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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
ESTATE OF EDWARD JOHN PHELPS.
BURLINGTON

We. the subscribers, having been ar.
pointed 10y the Honorable the Probate
Court for the District OF Chittendes, COM
missioners to receive. examine and adjust
the claims and demands of a.! persons
against the estate of Edward John Phelps
late OF Burlington in said district deceased
and also all claims and demands exhibited
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 will attend
to the duties of our appointment a ths
Office of Torrey f. Wales. IA College
street, Burlington. in said district. on tho
third Tuesdays OF July ami October next.
at 10 o'clock a. m. on each of said days.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1900
TORREY e WALES,
a. q. WHITTEMORE,
43w,3t Commit ssioners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
A Fast Bicycle Rider.

VIII often receive painful cuts. sprains
or bruises from accidents. Bucken's Ar
Mica Salve, will kin the pain and heal
the injury. It's the cyclists friend. Cures
Chatting, Chapped Hands, Sore Lips,
Burns, Ulcers and Piles. Cure guaran-
teed. Only 25c. Try it. Sold by j. w.
O'Sullivan, druggist.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
A DETERMINATION.
I've changed my Intentions

7 We UTIdTTBtU my IHttHVIUHBs
The orators charm
No longer will win me.
I'm tendin' the farm.
I've lost precious moments
I'm sure of II now
A follerin' politics
Std O. the plow.
Fur talkin' won't hitch up
The bosses, you know,
An speeches won't furrow
The soil, row by row.
The seasons is changin'.
I'll quit il, l VOW
This follerin' politics
Std o. the pillow.
Washington Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
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ESTATE OF ABBlE +, RHODES, COLI
rHIgSfrISR

ESTATE OF ABBlE +. RHODES, COLI
CHESTER.
We, the subscribers. having been ap-
pointed by the Honorable the Probate
Court for the District OF Chittenden, COM
m ssi oners to receive, examine and adjust
the claims and demands OF all persons
against the estate of Ahbe +. Rhodes late
Of Colchester, in said district, deceased,
and aisc AL claims and demands
exhibited in offset thereto o; and six months
from the day Of the date hereof being al
lowed by said Court for that purpose, we
do therefore hereby give notice that we viii
attend to the duties of our appointments
at the late dwelling house OF this dece-
dent, in Colchcs Ier, in said district, on
the fourth Saturdays of July and Ootc-
Der next, at 10 o'clock a. m, on each OF
Dated this cSth day OF April 1870.
j. f. WOLCOTT
j. + DAY
iiN,Sw Commissioners,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
ESTATE OF CHARLES F. WARD,
ri NOTION

We, the subscribers, having been APP
pointed by the Honorable the Probate
Court for the District OF Chittendeu com,
the claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate of Charles r Ward.
late OF Burlington in said district. deceas-
ed, and also all claims and lemauds
exhibited in offset thereto and six months
Il ON the day of the date hereof beiUg al
lowed by said court for that purpose We
do therefore hereby give notice that We
VIII attend 10 the duties OF cur appoint
menl at the Burlington Savings bank in
burlington in said district on the third
Fridays of July ana October next. at 10
O'Clock a. m on each of said days
Dated this Goth day Of April 1910
{. T. SMITH
HENRY GREENE.
43.w.3t commissioners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10

wants a position.
If you want the girl. use a Free Press
want ad. She will be forthcoming.
If you are the girl, use Free Press
want ad. Youll get position Immediate
ly.
Vermont is full OF good girls and good
positions. The Free Press finds the girls
for the positions and vice versa
Try ID
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
THE coKNFED PHILOSOPHER.

"I}Y the way" said the Cornfed Philos-
opher, 81 think | may take advantage Of
this being the gardening season to remark
that there is often very little difference
between budding genius and a blooming
idiOt."-IndanApolis Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10

hearing these assertions changed their
view, and so later did Senator Hanna
who until this presentation, had been In
sistent that Roosevelt should be the cam
didate for vice. president.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
The Fathers Forgiveness.

