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The defender., 1900-01-27
ASKED TO TEACH THE QUEEN.

How Young Jewess from America
Lost an Interesting Opportunity.
This is brand-neW STITCH" said the
young woman, holding up a dainty
piece of embroidery, "and if you'll come
some day when we can be all alone I'll
teach you how to do it,
That reminds me of good story"
SAID her companion. You know that
Queen Victoria is crank on the sub
ject of needlework and spends much
time learning new things in embroidery
and crochet work. Well. a few years
ago she was spending some time at
NieSbaden. and she used to drive to the
bazaar and look at the needlework,
while people looked at her and wonder
ed why she persisted in wearing the
old, rusty bonnet. One day the young
woman who usually waited on her
showed her what you just showed to
me-a brard-new stitch-and was asked
to call the next day and teach her Maj
esty how TO make it. She was to make
second call TO finish the job severaI
days later, but in the meantime was
taken i'll, and the proprietor of the es-
rablishment was beside herself and
worried as to how and where she would
get a substitute.
Ion the day before the appointed
time young girl from a Western city
in the United States came to the bazaar
and saw and admired the piece of nee
dlewOrk. and told the saleswoman that
it was tie first she had seen since she
had finished a similar piece.
Then you know how to do the
stitch?
Certainly said the young woman.
Why?
well. there was a whispered consul
tation, and then the girl was asked if
she would act as substitute the next
day and teach the Queen. You can
imagine that she did not hesitate. She
went to the hotel, and, radiant with
joy and excitement told her mother Of
her good fortune, and after she had re-
ceived the congratulations of her
friends. her mother shattered all her
plans by reminding her that the next
day was Saturday, and that as a good
JeweSs, she could do no sewing on that
day. And now the young woman tells
the story of how near she came to
teaching Queen Victoria a new stitch
New York Tribune.
The defender., 1900-01-27
Deceptive Names.

Longfellow knew what he was talk
ing about when he said that things are
not what they SEEM" exclaimed Her
bert vehemcntly. "Or, rather. they
are not what they are said to be. Ev
erything is a snare and delusion. We
are living in the midst of a great big
falSehood."
Land alive" exclaimed his Aunt
Lucy, who was startled out Of her
usual calm by these pessimistic utter
ances and took three false stitches in
aer crochet work in consequence. Even
Herberts mother. who was used to her
Ooys tragic way Of putting things,
looked up trifie anxiously.
What's the matter now, Herbert?
What do you see that is sailing under
false colors?"
Just look at this table," said Her
bert, pointing his right forefinger at the
offending table in question. Every
thing you see lying thereon is going by
name that doesn't really belong to it.
Here's this card tray. 1t is a fine speci-
men Of German silver, but in reality it
DOESN'T contain a grain of silver, being
1n alloy of zinc, nickel and copper, and
moreover, it wasn't made in Germany.
Then there is that whalebone that you
are going to put in auntle's dress. 1t
was never within thousand miles of
a whale, but is some kind of steel sliced
down real fine. That plaster of Bur
sundy that you are going to stick on
Srandpa'S rheumatic shoulder is not
pitch, but a combination of resin and
palm oil, and is not made in Burgundy.
Then there is that bunch of tuberoses,
which are not roses at all. The black
cad pencil | scribbled my exercises
With few minutes ago is not lead. but
mixture Of carbon and iron. The
sealing wax with which l am going to
seal my letter when finish it contains
40 wax. The steel pen 1 am writing
with hasn't particle of steel in it's
makeup. To wind up the long list Of
deceptive names, I've been writing to
Cousin James about the Turkish baths
grandpa has been taking for his rheu-
matiSm, which is the worst of all, for
baths like that have never ever beens
dreamed Of in Turkey"
Herbert resumed his writing. His
mother and Aunt Lucy looked at each
>ther in amazement.
my land" said Aunt Lucy. doesn't
hat beat all? It's really wonderful
low boys learn so much these days. l
lever knew any of that, and I'm 80
Fears old"
Il believe Herbert is generally right,
:hOugh, in these odd bits of infOrma
ion," said his mother, sOftly.-Chicago
Record.
The defender., 1900-01-27
THE END OF THE CENTURY CAL
ENDAR

