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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

more risks. A play TO please our people
and send them home with the feeling that
life is worth living and that Arizona must
be admitted to the Union or down comes
somebody's ehanty must be made up
about as follows:
ACT Is-Say about five scenes TO the act.
The villain must be discovered at an early
period, in order to give the boys chance
to get on to his shape. Two or more dances
and songs. Work in a smuggling match or
throw the heroine over cliff. Would be
well to have a ranch attacked by Indians
ACT 1.-THE plot must thicken, or some
of the boys will begin to get tired and
shoot at the lamp chimneys. Three songs
and dances in this act. Might have two
cowboys lasso steer, but don't attempt
to work off stuffed steer on the audience
A shipwreck or an tHIuake is always
looked for in this act, and it is time the
heroine was carried off on the villains
shoulder and imprisoned in cave The
Indians who attacked the ranch in act !
should get licked like blazes in act 2.
The dicovery that the Indian chief is n
white man in disguise and the father of
the stage carpenter will make good eli
max.
ACT IU.-The boys will be looking for
stage holdup early in this act and must
not be disappointed. If the children are
to be changed i'll their cradles, now is the
time to do il. If there is farewell scene
between mother and son before the latter
is led to the gellows, she must shed real
tears or none at all. Our people ~un't
stand any base limitations If there is any
Legrce, Uncle Tom, Brutus, Hamlet or
deathbed confession, it should be wheeled
on to the stage in this act. The boys can
stand two more songs and five minutes of
high kicking. Our people love ocean seen
cry, and 1t can be introduced every few
minutes, no matter whether il fits the
play or not. Red fire and thunderstorms
always elicit admiration and applause and
cannot be used too often. There must be
II grand climax as the curtain falls for the
last time, or some one will shoot the cell
ing full of stars. 1t won't be enough that
the villain falls dead of heart disease and
the heroine discovers her long lost mother,
but there must be a whoopng old time,
with everybody yelling and shooting aud
the river overrunning it's banks and mum
dating the whole valley. As people we
love the drama, but it must be the real
quill and no adulteration.
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his forehead With a red silk handkerchief.
why. sab, if dat ar trunk am lost it will
cost dis railroad at least S50,'
"Yo' doan tell mel Yo'll walk right up
an see de uperintendent?'
~ will
can mebbe de PRESIDENT"
eyes, sab. Now yo' go on an find dat
trunk! hain't gut no time to was aroun
ycre. / got to be at de bank in half an
hour"
"IIu, Got e be at de bank, eh?"
"An' later on l hev got to close up land
deal
"Hu' Buyin land, eh''
can dis oavenin | delber n lecture in
Apollo hail on de Progress OF Civiliza-
shun. -
'Hu, 70 de Lawd! Say, kin yo' jest
step aroun dc co'ner wild me to my house,"
"Vhat fur>'
"Klse ] want my ole woman to see yo'.
A man brought de skeleton of whale
frcw yere last week, but she was sick an
didn't git to see it. told her sunthin
bigger'n whale would be comm along
purity soon, an it has dun arrove, an
doan' want her to be disappointed againl
Bigger a whale! HUI No wonder dev
had to put an extra ingine on yo'r train
an den come in wild hot box on cherry
carip
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ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.

ENOC ). SMALL, of Windham Centre,
Me, writes For some time I have been
very sick with kidney disease and was
given up to die; in fact l did not expect
to live much longer. l was all bloated
up to nearly twice my usual size, and
had continued pain in my kidneys and
liver. tried doctors medicine in vain,
took two bottles of very well-known
sarsaparilla, without receiving any BEN
eft, and at last began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. The first few doses made
me feel worse, and thought l should
have to give it up, but continued its
use and had not taken half bottle before
began to feel very much better. con-
tinucd to improve and now l consider
myselfc cured. have no pain, the sore
ness and weakness are all gone, and
am gaining strength every day,
think Aliens Sarsaparilla saved my
life, and am glad Ola opportunity to
speak in its praise and to recommend it
to others.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

