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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

Come ana have Il cigar said c. s.
Young at the Lindcll yesterday afternoon.
'Although sell cigars myself, do not
carry any that are good enough to smoke,
and spend more money for cigars while
am on the road than for anything else. OF
course our cigars are fair article for the
money, and IA great many people like them,
but | don't, They are almost altogether
5-ccut and Decent cigars, and ! like some
thing little different. It's very funny,
but have handled cigars now for eight
years. The first year L was in the business
| knew all about them. The second year
found me the best judge Of cigars ia Amer
lea.
The third year didn't know 50 much
about them. aud by the time | had been
in the bu,ncs, FIVE years | knew abso-
lutely nothing about cigars mt all. Every
man thinks he Is Il Judge and nine men out
Of every ten are fools. | know nothing
about cigars and can't tell IL good one from
a bad one, All know about them is this
when | strike a brand that | like myself |
ttick to it till | can find something | like
better, and, after all, that is all there is "a
lt.'-EXchange
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
LIZZIE BORDENPS MAIL.
OverwIelmel with Letters from All
Points of tho Compass.

Ovorwhelmel with Letters. from All
Points ofthe Compass.
FALL RIVER, Mass, June %. Lizzie
Borden's mail is something extraordinary.
At least 200 letters were taken to her home
this morning by the lono man who. resides
in the house. and he makes frequent visits
to the postofics during the day. A great
many of the letters come from members OF
Christian Endeavor AMI W. c. T. u. So
cieties throughout the country. The girls
have not stepped out once since their arrival
home, but are kept very busy receiving
callers. Marshal billiard and Mayor
Coughlin are receiving some astonishing
letters, most OF them being OF the drtiest
and most villiGying character. Among
other things he received a big leather medal
from New \ ork State.
1t ia reported to day that Miss Borden
mas received an offer to appear in a museum
at very heavy salary. This offer prob
ably came IN her mail just the offer
came to Capt. Philip Harrington to accept
place in a millinery establishment at the
rate of $4,000 per year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
In Old Song In a Now Dress.

Almost every of us has heard the
pretty musical hit entitled the Arrow and
the Song" telling how the arrow that was
shot into the air fell to the earth UNDECIDED
in some remote spot that the sender knew
nothing Of while the echo of the song long
years afterward was found in the heart Of
q friend. The sentiment is beautiful, and
all the sweet songs of time echo and re-echo
through all the ages, but to "Ta-ra-ra
Boom-de-ay" belongs the honor Of having
been introduced into the evening prayer of
n little child.
Three small children of our acquaintance
were sent to bed early one evening owing
to company being expected. The guests
arrived, and every once in n while the
mother thought she heard signs of suspi-
ciouS hilarity overhead and once went up to
see about it, but all was still. On hearing
again sounds of revelry by night she and n
friend of hers stole softly up to the nursery
door, and this is the sight they behcld:
Three little white ROBBED figures, the cid
est with brush in his hand lesling the
choir, consisting Of the other two white
robcd figures, to the popular measure we
all know so well, the evening prayer being
interpreted in this fashion:
Now lay me down to sleep,
| pray the Lord my soul TO keep,
If | should die before wake,
| pray the Lord my soul to take,
Ta-ra-ra boom-dc-ay, etc.
On disturbing this decidedly novel mode
of worship the youthful leader apologize
ally observed that they We're tired of tho
Old Now | lay me and thought they
would sing it to a livelier measure. After
that who would dare to say that "Ta-ra-ra"
did not belong to the highest order of mu-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
The Prickly Pear of Africa.

