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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

Its regular fresdom-that matters at the
national capital are moving along as
usual, and 1t would look as though the
nations lawmakers through some mistake
had not heard Of the determination of the
News to throw way the new anti -olco
gun and take to the woods.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
DIDN'T TASTE THAT.

Wife (severely)-Is this the fish you
caught?
H~usband-Y-e-s, m dear.
Wife (shrewdly)-Were you fishing in
salt water or fresh water?
H~usband-I-I don't know. m dear,
didn't taste it.--New York Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

Dora, I wish YOU would be a little more
polite and friendly to Mr.. Pawkins VIII n
he calls. He comes of a good family. he Is
educated. pleasing in his address. is in ex-
ccllent circumstance financially, and your
father and | consider him altogether a su-
perior young man.
"He may be all that mamma but shak-
ing hands with him is like shaking hand
with a fish.'-Chicago Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
THE DOTING MAMMA
Exchange,

where's my silk hat?"
"Your silk hat? Oh. yes, Georgia took
it to put on the snow man he made"
ale did,
Eyes, isn't It nice that he can entertain
himself SO EASILY ?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

Senator Tillman of South Carolina said
IN the Senate on Saturday that he would
not do anything towards tearing dow the
Ciyjl-seryice system because it was 1.-THE
only barrier Senators and Representatives
have between them and the insane asy-
lum, from the opportunities of office seek
zee -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
NOT CONCLUSIVE.

He-I suppose you know I'm singing at
your church, now?
Shc-No / didn't.
He-Rut surely your brother Jack told
you l had joined the choir there.
She-Oh, yes; he did tell me that.-Phila-
dclphia Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
MISS BURNS NOT ARRAIGNEp.

New York., Feb. S.-Florerce Burns. the
young woman who IL accused of the muir
der Of Walter Brooks Al a hotel in this
city last Friday, vas not arraigned TO-
day the hearing having been postponed un,
til to -morrow at the request Of the district
attorney.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE
BOOKLETS FREE.

The following excellent publications pre-
pared 10y the Chicago and Northwestern
railway will be sent free to any address
upon receipt of postage named.
The information contained therein is II
great value to those who expect to travel.
either for pleasure or profit. All Of tho
publications are handsomely illustrated
ulth hnlf tnnn AinnS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
A SIDEWALK PRESCRIPTION.

The busy doctor was hurr ying down the
street WHEN he was stopped by n man
noted for his ability to get Sidewalk" adj
vice.
Il am thoroughly worn out. and sick and
tired. What ought l to take? asked the
man.
Take a cab replied the unfecling doc
tor.-New York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
IN NO DoUBr ABOUT THE PRICE.

GLOW do you know whether that's ter
rapin or muskrat you're eating?"
Il don't. All ! know Is that I'm paying
for terrapin. Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

found of the pressure in this direction al
ready felt by the more conservative of tho
colleges. than the covert concession OF
several institutions to the demand. In the
Smith college catalogue, for example. np-
pears no course in domestic science. Yet
under the head of advanced chemistry is q
thorough and excellent course in sanitary
science and the nutritive values of foods.
The fact that this exceedingly difficult
course is elected by fully half of the stu
cents would seem to srcak volumes.
Mss Caroline Hazard president of Wei
lesley college. writes to ZOO Housekeep-
ing that ut is the nope of the college in
the near future to have a distinctive
course in domestic science Miss Wool
ley. the president of Mt. Holyoke college,
believes that domestic science SHOULD be
added as a post graduate course. IL can
see" she says, "a very wide and helpful
future for the study and its students. I
think it is more thoroughly realized day by
day how much nutritious, we'll cooked,
we'll selected food has to do not only will
the physical well being but also with the
mental"
AN IRRESISTIBLE MOVEMENT.
The demand for training in home science
was recognized years ago in the more pro-
h~rCssive west, whence We look now for
uew movements in education. a directory
4 colleges and schools offering COURSES in
domestic scionce-the first ever piled -
IL the March Good housekeeping, shows
tic great west dotted with institutions of
this kind. The sanitary science department
in the University of Chicago Is Of notable
breadth and completeness, covering sani-
teticn. with laboratory work, food analy-
So, dietaries, authorizations, chemistry of
Gaming, domestic service. sociology, and
other problems of household administra-
tiCu.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
A SIM PIE SONG.