Ing the painted cocoanuts off the painted
trees on the drop curtain, but with the
aid of the city marshal we had them calm
ed down when the curtain went up on the
play. For the next quarter If AN hour
there was perfect order. Then old Bill
Parker got up and demanded that a grave
digger and a ghost be trOtted out He was
followed by Bill Phelps, who wanted to
see Uncle Tom and little Eva. Then Enos
White put in a demand for a clog dance,
with girl leaping over a precipice be
tause she didn't want TO marry her grand
father, aud a minute later the large and
cultured audience was in an uprnar. Even
then, bad as things looked, the manager
rould have stemmed the tide by sending
out the heroine clothed in flesh colored
tights TO do some high kicking and sing
"Will Mother Get Married AgainYn OF
"Nancy's Joined the Angels" lie was
not the man for the occasion, however.
The curtain went down, and the Shake
speareans made break for the alley and
the hotel and an hour later got out of
town alive The damage to the theater.
principally caused by promiscuous shoot
ing, is about $50, but we feel that we got
off lucky
We now wish to give due and emphatic
notice to all dramatic combinations which
mag head this way that we shall take no
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

pad. q liver pad. six bottles of stomach
bitter, and n lot of lozengers and troches
1t is only money thrown away. Nothing
ailS you. IoU are simply led away by a
whnn, and hope"----
"Whim; Led away" repeated Mr.. Bow
ser. Mrs. Bowscr, do you mean to init
mate that don t know what | want"
No, no, dear. but you see you imagine
chat this or that ails you. and YOU
~ imagine these things, do /? imagine
them and then rush off like fool and
buy cure Did | buy that lung pad to
check consumption in its incipient stage,
that | might be spared to my family. or
simply to throw away six good dollars?
Idle lancies Led away"
"Wrll, let = drop the whole subject, 4"
said Mrs. Bovser PC she felt the ground
shaking. If anything ails your liver,
you want a remedy, of course"
If anything ails nay liver! If my liver
was all right, would be ass enough to
buy a liver pad? Perhaps my head is
stuffed with sawdust It's wonder that
certain person hasn't applied to the
courts TO have me sent to an idiot asy-
lumW
But you were saying that had such
good Judgment, and that if you had lis
tcHcd 10 me YOu ----
Never said thing Of the sort! That's
the way with Won and ali other wives. A
lam Jnud admits that he might possibly
have done better in one siuRle instance.
and then they jump in and try to make
ont that be doo,n t know enough to pound
sand. Who runs my lungs, my liver and
my stCmach2 Who is the best judge of
what ails 'em? Nothing ails me, Ell? |
am simply led away by idle fancies, the
same as a born IDIOT
You know | didn' mean it that way,
dear"
Mrs. Bowser, had a within that we
II GIT put in a couple OF weeks at the
sca~hore next summer. We don put.
Imagined that you would want about $500
to fix up your wardrobe, but we don I fix
When a man 5 own wife looks upon him
as driveling idiot, it is time he struck
mother job.
M. BoWser, when you called yourself a
cautankerous old crank and kicker-when
you admitted that you had made a dozen
bad mistakes when you '--
II crank and kicker" he shouted as
his cars twitched and his neck Redeemed
- admit that ! have made a dozen bad
nista6cS! Mrs. Bowser, it is 200 miles to
your mothers home! There are four trains
per day! 1t is yet early in the evening,
and you will have time to pack your trunks
10 catch the first train in the morning
Your lawyer can open correspondence
with mine as soon as you see fit. | have
been seized with wLim TO 90 to bedl
Good night, Mrs. Bowser-good night"
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After great and prolonged effort a com
plete and perfect Photographic survey has
been made. 1t will commend itself at
once to all people as the most reliable and
fascinating panorama on the Bible over
placed before the public II is the first eff
fort ever made to photograph Palestine
tour, to hold before the eyes of the reader
the very spot where Jesus and his disciples
walked and lived.
II Isl victory of art, photography and
history combined It's claims at once ap-
peal to the most superficial observer; but a
little attention renders its charms irresistible.
A panorama Of Palestine. 1t introduces
us to the land of sacred pilgrimage at the
famous seaport of Jaffa: then, amidst ever
increasing wonders. it bears us on through
the streets of the City of God, revealing the
ruins that tell of the glory Of David and
Solomon and the places that speak Of the
heroic life of the Son of Mary. 1t bears Us
on, filled with knowledge and new inspira-
ton to the deserts and mountains of the
South. We climb the rugged sleeps Of
Sinai, and thread the shores of the sea
where Pharaoh and his chairots were over
whelmed and feel that we are travelling
with Israel through his desert Of unparalleled
barrenness. 1t takes us amid the scenes Of
\
mountains where He prayed alone, and
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1t carries US into Damascus. the oldest
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enhancing scenery. 1t brings us amid the
ruins of Baalbec. where we stand breathless
before the remains Of structures that attest
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Great care has been taken, in the descrip-
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20 connect with them the familiar and i'm
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thus becomes the greatest family educator
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