Nlischievous though the prickly pear is
it is not without its good qualities It's
juicy fruit, though rather deficient in ia.
vor, is delightfully."- cool and refreshing in
thedry heat Of the summer, and II Kind Of
treacle is made of it.
Great caution is needed in peeling the
prickly pear, the proper way being to i'm
pale the fruit on fork or stick while You
cut it open and remove the skin and woe
botide the fingers of the unwHry "neW
rhum" who plucks the treacherous fruit.
In dry weather at the cape these spteful
little stings do not even wait for the newly
arrived victim, but fly about, light rs thia
tledowu, ready to settle on any one who has
not learned by experience to give the prick
" pear bushes IA wide berth. Home Life
on an Ostrich Farm"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

There need he little hesitation in saying
that, for old persons, "a day in bed' is a
healthful measure of vast importance. Ii
the aged person is wise, he or she will make
it regular practice to spend n couple OF
days perweeli in the repose which sojoum
in bed alone can give. Rest in chair or on
sofa will not suffice. These procedures
are too nearly akin to the everyday practice
Go he Of any survice Countless tempta-
tons to cNurtiuu await the person who is
out of bed, while conversely, if he is in bed,
the idea of work or of labor and movement
is essentially abolished Such rcpose is alb
solute, and if rest is "A great medicine, rs all
know it is for old folks, III day in bed, " as
y regular and not occasional practice, may
he regarded rs invaluable beyond compro-
hcusiOu.
20 further in my advocacy of "a day in
bed' as a health measure happen to
know the case of II busy man whose life is
one long period of physical and mental ac-
tivity and who has found of late years
that no measure possesses anything like
the recuperative effects which follow days
rest in bed. Even in his holiday season
this person is given to take an occasional
sicsta in his bedroom. Provided with light
literature he enjoys his repose as another
man delights in an outing, and his mental
and physical energy is recruited in an easy
and satisfactory manner by this practice.
Hence, not for the old alone, but for those
in middle life, "a day in bed" may he rec
commended as measure worth trying in
the light of physiological experience of its
value. Health Bulletin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

An attempt has been made in n new me
chanical calculator to provide means OF
saving time for contractors, engineers ma
chinists, surveyors and accountants in
fact for all who have occasion to solvs nu-
mei'cal problems.
This device is u kind Of slide rule, which
has, however, all its figures in n single
plane. 1t consists of n wooden base about
nine inches square and a quarter of IN inch
thick, bound with nickel plated metal
Within a circle eight inches III diameter
are series of circular scales on the face OF
two metal plates, the inner plate revolving
on central hub. The inner circle is pro
Vided with two nickel plated knobs, by
which it is revolved, while on the under
side of the board is n metal point by which
the revolving of the outer plate or the
table or disk is facilitated.
pivoted at the center is lens which
magnifles the finer lines. The base of the
frame of the lens forms notched edge to
bring the required figures into line. A re.
movable thumbscrew regulates tho set OF
the frame.
The inner set of scales, called the slide, is
on white ground, and the outer set, called
a rule, is on green ground. Problems are
set and their solution effected 10y bringing
a mark of value that is on the scale OF
one part to line with a mark of value on
the scale of the other part, the revolution
of the slide within the rule rendering this
possible
The inventor claims that the device
shows at glance the squares, cubes and
the rcciprocals Of any numbers, obtains
proportions, directly and inversely, also
roots and powers, and when used in con
nection with tables of natural sines, tan
gents, etc, effects the solution of trigono'
metrical equations. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
LIZZIE BORDEN AT HOME.
On Entering 1t Once More sho Gives waJ
to Grief.


to Grief.
FALL RIVER, June 21.--Lizze A. Bor-
den returned with her sister this morning
to her home on Second street, having spent
the night at the residence Of Charles j I.
Holmes. They drove up to the gate in a
closed carriage In the presence Of only few
spectators, it not being generally known
when they would return. They denied
themselves TO all newspaper men in COM
planco with the suggestions OF their
COUNSEL. Miss Lizzie spent n very
pleasant night and was quite cheerful at
breakfast ia the Holmes residence this
morning. The domestic 10 the Borden
family house on Second street is reported to
have said that the two girls broke down
completely when they entered the old home.
To-day Lawyer Jennings is receiving lot
ters and kilograms of congratulation from
oil sections of the country ana Miss Bor-
denis mail at the post Office Is very heavy.
The emper of the people of this city has
been changed greatly by the verdict and
now general respect for the decision OF the
jury is manifested.
1t is stated by relative of the Borden
family that as soon as Miss Lizzie Borden
and her sister Emma can make proper
arrangements, they, with Bridget Sullivan,
will sail for Europe for an extended trip
This is considered tho best way to escape
unpleasant recollectons of the past year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
| In the sight of heaven! Truly, you must pe

