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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
OLD BILL JONES.

Hc loafed around the diggns on the head o.
Roarin Fork,
Too shii.ess fur to draw his breath. too lazy fur
to work
slouchy, good fur nothin cuss dressed like 4
orncry tramp,
sort o. wart upon the face O. a respected camp.
His worldly goods Jest an ole prospcctin
pan an pick
With which he ust to ofn say he'd some day
turn a trick,
But all us miners laughed at him an in disdainful
tones
Allowed thar want bit o. nerve wrapped up in
ole Bill Jones.
Rep trampin up down the creeks an cimbn
up the hills,
An scrstchin round in lazy way ia give man
the chills,
An taldn bout the way hard luck had biTcd
him with club,
An bummin Whisky Jack fur booze bummin
fur grub.
II you should offer him a job he'd sort o. sheer
say
He calkilated he'd be hirin men himself some
But as fur him hard labor too tryin on the
bones
An quite antagonistic to the tastes Of ole Bill
Jones'
toll the scamp
He'd better hit easy trail an nose 1t out o.
camp
An jest as an incentive to accelerate his gait
| slung my boot out with a kick that want no
ieathcrweight
lie only scowed in lazy way an said that he war
ust
70 rough ole knocks an he had heerd that chicks
come home TO roost,
An then along the Ouray trail he dragged his
weary bones.
An Roarin Fork war purged at last O. shftless
ole Bill Jones'
We thought 1t war the richest joke a-goin when
we heard
That he had struck a fssure vein thft
golden bird,
But down in Denver t'other day l saw clear
shaved face
That had burned familiar look | somehow
couldn't place
He lolled back in a kerridge, dressed as nobby al
king.
The driver logged in uniform, the HOSES Jest the
thing,
An when | asked Teller who it he said
'ile owns
Clus onto half this town, guess; that's Colone
N.!li-u Jones'"
Denver Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Sources of Well Known Proverbs

Nine persons out of ten attribute the
well known expression, Man proposes,
but God disposes" to the Bible. but it
was the good Thomas Kempis who
said 1t in his Limitation of Christ"
Another often used expression is Com
parsons are odous." This is properly,
SO far as English literature is concerned.
attributed to John Fortescue, who -four
ished in the middle of the fifteenth CEN
fury, but we find it in Cervantes, Mar
lowe, Burton and Herbert, while Hey
wood has it among his proverbs Shakes
peare in his Much Ado About Nothing"
paraphrased it into Comparisons are
odorous," and in this form the saying
aas almost as much currency as in the
original.
Spare the rod and spoil the child" is
generally thought to be Il text from the
Bible. And in substance it is, for King
Solomon said, "He that spareth the rod
hateth his son." but it is found in But
lcr's "Hudibras" in the heater form in
which it is usually Quoted.-Johr Gilmer
Speed in Woman's Home Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
SOCIAL SHAMS.
This Futile Struggle For Recognf-
ton In society.


at would seem that there could BIO no
condition moro unsatisfactory than that
of being on the edge of situation,
writes Mary II. Baldwin in The Woman's
Home Companion under the suggestive
title con tho Edge of Things" "Yot
there are many women everywhere who are
clinging to the outer circle of fashion,
society, accomplishments or life pur-
pose In society many n woman persists
in standing just outside the charmed cir
Gle, catching glimpse now and then OF
splendid effects, hoping sooner or later to
get inside; watching her chance with
restless eagerness resolved to die upon
tho spot rather than fall back to place
where she might have firm foothold.
Home lifS health, comfort, solf re-
spect, have been sacrificed to gain the no
tice of society leaders IL Is related OF one
who for many years had bowed before So
cial position and who had reached the
round next to the last in tho ascending
ladder that after the death messenger had
arrived word was brought to her that a
popular member of the coterie before which
all her life she had stood waiting for rec
ognition had come to see her. She Insist
cd upon being arrayed In n charming
negligce robe TO receive her visitor. For
a few minutes she enjoyed the long covet-
ed honor, and then as she found herself
Just inside the circle, the death messenger
beckoned and tho ruling passion had spent
itself
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
MRS. lANGTRY MARRIED.
Career ofthe Famous Beauty.