fine brocade or richly Colored velvet in the
form Of a vest or plastron. Fancy as well
as plain velvets are thus used with excel
lent effect. Sometimes these brilliant adj
juncts are cuuninRly contrived 50 that they
are adjustable and may thereby serve their
turn with several different gowns. Heavy
black or white lace is also seen, laid in flat
bands on the goods, or perhaps over a band
of silk of prettily contrasting color, or it
is gathered to form a bOuEant corsage trim
ming.
The English do not seem to take as kind
" to light and airy effects as do the Amer
leans and the French. Redeem shows a
spring design which seems severely simple
after the frills and furbelows of the gen
orally prevailing mode 1t is made of fawn
colored vignone Gue and of light weight
The bell skirt is plain except for the wide
facing OF vignone which is stitched on
around the bottom and the four stitched
straps of spinach green cloth which adorn
the front just above the facing and are
fastened down at the ends by fawn colored
crochet buttons. The bodice, which is ex-
tremely long and tight in the usual Eng
fish style, has rather short basque, and n
strap of green cloth follows the waist line
above each hip and is buttoned in place.
The revers Of the fawn colored corsage ex-
tend to the waist and display an open waist
coat of green cloth that parts over a green
plastrOn which, with the standing collar,
is embroidered with fawn colored cord.
The boutlant sleeves have faring cuffs of
green cloth, and green velvet toGue COM
pletes the costume. JUDO CHoLLET.
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a BETTER MAN.

c. y. FULLER, Blacksmith, East IN
ion, Me-, writes For four years have
had kidney disease, which has been con-
tinuaily growing worse, although | took
medicine that claimed to be a sure cure.
My trouble consisted fla severe pain in
the lower part of my back and hips, and
also complete loss of appetite. be-
gan taking Aliens Sarsaparilla, and two
bottles have cured me. The pain left
my back and hips and has not returned
since My appetite is complete, for the
first time in years. Aliens Sarsaparilla
is decidedly the best medicine ever
used, and | will recommend tito all. II
cures.
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BoNNY EAGLE, Nh. Gentlemen
Your Sarsaparilla has been of untold
value to nc. For twenty-six years I have
suffered from acute rheumatism; have
had rheumatic fever eight or ten times,
and have hardly been free from rheumat,
ic pains for many years until about sew.
en- months ago. For the last six or
eight years l have suffered terribly.
have spent hundreds Of dollars for doc.
tors and medicine, but could get no ben
eft. ! tried all the remedies known, in
GLIDING two kinds of sarsaparllas, but
continually grew worse, until l was un.
able to DO even the lightest work. I
could hardly move around. I was in
this condition, and had been so for over
a year, when l began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. have now taken six bot
ties, and have hardly felt a twinge Of
rheumatism for seven months, during
which time have been doing 4 mans
work every day. can now do as much
hard work in a day as the majority OF
men, all Of which is due to Aliens
SarsaPariila. ELLIS b. USHER.
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Bowscr Makes Bold to Critioise Him In
Mind Way--Then Bowser Repudiates
Himself.
Copyright 1884, by Charles p. Lewis.1
~ was just thinking, ~ said Mr. Bowser
rs h. laid aside his paper the other even
tag. "how foolish it is for men 70 strive
for money beyond certain point"
Eyes, - quietly replied N1Ss. Bowser as
she looked IN and wondered what was
coming
Take our case. for instance. While we
are not rich we take solid comfort. We
have all The accessories and many of the
luXurjS If we were worth $4,000 600,
you could not he more loving or devoted
wife.
DO You really think so;" she asked. and
bsmie OF pleasure rested on her face.
"Ihink sol You bet do! You are the
best and the dearest little woman in all
Mi, world, and | am cautankerous old
frank and Kicker
"lou are a good man, h1r. Bowser."
"NO, | amt, I'm obstinate, selfish and
rrsuky. and sometimes wonder why you
don run away and leave me. wish |
were better man
You are good enough for me, said
Mrs Bowscr as she wont over and patted
his bald head AID kissed his left ear.
"But I'm always blaming you, while
you are never to blame. Don't You re
member my buying that horse.
"lys, dear"
"Nou warned me that I'd regret it. but
would buy him. and lost a clean 500
and came near breaking my neck. Then
got the crazy idea of keeping a cow, and
Twas $25 out on that deal. Then | bought
"a pig; then | got the chicken fever; then
/ had the back yard plowed up for gar
don; then | invested in fire escape;
tAuu'--
Never mind, dear" She interrupted as
sle ioulled his chin.
But cant help but mind - he persist
ed "Thinb &C the idea of my investing
$40 in that microbe destroyer when there
wash Blamed microbe within 100 miles
Of cur housed And then paid $l5 for "A
family medicine chest and nearly poison
cl the whole Of us with the first dose!
Mr., Bov>er, if [ had listened to you'll
all husbands had the sense to listen to
their wives-Id have been heap better
of
DO you really think So"
~ know it and am free to confess il -
"Ihen, dear, | want TO tell you some
ching
Crack ahead. 1t will be hard, common
sense whatever it Is"
won't you please get over those idle
faucies in regard to vour health In the
last two weeks you have bought lung
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PLAN OF PUBLICATION.

