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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

A rerently-arrived Frenchman who
visited well known Boston etab-
lishment one day recently 10 lit him
self out for long Journey to the
west, was complaining bitterly of the
cold. 'Don'l You have cold weather
in f'runcc?' asked the salesman vino
waited on him.
"Wny, certainly, we have re cold
weathr' in France VAS the Ie. y.
''Dnt We do not have re all four sea
sons in one day in France.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

The original blocks of the wood
cuts with hich Robert Louis Steven
son illustrated set of scrap books he
put together while at a Swiss health
resort in 1881, have been presented to
the Boston public library by the nov
elist's widow.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

The French language, it appears, is
better al pied to the I urpose OF the
telephone than the Eng ish. 1t is
stated that the large number of sibi
liant or kissing syllables in English
renders it IL less easy and accurate
means of communication.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

A remedy recommends for patients a'-
tiictrd with the grippe is k"mpS lhleam.
which il especially adap;r To dis 'a>.- -;
n. throat and lungs u, not wait Tor thr
first symptoms Of tn" ii"a-r. tut yet Il
hut'lr today and keep it Oh han3 Tor rs"
the moment it is needed. IT neglected. tUr
grippe has Il tendency to bring nn r.rI-
mouia. The BaIsam prevents thi- hr keep
ing IN. cough loose. All druggists sell il.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Clean blood means Il clean skin. No
beauty without il. Casrarrts, Candy tathar
tic clean Your blood and keep it clean, bv
stirring up the lazy liver and driving ali i'm
purities from the body. Begin TODAY l."
Danish pimulrs. hoils biotvhrS, hlackhraGs.
and that sirkiy bilious complexion hv taHln;
Casrarets beauty for ten cents. MI drug
gis,s, ,atslac ion guaranteed Ice. 2jc, zoe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Kemp Bil-lm will stop the cough ut
once. Golu your drua;G.-l today and get
"A sample bottle Tree. sold in 20 aud 5u
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
KtruuS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Electricity is used to drive Il new
drutnl engine for operating drills and
cleaners, the motor being mounted Mt
the base of the bracket and connected
with gear shaft running through
tubing, with shaft at the outer end.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
An Unexpected Answer.

Score y-Tomorrow will he the
25th anniversary of the day when
entered yonr service.
Employer- Indeed, Then SUPPOSE
you are going to have II ubi'ee dim
ner? Don't forget to invite Inc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Preserves made of juniper berries
are made i'll vast quantities in South
Germany, chiefly for the Italian mar
ket.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. klinc's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2tria bottle aud trea sc free.
DIR. X. II. KLINE, Ltd. 3i Arch St, Phila.. Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Employer iraacibyJ ,-Conr"nnl tina!
boy. He's never around when he is
wanted.
Clerk think it must he here litarv
with him, sir. lis father is police
man. --Golden Days.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

The money invested in England's
railways exceeds her national debt by
5000, 900, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day, In order to
BIZ healthy this l. necessary. Acts gently
OH the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
ache. Price rs and SOC.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Lake Superior is the largest inland body
Of water. 1t is $50 miles long by 100 miles
wide and has an area of 43. 200 square miles.
NE3
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
To Cure "a Cold in Orc Ray.


Take Laxative Brumo puininc Tablets. Al
druggists refund monr! If ii tails toCurr. -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

els there any hope for me- h
asked.

TTHTHV1NtTN FHKeV'
EYES," sh said. "a little. Papa j.
coming down the stairs, AN there i :
Just II pos ibiIity that y"n raA gr'
away before he heads y"n oil. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teethn NJ, soften the gums. redtcing innamma-
ton aliays pain cure. wind collie III. II bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take tascarets andy Cathariic. Zoe or PIC.
II c. &. G. fail to cure druggists refund money.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

TO QUIT tobacco cas,iy an forever. b. mag
BAG. the wondrr-wo Ike. hat make veal; men
strong. All dru.gi,t j'r. or 81. cure guar
antcrd. B,okicI and s,mplc !rec Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago OK New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

Educate Your Bowels With cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
IOt 90 lfC.t.t fai .druggis;s refund money.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

