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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
A Child of Misfortune.

Rafael Corona is a New Mexico ranch
ero, but just now he refers TO himself as
"a child of misfortune" He went into
the City of Mexico few days ago 20 see
the sights. He had only just alighted
from thc train when he was mistaken for
an escaped criminal and dragged off to
Jail. The error roctifed, he went in
search of n hotel. When he found it, he
found also that he had been touched
for ring which had been in his family
for a long time and which he regarded as
lucky talisman.
He was afraid for awhile to venture
out without it, and when he did he was
promptly knocked down by a runaway
horse and one of his arms broken, He
started off in search of n doctor, and the
man who had offered to guide him to one
separated him from his watch in parting
On his way back to the hotel a brick fell
upon Rafaers head from the top of n tail
building. and when he recovered con
seriousness he found that some good Sa
maritan had taken his pocketbook for
safe keeping and had neglected to leav.
his address.
Rafael went home that night. and now
he says he's glad he got away alive.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
A REPUTAV|0N,
How 1t Was Made And Re.
tanned In Burlington.

A good reputation is not easily earned,
and it was only by hard consistent work
among our citizens that Doans Kidney
Pills won their way to the proud distinct
ion attained in this locality. The public
endorsement of scores Of Burlington res
idents has rendered invaluable services to
says:
Mrs. O. Oclair, who lives at Sc First
street, says. II was not we'll for a couple
of years. ] could not think what was the
matter with my back. 1t ached constantly
| felt pain at first below the shoulder
blades and then it ran down the lons.
often at night it kept me awake by its
persistent aching Toss or turn as /
pleased I could not rest easy in any pos
tion and if I fell asleep | awoke in agony.
l often felt like giving up. The wretch d.
ness and misery | endured was something
awful. I don't know how long this thing
would have lasted if had not got Doan 8
Kidney Pills at W. J. Hendersons drug
store. The backache or kidney ache or
whatever it was it soon disappeared"
For sale by all dealers; price 30 cents
Foster Milburn CO., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the L S.
Remember the name-Doan' sand take
10 other.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
The Depopul0tiOn of France,

Anxiety over the dcpopuation Of
France resulted in an interesting debate
in the French senate fortnight ago,
when NJ. Waldeck Rousseau, the premsr
accepted in the name of the government
Il proposal for the nomination Of an extra
parliamentary commission to seek means
Of increasing the birth rate and diminish
ing mortality. The proposal was counter
signed by 1913 senators. Senator Bernard
in proposing the inquiry compared the
people of France with that of other ma
tons throughout the nineteenth century.
At the beginning of that century France
had 26,OOO,OOO inhabitants, Germany 49,
OOO,OOO inhabitants and England 12,0OO,-
600 inhabitants. Now France has 50 ,0O0,-
OG0 inhabitants, Germany 5G,OOO,OO0 in
habitants and England 4l,O0O,O 900 inhab-
itants. He combated the theory that in
population quality is better than quanti-
ty. His remedies were the adoption OF
fiscal measures in favor of large families
and above all of legislation to check the
terrible mortality among infants. Anoth-
err speaker declared that it was well
known that the baby farming system in
France resulted in the death of about 80
per cent of the infants so reared.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Gutta Ierchn From Peat.

Advices from Germany are to the effect
that n very satisfactory artificial gutta
percha has been derived from peat, and
great things are expected to result from
the discovery in cheapening the cost of
insulating ocean cables Gutta percha is
the only substance thus far discovered
for protecting n wire against the torro-
sivc action of salt water, and the product
is not only limited but controlled by an
English figm Of cable manufacturers, who
own the forests in the East Indies from
which the gutta percha is obtained.
Experiments to find n substitute have
been going on for years throughout the
world, but thus far nothing has been on
tircly successful. The price of Sutta
percha has been advanced considerably
by the demands of the manufacturers of
golf balls, which have almost doubled the
cost of cable manufacture, and if this
German inventor is able to make On
equally good insulator out of peat he will
make very important contribution tc
| the worlds economy, for peat can be
| found in almost every country on the
globe in quantities almost unlimited,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Michigan Divorces.