This worlds a curious place we know,
Where strange things come TO pass;
IT'S either sprinkled DER with snow,
Or covered up with grass.
And though you vow the times are rough
Be hopeful and rejoice,
For If you will wait long enough,
You're sure to get your choice.
Exchange,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

from Tillman's address. Education will
solve the race problem-that Is, II the pro-
cess of enlightment is to apply to both
races.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

1t wouldn't be so annoying to call up tn
wrong man on the telephone If it diln't
take so long to ind out that we've got
him.-Erooklyn Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

ONE OF THE TELEPHONE ANNOY
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

Vermont is naturally divided by Yer
Mons, CT the Green Mountains, which
gives name to the State, running from
north to south. Fer the purpose of civil
government, 1t is divided into the follow
ing counties, viz:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
MOTHER BURLINGTON PROJECT.
(From the Rutlnrd News)

c. F. Young. formerly in the shoe bust
ness in Rutland, is enc of the incorpnra-
tors Of the Allen-Youne Shoe company at
Burlington With a capital stock of $50, 600.
The company is inCorpc rated for the pur-
pose Of manuft curing and jobhing boots,
shoes and rubbers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

Counties.-Bennington; chief towns. Ben
Manchester: Rutland. chief town,
Rutland; Addison. chief towns. Ad
olson, Middlebury: Chittenden, chief
tonws, Colchester, Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

George Washington Morrow blew in with
the blizzard yesterday. This does not
sound like an open winter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
A School Tor Detectives.

In Paris asplrants for positions in the
detective force are taught in n regular
school, where day after day they arc
put through various exercises until
they become proficient and receive aI,.
pointmcnts or show that they have not
the detective instinct Ia them.
The students first are trained in the
use of their eyes and their hands. One
Of the lessons consists in placing the
pupil in II brilliantly lighted room full
of furniture and ornaments Then he
is taken to another room and required
to make sketch Of the room he Just
has left, indicating the position of all
the objects In it, He is allowed to look
at face for minute and then re-
quircd to describe the color Of the hair.
the eyes, the general form, etc. He
nfterwurd is required to pick out
photograph of the face from among
several hundred others.
In educating the hand the student is
placed In n dark room in which nre
many curious and unusual objects
These he feels over aud then writes
description of them He must remem-
Der even the slightest details. One test
Is to let him hnndle gems IN the dark
and then tell what they are, whether
diamonds, rubies or what not. This is,
of course, an exercise for the more adj
vanced pupils.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Why Tie Didn't Jump.

Here Is one that Il young man who
knows Il good story when he hears it
heard one railfDad man toll another In
a depot up the line the other day:
I'VE picked up a new Irishman
somewhere up country an set him to
work brukin' on a construction train
nj > cents II milo fer wages. One day
wiiel him an ne was on the train she
got away OH one OF thcm mountain
grades am the first thing we Enowcd
l.e WAS flynn down the track at about
ninety miles un hoar. with nothin' in
light but tiAc ditch am the happy hunt
M grounds, when we come to the end
{ twisted 'cm down as hard as | could
all along tli. tops an then OF IL sudden
I see Mike crlwlin' along toward the
end of one of the c;l.s OH all fours,
with his face the color of milk. I
Thought he was -cttin' ready to jump,
I'M see his finish il he did.
Mike says. 'for heavens sake
lont jump.
"IIc clamps his fingers OH the run.
MIN board to give him chance to
turn round am looliin ut me con.
temptuous answers:
Jump, is ity' 30 ycz think I'd be
afthcr Jumpin' am me maxim money
as fast as l am"-pcn land Orcso
ui;lil
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
SNOW r,ro... G Clear Sky.

The most wonderful Snowstor1ms OF
all that may be seen every winter IN
the 4A,lirondacks are these that prevail
when the sky is cloutllcss. OF these
there are several varieties. Every week
CT two we would Sec what looked like
q fog form about the distant hills and
then come drifting across the creek
valley. Doubtless it WIS real snow
laden cloud thnt had lscen drifting
ulong until it Strt.ck our level Q.3O0
feet above the sea- I'm the Adiloniacks,
when the conditions became favorable
for the release of it's fcathcry burden.
We saw these clouds ill the air with
flakes that were driven along almost
horizontally by Il strong gale. although
the tops of our old hcimlockS nnd
spruces rose into the clear nil' and I'M
obstructed sunlight above the highest
level of the snow producing afr STRAIT
TIN. We even saw the snow so thick
trees six feet above the earth were
not visible, although tho trectnps could
be seen, and THE sun shone down
through the shallow storm with
strength enough 10 cast distinct shal-
uws.
top and looked down into valley loss
than 100 feet below us where a SNOW
storm was raging With violence and
the temperature was frigid. - Scrib-
Ger'S
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
The Orlsinnl silhouette.

