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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
The Voice of IneNnerience.

"Why don't you think the automobile
will suppant the bicycle?"
Because you can't go out with an au-
tomobilc when you ought to be at work
and square it with your conscience by
calling it exercise. '-Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
Just What Did He Mems?

Young Authoress (reading aloud) -But
perhaps l weary you?
Enthusiastic Friend-Oh. no. l long
to hear the end of your story.-Strsy
Stories.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
The Motive Power.

"What makes the autocar go, papa"
asked the boy
AT present" replied the capitalistic
parent 1T is the good, stiff capital that
is being poured into the concerns. Phil
adelphia North American.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
A Better Excuse Than Some.

Nell-Flora' going on the stage.
Belle didn't know she bad any talent.
Nell-She hasn't, bit her aunt, the
great actress, has die nd left Flora her
entire wardrobe. -Philadlphia Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
His Warm Retorr.

He was struggling with an underdone
steak when she said, II gave tramp .
good dinner today"
"Why didn't you save it for me?" he
asked.-Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12

oats, 3G to Csc a bushel beans, Sli0nl.7j a
bushel; spring rye, 80 cents n bushcl buck
wheat. 10 cents a bushcl pets, N.W
bushel; corn, 20 to Sc cents a bushel;
middllngs, $50 tor; BRAN SIS to S9
per ton; corn meal, $40 a ton; No. l
proVcnder, 2l ton; No. 2 provcndcr,
$40 n ton; balcd shavings % cents "A
bale; hlled rye straw. Sl2 ton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
Albert L. Jones.

Spring lamb, hindquarters, 20 cents
pound. forequartcrs, 12ia to loo; lamb
chops, % cents; mutton headquarters,
IL cents; forequarters, ~ to ; cents; NUT
ton chops. 12i2 to poo pee pound. Beef,
Western porterhouse. % cents: sirloin, 20
ceLts; round 10 cents; roasts. !24 to
r. cent?; coarse beef. to G cents per
pound. Hams, sugar cured IA cents;
breakfast bacon. 10 to Is cents; California
hams, 8 to 10 cents, smoked shoulders. 8
cents; tripe, 10 cents; picked pigs feet
1872 cents; picked lambs tongue. cent?
each; corned beef. to 12iS cents Pork
roasts, 12ia to 10 cents; steaks, 10 cents
salt pork, s to 10 cents; lard, 10 cents;
Veal roasts. 1919 to 20 cents veal steak, Is
to 20 cents. Sausage. 10 cents; German
bologna, 10 to 10 cents Turkeys. 20
cents per pound: fowls. Is cents; ducks
Is to 16c; chickens, 20 to % cents. The diff
fcrent varieties of FISH arc quoted az FOL
lows: haddock. cents. bluciish, Is cents;
cod steak, 12i2 cents, halbut, - cents, sal
mon trout, 10 to is cents pound, fresh
salmon, 81 cents; shad 10 cents a pounds:
pike, 10 cents a pound.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET.


BtTTER-Was quiet. Northern. 24c:
Western. 2SH 25i2c; imitation. 16al7c; la
dies. 15i2Q l6c.
CHEESk,-Quiet. Northern, 120l2lac;
Western, HAZE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
CLUBBING LIST.
The Free Press and Other Periodicals at

The Free Press and Other Periodicals at
Low Rates to One Address
We have completed arrangements where
by the Weekly FREE PRESS can be OBJ
tanned in combination with other leading
periodicals. at low rates. To prevent I'M
necessary correspondence we Will state
that after the subscription has begun no.
tice of d change of address. or anything
concerning the receipt of the other period
ical. should be sent directly to the office Of
that periodical The Weekly GREE PRESS
and any one of the following periodicals
will be sent to any one address for one
year at the prices annexed;
The clubbing price on the Boston Jour
nal is for VERMONT SUBSCRIBERS
only.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
FLOUR. SUGAR AND VEGETABLES
l.. A. Barber.