The great progress of the printers art
IN the nineteenth century is fittingly
marked in this closing year by the
artistic calendar we have just received
from N. w. Aver & Son, newspaper
and magazine advertising agents, Phil
adelphia. True to their motto of Keep
ing everlastingly at it," Messrs Aver
q Son have so made this calendar, year
after year, that a demand for it has
sprung up that always quickly absorbs
the edition. This calendars proper
ttOns are commensurate with it's dig
nifty as an art work. but it's size is de-
termined solely by utility. The figures
are of the generous dimensions that
quickly catch the eye and make it a
favorite with business men; there are
also helpful suggestions accompanying
each months figures, and there is rich
ensemble of color and design. This
edition will not last long; while it does
those who send % cents to the pub
fishers will receive a copy postpaid.
The defender., 1900-01-27
,pposED THE STAGE -COACH.

i, Ancient Economist Who Thought
# Would Ruin the Country.
Tho New York Telegram notes that
a. 4r>t stage coach seen in England
r,s about the year 1553, and another
IN Years passed before stage coaches
fs,gn TO run; they were not received
with much favor. In 1913 a treatise
Tss published in London by "A Lover
A His Country, and Well Wisher to
he Prosperity Both of the King and
uDglomS." in which were used many
s2boratp arguments and violent IT,
4 rips against them.
These coaches and caravans" said
4 ae writer. are one Of the greatest mis-
iiefs that hath happened of late years
4 nhp kingdom. miSchievOus to the pub
\ d. destructive to trade and prejudicial
+ % lands"
He lampnts the decay of good horse
nanship, which would follow if every
( body rode to London in Il coach. He
calculates that coach from York,
. Chester or Exeter would have forty
ArScs on the journey to the capital
I md carry eighteen passengers Il week.
+ ID the whole year it would carry about
j lS! Suppose there were returning
ESeDgprS there would be 936, and for
aesp forty horses would be sufficient;
E'.t il people travelled in the good, old
nhiOned way, then at least 500 horses
could be required for the work. The
E A Of 50 many horses would give en-
lTment to many who were by the
S1ge coach thrown out of work, such
I cloth workers, diapers, tailOrs, sad
-fN tanners. curriers'. shOemakers,
FlrrIerS, lOrimers and fellmakers. The
ln would also suffer, for the stage
Sacl stops only at a few, but when
Fatemen travelled on horseback, ac-
dlanied, as they usually were, by
@ or three servants, they stopped at
4'F and as often as they liked, and
lS encouraged trade.
farmers will be ruined, he says, by
sage coach; for how can they dis
@ Of their hay, straw and horse
"4' Moreover, the influence on
aIA would be bad; men called out
lelF beds before daylight, hurried
'I pace to place until far on into
uIsnt IN the summer stifled with
"' and chOked with dust. in the win
Starving and freezing with cold or
,'l9u with filthy fog. obliged to ride
u' with strangers and with sick,
-,l' and diseased persons and with
,-1en crying, poisoned with fetid |
.''N ana crippled by the crowd of |
~ dAd bundles. Besides all these
1O'eS mere were accidents arising |
tue rotten coaches and foul roads.
IOFl The writer is fully convinced
49,, SaSe-coach travelling becomes
,1 p' ,he country will go to ruin. !,
,,s "ed to see the railway he
'4 nave been bereft Of his senses.
The defender., 1900-01-27
A Curiosity in Wills

The outer uniformity about wills in
general both as to parchment and pen
manship, makes all the more note
worthy the last testament of the late
Sir George Parker. Sir George, who
lost his life at Cawnpur during the
Indian mutiny, had only tiny scrap
of paper on which to write his will,
and when it was made it was carried
through the lines by a native, who con-
cealed it in his ear. Fragile as it is, it
will doubtless Outlast as a curiosity
and almost as bit of national history
many bulky manuscript inscrolled on
material prepared to defy the decay of
years.
No man ever travelled over the road
to fame on a pass
The defender., 1900-01-27
HOWfA rIIiA

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che.
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per.
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any Obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by ali Druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The defender., 1900-01-27
RUPTURE

lois ARCH ST, PHiiA PA Ease at once; once;
no operation or delay from business. Consuta-
ton Tree. Endorsements of physicians. ladies
LCuIs A NJ. 10 r. NJ
The defender., 1900-01-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing inflamma-
ton, allIys pain, cures wind oolic 25c. a bottle
The defender., 1900-01-27

