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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-25

The horse of Mr. Matthew ran away
Friday afternoon. doing considerable dam
age, but no one was injured. Mr. Hunt is
clerking for his father in the store of Hunt
a I3abhitt. julia Bryan is visiting in JEFF
fcrsonvllc. Mrs. George Hill has been
granted a pension
George Moody spent Sunday at home
The Ladies' Aid society met Wedne day
afternoon with Mrs. f. y. Taylor. The
meetings will he continued again this week.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the
Methodist church and Thursday at the Con
grcgational Mrs William Ashley is visit
ing at Mr. Elisha Moody's .-Mr. and Mrs.
l.. C. Wrisley have returned from visiting
friends out of town
WEST BERLIN.
l.. W. Porter of Montreal was here over
Sunday. Foster Ayers and son of Windsor
visited friends here last week while having
the sons eyes treated by In Chandler of
Montpelier Mr.. and Mrs Alex. Stevens
are happy over their first arrival; it is n
daughter
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-25
MORTIFIED.

Sociahlc, wcro he'd at The VI IthOdist.
Congregational aud tnivcrsaist churches
Wednesday evening and al the Episcopal
rooms Thursday eyenin. .-Juliu, Houghton
and Miss Angie King Wore married Wcdnes-
day evening. st. Johns Dramatic club
presented the drama. 'Shamrnck and
Rose, ~ at concert hall, January 81 and %.
Miss Buttcricld OF Braintree is visiting
the Misses TurbelI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-25

T IN 7. = u NJ 7, ; T-TI-
PORK ST.. li@ loo.
LARD $50
SHORT RIBS-Sidc SG.Gir6.tN
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
Chinese Politsness.

Whether or not tho Chinese put q
term insulting to Japan In their de-
claration OF war against that coun'
try, they seem to be, under ordinary
circumstances, the politest people or
earth. A German traveller who has
Just returned from China, and who
has been publishing his impressions
OF the Chinese people, declares that
In writing u letter to perfect stran'
ger Chinaman calls his correspon.
dent "my elder brother" The lat.
ter begins with such phrase al
MAY NIL the blessings OF life be
showered upon you, such Is tho wish
OF your imbecilo junior"
In speaking Of his own family the
writer says: 1--WE ants" The I'D
dress on the top OF the lctter L.
"From my humble cabin to the glori'
ious Palace OF Pearls OF my eldel
brother" and the preamble Is, "Tt
my excellent and benevolent elIel
brother. who ascends the staircase Of
honors." At the end Is the form
1.-The undersigned, your most obedi
ent monkey, raises his hands In sup
plication to Your Exccllency In ordel
that Your Excellency may deign Il
approach the miserable ruins OF on
house." Finally, as u further toke'
OF humility, the signature OF thu
writer IL SO small rs to DO almos
| illegible.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01

vas far back with the husband she
loved so we'll. The old dress had re.
vived old associations and his very
presence seemed around and about
her. She looked up with clasped
hands and streaming eyes.
"Oh, Harry! Oh, my husband !"
she murmured, "if you knew how I
love you, how I mourn your loss,
surely your soul might speak to mine
and tell me that you IRE near me"
"Maud, my wife, my darling!"
She started to her feet, with u won.
dering. startled face. There he stood.
worn and weary, changed from the
man lie had been, but the wife rccog.
nized him In an instant. For mo.
ment solemn awe filled her eyes.
and her love hesituted and trembled
in the presence Of a spirit from the
other world. but the next instant she
held him in her arms with n wild
cry.
"Oh, Harry, my husband! You
are not dead; you have come back
to me- !"
His passionate kisses on her fnce,
his strong arms and throbbing heart
answered her as no words could have
done. He had come back to her from
imprisonment amid the wild western
mountains, from perils and dangers
and death itself.
For awhile, after she had heard his
story and fully assured herself that
he was really flesh and blood, and
not a spirit, rs she had first believed
him. she luy quietly weeping on his
bosom. Then she arose with SOL
emn tenderness In her eyes. and,
leading him to the little couch, drew
aside the curtains, revealing the little
face. flushed and dimpled In slumber,
and the small, chubby fists fast
clinchcd together.
Harry Mcrline looked on without .
word, then, bending down, he kissed
the little sleeper with u Joy ant
thankfulness In his soul too deep fo
utterance.
And on this stormy night, aftc
weary years Of imprisonment annie
barbarous hordes, after having en-
dured trials and hardships and almos
dcnth itself-this was how Harr.
came home. -[Pittsburg Leader
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
Mystery Of the Blue esan.