New st. Louis flour. $40 per barrel;
Michigan best, $40; spring patents aE'l
Minnesota patents, $500. Rye flour, 3
cents a pound, Maple sugar. loo a pound.
Maple syrup, sl,U per gallon. Gram
ulated sugar is 6la cents a pound OF
II pound for $l,e) coffee A. 6
cents; light brown, cents loaf and
pulverized, cents. New White Clover
honey, 10 cents pound; cabbage, cents;
new beets cents bunch, pop
corn, cents a pound; curly lettuce &c a
head; ball lettuce. 10 cents; POTATOES,
20 cents peck; sweet potatoes.
/ cents pound, tomatoes. cents a
pound; celery, S cents bunch; home
grown squash. 4 cents a pound; gCeen
corn, u cents a dozen peppers, 10 cents
dozen; Spanish onions, cents a pound;
musk melons, to % cents each; lima
beans, 10 coHts a quart
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
Wholesale Produce Market.
Quotations are as toiiows

Prov isions-DairY butter. % to . cents
Per pound; creamery butter 26 cents
a pound; cheese, He cents pound; eggs,
=" cents a dozen; beans Sl.01 to $50
per bushel; honey. ~. cents per pound;
potatoes, 30 cents per bushel.
Moats--Bcef, Vermont dressed, to
cents per pound; pork, dressed
cents; lamb. 10 cents; mutton, ili2 cents;
fowls, alive, 10 cents; dressed 1871 cents,
chickens, lG cents pei pound alive, IS
cents dressed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
TEAS CoFFEEs AND SPICES
Il. H.. Perkins.

Tcas-Russan Caravan Tea, 500 per
pound; Ceyion and India. So cents and 81;
Formosa Oolongs. %, 20, ~ cents and 500.
English Breakfast 90 cents. Gum
powder. so cents: Young Hyson, 90 cents:
Japans &c. 40, 80. 60, 10 and so cents; APP
pleton's Tea, So cents; O. and o., so cents;
Ceylon. co and rs cents; Tetleys tea. 800;
" eddel tea, tl.2j; Gold Star tea, 50 cents.
Coffee-Private Growth java. 20 cents;
Old Government Java 30 cents. Mocha. 70
cents: Bourbon Java. 20 cents: Maricabo.
&c cents; Golden Rio 20 cents: Cereal Cot
fee and Carmel Cereal. 20 cents, S220 per
dozen Old Grist Mill Coffee. 20 cents. ~ 20
per dozen. Postum Cereal. II cents. s275
per dozen: Grain-O Cereal % cents. s2I5
per dozen. Father kneipps. is ceHts. 81 Is
per dozen; New Era Coffee. Is cents; g. rs
per dozen: Shredded Wheat Coffee. %
cents. 50 90 per dozen. Dandelon Coffee, 10
cents. Malt Coffee. 60 cents; Kafreebroad
Coffee, &c cents. Borden's Extract Coffee.
d cents; Coffee Essence 30 cents Gold
Star coffee. So cents.
Splces-Shot Pepper. 40 cents per pound
White Pepper. 40 cents, Cayenne Pepper.
b. cents: Java Cassa. so cents; Allspice, 80
cents: Ginger. 80 cents: Clovers. 40 cents
Eutmegs. sL20: Mace Sl.20: Mustard, 80
cents; Paprca, so cents; Mixed Spice. 70
cents: Curry Powder. GO cents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
VEGETABLE SALADS.

The very name of salad seems to convey
TO some people the idea of dish difficult
to prcpare. with this, there comes 10
them, also, a suggestion of expense.
These opinions concerning salads may
doubtless be traced back to the days when
Chichon lobster or salmon salad were con-
eidcrcd the only dishes worthy OF the +
ions attention of the housokeepcr who
wishes to set before her family or FRIENDS
Il salad course. There compounds were
both troublesome and cost y to make, al"
the only other salad with which the ma
5ority of persons were familiar was one
OF lettuce. that had not only been bruised,
in the first place, ny being shredded with
a knife instead of broken with the finger
llt had also been drenched with an UNI
wholesome and understandable dressing.
Nowadays, all that Is changed. During
the past ten or fifteen years, Americans
have learned more about salads than
they over knew before. NV varieties OF
green salads have been put ON the market
and nearly everyone now Knows 10y
sight at least, Chicory Escarole. RomaIne
ard Fndivc. as well as the ordinary let
tuce But in addition to these, IN" veg
,tablo salad has come into popularity
IIoueol,,crrrs have learned that there rs
q better use to he made of leftover W z
ctahlcs than to turn them into the stock
not or worse still, into the SWlI-pHll
r'hcy have even found that il Is often well
worth while to cook certain Ntg"tanloS lor
thu special purpose of converting them m
to salads.
with all vegetable salads n French
dressing Is probably the best. About the
only exception TO this rule is found in the
case Of salad Of raw tomatoes. with
this some people prefer mayonaiso, nut
there can he no doubt as to which l. the
most wholesome. The emulsion of egg an"
oil makes far more of a demand upon the
digestive powers than the simple mixture
Of oil ana vinegar, salt and pepper Slhc"
.tba secret of the salad lies in the dress
ing" it may not be amss to repeat here
the proportions of a French dressing that
i 80 simple to mix, and like many other
sI1a nh. 1hinus- is so rarclN VOL done.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
THE BURLINGTON MARKETS,
Local Retail Markets..