Mrs. Lily Langtry, the actress, was
married on July Y, in the island OF Jer-
sey to Hugo Gerald De Battle, 2S years
old, the eldest son of Sir Henry Ferclval
De Battle.
She was born in the island of Jersey, in
1852, She is thus 4d years, though she
only pleads guilty to &c. Her father was
the Rev. w. c. lie Breton. dean of Jersey,
She was married at the age of 20 to Ed
ward Langtry, an Irishman. She went to
London after her marriage and attracted
attention by her remarkable beauty. The
Prince of Wales became her friend and
she did not want for others, Her social
ambitious became too expensive for the
husband and her father, and she decided
to go on the stage.
Her first appearance was in 1881, at the
Haymarket Theatre. London, in She
Stops TO Conquer" In 1882 she came to
America TO act, and she made other visits
afterwards.
She is an American citizen having GAIN
ed a residence In California for the pnr-
pose of obtaining a divorce from Capt.
Langtry. She made three attempts to get
this divorce and finally succeeded in May,
1897 Mr.. Lanstry died in an insane
asylum at Chester England, on October
u. 1851.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
GREGORY'S FOG HORN VOICE
Once at Lenst, II Proved to he the
UndOinR of the Orator.

Much has been said about the thunder
Gus voice possessed by the Hon. Pete
Gregory, member of the legislature from
Usage county. The voice is really phe-
nomenon, n volcano, a salvo of IL inch
guns. Our good friend Bottom said: Let
me play the lion too. will roar that | may
do any mans heart good to hear me.
will roar that | will make the duke say,
Let him roar again let him roar again.
But Ounce was fearful that such roaring
might alright the ladies', and Bottom
FASTENED to qualify his roar in these hit
ting terms: but | will aggravate my
voice so that | will roar you as gently as
any sucking dove. l will roar you as
'twere any nightingale" The difference
between Pete and Bottom is that while
Pete can roar like any lion his voice does
not attune itself to the roar of the suck
ing dove nor yet to that of the nightin-
gale.
And this fact recalls us to a story told
by Charley Sheldon of the only time
Pete's roar lost its volume and Pete him
self became silent and abashed. There
were some kind of doings in Usage coun-
ty. and Pete had been selected as the
orator of the day. He wrote a speech
that was to be the effort of his life and
rehearsed it down in the cornfelds on his
fathers farm. When the day rolled
around and the multitude had assembled,
Pete faced his audience. threw out his
chest and Numbered Fellow citizens"
Down went a chandelier, crash went a
window, while all the old fellows sitting
about the stage fell over backward
clutching at their ears.
Pete paused to give the reverberating
air q chance to settle down. and just then
Charley Briggs, sitting in the front row,
squeaked out Louder, please" The
effect was instantaneous. The audience
went wild and fairly hammered holes in
the floor. A foolish grin overspread the
face of Pete, and it was plain that he
had received n shock that left his mind a
blank. He drank something like n buck
ct OF water in a vain effort to recover his
voice and equilibrium, but it was plain
that "the effort of his life" had gone
glimmering. and he soon sat down.-Kan-
sas City journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
DEWEY'S COMM HOME
From tho Chicago RccordN

From the Chicago RccordD
From Maine to California, throughout our
mighty land,
Theirs somethin' agitatin us a child could
understand
A patriotic sentiment as strong asl' warm
an true
AS ever cheercd the heart of man an
thrilled it through an through;
No partisan or race or creed or low or up
per crust
Can gather in this fcclin' an control it
with a trust
An pretty soon from mine pit up to
heavens distant dome
That peslt-up feelin' will eXplode-for
Dewey's comm home.
Theirs never been an admiral who had a
better way
or takin' up an argument an settin' it to
stay
For when his side has had its say-his
broadside in a word
The opposition argument is very seldom
heard
You never hear him bubble an he never
hositates
When he is maxim history for the United
States
Oh. talk OF cheerin' Caesar once upon a
time in Rome
Wen knock that checrin' galley west-for
Deweys comm home.
He's modest is they make 'em, an there s
no one charges that
Since he has won his victories he wears a
bigger hat.
He's had all kinds of trials, an there's no
one ever said
That he was ever ratified or he ever lost
his head.
No wonder that his countrymen will swear
that he's about
As perfect an American as ever was
ground out.
So hurry up, Olympia an churn the briny
foam
An everybody whoop 'er up-for Dewey's
comm home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
An Enterprising Druggist,

