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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-08-03

handsome dresses in stock
marked in lots SIS. 90,
81, 80 and $40. 90, choice
from entire stock of novel
ties for $1,000. Early
season prices from SIT. 50
to S25. 90. Dresses in each
lot suitable for all uses.
Handsome novelties not
carried from one season to
another. Stock larger
than usual at this season,
that's the reason for above
prices.
Closing up the lines in
cloak department, jackets
and capes for sum mer and
autumn wear, assortment
good and at the lowest
prices ever made on relia-
bic goods. Blazer and
Eton suits for travelling.
Immense variety of Derby
Waists. "a bolero jackets
at half early prices tc
clo,e. All new, goods
nothing handsomer and
nothing mora desirable.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-08-03
10000 Dollars

worth of clothing at a bar
gain sale. We have tho
above amount of Mems |
Boys and Children's cloth
ing, in stock, which we
offer at lower prices than
ever before, in order I'd
insure quick sales. Mem
suits at 4, 5, 6, 7, s and Id
dollars, worth double thq
amount; mems trousers
from rs cents up upwards al
from 20 to 80 per cent of
from former prices. We|
mean business and intend
to sell the goods if low
prices will do it. We have
everything to complete a
mans or boys, outfit. The
largest stock to select from
and the best goods in the
market. Summer under.
wear, hats, caps, trunks and
rubber clothing in great
variety, Do you want to
save money? We cap
help you to do it.
B. TURK g. BRO,
Tie Leading CA0tA1erS.
TO RENTAL elegant suit
of apartments on Church St.,
suitable f. r small family.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-08-03
a Visitor

enters house the first
thing that meets the eye
IS, of course, the hall and
staircase. Some callers
never 60 beyond this,
hence it is wise to make a
good show. Even if they
do, first impressions are
everything. That's where
you want to have a good
display. In Hat-racks,
Umbrella Stands, Hall
Chairs, Settles, have an
erticing variety of novel
ties. You would not think
they were cheap to look at
them, but the prices unde-
ceive you.
I Kelb Evejyhihg,
To Sit on-Lic On-H Hang
On-Sleep oil.
Geo. 4. Hall,
Rink BWlaiRg,
BURLINGTON, VT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
A NOVEL DIVING BELL,
How a Pioneer Saved Himself with a.
Sugar Kettle.

How a Pioneer Saved Himself with q
Sugar Kettle.
Archibald Price, one of the pioneer
settlers of the Kanawha valley, West
Virginia, says the Youths Companion,
was making maple sugar in a grovei
across the river from his house, when
he caught sight of three Indians skulk-
ing in the vicinity. "The varmints!",,
he said to himself; $50 they mean to-
pounce on me when I've two pals o.
sap aboard" ="
He was just starting for some of the
more distant trees. OF course he
changed his purpose on the instaEt, but
he was quick-witted enough to give no
sign of the fact, and for few moments
busted himself about the boiling place,
whistling merrily.
If he set off across the river in his.
canoe, the Indians would pursue and
shoot him. He had brother who was
q sea-diver. From him he had learned
something about diving bells, and he now
took sudden resolve to make his kettle
serve him in that capacity. He emptied
it, but in such way that an observer
at a little distance would have sup
posed he was filling from tub stand
ing near.
AS soon as it was emptied he lifted it
quickly and hurried down the river
bank, where he raised it in an inverted
position over his head, the rim resting
on his shoulders, and walked into the
water. The bank was steep and the
water was soon up to his shoulders.
Keeping firm hold on the ke tile, he
proceeded. The water got deeper and
deeper, until it was several feet over the
top of the kettle.
The improvised diving-bell answered
its purpose exccllently, supplying air
for him to breathe until he arrived on
the home side of the river.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23

Here is receipt for the bite of mais
dog, taken from the Universal Maga-
zine of Knowledge" published by John
Hinton at the Kings Arms in Newgate
street, London, May, 1888: "Take the
youngest shoots of the elder tree, peel
off the outside rind; then, scraping off
the green rind, take two handfuls of it,
which simmer quarter of an hour in
five pints of ale; strain it off, and, when
cold, put it in bottles. Take half a
pint, make warm, the first thing in the
morning and the last at night. and be
sure to keep yourself warm; also bathe
the part affected with some of the
liquor warmed. The dose to be re-
peated the next new or full moon after
the first. 1t is good for cattle as well
as the human Species"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
Queer Lottery Prizes.

