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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-05

tiers and Oro,ners in another way
But, taking it all in all, think loved
my husband best truly best. We were
one in thought, one in life and one in
everything My one ambition In life
was to please him" Yes, / think your
answer is correct. The relations be.
tween husband and a wife are so
close that you were one, and your one
desire was to live for him and to please
him. Now; my sister bereft of her
husband, when you reach heaven and
meet the long separated father of your
babies, do you not feel he Will be pleas
ed to know how you have worked and
shaved for his flesh and blood? When
you reach heaven, will you not be rich
in the knowledge that he appreciates
all you have done for your children
and his2 When one Of my aunts-a
widow-was dying, she looked up at
those gathered about her bedside and
said, Now, hope your father, Steven,
will be satisfied with what l have done
for his children" Yes, yes, woman,
your husband will truly be satisfied.
You have done your task well. 1t has
been hard journey to travel alone but
at the end of the journey you will be
rich in his blessing as well as that Of
your Saviour, the dear Christ.
Joys of Reunion.
Most of us know what the rapture of
an earthly reunion means, but such a
welcome will pale into insignifcance
before the heavenly embrace of risen
father and long separated wife. After
the famous battle of Five Forks General
George +. Pickett of Gettysburg fame
was reported to have been killed. Day
lfter day his wife sat with her baby
in her arms in the silence of despair
But one day there rode up the lane OF
the Virginia home a familiar figure
lie cried TO his horse: Whoa, Lucy
Whoa" With that the mother, with q
| wild cry of joy. arose aud said
George. George. Is that you:" 81
| do not know how to describe it," wrote
Mrs. Pickett. the peace, the bliss OF
that moment! 1t was too deep and too
sacred TO be translated into words
And so. my widowed friend. when il
| the heavenly reunion you shall gree
your dear one, carrying with you YOU
children and his. the sGcredness of tina
moment will be too deep and holy t
be translated into words.
Thus, widows of Main and widows o
Europe and America and widows wher
ever you may be, call you rich. 6,
ahead bravely and truly, fighting TIN
battles that are before you. Chris
shall be your protector in this world
Your rewards for duties well don
await you in the next. The truest wa.
| for you to he true to your dead hus
band is for You to be true to the nobl
tn SKIS God has given to you to do here
Remember that Christ knows all abou
Il widows troubles. He sympathize'
with the borrowing widow of Main. I,
his great heart there is sympathy 70
all who struggle and suffer. and tn
divine help and consolation are neve
more generously bestowed than upo
those who bear that hea West Of huma
bereavement-w idowhood. This low
and all the blessings il brings will max
you rich indeed.
Copyright 1903 by Louis Klopsch.l
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The Curatc's ReYcnwc.

Two curates at church in Maryport
Cumberland have just resigned The
night his farewell sermon, and he chose
Il text which astonished the congrega-
ton. 1t was portion Of Abraham $
direction to his young men, Abide ye
here with the ass and and the lad
will go yonder and worship" The
Cumberland papers quantity add,
Much comment has been excited by
the text,- Westminster Gazette.
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DR.. DOWIE.
Or. Dowic can you tell
What will make sick man we'll?

Dr. Dowie. can you tell
What Will make a sick man well?
That can, for I'm Elijah,
| can. therefore. see inside you.
II you have appendicitis,
Corns or buniuns or bronchitis
Any i'll that flesh is heir to,
/ can cure YOU If ! care To.
rr. Dowie. will you tell
How YOU make sick man WELL
Yes but you may think it's funny.
First, ! take away his money
Thus | exercise his deevll-
Money is the root of evil;
And you know that sickness nearly
Always is an evil merely.
Then ! give him vocal taffy
Till l get him good and dairy.
After that it's easy sailing
To convince him he's not uiling.
or, if this should fail to work,
Then | try another quirk.
First. make him fetch and carry
Keep him working like Old Harry,
Then | study how to double
All his earthly toll and trouble.
OFT l picture hell to him.
With its devils gaunt and grim.
Every day | make him borrow
Loads on loads of heavy sorrow.
Thus | harrow him until
lie forgets that he is ILL.,
DR. Dowie, peace to thee!
Sugar coated pills for me.
Willis Brooks in Brooklyn Eagle.
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EXPLAINED,

1t is her proud boast that she has never
heard an opera in her life"
You must he mistaken She isn't n
Puritan at all, but quite gay society
girl"
THAT'S just II. She never goes TO the
oprra except as one of "a box party
| hiladelphia Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-05
FREE READING.