From the record of divorces in Michi-
gan for the last year-a record showing
one divorce for every ten marriageS-the
Detroit Tribune draws some interesting
deductions. 1t learns from its study of
the figures that the acute divorce period
is between the date OF marriage and the
completion of the fifth year OF the
2.41S divorces in 1900 GS5 Of the applica-
tons came within the five year division
From five to nine years, inclusive, the
number Of divorces was $50; from ten tc
fourteen years, 406 fifteen to nineteen
years. 292, and from this period the de
crease was rapid. winding up with on,
couple divorced after fifty-fve years. i
thus appears that the test Of married lift
is during the first ten years. Another
point of interest is that in 1901 of tn,
divorce cases, nearly half of the total, the
divorced couples had no children.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
A IIft OF plQtt HumOr.

There is quito a vein of dry humor in
the makeup of Senator Thomas c. Plat.
In the recent New York campaign a
member Of the Union League club was
deeply interested in the success of n
friend who was a nominee on the fusion
ticket. He wanted to do something to
help him. and. discussing the matter with
a friend the latter suggested call on
Senator Plat. The clubman had not been
on good terms with the Republican boss.
but lie finally plucked up courage enough
to visit him at 40 Broadway. He re-
ceived cordial welcome and obtained
the assurances he desired. AS he was
leaving he said:
Senator, have been opposed to you
for twenty years, but | must confess that
you have converted me to your side"
so" remarked Senator Plat. 81 am
very sorry you did not call on me twenty
years ago. New York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
BIRD WIT.
ynrert P1overs Save Their Young by
Clever Stratngem.

Down oh the beach among the sand
dunes at Cape Lookout there is certain
small stretch of land where the sun
shines warm and the wind never strikes,
except when it whisks in little eddies
around the dunes and blows the dry sand
rafting among the broken seashclls.
Here pair Of Wilson's plovers one sum
mer had their home and, despite the
vigil of many enemies successfully guard
ed their nest in the sand until two of the
three spotted eggs it contained Matched
ont little down covered balls of peeping
bird life. These baby birds do not remain
long in the nest, and their slender legs
were soon carrying them rapidly about
after their parents.
One day some men came to the part OF
the beach where the plover family lived
The little ones were much frightened, 50
they sat very close to the sand, and the
men did not see them. Father and Moth
er Plover We're quite uneasy, however.
They flew near the men and cried and
tried to get the intruders to follow them
away. The mother bird even pretended
TO be lame When the men saw this, one
of them said: Look at that bird. She
has nest of young ones near here or she
would not act so. | have seen cartridges
on the mainland act in the same manner
when | was near their young
| They then began to search among the
shells This alarmed the parents so much
that they determined to try their last and
best trick. The little mother ran up close
to the men, fell on her side and futtcred
and cried as if she was dying. The father
bird and two other plovers. who had a
70 b,.r bp Sh1 70 har nd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
THE JUMPERS OF MAINE.
auecr Doings For which They Seem
IN lie Entirely UnaccountHb1e.

There are more Jumpers" in northern
Maine perhaps than in any other section
of the United States. All these unfor-
Inmates are French Canadians. The nerv-
Gus cxcitability of these people ranges in
grade all the way from the case OF the
man who jumps only at specially alarm
ing sound TO the nerve tension of the VIC
tim who leaps and bowls If a door is shut
with a little more emphasis than usual.
Doctors who have examined men sub
ject to this strange weakness say that in
measure the complaint Is hereditary.
In various communities in Maine the
"junners' are looked upon as subjects
for constant Jest, and whenever they APP
pear in public persons with perverted
sense of humor keep at them. 1T is n
common spectacle to see these victims
walk along the street glancing about
them as apprchensively as baited badg-
er. afraid to turn corner suddenly and
surveying every man who approaches
with a look of fear and uncertainty.
In some country villages the unfortn-
mates have been tortured so persistcntly
that the authorities have been obliged TO
interfere. After time Jumpers have
their nerves so shattered that at any un-
toward sound or quick motion by n. per-
son they will fall on their knees aud
whine pitcously.
Nearly all Jumpers" say that some
sudden nerve shock has set them off at
first. One of the worst cases in north
crn Maine village says that his brother
fred q gun close to his ear when ne was
a small boy. 81 went into Mysteries" be
relates, "and 'hollcrcd' for half an horr
before they could calm me. | have been
what they call Jumper ever since. AT
school the children would slap my back
and shout in my car, and now the men
/ around town appear to think it is funny
to keep me yelling and hopping. If they
realized what Jumper suffers every
time he is sent off, believe they wout
take pity on me and stop. It's like dyns
to be jumped My heart comes up intC
my mouth, all my nerves are yankad a'
though | had been snapped by the neck
and n great clang goes through my heat
like the stroke of a church bell Zoo
from my ear. | don't know what | nm
doing when am jumped / have strucl
my best friends murderous blows befor
now when another friend has Jumped
mo for n joke / would thrash person
who would abuse me in that way. but IN.
nerves are so shattered that | can't evel
engage in an argument with man
Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
A Novel Charity.