A letter from Cairo says that Egypt
has decided to make a gift of the num-
mics found in upper Egypt, and now in
the Ghiseh museum, to the different
museums in London, Paris, Berlin,
Vienna, st. Petersburg and Rome. The
mummies are to be divided into six lots
and drawn for by lots. This is the first
time that mummies have been used as
prizes in lottery, and it is difficult to
see how puritanic England can recon-
cile itself to such a gambling deal as
this, although, no doubt, sooner than
lose the grab, she will find some means
to ''chase the devil around the stump"
The other countries, of course, will
have no hesitation in accepting Egypt's
magnificent gift.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS.
The Clever Scheme of the Emperor o
China.

History is constantly repeating itself.
For instance, here is the case of rich
lady-very rich, according to all ac-
counts-who being sick well-nigh unto
death, and having tried doctor after
doctor without successful treatment,
finally sent for her own nephew, whom
she had left out of her will. He was
an expert physician, and told his aunt
he could cure her; but he made the con-
dition that she should restore his name
in her will for fat legacy. She prom
ised, and got well. But she quarreled
with her relative again, and struck out
her promised legacy. Again she fell i'll,
and again the nephew seized the chance
for his own profit. When he induced
her to put back his name, and felt quite
sure it was done, then-well, then he
let her die. The poor old lady should
have adopted the Chinese strategy. 1t
don't know when of the fowery king
dom, used to employ four well-paid ply
sicians to look after his health. The
agreement he made with his doctors
was that so long as he kept well their
splendid salaries would be paid, but the
moment he got sick they would cease.
''My plan works admirably" said the
emperor to an English ambassador at
his court. 81 am never very long sick,
for my doctors don't like to be without
their pay You Europeans manage the
business badly. The longer you are
sick the greater pay for the doctors"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
GOLD MINES IN THE SOUTH.
They Were Worked Quite Regularly Be-
fore the War.


fore the War.
Few persons have any idea of the
quantity of gold that exists in the
western part of Georgia, South Caro-
lima and North Carolina. The ma iori-
ity of these mines were known forty or
fifty years ago, but have been aban-
doned In almost every instance very
significant amount of ore taken from
them has been used. A short time ago
Mr.. c. B. Warrand, of this city, visited
one of the most interesting and valua-
BILE of these gold-bearing quartz dis
tricts at the foot of the Blue Ridge
mountains on the banks of the Broad
river, in York county, S. c., near
Smiths ford, and he gives an interest
ing account of his visit, says the Savan
nah News.
Forty five years ago and up to the
war, he says, the mines there were
worked regularly with slave labor. A
shaft was sunk on the veins, which
vary from three to five feet in thick
ness and which are almost perpendicu-
lar. The quartz ore was roasted on
the spot to make it more friable and
was then carted often for miles to
some water power, where it was run
through primitive stamp-mill. With
slave labor these mines paid we'll,
though less than one-half of the gold
was recovered, probably twenty-five
per cent. of the free gold being lost;
the pyrites or gold sulphurets were en-
tirely thrown away, being considered
worthless. Still, with cheap labor it
paid, and thousands of dollars of gold
were sent to the United States mints
annually. Since the war number of
spasmodic efforts have been made to
work the mines, which invariably end
ed in failure. AS rule the capital
employed was entirely too small and
labor-saving devices were either be-
yond the means of the operators or
were unknown at the time. Lately
this state of affairs has changed and
the brilliant success made at the Hale
mine in Kershaw county, s. c., In
working up daily hundreds of tons of
ore containing only two dollars and
fifty cents of gold at a cost of forty
cents per ton, and recovering ninety
five per cent. of the gold by the coro-
nation process, seems to have demon
strated that with proper skill and mod
ern mechanical appliances and suffi-
cient capital many low-grade ores can
be proftably mined. Such substan-
tial proof as a surplus of fifty thousand
dollars accumulated in one year by the
Hale mine Is certainly very convinc-
ing argument.
The time is near at hand, Mr.. War
rand believes, when the value of our
southern gold mines will be recognized,
giving employment to thousands and
adding daily to southern wealth Gold
mining In the south never will be in
the nature of a bonanza, but If it is
carried on like any other business,
with only moderate expectations in
proportion to the capital invested, and
with the help of all improved methods
and machinery, it will be found safer
and more remunerative tha1ithe major
ity of ventures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
A Plague of Mice.