Friend-Taking SO many daily news
papers is a good deal of an expense. isn't
it?
Host-Doesn't cost a cent.
You ccrtaily are not on the free list"
NO save the coupons, exchange
them for the books, pictures and so on
which they offer. then sell the books a1d
pictures. and use the money to pay my
subscriptions. New York Weekly.
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A RARE CHANCE.

NELL was delighted to meet her at a
bargain sale to-day.
Belle thought YOU detested her
Nell-So | do; and during the crush
found a chance to give her a few good
pokes on my own account. Phiade lphia
Ledger.
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pROUD OE HIM.

is your son Josh doing well in the
city?"
II should say he is" answered Farmer
Corntossel lie bought "a gold brick the
first day he was there an come home an
sold it to me for twice what il cost him.
| tell YOU that boys got enterprise. =
washington star
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THE WAY OF THE WORLD

The bachelor maid, she said, oh, no!
The SWANS might come and the SWANS
might so,
But she wouldn't change the stautus quo
For wedding ring and wswell rousseau!
And the bachelor man, he often spoke
In scornful fashion of llymen's yoke;
SAID liberty was too great a boon
To be thrown away on a honeymoon.
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PLENTY OF ANN milton.
CFrom The Rutlaud News)

When man starts out from town onl
hors, back with seven gallons Of whiskey
on Luard-as was the case yesterday I'M
Rutlaud-to replenish the anmunitiou|
supply of one camp, the deer hunting sea
son m Vermont may be truly said to bel
coming to a glorious close
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SILENCE FELL AS A PAIL.

Young wife Wt dinnerl didn't tell you,
Adolphus. | cooked the dinner to-day my
self.
IIusband-Indeed. Then in my thoughts
| have boon doing poor Mary Ann IA great
Unjust ice. -pearson's Weekly.
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And

MendelssOhn's was the march they played
When the bachelor maid, in white
arrayed,
Walked down the aisle. blushing bride,
While the bachelor man walked by her
side.
And loud was the praise of the rich
trouSscau-
And that was the end of the status quo.
Puck.
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WHEN DETERMINED TO HAVE HER
OWN WAY.

All honor to woman. the sweetheart the
Wife,
The delight of our homesteads by night
and by day,
The darling who never does harm m her
life
Except when determined to have her own
way,
-Fitz-Grcen Hallack.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-05
THE DESERVING POOR

Little Willie reading)-Say pa who are
the deserving poor?
Sagacious father-Those who don't de
serve 10 We poor, my son.-Chieaso News.
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Certainty of Gods Promises.

The consecrated widow is rich be
cause she has been able by personal
experience to prove the certainty and
faithfulness of Gods promises. life
boat is sometimes used as a pleasure
craft along the shores of Massachusetts
and Long Island. You can see the
fishermen take and rig in it a small
sail and 80 spinning over the waters,
while they laugh and joke as they
draw in the bluefish or the shad SO
people sometimes use the gospel life
boat merely for a pleasure craft When
the sky is clear and the sea smooth they
set sail for frolic. But oh, my
friends, the lifeboat Is a far different
craft when on a stormy night the life
saving men launch it into the surf to
fight their way out to the ship aground
in the citing, where 1t Is being shat
tered to pieces by the ceaselcss bonn
bardments Of the mighty seas. And
the promises Of God. out of which the
gospel lifeboat Is made, mean far more
to a widowed mariner sailing the seas
Of life alone than they do to the
young daughter who has always been
shielded from every storm And yet,
mother, / would ask you a pertinent
question, which | know you will an
swer well. Though you may have
buried your husband many years ago,
was there ever time when If you
trusted in God his love and protection
and care failed you? Was there ever
time when Christ was not willing to
k,,t - In ~ VI Il
as in oden times he once stood by the
bier OF one who was the only son OF
his mother, and she was widow.
Oh, the blessed enjoyment Of having
had the opportunity Of fully testing
the love and care and the gentleness
OF protecting God! Many years ago
at large lnfdel meeting In England,
at which Charles Rradlaugh, the noted
English agnostic, was speaking, an
old, gray haired woman arose. AS she
looked about her she slowly said to the
speaker: "Sir, It Is very easy for you
TO attack the Best Friend l ever had
, You do not know him as | know him
{ He came into my life many years ago
, k-once knew him merely as an &c
| Qualntance, Out aIteT my IlusDhnu uleS
( he was more to me than an acQuaint
\ ance-he was a friend. n blood friend
/. Sir, that friend helped me to feed anI
{ clothe my babies. That friend gave
t me physical strength to 60 on when
v thought | must die That friend, Sir, II
Il my dear Saviour, That Is what my
j. Christ has done for me. Now, sir, wha
y has your infdelity been able to do TO
Y your" o mother. bereft Of your hus
band, 1t has been blessed opportu
nifty for you to test the greatness an'
goodness of God DO not tell me yo'
\ are poor You are rich; rich hemi
q specifically and colestially rich; rich a
y God Ii rich.
u Heavenly Rewards.
y But though in divine sense the con
n secrated widow Ia rich, yet she shal
< be far richer in the next world. Won
\ an, whom have you loved Of all hu
y man beings the best on earth
4 Well" you say, that rs har
Z question to answer. loved m
u mother and father In one way and H.
" children in another way and NY sli
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
FOOTBALL.
Yale May Loose Boomer and Rockwell, Last
Seasons Stars.

