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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
IN LONDON LODGINGS,
What It way Cost the American Visitor
In England.

In England, though in London at least
there are many boarding houses, 1t Is
moro usual to live In lodgings Is,
moro usual TO hire furnished room by it
self than to include the taking Of meals at
the common table. Frequently, however,
you arrange to have part of your meals in
the house, but served in your own room.
in that case you may buy your own ma
terials and pay for the cooking, or the land
lady will buy what you direct and cook 1t
for slight charge. In thoroughly con
tcnicnt and respectable location in Lon
don 81. 80 week would be low price for
II plainly furnished sitting room and bed
room and the cooking. You can do bet.
ter than that In the suburbs, but distances
are long in London, and it is economy to
pay for convenient location if time is
any object.
Prices aru lower in the smaller English
places and the landladiCs more cndurable.
Those of London are often so bothcrsome
that many Americans advise against TAX
ing lodgings there. Figures from the cx-
pense book of two American girls who
took lodgings wherever they had addresses
show that in Lincoln for apartments in u
delightfully."- quaint little house just out
side the cathedral close where the land
ihhN anu tNfl llllIlR uDbul tlit llu't was
| spotlossly clean, they paid Sl40 apiece for
the nights lodging and three meals. In
York they had lodging, supper and break
| fast for 81 apiece. At Oxford the same
thing with . fine crate fire cost : apiece.
In Edinburgh they had lodging and break
fast for week for So. 30 apiece.
In London and the large cities it is the
custom to go out for dinner. London res
tiurants are more costly than those Of the
| same grade in the States, and so London
/ is not the cheapest place in which to dine
| 70 live in this way abroad is much sim
pier than at home, for restaurant life Is so
much more common. 1t has been said
that third of ,he people of Paris dine at
cafes. Women seldom have any serious
/ trouble in finding restaurant where they
can dine unmolestcd and a great many Of
! the art students abroad live in this fash
/ ion, often not spending 81 Il day for the
| whole cost of existence. Furnished rooms,
1 however, are not sS-easily to be found in
/ Paris as in London, but they arc there
Robert Luce in Going Abroad
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters

The Indiana was kept dry by ;he drip
ping Of oil from both bows, and, cl,hough
tremendous seas were running and break
ing they could not come on board.
This was certainly most tactical IL
;ustration of the old saying as to tie
pouring of oil on troubled waters"
provcrb as old as the Bible, but only very
recently applied, thanks to the hydro
graphic office of the United states, and
now very generally followed by scamcn
the world over. 1t was an American also
Rcdlcld) who first thoroughly found out
and explained the true character Of these
revolving storms, and TO him ell seamen
are forever indebted.
In using oil it is astonishing how small
a quantity will suilice-iust "a quart or
two in a bag stuffed with oakum hung
over the bows and allowed to drip drop by
drop on the sea, where il spreads out in
thin greasy film over the surface OF the
water. Over the film tho wind slips, as it
were, and has no power to bank the water
up into waves which would break over the
ship. Hundreds of reports are on file in
the Office attesting the marvellous results
of this simple agent of safcty.-St. Nich-
OlaS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
YawninG.

There can be little doubt that one of the
objects of yawning is the exercise OF mus
clcs which have been for a long time
quicscent, and the acceleration of the blood
and lymph flow which has in consequence
of this quescence become sluggish. Hence
its frequency after one has remained for
some time in the same position-e. e.,
when waking in the morning. Co-operat-
ing with this cause is SlecpineSS and the
shallow breathing which it entails. This
factor, as we'll as muscle qucsccnce, is
apt to attend the SENSE of boredom which
one experiences in listening to "a duh SER
mon Hence il is that til. bored individual
is apt to yawn. As in the case of signing,
the deep breath which accompanies the
act of yawning compcnsatcS for the shall
low breathing which Is so apt To excite it,
-"Thcrapeutic Aspects of Talking, by
DR.. ii. Campbell.
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what Civilians Are Compelled to En-
durc In Austria.