Slaves, when they become masters,
make the most terrible ones.
The two principle ingredients of wis
dom are, first to know thyself, and next
to know thy neighbor.
The defender., 1900-01-27

When interest is at variance with
any pretence that seems to
reconcile them satisfies the hollow
hearted.
The defender., 1900-01-27

A Matter of-Fact man is one who,
when he hits his thumb with the ham
mer, instead of the nail, thinks it is
all right.
The defender., 1900-01-27

Count YOUR troubles, and you VIII
tan down in the dust. Count your mer-
cies and you will get up and shout
He is the best accountant VINO can
cast ND correctly the sum OF his own
The defender., 1900-01-27

I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton to sufferers from Asthma.-E. d. Town
SEND, Ft Howard. Wis, May 4. 1884.
The defender., 1900-01-27

If the fruit in the garden of Eden had
not been denied, Adam and Eve would
never have thought of touching it.
The defender., 1900-01-27

Don't wait until the last minute and
try to enter Heaven on the strength of
your epitaph.
The defender., 1900-01-27

/ a,,;5 I''I' are generally desperate,
.-''1 ones are always weak.
The defender., 1900-01-27
Facts
For Sick
Women

FEH,Sf-fk1e medicine that
holds the record for the
largest number of absO-
lutte Cures of female ills
IS Lydia e. Pf1lklfas1's
Vegetable Compound.
Second Mrs. PiH,kfI1ass,
can show by her letter
files is1 lynn that a mil
lion women have been
restored to health by her
medicine and advice.
Third -AHEeffeg.s to Mss.
Pinkhan1 are received,
opened, read and an
Swered by women only.
This fact is certified to by
the mayor. and E90sf11sas-
ter of Lynn assd others of
Mrs. PiTsIkl1aEs1'S own city.
Write for free book con-
tanning these certificates.
Every ai!ing woman is
invited to write to Mrs.
PEEsE15aSsp and get her ADJ
vice free of CHARGE
Lydia E. Pinkham Ned Co., Lynn, Mass.
The defender., 1900-01-27

Now. for the first time you
can get a trial bottle of Cherry
Pectoral for IS cents. Ask
your druggist.
The defender., 1900-01-27

preserving purifying
and
tOo
which readily
combines
and T soa
The defender., 1900-01-27
Complete Treatment SIPS

Consists and
CUTCURA and
and blood humo rases and iaons with loss hair when
AND Boston Itching
The defender., 1900-01-27

Lydia E. Pinkham Ned Co., Lynn, Mass.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
WHEN THE CENSUS MAN COMES.
CFrom the Chicago Journal)


How old are you? Are you married.
single. widowed or divorced? Is the house
you live in your own; and if SO, l. it
mortgaEed or free? What is your occu-
patton and how many months out OF the
year are you employed?"
These are some Of the pointed personal
questions which will be asked OF people
during the taking of the twelfth census Of
the United States. which will begin June
and end June Is, 1900.
The years 1900 and 1901 will constitute
the greatest census taking era in the his
tory of the world. Besides this country.
IA of the principal European countries are
to count noses" but the census OF the
United States is to be more extensive than
that of any other nation.
The last census cost s11 III 500 and more
than 5000 men were employed in making
1t, This census will be even a greater ef-
fort.
The law requires that the census shall
be taken between June and June 10. As
two of these days fail on Sunday but 13
working days are left
The director of the twelfth census is
William r Merriam, former governor of
Minnesota
Several Objectionable questions which
were asked of citizens by census enumera-
tors ten years ago will be omitted this
time. For example. persons suffering
Quested to disclose that fact
The answers given heretofore have
proved utterly valueless from statistical
standpoint.
These are the questions which you will
be called upon to answer this year:
l. Surname, Christian name initial.
= Residence, street, number OF house.
D. Relationship OF each member to the
head of the family.
T. Color or race.
J. Sex.
e. Age at last birthday.
I. Day. month and year when born.
s. Are YOU single, married, widow,
widower or divorced?
q Number of years married
10. How many children.
II. Number OF children living.
Il, Sex of these children.
u. Where were you born? If in the
United States, give State or Territory: IL
of foreign birth, give name of the country
only.
H. Where was your father born? Your
mother? (Same conditions as the forego-
ing)
Il. If of foreign birth. when did you
come to the United States?
16. How many years have you resided
in the United States?
II. Have you been naturalizedo How
many years since you became citizen?
IS, What is your occupation trade or
profession? tThis question applies to per-
sons ten years of age or over)
10. How many months during the year
are you employed?
20 How many months have you attend.
ed school?
u. Can you read?
-. Can you write?
90. Give the main facts concerning your
education.
a, DO you own the house in which you
live?
25 DO you rent the house in which you
live?
~ II you own the house, is il free or
mortgaged? CThe same questions apply
to farms.)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
A CROWD IN THE STREET.
Guessing mt Its Number and Watch
ing Its Wave Movements