In the sight Of heaven! Truly, you must DC
n great culprit"
"I-I-am not-a miscr"
"You nre the only one who thinks so.
After all that has been shown you, if some
misfortune happens to you-after this
warning''--
some misfortunc'' said Merieux; do
you think"-
listen. " said the woodcutter; there has
been, you know it well, n kind of evil
spirit in the country; no one has seen it,
but it exists all the same. Now, to conjure
it away-I know what l would do"
what would you do;'
"This-and not take four roads about it
this wear would give all the money from
the wheat to the poor box of the county"
"Nevcr, neyerl Noumust find some other
way"
"There is 10 other way said Pierre;
"thc letters sprang up at the same time as
the whcat--that was meant to direct your
"tiow do You know asked the farmer.
"'That comes of itself. Reflect! Why
did the flowers write that name in your
felds?'
In word, so well did the woodcutter
work upon his fears that the first time in
his life old MerieuX made large donation
TO the poor
Everybody commented upon this strange
occurrence, but only the woodcutter knew
how it came about-that he, in the clear
nights of March, had sown in the fields of
the old farmer some seeds of Gslrguerites,
corn1owers and peoples without being seen
by any one but the stars overhead and heard
by none but the cricEets.-T Translated From
the French of Jean Barancy by L. c. Wag
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN
OF tho New England Weather Servi ce
Ior the Past Woek.

The temperature Of tho past week has
been normal or slghtly above in most sec
tions of New England. The first part Of
the week was warm with scattered light
showers, while the latter portion was de
decidedly below the average in temperature
and cold easterly storm prevailed during
Saturday. Sunday and Monday were
favorable growing days. The rainfall. al
though generally light, wes Of great bene-
fit and vegetation has taken new life, espe-
cially in southeastern Massachusetts.
In some portions OF Maine 1t has been
necessary to replant considerable corn on
account OF the rotting; it is coming up well
at the present time. Potatoes in that sec
ton feel the need Of rain greatly. Fruits
are looking well as q rule, but insects are
njuring grape vines. Wild strawberriei
are ripe and are very plenty. Currants
where the worms we're not allowed TO work
too long, will yield heavily. OF the pests,
potato bugs are plenty and in Maine from
present appearances there will be a great
many grass-hoppers and locust; crows are
doing immense damage in New Hampshire
fire and span worms are destroying the
cranberry crop near Marshfed Mass.
With two more weeks of favorable
weather, and mora rain, still further i'm
! provemeut will DO made in the condition OF
all vegetation.
Vermont correspondents report as follows
! Northern Vermont - Nortnfield: Rain is
needed. Morgan: The past week has been
hot and dry and little rain would do good
although crops are looking well. East Ran
| doph Potatoes rather back ward Bur
liugton; Rain needed; having will begin on
come farms this week Southern Vermont.
-Brattleboro: We need rain very much.
Hartland: a fine growing week; hail on the
18th injured some fields of corn; the rain
has very much improved the grass. Wood
stocA: he temperature reached 90 on the
10Th, the highest at this point for more than
| % years. Hartland -Four Corners: Straw
berries begin TO ripen and promise u good
crop.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