durc In Austria.
Two more outrages committed by arm
"a officers on unarmed civilians have come
under my notice.
Near St. Poelton on Friday a laborer
vas driving "a wagon along IA country
lane when he met regiment of infantry
and forthwith refined In his horses and
halted while thoy marched past.
The whole Of the regiment passed with
out difficulty except ono detachment, un
ter Lieutenant Swoboda, who ordered the
laborcr to clear the road for his mon The
lane was too narrow for the wagon to turn
round, there were high hedges on each
side, and the laborer could only obey the
officer by backing his horses half mile
to the next turning.
This he naturally declined to do, ms the
remainder of the regiments, with all the
superior officers, had passed tho wagon
without difficulty
Lieutenant Swoboda, enrngod at the Ia
boror's opposition to his silly caprice, at
tackled him savagcly with his sword,
| smashed his check bono and wounded him
In tho arm so severely that amputation
was necessary.
Subsequently the cowardly officer offer
ed the unfortunate laborer 25 shilings
compensation, which the latter indignant
ly refused.
Tho victim of this brutal outrage Is an
old soldier, who served with distinction
in tho Bosnian campaign, and only es-
capped injury there to be mutilatcd in his
old age by young bully who was never
Under fire
/ Another officer of tho same regiment re-
Gently attacked and wounded an actor for
u cafe
When the actor cndcavored TO obtain
redress from headquarters, all the officers
Of the poelton garrison banded together
and threatened 10 boycott the local theater
unless the charge against their comrade
YVES withdrawn
As this would have injured tho theater
the actor had to endure his injuries in ST.
lcnco He was disilgured for life and lost
two months employment
| have another bad case of military
Hoolpanism to add to tho budget l have
recently sent.
Lieutenant Won Ruedngcn was recent
| IL standing in the Mariahilfer strasse,
ono of the busiest thoroughfarcs in Wen
ma, talking to two ladies, when driver
of an approaching omnibus warned him
! in rough tones that he was Obstructing
the traffic and requested him to move on.
( Lieutenant Won Ruodingcn, rcscntng this
mode of address, drew his sword and
dashed at the driver and nearly cut his
right hard off The driver was disabled
and the Military authorities, compelled
by public opinion, sentenced the officer &c
two months imprisonment, expelled him
from tho army and made him pay his vic
tim small sum monthly as compensa
ton.
When public indignation had cooled,
Lieutenant Won Ruedingen received n free
pardon on the ground that he had defend
ed his honor in a justi1able manner, and
he was reinstated in his regiment. Lieu
tenant Won Ruedingen, with unexnmpioc
meanness, thcrcupon ceased paying hi.
victim the monthly allowance, leaving IT,,
poor man destitute The driver is now
suing the officer in tho civil courts. -
Vienna Cor of London Mail
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

Here couple Of hundred years ago WAS
planted IA little obscure trading post by Il
few score of broad hrcechcd llollanders
History records nothing moro remark able
of this small colony of Dutch:ncn than
that they lived ut peace with one another
and drove the 'harpcst bargains with the
untutored red man. 1t is certain that none
of them ever talked of his ancestry or re-
gardcd himself as a founder
Indeed the practice among European
nations Of dcportinS their social drcgs and
colonizing their undcsirablcs in the new
world marked no exception in the case of
the Batavian commonwealth. a span of
200 years is not, forsooth, the antiquity Of
the pcrcyS or the Towards, but few of the
sons and daughters of whom we hear sc
much could provo descent half as long.
At any rate, it admits no doubt of grand
father or even one to spare, and as NJ.
Blouct observes, that is the greatest dcsid-
cratum Of the high bred American. Phil
lstino.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
Finding Tar River.

There is really and truly tar river in
North Carolina, but some folks will not
believe it. An old Johnny Reb sent the
following story of how the Yankees found
it:
when the Confederatcs evacuated Wash
inPton, y. c., they rolled !, 900 barrels of
tar and turpcntne into the river at Taft 5
store, and two months later IA steamboat,
the Colonel HILL with 400 Yankee prison
ers going from Salisbury to Washington
to be exchanged, tied up at the wharf tc
let the boys bathc, They stirred up the
tar at the bottom of the river and were
smcarcd with it from head to foot. When
we came upon them. each man had his ra-
tons of meat in one hand and "a small
stick in the other, scraping and grcasing
for dear life. Hello, boys What's the
matters: l asked And they replied,
burned if we haven't found Tar river at
last the whole bed is covered with pitch. "
New York Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

\ lovolorn youth had quarreled with his
ladylov6 and with bitter angry words
they parted, and he decided that life was
no longer worth living. Abruptly turn
ing into q BARRIERS, he sat in vacant
chair and calmly requested the barber To
cut his throat.
The barber acquesccd, and, tucking the
cloth round his neck, fixed the head rest
so that the customers chin was we'll cle-
waited Then drawing stout pin from
the corner of his waistcOat and holding it
firmly between his finger and thumb, he
drew the pin quickly across the neck Of
the man.
Immediately, with scream worthy ct
red Indian, the dcspairing one leaped
from the chair, shouting:
"Surely, surely you have not done it,
"Oh, no, sir' said the barber. sit
down again, sir. I've only marked 70
out !'-Pcarson' 5 Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
The WOODEN Inaurtry in Japan.