There are few men more wide awake
and enterprising than J. w. O'Sullivan.
who spares no pains to secure the best
of everything in his line for his many
customers. lie now has the valuable
agency for Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This Is
the wonderful remedy that is producing
such a Juror all over the country by its
many startling cures. 1t absolutely cures
Asthma. Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all
affection of the Throat, Chest and Lungs.
CAN at above drug store and get a trial
bottle free or a regular size for so cents
and 500 Guaranteed to cure or price re-
funded.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
The Cramps Cannot Get
Steel to Complete Rus
sia's Warships.
A GIGANTIC EXPANSION
In the Home Demand For Steel-Larger
Payments Through tho Clearing
Reaction Tho General Trade
Situation Gathering Strength.

New York, Aug. 1S.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade says
The Cramps have discharged many hun
dred hands and asked Russia to extend the
time for completion of two warsnps be-
cause they canot get the steel. Compile
tion of 20 out of 81 vessels building in the
Delaware is also affected. 1t is curious
experience for this country but shows the
gigantic expansion of home demand. Pay
ments through the principal clearing
houses have been in August 500 per cent
larger than in 1892 for the month thus far,
and outside New York 23O per cent. How
icng and how far this advance can go
without reaction is the problem which lev
el headed business men are studying.
In iron the question is of steel billets
which the great consuming companies
have bought far in advance 80 that all new
orders nave a narrow market. For six
months billets have sold at 81 to s. high
CC than the rails made from them. Other
demands not covered by contracts are
mainly for various shapes and sizes only
prescribed in contracts.
Cotton rose "A week ago to $50 cents but
has fallen to 6.19, Mr.. NELL having esti-
mated the coming yield at IL 10000 TO 12,-
Or,oo bales. Official and other estimates
are all much smaller but the man who
judged rightly year ago has the floor.
Prices have been advanced 2l2 cents In
I}rogans Crcedmoors, and split boots, and
there are some indications of decreased
buying.
Wheat has advanced about cent during
the week, with Atlantic exports only 1853
zoe bushels, -four included against 3059,SS
last year.
Stocks have risen, in spite of a heavy
tone and strong speculative movement
for a decline, - cents per share in the
average for railroads and 70 cents pei
share for industrials. London speculative
selling helped 10 depress early in the week
but afterwards buying took about
as many shares. Failures for The
week have been in the United States
1856 against ia last year and in Canada ;
against Il last year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Distressing stomach Disease.

Permantly cured by the mastery power
OF South American Nervme Tonic In
valds need suffer no longer because this
great remedy can cure them ALL 1t is a
cure for the whole world OF stomach
weakness and Indigestion. The cure be-
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brings is marvellous and surprising. 1t
makes no failure; never disappoints No
matter how long you have suffered, your
cure is certain under the use of this great
health giving force. Pleasant and always
sale,
sold by W J. Henderson & Co., druggist
172 College St, Burlington VI.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

Distressing Bladder and Kidney Diseases
relieved in six hours by New Great South
American Kidney Cure" 1t is a great sur
prise on account of its exceeding prompt
ness in relieving pain in bladder kidneys
and back in male or female. Relieves re-
tention of water almost Immediately. II
you want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy.
Sold by w. ]. Henderson & Co.. l72 Csl~
lege St., Burlington. VI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
MANUFACTURING AT A MAXIMUM
And Prices Retain Their strength with
the Exception of Raw Cotton.