The name silhouette was derived
from Eticnne do Silhouette, n French
minister Of finance In 1859, who intro
duced several parsimonious fashions
during his administration chilled Il In
Silhouette, n name which continued to
be applied to the black profile portraits.
Silliouettcs were executed In various
ways.
One OF the simplest is that Of tracing
the outlines of Il shadows profile
thrown on II sheet of paper and then
reducing them to the required size eli
thcr by the eye or by means of a pan,
tograph. The camera obscura and cam
era luclda are also occasionally used
for the purpose.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Lifted Up Forever.

Mazzini. whose name is associated
with the liberation of Italy, was onca
asked what he would have taught In
school.
cone thing, at any rate, In all," re-.
piled MnzZini. "and that is some knowl-
edge of astronomy. A man learns
nothing II he has not learned to won
der, and astronomy, better than any
science, tcachcs him something of the
mystery and grandeur Of the universe.
"Now, Il man who feels this will soon
feel something of his own greatness
and mystery, and then for the first
time he Is IL man."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Country INNS In England.

A noted traveller says he has sam
pied large number of hotels In his
ti,nc-cvcn In Greece but for bnrc
freed dishonesty In the making Of
bills the bluff British landlord takes
first place. after charging twice
what his food and rooms nre worth lie
tacks OH Il further charge for service
another for lights another for BATH
another for fire. In short, my expert
cnca of country inns In Englnnd-nnd
can speak with some authority Is
that ] pay as much day ut Il shabby
little country inn of England, where
the food Is poor and III cooked, the at
tendance inferior and the beds poor, as
would at Il good hotel In such towns
as Springfield, Mass. or the very best
In Switzerland or Germany. Indeed, it
must have struck the average Amcri
cam that the incompatible BacdekeE
hardly ever finds 1t possible to recon-
mend an English hotel"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Condolences Of Dates.

Attention has often been called to
the curious fact of tho date Sept fig
uring so largely In the history OF Oliver
Cromwell. That very dominating man
was born on Sept. 5, 1888; lie Won the
battle of Dunbar Sept. 3. 1860; that OF
Worcester Sept. 3, 1861. and he died
Ecpt. 3, l6oS. But we huvc lntely come
across some condolences of dates
which. so far as we Know, have not
Been noticed before. The number SS
seems TO have had fatal influence on
the Stuarts Robert H.. the first Stu
art king. died In 1888; James III. was
killed ut the siege of RoNburghe Cas-
tie. LASS; Mary, queen of Scots, was
behcnded In Fethcringay, 1888 (new
style); James VII. NI. of England)
was dctlroiicd In lGSS; Bonny Prince
Charlie died in Rome, 1888, and with
him died the last hopes Of the Jacob
ties
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Plays In Installments.

In nearly all the large cities Of Spain
the theatcrS sell tickets for separate
acts OF play. The plays are. as rule,
of the popular variety, plentifully in-
tcrspcrsed with songs and dances. They
are. in short, sort of variety enter
tAinment. With a slender thread of plot
running through them. They begin
early and end lute. and large numbers
Of performers are employed. Seats urc
very cheap, and few people would care
to sit out the whole performance.
The result is that 1t is possible for q
small sum to buy ticket emitting the
purchaser to see one OF two acts out of
five or six. The consequence is that
when the curtain comes down after an
act II large portion OF the audience
leaves tho house und seats are immedi-
ately taken by newcomers who have
been waiting for the end of the act
and have taken tickets for the next.
Even In grand opera and classic drama
this practice obtains in some of tho
Spanish theaters.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
One Cold Saved.