At the great Fruit Show to be held
In the Crystal Palace will be shown
the English blue bean, which, when
introduced by the proprietOrs OF the
horticultural Review, caused much
commotion in the horticultural world
At Earl's Court, shortly afterwards,
the blue bean was tho centre OF at.
traction In the pavilion devoted to
tho fruit and flower shows, the table
on which the dishes containing the
delicately tinted pods were displayed
being thronged throughout the day
by an enthusiastic crowd of amateur
and professional gardeners, all bent
on solving the mystery OF the blue
bean. The secret OF the blue beam
blueness no man knows. 1t Is OF a
most exquisite tint, and every part OF
the skin OF the pod is both evenly and
perfectly dyed. Inside, the flesh and
seeds are OF the usual green tint, and
from culinary point OF view the
bean Is everything that could be de-
sired London Daily News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
Spssd In Railway Travel.

4 great deal has been said and
written about tho coming flyers and
tho tremendous rate OF speed that
will be attained by them in the near
future. hut before these rather OK.
aggerated figures can be reached,
there must be complete reconstruc.
ton in track-laying and road-bed ar.
rangemeat. A degree OF solidity and
iirmness not yet secured and an al
most absolutely straight track are
imperatiyely necessary II one would
send train over the earth's surface
ut such high rate OF speed. EN-
perts have decided that train run.
ming at the rate of 100 miles an hour
would 10 flung from the track ut the
first curve. 1t therefore appears that
the present existing tracks are not
Mt ali adapted to such rapid transit
as tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. enthu'
siasts are talking about. The prob
abilities are that the elevated track
in some Of its forms and the tunnel
are the solution OF the hlgh-spced
problem. Only by bridging valleys
with trestle work and cutting through
hilla can the average level be reached
and curves be dispensed vith. II
would be necessary to run air-lines
without regard to intermediate sta
tions, leaving these to be connected
by ordinary roads. 1t would take
something over Il mile in which tt
stop one OF these flying trains, ano
the nerve required to run 1t would BIZ
something far beyond that possessed
by the average engineer. forl
Ledger.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
QUEEN or KOREA.
Timely Pen Portrait Of the Korean
klno's wife

ktn0'0 wife
The Queen Of Korea Is now forty.
four years Of age, being just ono year
older than her husband. She 10 OF
medium height, and her form Is
slender and straight. Her manner
is pleasing. and she Is always de-
scribed Us "cvery inch u Queen"
She Is by no means bad looking. Her
face Is long, and every line OF her
features beams with intelligence and
vivicity. She has high forehead. a
long, slender, aristocratic nose, and
her mouth and chin indicate detern.
ination and character. Her cheek
bones IRE high, her ears are small.
and her complexion Is the color OF
rich Jersey cream. Her eyebrows
are after the approved style OF
Korean beauty, the hair having been
pulled out so that they form an
archcd thread Of black over her eyes.
These are almond In shape, and they
fairly snap with life. They IRE keen,
business.like eyes, and they see
everything, being intellectual rather
than soulful. Tho Queens hair Ia
let black. 1t Is parted in the mid.
die, Is combed perfectly smooth away
from the forehead and brought down
over the ears, and rolled In low coil
which rests on the nape OF her mock.
Here 1t Is fastened with hairpins OF
gold or OF silver, each a foot long
and US big around rs your finger.
The Queen has u good mouth, full OF
wcll.formed, large teeth; and when
she laughs, which Is quite often, she
shows tho upper ones.
The queer has u large wardrobe,
tho dresses Df which she changes
frequently. During her mourning
for the queen dowager she was dress
ed for weeks In u white silk gauze
which Is the color for mourning In
Korea. Sh. Is not fond OF jewelry.
Her hands. which are long, thin,
and shapely, never sparkle with dia
monds; her only rings are heavy golt
bands, AMI she always wears these
In pairs, two rings on one finger
She wears Mother bracelets nor neck
laces, and her clothing Is more LIKE
that OF u retiring woman Of the Wesl
than thas OF the queen of the mos
gorgeous Oriental court OF the world
Her feet are clad In Korean shoes O
tho softsst OF skins, finely embroid-
cred, and more like slippers thar
shoes. She carries diamond-studdet
American watch; and, as Is the Gus
tom aisong Korean women, she Is b!
no means avcrse to smoke. Sh
does not, however, affect the long
stempicd Korean pipe with its bow
OF silver or brass, but prefers
cigaNtte; and was told ut Seou
that she orders her cigarettes from
the United States, and smokes ther
quito freely. II Demorest's Magazine
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
Valuable Deposits Of saipstsr.