All, the face OF this pouting elder son
is put before MS in order that we might
of the Father. Contrasts are mighty.
The artist, in sketching the field OF Wa
terloo years after the battle, put n dove
in the mouth Of the cannon. Raphael, in
one of his cartoons, beside the face OF II
wretch put the face Of a happy and in
nocent child And so the sour face Of
this rascihle aud disguised elder brother
is brought out in order that in the con-
trast we might better understand the
forgiving and radiant face Of God, That
is the meaning Of it-thqt God is ready to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
KOdol Dyspepsia Cure
"Digests what you eat"
Loo Al
and
CHM TIC

Nothing but "A To-
ca remedy or
change Of CHINA 10
will cure
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
Wall
PAPERS
FOR
1900

Call in and see the pretty
designs and beautiful color
ings, all grades, prices low.
Work guaranteed. No trou-
BILE to show goods.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10

While you avoid the dissoluteness Of the
younger son, avoid also the Feasibility
and the petulance and the pouting spirit
of the elder son, and initiate Abe father,
who had embraces for the returning prod
igal and coaxing words for the splenetic
malcOntent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10

trembling and agonizcd and affrightcd,
aud presses to his parched lip, and his
cracked tongue and his shricking yet inn
mortal spirit-no room.
Oh, il this younger son of the parable
had not gone SO far off, if he had not
dropped 50 low in wassail, the protest
would not have been so severe. But, go-
ing clear over the precipicc, MS the youn-
ger son did, the elder son is angry and
will mot 90 in
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
f,verrun 81 the Monroose.

The United States department OF
agriculture has recently called atten-
ton - the danger likely to arise from
the indiscriminate Introduction OF
mammals and birds into countries
where their presence may be desired
to exterminate other species. Thus,
very soon after the mongoose was
introduced ON the island of Jamaica
to exterminate the rats, it preyed
ferceIy upon birds as well, with the
result that the insect pests have
rapidly increased. At present, both
Hawaii and Porto Rico are overrun by
Vie mongoose, and the department
realizes that there is great danger Of
its being brought to some Of our
western Of southern states, where it
could do an appalling amount OF
damage. While il may seem 81 easy
matter TO prevent the importation Of
this particular kind OF pest by legisla-
tive enactment, it 10 very much more
difficult actually to keep il out of the
country, owing TO the ignorance on in
difference al the vast majority Of the
population regarding the Dangerous
and destructive result that may follow
tbs indiscfinasnaGs Of ill-adviaea a0
sInasizatIon At animsls.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
some English Cranks.

When I lived at Newport, Rhode
Island, from 1864 to 1873, says Col.
z. W. Higginson, in The Atlantic,
there was a constant procession OF
foreign visitors, varying in interest
and often quite wanting in it. I re-
member one eminent literary man
who, in SIP to OF all cautions to the
contrary, appeared at arather fashion
able day reception in what would now
be called q golf suit, of the loudest
possible plaid, like that OF the Scotch
cousin in Punch who comes down thus
dressed for church to the terror of his
-genteel cousins. In this case the ylsi-
tor wore a spyglass of great size, hing
round his neck. ~ through the enter
tainment. Anothes highly connected
Englishman, attending an evening re-
csption given expressly for him, came
into the parlor with his hat aud UNI
brella In his hand, declining to be
parted from them through the who'e
evening: which suggested to 4 clever
Newport lady the story Of the show
man who exhibited q picture of Daniel
in the lions den and pointed out that
Daniel was to be distinguished from
the lions by having q blue cotton
umbrella under his arm, In this case
the lady remarked that the conditions
were reversed, since it was The lion
that carried the umbrella.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21

Northern India and the island of
Banauerry can certainly claim to have
the most peculiar marriage rites of any
land. In northern India a COW and a
calf are Invariably required at the
marriage. The animals are driven into
a narrow running stream, the priests
and the betrothed couple also stand
ing In the water. The man and the
woman each catch hold Of the cows
tail, and the priest pours water out Of
a glass vessel upon the Joined hands,
while all present repeat prayers. The
young people are then declared man
and wife, and the priest claims the cow
and calf as his fee. In the island OF
Banquerry the officiating priest takes
a sharp knife and with it makes a
small incision In the right leg of the
bride and bridegroom; from each in
cision he gathers a few drops of blood
and transfers them to the other ones
leg. The operation, together with a
short religious formula, constitutes the
whole of the marriage ceremony.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
PEARLS or THOUGHT.