Tho wool weaving industry in Japan
is still in its infancy. There are only u
few wooden mills in the country, and Of
these the Oil wool factory at Oil is prob
ably the most important. This establish
ment works for six months in every year
on material for policemen and jaiers in
all parts of the country and for naval and
other governments officers, while during
tho remainder Of the year work is done on
blankets and other articles for domestic
use This factory paid dividend at the
ratio of 10 per cent per annum for the
latter part of 1897 and ut tho rate of H.
per cent per annum for the first half o.
1898.
The raw material for this mill. which
includes the wool iStm about 5000, 900
sheep, is practically all imported from In
dia, Germany, France, England and Aus
tralia, Sheep raising has boon attempted
AT Aomori in Japan, and the wool from
an experimental flock Of about 800 shool
IL consumed by the oil factory. Although
this experiment in sheep raising has beer
fairly successful, tho country is so poorl'
adapted to the Industry that it is not like
~ TO become very important. Manulac
turcr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

Buyer-Lookcc here, you, You said
this horse WAS sound and kind and free
from tricks The first day | drove him he
baked ii dozen times and he 5 as bad to
day.
ncalcr-Um-you We been wondering if
l cheated you maybe?
"YCs, have"
"And the first time you druv the boss
you sort o wondered if he hadn't some
tricks, didn't your"
"Of course"
And you kept saying to yourself, I
wondcr if that there horse will ball, may
be-"
"probably.
And you had your mind on it a good
deal, most like"
THAT 5 true"
THAT wot's the mattcr-you hyp.
noticed him Sec?"-Ncw York Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

Tho best sketch of Whiteficld's preach
ing have found in the memoirs of Cor
nclius Winter, who was a faithful compan
ion and assistant of tho immortal evnngel
ist. Mr.. Winter tells us that famous
comedian Of the day, by namo shutter
often attended Mr. Whitetcld's ministry
One Of his famous stage characters was
known blythe name OF Ramhle Tho biOg
raphcr tells us that during the Bun OF the
performance Of 'Ramble' shutter attended
service ON sabbath morning at Tottenham
Court chapel and was seated in the pew
exactly opposite to tho pulpit. while Mr.
Whiteiield was giving full sally to his soul
he fixed himself fun against shutter with
his eye upon him, adding to what he had
previously said And thou, poor Ramblo
who hast long rambled from him, come
you also-oh, end your rambling by com
ing to .Icsus!'"
This vas the whole tone of Whtefied s
ministry. He preached the gospel as if it
were message to every human soul, the
worse the soul the more emphatic and di
rect the gospel -IIomilotic Review
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
Afghan Exclusiveness.

In the matter of trade and passage
through his country the ameer is irrecon-
cilably ohdurate. Here again his inor-
dinately suspicious character comes in, for
no trade king or syndicate has yet been
able to move him in this matter, though
he must see quite plainly that the opening
up of Afghanistan To the bonclits-of eN-
tcrnal trade would eventually enrich the
country and improve his own revenues.
With similar jealousy and want of tru>t-
fulrCsS in tho motives of others, he closes
his country to foreign travellers almost as
scltiShly as the Tibctans have closed
theirs II is only to special individuals Of
rank and Importance that he will concede
the privilege of protected passage, albeit
there is, comparatively speaking, little
danger involved in travelling in Afghan
istHn The writer was very recently in
what was years ago one of the most unciv-
ilizcd hazaarS in the country and the AZ
ghans We're most civil and obliging -Rc-
view of Reviews.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

a curious incident has just thrown the
palace of the king of Wurttemborg at
Stuttgart into state of excitement Dur
ing the absence of the king an individual
gained access to the palace by way of the
gardens and reached the first floor where
he installed himself in an apartment be
longing to ono OF the princes
Here he made himself quite at homo
taking off his boots and placing them out
side the door He then smoked cigar
wrote several letters on the royal note pa
per, and finally went comfortably and un
conccrnedly to bed in the prince sleeping
chamber
The next morning he was found wan
dering about in his shirt sleeves in ono of
the corridors and WAS arrested He pre-
tends to be of royal descent. Il Evene-
mcnt, Paris.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