NO-To-i:ac for Eff! Cents.
Guaranteed tuurco habtc, re. makes weak
men strong. blood pure. 5m.tl. All druggists
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

/ had not done for eight years. Anyone
suffering us did that will try it, know it
will help them and do for them what it
has done for me-
Weak, nervous, debilitated women or
those who suffer from female weakness,
should use Dir. Grcene's Nervura. 1t is
the greatest strengthened and restorative
ever known. You can at any time con-
suit without charge with DR.. Greene, "a
Temple Place, Boston, Mass, whose vast
experience and great success in the cure
OF such complaints makes your cure GER
tain. If you cannot call, write DR.. Greene
about your case.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
XIX XXX Ky 5Xi{2z7
F'ITZSIMMONS'S
SPAN OF LIFE.
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OF for many months
had there been such
a dangerously looking
fire as Chief Bonner
found W h g IL he
reached the corner
of Blocker street
and Broadway, in
New York City, on
Election night, 1895.
The flames were
ga Oinr ocrOss
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
tn (ure COust

English wedding cakes are now i'm
ported by fashionable brides.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

sbS FRANCISCO. Col.
L0tESv1LsI.. H.. NLH YORK, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

e .:rs eyes. w usa Themnson's Eye Wate
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-10

jacket or bolero with open or closed
fronts, plain stitching being the only dec
Grafton. For more elaborate gowns there
is the tunic skirt or the skirt with several
circular flounces and the bodice with
pelerine or double revers As for trim
ming, there are folds and stitched straps
of cloth or satin, scallops, vandykes, cir.
cular rutfles applications of cloth and en-
broideries made directly upon the goods,
not to mention braiding, either plain or
fanciful Attractive costumes of black
venetian cloth show applique decorations
of black silk or satin outlined with braid
or cord, the same adornment covering the
revers which are, however, of white silk
or cloth instead of black. The lining Of
skirts and boleros is usually OF silk Of
light or bright color-rose, mauve, cherry
or pea green.
The illustration shows IA jacket of mas.
tic cloth 1t has tight fitting back, with.
out seams, and the basque is shorter on
the hips than elsewhere The front is
straight and crosses over TO the left, clos
ing with two rows of pearl buttons The
large collar is faced with white cloth, and
the jacket is finished with lines of stitch
ing. This little coat may he worn as q
separate jacket or may be accompanied by
SIX irt TO match JUDO CHOLLET.
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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY AUGUST TO- 1899

as hcw we shall be making use OF their
only boat they cant follow ms.
That's just it, was the enger re-
ply "That just what m thinking of
We shall have their boat, Of course, and
swimming y fortunately ont of the ques-
ton because of sharks But, don't you
see, they'll have the schooner What's
to hinder them from laying her up
alongside the Eureka as soon as she
puts to sea, or, for that matter, even
before she leaves Pipersf Now. that's
what | should like to prevent.
Its fact, admitted the woman
They'll have the schooner. and ten to
enc they'll do just what you say, sir,
and we cant prevent EN- from doing it
either, if they wants to, that can see.
We shall just have to make a fight of it
when they come. "
"But we cant fight theml We have
no firearms and they have, but we can
stop them" cried the undergraduate
"You see that saw2 Well, We'll stop
them with that Here, Cain - he shout
ed. "Can you keep that white haired old
ruffian safe for another half hour2"
II think | can, EUR, returned the
farmer confidently. "Ill just yet here
qniet like thil'lky. l zuppose he'll
have to boide too.
Have you managed to arm yourself
with anything was the next question
mo, admitted Cain, "but III
zoon do that. eur
With a great effort and with the delib
Grafton Of man to whom hurry was a
vanity. he Strengthened out yellow
gathered leg. dived deep down into long
trousers pocket and produced clasp
knife. He opened it with his teeth and
showed blackened blade some four
inches in length. Then he spat ccpious-
ly into the hollow of his palm, grippcd
the knife handle and extended his arm
with slow, saving motion.
81 be dang rous man to tackle, zur,
when got blood up. said he solemn
ly
Guthrie burst into laugh The no.
t,Nn of any one being tardy enough to
lee that knife be stuck into him was
funny, but then he remembered the on
like strength of the fist at the back of
it, and came to the conclusion that he
pitied the man who fell foul of its blow
Come on, Henrietta. said he
"Cains all right. fancy Now III
show you what crosscut saw will dor
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-10
SCENE NEAR MALABON.