New York, Aug. 1s.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
The trade situation gathers strength as
summer wanes. In manufacturing lines
production appears to be at a maximum,
and the price situation retains most of its
old strength. Notable in the matter Of
added strength are most of the cereals
and iron and steel in many forms. Tho
impetus given to wheat prices by the gov
eminent report last week has been fur
Their reinforced by less faVorah BILE crop adj
vices from other countries. notably india,
and export business is reported somewhat
improved. AdVices as to the corn croD
are still as favorable as ever some States.
notably, Kansas. reporting phenomenally
large yields. Judging from numerous re-
ports the scarcity of supplies of iron and
steel is becoming increasingly serious, sup
plies of structural and material being re-
ported inadequate at a number of points.
There is an appearance of quiet at east
orn markets not shared in, however, by
western Centers, where sales are reported
large and price advances numerous.
A n1tah" exception to the general
strength of prices is found i'll raw cotton,
which lost all Of last weeks advance ow-
ing to the issuance of a bearish crop cSti-
mate which from the present outlook at
least seems very heavy and 1T the least
prematurcy issued. The strength OF the
cotton goods market is maintained though
advances are few as yet. and here scar
city of supplies Of the staple is reported.
ConCidontal,y there is revival of the re-
port that a numbes' of Fan River mills
are to be consolidated. in woollen goods
orders for light weight mems wear good
continue heavy, and raw wool though less
active is no les firm and high grades are
particularly VOL held. The advance in
boots and shoes seems to have been felt
hut little and the slight gain in leather
prices impacts a very firm tone to hides.
Most staples aside from those mentioned
are firm and unchanged on the weeN. Cur
rent railroad earnings show little reflection
of the falling off in the grain movement
and make excellent comparisons with pre-
cedinC years, and the like is tCue of net
carvings, mentioned elsewhere.
/ Business failure for the v eek number liz.
as compared with 1856 last week, 1875 IN this
week a year ago, 22l in 1897, ga in 1896
la 100 In,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Will be Subject to Japanese
Courts Under the New
Treaties.
TOTAL NUMBER is 1881,
About Onc-Tenth of Them Arc Ameri-
cans-A Largo Proportion Are Mer-
chants Tho Japanese Look to Am
orleans For Education--Espe-
cial Commercial Relations.

Washington Aug. 1S-Over one thous-
asd citizens of the United States two
thousand Euglishmcn and about one /
thousand German and French ciuzcas
viii be directly affected by the now or
der of things in Japan by which eNlrd- /
torritorality disappears ana foreign resi-
dents are made subject TO the laws ana
business regulations of that Empire.
The total number of foreigners residing
in Japan, as shown by a monograph on
Jaran just prepared by the treasury "u-
ICau of statistics was, on January J, lNN,
1851, as against OBS In 1871 ana $40 b
1896. or this number in 1895 '-O6, or near
~ oac-half, We're Chinese. DIS English,
1916 American. 523 Germans, 49l French,
~ Russians 155 Coreans. lea Portuguese,
1Jl Dutch. ANA the remainder divided
among other countries in numbers less
than lVo each.
The new relation in which tho foreign
FRS i'm Japan stand to its citizens, laws,
Ind government, is especially important
because OF the unusual relation they hold
20 its foreign commerce. Both the import
md export business of Japan are conduct
ID LARGELY by foreigners residing in that
.uuutry. More than 66 per cent of the cN-
.ortatons from Japan and more than u
rcr cent. Of its imporIations are conduct
I'D ~ foreigners OF the total exports
from Japan in 1898, over 107,o00Co0 yen
were sent abroad by foreign merchants
doing business in that country and fifty
tive million by Japanese merchants,
while OF the total imports of the yea
lS4.OO0ODl yen i'm value were imported by
foreigners and 100000 yen in value ~
japanese merchants.
That the Japanese have proved apt pu
pills in the study of foreign commerce AS
an art is shown by an examination of the
-ecord OF Japan's foreign trade during the
past few years In 1883. only 49, per cent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

gain by remaining under tho Federal Cow
eminent at Rio de Janciro. In tho cir
cumstanccs, therefore, II will be no sur
prise to many if the subdivision of tho
former Brazilian Empire should be
brought about at no very distant date.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
DiscOuruging.

perhaps you could learn to love me in
time?'
Il don't know ! never was any good
at learning things l didn't like. '-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Miss Miami. bids you adoo."


Mrs. Oldham-Doctor. what shall do
to prevent these horrid wrinkles from
coming at the corners of my eyes?
Doctor-Stop getting old. madam. Two
dollars, please. Chicago News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

All weak places in your system effect
ually closed against disease by DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. They cleanse the
bowels. promptly cure chronic constpa-
ton, regulate the liver, and fiji you with
new life and vigor. Small, pleasant. sure;
never grippe.
]. W. O'Sullivan, w. Z. Hall. r. H.
Parker, +, Gosselin, f. r. Craadall and
Bellrose's Pharmacy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Lacking In Shirt.