An extraordinary phenomenon has
been noticed in southwestern Russia.
The mice which have infested not only
the fields but the towns and villages for
years have entirely disappeared. The
Kiew-Slowo Gazette reports that in the
spring of 1891 the mice plague in that
part of Russia was terrific, the inhabit-
ants were at loss to know what to do
and feared greatly for their crops.
Strange to say, at the close of spring,
1892, the rodents departed from the
country and left nothing behind them
to testify to their presence but innumer-
able holes in fields and gardens, nor
haye they put in an appearance since. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23

Bass cheeks is the very latest gas
Economical novelty. They do not figure
on cafe menus yet and are. found
only at the most gorgeous and extrava-
giant private dinners. The dish comes
very high because it takes about ton
of bass to furnish small dish of
cheeks The cheek of a bass is tiny
nugget of the tenderest and most deli
cately favored meat, found in the lower
part of the head on either side. This
is lifted out and the remainder of the
bass is tossed away. One Philadelphia
hotel man has achieved reputation in
that city and New York by his prepara-
ton of bass cheeks, and every time he
receives big order, he creates corner
in the bass market.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23

That Christopher Columbus was pious
is shown by the name San Salvador,
which he gave to the land he first
sighted in the new world, but the names
Trinidad and st. Kits prove him inn
aginative as well. He gave Trinidad it's
name because it's three conspicuous
mountain peaks suggested to him the
mystery of the Holy Trinity, and st.
Kits or St. Christopher he called so,
not impiously in honor of himself, but
because great mountain on the island,
bearing upon It's shoulder a mound of
lava, suggested to his pious imagination
that loveliest of the Christian legends.
embalmed In the etymology of his own
name, Christopher, ''the Christ bearer"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
THE WORLDS FAIR TIME-BALL
How 1t Will Be Handled and Controlled
in Its Work,

How 1t Will Be Handled and Controlled
in Its Work.
The five-foot time-ball to be dropped
at the worlds fair will be made of can
vas on steel frame. 1t will be wound
up each day to the height from which
it is to fall. and it will be set and cleo
trically connected In such manner
that the breaking of the circuit at
twelve noon will release it.
The cable by which 1t will be con-
trolled has already been laid, connect
ing the new observatory with the en-
tire Western Union telegraph system,
the touch of a button at the Washing
ton end of it instantaneously trans
mitting notice of the hour over three
hundred and fifty thousand miles Of
wire.
When that button speaks the whole
country will listen, and the hands of
seventy thousand electric clocks all
over the country will point to the cor
rect minute and second. There are
seven thousand such clocks in New
York city alone. All railways, fac
tories and Industries of every kind pay
attention to the signal. Three mi'--
Ir u.ea oeioie l noon e''oA ,,.y all Western
Union lines :.re cleared of business.
every operator takes his finger from
the key, circuits are opened, and at the
instant when the sun passes over the
seventy-ffth meridian the spark of in
telllgence is flashed to all parts of the
country. 1t requires less than one
NTH of a Seoond to reach San Erap
cisco.
Inc twelve o'clock signal sent from
Washington indicated IL a. m. for Chi
cago, 10 a. m. for Omaha and 9 a. m.
for the Pacific coast, the United States
being divided into four perpendicular
strips, and each strip setting its clocks
by the time of the meridian which
bisects it from north to south. Thus
each strip is only one hour later than
the next strip to the east,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
THE SOUND OF A SUNBEAM.