fascinating the size of a crowd Is the
hardest kind of guessing in the world"
said an old citizen. Nothing is more
elastic, more compressible and more de-
ccptive than great throng. On two
occasions street or square may appear
to be packed to its capacity. and one
would say roughly that about the same
number of people were present each time.
AS matter of fact there may have been
difference of several thousand. l am
convinced from observation covering a
number of years that it is impossible for
anybody standing on the level occupied
by n crowd to form even an approximate
ly accurate estimate OF its size. Such n
spectator has no means Of arriving at
the density of the mass before him, and
that is the vital point in the whole cal
culaton.
THE proper place from which to size
up any great gathering is as nearly as
possible overhead-in other words, from
the roof or upper windows Of some ad-
jacent tall building. 1t is only by look
ing down on crowds from a height that
you can appreciate their great differ
ences. One will be full OF lanes and
passagcways, with little open spaces
here and there, while in another the peo-
with almost military precision.
From above. too, the strange wave
movement which occurs in all crowds is
clearly discernible, and it is certainly
curious sight. A slight stir will be seen
from some extreme corner. For n few
seconds it will travel toward the center,
exactly like n ripple over water, then
suddenly it will break and spread itself
along three or four irregular maths each
ending in a crush which must be entirely
inexplcable to the people in the vicinity.
What causes these movements to take
such eccentric teutes through n throng
is at first blush mystery, but l suppose
it can be easily explained on the common
principle Of force moving in lines of the
least resistance. Some chap on the out
skirts starts the thing by shouldering his
neighbor, and the impulse is passed along.
always by way of the weakest."-New
Orleans Times Democrat,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
UNCLE JACKS PLEA.
II Was Powerful Enough TO Save His
bad Case.

WHEN was in North Carolina,
friend told mc about an old darby who
was on trial for stealing Il turkey, and the
proof was positive, and yet he did not
seem to be alarmed. His lawyer was dis
couraged and said "Uncle Jack, it looks
like they have got You"
"No, dcy amt, Mas John; dey amt
got me vet, and dcy amt gwine to get
me. Tell you how it is, Mas John. Do
jedge scten up dar was my young mas
ter when dc war broke out and not gwinc
to send me to dc pen. No, sir he amt;
he amt done forget what know"
But Mas John had lost confidence, for
he knew that the judge would do his
duty and execute the law. In short
time the trial was over and the judge
asked Uncle Jack if he had anything to
say in cXtenuation of his crime. The old
gray headed man got up with a grunt
and, looking around upon the spectators
and then Mt the judge, said:
Muffin much, Mas Jedge; muffin much
Only dis, you know all about dat old war
which we all got whooped, and you hain't
forgot how | went out wild you to de
army for you was a cappen, and old
maste told me TO 60 long and take keer
of you and you knows did de very bes
l could for four mighty long years and
how one time you got wounded and |
staid by you onteIl you was well again
and how anoder time you took dc
measles and me. too, and | stay by you
and nus you and how anoder time dem
Yankees cotch me and got away in dc
ni.ht and come back to you and how
sometimes you get out of money and out
of sumfen TO eat all at the same time,
and you call me up and say, Jack, You
mus go out a-foragin and get us sumfin,
and | go out late in de night and bring
you chickens and roastin ears, and one
time ! bring YOU turkey, and you neber
AK me muffin about whar | got him and
you nebcr Civ me any money to buy him,
did you Mas Jedge? You call it fora gin
den, didn't you, Mas ledge, and il it
was foragin den, how cum it to be steal
in now?"
BY this time the courtroom was con-
vulsed with laughter, and the judge could
not conceal his emotion, for his recollec-
ton of the old darky's faithfulness was
revived afresh. He wiped his brow and
his eyes and said: "Mr Sheriff, adjourn
court Uncle Jack, I will pay for that
turkey, hut you must not do so any more.
When you need anything. you must come
to me. l haven't forgotten you" ATTAIN
ia Constitution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
PRINCE PATRICK OF YORK.