A novel form of charity has been inau-
gurated in Budapest-namely. the dstri-
button of bread and milk among children
up to six years of age. The distribution,
which is to be continued daily, takes
place, morning and evening, at n shop in
n by street The milk is first boiled in
four large boilers, whence it runs into a
cooling apparatus. Fifty children are al
lowed to enter at Il time, either with their
mothers or alone while the others wait
for their turn in neighboring Warme-
stube, another charitable institution.
These large. well warmed rooms are
found in many places in Austria Hun
gary. The children are told to bring
their own mugs for milk, but there are
drinking vessels for those who have none,
which after use are cleaned and disin-
fected. Both the bread and milk must be
consumed on the premises, and very sick
" children receive a second portion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Such u Little Church!

Across the North river there is a parish
Of New York suburbanites who own a
valuable church property. Upon their
plot stands what is perhaps the smallest
church building known to the denomina-
ton. One of the women members de-
clared to the minister in charge that the
building ought to have a slit in the roof
so that she might deposit her offerings in
accordance with the traditions of child
hood.
a little girl, on her first visit to the
service received five pennies to put on
the plate. When she returned, her moth
or found that she still retained two Of the
five pennies. "Why did you not give il
all? the mother asked.
"Oh, mamma" was the ingenious an,
swer, at was such a little church !
thought three cents was enough for it!'--
New York Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Alarming Increase In Mormon SIN,

Bishop Fowler asked in the Methodist
missionary conference that $4,000 be
appropriated for the opening of mission
schools in Utah which have been closed,
as be believes that through such schools
alone can Mormonism be at all success
fully combatcd.
DR.. Buckley said Mormonism is alarm
ingly on the increase in this country, the
land of its birth, and that many OF its
converts would rs quickly die for the
faith that is within them as would any
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He said Mormonism will flourish
300 years hence. Education alone will
wipe out Mormonism. -Pittsburg Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Almost Too Good to He True.

During the blizzard of 1899 | started
one day from the central Office of the
bureau of charities to distribute money
to some cases reported for instant re-
lief" In an attic | found n poor widow,
a seamstress. with one child, boy of six.
The room was cold and bare, there was
no fire, the windows were loose. and
snow lay upon the floor. The boy had
been kept in bed for two days to keep
warm. ! asked the usual questions and
gave the woman 80; all this before dis
covered the boy.
Suddenly his head bobbed from beneath
the bedcothes and at sight of the twa
bills his eyes became moons. "Gee-e-e
mister. All that for us? Then we ear
give some to Ted Burns mother down
stairs TO buy coal, Can't we. mom?"-
Rev. David M. Steele in Ladies Home
Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
A.. UNDtko FOOD.
an Old Bnckvood,man Gives His
idea of IN oath.