hand There was no weapon of any
kind near the body. The murderer had
either carried it away with him III his
flight or no had thrown it away in some
other part OF tho apartment. They
would soon know.
They need not oven wait for an au-
topsy to determine that it was an assas-
sination. "That is evident" interrupt
ed the commissary. 1.-The autopsy will
DO made, however. "
And with an insistcnco which sur
pissed tho commissary u little Bernardot
III courteous tones, evidently haunted
by one particular idea, begged and al
most duplicated M. Desbriere to send
for the attorney for the republic, so that
tho corpse could be taken as soon as
possible to the lnorgue.
Poor man," exclaimed Mmo. Mo-
niche "To the morgue! TO the
morguo" Bernardct Gained her with o
word.
ut is necessary. 1t is the law. oh,
NJ. 10 Commissaire, let us do it quick
ly-quickly. | will tell you why Time
will be gained-I mean to SAY saved
and the criminal found. "
Then while NJ. Desbriero sen. an Off
Ger to the telephone Office 20 ak for tho
attorney for the republic to come as
quickly ms possible to the Boulevard dc
Clichy, Nine. Moniche freed her mind
to the reporters in regard to some phil
osophical considerations upon human
destiny, which condemned III so unforo-
seen, so odiously brutal a manner a
good ledger as respectable as NJ. Ro-
we're to be laid upon a slab at the
morguo, like a thief or vagabond-he
who went out but seldom, and who
"loved his home so much.
"Tho everlasting antithesis of life, "
replied Paul Rodicr, who made a note
of his reflection
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
LESSONS IN SLANG,
The Teacher Began We'll, but Soon Came
to Grief.


In spite Of the fact that she wanted TO
learn little something about the subject,
it seems probable that she was better
vcrsed in some features of it than he
thought. In truth, the demure appear
ancc Of n Girl or woman does not ncccs-
snrily mako it safe to draw any conclu-
sions rs to her knowledge Of those features
Of our language not usually recognized in
polite society.
"John," she said, 81 want you TO give
me the meaning of some slang words
'Why, Of course" he replied. "Firo
ahead"
There is nothing that pleases man
more, you know, than any sort Of an in
timatiun from woman that he knows
more than she does about any subject.
Things Of that sort occur so seldom.
what s IA 'cinch?' "
CHATS easy" he replied. You know,
in the west the knot n cowboy tics in his
saddle girth is called cinch, the feature
of it being that it positively will not slip
or come loose. From that we sLrt Of rca-
son that-er''-
yes "
"Wcll, it conveys the idca of something
that holds tight"
"I.iko matrimonyY"
Well not exactly. MatrllnOny Is some.
times cinch, but not always-not by a
good deal
There was just suggestion of some
sinister meaning underlying this, hut be-
fore she had tine to 90 very deeply into ii
he FASTENED to explain that cinch meant
something that was easy--a certainty.
For instance" he went on, when I
made up my mind to ask you to marry
me, il was cinch that / would get you. -
ooh, it was, was t?' she demanded,
suddenly showing unmistakablo signs II
aggrcssivencss. And what is u bluff Can
you tell me that"
"Why--cr--er-a bluff is--cr'-
"Whcn you told me you could support
mo in the style to which had been accus-
toned" she interrupted, Il suppose that
was n bluff. "
/ sometimes q man whose bump Of humor
is abnormally developed is unable to SEQ
the point of Il joke when he is the butt Of
it. Possibly that may explain the strained
! relations that existed in that household
for as much as half a day. Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
Anecdote of AldriCh.

A very clever anecdote is told OF Thoins
as Bailey Aldrich. One day the distin.
guished author happened to saunter into
an auction room while sale Of rare edi-
tions, old manuscripts and autographs was
going on. The auctiOncor, holding in his
hands bundle of letters said; Ladies'
and gentlemen, l have here two auto
graphs which were written by man
named Thomas Bailey Aldrich. l shall
now start them for you at the price of two
for cents" No bids were made, and
they were sold for that sum.
Mr.. Aldrich, in speaking of the incident
afterward to friend, said, Il wouldn't
have cared at all if they had gone for
cents each, but two for > reminded me
very forcibly Of little apples, "-Philadel.
phln Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
GCrcia's Faithful Servant.