Burlington Oct. 70.
The following quotations are furnished
by some of Burlington's merchants:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
FRUITS.
n ". Jones.

Bananas. % to 50 cents per dozen;
oranges, 80 to GO cents; lemons, % to 50
cents; figs, 20 to 80 cents; dates 10 cents
per pound; citron. 20 to = cents per pound.
olives 80 cents per quart. and l0cts to 81. 80
yer bottle; evaporated apples, IL cents;
peaches. 10 to 20 cts; apricots, 70 to Is cts:
raspberries. 25 cents per pound nuts. as
sorted, 15c; apples, 80 to 40 cts a peck,
prunes 10 to Is cts a pound noctdrines, 10
cents pound; pears, 80 to 80 cents a
peck; peaches, % to 80 cents "A Dozen
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Jones h Ishan.
Hay, $40 to Sl2 per ton. baled. So to 81;
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12

Hay. $40 to Sl2 per ton: baled. So to 81;
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01

Local authorities scoffed at this author
ity. and the war of words continued, the
local men always having rather the bet
ter of 1T because scarcely a week passed
without a diamond of more or less value
being picked up. Ostriches had been pc
culiarly partial to the district, appar-
emily.
At length-it was two years almost to
a day after O'Reilly had pocketed the
first diamond-some one ran across a ma
tive witch finder, who exhibited a brill
liant stone. This he had carried about
with him for many days, owing to it's
beauty. and to the further fact that he
had not the ghost Of a notion that the
stone was of any value except as a charm
to gull the unsuspecting. After Messrs.
I1ilienfeld Bros. of Hopetown. had paid
for this Star of South Africa" $55. 900, it
was finally purchased by the Countess of
Dudley for 1925, 900.
When this find became known then the
adventures that the country was sup
posed to be trying to entice by false re-
ports swarmed in. The fields surpassed
the fondest expectations of the most en-
thusiastic, and speedily developed into
the richest in the world.
For the five years ending with 1872
there had been reported from Cape COL
ony gems worth $40, 200, 900; five years
ending 1877. $40. 900, 900; next five years,
$50, 000. 900; next five, $50, 900. 900, and the
five years ending with 1892. 500, 900, 900. an
aggregate in the first 25 years working
Of 1910, 900, 900. Africa is certainly enti-
tied to wear a brilliant star on her fore
head.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01
BEGGAR'S CHILD.

Paris letter to Chicago Record: The
following story, illustrating the cruelty
and ingenuity of professional beggars.
was told as one that had come to light
recently in Marseilles.
A beggar woman carrying a small child
was accustomed to stand at one of the
busy corners. The child's eyes were
bandaged and it seemed to be in great
pain, as it cried necessarily. To all in
quiries the woman told that the child was
blind. A priest who passed that way
each day was so moved by the baby's
pitiful means and cries that he wished
to take the child to a physician and have
it treated. The woman claiming to be the
mother, refused to allow him to examine
the child. His suspicious We're aroused,
and he believed that the woman was de-
liberately torturing the child in order
that it's cries might excite the sympa-
thies of the passersby. Accordingly he
appealed to a gendarme and the child
was taken from the woman. When the
bandages were removed it was found that
a number of poisonous wasps had been
put underneath to sting and torment the
child and destroy the eyesight. Before
the priest interfered the baby had been
blinde and d~isfigured for life.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01
NOVEL RIDE.

New York Tribune: 1.-THE most novel
ride l ever experienced" said Count Cas-
SIM, Russian ambassador to the United
States, at the Waldo1f-Astoria last night,
was a journey of about $500 miles
through Mongolia, in October and No
vember. 1897, just after 1 closed my term
as ambassador at Picking. I had decided
to travel overland through China and
Russia to st. Petersburg, a distance OF
5000 or 5000 miles. Two thousand five
hundred miles of this was through Mon
golia, and the Chinese officials planned
my journey. They provided so changes
of horses, and at each changing point
they had 60 horses, making in all $500 for
my personal use. At the end of each por-
ton Of the route elaborate preparations
were made for my entertainment. The
roads of Mongolia are excellent, and we
made remarkably quick time to the Rus
sian frontier. My hardest experience was
in crossing the River Oby, one of the
great rivers of Siberia. The thermome-
ter marked SO degrees below zero, and
the river was full of floating ice. 1 shud-
der yet at the thought Of hat river trip.
I don't know how we ever got across, for
l thought I should die with the cold. I
afterward learned that October and No
Vember were the worst months in the
year to make snch a trip"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01
THEY CAN MAKE DIAMONDS.