"A number of years ago" said the
well known attorney, who was in a rem
iuisccnt mood, 81 was called up in the
northern part of the state on an i'm
portant lumber suit. | was anxious to
win it for a number of reasons, and 1
strained every nerve to got verdict in
| would succeed till the opposing counsel
put an old backswoodsman on the stand
whose testimony was particularly dam
aging to my clients case. believed
then, and believe now. that the old man
was lying, but to prove it was another
matter, as he told straight story and
stuck to it, 50 | was rather discouraged
when he was handed over to me to be
cross examined.
"'You understand, Of course said
the solemn obligations Of the oath yor
gave when you took the stand|
"He merely gruntcd in reply.
az suppose, said bandly, that yot
understand the nature Of an oath|
81 guess | do be growled.
"'Wcll, give me an illustration of you
idea of an oath, said I.
Il was totally uuprepared for wha
followed. The old man shifted his an
of tobacco. took Il lrm grip on his chat
and ripped out string OF oaths tina
threatened to raise the roof. 1t was sim
ply awful. have heard hard swearer
in my life, but nothing to compare t
that. The profanity he used would hav
kept six mule team on the jump for
week. His explosives were highly pic
turcsque, ahoundius in fertility of inven
ti,, aud tpIir,iteI lruU pou-or
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Salvage.

The stranger stopped on Madison
street bridge to take look at a tug that
was passing.
A sudden puff Of wind blew his hat
of and it fell into the river.
Into the Chicago river.
And it was a new hat.
Instantly boy ran down the ladder
at the east end of the bridge, and a, the
hat came along he managed by means Of
a pole to fish it out Of the water.
He brought it to the grateful owner.
The grateful owner took look at it.
"My boy" he said impulsivsly, "you
may keep the hat as your reward
Then the boy took a look at it and
slowly shook his head
Mister he said, couldn't you give
me dime ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26

(nrlStHuS lut'4.,, t..t,.tf. but Sptd"
from your thrones, all you glOrihcd moth
crs, and say to all these your sons end
daughters, words of love. words of warn
ing, words of cheer. They need your
voice, for they have Travelled far and
with many hcartbrcak since you left
them, and you do we'll to call from the
heights of heaven to the valleys of earth.
Hail, onthroned ancestry We are com
ing. Keep a place Right beside you at the
banquet.
Slow footed years! More swiftly run
Into the gold Of that unscttng sun.
lIomesick for thee.
Calm land beyond the sea.
copyright 1901 Louis kopsch, N. ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
MIR, Andrew Lang Is still Alive

Long ago relative of my own dining
at a Paris restaurant found the word
death lying on a plate and did die
presently Soon afterward. going up to
Oxford. found the word death" in
printed characters lying on my table 1t
was tiny piece of paper, not cut, but, as
it were, Gnawcd out of book or news
paper. But the omen was nnfultlled. |
had been unpacking, and the little scrap
of paper might have fallen out of my eff
fccts 1t is usual and natural to explain
fulfilled dreams by condolences like these
of the names and the scrap of paper
Andrew Lang in Longman's.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Con ditiOnH Favored.

kissing goes by favor" he remarked
dreamily, as il the quotation had oc-
Cured to him casually, without any re-
lationship to the time and its surround
ings.
"Oh, l don't know" she replied, with
seeming equal Inconsistencies of the
import Of her remark. Il guess it some
times happens that when conditions
favor kissing don't go by"
And it didn't.-Richmond Dispatch,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26

"Supposing,' said Mr. Sirius Barker
during n pleasure trip on an excursion
boat that | were to fall overheard,
what would you do?'
oh" exclaimed Mrs. Barker, with a
gasp, I'D cry my eyes out"
81 knew it. That's just like n woman
Always looking for way to make mat
tiers worse. Can't you see that crying
wouldn't do the slightest good and that
it would only make the water that much
deeperY'-Wa shington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
SnbAcribed. of COursc.

81 suppose you subscribe to the doc
trine that honesty is the best policyT
81 suppose So" answered Senator
Sorghum. Everybody that starts any
Thing tries to get me on the list. | sub
scribe to a whole lot of things, but don't
pay any attention TO them. "-Washing
ton Star,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
Misplaced Confidence,

Smith--I've got good joke on Short.
Jones-Is that so?
Smith-Yes. He asked me to exchange
checks with him for a few days. / did
so, and his check turned out to be no
good.
Jones-Why. according to that, the
joke is on you.
Smth-Oh, no, 1t isn't. You see, my
check was also worthless. - Chicago
News
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
SAYS HE WAS TORTURED.