New-Haven. Conn. Sept. CSpeciaD-At least two
OF Yals's football stars Of last season who ware
regarded to play this fall may not be found
IN a uniform again the coming seasoo- They are
Ralph J. BloOmer. the star tackle Of two seasons
ago. and Foster Harry Rockwell. quarterback last
fall BlOOmer has for two years been Kept or the
eleven BY a scholarship technicalty. II has tuss
been learned that he has another examination to
take in his studies before he be declared eligible
to play. Boomer has arrived here and is studying
hard 20 make sure OF knocking out the examination
papers he tackles when college opens. september
"a He says that he feels sure that he can pass his
papers and take more his place on thu foot
ball eleven. Boomer now weighs about 1s5 pounds.
and be tried at fullback for the plum ing game
Rockwell is at his home in Portland. Ore. lie was
a freshman last year. and has bad a hard time Try
ing To work his way through college. According 20
reports received here he has accepted a business
opening at his home. The Yale football managers
have been unable 70 confirm the report. and hope
that 1t Is false Rockwell played exceilenty "a
quarterback last fan. and was captain and catcher
fer the freshman baseball nine.
Captain Rafferty, and Miller. the manager. ars
here arraDgns for the reception OF the players and
the opening OF the season. Captain Rafferty, SAYS
that the squad will nearly all arrive here on Sep
TENDER Is. and will have their first practice on
Monday. September Il They will this year make
new experiment. in trying the college commons
for their training table. About thirty players are
expected to report next week. The others viii not
come till college
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
PROGRAMME or SPORTS TODAY.

Racing at sheephsad Bay go ?. N
Trottfnz Hartford
Matnes Empire City Track
Middle States rowing regatta at Washington
Greater New-York Athletic Association games.
Celtic Park. LOrg Island. u.3O a.
New-York Californian Club games az Mzspeth. long
Island. 10 a
Cricket-NIanhattan Paterson; Brooklyn az Thlstes;
Kings County at Paterson. Manhattan az NeV-1orS-
Yachtng-Opsn regatta Moriches Yacht Club; cruise.
Williamsburg Yacht Club. NOrUalk Yacht cub r.
gatta. Sachern's Head Yacht Club regatta tai r.
Larchmont Yacht Club special races az Indian
ffarbor: Roosevelt Memorial cup az 5eawanhaSit
COrinthian Yacht Club. Atlantic Yacht Gu ocean
races; MOrchss Yacht Cub races: American cat
boat
Pasaball-Nattonai Iearue. New-York Brooklyn.
10 a n. BROOKLYN al New-York. = PhiiadeiQnta
az Boston morning and afternoon; Chicago az pits
morning and Afternoon. 81 Louis az Sinciinatl
morning ard afternoon. American League, Boston az
New-YOrk 1870 a. m. $50 D. m. Was1iAslon az
Philadelphia morning and Afternoon CnicaE1 a.
CIevsIand morning snd afternoon Detroit az ST
Louis. morning and afternoon
Coff-Fandicap tournament Montciair: Labor Day
COMMITTEES tankard Hillside. HYATT cup az For-
est I'm. mems foursomes handicap AZ Arusleys
Arnuersaud tournament sarauac Lake kicksr's
handicap a Har5or NH. BoEis and mems four
sor1e. handicap Engleygood. ClcthiI cup North
Jersev Country club. Labor Day handicap az Rich
car a. Oakland: ball f0ursoms az Canoe Brook:
club championship Apav amis. driving and putting
competiti0n Engewocd mems Championship
Lake Mahorac. Adirondack Championship cup
Lax Chamrain. club Championship az Hollywood
club championship at Deal Beach
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
THROWN ON SPEEDWAY.
j. L. Dodge Falls after Thinning
BruSh-Thought To BE Dying.