A Wonderful Scientific Fact That Was
Discovered Only Short Time Ago.
One of the most wonderful discoveries
in science that has been made within
the last year or two is the fact that a
beam of light produces sound, says
Pearson's Weekly. A beam of sunlight
is thrown through a lens on a glass
vessel that contains lampblack, col
ored silk or worsted or other sub
stances. A disk having Sits Or open
ings cut in it is made to revolve
swiftly In this beam Of light SO as to
cut it up, thus making alternate
flashes of light and shadow. On put
ting the ear to the glass vessel strange
sounds are heard so long as the flashing
beam is falling on the vessel.
Recently more wonderful discovery
has been made. A beam Of sunlight
is caused to pass through prism so
as to produce what Is called the solar
spectrum or rainbow. The disk is
turned and the colored light of the
rainbow is made to break through it.
Now place the ear to the vessel con-
tanning the silk, wool, or other material.
AS the colored lights of the spectrum
fall upon it sounds will be given by diff
ferent parts of the spectrum, and there
will be silence in other parts.
For instance, If the vessel contains
red worsted and the green light flashes
upon it loud sounds will be given. Only
feeble sounds will be heard 1t the rAA
and blue parts Of the rat"'- 81, ,o,' -'
the vessel ,nd o+bar oo1ors 80 ~ 10 ~,
sound at all. Green silk gives sounds
best in red light
Every kind of material gives more or
less sound in different colors and utters
no sound in others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
POSTAGE STAMP COLI sc7oRs.
A Field Actively Covered Nv the "Phi-
latelist."


"An the worlds a stape"-at least
in the eyes of the - -l,rn dramatist. To
'ne Ind of the born ''philatelist' 1t
appears to present itself as vast field
for the exercise of the energies of the
postage stamp collector. From the
new monthly of the Philatelic society
of London we gather that the vice
president of that society, accompanied
by the honorary secretary OF the
Brighton society and one other enthu-
siastic member of the latter body is
now on tour around the world in
quest of these cherished tritles and
meeting with sympathizing souls in
various parts.
Mr.. Castles latest letter descriptive
of his mission is dated from Bombay,
which has, it seems, a society of its
own, and has left on the minds of Mr..
Castle and his companions the most
favorable philatelic impressions.
Meanwhile numerous other philatel-
lists, as will be seen, are posting over
land and ocean without rest" impelled
by the same absorbing passion.
One chivalrously stands forth in de-
fense of Prince Edward Island from
the unmerited contempt of the indo-
lent philatelists who have spoken dis
paragingly of It's postage stamp pro-
ductiveness; another takes Fiji in
hand, while gentleman who has ex-
amined the great work of Mr.. Tiffany
and his associates, just completed, on
the subject of "The Stamped En-
velopes and Wrappers of the United
States" reports that the list includes
no fewer than sixteen hundred and
forty-three varieties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
Mixed Titles.

Filibuster, freebooter and buccaneer
are words curiously interrelated. The
French and the English sea adventures
once made common cause against Span
ish settlements in the new world, and
all three of these words came in time to
describe the rude sea soldiers who de-
spoiled the Spanish main and the
towns upon the coasts of the Spanish
possessions. Filibuster is said to be
the result of an attempt to make a
French word of freebooter, and the
English borrowed it back from the
French because it sounded less frankly
brutal than the English word. Buc-
cancer was originally French in form,
and it meant at first one who hunted
the boucan or wild cattle and hogs of
the West Indies; then one who made
ierlzed meat of their flesh, and finally,
because this meat was used to provision
the ships of the sea rovers. 6libuster
or 1reepooter o--A
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
A TEXAS POOH-BAH.
He Came from Kentucky and Ran the
Business of the Town.