Logic is logic, whether 1t touches tho
affairs Of nations or cold in the head.
The conviction, says Wt-Bits, was fore
ed upon a Liverpool woman whose
coachman. although he had been i'll for
several days, appeared one morning:
with his hair closely cropped.
why, Dennis" said the mistress,
"whatever possessed you to have your
hair cut willie you had such u bud
coldY
WeI, num-" replied the unabashcd
Dennis, II do be takin' notice this long
while that whlniver have me hair cut
l take Il bad cowld, SO thought to me-
self that now, while / had the cowld
OIL to me, 1t would be the time of all
others to go and get me hair cuttin,
done, for by that course would savo
meself just one cowld DO you see tho
power OF me reasonin', mumI'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21

There Is a young criminal lawyer In
Memphis. Tenn, who or the occasion
of his becoming OF age began the celc-
bration Of his birthday In q way that
caused his household great deal OF
constCrnation.
On the eve Of tho fete, shortly after
midnight II young mans family were
suddenly startled from their Elnnbers
by loud voice In the house calling:
"There's man In the house. There's
man in the house,
The valiant pater famillus rushed
from his; room. bearing in his hands a
heavy billet of tlrewood. TO ieaIn the
cause OF the disturbance and to cap
tue the Intruder His son was stand
Ing IN the hall. shouting nt the top Of
his voice.
"Where's the mnny' exclaimed the
old gentleman.
Here, sir; here" proudly replied .'st'
young man "This is he st last I'm
| twcnty-onc" Srimitar.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
A noston trrna.1atlnn.

Little Emerson Mamma. find no
marginal note in clucidation of this OK
preston. which I observe frequently TO
occur in my volume of "FHi1y Tale
Classics" with bat.a breath" What
Is the proper Interpretation Of the
phrase?
Mamma with ba,cd BREATH" my
son. commonly occurs in fairy tales.
Your father often returns from pisc;l-
tor;ll excursions With bated breath
The phrase In such Instances, however.
has no Significance ns applying to the
bait employed to allure the fish. but is
merely an elastic term OF dubious
meaning and suspicious origin, utilized,
us have already intimatcd, simply be
cause of tho sanction which it has gain
rd by customary usage In fairy tales
generally. DO you comprehend, Emer.
son?
Little Emerson Perfectly, mamma.-
Judge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Terrific 1,iundcr.

The largest rainfall on earth has hecn
recorded at Chera Punjl, on the bay Of
Bengal, but the most violent thunder
storms ever observed are probably
those of French Guiana. At Cape Or
ange, some forty miles south of Cay,
enne, French naval officer saw the
.rills Of the ccnst hills turned into wa
.terfnlls by cloudburstlike storm.
while the crashing thunder pcals were
inccssant and often almost denfcning.
so much so, indeed, that some of the
sailors began to mutter long forgotten
prayers, probably thinking the day Of
judgment near at hand.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Tn. "yss. In writer's, Names.

BEGINNING With William Shakespeare.
we remember instantly Sir Walter Ra-
LEIGH. Sir Walter Scott. William Words
worth. Washington Irving, William
Mnkcpcace Ihackcray, Henry w.
l.ongfcllow. John q. Whittier. William
Cullen Bryant Ralph Waldo Emerson.
oliver Wendell Holmes and Walt
Whitman. Others whose names occur
almost simultaneously nre William
Cowpcr. lsanc Watts Henry Ward
RccrAer, Daniel Webster. Wendell
Phillips, George William Curtis. Rich
ard Grant White, Julia Ward Howe.
George w. Cable, William ID. How
ellis. Charles Dudley Warner and
Richard Watson Glider. To these are
easily added Sir Walter Blackstone,
John Wesley. Edmund Waller. Nathan-
icl y. Willis, Walter Savage Landor,
Will Carleton. james Whitcomb Riley.
Thomas Wentworth IIigginson, DIR. S.
Weir Mitchell, Hamilton Wright Ma
bic, William H. Prescott, Constance
!'cnimore Woclson, Mary Il. Wilkins
anl! many more. Ladies' Home Jour
,nI
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
plner Lcacnds.