London. April SIT is said that, by the
iesirc of queen Victoria, the son that was
born to the Duke and Duchess of York
will be christened Patrick.
o Paddy, dear, and did you hear
The news that's going round?
The shamrock blooms as ne'cr before
All DER the Irish ground;
The Queen has come to Dublin town
And, right o. top of that,
She telegraphs the Duke of York
TO call the baby Pat!
She might have given to the Duke
The choice Of several names;
For instance, Matthew. Mark and Luke
And John and Joe and James,
And Jacob, Isaac, Abraham,
But no-instead of that,
She teeGraphs the Duke of York
TO call the baby Pat,
she might have wished the boy to bear
Some Scotch or English name,
Some cheftain's of the mighty last
That fills the trump of fame;
But Scottish names she put aside,
And EnRlish-think o. that
And turning to the Emerald Isle,
She said, lets call him Pat"
q, Paddy. dear, It's very clear
The shamrOck's blooming right.
So let's he wearing of the green
And dance "A jig tonight;
The Queen has come to Dublin town
And. right o. top of that.
She telegraphs the Duke of York
To call the baby Pat,
New York Mail and Express"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
The Deacon,a Drenm.

"May you take this lesson home with
you tonight. dear friends" concluded the
preacher at the end of a very long and
wearisome sermon, land may its spiritual
truths sink deep into your hearts and
lives to the end that your souls may ex-
perience salvation. We will now bow
our heads in prayer. Deacon White. will
you lead?"
There was no response.
deacon White'--this time in a louder
voice-'Deacon White, will you lead?"
Still no response. 1t was evident that
the deacon was slumbering. The preach
er made third appeal and raised his
voice to a pitch that succeeded in waking
the drowsy man.
deacon White, will you please lead"
The deacon rubbed his eyes and opened
them wonderingly.
as it my lead? No-I just dealt."-
Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
A YOUTHFUL NEWTON.
Vermont Boy Who Performs Wonders
With Figures-Can't Explain 1t.

The New York Herald recently publish
ed an article concerning little Jimmie Fox
Of Fair Haven which we reproduce.
Though not vet fifteen years of age
Master James r.. Fox, last Tuesday be-
fore committee OF four proved himself
wonderful mathematical prodigy The
skill he displayed in his answers shows
him to possess a faculty for solving dfti-
cult problems in mathematics under the
most trying circumstances. His answers
came without the least hesitation and
aroused the curiosity of the witnesses
who tried III every way to catch and puz-
Zle him.
Rorn in Fair Haven, VT, he is one of
seven children. five girls and two boys
AT the aGe of five he displayed marked
degree of ability, and his father sent him
to school. While the boy was at home
one day with a crowd of small children
sums of three figures each, To their sur
prise he gave the correct answer without
the use of pencil and paper. This led his
father TO encourage him In other mental
feats in math. mates. Before long he be-
came very proficient. When long
column of three figures is repeated to bin
by the teachers institute in Fair Haven
he Will give the total sum in two or three
seconds. When, In his eleventh year, he
was asked to stand such tests as might
be prepared for him, to the wonder and
surprise of the teachers he answered off
hand problems In mathematics that took
many of them "A long time to solve on
paper.
Young Fox says he cannot exactly ex-
plain how he performs these feats. II *
second nature to him. Several of the wit
nesses on Tuesday wanted to know II he
employed system, Ha'knsM o. no sRob
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26

pounds of publicity.
our railways to-day amount In value
TO one-tenth of all the property OF the
United states. Tho collect and disburso a
revenue far beyond that Of the govcrn-
ment of the United States. As AN indus
try they are second only to agriculture
the mother of all industries There can
be no such thing as national prosperity
If our railways are not reasonably pros
porous and any unfair or unjust treatment
of them Is national calamity
But in the making OF those rates the
public has an interest which must bc
lePitimately protected. To-day the rail.
way Is the sole Judge between itsclf and
the public of the rate which IL makes
Some tribunal should he devised 10 which,
the public can appeal and from which the
public can obtain relief. II tho interstate
Commerce Commission is not Il competent
body to discharge that duty, abolish IL and
put something in its place. il H. TO give b.
the authority necessary TO discharge the
du'y which the statute of this land i'm.
poses upon it,"