Jimmie-What kind Of man is yer
new boss Tommy?
Tommy-Aw, i guess he don't amount
to much. He never swears at mc.-New
York Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

Don't you dare touch my shoulder
again, sir,,'
II was only taking n pinching bug
off your back. Here, I'll put it on again
Y you say so."-Chicago Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
ESTATE OF AVERY e. EDWARDS.

We. the subscribers. having been ap-.
pointed by the honorable the Probata
Court for the district of Chittenden, CONF
m ssioners to receive examine and adtu IL
the claims and demands OF all perso a.
against the estate Of Avery n. Edwards,N
late ol COLCHESTER in said district deceasedI
and also al claims and demands eXhiblte "
In offset thereto and six months from the
day OF the date hereof being allowed by
said Court for that purpose We do there.
fore hereby give notice that we viii attend
to the duties of our appointment ar tho
office Of \ H. sherman Isl Main street,
in Burlington, in said district, on the Sec
opd SATURDAYS Of september and January
days.
Dated this I'D day of July. 1Soa
\. l.. SHERMAN.
WA. c. JOHNSON
WILLIAM II. LANG
6w,3t Commissioners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Something Accumulated

Hasn't the peace conference done
anything yet?"
"Of course; it has unearthed n lot Of
new things TO quarrel about. "-Chicago
RecOrd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Another Tragedy.
Denver Post.

"Nliss Miami Brown" he said severe
ly, II wah jcs happenin to pass de win
dow yesterday evenin. an | hyuhd a
SCUM 1t wah a smack"
"Oh, | done fohget to tell you dat de
kissing bug done broke in. You mus Of
hyuhd i'm
Miss Miami. bids you adoo."
"Whah is you gwine"
as gwine down an fin a pahfesscr. |
wants to tell i'm dat Foggy Bottom hab
done turned up kissn bug dat wars 4
red neckte an plays de banjo.'-W ash
ington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

1.-TWO heads are better than one" If
the one you have is dun and heavy you
need Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t will give you
prompt relief.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

Scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas and 9TH
or distressing cruptVe diseases yield
quickly and permanently to the cleagsnS
purifying pOWer of Burdock Blood BitterS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
BANK CLEARINGS.

New York. Aug. S.-Bank clearings at
the principal cities in the United States
and Canada as telegraphed Bradstreets
for the week ending August is, were as
follows:-
Totals for the United States, $l,5l4 ,135, 513;
increase 1913; total outside New York, $5l4
6l5,l 53; increase 23,2.
Totals for the Dominion of Canada, s2G,-
Sl5,7S6; increase $50.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

Bodily pain loses its terror IL you've a
bottle OF DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil in the
house. Instant relief in cases of burns,
cuts, sprains, accidents of any sort.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
10 al
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To AL persons concerned in the estate o a.
Hiram " alkor, late OF Burlington. in salF
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-21
ADDITIONAL THROUGH SERYICE.

The through car and sleeping car
service between Detroit and Columb-
us over the Ohio Central and Lake
Shore will he extended about June 10
to Point Aux BarQues over the Grand
Trunk and +. s. p. NJ. The schedule
will be: Leave Columbus %. o. 7:30
D. III; arrive Toledo %. CD 1920 p.
IN; arrive Detroit IL. 50 600 n. M;
arrive Port Huron (G. To 0:55a. m;
arrive Point Aux Barques Of. & u.
ND 300 p. III. Returning leave Point
Aux Barques (F. 81 p. Nd 2;3s p. IN;
leave Port Huron (G. To 7:40 T.: m;
leave Detroit IL. 80 0;25 p. M; Tole-
do %. C.) 11:40 p. m; arrive ColuInb-
us G:5Oa. IN. This extension of through
service will be appreciated by tile
public. No transfer will be necessary
between Columbus and Detroit, Mt.
Clemens, Lake st. Clair Resorts, st.
Clair Flats Resort, Port Huron and
Point Aux Barques and in close con
nection at Detroit and Port Huron
with trains for Canadian and Michl-
gan points.