Deposits Of saltpeter that promise
to be the most valuable In existence
have been discovered In Cape Colony,
South Africa. They are claimed to
be true potassium nitrate, which Ia
one Of the chief ingredients OF gun.
powder, and is worth about $50 ton.
The principal supply ut present is
from Chile, but the "Chile saltpe-
ter" as it Is called, has to undergo Il
costly chemical process before uso'
Nitrate of potash is found In but
small quantities as II rule, rs 1t Is
soluble in water, and Is therefore
washed out OF the soil by the rain.
The dryness OF the South African
climate Is supposed to account for
the richness OF the latest find, which
it Is stated, will reduce the price OF
the mineral one-half.-[New York
Mail and Express.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01

me land to William Penn, and this
land afterward became the State OF
Delaware. It is upon tho language
Of this grant that Delaware claims
jurisdiction over the whole river op.
positc New Castle. The matter was
once brought before The commission.
ers from the two States.
INDIA has been densely populated
for thousands OF years, and ut this
time IL contains very nearly BOO, OOO,.
900 inhabitants. Yet large regions
of the country are haunted by raven.
Gus beasts and by poisonous reptiles
which destroy human life. We learn
from a recently printed British blue
book upon Indian affairs that, In the
year before last. rs many as %, 900
people were killed there by snakes
and wild BEASTS, eighteen-twentieths
Of them, or over 1900, by snake
bites, and over 1000 by tigers and
leopards. These feroclous enemies
Of mankind arc not less the enemies
Of tame cattle, 67,OOO of which were
destroyed by them aud 1900 poison,
cd. This terrible destruction Of hu.
man beings and domesticated ami.
mails In India Is largely due to the
Hindoo doctrine OF the wrongfulnest
Of killing any living thing, on &c.
count Of the danger to souls IN the
course Of transmigration. A piOus
Hindoo would rather be poisoned by
a snake or eaten by tiger than kill
either Of them. The British. Indian
authorities have long striven to re-
duce the number Of hostile reptiles
and beasts; but the figures given In
the blue book here spoken Of IRE moi
evidence Of their success down to thii
time.
THE recent robbery Of train In
Virginia within thirty miles Of thu
National Capital, has excited intense
feeling, says tho Atlanta Constitu
ton. It seems that train robbing II
no longer to be regarded as an occa
sional incident Of wild western life
Any passenger train In the mos
thickiy settled portion Of the Allan
tic States Is liable ct any time to b.
held up by q few determined mel
who will loot the express car, an'
possibly rob the passengers, IN,
then make their escape. The Rich
mond Dispatch suggests that Their
should be some signal like bias
from the steam whistle or the firm
Of a gun to warn every trainmen an
passenger that an attack had BEEF
made by highwaymen, and then TIL
engineer, fireman, conductor, brake
man, postal clerks, express messen
gers and Pullman employees shout
DO provided with firearms to use Il
meeting such emergencies. Whel
the robbers learn that the crews
every passenger train IRE we'll arme
; and prepared to fight to the death
! these outrages will cease. The dos
= perate men who attack trains Low
r life and liberty as much 40 other pet
? pie, and they are not going TO ris
i almost certain death. The main reu
: son why these outrages IRE so COR
r mon Is because the highwaymen hay
Q generally found the trainmsn an
: passengers easy to surprise, an
0 without any weapons for dcfens'
l. Our railway and express cOmpnnie
. can easily change all this. A few d.
Q termined men with revolvers on
train would be more than u mate
n for twice their number OF robber
r Tho experiment Is worth trying.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01


The anniversary night wore on,
wild and dark with storm, and still
the poor wife, half dazed by her ter
rible sorrow, sat by her lonely
hearthstone, robcd in her festive
garments. At last there came II step
without, n sharp, impatient step on
the gravel, but she did not hear 1t.
! A weary, travel worn man, bronzed
by exposure and pale with long en-
dured grief, came up to the front en-
trance and paused beneath the low
window. Through the parted cur
tains shone the ruddy freight, re.
yealing the warm, attractive room--
the old, familiar room, with his hat
upon the wall and his books and
meerschaum on the mantle, I'M
moved, as he had left them; revealed
the kitten purring on the rug, ano
the little curtain bed in the distance
, and the dear, sweet face, wet will
tears, and the dress he loved in happ.
days, that seemed too far back To tn
poor wanderer to be real.
Was it all dream? Was that thu
, wife from whom he had so lon
. been parted, whose face had bee
, with him through all his lonely hour
r OF peril and imprisonment2 Was sh
{ waiting and watching and ke.pin
5 his home bright for his return?
9 He left the window, stole softly I
t the porch and approached this sid
: door lie raised the latch ltopene
and he stood upon the threshold.
Intent upon her musings, her ow
4 sweet memories and sad reflections
!, Maud heard no sound. Her hear
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
WHEN AUTUMN PJSSETH BY.