1t will be issued in seven parts or portfol-
los Each number will contain is photo
graphs printed on heavy onameled paper.
Each picture in the book is an exact photo
graph. and is described in the most concise
and interesting manner in few lines so as
to enable any one to gain the principal facts
in the shortest time possible
The entire collection consists of 1l2 pho
tographs including everything of any special
interest in the Holy Land, and all at cost
of but 20 cents.
These parts are sent by mail to all sub
scribers who wish them, whether living in
Burlington or elsewhere.
Only one coupon is necessary. with 10
cents, for each part. The views in this
portfolio are not so large as those in the
Magic City" Black ink is used in print
ing the cuts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

"Am yo' de pusson who has lost o
chst''
"A chist' A chist2 Who's talkiu bout
a ebist7" scornfully demanded the fat
man.
"Mebhe it was box'"
"What got to do wild a box, sah9'
"Was it trunk
Eyes, sab, of co'sel What yo' dun s'pose
] want of chist or boxP"
Regular trunk wild a lock on it?"
ayes, sahl"
"Hev a strap an two hinges''
"Yes, sab -
"Didn't hev yo'r name painted on de
eand, did it?'
"Of co'se it did Boy, what yo' ask ne
all desc queshuns fur?"
"But was dar anything in dat trunk"
persisted the porter as his demeanor be-
came more submissive.
"Of co'se dar wssN Indignantly replied
the other as he removed his hat to wipe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29
TRIM WALKING TOILETS.
They Seem Severely simple After the Frills
of the Prevailing Mode.

Serge and cheyiot are the favopite mate
rails for walking toilets this spring; then
come the fancy weaves in light wooden fab
RIGS and bouce effects. The various shades
of green, brown and purple prevail, aud
black is also popular, Sleeves are cut In
one piece from shoulder to wrist, or are
made with one or more puffs extending
from the shoulder to the elbow, but in all
cases they are very tight around the fore
arm. Plain tailor nude styles are still In
vogue, and the vest has not declined in ia
vor, while revers are seen on almost every
description of bodice, from the morning
jacket to the ball corsage.
Beside the GALLONS, passer, enterie and
artistic buttons which are employed as
trimming for street gowns, they are often
rendered more elaborate and striking by the
skillful introduction of a small quantity Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

Meredith Meginnity importuned.
Marry me now" he pleaded.
The mind of Constance McGllicuddy
wavered
Now" she faltered
CHOW"
The rich red beams of the descending sun,
falling aslant of her beautiful face, awoke
Il sudden resolution within her
Impossible" she said firmly you have
DO frock coat"
Yes, it was yet afternoon.-Detroit Trib-
uDe,
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TOILETS OF CEREMONY.