monkey, which he does not look unlike.
He quickly stripped them of the bright
red fruit and gathered it into an arm
ful. The armful would bring him S3 in
Manila, he said. Thus one poor heather
mans loss was another heather man S
gain.
One insurrecto was found lying stiff
and stark in death with a silver peseta
"a Spanish 30 cent piece clinched be-
tween his teeth, which were displayed
in CHASTITY grin. These poor souls are
full of superstitions They very com
monty put something of this sort into
their mouths before going into battle,
believing it will be charm to prevent
them from being shot.
When the insurgent troops held the
rich old town of Pasig, they built bar
ricades in the streets after the manner
of Paris mob, and one of these was
actually made of cocoanuts In this fer
tile valley they were plentiful enough
for such purpose, We saw the re-
mains Of this famous cocoanut breast
work on each side of the road as we
passed. Part of it had been burned
through and showed glimpses of roast
cocoanuts on the half shell.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER
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NOT SUCH A MTSER.
Tie Was Good TO One Poor Soul st
Any Rntc.

They were speaking of successful bust
ness mon, md somebody mentioned old
Colonel Titus Bark (which isn't his
hafnc, although it ought to bel.
There is man who has made great
deal of money" commented one Of the
party, but he has been Of absolutely no
value to the world except as an illustra-
ton of the vice Of avarice. ] doubt
seriously whether he has ever spent one
penny on anybody, except the members
of his immediate family, whom he
couldn't avoid supporting"
81 think you do Bark an injustice" re-
piled another in tho group. Men Of his
stamp are often strangely generous in
secret and take the greatest pains to hide
their good deeds from the world. They
seem TO find bitter pleasure in being
misunderstood. In this particular case
/ could cite You to an old man in New
Orleans w)-In Colonel Bark has quietly
supported GDr n number Of years, and /
feel pretty certain that he has never
mentioned the matter to living soul
Its an old fellow who used to know
his father. and what makes his action all
the more prniscworthy is the fact that
the recipient of this bounty is anything
but an engaging character. lie is
Grabbed coarse. illiterate, snnrling and
as ugly az a mud fence. He has n nose
like tomato. and I'm persuaded he tip
pies n good deal in private. The colonel
must be perfectly familiar with his short
comings, but he never chidps him and
never permits anybody to speak i'll Of
him in his presence. In fact, I've known
him to tell more than one deliberate lie
to shield him from the consequences Of
his pure cussedness. Everybody hates
the old rascal. | doubt whether he has
another friend in the whole city"
'lou astoniSh me-" exclaimed the first
speaker How long has this been going
onY'
For years. He has no other source
OF revenue, and il it wasn't for the colo
mel he'd certainly be dead ! saw him
hobbling into his Office only this morn
ing"
We'll, we'll, that strikes me as being
rather pathetic. Who is the old scamp,
anyhow
Titus Bark, Of course" New Orleans
Times Democrat
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to exchange a smile and shrug with
the young lady's father. Dolly, becom-
ing suddenly conscious of this tele-
graphic demonstration, blushed.
What did you do with Gains pris-
oner, the white headed mulatto?" ask
ed Captain Colepepper.
"Shoved him down where he came
from and then put the scuttle butt on
the top of the skyight to take the place
Of Cain go stone pressure, Cain wasn't
at all keen on letting him GO mind you.
and, when | asked him what he wanted
to do with him. gravely suggested that
there We're the police.
THAT farmer genius' pro-
nounced the doctor. How did he get
hurt, by the way?"
I'm afraid that was rather my
fault, admitted Guthrie "After we d
left the schooner it suddenly occurred
to me that I'd heard that turtle soup
was pretty good feeding and thought
I'd like to taste it. So we rowed back
again. and Cain went down into the
hold and lugged big fellow mp in his
arms and tumbled him into the bottom
