giving one or two ap-
plications of cold water to winter Gu
cumbers or kidney beans when setting
their pods.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29

A MAN need to care for no more
knowledge than to know himself; no
more pleasure than to overcome him
self; no more riches than to enjoy him
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
On Collecting Autographs.

The most elementary form of the
strangers letter is of course the applica,
ton for an autograph. This application
is now reduced to such system that il
causes little inconvenience and should
not be refused. There is usually sent
with the request blank card on which
the name is to be written, with an en-
velope stamped and addressed for its re-
turn. Nothing can be more unobtrusive
or mechanical, though the line of pro-
priety is at once passed, we may say,
where two cards are sent, the second
one being obviously for exchange pur-
poses or perhaps for sale.
The wary author never, suspect,
writes on both cards, since he does not
aim to help out mere business trans
action. Where any applicant goes far
ther and asks an original letter or copied
passage, the affair becomes more serious,
and some authors and public men ignore
such requests altogether, as being much
more serious consumers of time-T. W.
Higginson in Harper's Bazar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
Aunt Scinda's -Four Hundred.

"An old negro woman has established
q new theocracy at Grenada, Miss" said
j. H. B. Miller, of Coffeyville. Her
name is Scinda, and her followers are
called 'Scinda Band They number
about 400 Scinda is their queen. and
rules her flock with an iron rod. They
use no Bibles at their meetings, for each
member is supposed to know it by heart
If Scinda asks them. Biblical question
they are supposed to have an answer at
once. They have their meetings every
Sunday evening and they are interest
ing to observe. The congregation men
and women-are decked out in costly
ribbons and beads. Their chants are as
weird as the sobs and sighs of gr5 veyard
trees. They dance to the music of the
banjo and tambourine until they are
nearly exhausted, and then they go
home. st. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
A Dinner Debut.

Philadelphia Times.
AS change from the regulation tea
or reception" which usually mark the
entrance of a young girl into society,
some of the ultra fashionable have Civ
en- dinners to the elect, and at them it
has been formally ANNOUNCED that the
bud is from that time forth regularly
"out" il society.
Such dinner is conducted on the
plan of those given to announce engage
ments. and as in one case the .fdace is
the honored one, in the other it is the
debutonte who smilingly receives on her
launching upon the social sea.
This plan is greatly to be commended,
not only owing to its economical feat
ures, but because 1t is so much less
fatiguing for young girl than to
be obliged to stand for hours saving
How do you do?" to host of people,
who repeat one after another in parrot
fashion the same sentiment, though va
rled perhaps trife in the choice of the
words employed.
To such dinners the leaders of the
hdut ton are invited, and as they are the
ones who entertain most literally they
are the ones to make the bud a success,
and therefore if she is introduced to the
prime movers in all social functions she
will be certain to meet all the hundred
and more desirables without the ex-
pense OF worry of giving big affair for
them.
The decorations should, of course, at
such dinner be in keeping with the
main idea, and therefore pure white
flowers in simple arrangements or rose
buds in delicate tints, symbolical of the
human flower they are gathered together
to honor, are the most appropriate. 1t
is pretty idea and one which ought to
take, yet innovations to any set form
are so apt to be regarded askance by
those who live and act by rule, that teas
and receptions will undoubtedly contin-
ue to hold sway until the dinner debut
has been proven a success.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29

Books give the same turn to our
thoughts that company does to our con-
versation, without loading our memo
ries or making US even sensible Of the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29

You think it is for want of Judgment
hat he changes his opinion. Do you
5h;nk it a proof that your scales art
ad. because they vibrate with every
additional weight that is added to either
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
GRAINS OF GOLD.
n is a nature. and not a growth.

Sin is nature. and not a growth.
A false mind is false in everything.
Every failure is step toward success.
The secret of being loved is in being
lovely.
At the holiday season make some one
happy.
The secret of being lovely is in being
unseltish.
Do not seek easy ways, for easy ways
lead to rust.
Study and reflection should be studi-
ously cultivated.
No man falls into Contempt but he
who deserves it.
We get impatient, but there crops out
our human weakness.
If you pay as you 60, you are more
likely to avoid the rush..
Be not disturbed at trifles, or at acci-
dents common or unavoidable.
When trying to outwit others, take
care that you don't outwit yourself.
Good looks go long way, but finally
the paint wears off and there you are.
Has man right to throw away his
own happiness any more than that OF
another?
1t is a fair step toward happiness to
delight in the conversation of wise and
good men.
Good manners are made up of petty
sacrifices. Temperance, courage, love,are
made up of the same jewels.
Liberal dealing is much better than
aims giving. for it tends to prevent pau
perism, which is better than relieving it.
As the sword of the best tempered
metal is the most flexible, SO the truly
generous are the most plant and courte-
Gus.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-29
The Rag Doll.

The rag doll, dearer to the heart OF
childhood than any other sort of doll, is
quite the fashionable doll par excellence
at the present moment Unlike the one
our grandmothers made for their little
ones, the one cherished by the little
folks of today is of flesh colored silk jer-
sey cloth or of cotton balbriggan of the
same color. Its body is filed with cot
ton, and its hair is in many rings of yell
low single zephyr stitched on in loops.
The face is painted. and when it is nee
essary to clean it this face can be re-
painted after the rest has been washed.
as it can be without injury.-Detroit
Free Press.