Visitors TO the Speedway yesterday saw an
accident Of an unusual character. J. L. Dodge.
a well known road rider and owner of the driv-
ing park at orangeburg, n. Y. where the ROCK
land County Fair is to be held to-day, was driV-
ing his gray pacing mare Mary A. down the
road from High Bridge southwark in a brush
with DR.. Tuggles's liza. Just after Mr.. Dodge
mare had passed the goal winner Mr.. Dodge
suddenly fell forward and pitched out Of the
road wagon. The mare stopped OF her own ac-
core. and easily caught by policeman.
MIR. Dodge picked up unconscious, and for
time was believed TO be dying from heart
trouble. After nearly an hour he regained con-
seriousness. An ambulance was summoned, but
Mr.. Dodge refused to be carried away in It.
His friends sent for a carriage and he was con-
veyed to his home. at No. 157 West One-hun-
dred-and-t hirty-sixth-st.
Aside from this occurrence, the feature Of the
day on the road was the temperance Of James
A. Murphy and his horses. Mr.. Murphy Is the
Chicago horse fancier who owned Star Pointer
1884,. when that famous PAGER fist set the har-
ness record below two minutes. He owns a
notable string Of road horses, and has shlpped
them from Chicago to New-York for the ran
driving season on the Speedway. In the string
are Free Advice Dusty Wilkes. Rotha j., Wes-
lev r and several other fast ones Mr.. Murphy
has leased the new stable, built by John +.
Cockeril in St. Nicholas-ave., near One-hun-
bred and forty second-st., and will keep his
flyers here until the sleighing season opens IN
Chicago. GO
Free Advice, a speedy chestnut pacing stallion
took rart in the brushes for the first time yes
terday. He defeated all corners without dis
closing the limit of his speed and impressed
the road riders who saw him as being one OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
EAST JERSEY GOLF MATCHES.

South Orange. n. J., Sept. (SpeciaD.-The East
Jersey Golf Associations intercub series will start
again on September Z. and the following matches
have been arranged:
South Orange Field Club Elizabeth Town and
Country Club. at East Orangs Forest Hill Field Club
W COlonia Country Club at Forest Hi. MOrrtstown
Field Club Canoe Brook Country Club. at Norrisown
The schedule for the res. OF the season viii be
follows:
September 19-At MOrristown. Morristown Field Club
South Orange Field Club at Elizabeth Eliza
beth Town and Country Club Colonta Country
Club: at Forest Hill. Forest Hill Field Club VS.
Canoe Brook Country Club.
September 26-At Elizabeth Elizabeth Town and Coun-
try Club Morristown Field Club: az summit,
Canoe Brook Country Club vs.. COlonia Country
Club: at South Orange, South Orange Field CUB
Forest Hill Field Club. - -
October AT South Orange. South Orange F1en Club
CoIonla Country Club; at Morrtstown. MOTIFS
town Field Club Forest Hill Field Club.
October 1O-At Elizabeth. Elizabeth Town and Country
Club Forest Hill Field Club.
October bat MorristOwn. Morrist0wn Field Club Va
Colonia Country Club.
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YACHTING.
Longest Ocean Race Euer arranged
for Yachts an Cruising Trim.

Six schooner yachts entered for the ocean
OF the Atlantic Yacht Club. which begins this
morning. The yachts 10 start at 10 o'clock
from the Scotland Lightship- The course is ga
miles in length. the first turning point being the
South Shoal Lghtship. OF Nantucket, and the sec
ond the Northeast End Lightship. or Cape May.
The yachts entered Commodore Robert F
Tods Thistle E s Coles HildegaTds. George
Ladders Endymior. Dr. L. A Stmson's Fleur dc
Lys Morton F. Plants Ingomar and J. G. y.
WhitakeT's IrOquois.
In the last ocean race in July the same yachts
we're entered. The start was made on Brenton's
Reef Iightship the yachts rounding South Shoal
Lghtship and Northeast Lghtship. The race was
won by the Endymion.
The race beginning this morning IS the longest
ocean race ever arranged for yachts In cruising
trim. except the years ago across the At
lantic OF the Henrietta. the Fleetwing and the
Vesta and of the Dauntless and Coronet- The At
lantic Yacht Club will award rst second and third
prizes II more than five yachts start IN this race
The preparatory signal will be given az 10 a. m,
and one TO start fifteen minutes later. There viii
be five minutes for the yachts to cross the line.
The regatta committee Of the club-Henry J.
Gielow Frederick Vilnar and Charles E Schuyler
will start the yachts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
sYRAcUsE's SCHEDULE.