of the boat, Now this didn't take very
long, but it was just long enough to
give the niggers time to finish the job
they been busy at for the last half
hour or so. We were about 80 yards off
for the second time when the side of
the companion burst ont bodily, and
the mulatto whose head Cain had been
looking after was the first to make the
deck. He had pistol and he Just
blazed away at us. Most of the shots
went wide, fortunately, but one of them
took the tip off Gains ear | don t
think it hnrt him much. but when he
saw the color of his own blood well,
you should have heard his yell He just
rolled down into the bilge and moaned
that he was going to die and that IN
san Pierce would never zee him no
more, Henrietta and / could hardly
stick to our oars for laughing, though
we weren't by any means out of range
of the mulatto' popgun yet. The funny
part of the thing is that the man s no
coward really; his behavior ON the
schooner $ deck proved that. But that
warm. CORY trickle down the side of his
head seemed to upset him completely -
'lle's not the only one of you that
has had lucky escape, in my opinion,
said the captain seriously. "Now you
go to your bunk, young man, ana take
your watch below. guess you want
it,"
CPO BE CONCLUDED)
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the captain forgot all about this inten-
ton Of his. The three auditors heard
Guthrie's account Of the conflict with
the schooner's negro crew with differ
ent feelings 1t is true, but the idea of
blaming any one of the actors Except
perhaps the big farmer, for having been
the first cause of the scrape) did not
occur to them. And even Cain Laversha
was freely pardoned in view of the good
work which he had done on board the
schooner Captain Colepepper followed
the tale with an appreciation of the
telling points of the conflict SO keen
and sympathetic that there was no room
for any thought of blame DR. Tring
sat with wrinkled brows and punched
up shoulders weighing the chances Of
peril still to come from the turtle catch
ers, and Dolly hung on the narrator's
every word with an interest which, in
its perfect want of self consciousness,
forgot how much of her heart it be-
trayed.
81 wanted to cripple them as effectu-
ally as possible, the young man was
saying, land didn't see that / could
do so better than by relieving them of
one of their masts,
You did that2'' exclaimed Captain
Colepepper admiringly How the
thunder
Sawed it through couple of feet
above the deck, explained Guthrie
"They left a crosscut saw lying
about and that gave me the idea Hen
rietta and | did it between us, and it
took us the better part of an hour.
'Slackoned up the port rigging, taut-
ened TIE starboard. and then laid into
the starboard side of the stick with the
saw, I suppose2" cried the eager cap
tain.
''NC; the other way round, was the
answer, "hut it's the same thing, of
course. That mast was piece of the
best Memel pine, may tell you, and |
shouldn't say the teeth Of the saw were
good for much when at last it did come
down. The heel of it cut the bulwarks
to the deck level as it fell. "
(Which mast did you tackle2" asked
the doctor.
Foremost"
III Uni Then don't see that we're
cafe from them yet They can bend a
foresail in front of the mainmast and
be nearly az good as before. "
eyes, said Guthrie with laugh,
81 dare say that s what they II do even
tualy. But il won't be today or to-
morrow or for a good many days to
come. You see, after we'd got the mast
overheard Henrietta went round with
a Ratchet and cut every rope and stay
that the iron would 60 through. It'll
take them Il good week of more honest
toll than they re used to before they car
set so much as pocket handkerchief. y
Young man, said DR.. Tring,
"you re not half the fool that I've
sometimes thought You
At this the undergraduate rose and
bowed, and Miss Colepepper gave &
strange little laugh, which caused the
doctor to glance at her sharply and ther
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-10
On THE FIRING LINE.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER WITH THE
ARMY IN LUZON.
A Woman Correspondent Writes Of
the Fighting Around ManiIo--The
TnGnios' Disregard of the Rules Of
Modcru Warfare.