81 suffered such pain fem corns ! could
hardly walk" writes II Robinson. Hills
borough, Ills. but Bucklens Arnica
saive completely cured them" Acts like
magic on sprairs, bruises, cuts, sores,
scalds, burns, boils, ulsers. Perfect healer
Of skin diseases and piles, Cure guoran-
teed by O'Sullivan and Young, 25 cents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26

All the churches, religious societies and
interests of st. Louis have presented a
petition to the worlds fair management
asking for the erection in the worlds fair
grounds of a building for the holding Of
religious meetings, conventions, etc, and
for the display of such exhibitions as the
various religious bodies may desire to
make.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26

"The duke, said the European gentle
man, belongs to one of the most eminent
and influential families of our time
Indeed" responded the American mil
Gouaire with interest. who is his IA
therin-.aW: - Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26

Lady to village jobber, uho for days
has been working" in the houseJ-Can
you tell no when YOU are likely to have
finished this JOB!
Jobbcr-If yen can tell me, mum
where I'm likely to set another.-Punch
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26

Teacher-Thomas, what are "parts OF
speech"
Tommy Tucker (after an exhaustive
mental efoit)-It's the way a man talks
when he stutters.--Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26
They Go Fast.

"Instead of seven league boots worn by
giants in the old fairy stories they ought
to have used boys Shoes"
"For what reason?"
Because they go SO fast"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-26


oppropriate for the holidays text, Luke
ii, 1G "And they came with haste and
found Mary and Joseph, and the babe ~
ing in n manger.'
The black window shutters of Do
cember night were thrown open and some
of the best singers of world where they
nil sing stood there, and putting back the
drapery of cloud chautcd a peace anthem
until all the echoes of hill and valley APP
plauded and encored the haleuiah Choir
us Come, let us go into that Christmas
scene as though we had never before wor-
SHIPPED at the manger Here is Madonna
worth looking at. | wonder not that the
most frequent name in all lands and in
nil Christian centuries is Mary. And
there are Marys in palaces and Mnrys IN
cabins, and, though German and French
and Italian and Spanish and English ro-
nounce it differently. they are all name
sakes of the one whom We lind on hod
of straw, with her pale face against the
soft cheek Of Christ in the night Of lhe
nativity. All the great painters have
tried. on canvas, to present Mary an her
child and the incidents of that most IA
nous night of the worlds history. l,aph-
nell in three different masterpieces. cclc-
brated them. Tintorctto and Ghi9lan-
daio surpassed themselves in the 3dora-
fion of the mGgi. CorreCgiO needed to
do no more than his Madonna TO become
immortal. The madonna of the Illy,
by Leonardo da Ninci, will Iindie the
admiration of all ages But all the gal
lelies of Dresden are forgotten when l
think Of the small room of that eallrry
containing the "Sistine Madonna. Yet
oil of them were copies of st. Matthew's
Madonna and lukc's Madonna, the IN
spircd Madonna Of the old book, which
we had put into our hands when we were
infants and that we hope to have under
our heads when we die.
Behold, in the first place, that on the
night Of Chrst's life God honored the
brute creation. Iou cannot get into that
bethlehem barn without going past the
camels, the mules, the dogs, the oxen.
The brutes Of that stable heard the hrst
cry of the infant Lord. Some OF the old
painters represent the oxen and camels
knoelns that night before the newborn
babe. And well might they kneel! Have
you ever thought that Christ came,
among other things, to alleviate the suf-
ferings of the brute creation? Was it
not appropriate that he should. during
the first few days and nights of his life
on earth be surrounded ny the Iuiho
beasts whose moan ana punt anu Del
lowing nave LOT ages Deeu Il prayer 10
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His subere Of Excellence.

WAS your son Josiar leader of any
of his classes?'
81 reckon" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci II have been told that good many
of the young men who tended Josiar's
school blonged to the leisure class, an
from what have seen of Josiar durin'
harvest time | should guess that he'd be
right up clus to tho top."-Washington
Star.
As a rre1.euti-e ar well A. o''" eta D.
dicinc Hoods sarsaparilln Is pro, eminent