A great opportunity will only mako
you ridiculous unless you are pre-
pared for it.
The true reward of a workman ID
not his wages, but the consciousness
of having done a good Job.
It is not our failures that ruin US,
but our fear and hardness in making
new beginnings after failure.
One of the highest eminences upon
which we may stand in this life is to
be able to look back upon a long life
we'll spent.
There are few things impossible in
themselves, and the application nee
essary to make them succeed is more
often wanting than the means.
The reflection Of light remains light,
sven when it is troubled. We may
not see the shape OF our star when the
nipples shake it, but its color and
radiance are always there.
Work is victory. Wherever work
is done victory is obtained. There
is no chance and no blanks. You
want but one verdict; if you have
your own you are secure Of the rest.
Our characters are formed and JUS
tanned by ourselves and by our own
actions and purposes, and not by
others. Calumniators may usually be
trusted to time and the slow but steady
Justice of public opinion.
Love ID active, sincere, afectionate,
pleasing and amiable, courageous, pa
tient, faithful, prudent, long suffering,
manly and never seeking itself. For
in whatever instance a person seeketh
himself there he falleth from love.
How fine O thing it would be if all
the faculties of the mind could be
trained for the battle Of life as a mod
srn nation makes every man a soldier.
But SO few Of our faculties are of a
truly military turn, and these wax in
aolent and unwary from disuse, like
troops during long times of peace.
Men who have half-a-dozen irons
in the fire are not the ones to go crazy.
It is the man Of voluntary or compelled
leisure who mopes, and pines, and
thinks himself either into the mad
house or the grave. Motion is all ma
lures law. Action is mans salvation,
both physical and mental. And yet
uine out of ten are wistfully looking
forward to the coveted hour when they
shall have leisure to do nothing, or
something only if they feel like it
the very siren which has lured to
death many a successful man.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
Uncle Bill Didn't Want Much.

A number Of newspaper men were
exchanging "reminiscences a few days
ago in o Court street inn. One of
them, by the way, was an ex-publisher;
that is to say, he once owned. and
edited a paper in the upper section Of
the state. One Of his subscribers was
William Makepeace Thackeray Will
lington, whose neighbors called him
"Uncle Bill" to save time and labor.
"One day Uncle Bill walked into
my Office" said the former publisher.
''He placed his whip in a corner aud
removed his hat. He asked If I was
the editor. / pleaded guilty. Shake
said he; I am glad to know ye. When
I was a young teller used to do SON
Writin' myself q
"Uncle Bill lapsed into silence ,,5n4
did some solid thinking for seleral
minutes. Then he resumsI,ahS en-
sersation. He said he liked phs' ap-
pearance of the Banner Of Freedom
mighty we'll and hoped twas not only
bringing me fame but money also.
Naturally my bosom swelled with
pride. The old man said he had only
o few minutes to spare and before
leaving he wished TO ask a favor. I
supposed that he was about to spring
a little poem which he had dashed off
all by himeslf, but that wasn't the
ease. Uncle Bill said: My son, I
want to ask you q special favor. My
eyes are not as strong IS they we're
and would like to have you print my
copy of the paper in O type two or
three sizes larger than you use in the
regular edition. Now mind, I don't
want you to do this for nothing. I
know il will cost you q little extra, but
I'm willin' TO pay for it. Here's the
money and if that isn't enough let
me know when my subscription is due
again and TIL pay what's OWN"
ssThe old man dove his right hand
into his pocket, fshed ont a silver half
dollar and planked it on my table, say
ing: There's the money, If that isn't
enough to cover the expense, let me
know when I call in next spring and
TIL make it good. TIM willin' to pay
for any little favors.' Before I could
explain the impossibility Of his
scheme he jumped into his buggy and
started of for Deep Hollow. Brook
lyn Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
TREE GROWS A
strang Effect OF C~ateRpillars ON n
Horse Chestnut Tree.