Chicago Inter Ocean: "Diamonds Made
By Dynamite" would be a queer sign on
a jewelers. window, but queer things are
bound to happen in an age of electric
furnaces on the one hand and liquified
hydrogen on the other.
After close study Of the South African
diamond fields scientists formed the
theory that diamonds were made in ma
lures laboratory from carbon liquified
by enormous heat and pressure, and dis
solved in iron from which they crystal
lied out in cooling. BY calculation it
was found that this would require a
temperature of about 1900 degrees cent?
grade (7,232 degrees Fahrenheit), and a
pressure of Is tons to the square inch.
Moissan, of Paris. and other experiment.
ers have produced crystals by initiating
his process as closely as possible, but
they We're too small and imperfect to
ave any value as jewels. Some other
process must be discovered whereby
carbon and iron can be subjected to an
enormous heat and pressure. Prof.
Crookes has suggested to the Royal in
stitution tina lin their researches on
the gases from fired g%unpowder and cor
dite Sir Frederick Abel and Sir Andrew
Noble obtained in closed steel cylinders
pressures as great as 50 tons to the
square inch, and temperature as high as
1000 degrees centigrade.' Here, then, if
the observations are correct, we have
sufficient temperature and pressure to
liquify carbon, and if the temperature
could only be allowed to act for a sufii-
cient time on the carbon there is little
doubt that the artificial formation of dia-
mond would soon pass from the micro
scopic stage to a scale more likely to sat
isfy the requirements of science, industry
and personal decoration.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01
PRINCESS FEET.

The Princess Bismarck changed the po-
litical history of france unwittingly, and
but for her the Franco-Prussian war
might never have been waged.
Bismarck was u~nfriendly to France,
but the Empress Eugene hoped with her
beauty to influence him, so that the little
trouble with France and Germany might
be smoothed over. She therefore invited
the German Prince and his wife to visit
the court of France, and the Prime and
Princess Bismarck arrived in great state
at the Tuilleries.
That evening there was a grand recep-
ton. and Eugene received the guests in
a gown which made her so ravishingly
lovely that even Prince Bismarck, Ger
man, stolid and in love with his wife,
stood and gazed upon her with admiral
ton. And Eugene was not slow to OBJ
serve the effect of her beauty upon him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01

there is no use talking about wooden
clothes. AS a Wall street man remarked
II have paid my wife's laundry bills for
years; this year I am going to add my
own to hers He will probably wear two
suits a week, n that is not enough to
make a difference in any mans purse;
for by a special arrangement these can
be done at so cents each. But If lone at
home they can be lone for less, but let
the home laundress beware. Before es-
saying to do up a mans linen suit she
should take a few lessons in pressing at
the nearest laundry.
Mems hats are sailors, the comfortable
little piece of headgear being still the
most popular. The new sailor is a rough
straw with a fancy band The band can
be taken off and the hat washed with a
solution of oxalic acid prepared accord
ing to the druggists directions.
There are very pretty pearl grdy hats
this year that are worm, not like the Fe-
dora nor the Alpine, but in irregular
style, almost like a rough rider hat.
MANY NEGLIGEE MODES.
The negligee shirt with Numbered COL
lar. is the vogu The negligee has a
soft bosom and is buttoned down the
front. The bosom may be of corded
silk, China silk or null. A dotted null
shirt with bloused bosom front is consid-
cred very elegant by the chappie.
The man who wants the incest of every
thing buys u shirt with a corded wash
silk fronta and the one who wants to be
cool gets the India silk bosom.
But the business man and the editor.
who look for something cheap and pref
ty, cool and gentlemanly, win select the
negilgee with soft front to match the
body of the shirt, and will not pay over
$l.5O for the same. If a bargain hunter,
he can get a nice one for 81 and even
less.
The we'll dressed man is wearing fancy
leather shoes. The leather is cut in a
pattern and the shoes are exactly like
those worn 20 years ago..
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01

She called him to her side, and Bis
marck came with his wife upon his arm.
Now, the Princess Bismarck was tall
and gaunt and ugly, and her feet were
generous. AS she walked she showed a
great deal of sole.
While Bismarck stood talking with Eu-
genie an audible litter was heard along
the line of ladies. Bismarck, who was
quick as a flash, followed the glance Of
their eyes and saw them rest upon the
feet of his wife.
That settled the matter. The political
history of France was altered from that
moment
A year later when Paris was besieged
Bismarck himself fired a cannon over the
ramparts, and those who We're near him
heard him shout:
Take that for the feet of The Princess
Bismarck"
The slight was avenged.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01
FOUR-IN-HAND FAD.