General Garcia, says the Washington
correspondent of tho Chicago Record
"had an & ID colorcd servant who was
born slave upon his fathers plantation
and was brought up with him from child
hood The old negro had followed him in
all his wars and had shared his prison
cells and sat beside his bed when the gen
eral hrcnthcd his last. Every time his
master groaned he would groan also, anu
the death which camo to the ono will not
let the other lingcr much longer The
faithful servant docs not care to live now
His interest in life is gone, and no one
would he surprised If he died OF gg!2: With
IN u short time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

NJ ROrCrC mechanically 1nOdc 4 more q,
II to gduD up me Scuttcrcd papers,
man, pointing out with n grand gcstur
the body lying upon the floor, said
"Oh, well, and did not NJ, Revere hay,
the appearance of worthy man also
and did it hinder him from coming {
that"
Over Bcrnardet's face a hooking lit
tic smile passed
che always had the appearance of q
worthy man." he said, looking at tn
dead man, land he even seemed like =
worthy man who looked at rascals witt
courage, | am certain, slowly addcG
the officer, chat if one could know til,
last thought in that brain which think.
no more, could see in those unseeinj
eyes the last image upon which the
looked. one would learn all that nceO
be known about that individual o.
whom you speak and the manner of hi,
death. "
"Possibly he killed himself" saia
the commissary.
But the hypothesis Of suicide was moi
possible, as Bernardet remarked to him,
much to the great contempt OF the It
p0rtcrs who were covering their note
books with a running handwriting an,
with hieroGsyphics. Tho wound wa
too deep to have been made By tn,
mans own hand. And besides the,
would find the weapon with which tina
horrible cash had been made near a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

nothiny etrauoo ,,.hpu thc woman. uruco
bv curiosity srddenlv nnnearcd in hi,
rco,,s for hin, +, say. "Ah Won hero.
Is that Won? | did not call vou." Ar
elnotric hell connected thc rooms with
fine CONCIERGE lodge. Usually she would
ronlv. az thourht I heard the hell. "
And she would profit by the occasion to
fix up the fire, which NJ Revere, busy
with his reading or writing, had for
gotten to attend TO. She was much at.
tachcd To him. She did not wish to have
him suffer from the cold, and recently
had entered as often as possible, under
one nretcXt or another knowing that
no was i'll and desiring to be at hand
in case Of need When enc evening
nbout richt dnv, L, fore she had entered
tho room. while tie visitor, whom Mo-
niche called the individual, was there,
the FORTRESS had been astonishcd to sec
the two men standing before Rovcres
iron safe. the door wide omen and both
locking at seine papers spread out Oh
the desk.
Revere. with his sallow, thin face.
was holding some papers in his hand,
and tho other was bent over, looking
with eager eyes at-Mme. Monicho had
seen them wholesome rent rolls, bills
and deeds. Porcciving Nine Moniche,
who stood hesitating on tho threshold,
Nj. Rovero frowned and mechanically
made n movo as if to gather up the scat
tered papers. But the FORTRESS said,
pardon. " and quickly Withdrew. Only
--nh. only-she had time to see, to see
plainly the iron safe, the heavy doora
standing omen, the keys hanging from
the lock, and VI. Revere in his dressing
gown. the official papers. yellow and
blue, others bearing seals and ribbon,
lying there before him. He seemed IL
bad humor, but said nothing. Not a
word.
And the other onc:'
The other man was as pale as VI. Ro-
we're. He rcscmbled him, moreover. H
was, perhaps, % relative. Nine. Monichc
had noticed the expression with which
be contemplated those papers and tn,
fierce glance which he cast at her whcl
she pushed open the door without know
ing what sight awaited her. She had
gone down stairs. but she did not al
once tell her husband about what sht
had seen. 1t was some time afterward
The individual had come again. He rc
manned closeSad with Nj Rovcrc f.
some hours. The sick man was lying OF
the lounge Tho Fortress had hcurt
them through the door talking III low
tones. She did not know what they
said. She could hear only murmur
and she had very good ears, too but sh,
heard only confused sounds, not one
plain word. When, however, the visitor
was going away she heard Royore say
to him, Il mast tell all sooner or later
Did the dead man possess secret
which weighed heavily upon him and