Syracuse. Sept. (SpeciaD-J. r. Rubin. manager
OF the Syracuse University football team announces
the following schedule OF games for this falls
October 2. GARRISON Institute % Technology syrs-
October Rensselaer, PoIytechuic Institutes al
SYRACUSE October II. COgas University Syracus>;
October - Williams College. Syrscuse October 81
Niagara University SYRACUSE November .. Ials az
New-Haven. November IA. Brown. at Syracuse
Fan practice for football candidates viii begin
September "a under the direction OF Parrish. oa.
and Brown. O3. Except for the crew. ths graduate
system OF coaching has been adopted IN al
branches Of athletics Syracuse. j. b. Parish
was the veteran guard on the 190t eleven. and IL
also old varsity crew man. A d Brown cap
tanned the football team last season. playing star
game at left halfback. Brown was also memoer
OF the varsity for two years.
The Syracuse oval Is in excellent shape. and .
large entering class OF freshmen viii give the
coaches some excellent material from which to
select the 1903 varsity eleven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
CYCLING.
Kramer Wins One Mile Professional
Cham pionship Race.
nd establishing a

At the Hillside cycle track yesterday afternoon
sional championship race. This contest was won by
Kramer. the present champion. After the heats
were run the field narrowed down to Kramer. Law
son. Fem and Mcfarland 10 ride in the final. Big
Mac" pulled the little Swede around for three
quarters of a mile and then dropped out. leaving
Lawson hanging on to Fenn's wheel As the three
riders came into the stretch, not more than two
feet separated them. BY fine burst Of speed
within five yards OF the tape. Kramer pulled his
wheel ahead and by two feet. Lawson was
apparently 'alI in Fem was an easy third
The five mile professional exciting and In
teresting. Kramer did not ride in this race, and
Lawson. Fem and Mcfarland were left on scratch.
Mcfarland set the pace. and the limit men were
caught I'm the third mile, and the riders were
punched until the stretch when Root. of Chicago
with great burst OF speed. landed his wheel
second. Lawson third. Fem fourth and John Bedell
fifth
Teddy Ellington captured the half-mile optn
for amateurs in an especially close finish from
Fred Ernst. who beat Gorke by wheels
length. The mile amateur by Charles
Franks. who beat Macay by three feet The sum-
maries:
Two-thrd mile noyice-won by p Biehette. New
York; H. Smith New-YoriE, second F. H. Mack
One-hah mile ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS heat
bury 'e F Second 1sn heat %on
By Frank Kramer, East Orange, y. J.; Floyd MacFar-
won by Frank Kramer East Orange y j.: liver Lawson
s Ss hf To Sy fSnd " s Fem Rses % S9P9
vss65 T FI by TEDDY BS cS
Goerke Eew-YOrk third: James Zsnes Newark. fourth.
Fivernile handicap. professionalism by E E. Root.
Chicago go yards) Floyd krehs Newark 400 YARDS.
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TENNIS
Interest In the Game at High Pitch--Coming
Tournaments.

Interest IN lawn tennis remains at the highest
pinnacle that the sport has enjoyed Tor mary
seasons. although the schedule OF championships
and open tournaments held under the auspices Of
the United States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton Is nearly completed. The round OF autumn
meetings has brought out representative players
who in a certain sense may be regarded new
Corners: that Is. the majority Of them have never
yet received an official ranking.
The next tournament 70 be played Is that or the
Nyack Country Club at Nyack-on- the Hudson.
This will be gathering OF the players, both men
other tournaments this city IL ~eally fills
the place OF the meetings held in former seasons
on the courts Of the Sleepy Hollow Tennis Club at
TarrytOWn. and Of the AmakaSsn club, at Non-
kers The NyaCk tournament will begin on Tues
day Mrs. Pouch, OF the POwelt0n Country club.
who was formerly Miss Helen r. Hellw.g. the
national champion IN the singles in 1854 aud who
held the national doubles championship with Miss
Juliet P AtkiuApn In 1884 and 1888. Will be one or
the leading CONN etitOrs.
THE following week beginning September Is. tho
men will strive for the title and trophy i'm the New
Jersey State championship As was the case last
year this meeting will be held or the turf courts
Of the St. George Cricket Club. az HobOkeu, \. j.
Interest seems to flag somewhat So far as the
intercollegiate championships are concerned VIII
fam J. CiOthier or Harvard. took the honors IN
the singles last year. and, paired with Edgar ".
leonard he won the doubles. Princeton came IN
second with Irving G. Wright and Edwin =.
Iarned and the feeling IS that in the meeting OF
club Hayerford. Penn. the same order viii re-