Business of the Town.
''Some time ago. remarked a lawyer
to a Louisville Courier-J ournal writer,
81 had occasion to visit Texas. /
stopped at little town one Saturday,
about noon, intending to remain there
until Monday morning.
"The proprietor of the hotel was
gray-haired fellow, well preserved, and
apparently full of energy. 1 was con-
sequently not very greatly surprised
when he informed me that he was also
lawyer. He had big, stout wife,
and it struck me that he could very
well leave the hostelry to her while
he practiced law. lie disappeared
shortly after noon.
Il started out to see something of
the little town, and, needing a collar,
stopped in one or two dry goods stores
to buy one. / must confess that | was
somewhat staggered when found that
the hotelkeeper, besides being a law
yer, was a clerk in a dry-goods store -
for it was he who smiled blandly at me
over the counter. l extended my walk
until night was falling, and as I ap-
preached the hotel who did / see light
ing the oil lamps in the main street but
the hotel proprietor! The next morn
ing, which was Sunday, I inquired of
him the way to church. Come on,
said he, I'll show you He took me
into the church and showed me seat,
after which he disappeared, saying he
must go and ring the bell. In few min
utes it was pea1ing forth its pleading:
Come, o, come and soon the congre-
cation had gathered.
II was prepared for anything al
most, after what I had seen of mine
hosts versatility, and was not much
surprised when he assembled the stairs
of the pulpit and opened services.
Then he came down again and manipu-
lated the keys of the wheezy little or
gan while the congregation sang. He
then took up the collection, after which
he again resumed the pulpit and
preached as fine a gospel sermon as l
ever heard. When services were over
and the flock had been dismissed with
a fervent prayer, the pastor closed up
the church.
What sort of man is Mr.. So-and-
SO, anyhow 1 asked a lawyer.
Oh he answered, he runs the
town generally. He's killed dozen
men, more or less, and he is the best
shot with the revolver in this part of
the country. He's the best poker play
| er, too, | ever saw. He is from Ken
lucky, too"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
FRIGHTENED BOLIvIANS.
They Thought an Electric Light Was a
Spirit.


The Bolivian government recently
attempted to establish telephone line
between Lapas and Lake Titicaca,
forty-hve miles apart, says the Wash
lngton Star. 1t was torn down and de-
stroyed SO frequently by the Indians
that the government was compelled to
abandon it, The electric light plant
in Lapas was preserved by adopting an
ingenious method of overawing the ma
tives. After the plant had been in
operation but few nights it happened
that there was an eclipse of the moon.
The superstitious Indians believed that
the electric light was absorbing or
swallowing the moon. They gathered
in large body at one quarter of the
town and moved upon the plant to de-
stroy it. 1t was saved only by the in
tervention of large body of troops.
The government the next day selected
several representative Indians, took
them to the power house, shocked them
severely, then took them out along the
line and shocked them again with the
wires and informed them that the cleo
trio light was an evil spirit and that
they had better leave it alone. Since
then they have had no trouble on that
Spora
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23
Porpoise Pie.

Three-decker porpoise pie is an old
time whaling delieacy. 1t is made by
spreading the bottom of copper kettle
with duff" Upon this goes a layer of!
porpoise in chunks, then layer of duff 4
and so on until the name three-deckerI
is justified. The several strata are them
cooked together, and when the pie is
done it is cut in wedges. Each piece is.
about foot thick, and the share of
each man is obtained by dividing three
hundred and sixty, the number of de-
grees in a circumference, by the number
of persons on board. The quotient rep!
resents the number of degrees to the
segment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-23

st. Peters Episcopal church in AL
bany has a silver communion service
one hundred and seventy-eight years
old which is companion set to that
held for the descendants of the Mo-
hawks by clergyman in Canada. 1t
seems that Queen Anne sent two serv-
ices over, one for the Mohawks then
living in the New York colony and the
other for st. Peters, Albany. The Mo-
hawk service followed the Indians into
exile, and has been carefully pre-
served by the persons to whom it has
been intrusted by the councils of chiefs
from time to time - =.