When purple elderbcrrics vie
With shumach's crimson stain
A food Of mellow minstrelsy
Overflows the winding lane,
A myriad insect voices flute.
And rival Threats reply.
No tree, no tuft of grass is mute
When autumn passeth by.
A perfume rare Of ripening leaves
On zephyr pinions floats.
And oft the scout Of browning shelves
Blends with the cricket notes.
Each hanging bough censor swings
Beneath the dreamful sky,
And at her feet rich fragrance filings.
when autumn passeth fly.
The spiders thread their gossamer
with jewels for her head:
The thistles strew their down for hes
That softly she may tread;
The brooklet stills its summer CLEO
Wiener her feet draw nigh.
And gently drones the yellow bee.
When autumn passeth by.
Strange sorceries the spirit bind,
And work haunting spell:
Weird voices echo on the wind
And whisper beauty's knell.
At eventide lonely star
Comes forth to mourn GA high.
And sheds its quivering light afar.
when autumn passeth by.
The sweetest song that ever flows
Hath sorrow In its strain:
The keenest Joy that mortal knows
Il always half pain.
So life and death combine their art;
They charm the ear and eye,
And lovely pathos wins the heart.
When autumn passcth by.
-tSamuel Mintnrn Peck
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01

II has been computed that the deatl
rate of the globe " ninety-eiRht PEE
LaiRute
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22

hand while the ether hand steal
thily goes down IN their political
POCKETS and empties their contents
of franchise srd civil rights
So in spite of all OF the promises
and the golden prospects held
out by Mr.. Dole, and his coterie.
and allofthe buncombe about poll
teal liberty and equality the true
intention IS that the Hawaiians
shall be treated as lot of re
served Indians. aud become as
it is represented by Mr.. ". G..
Smith, and the other recently
stranded adventurers. The
nation here are the Hawaiians,
and their we'll treated wards
have so far been the foreigners
who were enabled to make
their money here. The position
is not yet reversed. aud many
a day will go by before it viii be.
There is. yet sufficient manhood
sufficient courage. and sufficient
determination among the Hawaii
ans to unable them to grasp. il
necessary by force, the rights
which are theirs by inheritance
aud by birth. They will not accept
so humiliating a position as that
which is so condescendingly offer
edto them through Mr.. Sanford B.
Dole's official organ.
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22
They Love Hawaiians.

The Aduertiser is in a very
loving mood this morning, and
it refers to some of Professor
Alexander's latest efusions to
prove how greatly he and the
rest of the missionaries love the
Hawaiians. Mr.. Serene E. Bis
hop is also quoted as a clover"
of the natives-the AdUertiser
doesn't say if it is of the males or
females, and it quotes a remark
of the reverend" (save the
mark) gentleman (?D which he
used in an article in 1888, and
which was used by James Schou-
Ter in his great article on Hawaii.
We will also reproduce it and
compare it with Mr.. Serene E.
Bishops remarks in the IndepeR-
dent in 1894. A change must
have come over the dreams. and
over the Glove" of the "rever-
end during the last six years.
Perhaps he is getting too old to
Glove" any more.
1.-The Hawaiian race is one
that is well worth saving. With
all their sad frailties, they are a
noble race of men, physically and
morally. They are mpnly,
courageous, enterprising, cordial,
generous, unselfsh. They are
highly receptive of good. They
love to look forward and upward.
though very facile to temptations
to slide backward and downward.
In an unusual degree they possess
capacity for kind and ardent
enthusiasm for noble ends.-(S.
E. Bishop IN 1888
"There are two great parties in
Hawaii. One is the party of
heathenism and absolutism. 1t
is represented by the debauched
ex-Queen, who attempted to over
throw the constitution and estab
lish the Louisiana lottery in
Honolulu. On her side are all
the Kahuna sorcerers and idolat
ers. all the white corruptionists
and those who wish TO max,
Honolulu a centre for the manu-
factnre and distribution of opium
together with the lewd anc
drunken majority of the nativ
race ,pLo ,ciU largely By The
lucrative prostitution OF Ueii
females to Tie sciJeless Chinese an,
japanese, some 25.000 of th,
latter classes to the IL 900 adull
native women. In alliance witt
this heathen monarchical part,
are a majority of the ] 800 Britisl
residents, who oppose America
influence and are led by ths
British Minister. rs. Z. Bis
hap IN IS94.J
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22
Wards of the Nation p