The blood makes circuit OF the body every
2ln minutes, delivering nutriment and taking
back waste matter TO no filtered out by tho
liver and kidneys and removed from tho body
through the bowels and the urinary secretion.
Any stopage or obstruction OF this process may
produce various forms OF disease, such as Dys-
pepsia. Bliousness, Constipation, Headache,
Det ility, and bad blood with its multiplied
evils (buils, blotohes. pmples, sores, eruptions,
Assesses and the like. When such obstruc-
tiOns exist as evidenced by the presence of COM
plants similar to those just mentioned, tie
best medicine to use is Rurdock Blood Bittcrs,
which uulocks the scretions, removing all i'm
pure and efleIe matter through the proper
channels. BY restoring healthy action OF the
stomach, liver. kidneys and bowels, B. h. b.
removes all impurities of tho blood from a
common pimple to the worst scrofulous sore.
Deans Rheumatic Pnis absolutely cure
Rheumatism y Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable
safe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

Some few years ago an old lady died and
left e., 800 she made it all out of penny
worths of figs, apples, oranges, and little
penny bags of almonds and Iasins Her
small stall was at the corner of court in
the city and her wares were patroniled by
stockholders, bankers and wealthy Iner-
chants There are many such stalls hidden
away among he courts of the city today,
and it il probable that their proprietors
would want several hundred pounds to
"sell ont. ~ London Tit~Bits
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

II have got dog" said Alex Bruce ut
the l.aclcde yesterday, "or rather l did
have one, that is Il wonder. lie was sent to
me by Il friend of mine about two years
ago, and | used to take him with me ON all
lay trips on the road. lie got very much
attached to me and always seemed i'll at
ease if | went anywhere without him. III
nally tired Of taking him about the coun-
try, and one day while | was in Indianap-
oils decided I'd send him to my brother
in st. Joseph, and of went my dog.
"Wcll, came to st. Louis, went to Cairo
and Louisville and mt last got into Cincin-
natl at night. | always stop at the Bur
nette House, and when got there the clerk
told me that the house was crowded, but
as he knew I'd be there that night he bud
saved a room for me. | was a little bit
surprised and asked him how he knew |
was coming. lie replied: on l knew it.
Your dog has been here all day | found
the dog, and he was delighted to see me, and
found afterward that he had run away
from my brother, and jumping on a train
had deadheaded his way to Cincinnati and
went straight to the Burnett House
Il sent him back to st. 10, and he ran
away again, but he took the wrong train
and wound up in Denver. He tired of 1t
there and came back to It. Louis and
found me at the Southern. sent him bacl,
the third time, and now he's run away
again. The last heard of him WAS through
a letter got from the clerk OF the Capital
hotel ia Houston telling me my dog had
been there for two or three days, and as
had not arrived lac had disappeared.
don't know where he is, but he is well able
to take care of himself and I'll catch up
with him some day."-St. Louis Globe
OemucrAt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

When one woman rebukes another the
cynical bystander thinks it well to have his
ear open. She was II woman whose clothes
were better than her manners.
She walked into the railway car, tilted
her head supercliously, smiled once or
twice and asked in loud voice;
as this the smoking car:'
NO, ma'am, " answered n domure young
woman in the first seat, Il think you'll
find it three cars forward, "-Washington
Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

1t has been found by Dr. Riley that the
larvP Of the bean and the pea wecvil when
Matched have thoracic feet and other struc.
lures which admirably serve their needs Of
locomotion until they enter the bean or pea,
when with II cast Of the skin they are dis
carded, and the grubs assume the ordinary
footlcss shape Of larval wecvils it has long
been known that the egg of the pea weevil
is laid on the outside of the pod, being fas-
tened thereto. While ordinarily cntoying
the pea directly from the amber colorcd
egg, it sometimes enters the pod in the
ncighbOrhood Of the egg, and then mines
along the inside Of the pod for some dis
tance, being quite active and moving rap
idly and with ease.
As in the case Of the bean weevil the
young pea wceyil, Dr. Riley finds, molts
and loses its legs and other post embryonic
characters us soon as it has penetrated the
pea. We would add that here is ii clear
case of adaptation to new needs induced by
a new environments Having no use for
legs, which have been retained until just
after Matching, they are cast of. And this
confirms our view that the great group Of
weevils are not the earliest and lowest Of
beetles, as DR. lie Conte supposed, but in
reality are late, highly modified forms,
which have become recently degraded by
the loss Of parts well developed in ordinary
beetles. New York independent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

BARRE, Vt, June 22.-Annie the six
year old daughter of James Matherson, set
fire to her clothes last night while playing
with matches, and died this morning. Her
mother was severely burned in attempting
to save the child.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29
FORGIVENESS.