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Horse Chestnut Tree.
London Standard: Much interest has
been caused lately by the appearance
of a horse chestnut tree In the Thier-
garten, Berlin. The numerous branches
round the lower part OF the trunk
have a pure white foliage such al Is
seer on trees growing In dark places.
where no chioroDhyll can develop on
account Of want of light. The same
Whiteness Of the leaves Is noticeable II
a few Of the neighbering branchdi
through the crown to the top. The
singular appearance OF the tree has
been noticed regularly for some years.
This particular tree, 1t seems, had
been attracked by a. swarm OF cater
pillars and other creatures OF the same
species, and the foliage has already
been destroyed; but still masses OF ca
terpillars continued to crawl up and
down the trunk. and finally chung
there in clumps. To preserve the beau
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21

The boy choir is an adjunct to church
music which continues to grow more
popular. It is byno means a new insti-
tuition in New York churches, but the
indications seem to point to an even
greater demand for its services in the
future. In some of the western
churches, where solo singers have
-lis3n relied on to furnish the music
for half q century, the boy choir has
been introduced lately.
The method Of training the boys
differs in the various churches, but
the general idea is to take boys OF ten
years or younger; they are put through
q course in the elements of music,
vo~:ce-training and sight-reading. This
course ordinarily covers two years.
AS the boys develop proficiency they
are put into the choir, but an elemen-
tary class 10 always kept going to ill
possible vacancies. They rehearse
every day except Saturday and Sun
day, when the regular service takes
the place of rehearsal. The rehearsal
usually lasts an hour and q half.
The average period Of o choir boys
usefulness is FIVE years. As the boys
grow older their voices begin to change
or break, aud they are obliged to leave
the choir.
The question is often asked: ssWhat
becomes of the choir boys?" In a
number OF the churches in this city
former choir boys maybe found oc-
eupying prominent places. Some are
now choirmasters themselves, and
train choir boys; others are solo sing
ers, and still others, whose voices are
no longer of fine quality, are in the
organ loft.
Of course, many of the boys lose
their singing voice entirely. and with
It their interest in music, and these
drift into all sorts of business and
professions. A peculiar fact is that
boy sopranos sometimes develop into
bass singers as they grow older, and
no rule can be laid down as to the
change Of yoice. New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
AUTOCABS
Are Failures and Have Been Withdrawn
from Service I'm Paris.


London News: In the great strug-
gle, horse versus motor car, the horse
aas scored a noteworthy victory. The
Paris motor cabs are a failure. BY this
we do not mean to say that they will
aot run along under mechanical pro-
pulsion, but that that mechanical pro-
pulsion Is too costly. It is all a ques-
lion Of price. II steam or electricity
costs more than horsefesh for a given
amount of work then motor cars will
continue to be merely a rich mans
10Y. In Paris, at all events, the COM
parison comes out in favor of the
1or~ . Some months ago twenty-five
notar cabs were put on the ranks, and
:or q time all went well. The fares
we're the same (necessarily) as those
II the old-fashioned vehicles, and
therefore people enjoyed a new sensa-
ion without. IS 1t were, having to pay
sor it. But 1t soon became evident that
the drivers, or whatever they ma be
aalled, were shy Of picking up odd Gus
toners, and 1t came to this, that there
vas very little chance Of getting one
unless n hired 1t by the day or half
lay. Now. the company formally an
aounces that its vehicles will no longer
ply for hire on the cab ranks. The
numbers will be taken of them, and
aenceforth they will be no longer
'voitures de place." but ''voitures de
:emiss." or job carriages. which means
that q considerable higher fare will be
charged, and that they cannot be had
lor less than, say, half a day. But the
triumph of the horse may only be tenn
porary, as 1t 10 unlikely that the en-
yineers who are striving to effect a re-
auction In the cost Of mechanical trac-
ton have said their last word.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
EDUCATION IN EGYPT.
The Facilities and Pupils Are Increasing
Each Year.