silk stuffs are much in vogue this spring
for gowns intended for afternoon receptions
and other occasions OF ceremony where full
dress is not admissible MORE leads in pop.
ularity, of course, both in the plain and
striped varieties, while satin, peau de sole
and benGaline are also worn, but plain
grosgrain silk seems to have entirely dis
appeared from the fashionable wardrobe
Elaborate costumes made of fine wooden
goods and trimmed with richer materials
are also seen, crepous being still favorites.
Some new repped goods are shown, covered
with small silk embroidered figures, but it is
doubtful il tA>'v will be taken up very eager
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29
and buy a collar Jor
him from
GEO, |. RAGAR.
HERES A MAN
WHO HAD RHEUMATISM
FOR IS YEARS.
Had Rheumatic Fever Eight OF
Ten Times.
The Disease Entirely Driven Out
BY Six Bottles Of AIIan'S.

Mr.. ELLIS B. USHER Of Bonny Eagle,
Maine, whose case has become well
known for miles around, and whose re-
lease from this terrible disease is consid-
cred almost miracle by all who know
him, is now well man, and considers
Aliens Sarsaparilla the most wonderful
medicine Of the age.
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Self Contained.

What self contained animal that green
lizard isl" remarked the canary bird to the
poodle
II hadn't observed it," was the answer.
That's because you don't keep your eyes
open. If you had been looking, you would
see that he has just swallowed his own
skin Washington Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29
The HOLY LAND
As I IS TO-DAY.

Palestine, Modern and Historic, Photo
graphed. Reproducing the Exact Scenes Of
the Great Events of the Bible. The Tomb
OF Abraham, the Well of Jacob, Sinai, the
Dead Sea, Tombs of David and Absalom,
Pools of solomon, Shechem, the Battlctields
of Israel, Many Views of Jerusalem-its
Walls, Gates Streets, Mosques, Churches,
People, Sacred Spots and the Many Hall
owed Places inside the Walls-Gethscmane
Golgotha, Mt. of Olives Pool of Sloan,
Jericho and Jordan. A Perfect Picture of
the Land of History.
The eutiro series, consisting of portfol-
los. 1l2 Photographs, if purchased sep
aratcly at retail as original photographs
would cost, at "A conservative estimate of
80 cents each, $50 90. Through the FREE
Press but 20 cents. No such opportunity
was ever before presented. Address all
mail to the
Art Depart ment,
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THE ARIZONA KICKER.
A Rash Young Man who Refused to Be
Advised.

Advised.
DRAMATIC. Two weeks ago, when the
advertising agent of the Shukespearean
Comedy company cached this town to ar
range for date, we attempted to have
fatherly talk with him. He wore plug
hat and a long overcoat trimmed with
sealskin and carried a cane, and he escap-
ed simply because all the boys were over
at Lone Tree that day at the turkey shoot.
AS editor, mayor, senator and the owner
of the opera house we think we know the
taste of our people in the dramatic line
When we learned that his company would
be billed to play 1.-THE Lightning Express, 4"
which play we do not believe Mr. Shake
speare ever heard Of we asked to see a syn
opsis. The fur trimmed young man did
not happen to have one in his bootleg but
pompously assured us that it would be
sure to catch the house We told him that
it was usual to leave deadhead tickets for
old Bill Parker, Enos White, Bill Phelps,
Grizzly Jack and the half dozen other crit
les who always begin shooting at the drop
curtain at a quarter before if they have
to pay their way in, but he went away
without doing it.
Tuesday afternoon, when the company
of seven people arrived here. we called ON
the leading man and expressed our fears
and offered to have a mule team in the
alley back of the theater to get his people
away when the climax came He init
mated to US that he had played before the
crowned heads of Europe and knew his
gait. We could only leave him to rush
blindly on to destruction. He was max
ing the mistake of his life when he thought
he could impose on our people. Al pre-
cisely 80 O'Clock old Bill Parker and his
crowd filed in and took front seats. At
precisely Is minutes to S they hcpan shoot
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Young Mother-Baby is somewhat cross
1oday. He is teething.
BaAhelor On great awe of the mite of hui
nanityl--And when do you expect him to
AnL.cuce --er--hairing?-Nog