A red rose, dropping TO the ground,
with delicate beauty flushed,
BY careless foot, at eventidc,
Was tramplcd on and crushed.
Christlike the injured flower returned
No thorn prick for the blow,
But gave instead n sweet perfume
To him who laid il low.
II. +. Clyde in Ladies' Home Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

BILLINGS PARK, WHITE RIVER juno
TIoN, VT, June % Martha Wilkes trot-
ted working out mile here today in 2:lSt
at the last half IN :0Gi, and the last quarter
I'm 30 4 seconds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

II like the Yankees" General Vallejo of
California used 10 say. 81 would rather be
swindled by them than by anybody else;
they do it so scientifically. "-Harper's
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

LONDON, June 24-A despatch received
a. , O'Clock this morning from Beyroot says
that the collision between the Victoria ana
the Camperdown occurred at rs O'Clock
Thursday afternoon about seven miles from
Tripon
The vessels were almost at right angles
when tho Victoria was struck. These on
the Nictoria's deck at the moment OF
the collision scrambled away and were
rescued by Loats from the Camperdown and
several other vessels The men below had
no time to reach the deck. The sudden
heeing Of the Victoria caused her to begin
to fiji immediately and no escape was posi-
bic, ene went down in - fathoms OF
water.
1t is difficult to obtain the names of the
rescued, as they are aboard several vessels
and so far all efforts have been devoted to
recovering bodies. Shortly a.t3r the col
lision five bodies were taken from the water
one OF them the body of tho chief pay
master. they were buried last evening
with military honors at 1'rpoli.
The Camperdown wns severely damage /
forward in the collision. Temporary re
pairs viii be made and size will then start
for home. 1t is said here that several times
the Victoria had shown signs OF weakness
in her steering geer One theory is that on
account Of this weakness she became I'M
manageable aud could not be got out OF the
Camperdown's way.
Tue Lord Mayor has opened relief fund
for the benefit OF the needy families who
lost members in the disaster.
Further Details of tho Terrible Disaster
IN the GI"diterrnnean.
| LONDON. June 2j.-The details Of the
| collision between the British mau. of war
! Victoria and the Camperdown, by which
| l3U sailors were drowned are coming in
/ slowly. The collision occurred about seven
miles from Iripoli, but no definite lntorma
tion il yet forthcoming as to the exact cause
of it.
1t would he hard to describe the feeling
| that prevails every where in the kingdom in
regard to the calamity that has belallen the
country, through the loss Of the Victoria,
and the drowning of so many of her officers
and crew. Sorrow for the dead and sym
psthy with the relatives aud friends OF
those who Went down with the ship is vide
spread.
! Tho accident to the Victoria mas never
! been equalled in fatal results in naval an
mails OF recent times. The laundering OF
! the newest type of war ship calls 10
! mind similar accident az far rs great
| 'oss Oh nc Is cOhceFued tuhI psiei Tue
| English line-of- battle ship, Royal George,
in 1852. Ia that year the Royal George,
carrying lOS guns, Was lying Off Spit
! head. She had been keeied over Tor re
pairs, wien a sudden gust of wind caused
! her to keel over until tue sea entered hel
/ open ports, She filled and went down with
| al on board, including Rear Admiral KEN
penfeldt Altogether about 600 person:
| lost their lives in that iisl,ter.
Responsible Tor the Victoria Disaster
LONDON, June 25.- is understood tina
Rear Admiral Markham will be court
tailed with the officers of the Camperdown
as that vessel carried his flag rs second il
command of the squadron when she collided
| with the Victoria.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

New NorH, June %. -Bradstreets re-
ports $50 failures in tho United States this
week, against 80 in the week a year ago.