The blatant conceit of the
editor of the Star has rarely
cropped out to such degree as
it did last night, when in an
editorial on the proposed new flag
he cal 5 the Hawaiian NOW and
hereafter the wards of the ma
ton. = How very condescending
indeed of this stranger Would it
not be proper though for him to
tell Us, and 1.-THE wards of what
nation he is speaking? Does he
use the word nation to describe
the polyglot lot represented by the
clubs and leagues-men without
home, without nationality, yes,
even without namel Are the Hawai-
ians suddenly TO become wards"
of the birds of passage of the ilk
represented by the professional
who now presides over
the Star but who upon his arrival
made overtures to certain people
to obtain the editorial chair of a
royalist papera The Hawaiians
realize the hypocritical and con-
tsmptible attempts Of the P. G.
clique to bamboozle them and to
pat them on their backs with one
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22

Mr.. ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ the
manager of the HoLoaUA. is not
the A. Fernandes mentioned as a
member of Mulligan's secret
Portuguese League. and as a
former ardent Royalist- The
gentleman referred to. is Antoine
Fernandes. popular and ener-
getic young wine merchant who
does business on Fort Street
Mr.. Abraham Fernandez flag
still ilies in the Royalist camp.
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22
His Poor Memory.

When Mr.. S. B. Dole sent his
famous specifications" to Min
lister Willis. he informed His
Excelleney that he had resided
ffty-six (56) years in this coun-
try and consequently knew what
he was talking about. By refer
ring to the Hawaiian Missionary
ssStud Book we fad that Mr..
Dole was born on April 23rd
1874. and consequently is about
City 500 years old. We're was
he hiding during the other six
yearsl
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22
WANTED

The following Numbers OF the
Hnfnnna.
Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-22
AN AMERICAN.
His Birthday Observed IN
Honolulu.

Today is the 16lst anniversary
OF the birth of General George
Washington the first President of
the United States. and whose
bones have laid at rest this many
a year in the peaceful shades Of
Mt. Vernon. Today was observ-
ed in Honolulu by the represent
atives Of the different nations
flying their national colors, and
by the firing of a national salute
bv the British man-of-war
Champion, japanese man-of-war
Naniwa, and the American Flag
ship Philadelphia. The war
vessels ali dressed ship" as
did also the American merchant
men S. c. Allen and Alden Besse
and the English bark Villalta.
The Provisional Government
battery joined in the salute, and
in the afternoon the offices were
informally closed and special
exercises were held at the Drill
she'd. For the benefit of many
members of the so called
American League, and also
the editors Of the Advertiser and
Star, who are advertised as
attending to the recognition Of
the day, and who know as little
about Washington as they do of
the first verse of the Star Spangl
ell Banner this Hawaiian journal,
the HoLoMUA informs them that
George Washington was born
Feb. 22nd, 1892 in Virginia.
Those who have studied the sub
subject have discovered that he
is descendant from the Wash
ingtons of Snlgrave Nothumber-
land County, England where the
ancestral home is situated. The
American ancestry of George
Washington can be traced no
further back than his great
grandfather John Washington.
who settled in Virginia about
1867. Very little is known OF
Washingtons early life, pro
badly because there was little
unusual to tell. The story of the
hatchet, and similar tales, are
quite apocryphal, having been
coined by Washington's most
popular biographer, Weems. The
boys life was not different from
that common to Virginia families
in easy circumstances. Hunting
fishing, plantation affairs, and "a
little reading made up its exist
ence. His education was but
elementary and very defective,
except in mathematics, in which
he was self taught. No greater
mistake can be made than to
think that the influence of Wash
ington was fairly appreciated
during his term of office. No
direct descendant of Washington
can claim his honor or disgrace
his name. The Washington
estate at Mount Vernon was
acquired in 1858 by an associa-
ton, and has been practically
been national property ever
since.
Washington was the first
General of the army and the first
President, of the United States
of America being inaugurated
April 30th 1889 and serving two
terms. retiring in 1877. He died
Dec. Il 1893.