Each Year.
Education has made gratifying prog
ress, though the principle pursued has
for its present end a few youths well
educated for the public service rather
than a wider distribution Of primary
instruction. Still each year sees the
number Of pupils increased, and an
advance along the line of modern edu-
cation from the middle-age program
of learning prevalent in all Moslem
schools. The people themselves have
shown a remarkable interest, and de-
nand more modern methods. Schools
supported by native subscription have
been opened for both boys and girls,
European teachers engaged, and gov
eminent inspection solicited. What
may be taken as more indicative still
Of the new spirit abroad is the fact
that the great Ell Azhar university at
Cairo, the famous center Of all Of
Islam's scholastic theology, has ap-
piled for government teachers to teach
secular subjects. The seed of reform
has indesd spread, for it was among
the followers Of this great school that
the most bitter opposition to the in
novations OF infdel foreigners used to
be found. Even now the government
can only afford a school fund Of about
$500, 900 annually, and spends this for
the education Of only about 11,000 fu-
ture civil servants. Outside OF this
zoo, 900 children attend the village
schools, supported by local Icontribu-
tons and small grants made by the
government to such of them as submit
to government inspection, and teach
q small amount OF modern reading,
writing, and arithmetic in addition to
the old lessons in the Koran and sa-
cred history. The result of this work
Is seen In the requirement that all APP
plicants for positions in the govern
ment service shall have passed GER
tain examinations in the schools. The
work Of securing the best Of public
servants has thus been begun.-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-21
ALASKA'S CLIMATES.
1t Compares Favorabiy with That of the
Northern States.

It Compares Favorabfy with That of tin,
Northern States.
Doubtless there is no part of th,
earth the climate OF which is as littl,
understood by the average man ant
woman as that of Alaska. Most o
the people of the United States, es
Pecially those east of the Rockies
have only a hazy recollection of Alas
Ia, or RUSSIA in America" as de.
scribed in their childhood's geog
raphy; and the modern "Klondike'
has only dissipatcd that haze sufi.
GENTLY to allow their vision to be
concentrated on that one point. Tc
them Whatever happens in "Klon.
dixie of course happens in all other
parts of Alaska. They forget that the
Kiondike and the Yukon country il
separated from the southern coast by
a range of great mountains, and that
consequently the coast line has q
vastly different climate from that OF
the interior. They forget that the
proximity of the Pacific and the pre-
vailing westerly winds over that
ocean give the southern coastal region
OF Alaska a climate having q compare
lively small range of temperature;
while the interior, shut off from these
modifying influences, is subject to
truly arctic rigors in winter, which
scarcely affect the southern sections.
1t is safe to say that before the dis
coveryo of goldin the KIondike scarcely
n person in ten knew the length
and breadth of the district, and some
of the mistakes and guesses made are
ludicrous in the extreme.
Southeastern Alaska, at least as
far al temperature conditions are
concerned, has q climate that
many of the states may envy, re-
membering the severity Of the cold
waves that have swept the country
from Montana to Florida. 1t is true
that southern Alaska has O considera-
bly, greater amount of precipitation
and more rainy 0 snowy days than
most of the states of the Union; how
ever, the absence of cold waves and
disastrously sudden changes in tenn
perature will go ON the credit side OF
the southern Alaska leger. The in
terror, deprived in o great of
the soothing effect of the ocean OF
course has a rigid climate in winter,
yet the summer months are warm
often oppressive.
The coast line has had considerable
more rain or snow than the mainland
juneau and Skaguay-Aand the num-
Der of clear and partly cloudy days
at Juneau and Skaguay is more than
twice as great as at Sitka and Kills
noo In fact, the winter weather
weather of juneau and Skaguay will
favorably compare with that of any of
the northern states; indeed, with
many OF the southern. The western
bureau bulletins of Feb. Is reported
o temperature OF 2degrees below zero
as having occurred on the 18th at
Tallahassee, Fla. On that date, at
juneau and at Sitka, the lowest tenn
peratures were: juneau, 80 degrees;
Sitka, 35 degrees; while the lowest
temperatures thus far of the winter
were 4 degrees below zero at Skaguay
in December and January. When it
is remembered that Skaguay is about
1000 miles farther north from the
equator than Tallahassee, the differ
ence becomes more striking and should
turn the tide of winter travel toward
Alaska. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.