Manila, June 25.-The war goes on
by spurts and dashes at irregular inter
walls. After the first desperate fighting
early in February there was "A compare
tive lull for weeks. The lines stretched
ont thin and long, and it was necessary
to wait till more troops came from
home.
March 95 the active advance began
again. BY that time our lines had been
pressed forward in a widening circle
till they were from four to nine miles
from Manila. Malabon, nine miles to
the northward, was the point of depar-
ture Where the bamboo forest and
dense underground have been cleared
away open fields, whose soil is very
fertile take their place. Such open
fields are hereabouts usually devoted to
rice culture and have irrigating bitches
through them. A ricefield on the right
of Malabon was the scene of a bloody
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ssts Of short skirt finished around the
edge by many lines of stitching and do,l-
BILE breasted bolero. The wrong side Of
the goods shows n brown and buff check
The suit is unlincd the seams being neat
ly bound with ribbon. Such costume ia
exactly suited for out of door sports, with
the addition Of CATERS and an alpine or
sailor hat, and IN it woman is comfort
ably equipped for mountain climbing or
any athletic amusement. With a short
skirt the petticoat is desirably replaced by
boomers Of black material or of goods
matching the color of the gown
There are many odd and pretty ways Of
decorating the bodice and one Of the new
methods Ct trimming is illustrated. There
is yoke, or rather applied plastron, Of
plated white mousseline de sole, around
which is a drapery of white lace, fastened
at the right shoulder by ieweled buckle
and at the other side by bows of red SATIN
Tho lace is carried down the left side in
ooquilles and fastened again at the waist
with red satin bows. The collar of red
satin has coques Of the same material and
a lace frill. JUDO CHoLLET
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better advantage than our own.

Detber advantage InOn our own.
never have been greatly impressed
with the good looks of the rank and lie
Of our American snen at home. Here |
am profoundly impressed with that
same, because it has been called to my
attention by the contrast of our men
with natives and Spaniards. firmly
believe that the American man is to-
day the best looking, best fed and best
built masculine on the earth, with in
finite possibilities for further develop
ment in future. The troops here now
are mostly from the northwestern
states, tall and splendid. like their own
trees and mountains They move along
with free swinging, independent
movement and the pride of kings in their
faces. They are anxious only to get in
to the fight, finish this thing and get
back to civil life again.
Not all of them are soldierly in APP
pearance, because hundreds of them are
fresh recruits who have not yet even
learned what Rudyard Kipling calls
the "goose STEP" but with drill and
discipline these northwestern boys will
in time be the finest looking body of
soldiers alive today, take them where
you may. Except, of course, for the
danger of being shot the boys out on
the lines have it more comfortable than
we do in Manila. They are we'll fed ;
their quarters are mostly situated in
cool, airy spots In drive of 30 miles
l counted only six live chickens and
one dead, the latter in a soldiers hand.
We went through the native village
of Pasay, thence by way of the ruined
village and Church of San Pedro Ma
cati along the Pasig river and across one
branch Of it TO an island on which is or
was the native town of Pasig 1t is not
occupied by American soldiers, not Il
woman or a chicken in the place. Over
every acre of ground where we passed
the insurgents have been driven back
by the American soldiers.
"There,' said Mr.. Wallace, the
young Ohioan who was with me, eve
found seven rebels lying, We buried
| them.
1t was at n turn in the road near the
Pasig ferry. There was, too, strange,
| sickening odor in the air.
Gould you have missed any of
them -
at might easily be. Some of the
wounded might have crawled off into
the bush to hide and their bodies be ly-
ing there to this day.
1t was a scene of ruin over which we
passed. The insurrectos took shelter in
| the leaf and twig huts the natives live
/ in, and to prevent this every such hut
was fired along the road. All that was
/ left of hundreds of little homes was a
patch of hlackened ground. At one
| point near Pasig our native coachman
stopped rs, gesticulating and eSclaim-
ing "Chocolate!' pointing at the same
time to something neal the roadside
that looked like a papaw grove. 1t
was, in fact, chocolate grove, and
near it was one Of the blackened patches
! indicating that here had been a Tagalo
home.
The chocolate tree groves are i'm
mensely profitable. In this grove, grow
ing close against the tree trunk here
and there along its length, were things
that looked like small. bright red
squashcs. Inside Of these grow the seeds
that are roasted and ground to form the
chocolate Of commerce. Our native
coachman sprang up the trees like a