The Wends. who. we believe are the
ancestors of the modern Plussians, nrc
the center OF many legends. The Pied
Piper of Hamcln was IL Wend; SO also
was the piper of the IEarz molntaina.
who appeared SO many days Il year and
played uneurthly tunes and whosoeveT
heard Mt once fell into Il frenzy, frem
which there was nc escaping. All these
pied and weird pipcrs assembled once n
year at the Eroelcn. where there was Il
general carnival, the arch tiend lead.
Ing the concert ON a violin, witches
rolling around and Gddling on the
skulls of horses and the pipcrs adding
the concert of their unholy instrn
nents.-C Chambers Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21

The people OF west side of Hal
rison county are thoroughly
arons-d to the necessity of these
bitches and there seems no doubt
that something will be done very
soon to remedy this long standing
evil and thus stop the cons. ant
ov"rfiow of the valuable lands
adjacent to the creeks named
The expense will not come out OF
general fluid, ssnt will be contrib
u.ed by the property owners and
business men TO be benefited
Moorhead Times.
The "constent overflow" men.
toned might carry the idea to 8
stranger that the bottom lands in
western Iowa we're good to keeI
away from. On the other hand
he damaging overhows have onl,
occurred at long intervals, say
about three times in thirty years,
and in the long interval years fine
crops and hay have been secured
Certainly the ovelfipws have not
been sufficient to deseriorate
values of the Valley lands, as tbs
real estate deals most in evidence
on account high prices have beer
uniformly in lends of this class
during the recent years. Little
Sioux Independent
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Hc- neat Eromt.

II WAS at Nantucket 0..e S,imncr that
city visitor lo:rmed a new Way of
Displaying ones personal as.ornmcnts
G,rin@ q csil upon uie Of .lle nativc
N.,Ntl.@,.tt;rs. 1t WIS & il..c Old lady
who was entertaining the strangers.
and she WAS very alyiOGs illat they
Should 81" everything 10 advantage
and ti,"t even she herself should Inakt
as good an appearance - pasSib O. I'm
Fortunately she l,ad not been iNeyarn
ed Of tise visit aud Was not entirely
prepared iol- 1t.
VI had oa's !:'loSTn yen We're com
ing" she sad ;po @e.ie.:M.:, y SHOULD
have E;,a on rly .st i;.oMt. This is
only NY sec. III Lest, hs:t Nou can see
the otllcr NlivH yGH 90 cai for nj
ways keep 1t III the iron! room.''
Surely ,liuiE'., u. t:sisim. tilcr leave.
the v;;isors wer" " A through the
front rooi,i. and th,Ya IN tie i,isiSic Of
the meio.noa. * ii.n y isrnNy green Iva
.cgc veil was caieiHiiy iii'tcd. Il nicely
eiavca hair piece Wa 10 lie seen, the
hostess best front
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
PAST HIS FIRST YOUTH.
Fowl That s-ns Hardly to blame
Nor l.ruYln.. E.ln:.h

For Hruyinss Tough.
The swan is said to be excellent eat
Ing when young, hut as it is one OF the
longest lived Gf all creatures 1T is we'll
to lcarn il possible how old your bird
is before you cook 1t.
n gentleman in Lincolnshire. Eng
land, sent IL dead swan to tho Athena.
um club, addressed to the secretary \
special dinner was to occur that week.
and the committee without question
turned the bird over to the cook.
At tie dinner the swan, resting on q
great silver dish. was delight to the
eye. but when 1t came TO carving and
eating the bird no knife seemed sharp
enough to cEt it. and of course eating
1t was out of the question.
A few days later the donor met the
secretary and said, Il hope you got my
swan all right"
THAT WAS Il nice joke you played on
us," returned the secretary.
"Jokc? What do you mean?''
"Wlly VIC had the thing boiled for
thirteen hours and even then we
might as we'll have tried to cut through
the rock of Gibraltar.'
"Yon don't mean to say you had the
swan coolscd!'
"Mhy, of course"
"Man alive! sent 1T to be stuffed
mud preserved as curiosity in the
club That swan has been in my fami-
~ for $50 years. 1t was one of the
Identical birds fed by the children OF
Charles l. You've seen the picture of
it. My ancestor held the post OF mas
ter OF the swans and keeper of the
kings cygncts.' Well, ] huve no doubt
1t was hit Tough
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-21
Feline Decravifv.

"Oa. Horace" walled his young wife,
IL have just found out that Ajax, our
beautiful Angora cut. has been leading
double life
THAT makes eighteen, suppose"
said Horace. "What has he been do
lngl"
You lEnow let him out every morn
Ing, because he seems to want to 20
and play out Of doors. Well, have
discovered that he goes over to the
Robinsons and lets them feed him and
pct him. ."--Chicago Tribune.