. The beautiful American girl has as.
pired to the driving seat of the four-in-
hand, and may be seen any morning in
Eden Park taking lessons in the art Of
handling a team. The body brake is used
for instruction, the 'coacher'' sitting on
the box seat beside the fair jehu. OF
course, there is an inevitable chaperon,
and the horses, one notices with relief,
are ''sober and quiet nags.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01

brush. and very much easier than the
polishing rag.
Men who veal gloves in summer are
choosing the castor gray, which are very
hin and cool looking. They are stitch
ed down the back and are fastened with
one large clasp. Those who are great
dudes have their monogram engraved on
the clasp. There are certain New York
men. and probably some outside of New
York, who have their gloves made to or
der.
Horace Greedy once said that a man of
this kind was past praying for, but all
people do not regard him in the same way,
and for this mainland there may be such
a one among our readers-a suggestion
can be given. If he will always buy his
gloves of the same dealer it will cost him
no more to get them made to order than
otherwise; and if he will AXE the trou-
Bile to leave his monogram clasp with his
dealer he cam always ave a handsome
pair of gloves marked with his own mi
tails.
VERY DRESSY VESTS.
The checked vest remains in style, in
deed, it is SO dressy and so pretty that it
will take a long time to drive it out These
vests come in all materials from linen
goods to velvet, and this season there are
many in the former material. The best
linen vests are made with lining and with
linen covered buttons. The buttons must
be taken off when the vest is washed, or,
If they have tin foundations, they will
rust the goods.
Ii a man has obliging women folks in
his family he can cave his button mat
ter to them and can be sure that all will
be we'll.
AS this is to be a wash season for men
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01
GREAT MILK GIVER.

John Milton of Gardiner. Me-, has a
cow that can be MIXED three times a
day. She recently gave in three milkings
in one day 341a quarts Of milk.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-01

Finest crown bridge work. Dr.. wix.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-17
MAKING MORE TROUBLE.
The Squabbles at the State Treasury
Interfere With Business.

The state board of charities draws its
checks for the payment of the salaries
of the officers and employees and the
other expenses of the various charitable
institutions of the state, on the First
National Bank of Topeka. The bank
then presents the checks at the state
treasury and cashes them out of the
appropriation set aside for charitable
institutions. There is not a cent of
profit in the transaction for the bank,
but it is done as an accommodation.
Yesterday morning about $4,000 of
the December checks had been paid by
the bank and they were sent up to the
state treasury to be cashed. The treas
ury vaults were locked pending the
settlement of the difficulty between
Treasurer Grimes and Mr.. Hefebower,
and payment was refused as no business
was being transacted.
When the refusal was reported to the
bank farther payment of checks of the
board of charities was stopped, and an
investigation was started to ascertain
how matters stood.
The bank authorities were assured
that the "hOld-up'' was simply to avoid
the necessity of counting the funds in
the treasury again, and that as soon as
the differences were adjusted the checks
would be caSh0d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-17
COURT MARTIAL EAGAN.
President Mckinley So Announ-
ces at TOday's Cabinet
Meeting.

Washington, Jan. 17.-President Nc
Kin1ey' announced before the cabinet
at it's regular meeting today that he
had determined to court martial Gen
eral Eagan. Secretary Alger was not
present at the cabinet meeting, but with
Adjutant General Corbin was at the
White House in conference with the
president on the subject just prior to
the cabinet session.
The order for the court martial prob
ably will be made today.
Just prior to the cabinet meeting
General Miles made a rather unusual
call upon two of the members of the
cabinet, Secretaries Hay and Long He
had just returned to the city from New
York, and when spoken to with refer
enee to the Eagan case adhered to his
original declaration that this was not a
time for him to act, if at all, leaving
the implication that if the commission
did not act, or the administration, it
would then be time for him to take
some steps.